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In der Dunkelheit erwacht deine Phönixmagie. Einst opferte sich der letzte Phönix, um die Menschheit zu beschützen. Noch heute kämpfen auserwählte Menschen mit ihren Phönixkräften gegen dunkle Feinde. Als Eden eines Nachts in den Straßen San Franciscos von düsteren Gestalten angegriffen und von vier Fremden mit Waffen aus Licht gerettet wird, erfährt sie, dass sie selbst eine Phönixkriegerin ist. Doch wieso zeigt sich bei ihr keine Lichtgabe? Und was verbirgt der unnahbare Krieger Kane, dessen Blicke Eden unter die Haut gehen?

Ainika to raj. Hałaśliwy, niebezpieczny, chaotyczny, czasem nawet cuchnący, ale raj. Zwłaszcza w porównaniu z resztą kraju. Siranuk ma winnicę i swoje sekrety, Kira chce po prostu leczyć ludzi, a Tamasowi zależy wyłącznie na korzystaniu z władzy oraz benefitów z nią związanych. Ich życia są całkiem przyjemne i pełne możliwości. Do czasu. Prawdziwa Rewolucja nadciąga ze stolicy wraz z nową Siewczynią Sprawiedliwości, armią betonowych golemów i złowrogim bluszczem. Ainika ma stać się taka, jak reszta kraju – szara, milcząca oraz zamknięta.

I was blissfully ignorant of a book, usually translated into Human languages as The Gospels of Satan, until it was stolen from the Great Library. My twin sister, a Senior Scholar, showed up at my door and asked me to help her retrieve the cursed book. It's magical, priceless, and in the wrong hands might be dangerous.

Casement Rise is a dusty town at the end of days, a harsh world of grit and arcane dangers. While Jean’s stern, overprotective Nan has always kept Casement Rise safe from monsters, she may have waited too long to teach Jean how to face them on her own. On Jean’s twelfth birthday, a mysterious graceful man appears, an ethereal and terrifying being tied to her family’s secrets. Now, Nan must rush Jean’s education in monsters, magic, and the breaking of the world in ages past.

The demons that could control stones and elementals have been defeated, but the most powerful of Simon Wong's associates still remains to create almost undetectable copies of humans and Shen. This demon allies with Kitty Kwok to prepare a torturous trap for Emma and Simone from which they may never return.

Emma teeters on the edge of becoming fully demon, and must make a journey to the Kunlun Mountains in the West, home of the reclusive ancient goddess Nu Wa, in an attempt to regain her humanity. Travelling with Emma is Xuan Wu's daughter, Simone, who is struggling with her growing powers and trying to defend herself from the demons who want to destroy her. And Michael is trying to come to terms with the shock of finding out he might be half demon ... and a danger to them all.

Every year, thousands flock to San-Er, the dangerously dense capital twin cities of the kingdom of Talin, where the palace hosts a set of deadly games. Those confident in their ability to jump between bodies can enter a fight to the death - for the chance to win unimaginable riches. Princess Calla Tuoleimi has been in hiding for five years, ever since she murdered her parents to free the people of Talin from her tyrannical family. Only one person stands in her way of finishing the job: her reclusive uncle King Kasa.

Emiko Soong belongs to one of the eight premier magical families of the world. But Emiko never needed any magic. Because she is the Blade of the Soong Clan. Or was. Until she’s drenched in blood in the middle of a market in China, surrounded by bodies and the scent of blood and human waste as a lethal perfume. The Butcher of Beijing now lives a quiet life in San Francisco, importing antiques. But when a shinigami, a god of death itself, calls in a family blood debt, Emiko must recover the Ebony Gate that holds back the hungry ghosts of the Yomi underworld.

Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy. He walked among invisible powers: devils and anti-gods that mock the mortal form. He learned a lethal catechism, lost his shadow, and gained a habit for secrecy. After a blood-soaked childhood, Fetter escaped his rural hometown for the big city, and fell into a broader world where divine destinies are a dime a dozen.

