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A floating fortress occupied by warrior gnomes. A castle made of sand. A derelict submarine guarded by malfunctioning machines. A haunted crypt surrounded by lethal traps. It was supposed to be easy. One bubble. Four castles. Fifteen days. Capture each one, and the stairwell is unlocked.

ロサンゼルス・タイムズ・マガジンで「コミックブック史上最も優れた叙事詩」と評された『サンドマン』は、そのダークで文学的なファンタジーとホラーの世界によって、世界規模の文化的現象を生み出し、状況を一変させた。Audible社とＤＣ社はついに、高い評価を受ける作家ニール・ゲイマンの、ニューヨークタイムズでベストセラー入りしたシリーズを、初めてオーディオ化することになった。

HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A CLASH OF KINGS is the second volume in the series. Throughout Westeros, the cold winds are rising. From the ancient...

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon flame and saw the Seven Kingdoms turned to ash. So began the Targaryens’ bloody rule, with fire and blood...

ONE OF THE TIMES’ 25 BEST AUDIOBOOKS HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A GAME OF THRONES is the first volume in the series. Summers span decades...

Inez hat das Unmögliche gewagt: Sie ist tiefer in die dunkle Welt des Royal Clair Clubs eingetaucht und hat die Grenzen des Möglichen verschoben. Doch der Preis für ihre Nähe zu den X-Boys ist hoch – und Calix van Schmitt Barclay ist gefährlicher denn je. Zwischen knisternder Leidenschaft und tödlichen Intrigen muss Inez entscheiden, wem sie vertrauen kann. Denn hinter jeder Maske lauert Verrat, und die Schatten von Monclair werden länger. Während Inez versucht, ihre Vergangenheit hinter sich zu lassen, droht die Wahrheit über die X-Boys alles zu zerstören.

In einem Land voller Tod und Zerstörung hat Kopfgeldjägerin Kyrene nur ein Ziel vor Augen: die Göttin der Vampire zu töten, die sie für das Leiden der Menschen verantwortlich macht. Aus Verzweiflung lässt Kyrene sich auf einen Deal mit dem redegewandten Vampirprinzen Septimus ein, zu dem sie aber schon bald eine Verbundenheit spürt, die ihre Pläne durchkreuzen könnte … The Lion and the Deathless Dark ist der fünfte Band der Crowns of Nyaxia-Reihe und der erste Teil von Kyrenes und Septimus' Geschichte. Die New Adult Romantasy ist kein Standalone.

Pale écho de la puissante sorcière qu’elle était autrefois, Demetra vit recluse dans les marais, où elle fabrique des malédictions. Elle est crainte. Détestée. Ses clientes savent qu’il y a toujours un prix à payer. Quand Riven Calendale, prince d’Eldruine, vient la supplier de...

Finn Erramun verbirgt ein tödliches Geheimnis: Sie ist eine der letzten Hexen im Königreich von Valen. Als Vampirkönig Mordric ihre Magie entdeckt, tötet er sie nicht, sondern zwingt sie zu einem Pakt: Beherrscht Finn ihre Kräfte bis zur Sommersonnenwende, darf sie leben. Ausgerechnet Prinz Enhart soll sie ausbilden – charismatisch, gefährlich nah und der Letzte, in den sie sich verlieben dürfte. Doch als eine Mordserie Valen erschüttert, erkennt Finn, dass sie nicht zur Rettung des Reiches bestimmt ist.

Uma pequena cidade interiorana é assombrada por um mal indescritível, uma entidade maligna que já foi um homem. Esse homem, cujos pecados são tão obscenos que sequer podem ser pronunciados, agrediu sua própria mãe e viveu uma vida de depravação e crueldade. Mas quando finalmente morreu, nem o céu nem o inferno o acolheram, e sua própria sepultura o expele para fora da terra. Agora, como um cadáver ressequido e amaldiçoado, ele vagueia pela cidade à noite, em busca de vítimas para saciar sua sede insaciável de sangue e vingança.

Als Assassinin steht Sylina im Dienste der Göttin Acaeja, und ihr fehlendes Augenlicht kommt ihr dabei genauso zugute wie die magische Gabe, die unsichtbaren Fäden des Lebens zu sehen. Doch als sie den Auftrag erhält, den Vampirkrieger Atrius zu töten, der verzweifelt um das Überleben seines Volkes kämpft, und immer mehr über seine schockierend dunkle Vergangenheit erfährt, gerät Sylinas Loyalität ins Schwanken.

