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Kole always wanted to be a wizard, a dream that grew into an obsession when his parents disappeared on an adventure. The son of two powerful magical heritages, Kole was hailed as a prodigy at an early age. But a head start is of little use if you're tied to the starting gate. When his mother's magic manifested after he'd already embarked on the path to wizardry, he found he had only a singular powerful magical ability—to turn invisible.

As Elder turns against Elder and riders clash, Holt and Ash fight to protect the people of the Fae Forest as Thrall seeks to blight every creature within it. On the front lines their only real aid comes from Holt’s new lunar blade, and a dangerous new ally whose claws cut both ways. In the west, Athra and Risalia have dragged Talia into war. She can’t bring peace without pain; told she can’t be a rider and a queen; torn beyond duty and her dream beyond the dream. There are no good options, not without becoming the monster her enemies claim her to be.

Holt Cook was never meant to be a dragon rider. He has always served the Order Hall of the Crag dutifully, keeping their kitchen pots clean. Until he discovers a dark secret: dragons do not tolerate weakness among their kin, killing the young they deem flawed. Moved by pity, Holt defies the Order, rescues a doomed egg and vows to protect the blind dragon within.

A summons from the Life Elder sets them on a perilous mission, leading to steaming jungles and blistering islands where ancient secrets will challenge everything they know of magic and dragons.

Kole’s first semester at the Academy of Illunia has ended, but his problems at the school have only just begun. He and his friends finally uncovered the secret behind the missing students—saving one of the kidnapped and nearly dying in the process. Now they must deal with the aftermath of that discovery without the protection of Zale’s mother. His breakthroughs as aided by his ensouled spellbook so far have been enough to give him an edge, but the magical artifact has more potential Kole has yet to unlock.

Now safely enrolled in the premier academy for magical learning, Kole thought all his problems were behind him. He's instead learning that the problems of his past were nothing compared to those of his present. While he has made a breakthrough on his magical issues, the academy has dangers lurking within. Primal students have gone missing and strange creatures keep appearing on campus. With Zale’s mother and uncle missing, Kole and his friends seem to be the only ones capable of finding any leads.

Das Finale der epischen Trilogie rund um Lormak, Avi, Krax und Iridon! Die Lage spitzt sich zu, denn die Dämonen sind nicht aufzuhalten. Der Konflikt droht, nicht nur die Menschen ins Verderben zu stürzen, sondern auch die Elfen und Zwerge und alle anderen Völker Yurs. Doch selbst vereint sind die Aussichten düster, denn Iridon Vulkola hat seine Rache sorgfältig geplant. Die ultimative Konfrontation steht bevor. Ihr Ausgang wird nicht nur über das Wohl oder Wehe eines ganzen Kontinents entscheiden, sondern könnte sogar die Grundfesten der Götterwelt zum Einsturz bringen.

So harmlos das „Einhorn“ im Titel anmutet, so grausam und blutig ist die Fährte, die es legt... Denn die Dämonen werden stärker – auch jener in Lormak selbst. In Calsinthar treffen die Gefährten auf Xurodas, einen Gezeichneten wie Lormak. Diese neue Konstellation stellt die Gruppe auf die Zerreißprobe, denn mehr als nur einmal geraten die beiden aneinander. Während Lormak in Raserei verfällt, sobald der Dämon von ihm Besitz ergreift, äußert sich dies bei Xurodas durch Spielsucht und Vielweiberei.

Die schwarze Klaue ist der Auftakt einer actiongeladenen Fantasy-Trilogie aus der Feder von Amazon-Bestseller-Autor Peter Hohmann. Schwert und Magie entfalten ihre Macht in dieser düsteren Erzählung, in der Dämonenhorden die Lande der freien Völker überrennen. Auf ihrer Flucht trifft die Hüterin Avi auf Lormak, den Gezeichneten, der Mensch und Dämon in sich vereint. Sie ist auf ihn angewiesen, um hinter das Geheimnis der Dämonenplage zu kommen – er auf sie, um seine Vergangenheit zu enträtseln. Keiner von beiden will diese Zweckgemeinschaft, aber nur so besteht eine Aussicht auf Erfolg.

