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Quando Suyeon, una giovane investigatrice alle prese con una serie di apparenti suicidi all'interno di un ospedale, incontra Wanda, una donna avvolta in un cappotto nero che si aggira sul luogo delle morti misteriose, non immagina certo di trovare in lei un valido aiuto per condurre le indagini. Wanda, infatti, non ha dubbi: le vittime non si sono gettate dal sesto piano, ma sono state uccise. Ed è convinta che il vero responsabile sia un vampiro. Wanda conosce fin troppo bene il mondo dei vampiri: sa che agiscono nel cuore della notte e che si nutrono del sangue di persone sole.

In einer Live-Sendung von Sakura TV droht ein Unbekannter die wahre Identität von Kira zu enthüllen. Der Geschäftsmann Kyosuke Higuchi will dies um jeden Preis verhindern. Auf seinem Weg zum Fernsehstudio tötet er mit Hilfe seines DEATH NOTE skrupellos jeden, der sich ihm in den Weg stellt. Und schon bald stehen nur noch L und Light zwischen ihm und seiner Freiheit. Doch ist Kyosuke wirklich der gefährlichste Feind in dieser halsbrecherischen Verfolgungsjagd?

In this long-awaited collection, Hopkinson continues to expand the boundaries of culture and imagination. Whether she is retelling The Tempest as a new Caribbean myth, filling a shopping mall with unfulfilled ghosts, or herding chickens that occasionally breathe fire, Hopkinson continues to create bold fiction that transcends boundaries and borders.

Par l'auteure de "Sangs Éternels", la saga bit-lit originale à plus de 50 000 lecteurs. "Sangs éternels" forever peut être écouté avant ou après Sangs éternels. Une descendante de vampires hors du commun. Des morts qui sortent de terre. La désillusion d'un amour perdu. "Mon nom est Teruki, héritière du clan Duroy. Élevée au milieu d'un clan de vampires et d'une meute de loups, j'ai grandi dans le plus grand secret.

Je suis Myrina Holmes, la meilleure Traqueuse d'Infernum, chargée de neutraliser les créatures surnaturelles qui bafouent nos lois. Dans mon monde, les démons sont légion ! Quatorze pour être précise : sept voués aux vertus cardinales et sept dominés par les péchés capitaux.

Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed existed. There are people who fall through the cracks, and Richard has become one of them. And he must learn to survive in this city of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels, if he is ever to return to the London that he knew.

The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., 23-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship - like a 10-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor - April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads Online. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world - everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires - and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense media spotlight.

Werewolves are on the prowl—or so says the evidence—and it's up to Asha to solve the problem before war spills across the veil. When the first missing girl turns up dead, DNA evidence points to a brutal werewolf attack, and the people of the Realm begin to turn against werewolves. As Dusty's parents sue for custody, the young girl demonstrates frightening new magical powers, further complicating an already tense standoff between Directress Copperfield and the neglectful mother and father.

An occult assassin, an elderly royal and a living god face off in The Regicide Report, the thrilling final novel in Charles Stross' epic, Hugo Award-winning Laundry Files series. When the Elder God recently installed as Prime Minister identifies the monarchy as a threat to his growing power, Bob Howard and Mo O'Brien - recently of the supernatural espionage service known as the Laundry Files - are reluctantly pressed into service. Fighting vampirism, scheming American agents and their own better instincts, Bob and Mo will join their allies for the very last time.

After killing an Obsidian Hulker in the Tower, Sal has been named the top-ranked Savior in his year at Quest Academy. He's been granted a special invitation from the President of the Hunter Bureau to attend an exclusive Gala during the break. It's an opportunity for Sal to meet the greatest Heroes and a number of people he's only ever heard of.

The Elven Nation, a kingdom of elves in the Chattahoochee National Forest led by the Queen, and the Tortured Occult, a shifter motorcycle gang, forge an uneasy peace. For the first time in decades they begin to work together, but the truce doesn’t last. Tensions run high as a demon army led by an unknown commander wages war on the Elven Nation.

The Emperor's Trail is a fictional story that takes place in the cities of Kurashiki and Takahashi, where a monster called Gashadokuro has started to kill people. Detective Yamabushi is the only one with the skills to track down the murderer and follow the trail of clues.

Two Chinese music students, Jay Lee and Xiao Mai, meet at the Welsh School of Music. He is soon obsessed by her, but her love is music. Xiao Mai needs a good instrument to play, otherwise she may be forced to drop out of university, so she sets out with Jay Lee to find one. One day they hear violin music pouring out from the Castle Arcade, Xiao Mai is overcome and starts to play an imaginary violin on the street. Jay Lee is shocked and forces her to stop.

Moira Wicked thought life would calm down after her magical "I do." Fate has other plans. With her destined marriage to Liam Good now official, Moira is finally catching her breath—just in time for autumn to sweep into Charm Cove. Halloween is on the horizon, the leaves are turning, and all seems well in the witchy world. Until a visit to the pumpkin patch turns up a dead body. So much for seasonal fun. Suddenly, Charm Cove is buzzing with more than just Halloween excitement.

Moira Wicked is up to her eyeballs in wedding plans, thanks to her nosy but well-meaning family. With every witch and warlock in town invited to witness her fated union with Liam Good, she's resigned herself to destiny's wild ride. She might've wished for a distraction. She didn't mean a siren. When a fishing boat runs aground off the coast, the crew swears they were lured by a woman's haunting song—straight out of myth and legend. Cue the magical chaos.

Kiev A-Morridahn must pay. This is the vow Nyx Fortuna has sworn. Keeping it is all but impossible, but it is the one thing that motivates her. Whatever she must do, she will do. Whatever she must sacrifice, she will give. But if she succeeds, she'll have to reckon with everything she's pushed aside in her quest for vengeance. As it turns out, feelings—and friends—don't like being ignored.

Rahil Zaman has good reason to keep his distance from the world—and his fangs are only part of that. He hides in his home, acquiring blood through the risky one-night stands he finds on hunter-infested hookup apps. After one such fling turns sour, Rahil ends up trapped in the work shed of the one match he wishes would respond to his flirtations. Finding the hot twink he'd been ghosting inside his work shed was not on Mercer Bloncourt's agenda. But Rahil is not the only intruding presence in Mercer's life.

Hokulani ist eine Außenseiterin an ihrem Riff. Einst die Hoffnung ihres Volkes, ist sie jetzt auf den kalten und dunklen Meeresboden verbannt. Als sie einen Taucher vor dem Ertrinken rettet, bricht sie eines der wichtigsten Gesetze des Ozeans und bringt damit die Meermenschen Hawaiis in Gefahr. Um Schlimmes abzuwenden, lässt sie sich auf einen fatalen Handel ein und bindet sich an den Geretteten. Seine Unbarmherzigkeit erschüttert sie tief. In ihrer dunkelsten Stunde trifft sie auf den idealistischen Kaleo, dessen Meervolk sich der längst verloren geglaubten Magie des Ozeans bedient.

Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.

In Charm Cove, Maine, spring means blooming flowers, thawed snow, and just a hint of everyday magic. Moira Wicked is embracing it all—her powers, her future, and her recent engagement to Liam. Life is finally settling down. Until it starts raining daisies. One minute, the town looks like a picture-perfect coastal getaway. The next, it's drowning in daisies—falling from the sky, sprouting from rooftops, carpeting lawns, and turning every surface into a floral explosion. Pretty? Sure. Magical menace? Definitely.