Nach einem traumatischen Amoklauferlebnis an ihrer alten Uni in Tennessee freut sich die zwanzigjährige Evelyn "Eve" besonders über den Neuanfang am elitären Meadowridge College. Als eine Panikattacke die Studentin jedoch in die Arme eines attraktiven Unbekannten treibt, löst sie damit eine ungeahnte Kette von Ereignissen aus. Plötzlich lebt Eve zusammen mit vier der mächtigsten und attraktivsten Studenten und ihrem faszinierenden Kriminologie-Professor in einem Haus und erlebt ein Chaos der Gefühle, während außerhalb des gesicherten Campus ungeahnte Gefahren auf sie warten.

Throughout the world, poverty stricken people work tirelessly to better themselves, to improve their circumstances, to make a better life for themselves and their children. The dignity of honest labor and the reward of coaxing sustenance from the very earth provides the poor with a quiet feeling of deep satisfaction, an almost sacred sense of self.

In the final days of the Demon Empire a lone wardog goes in search of the answer to the only question she cares about: Who murdered her mate? Utterly unqualified to solve a mystery, Dogged Determination has but one advantage: She never, ever gives up. From the heart of a massive empire to the deepest foreboding jungles, Dogged is an unstoppable force of will.

It’s 1958. A time of Rock and Roll, of protest, riot and change… and London is full of danger. Dennis Knuckleyard is finally growing up, and above all he wants to leave the Great When in the past. For nine years, he’s avoided so much as thinking about the magical shadow version of London, managing even to palm off what should’ve been his last souvenir of that experience – an iron key he secretly brought back.

When the ancient Daywalker Azura sails back into the Crescent City, he brings storms bound long ago in blood oaths and broken covenants. The Moreau brothers rise from the dark, the wolves of the bayou grow restless, and the witches whisper of a curse older than the levees. In the chaos, Clara Morgan prepares her son Caleb, unaware that his awakening will change the balance of power forever.

Trained since birth to be the catalyst for her father’s ambitions, Neith Dracos will have to decide if these ambitions are also her own. Born a king's bastard, Calithea Ironne has known only privilege and peace. But when war reaches her home, long-kept secrets rise to the surface—and nothing she thought she knew will survive them. All Nara Nyanthi wants is a quiet life with the woman she loves. As one of the most powerful wielders in the Esērii, she finds herself at odds with the High Council over their designs for her.

»Was sind Ideale wert, wenn der Preis das eigene Leben ist?« Folodir und Tiramas, unzertrennliche Schwertbrüder eines alten Ritterordens, werden in die Schatten einer längst vergessenen Macht gezogen – ein Netz aus Verrat und Geheimnissen, das sich zu spinnen beginnt…

When four isolated elderly people die back-to-back at the same hospital by jumping out of the sixth-floor window, Su-Yeon doesn’t understand why she’s the only one at her precinct that seems to care. But her colleagues at the police force dismiss the case as a series of unfortunate suicides due to the patients’ loneliness. But Su-Yeon doesn’t have the privilege of looking away: her dearest friend, Grandma Eun-Shim, lives on the sixth floor, and Su-Yeon is terrified that something will happen to her next.

Das Chaos der Hölle ist entfesselt. Nach Isaks Verrat und der Zerstörung der Flamme der Verdammnis gelingt ihm und Grace die Flucht – doch der Preis ist hoch. Zurück auf der Erde kämpft Grace mit albtraumhaften Visionen, während Isak nicht nur ihr Vertrauen verloren hat, sondern auch die Last eines dunklen Geheimnisses trägt: Etwas ist mit ihnen durch das Portal entkommen, etwas, das nie entkommen sollte.

The struggle for the security of London’s hidden underbelly didn’t end at Golden Square. In this high-stakes continuation of the LineFolk of London saga, Hannah Chadwick finds that being an apprentice to the legendary Wayworthy legacy is less about ancient books and more about surviving the "Edge". While Axton Flynn struggles to master the centuries of inherited memories now locked in his mind, the sanctuary of the clynic is under threat.

THE WITCH OF THE WOODS I protect my sister. And I protect my forest. That’s all I care about. All I need. But a series of unfortunate events leads to me having to step outside of my beloved woods. The hunt is simple. Find the men who dared to trespass. End them. Return home. What’s not...

Nachdem sich Keira ihren Alpträumen gestellt hat, wird ihr schnell klar, dass noch weitaus schlimmere Gefahren da draußen lauern. Jetzt wird sie von den mächtigsten Wesen der Welt gejagt, und schon bald findet sie sich in einem Netz übernatürlicher Zerstörung gefangen. Keira kann die Visionen von dem attraktiven Mann nicht kontrollieren, die sie verfolgen.

