検索キーワード： 伝説・神話・童話

Zwischen all den weißen Schwänen tauchte auf einmal ein schwarzer auf. Sein Gefieder schimmerte beinahe bläulich im silbrigen Mondlicht. Er hatte einen roten Schnabel und ebenso rot glühende Augen, die er nun auf mich richtete, als würde er mich kennen. Sein Anblick verursachte mir eine Gänsehaut. "Warum ist dieser Schwan schwarz?", wandte ich mich an Baba Zima. "Er symbolisiert das Böse, welches du in dir trägst", antwortete sie mir mit rauer Stimme.

Weaving together hints of Snow White and Sleeping Beauty with a shimmering thread of dark magic, this twist on classic fairy tales will hold readers spellbound from start to finish. On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword and ventures into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom. This queen will decide her own future – and the princess who needs rescuing is not quite what she seems.

Having woken the sleeping prince, Briar Rose, Fi and Shane still have a curse to break, and a terrifying foe to face: the Spindle Witch. If they can defeat her, the land of Andar will be free again. The three journey to the secret city of Everlynd, and all the while Fi is fighting her feelings for Briar, while he is fighting the ever-growing pull of the Spindle Witch. On the way, they are ambushed by Red, the girl who Shane can't stop flirting with and arguing with. The girl in the service of the Spindle Witch.

As the only hedgewitch in Blackthorn, Massachusetts―an uncommonly magical place―Aziza El-Amin has bargained with wood nymphs, rescued palm-sized fairies from house cats, banished flesh-eating shadows from the local park. But when a dark entity awakens in the forest outside of town, eroding the invisible boundary between the human world and fairyland, run-of-the-mill fae mischief turns into outright aggression, and the danger―to herself and others―becomes too great for her to handle alone.

Il destino di Core, giovane dea, è già stato scritto: regnerà sulla natura, assicurando terreno fertile e raccolti abbondanti. E, soprattutto, non si innamorerà mai, rimanendo casta per sempre. È ciò che sua madre, Demetra, ha deciso per lei e che Core ha sempre creduto di desiderare. Ma il fato è imprevedibile, anche per una divinità dell'Olimpo.

Rose is in love with Clover, the blacksmith's daughter. On her 16th birthday, the truth of her identity is revealed, along with her arranged marriage to Prince Phillip. Rose is stricken with grief over being forced to live a life of lies. Can the fairies undo this curse? Will Clover defeat Maleficent and claim the victory of true love?

Mazelina of Wexcombe has always dreamed of traveling with her father to lands beyond the confining walls of their castle. But his sudden death deprives her of the future she imagined. Abandoned by her eldest brother, Mazy is soon forced to seek help from her beloved brother Sir John at the great estate of Strachleigh. Her visit leads to a friendship with the dashing and noble Sir Berenger of Dericott. He has notions of rescuing a damsel in distress. But Mazy is brave enough to defend herself—and has proven that her skills in archery and knife throwing rival that of a knight’s.

Serilda and Gild attempt to break the curses that tether their spirits to Adalheid's haunted castle before the Endless Moon, when the Erlking means to capture one of the seven gods and make a wish to return his lover, Perchta, from the underworld. But as the story progresses, it becomes clear he doesn't want just one god—he wants to capture all seven, and force them to bring down the veil that keeps the Dark Ones separate from the land of the mortals.

Kit, at the tender age of 11, leaves her home to join the Temple of the Fist, a group of austere warrior-priests dedicated to delivering justice and retribution to the kingdom of Arnnor. After five cycles as an acolyte, during what should have been a simple protection mission, Kit uncovers a sinister plot to eradicate the wolves across the kingdom. But why? With the help of her new friends, a young tracker named Indie and a dire wolf named Runt, can the young priest follow the trail to its grizzly conclusion?

Teo, a seventeen-year-old Jade semidiós and the trans son of the goddess of birds, isn't worried about the Trials...at least, not for himself. His best friend, Niya is a Gold semidiós and a shoo-in for the Trials, and while he trusts her abilities, the odds of becoming the sacrifice is one-in-ten. But then, for the first time in over a century, the impossible happens. Sol chooses not one, but two Jade competitors. Teo, and Xio, the thirteen-year-old child of the god of bad luck. Now they must compete in five trials against Gold opponents who are more powerful and better trained.

Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries' seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once. In the forest of Fairfold, lies a glass casket. Inside the casket lies a sleeping faerie prince that none can rouse. He's the most fascinating thing Hazel and Ben have ever seen and they dream of waking him.

Taken away from her ordinary life, Rose Valrois finds herself in a world full of secrets and forbidden magic. There she meets her new stepsister, the enigmatic Princess Neeve, who will either become her best friend … or her worst enemy. In the shadows of the magical Darkwood, Rose discovers danger and adventure in her quest for answers about the mysteries surrounding her. When she’s rescued by Thorne, the Dark Elf guardian of the forest, he binds her to the Darkwood and forbids her to speak of its secrets.

Love is a currency and its value is diminishing. One agent for Fairy Godmother Agency won't accept that. Paris Beaufont may not know much about banking, but she's about to learn whatever she needs to save the value of love. Ironically, that just so happens to involve taking a class on finance. And figuring out how to make some money, too. A new threat to love has surfaced and behind it is a powerful company with a lot of resources. Can Agent Beaufont overcome the odds, defeat the villains who care more about money than love, and also turn a profit? The fate of love depends on it.

Can life ever be normal? Just as Nicole thinks that she can build a new life at the academy, strange visions of Melany start to plague her mind. If that wasn’t enough, the reality she has come home to is no longer safe. When attacks disrupt the mortal realm, alarm spreads among the Demigods. Rebellion is in the air, and for the first time, everything the Demigods Academy stands for might be in true danger. Called to protect it, Cade and the others try to help the humans. This time, though, they may not be strong enough to face their enemy.

Keep listening to Nicole and Melany's adventures at the Demigods Academy!

Lore versucht, einfach nur normal zu sein und zu vergessen, dass sie dazu ausgebildet wurde, griechische Götter zu jagen. Doch dann steht die nächste Jagd bevor und jemand sucht ihre Hilfe, der sie und ihresgleichen eigentlich hasst: Athene. Die Göttin bietet Lore ein Bündnis gegen den neuen Ares an, der vor Jahren Lores Familie ermordet hat - und seitdem noch mächtiger geworden ist. Sieben Tage ist Ares sterblich und die Rache für ihre Familie in greifbarer Nähe für Lore.

Stolen as a baby by an egotistical enchanter, Aurelia has spent her entire life locked in a tower, her impractically long hair serving as a vessel in which her captor can store his magic. Every day is predictable—at least, until Cyfrin's manner and experiments take an inexplicable turn. Now Aurelia's biggest challenge is convincing her fellow prisoner—the only mother she's ever known—that she's strong enough to handle the truth behind the enchanter's strange behavior. The trouble is, she'll first need to convince herself.

After the destruction of her entire Talon gang, eighteen-year-old Shin Lina—the Reaper of Sunpo—is forced to become a living, breathing weapon for the kingdom’s most-feared crime lord. All that keeps her from turning on her ruthless master is the life of her beloved little sister hanging in the balance. But the order to steal a priceless tapestry from a Dokkaebi temple incites not only the wrath of a legendary immortal, but the beginning of an unwinnable game. Lina finds herself in the dreamlike realm of the Dokkaebi, her fate in the hands of its cruel and captivating emperor.

Jack and the Giant Killers must save their beloved mentor, Abel, and round up the elements that the cruel giant, Gorgo, requires to open the terrible Hateful Gate. Failure would mean victory for Gorgo and his equally horrid family, who are more determined than ever in their relentless march to absolute power in Ooom. Jack and his young comrades are faced with countless perils as they transport a feisty talking hen to safety in the mystic northern kingdom of Glacial. By the time the novel concludes, the stage will be set for what promises to be an epic final battle for Ooom.

"Der Tod ist nicht das Ende, sondern ein Anfang. Die Geschichte wiederholt sich immer wieder." Das waren die letzten Worte ihrer sterbenden Mutter gewesen und Ember glaubte, sie nun verstehen zu können. Ihr jetziges Leben erlosch - es verschlang sie mit Haut und Haaren. Sie musste sterben, um an anderer Stelle aus ihrer Asche wiederauferstehen zu können.