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From USA Today bestselling author Nghi Vo, this all-consuming tale of ballrooms and bloodshed weds The Gilded Age with the Gothic vision of Guillermo del Toro. Pick a face, pick a fate. Judith Ban, former convent girl, courtesan, and failed thief, is on the lookout for her next identity. The...

Brought to you by Penguin. A dark and magical tale of ballrooms and bloodshed in the Gilded Age, from multi-award winning fantasy author Nghi Vo. Judith Ban – convent girl, courtesan, and failed thief – is looking for her next identity. She’s no stranger to wealth or danger, but the...

Für den Moment scheinen der letzte Exorzist Chen Xing und sein Schutzpatron Xiang Shu in Jiankang in Sicherheit zu sein. Allerdings birgt die Hauptstadt des südlichen Jin-Reichs neue Gefahren. Und der Dämonengott Chiyou sammelt bereits seine Truppen. Chen Xing und Xiang Shu müssen unbedingt das Geheimnis der Dinghai-Perle entschlüsseln, um die Magie zurück in die Welt zu holen. Denn solange die Magie verschwunden bleibt, ist die Herzenslampe das einzige Licht, das die Dunkelheit zurückhält.

Brought to you by Penguin. Endless training, gruelling marches, and the frenzy of battle against more enemies than can be counted - such is the life of a marine in the Malazan Empire. Year by year, month by month, week by week, day by day, moment by moment. Skills are honed to deadly precision...

Eine unmögliche Entscheidung zwischen Liebe und Loyalität ... Aurelie Chantelune ist eine Kämpferin. Seit ihrer Geburt ist sie dazu bestimmt, die Dämonen zu bekämpfen, die ihre Familie zerstört haben und nun das Königreich unterdrücken. Ein uraltes Vermächtnis könnte jedoch das Blatt...

Owein arrives in England to marry Lady Cora of Leiningen, his dearest friend and confidante he’s known mostly through letters. However, Queen Victoria has other plans in store for the centuries-old wizard. The queen is obsessed with preserving magic, and she believes Owein is the key to pursuing her lofty ambitions.

It's harpy hour in the New York Times–bestselling series, as a one-of-a-kind Xanth woman searches for her happy ever after. Though Gloha loves every inch of Xanth—from Lake Ogre-Chobee to the Ever Glades—being the only harpy-goblin cross in existence has her feeling a bit lonely. Now that...

Set in a fantasy world inspired by Tudor England and the real astrologers who advised kings, The Court of Venus is Bel Banta's alluring romantic fantasy and a beautiful historical debut about rival magicians. 'Our kind has many names. Planetborn. Sorcerer. Witch or wizard. Magician.' In Alvion...

The Court of Venus is an ensnaring romantic fantasy in which a moon-blessed magician is summoned back to the deadly, Tudor-inspired magical court she thought she had escaped; where power is determined by the stars—and the closer you are to the king, the more likely you are to die. Perfect for...

GALINDA: A CHARMED CHILDHOOD is the eagerly awaited origin story of Galinda, the pink-clad, effervescent and popular Good Witch. Who was Glinda the Good Witch before she floated down in her bubble to greet Dorothy? Who was Glinda before she became Elphaba Thropp's magnetic and popular roommate...

A gripping tale of survival and love in the unforgiving Arctic. In the late 1930s, Tor, a seasoned beluga whaler, takes his wife Astrid to a remote whaling station in Svalbard. As they grapple with the loss of their child and the harsh realities of Arctic life, their marriage faces extreme...

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the eighth and penultimate volume of the Temeraire series, in which Will Laurence finds himself shipwrecked in Japan with no memory of his dragon, Temeraire, or his past. “A first-class entry in a remarkable and appealing...

A young scholar learns he may be the key to uncovering an ancient Egyptian artifact coveted by a powerful cabal of magicians in this enchanting novel set among the glittering parties and Egyptology craze of 1920s London. Ezra Bright has returned to London after serving in World War I but, like...

In her adult debut, award-winning author Tanaz Bhathena expertly weaves a tale of love and loss in ancient Persia with her take on the timeless tragedy of Tahmineh, a temptress, a witch, a victim, or, perhaps, a woman trying her hardest to protect her loved ones. “A beautifully rendered...

I seek out monsters and slay them to grow stronger. To my shock, I recognize some as my own creations from the distant past. Even more perilous than monsters are the dark secrets that devour all who draw too close. Yet no matter what disguise evil may wear—once it falls away, truth kills...

I know how to cultivate useful relationships. A pact with the Altar of the Primal Elements supplemented my deal with Muscadine. Duty leads me north, where the secrets of two worlds lie hidden beneath the ice. And now, in Scandinavia, a claimant to my Altar of the Primal Elements has suddenly...

"Only those who are ready to defend their people are worthy of power." With this in mind, I continue to develop my settlement, transforming a remote village into a stronghold of civilization in the Borderlands. But in a world where aristocrats view commoners as nothing more than a resource, and...

When it's revealed that the new king of Camelud is cursed, Braithe, handmaid to the most powerful priestess in the realm must travel to the land of the fae to break the curse, but to do so Braithe must step out of her mentor's shadow and into her power, in this bewitching coming of age tale from...

Circe meets The Lost Apothecary in the first book of this historical fantasy duology featuring Ancient Rome’s most infamous poisoner who changed the course of history to save the woman she loved. Born in the ancient region of Gaul, Locusta is the last of her kind—a Druid whose communion with...

"Wecker is a marvelous storyteller.”—USA Today “An intoxicating fusion of fantasy and historical fiction. . . . Wecker’s storytelling skills dazzle.”— Entertainment Weekly The long-awaited final installment in the award-winning, bestselling Golem and the Jinni trilogy. At the...