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Alle drei Jahre fordert das magische Königshaus des Nordens seinen Tribut: Um das Bündnis mit dem Nightcastle College zu erneuern, werden in einem gefährlichen Wettstreit zwei Studentinnen erwählt, die den Prinzen Loras und Tarabas als Schattengeliebte an deren Hof folgen. Halbvampirin Lark hält von dem ganzen Spektakel nichts, doch dann wird ihr Name bei der Auswahlzeremonie verlesen! Auf die Außenseiterin warten nicht nur tödliche Prüfungen, sie gerät auch in ein Machtspiel aus Intrigen, verbotenen Versuchungen und dunklen Geheimnissen zwischen den royalen Brüdern.

Meet Ophelia Hart. Lover of classic literature and unicorns. An orphan with nobody in her corner—no family, no friends. But it’s her loneliness that fuels her life’s ambition to become a social worker and help the forgotten children just like her. For a foster kid with only slightly above-average grades, it feels like a pipe dream. Except it seems that someone is looking out for Ophelia after all. When an unexpected opportunity to attend Montridge University arises, she thinks her life is finally taking a turn for the better.

Depuis qu'elle est enfant, Madelynn Ripley n'a qu'un objectif : tuer l'assassin de ses parents et de son petit frère, Rasmus IV l'Égorgeur, le roi des vampires. Alors, le jour où elle est sélectionnée pour rejoindre les Kysk, ces réserves de sang destinées à la cour royale, elle est consciente que c'est sa chance et qu'elle ne peut décevoir les Fangless, la cause à laquelle elle adhère depuis des années déjà.

But if the chosen one can slay the three-headed dragon—if the untamable beast does kneel at its new master’s feet, and the light is tempted back from the darkness, then they shall awaken the protector of man. And the sun must swallow the shadows to bring a balance that reigns through the ages.

A chilling anthology of nineteen stories of cursed and haunted books; featuring malevolent second-hand books, cursed novelizations, unsettling journals, and the end of the world.

In a direct follow-up to the third book in the Sundering series, The Adversary, young warlock Farideh falls into the midst of a battle for the throne of Cormyr. As the war brought on by the Sundering rages across Faern, princes and princesses, wizards and rogues scheme to capture the seat of power of the Land of the Purple Dragon - with Farideh and her allies caught squarely in the middle.

When Jame returned to Knorth hall to help her brother, Torisen, name all the fallen fighters' death banners stored there, she made the disturbing discovery that those banners splattered with their owners' blood also have trapped their owners' souls. She also found a contract proving her cousin Kindrie to be legitimate, proving that there are three full-blooded Knorth. Three full-blooded Knorth means that the Three-Faced God can be manifested - something that none of the three are likely to want to do, if they have any choice in the matter.

For the love of her vampire suitor, Karl, Charlotte has forsaken her human life. Now her only contact with people is when she hunts them down to feed. Her thirst for blood repulses her but its fulfilment brings ecstasy. The one light in the shadows is the passion that burns between her and Karl. A love that it seems will last for eternity - until Karl's former lover, the seductively beautiful Katerina, is rescued from the Crystal Ring. For nearly fifty years she has lain, as dead, in the icy depths of the Weisskalt.

Long ago, homo nocturnus ruled the Earth, able to manipulate the forces of nature at their most basic level. Before the dawn of recorded history they were overthrown, leaving behind them only legends---our legends of shapeshifters and blood-drinkers, of cruel gods and evil magicians, of ogres and goblins, succubi and incubi.

The Bram Stoker Award-Winning saga continues… Matthew Maule has seen many horrific things in his 500 years as one of the most powerful vampires in the world. But even his formidable talents cannot predict the unthinkable acts about to occur within his own home. When the vampire Dickon and his human partner appear in the middle of the night frightened for their lives, Matthew offers them protection. They carry with them a small Egyptian statue of great value and many secrets.

Take a bite out of the newest Vampire Files! A delicious new novel of the The Vampire files - in which our undead detective finds himself caught in the middle of a Chicago gangland war!

The hard-fighting, harder-drinking fortune hunters of The Hammer and the Blade and A Discourse in Steel are back to test their mettle and tempt fickle fate. Fantasy fiction has long welcomed adventurous rogues: Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, George R. R. Martin’s Dunk and Egg...

Being a vampire isn't as glamorous as it sounds.... Jack Fleming, Anerican journalist, was bitten by the wrong girl - and Jack joined the living dead. Eccentric detective Charles Escott helps Jack solve any strange cases that happen along...and now Jack and Charles investigate the case of the talented young artist whose life is suddenly cut short.

Even the dead have to work for a living. This time, a priceless heirloom bracelet's been stolen from the wealthy Sebastian Pierce. And guess who's been hired to find it? I'll give you a hint: Me. Pierce has plenty of hard cash, a soft heart - and a hot-blooded daughter named Marian. Marian has big eyes for yours truly - and a very jealous boyfriend. And me? I have a night job I can really sink my teeth into.

Valla Moonring is a dragon hybrid assassin who is ordered on a mission into the Wastelands of Aria—a formidable, icy wilderness fraught with all manner of dangers. Outlaws and lethal predators lie in wait to attack intruders. To her great distaste, she’s partnered with a Nightwing Security operative, Conn Rowanflame, a Morgon with the aggravating ability to get under her skin. Conn’s confident charm throws her off balance, a perilous place to be in conditions like these. Especially when cold nights require close contact.

Historischer Roman trifft Nordische Mythologie - eine packende Neuerzählung der berühmten isländischen Saga von Gunnhild und Erik. "Eine von euch verdunkelt die Zukunft der anderen. Auf Gedeih und Verderb sind eure Schicksale miteinander verwoben." Die Weissagung trifft die Familien von Gunnhild, Oddny und Signy bis ins Mark. Was auch immer sie sich für ihre Töchter gewünscht haben, ist auf einmal unerreichbar.

Mister Lewis has a business card that reads “Physics Consultant,” but that’s something of an in-joke. What he really consults on are things that defy the laws of physics, go bump in the night and dine on the souls of the living. Taking a political client on a referral, Mister Lewis discovers that not every Asgardian is as deceased as the legends would have you believe. A discovery that leaves him with a dead client and an unpaid bill.

Nach dem Kampf gegen den Vampirhexer Malik leidet Cael unter Halluzinationen, die die Grenze zwischen Albtraum und Realität verschwimmen lassen. Das Trauma gefährdet nicht nur das Verhältnis zu seinem Rudel, sondern auch seine Beziehung zu Talina. Als ein kleines Mädchen um Schutz bittet, sieht sich das Sauk-River-Rudel mit einem unbekannten Feind konfrontiert. Heimtückische Magie und die gefährlichen Fähigkeiten des Mädchens stellen alle vor ungeahnte Gefahren. Dabei erkennen sie zu spät, dass das wahre Ziel jemand anderes ist.

Bist du bereit? Bereit zu sterben? Schmerzen bestimmen Caels Leben als Werwolf. Erst nach der Flucht vor seinem gewalttätigen Alpha findet er unerwartet ...

A Rainbow of Blood continues the epic, exciting story that began in Peter G. Tsouras’s previous alternate history, Britannia’s Fist. The Great War accelerates during a few desperate weeks in October 1863. From the bayous of Louisiana to the green hills of the Hudson Valley, from Chicago in flames to the gates of Washington itself, the conflict uncoils in ropes of fire. French and British armies are on the march, and heavy reinforcements have put to sea.