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I’m a worrier on my best days, but with a psycho tracking my every move because he’s obsessed with killing me, I’ve graduated to the level of paranoid lunatic. Even if I could forget about the tracker—not happening since he’s figured out the fastest way to get to me is to attack my adopted family—my regular life is also anxiety-inducing as the city of Magiford is brewing with trouble.

Nava Katz traded a lost dream for an impressively cynical attitude. The one thing she does care about? Her twin brother, Ari, who trained his whole life to join the secret Brotherhood of demon hunters. Everyone expected the magical induction ring to choose him. But when Nava crashes the ceremony, the ring snaps onto her finger instead. It’s her worst nightmare: being needed.

National Bestseller Selected as one of NPR’s Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of All Time The #1 New York Times bestselling author’s wildly successful first novel featuring his new Neverwhere tale, “How the Marquis Got His Coat Back.” Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good...

For fans of KJ Charles's The Magpie Lord and Freya Marske's A Marvellous Light, this Lammy-nominated twentieth-century American romance follows a graduate student through a magical, queernorm version of the 1960s as he joins forces with an archivist to fight a god. Fall, 1969. Ulysses Lenkov...

Nava is hot on the heels of a demonic serial killer and finally working with her brother. The assignment should be a dream come true, not a nightmarish power struggle made worse by her twin's refusal to believe there's corruption within the Brotherhood.

For the past six months, Loren Calla's life has consisted of one simple objective: stay alive. With the help of her new friends and the love of a ruthless Darkslayer, she has defied the odds. But with the Veil rapidly falling, and swarms of bloodthirsty creatures invading Yveswich, survival has once again stepped beyond her reach. Pushed into a war between worlds, she must ask herself a question: what—or who—is she willing to sacrifice for victory? For love?

Edinburgh, 1653. Cromwell's soldiers patrol the Royal Mile. The Scottish Parliament has been silenced. And the Kirk, stripped of its authority, is reaching for its oldest weapon: the accusation of witchcraft. Anna Gilmour has spent her life hiding what she is. She feels the city the way no one else can, the rage of an occupied people humming through the very ground beneath her feet. When she is pushed too far, her magick rises.

". . . Baker's fans will delight in this slight, bawdy and funny confection." —Publishers Weekly In nineteenth-century England, the women of Nell Gwynne's brothel—intellectual, elegant, refined, and ready to cater to every whim—work at an establishment that serves rich, powerful men. So...

日本アカデミー賞「優秀脚本賞」受賞作家が描く話題の一作！ 「思わず胸が熱くなりました」「テンポがいいし、小ネタのセンスが抜群」「『おもしろくて、ためになる』って、こういう本のこと」などなど、熱い感想が続々届いています！ 著書『論語と算盤』を通じて、「道義を伴った利益を追求しなさい」と説いた渋沢栄一。

Alison, die Drow-Prinzessin, schafft es nicht einmal, für ihr drittes Schuljahr an die Schule für Grundlegende Magie zurückzukehren, ohne über Schwierigkeiten zu stolpern, die ihr nachstellen. Unterirdische Hochgeschwindigkeitszüge, Kämpfe mit dunkler Magie, wachsende Drachen, Louper-Turniere, Schulbälle und Jobmessen. Als Magierin aufzuwachsen, kann für das Sozialleben ganz schön hart sein. Zum Glück hat sie ihre Freunde an ihrer Seite.

Die Schutzmagie von Rodania ist gebrochen. Es gibt kein Militär. Wer soll da hervortreten? Jordans Vater steckt in großen Schwierigkeiten. Er ist in den Grabkammern von Trevilsom gefangen, und ihn zu retten ist nur die erste ihrer Herausforderungen. Als sie, Toth und Eohne ihn finden, ist Allan nur noch ein Schatten seiner selbst und selbst Eohne ist sich nicht sicher, wie sie ihm helfen soll. Währenddessen deuten auf den Inseln von Rodania mehrere Angriffe von Harpyien auf Sabotage hin. Wie sonst könnten sie den magischen Schutz überwinden?

University life can be a real grind, and for twenty-two-year-old Dane Staley that means long hours in the library and not a lot of time for a social life. Not that he’s complaining. As a self-confessed bookworm, the library is a place of comfort for him. That is until he goes in search of research materials in a little used section of the lower level and his life changes forever.

In a world of darkness where royal vampires are in charge, I spend my days working as a knight in the city formerly known as London. Instead of a lance and a horse, I rely on my trusty axe, Babe, and ride the occasional dragon. Every day new threats emerge that require a dash of magic and a dollop of attitude.

Maud Demille is a daughter of Innkeepers - a special group who provide "lodging" to other-planetary visitors - so she knows that a simple life isn't in the cards. Once a wife to a powerful vampire knight, Maud and her young daughter, Helen, were exiled with him for his treachery to the desolate, savage planet of Karhari. Karhari killed her husband, and Maud - completely abandoned by his family - has spent over a year avenging his debts. Rescued by her sister Dina, she's sworn off all things vampire.

In his stunning novels of magic and danger in the modern world, Charles de Lint has brought an entire imaginary North American city to vivid life: Newford, where magic lights the dark streets, myths walk clothed in modern shapes, and a broad cast of extraordinary people work to keep the whole...

Life is busier than ever for Innkeeper Dina DeMille and Sean Evans. But it’s about to get even more chaotic when Sean's werewolf mentor is kidnapped. To find him, they must host an intergalactic spouse-search for one of the most powerful rulers in the Galaxy. Dina is never one to back down from a challenge. That is, if she can manage her temperamental Red Cleaver chef; the consequences of her favorite Galactic ex-tyrant's dark history; the tangled politics of an interstellar nation; and oh, yes, keep the wedding candidates from a dozen alien species from killing each other.

Sixteen-year-old Mochizuki Touya continues everyday life in his new world, well aware that it could all come tumbling down at any moment. He's the budding administrator of Babylon, the fledgling grand duke of Brunhild, and now he's a... mecha pilot? Desperate to find a way to halt the incoming Phrase onslaught, Touya makes a mad dash for the Hangar of Babylon, hoping it can give him the edge he needs. What he finds is the Frame Gear, an ancient humanoid fighting machine! Join Touya and his ever-growing band of wives as they tap into their mechanical sides.

Alison ist eine Dunkelelfe mit wachsenden Kräften und ein Teenager, der von dunklen Mächten verfolgt wird. Als Zehntklässlerin, die versucht, mit dem Fünfzehnsein zurechtzukommen, ist das eine Menge. Da hilft es auch nicht, wenn man sich zu einem jungen Zauberer hingezogen fühlt, der versucht hat, eine Mitschülerin zu töten, und wenn der neue Vater ein Kopfgeldjäger namens Brownstone ist. Die meisten Teenager müssen sich mit Noten, Schulbällen und Ausgangssperren herumschlagen.

For Rissa Rawdon, a disgraced Versorcerer, an isolated death on the floating empire of Centa Isla seems inevitable... until dark forces stir beneath the city's towering shadows. As demonic servants infiltrate the very foundations of the city, a fierce storm arrives, bringing with it a vengeful renegade. In the chaos, Rissa glimpses a sliver of hope — a chance to reclaim control of her destiny and forge a new purpose in a world teetering on the edge of collapse.

For Bobby Miracle, the job at Hipposync was supposed to be a dream internship. But when a trans-dimensional lockdown freezes time, she is trapped with a terrifying enemy who has a very sharp axe to grind. With survival at stake and secrets lurking in every corner, Bobby must bring her A game to the party and hope that her surname finally, finally, kicks in. Because though she may dress like one, even gets called one, no way is she a witch…right?