Discover three haunting tales from H. P. Lovecraft in The Best of H. P. Lovecraft, featuring The Quest of Iranon, He, and The Trap. This classic collection brings together eerie fantasy, cosmic mystery, and unsettling supernatural fiction from one of horror literature’s most influential...

Explore The Collected Short Stories of H. P. Lovecraft, featuring The Dreams in the Witch House, The Silver Key, and Through the Gates of the Silver Key. This classic horror and dark fantasy collection brings together eerie dreamscapes, mysterious keys, cosmic terror, and Lovecraft’s...

Un matrimonio per fermare una guerra. Ma tra loro, è solo l'inizio di un incendio. La mafia russa e quella italiana sono in guerra. Una guerra feroce, fatta di sangue, potere e vendetta. Entrambe le fazioni sono spietate, inflessibili, incapaci di perdonare. Ma quando viene deciso di unire i nostri mondi con un matrimonio, mi ritrovo di fronte la donna più bella del clan nemico… e il destino spinge tra le mie braccia quello che ho sempre desiderato.

Kai Donovan has always had sharp teeth. Earning his keep as an underground fighter in South Boston, he revels in well-earned notoriety. Wild. Irreverent. Vicious. His secret: he's the monster from a fable. But when Kai loses a match against a mysterious opponent whose ferocity rivals his own, he...

THE BOOK BEHIND THE SECOND SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. In this sequel to A Game of Thrones, George Martin pursues the embattled Seven Kingdoms through a bitter 10-year winter in which good and evil contend for power. When cruel Queen Cerisi's son takes the Iron...

The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya carved her place in a world designed to kill her. Her only chance to become something more than prey is entering the Kejari: a legendary tournament held by the goddess of death herself. But winning won’t be easy amongst the most vicious warriors from all three vampire houses. To survive, Oraya is forced to make an alliance with a mysterious rival.

My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me. So begins a tale told from his own point of view - a story unequaled in fantasy literature. Now in The Wise Man’s Fear, Day Two of The Kingkiller Chronicle, Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero and learns how difficult life can be when a man becomes a legend in his own time.

‘As addictive as morphine’ THE TIMES From the author of the classic Farseer trilogy, SHIP OF MAGIC is the first part of the Liveship Traders. Set in a land bordering the Six Duchies, Robin Hobb begins her epic tale of pirates, talking ships, magic, sea serpents, slave revolts, dashing heroes...

THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER ‘One for Philip Pullman fans’ THE TIMES ‘This one is an automatic buy’ GLAMOUR ‘Ambitious, sweeping and epic’ EVENING STANDARD ‘Razor-sharp’ DAILY MAIL ‘An ingenious fantasy about empire’ GUARDIAN 'Literary super-stardom doesn't seem...

When The Sandman, also known as Lord Morpheus - the immortal king of dreams, stories and the imagination - is pulled from his realm and imprisoned on Earth by a nefarious cult, he languishes for decades before finally escaping. Once free, he must retrieve the three “tools” that will restore his power and help him to rebuild his dominion, which has deteriorated in his absence.

A long time ago when the Earth was Flat, beautiful indifferent Gods lived in the airy Upperearth realm above, curious passionate demons lived in the Underearth realm below, and mortals were relegated to exist in the middle. Chuz, Prince of Madness, third of the Lords of Darkness—beauty on one side, foul corruption on the other—“takes pity” on the world. In his gentle, soft embrace, mortal minds repose in a tide of illusion and twisted desire. Yet no one is immune from the sweetest madness of all, and even immortals fall at the cast of the bone dice….

In Act III, we follow Morpheus on a grand journey to take care of family business. He visits with his son Orpheus (Regé-Jean Page), an act that brings with it profound consequences. Accompanied by Delirium (Kristen Schaal), he tracks down their estranged brother, Destruction (David Harewood), the only member of the Endless ever to abandon their post. And at an inn at the intersection of all worlds, a group of travelers are forced together by a storm that threatens to destroy reality itself, with grave repercussions for Morpheus and the rest of the Endless.

There are whispers about what lurks in Witch Knell—the forest where sinners go to die. The villagers call it The Eating Woods because what's taken is never given back. Only those who've lost their senses would dare to go near it. Or the banished. Maevyth Bronwick knows better than to breach the misty labyrinth of trees, but a tragic turn of events compels her beyond the archway of bones to a boundary no mortal has crossed before. One that cloaks a dark and fantastical world that's as dangerous as it is alluring. It's there that he dwells, the cursed lord of Eidolon.

The Heart-Stopping International Sensation! Brought to life by a captivating multi-cast narration, with spellbinding performances from the award-winning Julia Whelan, Katie Leung (Harry Potter) and Marisa Calin. Instant No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller No. 1 New York Times Bestseller The Radio 2...