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When 13-year-old Hope Spencer is abducted near her home in Cutters Notch, Indiana, her two best friends embark on a quest to save her. Their desperate journey carries them through a portal into a parallel dimension where they join forces with a trio of forest elves. All the while, Hope, frightened and alone, devises her own daring plan to escape.

In un mondo futuro, ritornato agli albori della civiltà dopo l’autodistruzione della razza umana, la Magia vive nascosta all’occhio di chi non sa scorgerla, contribuendo in segreto a mutare le sorti delle Nuove Terre. Quando Oron lascia la locanda del Dragorosso per una battuta di caccia insieme al cugino, è convinto di essersi finalmente guadagnato un’occasione per rilassarsi e dimenticare tutti gli strani avvenimenti che, da un paio di giorni, avevano reso così particolare la sua tranquilla vita nella regione di Ford.

As the Envoy of the Four Kingdoms, Wes has had his purpose decided since birth: sacrifice the treasures of the people to the dragon gods, and they will keep Kaveryth safe. For five years, he’s been forced to watch his kingdom fall into ruin while carrying an unbearable grief of his own. The Elders insist that they must continue to be faithful to the Dracodei, but Wes is beginning to doubt that their protectors are holding up their end of the bargain.

Besieged by war, ravaged by monsters, and crawling with the undead, the land of Okarria is dying. Seventeen-year-old Emara survives by using her modest healing gift to save as many as she can while eluding the invaders who thirst for her enchanted blood.

Roy faces a new threat outside the Ghost's Tower as death marches on Mountain Moore. Meanwhile, on the continent of Garasu, Doragon and Hoshi battle a host of demons, all trying to break the walls of their fortress city.

The tyrannous huntsmen have declared the residents of Nearby Village to be outlaws, since they insist on supporting the magical beings of neighbouring Darkwood. Why won't they accept that magic is an abomination? Far from being abominable, the residents of Darkwood are actually very nice when you get to know them - even Snow the White Knight, who can get a bit tetchy when people remind her she's a princess. In order to stop the huntsmen from wiping out all magical beings, Snow and her friends have to venture into the badlands of Ashtrie, and seek the support of the Glass Witch.

An Affinity. Most humans never get one, but the Goddess gives everyone the opportunity when they turn sixteen. When Terrence receives his Affinity, he is shocked to discover it has never been seen before within the Kingdom. Worse yet, his Affinity reinforces the thing he was made fun of for his entire life. His weight. Follow Terrence as he uses his Affinity to progress with the hopes of becoming a Dungeoneer—someone who explores and conquers Dungeons.

The Heart-Tree stands guard over Olisolamon, the world fragment she protects, but beyond the reach of the great shrine to the goddess of life, darkness stirs.

Mingshin outsmarted three princes to help the man she loved become king. But she doesn’t see Ren’s betrayal coming, not until she’s lying in a pool of her own blood on the palace steps. As she’s dying, Mingshin makes a desperate plea to the gods to turn back time and give her a chance to make things right. Mingshin wakes up two years earlier, her prayer granted, and swears two things: Ren will never become king, and she will never fall in love again. But the timeline in this life has changed.

Wer mit den Göttern verwandt ist, braucht echt keine anderen Feinde... Zugegeben: Ren hätte wissen müssen, dass bei einer angeblichen Alien-Sichtung die Götter ihre Hand im Spiel haben. Doch dass sie in einer so üblen Situation landen würde, konnte sie wirklich nicht ahnen! Plötzlich planen abtrünnige Gottgeborene, die Macht zu übernehmen, und alte aztekische Fürsten wollen Ren (warum auch immer?!) zu ihrer Königin krönen. Immerhin hat Ren Todesgott Ah-Puch an ihrer Seite. Sonst wäre diese Nur-mal-kurz-die-Welt-retten-Sache echt ätzend.

