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Life at Nyx's Station has been a little tense of late. There are the fugitives she's hiding, the Harvester of Worlds she still doesn't know what to do with, and then there's the ex-boyfriend she's been avoiding. So when someone from her elusive past shows up in Earth Between, Nyx jumps at the distraction—and the chance to finally get some answers. The only problem is, her childhood friend Seth has no intention of answering any of those questions.

With tentative peace established in Faerie, Thierry returns to her job as a conclave marshal in Texas while the countdown to her coronation begins. But what happens in Faerie doesn't always stay in Faerie. A crown wasn't Thierry's only souvenir from her trip. Her new husband, Rook, is scheming again, and this time his plans are invading her dreams.

Shinya est un onmyoji. Capable de divination et d'illusion, il lui est également possible d'invoquer des esprits, qu'il a attachés à son service... souvent par la contrainte. Alors qu'il revient d'une mission en province, il est mandaté par l'empereur afin de sauver sa fiancée d'une étrange malédiction. En soignant la jeune femme, Shinya fait une découverte bouleversante. Pour traquer l'être à l'origine du mal, il se trouve contraint de retourner dans la ville des esprits où il avait été fait prisonnier adolescent.

Yanis Martel kann sich nicht entscheiden. Steht er auf Frauen oder auf Männer? Liebt er seine beste Freundin Julie oder doch eher den Cafébesitzer Gabriel, der ihm im Nu den Kopf verdreht hat? Aber das Schicksal nimmt ihm die Entscheidung ab. Yanis rettet Julie vor dem sicheren Tod und wird damit zu ihrem Wächter. Denn Julie ist eine Hexe, und sie zieht ihn in eine Welt der Magie, die sein Leben komplett auf den Kopf stellt... Zwei Jahre nach dem Tod seines Freundes Yanis bittet dessen Vater John Gabriel um einen irrsinnigen Gefallen: Er soll herausfinden, was wirklich mit Yanis geschehen ist.

Die Magie flüstert deinen Namen. Folgst du ihr? Ein Kampf in Zeiten der Dunkelheit. Freundschaft, Familie und Liebe gegen eine uralte Fehde. Und eine Magie, die ihre ganz eigenen Spielregeln macht.

Nach dem Angriff der Hexenjäger ist am Palast der Träume nichts mehr so, wie es einmal war. Während in der Schule von den Opfern Abschied genommen werden muss, wird die Hoffnung auf eine bessere Zukunft schon bald von neuen Geheimnissen überschattet. Denn nicht nur der König der Rebellen setzt alles daran, sein Ziel zu erreichen, auch Ivan schreckt vor nichts zurück, um seinen Fehler wiedergutzumachen.

"Je ne sais pas si un paradis quelconque existe ni si je mérite d’y atterrir, mais j'espère avoir au moins la chance de rencontrer ce fameux passeur et de pouvoir plaider ma cause auprès de lui. Moi qui attrape un coup de soleil après à peine dix minutes de bronzette, que vais-je devenir si je dois me faire rôtir les fesses aux Enfers ?"

After taking down the source of corruption of the Unseen World, Sydney is left with almost no magical ability. Feeling estranged from herself, she is determined to find a way back to her status as one of the world’s most dangerous magicians. Unfortunately, she needs to do this quickly: the House of Shadows, the hell on earth that shaped her into who she was, the place she sacrificed everything to destroy, is rebuilding itself.

In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe. The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled “HAP,” he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio–a past spent hunting humans. When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio’s former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe.

Escape the dungeon of an enchanted castle, race back to the den before my psycho dragon stalker snatches me up, convince my father to change his artifact-stealing ways before he gets his pack killed…. I’ve totally got this.

Aileen O'Reilly, druidesse tout en finesse... ou presque. Depuis des années, Aileen fuit la communauté surnaturelle. Jusqu'à renoncer à ses devoirs de druidesse pour protéger son petit frère, Cameron. Manque de chance, la ville dans laquelle ils emménagent déborde de surnaturels : lycans, polymorphes, sorcières, fées et bien d'autres.

