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Still recovering from a recent institutionalization and unable to trust his own mind or magic, Adrien is drawn into the witch hunt as suspicion falls upon those closest to him. The city's inquisitors and witchfinders are losing control, the magicians are growing more and more resentful, and the scars from Adrien's last brush with disaster refuse to fade. To put an end to the innocent deaths, to keep his dearest friends, and to prove himself worthy of a potential new romance, Adrien is forced to confront his own blind spots before he's fatally ensnared by the angel of death's machinations.

Ein friedliches Leben auf dem Land – in ihrer Vorstellung hatte es so einfach geklungen. Da hatten Daena und Berekh auch noch nichts von dem schuppigen Schützling geahnt, der sich in ihre Obhut drängen würde. Für ihn werden sie einmal mehr zu Schwert und Magie greifen. Aber können sie damit den Konflikt bekämpfen, der im ganzen Land schwelt? Immerhin ist er so alt wie die Menschheit selbst: Die Angst vor dem, was fremd ist.

Sie ist eine ausgebildete Kämpferin. Beinahe jedenfalls. Er war zu Lebzeiten ein mächtiger Zauberer. Behauptet er. Daena und ihr knochiger Gefährte schlagen sich mit schlecht bezahlten Aufträgen durchs Leben, als sie in etwas verwickelt werden, das alles bisher Dagewesene übertrifft und sie mit den Schrecken der eigenen Vergangenheit konfrontiert. Ihr neuer Auftrag lautet Krieg – und der Sold ist das Überleben der menschlichen Rasse.

When my magic manifested at puberty, my parents sold me to the Illuminati. The Order of the Illuminati trained me as an assassin, spy, and thief. But when they sent me to steal a magical artifact that reveals Truth in all things, I discovered that I was working for the Dark and not the Light. The Illuminati trained me well, and paid the ultimate price for their deception.

Als der Krieg ihm seine Familie raubt, nimmt der Magier Bredanekh In'Jaat bittere Rache an dem Land, für das er einst gekämpft hat. Auf der Suche nach neuen Wegen, seinen Schmerz zu betäuben, wendet er sich schließlich an die verbotene Gilde der Nekromanten. Doch die Schwarzmagier haben ihre eigenen Pläne, was Bredanekh angeht. Die Novelle "Magie der Nacht" erzählt die düstere Vorgeschichte von "Herz des Winters".

Things have gotten a little complicated. Asmodeus and I thought we could win the game, but we were wrong. It's only just beginning. Determined to keep us apart, Lucifer drags me into a world of flames. There's only one way out. I have to sign a demon contract. Again. But the terms of the deal are far worse than I could have ever imagined. Lucifer offers the unthinkable. He'll end the brutal game for souls and spare the world from eternal torment. On one condition. I must rip out Az's heart.

Ghosts from Lizard's past - and the man who wants to be her future. The empty places in Elsie's soul - and the temptations of raspberry-laced courage. Walk once more with Jennie's students as they come to the end of their WitchLight journeys.

If the Knights Magica want a war, I'm willing to give them one. I damned my soul long ago. What I do from this point forward is about redemption. If I burn in Hell because of fighting for others, for shouldering their sins, so be it. The Knights are powerful, and they have taken control of the Universal Church. All across the world, the Knights find themselves in conflict with other paranormals and supernaturals. Human governments scramble to cope with the new reality of magic.

When the ley lines - the orderly rivers of magical energy that circle the globe - went wild, chaos ensued. Magic hid in the shadows for hundreds of years, but then a secret order took control of one of the world's largest religions. Their goal is to rule the world, and the first step is to control the ley lines and magic users. I didn't escape the Illuminati just to become a slave to the Knights Magica. If they want me, they're going to have a fight on their hands.