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Mikura Moriya expected a quiet and peaceful life in the forest when he inherited his great-grandfather’s house and enormous orchard. Someone had to keep the family business running, so he quit his job and decided to live off the land. But the house isn’t in any old forest...it’s deep in the Beastly Wilds, an area off-limits to most humans. For the Wilds are home to the Beastfolk—neither human nor animal, but something in between. It isn’t long before Mikura meets his new neighbors and makes a pact with a girl with chipmunk ears that will change his life forever.

Nach einem Schicksalsschlag hat es Helia geschafft, sich wieder einen stabilen Alltag aufzubauen. Da verliert sie ihren Job. Helia irrt durch eine Welt voller Gefahren und Magie. Die Wahrheit trifft sie mit voller Wucht: Sie war schon einmal hier. Sie hat geliebt. Sie hat vergessen. Und sie wurde nicht ohne Grund zurückgeholt! Pyrovandia – Sei deine Flamme ist der Auftakt einer bewegenden Geschichte über Schmerz und Sehnsucht, Hoffnung und Verrat, Zauber und Identität - und die Kraft, sich selbst zu retten.

Nach einem bitteren Verrat kämpft Astraea gegen die Zeit selbst, um den Fluch zu brechen, der Nyte gefangen hält. Das Tageslicht verlässt die Welt, Drachen erheben sich in die Lüfte und ergreifen Partei für Freund oder Feind. Während sie dem Ende der Welt entgegensehen, kämpfen Götter gegen Götter und Väter gegen Söhne.

It was just a random mutation - one of a billion that happen in viruses every day. But this one was different. It exploded out of Somalia and spread across the oceans before anybody thought to look up from their cell phones to see what was going on. The infected breathed the virus into the air around them, spreading it through the cities faster than anyone thought possible. Hospitals were overwhelmed. Police lines crumbled. Quarantine sites disintegrated. Cities started to collapse.

As summer closes in, Mikura and Tokatechi enter a new stage of their life, now a married couple. But it doesn't feel like there has been too much drastic change in their blissful, leisurely life. Mikura's busy cooking like always, while Tokatechi's busy with her work in the orchard. As time goes by, Mikura's circle of unique acquaintances steadily grows within the Beastly Wilds, and he gradually learns more about this beautiful forest of secrets.

Alone since her father's murder, Aurora has spent years hunting his killers. Battle-weary she's ready to start over where no one knows who or what she is, she just has one last mission to complete. Everything is going to plan until she discovers the beautiful winged girl caged underground. Her decision to rescue Evie and to help her get home safely, despite avians being infamous for selling out shapeshifters like Aurora to cutters and black-market flesh dealers, will put her on a perilous path.

The Retired Hero of Humanity—the man who decided to hide in his woodland cottage after his bloody business was done—is enjoying his life. Jericho really doesn't have plans this time. He's more than happy to just go with the flow. Will the world let him? Garoonie is happy to spend time with him, between her very serious patrols.

The kingdom of Cansere is on the brink of war. Young men are conscripted from their homes, and a royal decree from the queen has made healing the only legal form of craftlock. Nym, a healer and beekeeper, is the sole provider for her family of seven now that her younger brother has been sent to the war front. But when a letter comes from the queen, summoning Nym to the palace to heal Prince Renn, the kingdom’s ailing shut-in, Nym finds herself making the tumultuous journey from her family’s apiary to the capital city.

In a world darkened by deceit, the truth is a light that won’t be dimmed—even when it illuminates Lorian’s betrayals more starkly than I could ever want to see. They call him the Bloodthirsty Prince. His reign of terror has left a trail of blood across this continent, a trail that intertwines with my own past—not even my parents were spared from his merciless slaughter. To save my brother’s life, I agreed to another bargain with the fae prince. Now, I’m forced to work with him, to travel to the fae lands, to spend my every waking moment with the man who betrayed me.

