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Three months after the battle of Zabor, the five friends who came together to defeat her have been separated. Burdened with the Calamity Stone she acquired in Scion of the Fox, Roan has gone to Scotland to retrace her grandmother’s steps in an attempt to stop further evil from entering the world. Meanwhile, a wicked monster called Seela has risen from the ashy Bloodlands and is wreaking havoc on the world while children in Edinburgh are afflicted by a strange plague.

The first in a new YA fantasy trilogy combines urban fantasy with magical realism mythology, featuring ancient animal totems - American Gods meets Princess Mononoke. Roan Harken considers herself a typical high school student - dead parents, an infected eyeball, and living in the house of her estranged, currently comatose grandmother (well, maybe not so typical) - but she's uncovering the depth of the secrets her family left behind. Saved from the grasp of Death itself by a powerful fox spirit named Sil, Roan must harness mysterious ancient power.

" Ce n’est pas toi qui écoutes le vent souffler, c’est lui qui obéit à tes ordres ! " Je m’appelle Mélissa et jusqu’à la semaine dernière, j’étais une adolescente comme les autres. Mes principales préoccupations étaient : aller au lycée, trouver un job d’été, passer le permis de conduire et sortir avec mes amis... Tout a brusquement volé en éclats le soir où je suis entrée en possession d’un mystérieux héritage, vieux de plusieurs millénaires : le pouvoir de l’Opale.

Ich bin Leon, dreiundzwanzig. Alles andere geht euch nichts an. Ihr wollt meine Geschichte lesen? Nun, wer einen Fantasyroman erwartet, den muss ich enttäuschen. Mein Leben ist definitiv kein Roman – auch mit noch so viel Fantasie nicht. Und selbst die Tatsache, dass eines Tages ein Geistermädchen auf meiner Türschwelle stand und mein Leben auf den Kopf stellen wollte, war alles andere als fantastisch. Okay, sie war ja nett anzusehen, mit ihrem roten Pony und den nussbraunen Augen. Aber ehrlich... dieses "Leon, Leon, du musst dein Leben ändern und dein Glück finden"-Gerede braucht keiner.

Los nigromantes de la Torre de Idyll no son como dicen los cuentos. Allí nadie sacrifica doncellas ni juega con la muerte, sólo se estudia entre libros y hechizos. Clarence, que siempre ha vivido ahí, adora esa calma. Hazan, que conoce el mundo exterior, comienza a cansarse de ella. Sin embargo, cuando unos venenos letales empiezan a comercializarse por toda Marabilia, ambos deben abandonar esa paz. Alguien tiene que encontrar un antídoto con urgencia...aun si el precio a cambio es uno mismo.

Harper Reid’s summer is not off to a great start. After the death of her grandpa, she moves across the country, leaving her friends and Dungeons & Dragons group behind. She wasn’t exactly planning to start her senior year on the farm where she spent her childhood summers, but running into Ollie Shifflet—former best friend and first crush—makes things much better. When Harper discovers Ollie and her friends are starting a new D&D campaign, she quickly joins the group. As Harper and Ollie reconnect in the real world, romantic tension begins to build.

The ultimate battle beckons—Chelby and Bakas, a contest of dragons in violet and shadow. The echoes of their past clash reverberate; he once held dominion. Now, Chelby harbors a secret weapon, but can it be potent enough to vanquish him? Bakas is ascending to power, seeking the presidency and eliminating his adversaries without remorse. The responsibility to halt his advancement lies with Chelby and her stalwart team.

Fueled by their loss and a need for redemption, the team devise a daring plan to retrieve the second cross and unmask a potential traitor. Just when victory is within reach, they are blindsided by an insidious betrayal and must fight to survive a relentless assault. The Court of Blossoms is crumbling, their allies have been captured or injured, and all hope seems lost. But hope often glimmers brightest in the darkest moments.

Chelby must prove her innocence, determine who destroyed her enemy, and face off against the raging armed forces. The Paranormal Mercenary Corp is in peril and Chelby's life is threatened. She finds herself pitted against forces on both sides with only one option. Surrender to the humans. Her decision leads to the revelation of far darker secrets. The identity of the shadowy forces threatening to tear apart the human and supernatural worlds becomes clear. Chelby is forced to act or lose everyone she loves, but she can't do it alone.

In a world where shadows and light intertwine, Damon, a young hero, embarks on a perilous journey to save his father from a dark curse. Joined by his brother, a vampire with secrets as dark as blood, and a mysterious witch, Damon must navigate the ancient, mystic highlands of Scotland in search of a legendary artifact.

Supernatural hunters Sawyer and Damon Grant face a sinister force that defies everything they know. As they delve deeper into the mystery, Sawyer finds herself torn between the world she knows and the forbidden allure of Justice, a vampire whose connection with her grows stronger by the day. With personal conflicts and the shadows of their past looming over them, the line between ally and enemy blurs, making every decision a matter of life and death.

My twin brother, Damon, and I grew up in the shadows of the supernatural, trained by our father, a legendary hunter and an Elder in a world you wouldn't believe exists. But now, Dad's gone missing, and we're on a treacherous path to find him. We thought we knew the drill-stake 'em, salt 'em, save the day. That was until we met our newest nightmare: vampires, or so we thought, leaving nothing but skeletons in their wake. Then there's Justice, a vampire fighting his own kind, a guy from some group called the Paranormal Mercenary Corp. Trusting a vampire? Not exactly in our playbook.