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È il 1584 quando, orfana, Emily St. Aubert raggiunge la zia Madame Cheron: un rifugio che presto si rivela prigione. Il matrimonio di lei con il conte Montoni la trascina in un dedalo di torri aguzze, stanze invase dall'ombra e corridoi in cui ogni eco vibra come un presagio. Quando cala la notte, note lontane e sussurri intrappolati nelle mura guidano Emily fino a lettere ingiallite, dietro a tende consumate dal tempo. Il conte Montoni la fissa con gelida determinazione, desideroso di soffocare ogni barlume di speranza.

È il 1584 quando, orfana, Emily St. Aubert raggiunge la zia Madame Cheron: un rifugio che presto si rivela prigione. Il matrimonio di lei con il conte Montoni la trascina in un dedalo di torri aguzze, stanze invase dall'ombra e corridoi in cui ogni eco vibra come un presagio. Quando cala la notte, note lontane e sussurri intrappolati nelle mura guidano Emily fino a lettere ingiallite, dietro a tende consumate dal tempo. Il conte Montoni la fissa con gelida determinazione, desideroso di soffocare ogni barlume di speranza.

When The Sandman, also known as Lord Morpheus - the immortal king of dreams, stories and the imagination - is pulled from his realm and imprisoned on Earth by a nefarious cult, he languishes for decades before finally escaping.

Stephen King's epic fantasy series, The Dark Tower, is being made into a major movie starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. Due in cinemas February 17, 2017 USA. In this first novel in his epic fantasy masterpiece, Stephen King introduces listeners to one of his most enigmatic heroes, Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner, on a spellbinding journey into good and evil, in a desolate world which frighteningly echoes our own.

È il 1584 quando, orfana, Emily St. Aubert raggiunge la zia Madame Cheron: un rifugio che presto si rivela prigione. Il matrimonio di lei con il conte Montoni la trascina in un dedalo di torri aguzze, stanze invase dall'ombra e corridoi in cui ogni eco vibra come un presagio. Quando cala la notte, note lontane e sussurri intrappolati nelle mura guidano Emily fino a lettere ingiallite, dietro a tende consumate dal tempo. Il conte Montoni la fissa con gelida determinazione, desideroso di soffocare ogni barlume di speranza.

Bloomsbury presents I Hear A New World by Alan Moore, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. 'Extraordinary' Susanna Clarke, bestselling author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell A continuation of The Great When; a dark and beguiling tour through the streets of London - fictional and real -...

You meet the most interesting men in medieval prisons. This one time, I met a guy who offered me immortality for the low, low price of changing my diet. I didn’t read the fine print. Because, he wasn’t talking about a gluten-free diet. More like hemoglobin-full. And now, I’m a friggin’ vampire with five centuries of pop culture references.

Vitus Adamson is falling apart. As a pre-deceased private investigator, he takes the prescription Atroxipine hourly to keep his undead body upright and functioning. Whenever he is injured, he seeks Niko, a bombshell mortician with bedroom eyes and a way with corpses, to piece him back together. Decomposition, however, is the least of his worries when two clients posing his most dangerous job yet appear at his door looking for their lost son.

Un cadavere, una ragazza scomparsa e una lama d'argento. Tutti gli indizi portano a una sola persona: me. Mi chiamo Evangeline e sono un ex-assassina che non vuole avere più niente a che fare con la malavita. Un editto di un Signore Demoniaco mi costringe però a tornare dall'uomo e dalla vita che ho lasciato. Ho solo sette giorni per dimostrare la mia innocenza. La mia unica certezza è che chiunque mi abbia incastrato morirà.

There are no more generals left to fight over, or shards of divinity for the B---h Goddess to devour. My wives and I have fought across the width and breadth of Amalgam in our battle against the avatar of greed. We’ve defeated zombies, angels, monsters, and horrors beyond count, every victory bringing us to this, the final battle.

The end game approaches, and I’m in a three-way race against a psychotic goddess and the most powerful necromancer who’s ever lived. There is only one general left, and both Reverkar, King of the Dwarves, and the B---h Goddess want to find him first. If either of them wins, it means the end of the world. But my wives and I aren’t about to let them win without a fight. We’ll battle against zombies, brainwashed slayers, and horrors untold as we journey across Amalgam in our effort to stop them.

