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Ein grausamer Mord im alten Ägypten, ein Fluch ohne Verfallsdatum – und ein Junge, der ungewollt zum Schlüssel einer uralten Macht wird: Aton ist fünfzehn, hochbegabt, Einzelgänger. Doch als bei einem Museumsbesuch eine jahrtausendealte Mumie erwacht, beginnt etwas, das weit größer ist als er selbst. Schatten bewegen sich, Götter scheinen nicht vergessen zu haben – und der Tod ist näher, als irgendjemand ahnt. Was als Jugendgeschichte beginnt, entfaltet sich schnell zu einem atmosphärisch dichten Thriller, der existenzielle Fragen stellt: Schuld und Verantwortung.

Max Fredericks can time travel. He doesn't know exactly how it works-just that it does. When it happens again, Max finds himself on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain in 1965 East Berlin. Still queasy from the shock of travel, he witnesses an abduction. The victim is a girl Max later comes to know only as Elsa, and the perpetrators are the Stasi-"the sword and shield of the state" in communist East Germany.

The Laemion Ancestry has begun their invasion of Anshald. As the call to arms goes out and young men and women from across the nation begin to answer the call, three people enlist in the small mining town of Stonlinge. Among them is Sigfried Rium, who is quickly recruited to be a live fire airship saboteur as a part of the division known as the Wind Walk Archers.

When five siblings are sent to live with their enigmatic Auntie Willow in the mist-shrouded heights of the Appalachian Mountains, they expect boredom, maybe a few ghost stories. What they find instead is a world on the edge of legend. Hidden in the folds of the forest lies a truth long buried—about their mother’s mysterious disappearance, and the ancient red-haired giants who once roamed the land before even the Native tribes. Towering as trees and cloaked in forgotten lore, these beings guard secrets that could unravel history itself.

In 1874, a storm stole everything from Kit and Cale Weston — their parents, their home, their childhood. Orphans on the prairie, they are taken in by Jesse and Sabrina Mercer, who run a ranch for wayward children and teens. But behind the Mercers’ respectable front lies a darker plan.

En un mundo en guerra, las estrellas dicen que Xifeng está destinada a la grandeza. Su futuro es convertirse en la emperatriz de Feng Lu, pero solo si es capaz de convivir con la oscuridad que habita en su interior… Tras dieciocho años bajo las órdenes de su tía, Xifeng vive encerrada en una prisión de pobreza. Pero cuando un trágico suceso le muestra el lado oscuro de su corazón, decide fugarse con Wei (el joven por quien es capaz de saltarse cualquier norma) y perseguir su destino.

Melbourne 1942. As the World War II rages in the Pacific, 16-year-old cadet reporter Murph and his cheeky Aboriginal friend Banjo are thrown headfirst into an explosive wartime conspiracy after an old nemesis is found dead on Christmas Eve. All the evidence points to Banjo, who has disappeared without a trace. But Murph refuses to accept it, and—with the enigmatic and beautiful British spy Rose Atherton at his side—he dives deeper into a murky world of wealth and power.

One boy, one journey — fifteen thousand kilometers between fear and freedom. In 1979, as Iran is swept by revolution, sixteen-year-old Hassan’s world is turned upside down. What begins as a fight for freedom quickly becomes a dangerous battle for survival. Torn from his home, he is forced to cross borders, deserts, and war zones, traveling over fifteen thousand kilometers in search of safety — and a future he can call his own. 15000 Kilometers is a gripping memoir, deeply human story of courage, friendship, and perseverance.

Seit ihrem ersten Tag in Hogwarts pflegen Draco Malfoy, Spross einer berüchtigten Zaubererdynastie, und Harry Potter eine erbitterte Rivalität. Draco scheint der Inbegriff eines intriganten Fieslings zu sein, dazu bestimmt, sich wie sein Vater Voldemorts Todessern anzuschließen. Doch im Lauf der Zeit spürt man trotz der frostig-arroganten Fassade immer deutlicher, dass der junge Slytherin zerrissen ist zwischen dem dunklen Erbe der Malfoys und seinen eigenen Wünschen und Vorstellungen.

