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A kingdom built with secrets is bound to unravel. During the month of Amira, the silver moon emerges, and the kingdom of Zyra comes alive with anticipation for the annual ball. Mellana Goodwick, finally at the rightful age of 16, receives her first invitation, but when unexpected events take place, immediate regret sets in.

Once again drawn unwillingly beyond the Painted Veil, Jack has to face a savage masterpiece created by his little brother, Elijah. A volatile realm in which cuthroat villains, roaming pirates, and far worse lurk in wait. A chaotic world where the fearsome Kraken rules the Gemstone Ocean's depths, and a ruthless tyrant, the Cyclops King, does the same on dry land, terrorising subjects and rebels alike, from his mountain stronghold, the Base of the Blades.

Jinxx and Taunya are back and more powerful than ever. When Aastha travels to Germany and disappears, they must fight under new Gods and face all new Evils. New friends and new foes are made, but what is coming may be even too much for them to defeat. Every twist and turn is filled with action and showcases girl power at it's best.

After surviving and defeating a plot to plunge the continent into war, Nate loves his new life. He has been awarded a knighthood and a position in the Royal Guard, where he has made good friends, as close as family. Unfortunately, he is torn by the need to get back home to save his sister from the consequences of his mysterious disappearance. Given a chance to petition the most powerful mage in the kingdom for help, he may soon have to decide between magic and the sword, thanks to guild politics, or face dire consequences.

Nimh und North stehen vor der entscheidenden Frage: Können sie ihrer Liebe und ihrem Schicksal trotzen, um ihre Heimat zu retten? Oder wird der Funke zwischen ihnen ihre Welten entzünden und sie alle vernichten? Die Göttin und der Prinz im Spannungsfeld zwischen ihrer Liebe und ihrer Bestimmung: Der packende Abschluss der Fantasy-Dilogie von Amie Kaufmann und Meagan Spooner wird mitreißend aus zwei Perspektiven von Julia Nachtmann und Aleksandar Radenkovic gesprochen. Die ungekürzte Lesung erscheint als digitaler Vorab-Release.

Manchmal reicht ein Funke, um einen Sturm zu entfachen. Städte, Siedlungen und Straßen gehören den Menschen, die Wälder jedoch sind das Reich der Qidhe, der magischen Wesen. So will es das umstrittene und streng durchgesetzte Friedensabkommen. Aber Sintha pfeift auf diese Gesetze. Halb Mensch, halb Qidhe muss sie sich ohnehin mit dem Misstrauen beider Welten herumschlagen – besonders mit dem der Vakàr, einem dunklen magischen Volk, das die Einhaltung des Friedensabkommens erbarmungslos überwacht.

The one they fear is the hero they need. Sorcery is dying out. No one misses it. Feared and despised in equal measure, Sanc is only tolerated because he’s the son of the powerful Duke of Morbaine. But Sanc is more important than he knows. When his life is threatened, he is forced to confront his true inheritance. For a new god has arrived in Dalriya. Unstoppable, Ezenachi brings only conquest and slavery. Sorcery is dying out, and now Dalriya needs a sorcerer more than ever.

It's been almost two decades since Alana woke up from an accident on Earth to find herself transported into the body of a child in the kingdom of Bergond. In that time, she's faced war and famine, deadly political plots and dull courtly traditions, magical mayhem and romantic entanglements, and she's thrived through it all. Newly graduated from magic school, she's ready for her next adventure: a quest to uncover long-buried secrets that will take her far from the city of Lithere and deep into the kingdom of the elves.

Silence and Shadow is the sequel to Erin Beaty's YA medieval fantasy-thriller Blood and Moonlight, full of romance, magick and murder. After confronting a killer and fleeing to be with each other, Cat and Simon arrive in the sprawling city of Londunium. Cat is looking forward to honing her...