"Schwarzes Land" ist Band 3 der vierbändigen Serie "Das Erbe von Grüenlant". Band 1 "Magische Zeichen", Band 2 "Dunkle Wege" und Band 4 "Letzte Entscheidung" liegen ebenso bei mainbook vor. Die Serie "Das Erbe von Grüenlant": Die junge Polizistin Natalie Berger arbeitet beim BKA. Mit ihren außergewöhnlichen Fähigkeiten, Menschen zum Reden zu bringen, und ihrer unglaublichen Treffsicherheit beim Schießen beeindruckt sie ihre Kollegen. Als ihr bei einem Verhör der geheimnisvolle Fremde Keiran Lasalle gegenübersitzt, weiß sie sofort, dass dieser ihr Leben für immer verändern wird.

Band 4: "Letzte Entscheidung": Endlich wieder vereint, müssen sich Natalie und Keiran noch einer letzten Herausforderung stellen: In der Brandwüste wartet ein riesiges Heer, angeführt von Viggo, Magnas bestialischem Feldherren. Hilfe bekommen sie von alten und neuen Freunden. Als Natalie schließlich ihrem alten Freund und Kollegen Tobias wieder begegnet, muss sie sich der Frage stellen, in welcher Welt sie fortan leben möchte. Kehrt sie in ihr altes Leben zurück oder herrscht sie an Keirans Seite als Königin über Grüenlant?

His deal with the Demon Prince has taken Hadjar deeper and deeper into the Strange Lands, where every step could be his last. With the aid of Abraham's squad, he's looking for clues and uncovering all sorts of secrets and mysteries, but the Raven Sect's fanatics are on their trail. What will this new twist of fate bring? Will Hadjar be able to fulfill his part of the deal? Did he make a mistake when he agreed to destroy the oldest and most powerful sect of the mortal realm?

When Maine took on her father's mantle, her intention was to protect a single village. No one said anything about every living being on the planet. The Demon has built a mythical stronghold in Rainwater and is gunning for the Nexus—the center of all magic on Earth. He'll have to go through Maine and her celestial army first, but he wouldn't have it any other way. Facing insurmountable odds, Maine has gathered every last mythical creature willing to stop the Demons. She knows that it's not enough. Not even close.

Sam hates his office job, but at least every night he can delve into Alterwhere and forget about stupid teamwork for a while. The world’s hottest new cerebral reality game is a fully immersive mash-up of the retro fantasy RPGs he used to play on his dad’s steam account back in the early 2030s—the kind where you can eat a bowl of stew in the middle of a battle, fire crossbows underwater, and steal all the plates from an NPC’s kitchen as long as they’re looking away at the time.

When a man came into my shop in the Great Marketplace at the Crossroads of the Worlds and tried to kill me, it completely ruined my day. Not only did I have to clean up the blood, but disposing of his body made me late to meet my friends for drinks. A nagging little detail kept bugging me, though. As he died, he said he was hired by my mother's family—people I hadn't seen for more than a decade. Then I discovered that assassins had made attempts on my brother and sister as well. As much as I didn't want to, I decided I should find out who wanted us dead, and put a stop to it.

A glass blower with a unique ability, Ember Farrow breathes magic into every piece of glass she makes. It’s a gift handed down through generations in her family of fire elementals, all the way back to when her great-great-grandfather created Cinderella’s slippers. But then, the slippers are stolen, and Ember is the prime suspect.

The longer Avery spends in her world, the less she remembers about Soluna. Her life is filled with visions and voices she can’t explain. In Soluna, her twin sister, Amara, is fighting to discover who is behind the demon attacks, fearful that it is someone within the castle walls.

When the enigmatic Hana Blackmore transfers into his high school, her arrival–and mere existence–brings more excitement, mystery, and peril than he could have imagined. Evan would never have believed that the ancient Greek gods were real, yet when he finds himself caught in the middle of a grudge between two gods, it erupts in a flurry of magic and monsters, and he nearly pays the ultimate price.