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If he can no longer trust his allies, where can he turn before the world falls to chaos and destruction? Liam McCurdy has fought alongside the People of the Storm for decades, especially when the covert group of powered individuals recently overcame the Shadow, an enemy with similar abilities. Liam thought they could finally go back to normal, recruiting and helping those who gain superpowers as well…but something’s wrong. His closest friends start acting strange. He soon realizes that words and actions aren’t what they seem.

Llega a España la novela más viral con millones de lectores. Una maldición devastadora. Un rastro de lirios mágicos. Un amor que podría acabar con todo. Veda Thorne ha dejado de luchar contra lo inevitable. Tras probado todas las curas posibles para la maldición mortal que lleva dentro, ha...

Die vierzehnjährige Mona hält sich für eine untalentierte Zauberin. Ihr Begleiter ist ein Sauerteigstarter, denn ihre Magie funktioniert nur bei Brot. Doch Monas Leben wird auf den Kopf gestellt, als sie eine Leiche in der Backstube findet. In den Straßen der Stadt treibt ein Mörder sein Unwesen, der es auf die Magier abgesehen hat, und ausgerechnet Mona scheint sein nächstes Ziel zu sein. Doch in einer umkämpften Stadt, in der es mit einem Mal keine Zauberer mehr gibt, ist der Attentäter plötzlich Monas geringste Sorge.

Ci sono vittorie che portano dentro il seme della propria rovina. E a volte, per sconfiggere il buio, bisogna prima liberarlo. Diana Blake ha vinto. Ha conquistato il Trono Oscuro, sbaragliato le Confraternite, reclamato il titolo di Nera. Ma la pace che avvolge Nocturnia è fragile come ghiaccio sottile su acque nere. Gli Evocatori, i Maghi Neri, i Negromanti si sono ritirati nelle loro fortezze, feriti ma vivi, e il Potere Oscuro continua a strangolare la terra come un'edera velenosa che non muore mai. Diana lo sa: finché le Confraternite respireranno, Nocturnia non conoscerà l'alba.

Author Rochelle Hassan delivers a pulse-pounding conclusion to her dangerous and alluring trilogy, The Buried and the Bound, inviting listeners into the realm of witches that churns beneath the surface of the mundane—just as it threatens to boil over....

One year after going public, Elle, Meen, Teena, and Tal have become symbols in a national debate about powered individuals. Living in hiding on a Kansas farm, the four girls are summoned to Washington to testify before a Senate committee as Congress prepares to vote on the Protection and Integration Act—a bill that would require registration and monitoring of all people with abilities. Elle is Deaf and commands the wind. Meen is blind and controls fire. Teena has cerebral palsy and moves the earth. Tal is autistic and shapes water. Together, they are the EleMenTs.

Les vagues de l'amour déferlent dans le monde d'une sirène solitaire. Mira, sirène depuis de nombreuses années, ressent enfin l'éveil de l'amour dans les mystérieux abîmes marins. Déterminée à découvrir son âme sœur, elle entame un voyage épique vers le Nord, une quête où les enjeux dépassent sa propre existence. Son désir l'oblige à émerger des eaux sombres la poussant à retourner dans la ville côtière de Saltford, où sa vie humaine a jadis pris fin.

God allows the devil to temporarily make a few demons mortal. The devil does this to improve those demons at getting souls and to select a lead soul catcher, an elite position in Hell. The demons, while on earth are mortal, meeting on a college campus, and explaining the deadly sins. Each demon is the embodiment of a deadly sin and most want to be lead soul catcher. An angel points out the risk of making demons mortal, even for a short time; while a demon never gets the choice, a mortal can choose salvation.

A fresh fantasy romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon a K-Prom. * “A fresh and richly layered K-drama-esque romantasy.”—Publisher’s Weekly, starred review Seventeen-year-old junior class vice president Grace Bak has her entire future all mapped out with plans to...

Three months after escaping the tunnels beneath New York City, Elle, Meen, and Teena find themselves under constant surveillance. Prometheus Applied Sciences hasn't forgotten them, and a new operative named Sarah Miller has infiltrated their lives as a volunteer at the group home. Elle is Deaf and commands the wind. Meen is blind and controls fire. Teena has cerebral palsy and moves the earth itself. Together, they are the EleMenTs—three teenage girls whose names encode their identity and whose powers defy explanation.

Three teenage girls. Three disabilities. Three elemental powers. Elle is Deaf, navigating a hearing world through lip-reading and American Sign Language. Meen lost her sight at nine and rebuilds reality through sound and temperature. Teena has cerebral palsy and fights for every inch of independence her wheelchair allows. Thrown together in a Bronx group home, they discover they share something beyond their status as "hard to place" foster children. Elle can command the wind with her hands. Meen controls fire and heat. Teena can sense and move the earth itself.

Seventeen year-old Asha's days are spent training in martial arts, attending homeschool classes, and helping in the kitchens of a luxurious Miami resort which she seldom leaves. Until the night her grandfather arrives home mysteriously injured, accompanied by a terrifying stranger. Asha begins to suspect that nothing is what it seems when she is abruptly sent to Punjab, India to live with relatives she never knew she had.

Get cosy at The Faraway Inn, the YA fantasy from bestselling author of The Spellshop, Sarah Beth Durst. When sixteen-year-old Calisa arrives at her great-aunt’s bed and breakfast for the summer, she’s shocked to find it run down rather than cosy. Grumpy and eccentric, Auntie Zee is...

Things are progressing with Mira and Nathan's relationship, although not nearly as quickly as Mira would like. If it were up to her, they'd be well on their way to making a family by now. But Nathan's traditional ways means Mira has to hold herself back. Not an easy ask for a siren.

I am a creature of the deep, a mermaid, trapped on land because my daughter has yet to have her salt-birth and claim her siren heritage. The only mermaid to have known all five stages of grief, I am a single mother, without a job, who needs to support my human child. And ignore the ever-increasing call of the ocean’s Salt.

Im großen Abschlussband der »His Dark Materials«-Serie reisen Lyra und Malcolm in die Wüste von Karamakan, um durch ein mysteriöses Gebäude in eine andere Welt zu gelangen, in der besondere Rosen wachsen. Ihr Öl soll es ihnen ermöglichen, endlich den Staub zu entschlüsseln und die Wahrheit ans Licht bringen zu können. Doch ihr Weg ist gefährlich. Lyra und Malcom müssen immer wieder gegen magische Wesen und das Magisterium kämpfen, das die Entdeckung der Rosen verhindern will.

As I start my second year at the monster academy, my biggest danger lies within… Navigating my second year at the academy will be complicated, all thanks to the growing darkness inside me. I’ll do anything to avoid going dark, and my best chance of that is to cure monsters of their conditions.

Sie und ihr Drache entscheiden sich dafür, Helden zu werden. Doch wie Diana aus ihren vielen Büchern weiß, sind Helden mutig. Denken immer an andere. Arbeiten im Team. Alles Dinge, mit denen sie eigentlich gar nicht umgehen kann.

The first book in an exciting YA series about a teen girl, descended from Edgar Allan Poe, who must navigate the haunting legacy of her ancestor while learning to harness her own strength and intelligence, especially as she begins to commune with the dead. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard...

Seventeen-year-old Tulip Burns is already unraveling. She is grieving her father, drifting from her mother, and watching her friendships fracture when something impossible happens: her childhood friend Tony triggers an awakening and Tulip learns that she is Persephone, the reincarnated goddess of Spring.