Als Professor Lidenbrock in einem alten Manuskript eine rätselhafte Botschaft entdeckt, beginnt eine waghalsige Expedition: Gemeinsam mit seinem Neffen und einem schweigsamen Führer steigt er in einen isländischen Vulkan hinab – auf der Suche nach einem Weg ins Innere der Erde. Unter der Oberfläche erwarten sie gewaltige Höhlen, urzeitliche Landschaften, unterirdische Meere und Gefahren, die jede Vorstellung sprengen.

Barnabas Locke, seasoned frontiersman, husband and father, becomes strangely embroiled in international competition for gold illegally mined in the Ute mountains of Colorado. Among the converging players is his cousin, Captain Enoch Locke, sent on a secret mission to confiscate the gold. Guilty of the escape of an unscrupulous French schemer, Barnabas and his life-long friend, the Abenaki Prophet, Squando, hatch a daring plan to thwart the gold seekers and to restore spiritual balance to the Ute way of life.

In October 1759, as the French and Indian War wanes, Ranger brothers Frederick and Edward Locke stumble upon an ambush and an abduction along the new Crown Point Military Road in the heart of the contested Green Mountains.

A Valeria este año le esperan unas vacaciones muy especiales, o al menos eso es lo que dice su madre, una auténtica especialista en buscar lugares originales para desconectar de la rutina. Un lugar solitario y peculiar en el norte de Noruega será el elegido, y allí el presente se mezclará con el pasado en los sueños de Valeria.

Bretagne, début du XIXe siècle. Dans un village ravagé par les guerres napoléoniennes, Jeanne Tanguy, jeune paysanne au tempérament indomptable, lutte pour survivre et protéger sa petite sœur Marie de la brutalité de leur mère. Une nuit de tempête, elle se joint aux naufrageuses, les villageoises qui attirent volontairement des navires anglais sur les récifs pour les piller. Dans ce pillage, elle tue un officier anglais et comprend avec effroi qu’elle détient son âme, qui désormais la hante et l’observe, témoin et miroir de sa propre violence et de son intimité.

Mr. Darcy got his happily ever after in Pride and Prejudice, and now it’s his sister’s turn in this swoony queer romance, perfect for fans of Bridgerton. Georgiana Darcy has only ever kissed one girl before, and the resulting blackmail almost ruined her reputation. Since then, she’s...

In 1892, in the bustling town of Fall River, Massachusetts, 16-year-old Victoria feels trapped by her high-society, pre-debutante life. Not only is she forced to have a chaperone for anything outside of the house, but she is also stuck playing nursemaid to her mother suffering from an unexplained paralysis. Victoria’s only escapes are visits with her neighbor Miss Lizzie Borden, reading Sherlock Holmes serials and—when the urge overtakes her—stealing. When her next-door neighbors Mr. and Mrs.

Toujours dans la propriété d'Eversand, Birdie Baker tente de libérer Ronan. Mais elle doit se méfier des autres personnes présentes, à commencer par Sebastian, héritier de la puissante famille Rosemore et qui a juré de la séduire, et Dorcas, qui rêve de prendre sa place de gouvernante. Elle comprend que sa seule issue pour préserver sa vertu et sa vie est de séduire et d'épouser un Rosemore.

Un avión cargado de bombas se aproxima al Palacio Real de Madrid. Lo pilota uno de los mejores aviadores del mundo, y su objetivo es matar al rey de España. El piloto, al soltar su carga mortal, gritará simbólicamente "¡Muera la monarquía! ¡Viva la república española!", aunque sepa que nadie lo oirá, aparte de su fiel copiloto. Y entonces, allá abajo, surge lo inesperado.

It has been two months since Emma wielded a sword on the deck of the Lady's Mercy alongside the golden-haired Hemmish naval officer with copper eyes. Two months of pins in her hair and napkins in her lap and trying with everything in her to be the person she was born to be, the Charlie Ache...

Nel caldo soffocante di un pomeriggio d'agosto, una carrozza arriva in città, sollevando una nuvola di polvere e gli interrogativi di chi la vede passare. Non appena giungono al Bayerischer Hof, l'hotel più elegante dei dintorni, e vi si stabiliscono "per tutto il tempo che sarà necessario", comincia a correre la voce che il dottor Grimaldi sia giunto insieme alla figlia per risolvere il mistero che da un anno scuote la città: scoprire chi è Kaspar Hauser, il ragazzo apparso dal nulla dopo sedici anni di reclusione a opera di un misterioso aguzzino, e perché qualcuno lo minaccia di morte.