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In a world where science has conquered aging, Arbor Vita promises humanity a future free from death’s grasp. But beneath the glossy veneer of eternal youth lies a hidden cost—one that investigative journalist Alexandra “Alex” Rogers is determined to uncover. Drawn into a dangerous web of corporate deception, underground resistance, and bioethical dilemmas, Alex and her team race across divided societies—from utopian cities to lawless black markets—pursuing the truth behind the so-called miracle drug. But as they dig deeper, they realize the stakes are greater than they ever imagined.

Monika can’t bring herself to celebrate her last summer before college. Instead, she’s still grieving the loss of the one classmate who didn’t make it to graduation, a boy named Shun with whom she had a complicated relationship. Then, during her final Japanese Club meeting, Monika hears about the Yomigaeri Tunnel, a local urban legend. Those who venture into this mythological passageway undergo harrowing trials to confront their hidden secrets and worst fears. According to the lore, anyone who makes it through the journey is rewarded with the ability to resurrect one soul from the dead.

When the Demon King decides to merge the Supernatural Realm with the Human Realm, there's no other option but to fight. Young witch, Leila, and her coven must defy all odds to search for their missing member, Leila's twin sister. Leila will do anything to help find her sister and keep her alive. Join Leila and her coven as they face heartbreak, love, betrayal, and many things supernatural on their journey to save not only her sister but the entire human race.

Will ist wild entschlossen, wieder nach Mako Island zu fahren. Er will herausfinden, was mit ihm in der Vollmondnacht dort in der Höhle geschehen ist. Er bittet Rikki um Hilfe, doch die behauptet, sie würde die Höhle nicht wiederfinden. Bella dagegen will herausbekommen, was Will wirklich weiß. Sie verspricht ihm, den Eingang zur Höhle zu zeigen.

Bella bringt Cleo darauf, sich als Assistentin des Delphintrainers zu bewerben. Cleo bekommt den Job tatsächlich – wenn auch erst einmal nur zur Probe. Als Ronnie, der Delphin, gleich an ihrem ersten Arbeitstag einen beeindruckenden Sprung vollführt, beschließt der Delphintrainer, Cleo bei der Delphinshow einzusetzen.

Living among Northern California’s giant redwoods, fifteen-year-old Affinity Blending is fine with being a half-assed witch. She’s been on the run for years, no time for witchcraft, just trying to stay ahead of the witch-hunting demon who imprisoned her mother in Hell. If she could just be a normal teenager and attend the same school for more than like, two seconds? That’d be amazing.

In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Karou must come to terms with who and what she is, and how far she'll go to avenge her people. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, mysteries and secrets, new characters and old favorites, Days of Blood and Starlight brings the richness, color and intensity of the first book to a brand new canvas.

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

Uncle Chip Proctor deserves a pat on the back. Sure it was touch and go for a little while there, but he’s pleased to have settled quite nicely into his role as a stay-at-home human guardian for two royal half-fae kids. But he’s soon rushing to whisk the thirteen-year-old queen-to-be away for summer break when unruly puberty angst delivers a dose of magical chaos.

Für die Erfüllung ihres innigsten Wunschs verspricht Evie einem unbekannten Jungen im magischen Spiegelkabinett ihrer Großmutter ihr Herz – und zahlt dafür einen hohen Preis: Seither bringen ihre Hände jedem, den sie berührt, den Tod. Erst als sie Jahre später dem charmanten Arthur begegnet, scheint sich ihr Wunsch nach jemandem, der sie liebt, endlich zu erfüllen. Doch Evies Fluch macht es den beiden unmöglich zusammen zu sein. Und als sie der Versuchung, sich nahezukommen, nicht länger widerstehen können, zahlt Arthur einen zu hohen Preis für seine Liebe zu Evie.

In the city of Puck's Port, where motorized vehicles fill the streets and new technological marvels abound, something rotten is lurking under the surface. A violent murder at the docks seems to point to a fey killer, igniting a powder keg of distrust between the city's humans and its fey inhabitants—folks who wield wonderful but often uncontrollable magical power.

The Greek gods will regain control of Earth in seven days, but they suck at everything after 3,000 years in retirement. Zeus is blacking out cities with stray lightning bolts; Athena is falling in love with Google as though it’s a real person; and Dionysus is gobbling down more drugs in one day than Arizona State's entire campus.