Der Auftakt von Bestsellerautorin Alexandra Brackens neuem Fantasyepos, inspiriert von der Artuslegende und voller Action, Verrat und Liebe. Eine zynische Außenseiterin, ihr verfluchter Bruder, der arrogante Goldjunge der Schatzjägergilde und eine naive Zauberin – sie alle haben unterschiedliche Ziele. Doch nur gemeinsam können sie Avalon und ihre eigene Welt retten. Ohne die Fähigkeit, Magie zu sehen, gilt Tamsin als Außenseiterin unter den Hollowern. Das hindert sie jedoch nicht daran, wie die anderen Mitglieder der Gilde die ganze Welt nach legendären Artefakten zu durchkämmen.

Barely escaping the black flames that took her mother, Ayana is forced to keep secrets that, if learned, will cause her to share her mother’s fate. In the face of grief, a curse is cast that ignites a king’s rage, and Ayana’s father’s war on magic begins. Hoping to break the curse by spilling magical blood, Ayana’s father leaves the kingdom to find his next target.

Yanna Gray is part of her family’s Virginia based witch hunting enterprise, helping rid Earth of anything—and anyone—magic. It's the only life she's ever known. But that all changes when a mage opens an interdimensional portal, flinging Yanna into a frightening magical world.

Selly has salt water in her veins. So when her father leaves her high and dry in the port of Kirkpool, she has no intention of riding out the winter at home while he sails to adventure in the north seas. But any plans to follow him are dashed when a handsome stranger with tell-tale magician's marks on his arms commandeers her ship under cover of darkness. He is Prince Leander of Alinor, and he needs to cross the Crescent Sea without detection so he can complete a ritual on the sacred Isles of the Gods.

Twin girls from a small town in Tessamandria are separated when one of them is captured and sold into slavery. Her sister and mother set out to find what happened, while she is taken far away to serve a sea captain in the Mooriman Navy. So begins the tale of intrigue and adventure that threatens the empire of the malevolent self-proclaimed emperor Mankar and his band of generals who have terrorized the Tessamandria for years.

Sogar die Kräfte der sprechenden Magierin sind begrenzt. Elena mag die einzige sprechende Magierin der Geschichte sein, doch die Beschränkungen bereiten ihr Probleme. Da sie keine geschriebenen Zauber anhäufen kann wie ihre magisch geborenen Klassenkameraden, läuft sie ständig Gefahr, sich zu sehr zu verausgaben. Doch als das Militär die Schüler des dritten Lehrjahres an die Front ihres Krieges bestellt, könnten Elenas Stärke und Flexibilität ihnen allen das Leben retten.

Der finale Band von Amels Abenteuer. Bist du bereit dich deinem Schicksal zu stellen? Amel hat Verbündete ins Dominion gebracht. Doch jetzt muss sie sich dem Krieg und seinen Schrecken stellen. Für Amel waren Drachen immer Freunde und Verbündete. Aber jetzt sieht sie, was geschieht, wenn Drachen Städte niederbrennen. Um der Zerstörung Einhalt zu gebieten, müssen Amel und ihre Verbündeten den Krieg gewinnen. Aber das könnte einen höheren Preis erforden, als Amel zu zahlen bereit ist.

Aiden has emerged victorious, earning the Legacy of the M'Zee and advancing to Seed Core faster than anyone else in history. Now, he must consolidate his gains, learn about the Legacy and what holding it entails, and make his way back home. However, the journey across the ocean is always treacherous, and their desire to explore ancient ruins discovered on their original trip will lead them to find another threat to the world.

In the third and final installment in the Sunlit Lands series, the magic of the Sunlit Lands has been reset, but that doesn’t mean all is well. Unrest and discord are growing by the day, and Hanali is positioning himself as ruler of the Sunlit Lands. But, in order for Hanali to seize control, there must be a sacrifice, one that very few are willing to make. Jason, Shula, Baileya, and others must work together to save the lives of those Hanali would sacrifice for his own gain.

Jess und ihre Freunde stecken in Schwierigkeiten. Çifta ist im Eis eingeschlossen und Sasha wird wegen Mordes angeklagt. Sowohl Jess als auch Laec sind deswegen außer sich. Jess weiß nicht einmal, wo ihr Geliebter gefangen gehalten wird. Sie weiß nur, dass er unschuldig ist, und sie ihm unbedingt helfen muss. Laec wiederum weiß zwar, wo sich seine Geliebte befindet. Er hat nur keine Ahnung, wie er ihr helfen soll.