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Lifelong friends, they went their separate ways. Now they are together again, though each holds secrets from the others in his heart. They speak of a world shadowed with rumors of war. They speak of tales of strange monsters, creatures of myth, creatures of legend. They do not speak of their secrets. Not then. Not until a chance encounter with a beautiful, sorrowful woman, who bears a magical crystal staff, draws the companions deeper into the shadows, forever changing their lives and shaping the fate of the world.

In a god-blessed realm where old ghosts lie resting but not gone, Thora remains the most haunted. Now queen of Isjord, she's helped her kingdom thrive back into its once glorious days that old kings had tarnished with greed and a need for power. For ten years, Thora has ruled with a steady reign, but one that has always been doubted by a few who still wish to see old kings take her throne. When the new queen of the Islines rises to lay claim to Isjord as a true heir of pure Krigborn blood, many begin taking her side.

Morrigan's existence as a reaper is now in full swing. Despite adjusting to her new role as a bringer of death, she soon finds out that the previous desertion of her duties did not go unnoticed, nor without consequences. She'll also have to contend with the fallout of abandoning her human life, as simply disappearing isn't as easy as it may have seemed. Meanwhile, Death's own past may have some fallout on their lives as his last apprentice is likewise more than just a memory.

Verborgen in den wilden Wäldern Kanadas liegt die Autumn Academy, an der Jägerin Eris im Kampf gegen die finsteren Nebelwanderer ausgebildet wird. Doch ihre Welt gerät aus den Fugen, als sie in die Hände des mysteriösen Nebelprinzen Callum fällt und von ihm in eine abgeschiedene Waldhütte verschleppt wird. Er behauptet, er wolle den endlosen Krieg zwischen den Jägerinnen und seinem eigenen Volk beenden. Zwischen abgrundtiefem Misstrauen, dunkler Faszination und wachsender Anziehung muss Eris eine Entscheidung treffen, bei der sie alles aufs Spiel setzt.

Only the most resolute are chosen to join the ranks of the Knights of the Valiant Spur. Bantam Flyn, hot-headed squire and wielder of the renowned sword Coalspur, yearns to be one of them. When Flyn returns to the ancestral stronghold of the chivalric order, he finds the castle under siege from within by malevolent skin-changers in search of a changeling Flyn would die to protect. Suddenly Flyn finds himself on a quest to keep dear Pocket's location secret. By his side, Deglan Loamtoes, a gnome herbalist with an acerbic wit, and the brilliant but excruciatingly awkward Ingelbert Crane.

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