Witches and humans have always had issues. Cayden is well aware of that: her witch mom was shunned by her high-society parents when she fell in love with Cayden’s human dad. Now, the family business is in trouble due to wealthy witches gentrifying her historic Texas neighborhood. So Cayden is appalled when she realizes she unknowingly went on a date with Coven it-boy Khy Carter. But when her father’s bakery has an influx of new customers, she realizes Khy might just be a solution to her family’s problems: Cayden absolutely cannot be with a Coven boy, but that doesn’t mean she can’t pretend.

The Strand: A disused, broken red telephone box inexplicably starts to ring. A voice, a small girl, cries out for help. “He is coming…” Whitechapel: A dark stranger approaches an elderly tour guide enjoying a post-show drink. He places a child’s necklace, twisted and broken, alongside the pint glass. “We have your granddaughter. You will do exactly as I command.”

It’s the morning of Carter Cohen’s 16th birthday, and everything’s going his way. He’s psyched and ready to get his driver’s license, his little brother’s not hogging the bathroom, and, man, something smells good for breakfast… But when Carter bounds downstairs, Mom bursts into tears. It happened again. It’s Carter’s 16th birthday—for the sixth time. Every time he’s supposed to turn 17, he loops back a year. His memory gets wiped clean, his body ages backward—the rest of the world moves on, just not him.

Olivia und Darragh haben Ja gesagt. Ihre Flitterwochen wollen sie fernab magischer Verpflichtungen verbringen, zu zweit, in einem kleinen Dörfchen in England, ohne Sorgen und vor allem ohne Prophezeiungen …. Doch statt entspannter vierzehn Tage purer Romantik beginnt ein spannendes Detektivabenteuer, nachdem Olivia eine Vision von Darraghs Tod ereilt.

When immortal Hope makes a promise she has no business to make, she finds herself drawn into a dangerous game with her cousin and arch enemy, Trouble. If she fails to take care of the two mortal children she has pledged to protect, she will be thrown into the everlasting Void. With her twin sister Despair and her great uncle Mordred (you might know him better as Death) lurking in the wings, the task is made ever more challenging. Can she triumph over Trouble? Or will she be forced to leave behind a world without Hope?

It's dangerous to go alone. Even for superheroes. Laleh Ashe has found her first real friends at Camp Sable, a refuge for at-risk superpowered teens, but her politically ambitious mother has other plans. Mrs. Ashe is determined to send Laleh to a fancy, overseas boarding school—far from her friends and the life she's come to love. To drown her sorrows, Laleh agrees to a table top role playing game with her friends, Marco and Jake, as well as the new girl at camp—shy, withdrawn Rian. Too bad no one warned her about Rian's reality bending superpowers.

Le dernier tome de la grande saga de fantasy baroque VAMPYRIA, cycle de Jeanne : un final magistral. " Lorsque sonnera la dernière note du requiem des souvenirs, le Temps lui-même s'anéantira. ". A Versailles, Diane de Gastefriche est la plus proche écuyère de Louis XIV, le Roy des Ténèbres. Elle se nomme en réalité Jeanne et elle sert la Fronde qui lutte secrètement contre le despote.

Unlike most of her classmates, Laila Bansal doesn’t roll out of bed and head to school. Instead, she wakes up early and trains in hand-to-hand combat with her adopted aunts who, when not tending to their thriving vineyard, are immortal Rakshasi demons sworn to protect Laila.

With her sister back at her side, Cora discovers that their infiltration into Empira'an turned the many eyes of the Capital in their direction. With only a primitive grasp of her powers and unsure how to heal the Affliction, she sets out on a journey to find other fungus spirits, dragging Gillean, Mahara, and True along for the ride. Pursued by bounty hunters and at odds with her friends, Cora learns that trust is a tenuous thing, especially when navigating a world and relationships she doesn't truly understand.

Después de ver a sus hermanas sufrir durante años a manos de un príncipe maltratador, Marra —la tímida hermana menor criada en un convento— se da cuenta por fin de que nadie vendrá a rescatarlas. Nadie, excepto ella misma. Entonces, una poderosa bruja le ofrece a Marra los medios para matar al príncipe, si primero es capaz de completar tres tareas imposibles. Pero, como es habitual en los cuentos de príncipes, brujas e hijas marginadas, lo imposible es sólo el principio.

