Showing results for "Sylvia" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Clara is an Obligate—a human servant at the Court of Dawn. She doesn’t know why. She knows only that she broke the Pledge and must therefore spend her days obliging the every whim of a capricious fae princess. If she can keep her head down and follow the rules, she might survive to the end of her Obligation, spending her days working in the vast palace library.

Confronted with the reality of her living grandmother, Ayleth soon learns that the horrors once ascribed to Dread Odile's name and legend may not be entirely true. But what is the truth? Could the infamous Witch Queen be a freedom fighter providing hope for those oppressed under Saint Evander's law? Is she the loving family Ayleth thought she'd lost forever? Or is she the greatest threat the world has ever known?

After two days in isolation, Ayleth still doesn't know why Fendrel placed her under house arrest. Powerful drugs suppress Laranta deep inside her, leaving her alone with too many unanswered questions. What has become of kidnapped Lady Cerine? Why has Prince Gerard not stepped in to help? What is Fendrel's ultimate agenda? And, most urgently, where is Terryn? Has Fendrel arrested him as well for the curse he carries? The curse that nearly made him kill Gerard....

Ein dunkler Wald, ein altes Familiengeheimnis und eine magische Welt, in dem funkelnder Sand in Stundengläsern in die Höhe schwebt und die Wasser in alle Richtungen fließen... Nach dem tragischen Unfalltod ihrer Familie, droht die siebzehnjährige Kayla all ihren Lebensmut zu verlieren. Nur ihre Großmutter Hedwig ist ihr geblieben, die abgelegen in einem Haus im Wald lebt. Kayla hat kaum noch Erinnerungen an sie. Mit drei Taschen und ihrer geliebten Büchertruhe zieht sie bei Hedwig ein und ahnt nicht, welches Geheimnis auf den alten Mauern des Anwesens ruht.