When the members of a remote monastery are struck down by a mysterious illness, they enlist the aid of a former demon hunter and a man known as the Sage of Blackfell House. Setting out to find a cure, they soon find themselves caught in a web of danger from ruthless crime lords, vengeful assassins, and evil magic users who draw their power from the realm of demons. But why should a mission of mercy attract such grave and dangerous threats? Because the Sage of Blackfell House was once a feared and notorious sorcerer, and his name is Decimus Fate.

Claudius Wachsbrenner, ein zielloser Hans-Guck-in-die-Luft, verliert sich gern in Tagträumen, ohne diesen Träumen jedoch jemals Taten folgen zu lassen – bis zu der schicksalhaften Begegnung mit einem rätselhaften Fremden, der ihm eine ungewöhnliche Geschichte erzählt. Sie handelt von Perle Merle, einem Zauberkünstler, der wegen seiner stümperhaften Performance stets nur belächelt wurde und sich nichts sehnlicher wünschte, als das Publikum zu bezaubern. Der Preis dafür war allerdings hoch: Eine sich stetig ausbreitende, innere Leere ergriff Besitz von Perle Merle.

“Undeniably riveting.” —Booklist The terrible Emerald Queen is vanquished…but the war in Midkemia is not yet won, as the remarkable Raymond E. Feist concludes his magnificent Serpentwar Saga with Shards of a Broken Crown—a spellbinding tale of magic, conflict, and treachery that sees...

“Feist has a natural talent for keeping the reader turning pages.”—Chicago Sun-Times The Serpentwar Saga continues! The second book in master fantasist Raymond E. Feist’s New York Times bestselling classic epic fantasy adventure of war, magic, betrayal, and heroism, Rise of a Merchant...

Magisch, fesselnd, poetisch. Der internationale Bestsellergarant 2023. Einige Jahre sind verstrichen in den vier Londons, wo alles begann. Im roten London, in dem die Magie allgegenwärtig ist, macht sich Unzufriedenheit breit. Es geht sogar das Gerücht um, dass eine mysteriöse Organisation mithilfe eines magischen Artefakts ein Attentat auf den König plant. Die Suche nach den Attentätern führt die Magierin Lila Bard nicht nur ins weiße und graue London, sondern auch auf die Spur einer jungen Tüftlerin, die die Fäden der Magie manipulieren kann, und damit das Gleichgewicht zwischen den Welten verändern könnte.

Dave has been wandering through life for a long time. His day job bores him and he never seems to be able to meet his family's expectations. The only escape he's ever had is his love of MMORPGs. But when he becomes the subject of a test without even knowing it, he's portaled into a game-world called Eloria with no way out. It's a frequent daydream of his, however, in none of those dreams did his wife and daughter ever accompany him. Now, Dave must balance protecting his family with exploring his dream...oh, and trying to stay alive.

Theus's journey continues in The Memory Stone, Part II. Within the past year of his life, Theus has seen freedom and slavery, affection and spite, wealth and poverty - now, his adventures are about to grow more consequential and intense as the gods of the land begin to rely on him personally and exclusively to travel from conflict to conflict, as they try to use him to tamp down the outbreak of evil and violence that is threatening every human in the lands ruled by Stoke.

Book four in the My Best Friend is an Eldritch Horror series. It's slice-of-life mixed with LitRPG in a magic school setting. A slow-build power fantasy from Actus, the best-selling author of the Morcster Chef series.

Tales of blood, magic, and steel by masters of the craft!

Arek cooks lasagna, and tops it with a dash of finely chopped basil. An orc who has seen more than his fair amount of fighting, Arek wants nothing more than to spend the rest of his days cooking and away from the chaos of combat. However, when Ming and her group of adventurers hire him as their full-time chef, his plans of avoiding violence crumble. He longs to leave his blood-soaked mistakes in his past, but old friends and foes have different ideas.

Elak of Atlantis must confront a plot by the followers of Dagon to sink the island. These followers, known as the "children of Dagon", are using black magic and earthquakes to destabilize Atlantis and ultimately submerge it. Elak, with the help of a mage named Zend, must stop them and protect Atlantis from being destroyed.