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Billy Blackburn hat einen Traum: Er möchte die Pflege und Zucht magischer Pflanzen erlernen, und das ausgerechnet beim berühmtesten Vertreter dieser seltenen Kunst, Mr Turner. Nur gibt es dabei zahlreiche Hürden zu überwinden, denn erstens kann er keinen berühmten Fürsprecher für ein Empfehlungsschreiben gewinnen und zweitens zieht er in der magischen Welt vor allem Spott und Häme auf sich.

Truth knows everything about the mind-controlling Starbrite. Well, everything except for who it is, where it comes from, and where it is right now. Without anything to identify his world's creator, the question remains: Can he actually kill the malignant entity believed to have the lifespan of the stars themselves? Somewhere, high above the calamity it's caused, Starbrite still reigns. Unseeable and enigmatic, it touches the world through the minds of its slaves.

War is nearly upon them, and the demons will have their pint of blood... one way or another. "My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker." When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. The clock is ticking and I can feel the weight of the final battle with the demon hordes looming over my head. The puzzle pieces are becoming clearer, but the casualty list is growing. And with each name that is added to those we've lost, my confidence cracks a little more. Yet there is hope. A child saved.

My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker. When the dust settles, my heart feels as though it will never be pieced back together. But there are too many lives riding on my ability to function at my best. So I push through. And I find that I still have some fight left in me. Now I have one last task before I can rest: to find the simple ingredients of a spell. A spell that will help heal much of my wounds. But it is not only my injuries that I have to stitch closed. My sister’s wounds have broken open . . . and perhaps most surprising of all so do another vampire’s. Faris.

Geschichten über Hexer sind eine Sache. Herauszufinden, dass man selbst einer ist, etwas völlig anderes. David Hunter glaubt, seine Magie endlich zu beherrschen. Doch eine Prüfung an der Akademie stürzt ihn in tödliche Gefahr. Jessica Campbell wird von einem finsteren Wesen verfolgt, während Alicia Collins den Akasha-Chroniken immer näherkommt – bereit, die Welt zu zerstören, um sie neu zu formen.

Produit high-tech dernière génération, Barliona est un monde de pur divertissement. Depuis peu, le gouvernement, garant de la monnaie in-game, permet sa libre circulation. La conséquence est immédiate : Barliona est envahi par une population avide d’argent facile. Les développeurs du jeu, eux, trouvent rapidement de la main-d’œuvre gratuite : les criminels IRL. Le corps enfermé dans une capsule de réalité virtuelle, leur esprit est implanté dans les mines virtuelles de Barliona. Dmitry Mahan a surmonté bien des épreuves.

People die. So many illusions crumbled when death touched Eleanore Wright. She had run away from the ruins of one life toward the ruins of another. Now she knew that nothing in the world was what it seemed. Will she find peace within the house's peeling paint, dusty rooms, and mysterious sounds? She found a stranger there, with scars, a hammer in hand, and stains on his boots. Maybe she'd find peace in the glowing eyes that stayed among the overgrown tombstones

Beware the voices in the mist. Their promises are lies. On a research trip to Alaska, Maya Adler has no business investigating a mysterious ghost ship, but she’s not the kind of person who listens to reasonable advice and one of her best friends is a paranormal detective after all. However, what started with innocent curiosity soon becomes a quest for the truth when five strangers arrive in town claiming to be survivors from the ship. What happened to them? Why do they all remember the incident so differently. Did they kill the rest of the crew?

Traqueuse d'Abandon est une chasseuse de créatures au service de L'Ordre. Ce qu'elle réussit le mieux ? Exécuter des Vampires. C'est du moins ce dont elle se vantait avant de rencontrer Keyth Géhenne. Âgé, puissant, charismatique. Cet immortel pourrait la tuer en un claquement de doigts, s'il ne préférait pas exploiter ses connaissances pour son profit personnel. Entraînée dans une quête de pouvoirs, Eden devra exceller dans son art si elle compte survivre… Entre passion et mystères, plongez dans un univers sombre, où le seul guide sera votre brasier intérieur.