Nearly twenty years after leaving the Great Pulha Woodlands and making first contact with the human civilizations of this world, Acer finds the consequences of his actions catching up with him. The incident that forced him to leave the kingdom of Ludoria has brought a half-elf child into the world. Traditionally, such children were disposed of, but at Acer's request, the child is spared—on the condition that Acer himself takes responsibility for it.

Die drei Königreiche befinden sich in einem tödlichen Krieg. Für Meilin die Chance, einer Zwangsehe zu entgehen. Als Junge verkleidet, kämpft sie fortan in der Armee. Ihr Ehrgeiz auf dem Schlachtfeld wird bald von Liu entdeckt, dem Prinzen der Armee, der sie persönlich trainiert.

Life in the Great Pulha Woodlands is the very definition of stillness and tranquility—and Acer's had enough of it! That's right. Acer isn't quite like the other high elves of the forest. For starters, he remembers living a past life as a human in another world . . . meaning he's got a taste for meat, adventure, and plenty of other decidedly un-elven things! He's also bored out of his skull after 120 years of the peace and quiet of their serene sylvan lifestyle.

For decades, the Mexican drug cartels looked at the United States of America as a business partner. The cartels supplied the drugs, and the millions of American addicts supplied them with an endless amount of money. But when the War on Drugs heats up and the money alone is not enough, the cartels decided to up the ante. With the help of a ruthless Russian mercenary, they unleashed a lethal bio-weapon, initially conceived during the Cold War to quickly bring the West to her knees.

A vast conflict, one that has encompassed hundreds of worlds and solar systems, appears to be finally at an end. A conscripted soldier is beginning to consider her life after the war and the family she has left behind. But for Scur - and for humanity - peace is not to be.

Mikura and Tokatechi are gradually ticking off all the items on their wedding checklist. Beastfolk weddings are more relaxed than human ones, a bit like a big gathering party where two families unite as one. There aren't too many preparations left, so once the dress is ready, the couple can start a new chapter in their lives and relationship. Though the wedding is just around the corner, life in the Beastly Wilds is slow and leisurely like always...unless you're a good cook who's got hungry mouths to feed!

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"Slow Birds" tells the story of a strangely idyllic world that is plagued by mysterious invaders. Dubbed slow birds, because the cylindrical objects fly at the rate of only a few feet per minute, the artifacts are a complete mystery. Jason Babbidge's life is inexorably changed and linked to the slow birds when his brother, Daniel, climbs aboard a slowbird shortly before it disappears into the unknown.

Überarbeitete Edition der Angelussaga mit BONUSKAPITELN aus Lucifers Sicht. Der Titel erschien unter demselben Titel schon 2018. Dies ist eine vollständig überarbeitete Version mit neuer Sprecherin. Moons Pläne wurden von den Engeln zunichte gemacht. Nun ist sie im Gefängnis unter dem Dogenpalast eingesperrt und ihre Geschwister sind immer noch in Gefahr. Kurz schöpft sie Hoffnung, als ihr die Flucht gelingt, aber dann fällt sie ausgerechnet Lucifer in die Hände. Nun bleibt ihr nichts anderes übrig, als an den Schlüsselprüfungen teilzunehmen.

Ein unfreiwilliges Abenteuer, ein verfluchter Zauber – und zwei Rivalen, die vielleicht mehr gemeinsam haben, als sie dachten … Leovander Loveage hat sich auf die kleinen Magien spezialisiert: eine Melodie, die Schmetterlinge herbeiruft, ein Fingerschnippen, das Haare pink färbt – harmlose, charmante Zauber, die ihm zwar wenig Respekt einbringen, dafür aber kaum schiefgehen. Denn eines hat Leo über die Jahre gelernt: Große Magie führt nur zu großem Chaos. Doch genau so ein Chaos passiert ihm nun – und das ausgerechnet mit seinem grummeligen Rivalen Sebastian Grimm.