Von Millionen Fans sehnsüchtig erwartet: Cornelia Funkes Fortsetzung der Tintenwelt-Reihe. Fünf Jahre sind seit den Geschehnissen in „Tintentod“ vergangen. Fünf glückliche Jahre. Aber dann wird Eisenglanz gesichtet, der Glasmann von Orpheus, dem erbitterten, silberzüngigen Feind von Meggie, Mo und Staubfinger. Der Grund: Orpheus plant Rache an allen, die ihn zu Fall gebracht haben, doch vor allem an Staubfinger, und er nutzt einen furchtbaren Zauber. Sind Bilder mächtiger als Worte? Staubfinger zieht aus, die Antwort zu finden. Der Schwarze Prinz aber macht sich auf die Jagd nach Orpheus.

Most dragontongues don’t live long enough to learn from their mistakes. Lotte Meer is luckier than most, surviving long enough to communicate with the fierce, sullen, and temperamental dragons who are not above enjoying a human as a light snack. And she has the scars to prove it. Now a massive, foul-tempered dragon has taken over the town of Morwassen's Pass, taking the citizens hostage.

Brought to you by Penguin. Two years after the events of His Dark Materials, Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon sit high on the roof of Jordan College, gazing down on the streets of Oxford. But their peace is shattered by a flock of enraged starlings, who seem intent on knocking another bird out of...

For four strangers, what started as an exciting journey takes a deadly turn. A mist creeping down from the north brings hidden terrors. And they might be the only ones who can stop the evil threatening to smother New Caledonia.

The Lost World is a story where all times are combined, crossing all the real and imaginary borders of existence.

Sein Schicksal ist der Thron. Doch welcher, wird sich erst noch entscheiden. Denn er vereint in sich das Erbe der dunklen Dämonen und der magischen Ignis... Schon seit sie denken kann, lebt Arina in der sagenumwobenen Stadt Hamesta. Als Wächterin der Shaas, setzt sie alles daran, die mächtigen göttlichen Wesen zu beschützen. Auch wenn das bedeutet, die Mauern des geheimen Ortes hinter sich zu lassen und sich einer Welt zu stellen, die nicht nur Irrlichter, Elben und Drachen für sie bereithält, sondern auch Nathiel, den Prinzen der Dämonen.

King Onyx has kept Tenegard ensorcelled for too long. Dragon rider Cora, along with her dragon, Alaric, are determined to free the kingdom from his sinister grasp. With the aid of rebel forces, they’re training a new wave of dragon riders—the first the country has seen in a century—but will their forces be enough to combat King Onyx's dark magic? In his quest for power and immortality, there’s no line he won’t cross and nothing he won’t risk. With the nation on the brink of war, the stakes have never been higher.

Torald ist kein Held. Er ist ein Straßenjunge, der sich mit List und Einfallsreichtum durchs Leben gekämpft hat. Er hat von klein auf gelernt, sich aus gefährlichen Situationen herauszuhalten, und immer nach einem Vorteil für sich selbst zu suchen. Und das ist alles, was Torald sein will. Doch als Hubric Wolkenwandler auftaucht und anbietet, Torald auf einem Regenbogendrachen auszubilden, der jede Farbe annehmen kann, kann Torald die Gefahr nicht länger vermeiden. Denn das Dominion befindet sich in Unruhe.

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.

Marley and her sister must journey to this city in another world. For they're the only ones who can stop the growing chaos emerging from the shadows. Unfortunately, in Mirrorville nothing is as it should be. The sisters have swapped lives, and only Marley remembers the truth. Now, she must master the art of witchcraft by trusting two mysterious brothers. If not, everyone she loves will suffer a fate worse than death.

The seas have become more threatening than ever, with enemies closing in on all sides. War isn't just brewing—it’s here, knocking on their doorsteps, threatening to devour them all. And just as she was warned, Emme might have been the one to create the chaos. In her desperate attempt to keep the fight away, Emme hatches a plan that involves trapping the only one who can put an end to the battles. But as plans go awry, she discovers she’s not the only one scheming. Eventually she'll have to accept that she’s no longer playing a role: She’s a pirate now.

“Return within six months or humanity dies” were the last words Garrett heard as the portal snapped shut behind him. As he and his sages scramble to escape the carnage of warfare and dragon fire on an unfamiliar planet, they encounter a girl who knows one of their names… Breanne Moore.