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Beneath Mount Vernon lies a secret worth killing for. Major Leah Morgan has always put duty before her heart, especially when it comes to Jamie, the teammate who was once much more. But when an old enemy steals a seemingly harmless artifact from the Long-Term Storage Warehouse, Leah's tangled...

On the back of his confrontation with the Crimson King, formerly disgraced Crown sorcerer, Ambrose Drake, is sent to picturesque Port Douglas to investigate a curious emergence. Still reeling from his recent elevation to Regional Director, Drake and his companions are confronted by something ancient and hungry which has clawed its way out of the briny depths. Drake must meet this challenge while struggling to control the powerful Sovereign who resides within his flesh, a Hungerborn being that threatens to tip the balance and send Drake and his companions to a watery death.

Lara Wesson und ihr vampirischer Partner, Chief Inspector Byrne, stehen vor ihrem dritten gemeinsamen Fall und er ist gefährlicher als alles, was sie bisher gemeinsam erlebt haben. Die Suche nach ihrem verschollenen Vorgesetzten führt sie nach Irland und dort ist Lara zum ersten Mal mit einer Seite des Chief inspectors konfrontiert, die ihr bisher verborgen geblieben ist. Mysteriöse Vorfälle zwingen sie schließlich, eine Schwelle zu überschreiten, die man nicht leichtfertig überqueren sollte — schon gar nicht als Vampir.

Somebody strangled my oldest friend with a violin string. Then the whole city started forgetting how to laugh. My name is Dekker Kohl. I'm forty-two, war-broken, and I haven't written a song worth keeping in months. I call it a dry spell. It's a symptom. I work magical crime for a hidden conservatory in Columbus, Ohio, which sounds more glamorous than it pays. Turns out Felix wasn't just my old roommate. He was the secret Guardian of Whimsy—the magic keeping color, laughter, and play in the world. With him dead, it's bleeding out. Streetlights flicker.

Es ist ein ganz normaler Tag an einer durchschnittlichen amerikanischen Highschool für magisch Begabte. Dunkle Magie ist darauf aus, die Schule zu zerstören. Eine Drow-Prinzessin erlangt ihre Kräfte schneller, als sie mit ihnen umgehen kann. Ihre beste Freundin, eine Lichtelfe, kann sich nicht erinnern, wer sie ist, und ihr Freund verwandelt sich nachts in einen Wolf und läuft mit seinem Rudel davon.

Sometimes it sucks being a werewolf. People know what I am. Which is rough because normies don’t trust monsters. Mostly, I just try to get by and keep my head down. My vampire and mummy roommates probably don’t help matters. But when a rash of robberies strikes the neighborhood, all eyes turn to the monsters. Even the police cast a distrustful eye our way. As the nights go by and the cops bumble their way through the investigation, it becomes clear that something beyond your average series of smash-and-grabs is going on. For a skittering evil lurks in the dark corners, waiting to pounce.

"Seven days. A dying world. And a druid master’s final bargain with the gods to save humanity… or doom everyone he’s ever loved..." I made a deal with a god. Those never end well. Now the Wild Hunt is circling, my list of allies is dwindling, and I’ve got seven days before my ticket gets punched by the ruling deity in Underhill.

I never thought I'd see home again. Now, I almost wish I hadn't. After giving myself up to the Fae, I expected to become the latest casualty of a war that should have ended centuries ago. Instead, I ended up inextricably bound to the last vampire on earth.

The battle for Central Park exposed everything. Now the world knows the monsters are real, and the ones who fought them aren’t exactly human either. Marek Tomlinson lies trapped in a coma, his power burning through what’s left of his humanity. In the dreamworld, a being older than gods drags him through trials meant to break and remake him. And when Marek finally finds the keys to escape, the question isn’t whether he’ll return… It’s who and what he’ll be when he does.

Sauer acaba de ser abandonado pela esposa e insiste em acreditar que ainda controla a própria vida—embora não consiga entender em que momento tudo começou a desmoronar. Enquanto isso, Rubens, um jovem engenheiro, chega à cidade para avaliar um prédio e decidir, por meio de um laudo técnico, se a construção ainda pode ser salva. Durante a inspeção, pequenos indícios na estrutura começam a levantar dúvidas inesperadas. Fora do canteiro, um encontro casual aproxima Rubens e Sauer—duas vidas em momentos muito diferentes, mas que passam a se cruzar de maneira cada vez mais inquietante.

