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While liberating a notorious thief from prison, Ferius Parfax encounters an inmate named Chedran, one of the last living members of her people, the Mahdek. Ferius agrees to help him and the Mahdek remnant reach a mystical island where they can live free from persecution. Chedran convinces the Mahdek elders that this refuge is their last chance to repopulate their civilisation so they can one day retake their homeland, and so the elders rule that all Mahdek must remain on the island to bear and raise children.

"Avi Roque is the perfect narrator for this queer YA fantasy...The novel hits all the expected beats of YA fantasy, and Roque infuses it with even more life and drama." —AudioFile Godly Heathens is the first book in H.E. Edgmon's YA contemporary fantasy duology The Ouroboros, in which a teen...

Prince Oak is paying for his betrayal. Imprisoned in the icy north and bound to the will of a monstrous new queen, he must rely on charm and calculation to survive. With High King Cardan and High Queen Jude willing to use any means necessary to retrieve their stolen heir, Oak will have to decide whether to attempt regaining the trust of the girl he’s always loved or to remain loyal to Elfhame and hand over the means to end her reign—even if it means ending Wren, too.

James Goldman, self-described neurotic goth gay transsexual stoner, is a senior in high school, and fully over it. He mostly ignores his classes at Cow Pie High, instead focusing on fundraising for the near-bankrupt local LGBTQ+ youth support group, Compton House, and attending punk shows with his friend-crush Ian and best friend Opal. But when James falls in love with Orsino, a homeschooled trans boy with telepathic powers and visions of the future, he wonders if the scope of what he believes possible is too small.

The students in Corbin College’s elite academic society, Magni Viri, have it all—free tuition, inspirational professors, and dream jobs once they graduate. When first-gen college student Tara is offered a chance to enroll, she doesn’t hesitate. Except once she’s settled into the gorgeous Victorian dormitory, something strange starts to happen. She’s finally writing, but her stories are dark and twisted. Her dreams feel as if they could bury her alive. An unseen presence seems to stalk her through the halls.

Regent Academy has a long and storied history in Winslow, Vermont, as does the forest that surrounds it. The school is known for molding teens into leaders, but its history is far more nefarious. Seventeen-year-old Douglas Jones wants nothing to do with Regent's king-making; he’s just trying to survive. But then a student is murdered and, for some reason, by the next day no one remembers him having ever existed, except for Douglas and the groundskeeper's son, Everett Everley.

Cara Tang doesn’t want to be haunted. Look, the dead have issues, and Cara has enough of her own. Her overbearing mother insists she be the “perfect” Chinese American daughter—which means suppressing her ghost-speaking powers—and she keeps getting into fights with Zacharias Coleson, the local golden boy whose smirk makes her want to set things on fire. Then she stumbles across Zach’s dead body in the woods. He’s even more infuriating as a ghost, but Cara’s the only one who can see him—and save him.

Nineteen-year-old Ness used to have a vehement terror of Nightmares—people who’d been turned into their worst fears while they slept. Through two assassination attempts, an explosion, and a faustian bargain with a dream demon, she’s finally working through those fears.

Zuberi, Uzochi, and Lencho were among the first of a new generation of Nubians to awaken to extraordinary powers—gifts their parents lost when they fled their island home decades ago. And now that Uzochi has been declared a Nubian catalyst, everyone expects him to lead. But what should be a time of rebirth and celebration is instead one of turmoil. The so-called sky king, Krazen St. John, is bent on harnessing Nubian gifts for himself, and he has assembled a special, superhuman militia to do his bidding, putting a ruthless Lencho in charge.

Despite all of the odds, Joan achieved the impossible. She reset the timeline, saved her family – and destroyed the hero, Nick. But her success has come at a terrible cost. She alone remembers what happened. Now, Aaron, her hard-won friend – and maybe more – is an enemy, trying to kill her. And Nick, the boy she loved, is a stranger who doesn’t even know her name. Only Joan remembers that a greater and more dangerous enemy is still out there. When a deadly attack forces Joan back into the monster world, she finds herself on the run with Nick – as Aaron closes in.

