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Mentre il mondo dei mortali scivola nel caos, travolto da una guerra in cui divinità, Puri e Mezzosangue si affrontano senza esclusione di colpi, Alex per la prima volta non sa cosa fare. La scioccante sconfitta che ha lasciato sul suo corpo ferite indelebili ha segnato profondamente anche la sua anima, costringendola a dubitare di se stessa e delle sue reali capacità di mettere fine a quell'insensato conflitto una volta per tutte.

The Hematoi descend from the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two Hematoi-pure-bloods-have godlike powers. Children of Hematoi and mortals-well, not so much. Half-bloods only have two options: Become trained Sentinels who hunt and kill daimons or become servants in the homes of the pures. Seventeen-year-old Alexandria would rather risk her life fighting than waste it scrubbing toilets, but she may end up slumming it anyway.

Being destined to become some kind of supernatural electrical outlet isn't exactly awesome - especially when Alexandria's "other half" is everywhere she goes. Seth's in her training room, outside her classes, and keeps showing up in her bedroom - so not cool. Their connection does have some benefits, like staving off her nightmares of the tragic showdown with her mother, but it has no effect on what Alex feels for the forbidden, pure-blooded Aiden. Or what he will do - and sacrifice - for her.

Once she was Adrienne Satti. An orphan of Davillon, she had somehow escaped destitution and climbed to the ranks of the city's aristocracy in a rags-to-riches story straight from an ancient fairy tale. Until one horrid night, when a conspiracy of forces - human and other - stole it all away in a flurry of blood and murder. Today she is Widdershins, a thief making her way through Davillon's underbelly with a sharp blade, a sharper wit, and the mystical aid of Olgun, a foreign god with no other worshippers but Widdershins herself.

It's been six months since Widdershins and her own "personal god" Olgun fled the city of Davillon. During their travels, Widdershins unwittingly discovers that a noble house is preparing to move against the last surviving bastion of the Delacroix family. Determined to help the distant relatives of her deceased adopted father, Alexandre Delacroix, she travels to a small town at the edge of the nation.

The thief Widdershins and her own "personal god," Olgun, return to their home city of Davillon after almost a year away. While Shins expects only to face the difficulty of making up with her friends, what she actually finds is far, far worse. Her nemesis, Lisette, has returned, and she is not alone. Lisette has made a dark pact with supernatural powers that have granted her abilities far greater than anything Widdershins and Olgun can match.

Sarah Lind is now the Queen of Ice. With the help she gave the dragon-shifter dramá as the Moondaughter of prophecy, the man she loves and the Six Realms he protects have survived the Devourer's second invasion. Yet all is still far from well. In the battle's devastating aftermath, she and her family are now in exile in the Seventh Realm, with Earth cut off from them, perhaps forever...and the new King of the Six Realms has shut them out.

Los Hematoi nacen de la unión entre mortales y dioses. Los puros, hijos de dos Hematoi, poseen poderes divinos. Pero los mestizos, fruto de la unión entre Hematoi y humanos, no corren la misma suerte. Solo tienen dos opciones: ser entrenados como Centinelas para cazar y matar daimons o convertirse en criados al servicio de los puros. Alexandria es mestiza y preferiría arriesgar su vida luchando que desperdiciarla limpiando inodoros, aunque, de todos modos, puede terminar viviendo como los pobres.

Moon Basin has been haunted for as long as anyone can remember. It started when an explosion in the mine killed 16 people. The disaster made it impossible to live in town, with underground fires spewing ash into the sky. But life in New Basin is just as fraught. The ex-mining town relies on its haunted reputation to bring in tourists, but there’s more truth to the rumors than most are willing to admit, and the mine still has a hold on everyone who lives there.

It’s been over half a year, now, since the brutal murder of Archbishop William de Laurent during his pilgrimage to the Galicien city of Davillon. During that time, the Church of the Hallowed Pact has assigned a new bishop to the city - but it has also made its displeasure at the death of its clergyman quite clear. Davillon’s economy has suffered beneath the weight of the Church’s displeasure. Much of the populace - angry at the clergy - has turned away from the Church hierarchy, choosing private worship or small, independent shrines.

Alex has always feared two things: Losing herself in the Awakening and being placed on the Elixir. But love has always been stronger than fate, and Aiden St. Delphi is willing to make war on the gods - and Alex herself - to bring her back. The gods have killed thousands and could destroy entire cities in their quest to stop Seth from taking Alex's power and becoming the all-powerful God Killer. But breaking Alex's connection to Seth isn't the only problem.

It's a beautiful day for a war. As the mortal world slowly slips into chaos of the godly kind, Alexandria Andros must overcome a stunning defeat that has left her shaken and in doubt of their ability to end this war once and for all. And with all the obstacles between Alex and her happily-ever-after with the swoonworthy Aiden St. Delphi, they must now trust a deadly foe as they travel deep into the Underworld to release one of the most dangerous gods of all time. Alex faces a terrible choice: The destruction of everything and everyone she holds dear...or the end of herself.

Alexandria isn’t sure she’s going to make it to her 18th birthday - to her Awakening. A long-forgotten, fanatical order is out to kill her, and if the Council ever discovers what she did in the Catskills, she’s a goner...and so is Aiden. If that’s not freaky enough, whenever Alex and Seth spend time "training" - which really is just Seth's code word for some up-close and personal one-on-one time - she ends up with another mark of the Apollyon, which brings her one step closer to Awakening ahead of schedule. Awesome.

Il primo attesissimo capitolo di una nuova saga di J. L. Armentrout. Scelta dalla nascita per dare vita a una nuova era, Poppy non è mai stata padrona della propria vita. La sua è un’esistenza solitaria, in cui tutto le è proibito: nessuno può guardarla, né toccarla o rivolgerle la parola. Non è nemmeno libera di usare il proprio dono… Può solo aspettare il giorno della sua Ascensione, chiedendosi che cosa accadrà, mentre preferirebbe di gran lunga stare con le guardie, a combattere il male che ha distrutto la sua famiglia.

Serie The Dark Elements - Vol. 2 Layla Shaw deve rimettere insieme la sua vita andata in pezzi: impresa non facile per una ragazza di diciassette anni, praticamente certa che le cose non possano andare peggio di così. Il suo migliore amico, Zayne, straordinariamente bello, è da considerare off-limits, a causa del misterioso potere che da sempre affligge Layla: il suo bacio è in grado di rubare l'anima di chi lo riceve. Fuori questione, quindi, l'idea di poterlo baciare. Inoltre, il clan dei Warden, che l'ha sempre protetta, comincia a nascondere segreti pericolosi.

Il primo bacio potrebbe essere l'ultimo... Metà demone e metà gargoyle, Layla ha poteri che nessun altro possiede e per questo i Guardiani, la razza incaricata di difendere l'umanità dalle creature infernali, l'hanno accolta tra di loro pur diffidando della sua vera natura. Ma la cosa peggiore, un'autentica condanna, è che le basta un bacio per uccidere qualunque creatura abbia un'anima. Compreso Zayne, il ragazzo con cui è cresciuta e di cui è innamorata da sempre.