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Though a few years past 60, Sarah Kelling's aunt Emma is as vigorous as a girl of 22. She sings, she dances, and when the local fire department needs a fundraising boost, she's happy to jump out a window for charity. This summer, she decamps to Maine, to beat the heat at an island retreat for artists and great thinkers. There are writers, painters, a psychic, and a historian, and their company promises to be great fun - until a few of them go treasure-crazy.

Sal Brookes og resten af holdet opdager, at ærkefjenden mr. Norse er faretruende tæt på at komme i besiddelse af "Kodeks Umbra", et leksikon over dæmoner, der er i stand til at ødelægge hele verden. Da de skal til at stoppe ham, forsvinder han ind i en anden verden, og der er ikke andet at gøre end at følge efter ham! Magi findes, og nogle bøger bider fra sig. Følg Sal Brooks, den seneste rekrut på en hemmelig magisk mission, mens hun rejser verden rundt for at holde overnaturlige kræfter i skak.

Welcome to Prague, 1970: the epicenter in a struggle of spies and sorcerers. The Witch Who Came in from the Cold follows agents on opposing sides of two struggles: the Cold War and an ancient conflict between two occult secret societies: the Consortium of Ice and the Acolytes of Flame. A CIA and KGB agent will find their loyalties to country tested when they realize they must work together to prevent the destruction of the world at the hands of the Flame.

Welcome to Prague, 1970: ground zero in a Cold War of spies and sorcerers. The streets are a deadly chessboard on which the CIA and KGB make their moves, little dreaming that a deeper game is being played between the Consortium of Ice and the Acolytes of Flame, ancient organizations that seek to harness elemental magic. Tanya Morozova is a KGB officer and the latest in a long of Ice sorceresses; Gabe Pritchard is a CIA officer and reluctant Ice recruit. Enemies at one turn, but forced into alliances at the next, their relationship is as explosive as the Cold War itself.

Magic is real, and hungry. It’s trapped in ancient texts and artifacts, and only a few who discover it survive to fight back. Detective Sal Brooks is a survivor. She joins a Vatican-backed black-ops anti-magic squad—Team Three of the Societas Librorum Occultorum—and together they stand between humanity and the magical apocalypse. Some call them the Bookburners. They don’t like the label.

Magic is real, and hungry—trapped in ancient texts and artifacts. Only a few who discover it survive to fight back. Join Detective Sal Brooks, newest recruit to a black-ops magic hunting team backed by the Vatican, as she travels the world to keep the supernatural in check.

Magic is real, and hungry—trapped in ancient texts and artifacts. Only a few who discover it survive to fight back. In this third season, join Detective Sal Brooks, newest recruit to a black-ops magic hunting team backed by the Vatican, as she travels the world to keep the supernatural in check.

Kriminalbetjent Sal Brooks har haft en forfærdeligt lang dag. Det sidste, hun har brug for, er, at hendes lillebror Perry endnu engang beder hende om hjælp, fordi hans kaotiske liv er gået i stykker igen. Men hun kan ikke få sig til at sende ham væk, og det bliver værst for Perry. Sal ser på, da Perry tilfældigvis åbner en bog - den forkerte bog. Han forvandler sig til en helt anden person, og da Sal forsøger at opklare sagen, gør hun en uhyggelig opdagelse: Magi findes virkelig.

Med den mystiske Aarons hjælp er det lykkedes holdet at få fingre i "Håndens bog", og det betyder, at de måske kan få forvist Hånden fra Sal én gang for alle. Men hvis de også vil redde Sals bror Perry, må Sal rejse til Håndens uhyggelige dimension for at finde ham. Samtidig er Vatikanets antimagikorps nummer 1 på sporet af Sals hold, som nu er i fare fra deres gamle mestre... Magi findes, og nogle bøger bider fra sig.

Nobles gather at the country estate of the fifth earl of Dunsford, where a killer stalks the gilded halls. Each of the guests has a secret vendetta against the earl, but when he's found murdered in his bed, the lords and ladies flee, placing the blame on a servant. The village's lady doctor, Alexandra Gladstone, discovers evidence to the contrary and finds herself trapped in a web of scandal, deceit, and ghostly appearances that could cost her her life.