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Open the door to a heartwarming, wistful fantasy about an artist who magically guides people to the afterlife, from the New York Times bestselling author of Water Moon and The Elsewhere Express The door never changes, but the rooms behind it do. Bonsai artist Shiori Ametsuchi never knows where...

Après les terribles évènements dans "Le chant des Ombres", retrouvez la suite des aventures de Maeve Knox à New York ou ailleurs en bonne compagnie ou... non. Obligée de fuir, Maeve se réfugie à l'autre bout du monde où elle se fait passer pour une simple humaine. Déterminée à...

Dies ist die unglaubliche Geschichte von Alfie, der mit acht Jahren seine einzigartige Gabe entdeckt, die ihm bei (fast) allem eine zweite Chance verleiht. Er kann jeden Schritt im Leben ungeschehen machen und ihn noch einmal gehen. Der Haken: Der zweite Versuch zählt – im Guten wie im Schlechten. Und es gibt zwei Dinge, die größer sind als seine Gabe: die Liebe und der Tod. Als junger Erwachsener begegnet ihm dann jedoch Gianna, seine große Liebe – und unversehens wird Alfies Gabe zur größten Herausforderung seines Lebens.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. For six years, Elin has found peace in the quiet, meticulous order of a cold fragrance archive, sleeving decades-old formula cards while the rest of Edinburgh rushes by outside. But her carefully catalogued life is about to be boxed up and thrown away...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Mia Lindfors has spent three months turning the Kallio Library's physical books into digital bytes, working strictly to a carefully ruled schedule. But when a missing 1926 donation ledger refuses to be catalogued, her systematic life is thrown into...

One wrong turn changed everything. On her way to pitch the project to finally launch her career, Freya Rook, an aspiring architect, alone on a deserted mountain road—trespasses onto land claimed by an ancient being, triggering events that transform life as she knows it. Once known as Camazotz...

When Emerson Blackwell discovers a secret library in New York City where the books are doorways into magical worlds, it seems like she's found the perfect adventure. But as Emerson begins to explore the Catalogue, she is drawn into a world filled with secrets and more questions than answers...

A debut contemporary fantasy perfect for fans of TJ Klune and Charlaine Harris, featuring werewolves, fae princes, and an ancient curse in rural America. Alana Taskey—part elf, part werewolf, all sass—has all-time rotten luck. In her middle-of-nowhere hometown, her trailer routinely goes missing and she's usually left holding the bag when her ill-tempered father gets into trouble.

Mirror, mirror, on the wall… Wren Vesper needs answers. She thought the worst was behind her, but the Darkness still looms in the corners of her dreams—a threat to her life and her magic that she cannot shake. When traditional divinations fail, a strange encounter with a mirror reveals a dangerous new gift: scrying. Now, a simple reflection can act as a door, a glimpse into the past that will reveal many of the Darkness’ secrets. But if Wren isn’t careful, that door could open in the other direction.

Two cops. One killer. Hundreds of gods. The instant Times Top Ten bestseller that's The Bridge meets Vikings, exploring contemporary themes of religious conflict, nationalism, prejudice... and the delicate internal politics of the office coffee round. 21st Century London. The Norman conquest...

In the aftermath of being kidnapped by crazed mercury dragons, Kirani Kinsley Ramons dusts off her rusty skills and takes up the mantle of private investigator. With the dead growing more restless by the day and the fear of missing women in need of rescue looming before her, Kinsley dives into the case. With her fiancé, her trusty carbunclo, and her hummingbird familiar at her side, Kinsley is ready for anything the world might toss at her.

Karma and Jake return in this thrilling conclusion to the Balancing the Scales trilogy. Unable to find new leads on the terrorist organization they hunt, Karma and Jake set off to the one place they might find answers: Tibet. But something lurks on the horizon—something dark and dangerous enough that the United States, China, and Japan join forces to put an end to it. While Karma wasn’t the first to be betrayed and terrorized, she vows to make certain she is the last—no matter what the cost.

His Royal Highness Prince Ian Ambrose of New York longed to fade into the background and vanish following the supposed deaths of his parents and the rise of his sister to Queen of New York. While serving as his sister’s advisor creates trouble, it also allows him to turn trash into treasures in his junkyard.

Rufus Zweipfennig, einer der letzten Geisterjäger im Bundesgebiet – und chronisch pleite. Seit er sich vom Hexenzirkel abgewendet hat, hat sein Telefon ein Schweigegelübde abgelegt. Die Auftragslage ist dünn. Als er bei einem seiner seltenen Jobs jedoch einen Geist fängt, der sich völlig untypisch verhält, wird sein Leben als erfolgloser Privatermittler auf den Kopf gestellt. Denn die Krähen, die Ermittlungseinheit des Hexenzirkels, übernehmen den Fall – und zwingen Rufus zur Mithilfe.

In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a traumatic event. He tries – and fails – to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape. When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy...

Thirteen stolen works of art. One haunted marsh. And a Boston witch willing to risk everything for the friend she’s already failed. An atmospheric, eerie debut for readers of Starling House and A Discovery of Witches, Isabella Stewart Gardner art heist aficionados, witchy girls, burnt-out...

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'Heartfelt and laugh out loud, City of Others is urban fantasy as you've never seen it before . . . I smiled my way through this entire book. An absolute breath of fresh air' Eliza Chan, author of Fathomfolk Rivers of London meets A Master of Djinn in this warm-hearted, action-packed urban...

Dragonfly Falling is the second book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time. Every hero must be tested . . . The Wasp Empire’s armies are on the move – and the city of Tark will...

Empire in Black and Gold is the first instalment in the critically-acclaimed fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time. The days of peace are over . . . The Lowlands’ city states have lived in peace for decades...