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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.

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.

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.

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.

There was once a man born with a noble pedigree and peerless talent. His name was Xi Tianyi, and he was a man destined for immortal ascension. This is not his story. This is a story about Juedai Fenghua, Xi Tianyi's first clone. Due to unfortunate circumstances, she fell from the world of immortals to the mortal world. With no means to contact Tianyi, Fenghua claw her way back up to the immortal world. This is her journey...but why does it feel like she is not the protagonist?