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Il est la Mort en personne ; elle est le seul être sur lequel il n'a aucune emprise. Le jour où Mort arrive dans la ville de Lazarus Gaumond et anéantit toute la population d'un seul coup, il ne s'attend pas à voir une femme encore vivante. Or, Lazarus a elle aussi un don extraordinaire : elle ne peut être tuée, ni par les humains, ni par les éléments, ni par Mort lui-même. Elle est la seule âme que Mort ne reconnaît pas.

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Of all the legends of Western civilization, perhaps the glorious adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are the best known. The Quest for the Holy Grail, and the undying illicit love between Sir Launcelot and Queen Guenevere, have provided inspiration for storytellers and poets down the ages, and sparked so many films and books of our own time.

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.

Casting necromancy without ever learning how to isn't supposed to be possible. A starving orphan girl named Vita is somehow managing it anyway, and she's not sure if this is going to be the solution to her life's problems or a horrifying, spiraling mess of problems she can hardly conceive.

Former house cat turned war hero Mort(e) is famous for taking on the most dangerous missions and fighting the dreaded human bioweapon EMSAH. But the true motivation behind Mort(e)'s recklessness is his ongoing search for a pretransformation friend - a dog named Sheba. When he receives a mysterious message from the dwindling human resistance claiming Sheba is alive, he begins a journey that will take him from the remaining human strongholds to the heart of the Colony.

Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome. For Mort however, it is about to become one of the tools of his trade. From henceforth, Death is no longer going to be...

Nina è una giovane studentessa di medicina, dotata di un potere straordinario e doloroso: può comunicare con i fantasmi e aiutarli ad andare oltre, sebbene questo la consumi lentamente. Con l'arrivo di Ezra, un uomo enigmatico che Nina sembra riconoscere, tutte le carte sembrano andare al proprio posto per portare alla luce una tenebrosa verità.

Jimmy Razor è appena morto nella sua lussuosa villa di Los Angeles, strafatto e solo. Era giovane, era dannato, era forse l'ultima rockstar a vivere all'altezza del mito. Nessuno sa come sia potuto accadere e questo è un problema. In primis al club dei cantanti morti, che deve decidere se accoglierlo o meno tra i suoi iscritti. Per il presidente, John Lennon, la cosa rappresenta una grana gigantesca. Cobain e Morrison sono fieramente contro, Janis Joplin è possibilista, Sid Vicious vuole solo bere qualcosa.

The glorious but tragic story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is one of the great legends of Western civilization. Storytellers and poets down the centuries have returned repeatedly to the universal themes of the Quest of the Holy Grail and the love between Sir Launcelot and Queen Guenever. Yet the first printed account, written by the 15th century knight Sir Thomas Malory, remains unmatched.

Vicit, terre des parias. L'enceinte mystérieuse nichée dans le désert qui abrite Sirius et les révélations promises à Lilium et Enoch. Mais la quête de réponses a parfois un coût bien élevé. Traverser le désert, marcher jusqu'à Amarii-Sabba, la demeure d'Erèbe, n'est pas sans danger. Or, seule la mystérieuse et ambiguë demi-déesse de la Mort est également détentrice des secrets de ce monde, de Kira... et du Fenhir. Car Lilium en est certaine, les visions cauchemardesque du Fenhir et de l'astre rouge qui l'assaillent cachent une terrible vérité.

Set in a fractured United States, in the southwestern country now known as Texoma. A world where magic is acknowledged but mistrusted, especially by a young gunslinger named Lizbeth Rose. Battered by a run across the border to Mexico Lizbeth Rose takes a job offer from a pair of Russian wizards to be their local guide and gunnie. For the wizards, Gunnie Rose has already acquired a fearsome reputation and they’re at a desperate crossroad, even if they won’t admit it. 

Après les révélations qui ont bouleversé leur existence, Rain et Redemption poursuivent désormais leur chemin, chacun de leur côté, plus seuls que jamais. Tandis que Redemption s’applique à empêcher la prophétie de se produire, en plus de se heurter à un dilemme très personnel, Rain devra se confronter à bien des ennemis, y compris le pire de tous : elle-même.

Exceptionnellement, cette histoire commence par la fin. La mienne. Il a suffi d'un stupide "accident" pour précipiter l'heure de ma mort et éradiquer mes rêves. Nous nous sommes tous déjà demandé ce qu'il y avait après. Y a-t-il un Paradis, un Enfer ? Continue-t-on à exister, ou au contraire, disparait-on à tout jamais ? Je peux déjà répondre à l'une de vos questions : anges, démons, terres célestes, tout ça... vous pouvez oublier tout ce que vous croyiez savoir, car c'est loin, très loin, de ce qu'on nous a raconté.

Malrosa is a princess of the Athanatos, powerful immortal insect people who have been systematically assaulting Vita's island for years. When Vita ends up fusing her soul with her, the resulting gestalt must struggle to reconcile her conflicting viewpoints and beliefs. Now in love with two homes and full of perspective her old self lacked, Vita must bring peace between warring islands... and if there's one thing Vita has always been bad with, it's peace. This is the fourth and final book of Vigor Mortis.

Two years have passed since Vita was arrested by the Inquisition, and her time in prison has not been kind to her. As Penelope Vesuvius plots a grand breakout while currying favor with the government, the monstrous Lark joins the Church in search of redemption. A conflict between the most powerful forces in Valka is set to simmer, and it's only a matter of time before it boils over...

While she fights fellow horrors outside the city's walls, her family suffers threats from within them. Yet surely there's no problem power can't solve...and if there's one thing eating souls is good for, it's power.

Sorella della luce, Sorella dell'oscurità, Signora della morte. Nicci ha vissuto molte vite e affrontato tante sfide, ma ora il mondo è cambiato. Adesso che sul trono siedono i suoi alleati, Richard e Kahlan, Nicci è pronta per ricominciare a viaggiare. Al suo fianco c'è Nathan, che possiede poteri ultraterreni da profeta. Il loro incarico è esplorare in segreto i confini del regno appena costituito.

Pavel Ivanovitch Tchitchikof est un petit escroc, ancien fonctionnaire qui entreprend une tournée des propriétés russes pour racheter les âmes mortes, c'est-à-dire les moujiks morts entre deux recensements administratif, dans le but secret et obscur de s'enrichir illégalement. À travers les pérégrinations de Tchitchikof, c'est un grand tableau social et moral de la Russie de l'époque : le lecteur se retrouve plongé dans un voyage dans le temps époustouflant qui brille par le génie de son auteur.

"Nous sommes tous destinés au baiser de la Mort. Seuls les dieux sont immortels." La Guilde des Ombres règne sur les rues misérables de Clepsydre, alias la Cité des Vices. Ces assassins elfides sont les bras armés de la déesse de la Mort depuis cinq siècles. Pour accomplir leur œuvre ténébreuse, ils se servent de leurs lames affûtées ainsi que de leurs Dons surnaturels.