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Chi cerca la calma deve uccidere la confusione. Lei si mette in viaggio verso la sua infanzia, perché anche la sicaria un tempo è stata una bambina. Ma poi, proprio lei commette un errore fatale. La mano del maestro di spada si chiude a pugno. Prima di partire per la guerra cerca la lancia dell'anima. Senza preavviso, il piccoletto e il meno appariscente si trovano messi davanti a compiti all'apparenza irrisolvibili. Krosann è bruciata dalla guerra civile e conta le sue vittime. L'autoproclamato re Schohtar si serve di poteri più forti della morte.

The orphaned Elsie Camden learned as a girl that there were two kinds of wizards in the world: those who pay for the power to cast spells and those, like her, born with the ability to break them. But as an unlicensed magic user, her gift is a crime. Commissioned by an underground group known as the Cowls, Elsie uses her spellbreaking to push back against the aristocrats and help the common man. Elite magic user Bacchus Kelsey is one elusive spell away from his mastership when he catches Elsie breaking an enchantment. To protect her secret, Elsie strikes a bargain.

Seft, tailleur de pierre, traverse la Grande Plaine sous la chaleur estivale pour assister aux rituels qui marquent le début d'une nouvelle année. Il se rend à la foire du solstice d'été pour faire commerce de son art et retrouver Neen dont il est épris. Joia, la sœur de Neen, prêtresse visionnaire et meneuse sans égal, regarde la cérémonie du solstice d'été avec fascination et rêve de bâtir une grande construction en pierre. Joia a en tête un monument en pierre circulaire qui serait assemblé par les différentes tribus de la Plaine en conflit.

When Malt, the goddess of death, is accidentally turned into a human by a wayward spell, she finds she's ill-equipped to deal with the trials of a mortal life. After all, why would a goddess need to know how to gather food or light a fire? Trapped in a body that's frustratingly feeble, she's forced to team up with Bellis, warrior daughter of Boudicca on a perilous journey across Roman-occupied Britain to the afterlife to try to restore her powers. As animosity turns to attraction, these two very different women must learn to work together if they are to have any hope of surviving their quest.

1943, El Paso, Texas. La adolescente Nena pasa sus días cuidando de los hijos pequeños de sus hermanas mayores y anhelando una vida de aventuras. Las premociones y desvanecimientos que ha padecido desde la niñez están empeorando, y a Nena le preocupa acabar como la espeluznante curandera de su calle. Reza por recibir ayuda y cuando la misteriosa Hermana Benedicta llega una noche, la sigue a través de los límites del espacio y del tiempo. En el México colonial, Nena desarrolla su poder, encuentra el amor y aprende que la magia siempre tiene un precio.

Stell Dir vor, Du küsst spontan einen Fremden und dieser Fremde ist ein verfluchter Prinz … Sophie ist schüchtern. Viel zu schüchtern, um ehrlich zu sein, aber sie will das ändern. Deshalb überwindet sie sich und geht mit ihren Kolleginnen aus. Überrascht davon, wie wohl sie sich fühlt, packt sie der Übermut und sie küsst spontan einen Fremden. Vor Jahren ist Leander aus dem sagenumwobenen Zauberland in die Welt der Menschen geflohen. Als Prinz geboren hatte er ein schönes, ruhmreiches Leben vor sich, bis eine Fee seine Lippen verflucht hat.

Alea liebt es, Feenwesen aus sicherer Entfernung zu beobachten. Besonders beim Anblick eines bestimmten Feenmannes kann sie den Hass, der ihr in ihrem Dorf entgegenschlägt, für einen Moment vergessen. All ihrer Vorsicht zum Trotz, bloß nicht in einen Feenpakt getrickst zu werden, landet sie durch unerwartete Umstände im Feenreich. Schnell findet sie sich in einem Machtkampf zwischen zwei verfeindeten Feenkönigen wieder. Dabei ist ihr Feenmann an ihrer Seite. Wobei … ist er an ihrer Seite oder ist er viel eher für die Schwierigkeiten verantwortlich, die auf sie einprasseln?

A mysterious journey through time takes Frode into an unseen world of elves and what he sees astounds him. A Viking cat saga filled with strange but believable characters from the 10th to the 14th Century.

