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It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them - not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her. His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble. But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can't entirely explain.

All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death. She doesn't believe in true love and never thought this would be a problem, but as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore.

Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs. The trick with found things, though, is how easily they can be lost. Friends can betray. Mothers can disappear. Visions can mislead. Certainties can unravel.

Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after....

Il secondo romanzo della saga di The Raven Cycle. Agli studenti della Aglionby Academy, conosciuti come Ragazzi Corvo, non manca nulla: soldi, bellezza, macchine costose. Gansey, però, è in cerca di qualcosa di più: Owen Glendower, un antico re gallese che, secondo le leggende, giace addormentato sotto una montagna. Nella sua ricerca è affiancato da Adam, che frequenta la scuola con una borsa di studio ed è pieno di risentimento verso l'ambiente privilegiato che lo circonda; da Ronan, un'anima selvaggia divisa tra rabbia e disperazione; e da Noah, tanto attento a cogliere i dettagli quanto taciturno.

Jeden Winter wartet Grace darauf, dass die Wölfe nach Mercy Falls zurückkehren – und mit ihnen der Wolf mit den goldenen Augen. Ganz in der Nähe und doch unerreichbar, lebt Sam ein zerrissenes Leben: In der Geborgenheit seines Wolfsrudels trotzt er Eis, Kälte und Schnee, bis die Wärme des Sommers ihn von seiner Wolfsgestalt befreit. Es ist September, als Grace und Sam sich verlieben. Doch jeder Tag, der vergeht, bringt den Winter näher – und mit ihm den endgültigen Abschied.

Der Frühling kehrt ein in Mercy Falls und mit der Kälte streifen die Wölfe ihre Pelze ab. Nach so vielen Wintern in Wolfsgestalt ist es nun Sam, der sich seiner menschlichen Haut sicher sein darf und nur noch auf eines wartet: Graces Rückkehr aus dem Wald. Doch ihr Glück währt kurz. Als man ein Mädchen findet, das von Wölfen getötet wurde, verfällt die Stadt in Hysterie. Auf einer Treibjagd sollen die Wölfe ein für alle Mal ausgerottet werden. Jetzt ist es an Sam, sein Rudel – seine Familie – zu retten.

Sam hat den Wolf in sich besiegt und ist zu Grace zurückgekehrt. Doch nun ist sie es, die nachts die Stimmen der Wölfe hört und weiß: Sie rufen nach ihr. Sam ahnt, dass sie der Aufforderung eines Tages folgen wird … Wogegen Grace sich mit aller Macht wehrt, wäre Cole hochwillkommen. Die Wolfsgestalt ist seine Zuflucht, denn Cole wünscht sich nur eines: vergessen. Als Coles Vergangenheit ihn einholt und sich immer mehr neugierige Augen auf die Wölfe richten, schwebt das Rudel in größter Gefahr.

Branwen has given herself over to the darkest parts of her magic in order to protect her kingdom, but in doing so, she may have lost herself - and the two people she loves most. Tristan and Eseult are missing. As Branwen searches for them, she must also hide the truth of her terrible actions from the night they disappeared. But there are those who don’t want the queen and her champion to be found; enemies who plot to bring a new reign into power and destroy the fragile peace Branwen has sacrificed everything to secure.

Neryn has finally found the rebel group at Shadowfell, and now her task is to seek out the elusive Guardians, vital to her training as a Caller. These four powerful beings have been increasingly at odds with human kind, and Neryn must prove her worth to them. She desperately needs their help to use her gift without compromising herself or the cause of overthrowing the evil King Keldec.

At seven years old, Ella Sunbury and Max Manning were inseparable—until life scattered them in different directions, forcing Ella to abruptly leave town. A decade later, she returns for their senior year of high school, moving in across the street from her childhood best friend. But she's not the same girl Max once knew. She now lives in the shadow of her brother: a notorious felon on death row, convicted of a crime that shook the nation. Reeling from the fallout and shunned by her peers, all Ella wants is to fade into the background.

Mächtige Dynastien, ein rachsüchtiger Geist und ein undurchsichtiger Verbündeter. Seit Cass' Familie durch dunkle Magie ermordet wurde, hat sie der Hexerei abgeschworen. Der einflussreiche Hexer Richter Wittmore hat sie bei sich aufgenommen und versucht sie vom Gegenteil zu überzeugen. Sie weigert sich. Als es jedoch zu mehreren mysteriösen Todesfällen in der Gegend kommt und Wittmores Tochter Sarah-Ann versucht, in einer Séance Kontakt mit dem letzten Opfer aufzunehmen, erscheint stattdessen Cass der Geist einer vor langer Zeit hingerichteten Hexe.

An enchanting story from Maggie Stiefvater featuring Opal, Ronan, and Adam from her best-selling Raven Cycle, taking place after the events of The Raven King.

The cake shop in the local mall, the Gingerbread House, gives Sunny the creeps. The rest of the Teen Power gang disagrees. It's good money, easy work, and there are delicious things to eat - free! It seems like a fairytale come true. But fairytales can often be scary as well.

Senior year was supposed to be perfect—Friday night games, late-night talks, and planning the future with Maiken Maxwell, the boy who already owns my heart. But one night changes everything. A party meant to celebrate our last summer together spirals out of control, leaving me grounded and my relationship with Maiken hanging by a thread.

Die Villa Nocturnia ist an die 200 Jahre alt. Angeblich spukt es dort - doch lässt sich das auch beweisen? Die Freunde Liv, Jem und Alex wollen der Sache mit allem technischen Know-how auf den Grund gehen - und erleben eine unvorhergesehene Überraschung.

Maiken Maxwell isn’t just the star of the basketball team. He’s the boy who makes my heart race with every smile, every kiss, every whispered word that I’m his. But dating him also paints a target on my back, and Tessa—the queen of mean—isn’t about to let me forget it. Now she’s challenged me to a showdown on the ice, and the whole school is watching. If I fall, I risk losing more than my pride. And with rumors that Maiken’s family might move away, I can’t shake the fear that our fragile first love could slip through my fingers.

Junior year should feel like a fresh start. Maiken Maxwell is mine, and for the first time I believe in us—really believe that what we have is worth holding on to. But when our relationship deepens and we start testing boundaries neither of us have crossed before, everything changes. Suddenly it’s not just about stolen kisses and whispered promises—it’s about trust, choices, and knowing how far is too far.