Rei attends an exclusive New York prep school, but unlike her classmates, she welcomes nightfall. That's when she can secretly hunt Deathlings, the deadly creatures that have prowled Manhattan's subway tunnels and blood-soaked streets since the Vanishing. After they brutally slaughtered her parents years ago, Rei is desperate for vengeance. To get it, Rei must qualify for—and win—the Tournament, a competition to join the ranks of the city’s legendary Deathling hunters

Zara Jones believes in magic because the alternative is too painful to consider—that her murdered sister is gone forever and there is nothing she can do about it. Rather than grieving and moving on, Zara decides she will do whatever it takes to claw her sister back from the grave—even trading in the occult.

"The fantasy series I've been waiting for my whole life." —Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Hate U Give Alice must save Wonderland from itself in A Crown So Cursed, the long-awaited third audiobook in L.L. McKinney's Nightmare-Verse series. Alice and her crew are doing...

Ведьмовское сообщество современной Англии уже больше столетия погружено во тьму. Все светлые волшебники и чародеи должны быть казнены по распоряжению Верховного Ковена, и специальные охотники выслеживают каждого из них. Семнадцатилетняя Деми Лоренс не подозревает о существовании магии, пока после одного случая охоту не объявляют на нее саму. В прибрежном городе Хэксбридж, откуда ведет мост на проклятый остров Нью-Авалон, оживают все ее старые кошмары. Окровавленные нити тянутся к древней, полузабытой легенде, от которой теперь зависит ее жизнь.

Alles, was Brie zu wissen glaubte, hat sich in Schatten und Dunkelheit verloren. Zutiefst verletzt von Sebastians Verrat ist sie wild entschlossen, ihre Stärke in sich selbst zu finden. Doch während am Hof des Mondes ein Bürgerkrieg tobt, weiß Brie weniger denn je, auf welcher Seite sie stehen sollte. Immerhin hat auch Finn in der Vergangenheit ihr Vertrauen missbraucht. Nur eines wird immer deutlicher: vor einer Prophezeiung kann man nicht davonlaufen, Brie muss sich ihr stellen – ob sie will oder nicht. Denn es ist nicht nur ihr eigenes Schicksal, das sie in Händen hält.

She may be down . . . but her fangs are out. After defeating Lucifer and saving the world, Schuyler Van Allen woke up in an entirely different reality and learned she had to do it all over again. Find the villain, take him down, save the world. But after losing her only allies, Jack Force—who ran off to protect her—and Kingsley Martin—who was captured and killed by the enemy, Schuyler has to face facts. She's going to have to do this alone . . . or is she?

Wenni bruger meget tid foran det spejl, som har været i familiens eje, siden hendes sindssyge oldemors død. En fortrængt familiehistorie flettes her sammen med en moderne, eksistentiel fortælling om identitetssøgen. Hvem er Wenni? Og hvem er den gådefulde Fennimore? Hvad er virkelighed, og hvad er fantasi?

Le dénouement tant attendu de la série événement de Michel Bussi ! Ogénor a réussi à étendre son emprise bien au-delà des frontières de Paris. Il règne désormais d'une main de fer sur un peuple divisé en castes. Et malheur à ceux qui osent désobéir aux lois...Tels Bill et Chrysanthe, qui sont traqués sans relâche dans tout l'empire, pour avoir enlevé au tyran ce qui lui était le plus précieux.

Etwas Furchtbares geschieht mit der Quelle, aus der die Träumer ihre Macht ziehen: Sie wird von etwas blockiert und scheint immer schwächer zu werden. Was wird aus Träumern und Geträumten, sollte die Quelle ganz versiegen? Der Träumer Ronan Lynch hat nicht vor, abzuwarten und es herauszufinden, auch wenn ihn das weit weg führt von seiner Familie und dem Jungen, den er liebt. Die Diebin Jordan Hennessy weiß, dass sie nicht überleben wird, wenn die Träumer scheitern.

Alysa Grey has no memory of the boating accident that almost drowned her. Meanwhile, her twin sister was never found, and Hawaii search and rescue gave up long ago. Yet, she feels certain her sister lives.