Même mener une carrière de détective privé alors qu'on est un Vampire. Face au problème insoluble d'agir par lui-même ou de solliciter l'aide du Conseil, Keyth va devoir jongler entre réalités et illusions pour révéler la vérité.

Die Wächterin der Schatten Ein mystischer Roman aus dem Katzenparadies über ein Mädchen, eine Katze – und ein Geheimnis, das niemand sehen will. Es beginnt mit einer Geburt. Und dem Blick einer Katze. In einem abgelegenen Dorf, eingehüllt in Stille und Routine, kommt ein Mädchen zur Welt – und nichts ist, wie es scheint. Während draußen der Mond über den alten Dächern hängt, sitzt auf dem Fenstersims des Krankenzimmers eine Katze. Regungslos. Wartend. Wissend. Luise stellt Fragen, auf die es keine Antworten gibt. Und sie versteht Zusammenhänge, die selbst Erwachsenen verborgen bleiben.

I’ve been on lockdown in the Hidden City for weeks now. Everyone thinks I’m hiding from the Alpha because I disobeyed his orders one too many times. And, well… I have. He’s coming for me; I know that. But he’s also coming for Myf, my mysterious agoraphobic pantry-dwelling Welsh friend, and I can’t let him take her. She’s hiding a dangerous secret—one I need her to share with me so I can protect her.

Emily Wilde è una geniale studiosa del Popolo fatato e nella sua enciclopedia ha catalogato leggende e segreti sulle creature magiche, anche grazie all'aiuto dell'affascinante - snervantemente affascinante - collega Wendell Bambleby. Ma Bambleby non è solo un erudito tanto brillante quanto intollerabilmente bello: in realtà è un re delle fate esiliato, in fuga dalla matrigna assassina e alla ricerca di una porta per tornare al suo regno.

Ich habe Nanomaschinen in meinem Körper und stehe kurz davor, das Licht der Welt zu erblicken. Überrascht? Nachdem ich schon im Mutterleib das Bewusstsein erlangt habe, ist mir eines glasklar: Ich werde die Welt im Sturm erobern! Die Geburt ist erst der Anfang. Mit einem Jahr werde ich einen Universitätsabschluss in der Tasche haben und mit fünf werde ich Milliardär sein. Dass ich weder Erinnerungen noch Erfahrungen habe, ist mir schnurzegal. In dieser magischen Welt voller intelligenter Technologie werde ich den Rückstand im Handumdrehen aufholen, oder?

From the New York Times bestselling author of Kaikeyi, a galvanizing stand-alone contemporary fantasy following a burnt-out reproductive health care worker as she fights back against escalating attacks on her clinic and the malevolent forces in hot pursuit of her newly acquired power. As a...

London awakes one morning to find itself besieged by a sky full of floating icebergs. Destroyed oil rigs, mysteriously reborn, clamber from the sea and onto the land, driven by an obscure purpose. An anatomy student cuts open a cadaver to discover impossibly intricate designs carved into a corpse’s bones—designs clearly present from birth, bearing mute testimony to . . . what?

The captivating dystopian trilogy that began with Gilded Cage continues. In a modern Britain where magic users control wealth, politics - and you - an uprising has been crushed. In its aftermath, two families will determine the country's fate. The ruthless Jardines make a play for ultimate power. And the Hadleys, once an ordinary family, must find the extraordinary strength to fight back.

In a darkly fantastical debut set in modern-day Britain, magic users control everything: wealth, politics, power - and you. If you’re not one of the ultimate one-percenters - the magical elite - you owe them 10 years of service. This is the darkly decadent world of Gilded Cage. In its glittering milieu move the all-powerful Jardines and the everyday Hadleys. The families have only one thing in common: Each has three children. But their destinies entwine when one family enters the service of the other. They will all discover whether any magic is more powerful than the human spirit.

When Brian Holloway (Jack Quaid, The Boys) was hired by famous horror author Paul Robinette (Titus Welliver, Bosch) to crack an antique safe in his home, he had no idea what he was about to encounter. Opening that safe door unleashed something sinister — something that continues to haunt him. But what exactly? And can whatever slipped through that threshold be stopped?

When 17-year-old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town itself. In spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters obviously prefer their own company and will make no exception for Bella.