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After his mother's death, 12-year-old Samuel Chambers would do anything to turn back time. Prompted by three strange carnival fortune-tellers and the surfacing of his mysterious and reclusive neighbor, Samuel begins his search for the Tree of Life - the only thing that could possibly bring his mother back. His quest to defeat death entangles him and his best friend Abra in an ancient conflict and forces Samuel to grapple with an unwelcome question....

¿Cómo encuentras a tu alma gemela cuando no tienes alma? En Providence, un mundo gobernado por La Orden, los Inspectores vigilan cada alma, juzgándolas al mínimo defecto. Iris tiene un secreto mortal que podría llevarla al encarcelamiento: es una chica sin alma, una "hollow", y debe esconderse de La Orden a toda costa. Pero su vida da un vuelco cuando una misión de robo la reencuentra con su Chispa, una de las cinco partes perdidas de su alma.

Getting kidnapped by the System and dumped into a fantasy world wasn't on Elias Critchley's to-do list. Still, he's managed to stay alive, level up, and keep most of his insides on the inside. Now the System's sent him and his party to a crumbling estate with a haunted past, a grieving lord, and a boy only Elias can see—one who isn't quite alive, but may not be dead either. The task? Fix it all. Quietly. Preferably without being eaten by anything with too many teeth.

Danny Youngblood's destiny was fire magic, just like every man in his family. But fate had other plans. When he enters the prestigious Imperial Mage Academy, his powers manifest as something far more rare and dangerous. Monster Summoning! Now, Danny's a walking dungeon core, able to absorb creatures and unleash them as powerful allies.

Es gelingt ihr tatsächlich, eine der begehrten Lehrstellen zu ergattern. Dumm nur, dass der mürrische Buchbinder, bei dem sie in die Lehre geht, nie wieder ein Buch binden will. Wird Minna es schaffen, hinter sein Geheimnis zu kommen? Was verbirgt sich in den dunklen Katakomben der verbotenen Unterstadt?

Six months after Noam Álvaro helped overthrow the despotic government of Carolinia, the Atlantians have gained citizenship, and Lehrer is chancellor. But despite Lehrer's image as a progressive humanitarian leader, Noam has finally remembered the truth that Lehrer forced him to forget - that Lehrer is responsible for the deadly magic infection that ravaged Carolinia.

Prudence Barnett è sempre pronta a sparare giudizi sui suoi concittadini pigri, cafoni, arroganti. I suoi sogni di "giustizia karmica" sembrano realizzarsi quando, una mattina, si sveglia con la capacità di assegnare a ciascuno il destino che, secondo lei, gli spetta. Vandali e pettegoli vengono sistematicamente puniti. Solo su una persona i suoi poteri paiono non avere effetto: Quint Erickson, il suo compagno di classe scansafatiche. Un lazzarone, ma incredibilmente attraente e dal nobile carattere, visto che lavora come volontario al Centro di recupero animali marini di Fortuna Beach.

Irene, una joven tímida y solitaria, sueña con Vâudïz, un mundo imaginario en el que la princesa Nannerl vive junto a un grupo de guerreras, sin saber que una amenaza de siglos se cierne sobre ella. Cuando aparece Erick, el chico nuevo de la clase, Irene y él se hacen amigos y ella y le revela los secretos de ese fantástico lugar. De pronto, la delgada línea que divide lo real de lo imaginario parece romperse y el mundo de Vâudïz se convierte en una presencia muy real, que puede poner en peligro a Irene y a su nuevo amigo Erick.

As Earth is torn asunder by the arrival of mysterious and magical energy known as Qi, an extraordinary journey begins to unfold, the cataclysm birthing creatures of unimaginable power and abilities drawn from the ancient legends of humanity.

Isarrel Dalmyar is too human for her elven home, and too elven to be accepted anywhere else. Banished after her human magic endangered two elves, she must learn how to control her chaotic power if she ever wants to return home. Liam Galway's loyalty to his king has always guided him, so when he's ordered to find the missing mages of Makaria—including his childhood friend—he does so eagerly. But the sparse clues only hint at dark dealings that stretch far beyond their own borders.

Jolantha ist im Bergurlaub von ihrer dauerwandernden Familie ebenso genervt wie diese von ihrer anstrengenden Tochter. Doch wer piepst da eigentlich ständig nach ihr? Äußerst merkwürdige und schwatzhafte Boten! Sie führen das Mädchen in eine faszinierende fremde Gegend, wo sie auf einmal Luyánta heißt und verzweifelt erwartet wird: Denn in der Unselben Welt herrscht Krieg zwischen den Fanesleuten und dem Heer des grausamen Adlerprinzen. Weit und gefährlich ist die Reise, aber in der so selbstbewussten wie gewitzten Laleh findet Luyánta unerwartet eine treue Gefährtin.

Sie besaß einen Schild vor der Welt: Solange sie schmerz empfand, existierte sie. Als Nûri aus der Verbannung zurückkehrt, erkennt sie ihre Heimat nicht wieder: Ewige Nacht hat sich auf ihr Land gelegt, das Reich Untermeer ist kahl und tot. Zwischen den Trümmern der Festung gräbt sie in Erinnerungen und legt Stück für Stück ihre eigene Vergangenheit frei. Auf der Suche nach Wahrheit schwimmt Nûri durch die Meerwüste und weckt eine göttliche Macht, die das Merfolk wieder einen soll - doch der Zorn ihrer Schwester Grím brodelt so finster wie die Schlote um Bránborg, die uralte Hexenfeste.