An autistic necromancer, his undead love, and a covenant that must be broken. Oliver Barlow never knew what happened to his parents. With a note from his mother as his only lead, Oliver had given up hope of ever learning the truth. But when the dead start rising in the town of Aldorhaven, Oliver jumps at the chance to take the case if it means he can investigate the last place his parents were seen alive. Felipe Galvan would like to be anywhere but Aldorhaven.

With a rich tapestry of diverse cultures, unique mystical systems, and heart-stopping action, The Songs of the Four Winds is an immersive listening experience, a tale of sacrifice, fated connections, and the enduring search for freedom. What destiny awaits when their individual songs begin to merge?

Elsie Winters never knew her father's family until she received a letter inviting her to live with them in Frenchville. Recently orphaned, Elsie ventures north expecting a loving embrace. Instead, she's met with cold stares and whispered secrets. The cozy hamlet along the Black River Canal could have been the perfect home for her, but Elsie doesn't know how long she dares to stay after the neighbors warn her about the Winters. Her relatives want something from her. She will soon learn the reason why her father fled Frenchville, and why she should have never visited.

Elaine ist zum Ranger befördert worden, während sie gleichzeitig ihre neue himmlische Heil- und Feuermagie entwickelt. Doch Kerberos, ihr Verlobter, der alles tun würde, um sie zurückzubekommen, wirft einen langen Schatten. Die gesamte Gesellschaft würde nichts lieber tun, als sie zu zermalmen und sie daran zu erinnern, dass sie ein Mädchen und ein Mensch zweiter Klasse ist. Endlos viele Dinosaurier streifen umher, auf der Suche nach leckeren Teenager-Snacks. Und nun wird Perinthus auch noch von einer tödlichen Seuche heimgesucht, die jeden Tag Hunderte von Menschen tötet.

Um zu beweisen, dass er des Thrones von Iolkos würdig ist, soll der junge Jason das Goldene Vließ, das Fell des göttlichen Widders beschaffen, das vom halbgöttlichen König Aietes und einem Drachen bewacht wird. Dazu sammelt er eine Mannschaft von Helden um sich, wie sie die antike Welt noch nicht gesehen hat: So etwa den starken Herakles, den Sänger Orpheus, die Jägerin Atalante, den Dieb Autolykos … und schließlich auch Medea, die Priesterin der Hexengöttin Hekate, die ihm sowohl Glück, als auch maßloses Leid bringen soll.

Un’incantevole storia di tradimenti, segreti e magia. Due ragazze che parlano il linguaggio segreto dei fiori. 1815 – Cornelia ha un segreto che deve rimanere ben custodito, perché nessuno accetterebbe mai la sua capacità di comprendere il linguaggio dei fiori e ascoltarne le voci, in una misteriosa connessione che ha sin da bambina. Il polveroso e cupo accampamento della Grande Armée di Napoleone non è il luogo dove aveva immaginato se stessa quando è fuggita in Francia, lasciandosi alle spalle una vita agiata, ma un passato di dolore.

Bound by more than the search for a fantastical stolen tome, Eilean and Hoel plummet through the mirror gate into Leoneyis—a world on the brink of disaster as its sovereign’s reign begins to unravel. Enemies converge to destroy King Andrew, who has become headstrong and paranoid. His influence is undermined, and his kingdom is vulnerable. That’s what happens when a king is betrayed by a queen.

But the Empire's military leaders are fiercely divided on what to do. Should they conduct aggressive offensives in hopes of a break through, or should they weather the winter and use that as a chance to reorganize, restructuring the lines of battle? In the end, they decided that while they gather supplies for a theoretical offensive, they would conduct an investigation to collect intelligence. Naturally, Tanya's Salamander Unit was the first candidate for the mission. Should they push ahead, or should they hold their ground? There's no time to hesitate.

Raised his entire life for the sole purpose of defending his clan, Khalvir serves the chief who saved him from certain death. A death at the hands of the hated elves; a people who see him only as an abomination to be destroyed. Now a captive in his enemy’s clutches, Khalvir must find a way to escape the mysterious elf witch who holds him. An elf whose motives remain shrouded but whose very presence calls to his soul, threatening to turn every truth he has ever known into a lie.

Carlota Moreau: A young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula, the only daughter of a genius—or a madman. Montgomery Laughton: A melancholic overseer with a tragic past and a propensity for alcohol, an outcast who assists Dr Moreau with his scientific experiments, which are financed by the Lizaldes, owners of magnificent haciendas with plentiful coffers. The hybrids: The fruits of the Doctor's labour are a motley group of part-human, part-animal monstrosities.