Somebody cursed Lucinda’s Abuelita. But who? And why? And why are the authorities and her family too frightened to investigate? When Lucinda recognizes she is Abuelita’s only hope for survival, she and her best friend enlist the help of the most unlikely ally, the son of the local gang boss… …the gang boss her family killed. Using bruja witchcraft, Lucinda and her friends open a gateway to relive Abuelita’s memories, only to discover terrible secrets and powerful enemies who pose an even greater danger than a single curse.

All cryptids know: stay away from humans. Never be seen. And if you can’t run? Hide. It’s the only way to survive. Cleo was raised with these rules under the kind, gentle feet of her adoptive Papá, the immortal forefather of all Sasquatch. As a blood-drinking Chupacabra herself struggling to prove her place in the pecking order of a new pack, she’s uncomfortably familiar with the threat of mankind’s ambitious traps, hidden trail cams, and lethal hunting techniques.

Alexis ist verzweifelt. Jeder Versuch, Wraith, den Mare in ihrem Körper, unter Kontrolle zu bringen, ist kläglich gescheitert. Für sie scheint es nur noch einen Ausweg zu geben. Und auch wenn Alexis mit dieser Entscheidung Nate verletzt, bleibt ihr keine andere Wahl. Ihr Weg führt sie ausgerechnet in die Fänge jener Gegner, die von den Dreamcatchern seit Jahrhunderten mit aller Macht bekämpft werden. Schon immer hat Morpheus damit gedroht, ihre Heimat zu zerstören, doch nun sind sie Alexis’ letzte Hoffnung, sich von Wraith zu befreien.

Gefangen, verraten und gejagt – Alexis’ Welt liegt in Trümmern. Nach ihrer Flucht aus den Fängen eines mächtigen Feindes wird sie erneut in eine grausame Gefangenschaft gestoßen: als Aschewandlerin, eine der vielen Seelen, die zur Arbeit in den düsteren Minen verurteilt sind. Doch Alexis kämpft entschlossen gegen dieses Schicksal an. Zwischen Verrat und Verlust bleibt ihr ein Funken, an den sie sich klammert – die Hoffnung, Cael wiederzusehen, den Mann, den sie liebt. Jeder Schritt könnte sie ihrem Ziel näher bringen oder alles zerstören.

Love between a Fate and a Grim Reaper is forbidden. Good thing he's just using her. High school sophomore MaKayla Colfax was perfectly happy with her life until she inherited a mysterious pair of scissors. They don’t cut, but when holding them, MaKayla experiences visions, like lines between people, connecting them. With the scissors, she uncovers the ancient power of her lineage of Greek Fates. If Grim Reaper-in-training Cain Morrigan messes up one more soul harvest, he’ll remain a disgusting human for the rest of his existence. But his new target has supernatural connections tied to Earth.

Enter a world where it's Halloween every day and where the monsters are normal, and the normal are monsters... I'm Ali Welson, and I'm the most normal, goody-two-shoes girl you'll meet. It's how I survive a strict home, far from the mysterious Dark Corruption that converts people into B-movie monsters on contact. But after a close call, Monstreuse, the monster academy, sends an obnoxious sorcerer to claim an unwilling new student--me. Only it's a mistake, I swear. I never touched the Corruption, as much as Byron insists otherwise. But when my family disowns me, I have no choice but to go.

Hidden off the coast of Washington, veiled in mist, there is an island that does not appear on any map. And on that island is Ellery West. The acclaimed school for magic has always been home for Faith. After an international move and a childhood spent adjusting to a new culture and a new language, Faith feels like Ellery is the only place she can be herself. That is, until Faith and another student walk into the forest, and only Faith walks out.

Kidan Adane has finally embraced her darkness. She’s killed without remorse, lied, and broken Uxlay University’s most sacred law by inviting elusive rogue vampires, the Nefrasi, into Uxlay. Trapped with a violently unstable vampire, and reeling from her sister’s return, Kidan wields her anger like a weapon. She vows to master her house and protect the sacred artifact hidden inside, even if it means forging an alliance with the depraved leader of the Nefrasi, Samson Sagad—and betraying Susenyos.