Annowan might have finally joined my family, but our marriage doesn’t mean we can afford to slack off! My wives and I are on the trail of another of the B---h Goddess’s missing generals. Our quest brings us to a desolate, cursed region, where we’ll have to contend with clockwork horrors, undead hordes, and my demonic grandmother-in-law. Things might look rough, but I swore to rescue my sweetheart from the B---h’s clutches, and nothing will get in my way!

Lilith, Empress of Demons, has charged me with defeating the Bitch Goddess's remaining generals. My quest will take me beyond the burning sands of the Endless Dunes to the frozen, cursed reaches of the Coldspite Basin.

My name is Mal, and ever since I was a boy, I've been treated as a malcontent because of my ability to see magic. For everyone else, magic is proof of the Goddess’ love. To me, it is just a colorful spread of enchantments, cantrips, blessings, and hexes. And any spell I can see, I can break. I had always expected to grow up to be a ditch-digger. Instead, I was dubbed a hero. Heroes are sent out in the wasteland, to slay monsters and to challenge the Demon Lord. It’s a suicide mission. But once I was exiled, I found that the outside world was different from what I had thought.

Eigentlich war das Journalistenpaar Baptiste und Gabrielle Robin nur unterwegs, um den zurückgezogenen Horror-Autor Roduit zu interviewen. Eine Übernachtung in einem kleinen Hotel verwickelt sie in einen Mordfall und bald sehen sie sich mit einem Grauen konfrontiert, das ihre Vorstellungskraft überschreitet. Denn sie geraten in den Bann uralter Geheimbünde, gewissenloser Wissenschaft und des Vaters aller Monster – des gefallenen Engels Baphomet!

Séverin e i suoi amici sono riusciti a sconfiggere la Casa Decaduta, ma la vittoria ha avuto un prezzo terribile, un prezzo che continuano a pagare. In cerca di un disperato riscatto, Séverin intraprende un pericoloso viaggio sulle tracce di un artefatto straordinario: si dice che garantisca a chi lo possiede il potere di Dio. Un'indagine che porterà lui e la sua squadra nel cuore di ghiaccio della Russia, verso il misterioso Palazzo Dormiente, tra gargoyle di cristallo che infestano dimore abbandonate e divinità infrante che nascondono segreti letali.

1889. Parigi è il centro pulsante del nuovo mondo coloniale industrializzato, e l'Esposizione Universale ha infuso nuova linfa alla vita della città. Ma ha anche portato alla luce antichi segreti. Nessuno sa tenerne traccia quanto Séverin Montagnet-Alarie, cacciatore di tesori e proprietario dell'hotel L'Eden. Lo sa bene il potentissimo ed esclusivo Ordine di Babele, che lo costringe a recuperare un antico artefatto. Séverin si trova così a inseguire un tesoro che mai avrebbe immaginato: la sua vera eredità.

I should have died - but instead, in true me form, I fell in love with the mysterious wolf that nearly tore me to shreds. Now I feel myself changing, experiencing urges like never before. Maybe I should run for my life, but suddenly a dark bond is pulling me in closer. Am I making a terrible mistake? Could they be luring me in to finish what we started? Or could becoming a werewolf be the best thing that ever happened to me?

Penny Albright has burned at the stake under the Warden and his Gilded Army night after night. He means to destroy magic and seal the veil between Life and Death forever and he has every tool he needs to do it. The Warden has stolen everything that Penny cares about- her friends, family, lovers, and now, even her freewill will be sacrificed if she fails to defeat the Warden and his evil lust for immortality once and for all. A resistance movement has been brewing in the shadows of Life and when Penny takes her place at the helm, she will be thrust into the realm of Death once again.

'A spell of a book, with romance, betrayal, and mystery smoldering on every page. Readers will burn with Penny every step of the way' Heather Walter, author of the Malice duology A thorn witch with the power to walk between the realms of Life and Death finds herself at the centre of a magical...