Living deep within the mysterious southern forests, the spiritual Ninkuraaja people are being hunted to the brink of extinction by bloodthirsty raiders known only as Woves. Nobody knows better than a Ninkuraa that a Wove deserves only death.

Caina Amalas is the Ghost circlemaster of Istarinmul, leader of the emperor's spies in the city. She has defeated powerful foes, but more dangerous enemies lie before her. A sorcerous catastrophe threatens to destroy Istarinmul, and the only the mysterious sorceress Annarah, last loremaster of lost Iramis, knows how to stop it. To rescue Annarah and save Istarinmul, Caina must brave the Inferno, the hellish fortress of the sinister Immortals. But those who enter the Inferno never return....

War grips two worlds as heroes rise to challenge the sinister Heralds of Ruin. In the realm of Andomhaim, Ridmark Arban leads the armies of the High King against the brutal legions of the Heptarchy. A daring ruse might defeat the might of Warlord Agravhask, or it will bring Andomhaim crashing down in ruin.

When a corpse found floating face-down in Vilnoc harbor is not quite as dead as it seems, Temple sorcerer Penric and his chaos demon Desdemona are drawn into the uncanny investigation. Pen’s keen questions will take him across the city of Vilnoc, and into far more profound mysteries, as his search for truths interlaces with tragedy.

Unlike most of Peacock's novels, The Misfortunes of Elphin has a distinct plot, built around the adventures of prominent figures of Arthurian legend, like Taliesin, the bard, the princes Elphin, and Seithenyn and King Arthur himself. The drama comes to a satisfactory resolution when Arthur's wife, Gwenyvar, who has been kidnapped by the ambitious King Melvas, is restored to her husband, after some skilful negotiation by Seithenyn and a cunning abbot.

The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel in the world. Immense as a mountain, the ancient Tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and peaceful, stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake. It is a world of geniuses and tyrants, of airships and steam engines, of unusual animals and mysterious machines. Soon after arriving for his honeymoon at the Tower, the mild-mannered headmaster of a small village school, Thomas Senlin, gets separated from his wife, Marya, in the overwhelming swarm of tourists, residents, and miscreants.

Princess Théra, once known as Empress Üna of Dara, entrusted the throne to her younger brother in order to journey to Ukyu-Gondé to war with the Lyucu. She has crossed the fabled Wall of Storms with a fleet of advanced warships and 10,000 people. Beset by adversity, Théra and her most trusted companions attempt to overcome every challenge by doing the most interesting thing. But is not letting the past dictate the present always possible or even desirable?

It is 3000 BC. A hundred clans have been destroyed and thousands of people are dead. The Wolf God commands an inexperienced young warrior to hunt down the bloodthirsty demon horde. With a handful of his faithful spear-brothers and a heartbroken young seeress at his side, his quest will take him on a perilous journey through devastated lands. He may be the son of a god and a mortal woman, but he will need more than just his great strength to overcome the dark forces that stand in his way.

Contains books five and six of the Dragontiarna series: Legions, book five, and Defenders, book six.

Contains books three and four of the Dragontiarna series: Gates, book three, and Wraiths, book four. The gates between worlds have been thrown open, and armies of invaders have come forth to threaten the realm of Andomhaim. Ridmark Arban is the Shield Knight of Andomhaim, and he and all his allies stand in the invaders' path.

Ransom Barton and his wife, Claire de Murrow, have arrived in Legault to reclaim the title that was Claire’s birthright. Claire intends to rebuild a war-ravaged palace to its former glory and to teach Ransom about the magical history of their new home. But when Ransom is summoned to return to King Benedict, his loyalty to Claire is tested. Fealty prevails, however questionable the king’s motives.

After a pilgrimage to the East Kingdoms seeking a blessing from the Fountain, source of the land’s magic, Sir Ransom Barton returns home in search of two dreams: Claire de Murrow, the heiress he loves, and a patron for his warrior skills. Unexpectedly, Ransom finds himself in the favor of Devon, the notorious Elder King. Brought into the ruler’s mesnie and given two wards of his own, Ransom is devoted to his privileged new position. He’s also privy to the running of the realm and to all its courtly intrigues.