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“I wouldn’t miss a Kim Harrison book for anything.” —Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels “Her work can read like a smoldering combination of Alice Waters and Ozzy Osbourne.” —New York Times Book Review A true queen of urban fantasy—the New York Times...

Meet Genevieve Dieudonné. She’s beautiful, powerful, resourceful, courageous, and over four hundred years old. In the crowded cities and dark forests of the Warhammer world, Genevieve and her unlikely companions battle the forces of malevolence and insanity. However, the vampire blood running through Genevieve’s veins means she must constantly fight the urge to surrender to the evil within.

On the mean streets of Altdorf, Guard Captain 'Filthy Harald' Kleindeist investigates a series of gruesome murders that take him into the upper echelons of Imperial society and expose horrors beyond imagining.

The unthinkable has happened. Warrior queen Bluebell has lost her kingdom to the Crow King, Hakon, and her demented Trimartyr sister, Willow. While Bluebell would like nothing more than to storm the city with her army and crush Willow underfoot, the enemy's threat to burn its inhabitants alive prevents her. Worse, Willow seems to have the terrifying god Maava on her side.

In 1899, Genevieve Dieudonne is working as a doctor on a ship of vampire refugees from Dracula's Britain, as Christina Light, a vampire who can literally turn into light, persuades the Emperor to cede a section of Tokyo to her as the Vampire Bund, a Shanghai-like international settlement of the undead and her own power base. New Year's Eve 1999 in the Vampire Bund in Tokyo, and Christina is on the cusp of completing her 100-year plan to become an ascendant power in the world.

There are many secrets in the dark places of the Old World. From the cities of the Empire, where men huddle together in defiance of the darkness that sweeps across the land, to the vast, savage forests that house all manner of terrible beasts, everywhere you look there is a dark tale or ancient legend waiting to be unearthed. For the vampire Genevieve Dieudonné, several of these ancient horrors and blood-soaked nightmares are about to come to light, as she is plunged into battles for her life and her very soul across three linked novellas.

In the dark and dangerous Warhammer world, the desperate and the depraved live hand in glove. In this anthology of stories, reacquaint yourself with some of its more morally ambiguous denizens, including ‘Filthy’ Harald Kleindeinst and the scryer Rosanna Ophuls, Baron Johann von Mecklenberg, playwright and self-confessed genius Detlef Sierck and, of course, the vampire Genevieve.

Her stolen past is the one secret the immortals would silence. Hunted and wasting under the Bitterbynde’s spell, the wanderer called Tahquil is driven toward the last Gate between worlds. Beyond it waits a choice that could heal two realms—or break them both. In the far north, a raven prince rules a lightless stronghold where weather, stone, and fate obey his will. Allies falter. Oaths tighten. And a love tempered in peril must face its hardest truth. To survive, she must remember who she was, dare who she is, and decide who she will become—before Evernight closes over all.

Commissioned by a vampire ancient to recover the coffin containing the body of the demonic Gilzen, hated even by his own kind, D travels to a frightening mountain landscape perennially shrouded in snow. Within a castle piercing the mountainside, D discovers a group of knights tasked to protect Gilzen at any cost. It’s time for D to use all the forces and powers at his command to prevent Gilzen’s resurrection!

Arachnae, die Erste der Traumspinnen, hat eine dunkle Allianz mit den Morlocks geschlossen, um eine neue Ära der Finsternis einzuläuten. Doch als Arachnaes Tochter Delphi gegen ihre Mutter rebelliert, spitzt sich der Kampf dramatisch zu. Während die Tib, Amon und Saphira sich durch die tödlichen Netze kämpfen, um endlich den Mörder von Sir Gavvendyle zu stellen, droht Verrat ihre Mission zu vereiteln. Werden sie den Kampf gegen die Traumspinnenkönigin überleben, oder hat Arachnae das letzte Wort?

Lange glaubte man an die Legende des Sandmännchens, einem kleinen Mann, der durch seinen Sand den Kindern liebliche Träume beschert. Doch in Wahrheit ist der Sandmann ein 3000 Jahre alter Dämon, der Herrscher der Traumwelt, der sich in die Träume der Menschen schleicht, um ihnen ihre Seelen zu stehlen. Im Jahre 1047 ließ ein Mönch sein Leben, um den Sandmann in seinen ewigen Träumen gefangen zu halten.

Though Imrhien's memory is clouded by sorcery, she must take vital news to the King-Emperor of Caermelor. She hopes that there she may also find Thorn, the fearless ranger who has won her heart. Since no commoner may approach the royal court, Imrhien assumes a new identity as Rohain, a noble visitor from the distant Sorrow Isles. She soon discovers that the King and his rangers have departed to battle the unseelie hordes which have suddenly declared war against mortals.

Eiric won the battle, but Lyssandra plans on winning the war. With her bond broken, her magic builds, threatening to consume her—a price she is willing to pay if it means she can bring Eiric down with her. Only not everything is as it seems. She had thought the Ivangard witches were villains, not victims. When acolytes start dying in mysterious ways, Lyss is torn between helping them or taking advantage of their weaknesses.

Witch blood. The idea haunts Lyssandra as she leaves her life with the Helius Order behind. She'll move forward if only to thwart her greatest enemy yet. Only the witches aren't what she expects. They're guarded and scared. Because someone is stealing their skins. In danger once again, Lyss must solve the mystery of the skin-stealer, all while balancing her growing relationship with Asher and her new role as her great uncle's keeper. Time is short. Eiric is free, and he has plans for Lyssandra—plans that will mean the death of her vampire and ruin for all.

Emilia sitter fast i en svår och känslig familjesituation. Hennes pappa är intagen på mentalsjukhus och mamman är på gränsen till ett nervöst sammanbrott. På jakt efter lösningar hittar Emilia några gamla texter om häxkraft och mörk magi som hon väljer att fördjupa sig i. För grannen Mattias är livet också komplicerat. Tillvaron har förändrats totalt och helt oförutsett, vilket har gjort att han blir allt mer tillbakadragen. Han har separerat från sin fru, dragit sig undan från dottern och träffar knappt sina vänner.

Ein neuer Auftrag von Edward van Shelby führt Dr. Zephyre, Dave und Nina in das verlassene Anwesen Thornhill Manor. Die Suche nach einem Poltergeist bringt Dave ins Krankenhaus und zerrt an seiner Seele. Er wird mit den Schatten der Vergangenheit von Thornhill Manor konfrontiert. Eine unsichtbare Macht ergreift Besitz von dem Haus und allen Besuchern. Dr. Zephyre gerät in Lebensgefahr und Nina wird auf die Zerreißprobe gestellt: Darf sie einen Freund opfern, um den anderen zu retten?