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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.

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.

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.

A coming-of-age teen is thrown into a world of ancient secrets when he discovers a supernatural artifact that protects a weapon of mass destruction. With the help of a diverse group of friends, he embarks on a global adventure, seeking the truth about his sister’s death, and uncovers two clandestine, supernatural societies waging an epic, hidden war that threatens the future of civilization.

Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greatest magical massacre in its history. In the days that followed, a throne was stolen from a queen. On the anniversary of these brutal events, Clement and Cristina Trudeau - the sixteen-year-old twin heirs to the powerful, magical, dethroned family - are mourning their father and caring for their sick mother. Until, by chance, they discover their mother isn't sick - she's cursed. Cursed by someone on the very magic council their family used to rule. Someone who will come for them next.

Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greatest magical massacre in its history. In the days that followed, a throne was stolen from a queen. On the anniversary of these brutal events, Clement and Cristina Trudeau—the sixteen-year-old twin heirs to the powerful, magical, dethroned family—are mourning their father and caring for their sick mother. Until, by chance, they discover their mother isn’t sick—she’s cursed. Cursed by someone on the very magic council their family used to rule. Someone who will come for them next.

Als Faith ein Stipendium ergattert, hofft sie vor allem auf eins: ein ganz normales Studium. Doch als sie auf dem Campus auf ein Symbol mit gekreuzten Schwertern und Disteln stößt, ahnt sie, dass ihre Vergangenheit ihr gefolgt ist. Denn plötzlich steht Nate vor ihr, ein Freund aus Kindertagen mit dem gleichen Symbol als Tattoo auf der Haut. Aber auch Jax, der hemmungslos mit Faith flirtet, verbirgt etwas. Was Faith nicht ahnt: Ein längst vergessener Feind hat ihr gemeinsames Schicksal besiegelt.

Actionfyldt roman, hvis handling udspiller sig i Grønland med spændende og vedkommende temaer på spil. Pigen Nord hvirvles sammen med drengen Pilu ind i et drama, hvor hele naturen er på spil. En amerikansk byggematador har store planer om at udvide sit hotelimperium fra USA til Grønland, og er parat til at rydde alle forhindringer af vejen. Da hun slår sig sammen med en lokal åndemager om at fange Havets Moder, bliver det op til Nord og Pilu at få befriet Havets Moder, så alt havets liv kan leve frit igen.

For at redde sin mors liv må Clary snige sig ind i Skyggejægernes by, Alicante, selvom det er forbundet med dødsstraf, hvis man ikke har tilladelse. Men hun er ikke den eneste, der får problemer på halsen; Simon bliver fængslet af Skygge­jægerne, fordi de har mistro til alle vampyrer, og særligt en, som kan tåle sollys.

16-årige Clary Fraye ønsker bare at hendes liv ville blive normalt igen. Men det er der vist ikke mange chancer for. For hun kan ikke komme udenom at hun nu er blevet i stand til at se vampyrer og varulve. Og at hun er blevet indlemmet i en verden af skyggejægere på jagt efter dæmoner. Samt at hendes mor ligger i en alvorlig magisk påført koma. Der er meget, der skal gøres i Clarys liv. For at hjælpe sin mor må hun prøve at komme i kontakt med den onde Skyggejæger Valentine, som siges også at være vanvittig - og hendes far.

I en verden, der på overfladen ligner vores, men som under overfladen gemmer på dæmoner, varulve og vampyrer, har en gruppe skyggejægere svoret at bekæmpe det onde... På et diskotek i New York overværer 15-årige Clary et mord, men hun opdager, at den myrdede så vel som morderne er usynlige for alle andre end hende selv. I løbet af det næste hæsblæsende døgn forsvinder Clarys mor sporløst, og hun selv bliver opsøgt af og må kæmpe mod en rasende og grusom dæmon.

Krigen er forbi, og 16-årige Clary Fray er tilbage i New York fuld af begejstring over alle de muligheder, der venter hende. Hun er i lære som Skyggejæger og træner sig i at bruge sin særlige kraft. Hendes mor skal giftes med sit livs kærlighed. De underjordiske og Skyggejægerne har omsider sluttet fred. Og – vigtigst af alt – hun kan endelig kalde Jace sin kæreste. Men alting har sin pris. Nogen går rundt og myrder Skyggejægere og skaber spændinger mellem de underjordiske og Skyggejægerne. Det kan føre til endnu en blodig krig. Clarys bedste ven Simon kan ikke hjælpe hende.

A new girl comes to the school and it's not too long before the fabled tree of Thicket Hall is turning against Sophie and her friends and no longer trusts them. Someone new has stepped up, but who? Something's not right and Sophie and her friends are going to have to figure out what's going on or it just might be the end of the school and the old oak tree—permanently. Is the new girl behind this? Is she the new Marcus? Can Sophie figure out what's going on and get her friends to work together to stop it in time?

Das Versteck von Genna, Phoenix und ihren Verbündeten ist zerstört. Sie müssen sich trennen und überall auf der Welt im Verborgenen nach einem Weg suchen, den Anführer des schrecklichen Geheimbunds der Inkarnaten zu besiegen. Genna ist sich sicher, dass der Schlüssel dazu in ihrer Heimatstadt London verborgen liegt – dort, wo man zuerst auf sie Jagd machen wird. Ihr bleibt keine andere Wahl, als zusammen mit ihren Freunden genau diesen Weg zu wählen, wenn sie verhindern wollen, dass die Welt, wie wir sie kennen, auf immer zerstört wird.