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A hidden enemy. A bitter price for victory. My name is Nadia. I'm a Marshal of the High Queen of the Elves, and I've lived through some terrifying things. Including the Mage Fall. And now, to my enormous annoyance, they're making a movie about it. The High Queen wants it to happen, so it's going to happen. Except someone has been sabotaging the production, and the sabotage has escalated to murder. A new enemy is in the shadows, and if I don't solve the murder, a lot of bad things are going to happen...

The human government knows about us. We understood the risk we took when we took the battle to the city. But we didn’t plan for their government to flood the area, harass the hybrids, and cause a media frenzy. Nor did we understand the sheer amount of information they had about us.

Moonshaw was supposed to be a clean break—a relaxing life with the backwoods right on my doorstep, where all I had to worry about was lively herbs and the occasional stray monster. But when a magical anomaly tears through the town archive, it doesn't just leave a mess. It digs up a skeleton and a contract written in a lost language. It turns out that Moonshaw is in the firing line of an ancient entity that's about to come roaring back into this world.

Seventy years ago, people turned on their televisions and saw magic on the streets of Manhattan. Real magic, and real monsters, in broad daylight. Today, corporate sorcerers defend their employers’ interests with curses and bullets, street vendors sell cheap talismans to the masses, and the most popular late-night talk show host is a demon. It’s a world of wonders and terrors, but you still have to earn a living.

The time has come for Ana to conquer her doubts about her heritage and discover her inner dragon. Her lessons begin with summoning fire on the shore at Lendman Park, placing a buffer between her fledgling powers and town. Her flames prove eager to please, leaping to her fingertips, but a sudden...

A woman's search for her missing sister instead brings her four powerful princes of chaos in this steamy, why-choose romantasy perfect for fans of Bonded by Thorns, Gild and The Serpent and the Wings of Night They said the trials were over. They were wrong. I survived the Choosing. I claimed my...

Morgan Blackwater's mother is a kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying Shadow Council wizard. As for Morgan? Morgan's a junior salesperson at a tech startup. But with magic dyslexia and a disinclination to kick ass, Morgan is doing her best carving out a niche for herself in the mundane world...

An original and haunting voice unspools a dark magic novel that features an otherworldly circus, the Boy who becomes a Magician, and the villainous Mother whose sadism might end it all—perfect for fans of Our Share of Night and The Changeling First, he is a Boy, born to a Mother who cannot...

As a new investigator and guard of the Crimson Court, I've got a lot to prove. Like, I need to show that my mind-reading powers are actually useful. So, when Balor, my alluring fae prince, wants to team up on a case, I jump at the chance. Only problem is, he's still digging into my past. If he...

New York Times Bestselling Author A classic Gothic novel from Joyce Carol Oates—a literary masterpiece of invention, artistry, and power “Bellefleur is proof . . .that Oates is one of the great writers of our time. . . . A magnificent piece of daring, a tour de force of imagination and...

Als der Luftelementarier Yeban in Tangrintanien vermisst wird, sendet der Rat der Götter die Feuerelementarierin Finvara und ihren Begleiter Fogo, den kleinen Feuerfischdrachen, aus, um dem mysteriösen Verschwinden auf den Grund zu gehen. Auf ihrer Reise zur Hauptstadt entdeckt sie, dass sich Priester eines fremden Gottes wie Parasiten in dem kleinen Königreich niederlassen. Unterdessen wird Toki, der Sohn eines Schreiners, von einer unheimlichen Krankheit befallen und gerät in die finsteren Machenschaften der Priester.

Melisande had never felt like she fit in. Being a light fae princess with dark fae inclinations was not necessarily something you advertised to your royal family. When an evil strikes and leaves her comatose, it allows some exploration into the dark magic she is drawn to. Upon waking, it will be time to decide whether she will live a lie or embrace her true self. Ambrose’s life goals were simple. Exist as a foster of the dark realm, ensure the royal family’s comfort and safety, and stay under the radar.

Die Welt steht am Rande einer Katastrophe. Nether scheint bereit zu sein, die ganze Realität zu verschlingen, während Disgardium ins Chaos stürzt. Uralte Kräfte erwachen aus ihrem Schlaf und bedrohen das empfindliche Gleichgewicht zwischen den Welten. Scyth kehrt stärker denn je aus seinem Exil in der Beta-Welt zurück–als letzte Hoffnung auf Rettung. Er muss sich durch die allerletzten Dämonischen Spiele kämpfen, die Geheimnisse alter Völker und vergessener Götter enthüllen und ehemalige Feinde gegen eine gemeinsame Bedrohung vereinigen.

Un hombre que viaja en tren por España tiene la experiencia más extraña de su vida cuando sube a su vagón una bellísima deidad que irradia un increíble calor de su cuerpo y solo él puede ver.

Imagine an alternative Earth, where elves, imps, demons, and extraterrestrials coexist within the bounds of an unimaginably diverse, complex, and intricately structured society. The socialites are content with their relatively carefree existence filled with amusement, scheming, and gossip, until a mysterious circus performer arrives on the scene and challenges both the laws of physics and the core traditions of her world.

Spannend, witzig, süchtig machend - dein nächstes Lieblingsabenteuer beginnt hier! Mitten in der Gaming-Session wird Elorion in eine düstere Dimension gerissen. Zusammen mit neunzehn anderen Gefangenen erwacht er in den Kerkern der mächtigen Mistress Lilith. Mit einem Levelsystem ausgestattet, muss er in einem von Untoten bevölkerten Labyrinth überleben. Eins ist klar: Wenn er nicht schnell levelt, wird er sterben!

Nachdem sie eine verlassene Festung innerhalb eines Herdes entdeckt hatten, machten die Richters sie nicht nur zu ihrem Stützpunkt, sondern auch zu einem Trainingslager für ihre neue Armee. Denn die wahre Macht der Richters vor den anderen zu verbergen wurde immer schwieriger. Der große Krieg würde schon sehr bald ausbrechen.

As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon. Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple.

My name is Eve Carnell. I’m 29 years old, single and have a devil in me. It’s not as cool as you might think. My entire world fell apart when I was sixteen. Now all I want is a normal life, but that’s not easy when you’re on every “usual suspects” list going. And normal goes out the window the day MI5 come to ask me about my dead grandfather. They’re hunting a spy and while I may be the absolute worst choice for the job, apparently I have a very particular set of skills. Who knew, right?

For readers of George Saunders, Kelly Link, David Mitchell, and Karen Russell, This Census-Taker is a stunning, uncanny, and profoundly moving novella from multiple-award-winning and bestselling author China Miéville. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR In a remote house on a hilltop...