Emma ist hochschwanger und wenig begeistert, als ihr neuester Klient Mr Geary nicht zu seinem Termin erscheint. Doch als sie sich zu seinem Haus schleppt, findet sie nur eine Statue im Garten. Emma glaubt fest an Altheas Unschuld. Sie macht sich auf die Suche nach dem wahren Täter und nach einem Heilmittel für den versteinerten Elf. Gar nicht so einfach, wenn ihr Vampir-Geist-Mitbewohner seine Mutterinstinkte entdeckt, ihr himmlischer Ehemann einen romantischen Ausflug plant und Emma selbst in mehr als einer Hinsicht kurz vor dem Platzen steht.

Dying was the easy part. Zander Chung has been sentenced to death by video call. Now, he’s being hunted by homicidal household appliances, having what experts would call a very bad day. His (possibly) immortal grandmother has a solution: put him on the next flight to the Egyptian Duat in search of an inscription. Armed with a sarcastic scarab, an angel in heels, and few useful life skills beyond script-writing, Zander must hoodwink Anubis, survive judgment, and survive an Afterlife that treats the living as a clerical mistake.

Wizard for hire Harry Dresden gets mixed-up with the dead in this “haunting, fantastical novel”(Publishers Weekly) in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Harry Dresden’s faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. It...

«Al principio, Dios creó una criatura maravillosa. Pura, inmortal y perfecta... Pero al mirarla, supo que también era monstruosa, así que la partió en dos.» Obligado a separarse de su familia, Elisse abandona la fantasmagórica ciudad de Nueva Orleans para arrojarse en una salvaje...

Nachdem sie versehentlich einen Dämon befreit, den Alpha der Werwölfe auf die Palme gebracht und möglicherweise einen Krieg angezettelt hat, bringt Darbys Job als Wächterin ein ernsthaftes Risiko mit sich. Der Rat ist in heller Aufruhr und ein waschechter Gott steht vor ihrer Tür, also muss Darby ihr Leben unter Kontrolle bringen, und zwar pronto. Wenn sie das nicht schafft, könnte das Verlieren ihres Jobs das geringste ihrer Probleme sein.

Why did Cecil B. DeMille really bury the Pharaoh’s Palace set after he filmed The Ten Commandments in 1923? Fugitives Sebastian Vickery and Ingrid Castine find themselves plunged into the supernatural secrets of Los Angeles—from Satanic indie movies of the ‘60s, to the unquiet La Brea Tar Pits at midnight, to the haunted Sunken City off the coast of San Pedro . . . pursued by a Silicon Valley guru who is determined to incorporate their souls into the creation of a new and predatory World God.

All your favorite characters from the hugely popular and critically acclaimed Twice as Dead are back in this exhilarating follow-up to the first book in the City of Shadows series. Jack Mitchell, the hardboiled ex-military private eye is asked to help musician Oscar Ricks investigate Grampus...

Meet Erik Ashendale: Detective, Wizard, Monster Hunter. In a world where magic is very real and monsters hide in every dark alley, Erik keeps people safe by taking on anything that goes bump in the night. Already embroiled in a war between Heaven and Hell, the last thing Erik needs is to babysit his apprentice, who seems intent on messing up so bad she’s bound to get herself killed. To make matters worse, the mysterious power he had awoken last time one of the Seven Deadly Sins attacked is making his own magic go awry. So what’s a wizard to do?

As his personal life goes to Hell, Carter awaits trial before the Council. A sinister secret lurks behind an epidemic spreading across the country. People are dying in waves. The Veil of Abiding is thinning. The stakes get higher as the odds get slimmer. Don't miss this exciting sequel by Time Magazine's 2006 Person of the Year!

Just because I look like a sweet witch next door doesn’t mean I fight like one. I was supposed to be the girl who went to a state college, joined my hometown coven, and dodged invites to multi-level marketing parties. Trusting the wrong vamp damned me to a different life. Now? I’m the pint-sized assassin no one sees coming. Framed for a crime I didn’t commit, I was forced to become a Shadow, using my fire elemental powers to do the Enclave’s bidding. A decade working alongside the world’s most ruthless bloodsuckers and shifters honed me into a weapon capable of surviving a brutal world.