Half-dwarven craftswoman, enchanter, and hammer-wielder Matti Puletasi has achieved most of her goals, and even found the love of the handsome elf assassin Sarrlevi. Unfortunately, there’s still a bounty on her head. That makes it hard to return to a normal life, start a family, or even visit the Coffee Dragon without being shot at.

James and his women are looking forward to a comfortable autumn at the cabin. A warm fire, good company, and James’s magical quality-of-life improvements will carry them through the cold months. But in an enchanted forest, the autumn months still bring plenty of adventure! A magical prophecy reveals the location of a mysterious artifact. To find it, James will venture deep into the woods to find the shy deer girl that has eluded him so far.

Reaching for a curiously shaped stone in a southern California riverbed, Kurt, a motherless 13-year-old out on a father-son bonding camp trip, feels a pulsing tremor of energy. Confused, he shares this oddly colored rock with his two friends, both who touch it briefly and throw it away in cries of pain. Unsure what to do, the three boys agree to keep this strange phenomenon a secret.

AliƧin is living the dream–too bad she doesn’t feel like it. With the rock-star costume her manager forces her to wear feeling more like a straightjacket, she wishes she could ditch it all and just sing. After her broken-down tour bus ends up stranding her in Nowhere, a chance encounter with a hysterical rabbit leaves her tumbling down the rabbit hole into Wonderland...only this isn’t the Wonderland everybody knows.

In einer Welt, die fast vollständig von den Kreaturen des Einen überrannt wurde, ist Amons Heimatstadt Falkenfels der letzte Hort der Menschheit. Hierhin haben sich die Letzten Helden und ihre Verbündeten zurückgezogen, um sich auf die große Schlacht gegen die Mächte des Bösen vorzubereiten.

Falkenfels ist gefallen! Die kläglichen Überreste der Menschheit haben sich auf eine Handvoll Luftschiffe zurückgezogen und befinden sich auf der Flucht vor der Flotte des Einen. Amon und seine Verbündeten wissen, dass sie das Ende so nur verzögern, aber nicht aufhalten können. Sie haben jedoch einen letzten Trumph auf der Hand, denn es ist ihnen gelungen, die Trümmer des Konzils der Elemente in ihre Gewalt zu bringen.

Nach Abenteuern in Höhlen und Wüsten steht Tib, Amon, Saphira und Eye wirklich mal etwas Entspannung zu. An Bord des Flussschiffes „Wildfang“, dass seinen gemütlichen Kurs den Verlauf des Sil entlang fährt, könnten sie diese finden. Aber so einfach ist das Leben nicht! Daher gibt es schon bald einen mysteriösen Mord an Bord und alles deutet auf Tib als den Mörder hin.

Captain Gormicks Schiff »Speerspitze« gerät in einen teuflischen Orkan und strandet schwer beschädigt auf einer einsamen Tropeninsel. Doch wie es scheint, war sie nicht immer verlassen. Von Dr. Myles Forscherdrang mitgerissen spüren Tib, Saphira, Amon und Eye den Geschehnissen der Vergangenheit nach. Schon bald müssen sie jedoch einsehen, dass man manche Geister besser ruhen lässt.

I had new cupcakes to bake, a new treasure to hunt, and a new dragon in town—literally. Who wouldn’t be ecstatic filling their days with chocolate, trinket collecting, and martial arts training? Yeah…me.

Stranded at Stately House, Suuzu Farroost is restless and fretful and lonesome for Akira. Waiting is a misery, and all he has to hold onto is the memory of a fleeting kiss, a circlet of nippet eggs, and one very stubborn, very outspoken valet. To keep him from wallowing, Suuzu's friends find ways to distract him, and as one story leads to another, the phoenix learns about the special place nippets hold in avian lore, especially where courtship is concerned.

Leaving behind her royal life should have solved most problems for Rachel of New York. While wandering the Royal States buys her peace for a while, her sister’s suicide drags her back into the cutthroat world she’d left behind. The RPS hunting her down to deal with her sister’s body is bad enough, but one nameless bachelor at a wedding in Illinois changes everything. Again.