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Per Bella Swan essere innamorata di un vampiro è allo stesso tempo un sogno a occhi aperti e il peggiore degli incubi, un intreccio di sensazioni che si alternano e le lacerano l'anima. La passione per Edward Cullen la spinge verso un destino soprannaturale, mentre il profondo legame con Jacob Black la riporta invece indietro, nel mondo terreno. Bella ha alle spalle un anno difficile, pieno di perdite, di conflitti, di tentazioni contraddittorie. Ora è al bivio decisivo: entrare nello sconosciuto mondo degli immortali, o continuare a condurre un'esistenza umana.

Before iron helmets and steel swords, when dragons roamed the world, was an age of bronze and stone, when the Gods walked the earth, and people lived in terror. In this era a scribe, a warlord, a dancer, a mute insect and a child should have no chance against the might of the bickering gods and their cruel games. But the gods themselves are old, addicted to their own games of power, and now their fates may lie in the hands of mere mortals . . .

Meghan, Pointy, and the kids have conquered Challenges, gathered allies, and bought themselves a little breathing room. Pointy thinks she has a way to contact the artificial intelligence controlling the contest. She wants to convince it to give her information. Maybe she can get it to tweak the rules! If she can, it could be critical to humanity's survival. …But how will the aliens running the contest react?

When the victim is fifteen centimetres tall and has wings, even a hardened detective knows this case won't follow the rules. Inspector Nick Paris believes in facts, not fairytales. But when a murdered fairy turns up in the middle of Manchester, he's dragged into a hidden world of magic, mayhem, and mythical creatures with attitude problems. Soon he's sheltering dwarves, dodging demons, and trying not to take career advice from a chain-smoking, talking crow. As the barriers between realms begin to crumble, Nick must face the unthinkable: magic is real – and it's seriously messing with his city.

The battle for the emperor's throne grows ever fiercer. The City of Countless Souls cowers behind locked doors as the whims of the downtrodden and the powerful bring the great game of Araxes to its chaotic conclusion. With the soulblade at his hip and magic in his soul, Caltro's freedom is almost within reach. But as Temsa reign of murder clashes with Widow Horix's plans, the locksmith's fate becomes all the more entwined with the needs of dead gods, the Cult, and vengeful royals.

In this world, where academic success could literally mean the difference between life and death, many students develop emotional baggage. Fortunately for Alexa, she does not suffer from the problems that plague most of her peers. Gifted with an intelligent mind to start, she realized early on that applying herself to both her academic and sports competitions was the number one way to succeed in this world. How can she do it? Shuffle studying, school work, and sports practice, all while being a teenager? The answer is simple: she has no emotions.

Teenager Staci's father has just remarried, and now she finds herself being shunted aside by her new stepmother. Shunted all the way to the run-down and dying Maine town of Silence, in fact, and the custody of her alcoholic mother. It gets worse. Silence seems to be stuck in the proverbial stone age. There's no cell phone service except at the very top of a bluff outside of town, no internet except dialup, and not one familiar franchise or business.

On the young world of Dezrel, brother gods Karak and Ashhur, fleeing their own failed world, recreate mankind in an attempt to make amends. The fledgling race of humanity is guided by the First Families, men and women who will not age so long as their hearts remain devoted to their deities. But quickly the realms are thrown into chaos by the construction of the Temple of the Flesh, built by exiled children of Karak in the unclaimed land of Haven that lies between the two kingdoms.

Thea is preparing to talk to the Coven about being the liaison with AID. When a snake changer attacks the Estate while she is waiting, she has to fight it alone. Then Brandon has to save his fellow council members after a demon tree attacks their meeting. When a fanged serpent tries to devour Thea's aunt Giselle, Thea has to determine who is behind the attacks. Is it one entity or many?

Ein Jahr voller Glück, aber auch voller Schmerz liegt hinter Bella. Ein Jahr, in dem sie fast zerbrochen wäre, weil ihre Leidenschaft für Edward und ihre innige Freundschaft zu Jacob einfach unvereinbar sind. Aber nun ist ihre Entscheidung gefallen. Unwiderruflich. Auch wenn sie für alle verheerende Folgen haben könnte.