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Set in Revolution-era America, The Messenger features Hannah Sunderland, a young woman who is devastated when her brother is jailed for joining the Colonial cause. Spy Jeremiah Jones sees in Hannah a way to access the prison to obtain valuable information, but Hannah’s Quaker beliefs stand in the way. Nevertheless, Hannah and Jeremiah develop a mutual fondness, even as they become caught in history’s tumultuous churn.

In the Halow system, one of Earth’s three sister star systems, tek and magic - humans and fae - are at war. Kesh Lasota is a ghost in the machine. Invisible to tek, she’s hired by the criminal underworld to carry illegal messages through the Halow system. But when one of those messages kills its recipient, Kesh finds herself on the run with a bounty on her head and a quick-witted marshal on her tail. Proving her innocence should be straightforward. Until a warfae steals the evidence she needs.

With Cassius Black's secret operations to save the world in the last 500 years finally revealed by the agencies that govern the otherworldly, his status as the most vilified Fallen on Earth changes almost overnight. Unused to his newfound fame, Cassius tries to keep a low profile, but Morgan King's reckless actions soon have them in the news again.

Liverpool, 1940. Journalist Ruth Holt is struggling in the terror of the Blitz when her young son is suddenly snatched away in broad daylight. Soon after, the kidnappers’ demands arrive. They are working with the Nazis, and she has no choice but to co-operate, or the authorities will learn that she is harbouring secrets of her own. Ruth’s job gives her access to critical information, and if she does not share it with Britain’s enemies, her child will face the consequences. Desperate, she falsifies information, lying to everyone: her employers, her family and her lover.

When Cassius Black moves to San Francisco for a fresh start, the angel's hopes of staying below the radar of the supernatural organizations that oversee the otherworldly and magic users in the city are dashed when he stumbles across a dead body in the sewers. Morgan King and his team of Argonaut agents have been on the hunt all summer for the culprits behind a series of gruesome killings that have rocked the city. When Fate puts Cassius in Morgan's path, he realizes the angel everyone likes to call The Devil may very well be the only person who can help them track down the murderers.

For Nicholas Hawthorne, the Catholic heir to Measham Hall in Derbyshire, subterfuge is part of everyday life. But there are deeper and darker secrets even than his family's outlawed religion: why is his father, Sir William, so reclusive? What became of his mother, and his aunt Alethea? And who fatally betrayed his cousin Matthew?

When an unknown plague starts to decimate the Earth, Cassius Black and Morgan King soon realize they're dealing with something not of the human world. As their allies gather in San Francisco to try and determine the cause of the contagion, unwelcome news reaches Morgan's ears. The Dryad kingdom has come under attack by an unknown enemy.

The unseelie - banished by Oberon long ago - are stirring awake, and there’s one name on their dark lips: Nightshade. Kesh is beginning to settle into her role as Halow’s messenger, saving people from the fae with the help of Kellee, Talen, Arran, and Sota, but if she has any hope of making her wrongs right, she must trust those around her. Without them, there is no messenger.

Cassius Black and Morgan King's trip to Ivory Peaks to uncover clues about their past takes an unexpected turn when a rift materializes and war demons attack the capital. Having saved one world, they return to Earth, only to find it has been rocked by ominous quakes bearing a close resemblance to the phenomenon that nearly destroyed the Dryad kingdom. After defeating demons that emerge from a crevasse in San Francisco, Cassius and Morgan rescue the Wild God Pan with the help of Victor Sloan and the city's otherwordly. But instead of thanking them, Pan makes a startling demand.

Andi ist nach Willowsburg gezogen, um dort einen Neuanfang zu wagen. Dumm nur, dass sie ihren Job wegen der Corona-Krise gleich wieder verliert und ihr die Pandemie somit einen Strich durch ihre neuen Pläne macht. Und dann ist es in Zeiten des Lockdowns in dem verschlafenen Willowsburg noch viel langweiliger als gedacht! Da helfen auch endlose Telefonsessions mit ihrer besten Freundin Jana und Kuchen backen nicht wirklich weiter. Bis Andi ihren neuen Nachbarn Zane im Hausflur trifft.

O mundo está em guerra e Stella Jilani, integrante da Resistência italiana, leva uma vida dupla. De dia, trabalha na cova dos leões como datilógrafa para o Reich; à noite, arrisca sua vida como mensageira da Brigada Central da Resistência Veneziana. Contra todas as probabilidades, Stella deve revelar segredos nazistas, contrabandear suprimentos essenciais e produzir um jornal clandestino em sua amada máquina de escrever.

Marie trabaja como mensajera en el centro de Madrid y, entre paquetes y cartas, porta sueños a los destinatarios. Ella también tiene los suyos y necesita realizarlos. Esa fuerza le permite continuar en la ciudad, sin perecer entre las pesadillas que desvelan sus noches y las ausencias a las que todavía no puede decir adiós. Seis meses atrás tuvo que huir de su pueblo natal, en Francia, pero su especial estancia en Madrid toma un giro definitivo cuando Marie fotografía una escena aparentemente intrascendente desde el ático-estudio donde vive.

Escocia, siglo XV. Ante la imposibilidad de concebir hijos con su esposa Meribeth, Alistair Mcleod, jefe de su clan, encarga a un grupo de guerreros, con su sobrino Daimh al frente, la misión de viajar a la isla de Skye para solicitar la ayuda de la famosa hechicera que vive allí.

Ante la imposibilidad de concebir hijos con su esposa Meribeth, Alistair Mcleod, jefe de su clan, encarga a un grupo de guerreros, con su sobrino Daimh al frente, la misión de viajar a la isla de Skye para solicitar la ayuda de la famosa hechicera que vive allí. Aila nunca ha salido de la isla de Skye; la llaman bruja, hechicera, mensajera de Elphame… Posee el don de la adivinación y puede hablar con los espíritus, como con el de su abuela y mentora, Nimue, que le profetiza su destino: «Tu futuro esposo vendrá a buscarte y te llevará lejos de aquí».

¿Quién no tiene un sueño? Todos hemos albergado en nuestro corazón, alguna vez, un anhelo por cumplir. ¿Cuál es el tuyo? Marie trabaja como mensajera en el centro de Madrid y, entre paquetes y cartas, porta sueños a los destinatarios. Ella también tiene los suyos y necesita realizarlos. Esa fuerza le permite continuar en la ciudad, sin perecer entre las pesadillas que desvelan sus noches y las ausencias a las que todavía no puede decir adiós.

소나기가 지나 무지개가 떠오른 점심시간, 모모세는 같은 학년 미소노 레이와 운명적으로 만난다. 클래스메이트와 왠지 거리를 두고 있는 레이는 이상하게 모모세에게만 마음을 연다. 어릴 적 트라우마로 '싫다'는 말을 하지 못하는 모모세는 이 성격 탓에 레이의 부탁을 거절 못하고, 함께 문화제에서 '어떤 작전'을 실행하기로 한다. 점점 서로에게 다가가는 모모세와 레이.

Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of eponymous Jane Eyre, her growth to adulthood, and her love for Mr. Rochester, the byronic master of Thornfield Hall. The novel contains elements of social criticism, with a strong sense of morality at its core, but is nonetheless a novel many consider ahead of its time given the individualistic character of Jane and the novel's exploration of sexuality, religion, and proto-feminism.

Famous, all-encompassing, passionate, but ultimately doomed love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and the people around them. Today considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights was met with mixed reviews when it first appeared, mainly because of the narrative's stark depiction of mental and physical cruelty.