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Parfois, les filles sont bénies par la guerre. C'est le cas d'Épine. Espérant venger la mort de son père, elle ne vit que pour se battre. Mais la voilà accusée de meurtre par l'homme qui lui a appris à tuer. C'est alors que Yarvi, ministre du Gettland et maître de la manipulation, lui propose un marché qu'elle ne peut refuser. Contrainte de prendre part à ses manipulations politiques, Épine va traverser la moitié du monde en quête d'alliés contre l'impitoyable Haut Roi. Accompagnée d'un guerrier qui déteste la violence, elle découvre aussi le prix du sang et l'art de la tromperie.

Follow Stranger Things fan favorite Dustin Henderson on a journey that takes him beyond Hawkins. It’s fall 1985, and Dustin Henderson is starting his freshman year at Hawkins High School. After the tragedy at the Starcourt Mall, he’s ready for life to return to normal, but things feel...

Lyra è impetuosa, appassionata, ingenua e bugiarda. Will è orgoglioso, sensibile, leale e coraggioso, ma sfuggente come un gatto. I due, provenienti da mondi diversi si sono incontrati, scontrati e sono poi diventati amici per la pelle. Will è in possesso della lama sottile, un misterioso coltello che permette il passaggio tra i mondi e che ora è l'unico mezzo per liberare Lyra, tenuta addormentata dalla signora Coulter in una grotta del suo mondo.

Joshuas kleine Schwester stirbt an Leukämie, seine Eltern trennen sich und in der Schule wird er gemobbt. Als Joshua glaubt, dass es nicht mehr schlimmer werden kann, erwacht er eines Tages in Orasyen, einer vollkommen fremden Welt, wo er von seinem Schicksal als letzter Torwächter erfährt. Daraufhin begibt sich Joshua auf die gefahrenvolle Suche nach der Aufgabe, die nur er erfüllen kann. Während er immer weiter ins Herz Orasyens vordringt, sind ihm bösartige Kreaturen auf den Fersen, die ein einziges Ziel verfolgen: ihn zu vernichten, um dem Bösen den Weg zu ebnen.

Lyra ha undici anni, vive al Jordan College di Oxford, non lontano da Londra, Inghilterra; ma il mondo di Lyra è ben diverso dal nostro: oltre l’Oceano c’è l’America, dove lo stato più importante si chiama Nuova Francia, giganteschi orsi corazzati regnano sull’Artico e lo studio della natura viene chiamato "teologia sperimentale". Soprattutto, dove ogni essere umano ha il suo daimon: un compagno, una parte di sé di sesso opposto al proprio, grazie al quale nessuno teme la solitudine.

Pas facile, quand on joue un petit herboriste gobelin, de se retrouver à endosser le rôle du Seigneur des ténèbres, l’antagoniste principal du MMORPG Boundless Realm ! Avec une apparence aussi modeste, comment se faire respecter par ses légions de géants, de cyclopes, de fantômes et autres créatures de l’enfer ? Notre héros n’a pas voulu de sa couronne, mais il ne peut plus faire marche arrière. Il va devoir prendre sur lui, et diriger les hordes démoniaques qui menacent désormais Boundless Realm.

Beaucoup d’hommes courageux sont morts depuis que les États-Unis n’ont plus un vampire pour les aider. Frank espère que Bethany Anne pourra et voudra bien les aider. Pendant ce temps, le Conseil Américain des Garous a des problèmes internes à cause de quelques jeunes têtes brûlées qui pensent pouvoir bafouer les règles de Michael maintenant que celui-ci a disparu... car la peur du patriarche s’estompe en son absence. Ça ne dérange pas Bethany Anne qui y voit une opportunité pour faire passer le message comme quoi une nouvelle vampire est arrivée.

When Chloe falls asleep in study hall, it is the middle of May. When she wakes up, snow is on the ground and she can't remember the last six months of her life. Before, she'd been a mediocre student. Now she's on track for valedictorian and is being recruited by Ivy League schools. Before, she never had a chance with super jock Blake. Now he's her boyfriend. Before, she and Maggie were inseparable. Now her best friend won't speak to her. What happened to Chloe? Remembering the truth could be more dangerous than she knows…

Marshall Seaver is being haunted. In the first installment of this chillingly compelling trilogy, sixteen-year-old Marshall discovers that something beyond our world is after him. The eerie clues pile up quickly, and when people start dying, it's clear whatever this is - it's huge. Marshall has no idea what's happening to him, but he's soon convinced that it has something to do with his best friend, Cooper, who's been missing for over a week.

Zoé Delaronde, une adolescente à la fois métisse et franco-ontarienne, s'est enfuie chez son cousin au nord du Manitoba pour échapper à l'angoisse qui la tenaille. Elle y découvre un environnement glacial et peuplé d'ours polaires, mais aussi de magnifiques paysages et l'incroyable résilience des habitants de la région.

I was reincarnated in a fantasy world as the manifestation of absolute void—the Black Knight—and my goal is to return the destitute, sickly, youngest-born princess, who is kind of a loser, to her throne because it beats doing nothing.

Jack Reynolds is the only one who can wield the power of Eden’s Star, but can he control it before it destroys him? Hunted across international cities and secret realms, Jack and his diverse group of boarding school friends are desperate to find the ancient artifacts of the seven Cherub tribes before it’s too late. Emma Bennett’s supernatural gifts have grown, but even she can’t stop the dark forces capturing innocent Cherub and stealing their powers for their own sinister schemes. Jack and Emma must decide if trusting the guiding voice of Eden’s Star is worth the sacrifice.

Dans le village des Wanuris, les habitants, que l'on appelle aussi les Sortcelieurs, ont le pouvoir de se lier avec la nature et les animaux depuis des temps immémoriaux. Parmi eux, Kéo, 13 ans, a bien du mal à maîtriser ce pouvoir jusqu'à sa rencontre avec Walter le ouistitigre, animal réputé disparu. C'est le moment que choisit le Dépeceur, un vieil ennemi de la tribu, pour venir se venger. Absent au moment de l'attaque, Kéo n'a alors pas d'autre choix que de se rendre au temple de Balagoun pour y trouver le conseil des Sages et entretenir l'espoir de sauver les siens.

Born on Mars, sixteen-year-old Arabella Ashby enjoys many more freedoms than most girls her age. But that liberty is not to last. Finding Mars much too unladylike for her daughters, Arabella’s mother takes the girls back to London, where they’re sure to find suitable husbands among the ton. Weighed down by Earth’s gravity—and her own unhappiness—Arabella dearly misses her father and their shared passion for automata. When she learns of his death, she also uncovers her cousin’s devious plot to travel to Mars, murder her brother, and claim the family inheritance for himself.

he horrific struggle for power continues as war gnaws on the fringes of the kingdom. As armies of two nations clash with endless waves of bodies against one another, and ravenous monsters haunt and skulk in the shadows to gorge on the cadavers of the endless dead, the youngest princess of the kingdom, Acacia Odofredus Krone, continues her journey to ascend to her proclaimed rightful throne as queen, before her terminal illness—the consumption—steals her last breath. Not having the power to do so alone, she continues her journey and friendship with the most horrifying monster of all.

Before she was the super hero Storm of Marvel's X-Men, she was Ororo of Cairo—a teenaged thief on the streets of Egypt, until her growing powers catch the eye of a villain who steals people's souls. An epic origin story that will blow you away, from the New York Times bestselling author of...

On a sunny September morning, the creatures first appear. Shur sees one of them hovering outside the window in history class: it looks like a giant butterfly, at first too beautiful and strange to seem like a threat. But when emergency alerts light up everyone’s phones around her, she realizes something very, very wrong is happening outside. These … things are everywhere. By the time Shur makes it back to her house with her brother, Keene, and their two best friends, it’s clear they must face whatever comes next on their own.

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.

Everything has changed. In a world of magic, elves, and battling nations, a third party bringing nothing but darkness has fallen over the land in the midst of its chaos. The light of the sun is blocked out by the tattered war banners of the youngest princess, Acacia Odofredus Krone, and her wicked servant—the Black Knight. As her power grows and the nations of the world begin to take notice and fear her approaching ascension, a last hope is brought forth by the powers of the world.

Während Schottland von Konflikten zwischen Hoch- und Tiefländern erschüttert wird, sucht der junge David Balfour von Shaw seinen Onkel Ebenezer auf, um nach dem Tod seines Vaters sein Erbe einzufordern. Der tückische Alte lockt ihn jedoch in eine Falle und plant, ihn als Sklaven nach Übersee zu verkaufen.