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Yah ek charavaahe kee kahaanee hai, jo bachapan se ek hee sapanaa baar-baar dekhataa hai. Raajaa banane kaa sapanaa. Ek din vah dhadakate dil aur kaanpate qadamon ke saath ghar se chal detaa hai. Use naheen pataa mnjil kaise milegee! Kisee ko niyati ke raaste pahale se maaloom naheen hote.

In a perfect world where everyone destroys everything and eats human flesh, one zombie has had enough: Buck Burger. When he rebels at the natural disorder, his marriage starts deteriorating and a doctor prescribes him an anti-depressant. Buck meets a beautiful green-haired pharmacist fairy named Fairy_26 and quickly becomes a pawn in a cold war between zombies and supernatural creatures.

Latro now finds himself in Egypt, a land of singing girls, of spiteful and conniving deities. Without his memory, his is unsure of everything, except for his desire to be free of the curse that causes him to forget. The visions Gene Wolfe conjures, of the wonders of Egypt, and of the adventures of Latro as he and his companions journey up the great Nile south into unknown or legendary territory, are unique and compelling.

As a mafia-like demon family trapped on Earth, the Youngbloods have seen their share of family drama...but it’s never been like this before. While they battle the secret society trying to destroy them, Petra Youngblood must choose who she loves most. Will her loyalty lie with her family or with Killian Irons, the human she’s fallen in love with, whose family is hell-bent on eradicating her own? Complicating matters further, a long-hidden secret is about to come to light. Ora Youngblood has been holding out on the clan.

Markham has returned to Seattle, searching for Katarina, the girl who, a decade ago, touched his soul, literally tearing it from his body. But what he discovers upon arriving is dark magick - of a most ancient and destructive kind! An encounter with a desperate spirit, leaping destructively from host to host, sets Markham on the trail of secretive cabal of magicians seeking to punch a hole through heaven, extinguishing forever the divine spark.

Strange things exist on the periphery of our existence, haunting us from the darkness looming beyond our firelight. Black magic, weird cults, and worse things loom in the shadows. The Children of Old Leech have been with us from time immemorial. And they love us.... Donald Miller, geologist and academic, has walked along the edge of a chasm for most of his nearly 80 years, leading a charmed life between endearing absent-mindedness and sanity-shattering realization. Now, all things must converge.

Accused of murdering a man the Southern tribes believe to be their messiah, but who is actually the slayer of Del's family, Tiger and Del flee across the deadly Punja desert, hunted by religious zealots and sword-dancer assassins. But evading death by assassins' blades is only one of the challenges they face. For Tiger's sword, Samiel, has been possessed by the spirit of the deadly sorcerer, Chosa Dei—a wizard out of legend with the power to unmake the entire world, a master of evil who seeks to mold Tiger into his ultimate weapon of destruction.

Ryker only has one goal in his life right now: Turn a certain adventuring guild into a flaming wreck while dancing merrily through the smoldering ruins. All for the chance to get back at a handful of people. It isn’t as if they didn’t deserve it either. They had driven him from his home. Chased him physically from the very guild house itself. Simply because he wasn’t as strong as they expected him to be. As strong as he’d expected himself to be. He’d returned the next day and left with something he’d hidden away and told no one about when he found it in one of his few Dungeon Dives.

When Jack Solomon, a struggling American musician who works in London's West End, is killed, he awakens to a new reality in which light and music are used to create magic and where living eras of the past sprawl beneath modern London, layer upon layer, all the way back to recorded history. Jack soon discovers that many of those who reside in the stratums of London's past have grown angry with the present world, and that their anger is being channelled by a powerful society of magic wielders who can cross the realms between life and death, between the present and the past.

It has been fifteen years since Billy and Bonnie Bannister helped repel the demonic assault on Heaven. Now they and Ashley Foley sit in a maximum security prison where the authorities conduct experiments on them to learn the secrets of long life. Earlier, the world’s acceptance of dragonkind crumbled, and the Enforcers took the infant twins born to Billy and Bonnie and stole Excalibur, hoping to develop a weapon to battle the dragons that are sure to try to rescue their allies. All the while, a great secret from the past is being revealed to Bonnie through a dream.

Tom dorme con gli occhi aperti, rannicchiato nella sua solita posizione. Órla osserva il suo compagno nel letto. Tom. Chi è Tom? Un uomo cui piacciono la birra, la palestra, le donne. Forse. Tom è anche il coinquilino di Daniel, che lavora in un seminterrato in cui, come in un laboratorio segreto, una prodigiosa stampante 3D è in grado di riprodurre qualsiasi cosa. Ora Tom è ossessionato da un diario del XIX secolo nel quale, tra un appunto e l'altro, si riporta la testimonianza di un omicidio. In effetti, da quando ha iniziato a leggere quel diario Tom non è più lo stesso.

Alors que les Ténèbres ont englouti l'Islande et se rapprochent, le sort des magiciens et des humains repose sur une alliance fragile. Sett, désormais roi des magiciens, se retrouve confronté à de multiples défis. Leur meilleur atout, Katleen, lutte pour maîtriser son phénix et se remettre des événements passés. Unir les magiciens et établir une confiance avec les humains devient essentiel, même si certains chercheurs impatients préfèreraient les disséquer. Le temps joue contre eux : ils n’ont que quelques jours pour trouver le moyen de contrer les Ténèbres !

Mit dem ruhigen Leben des Schriftstellers Phil Curtis ist es vorbei. Seit Wochen wird er von wiederkehrenden Alpträumen heimgesucht, groteske Halluzinationen verzerren die Realität. Menschen beginnen sich ihm gegenüber seltsam zu verhalten oder finden in seiner Gegenwart auf mysteriöse Weise den Tod. Phil ist überzeugt, den Verstand zu verlieren, als eine junge Frau in sein Leben tritt und seine Welt wieder ins Gleichgewicht bringt. Doch der Frieden trügt und er wird von seinen dunkelsten Alpträumen verschlungen.

Je pense que si les dieux existent, leur but dans la vie est de ruiner mon quotidien. C'est tout juste si j'ai encore le temps d'écrire avec tous ces problèmes qui me tombent sur la tête. Comme si être une changeling n'était déjà pas assez complexe, je dois aussi me coltiner Prudence, un chaman coincé dans le corps d'un gosse de quatorze ans accro au sucre. J'ai déjà du mal à assurer ma propre sécurité, mais surveiller un gamin chaman, ce n'est pas chose aisée.

Nina è una giovane studentessa di medicina, dotata di un potere straordinario e doloroso: può comunicare con i fantasmi e aiutarli ad andare oltre, sebbene questo la consumi lentamente. Con l'arrivo di Ezra, un uomo enigmatico che Nina sembra riconoscere, tutte le carte sembrano andare al proprio posto per portare alla luce una tenebrosa verità.

Une dictature religieuse et militaire règne sur la galaxie. L'armée sainte, fanatiquement dévouée à la cause de celui qui se fait appeler Dieu, élimine impitoyablement ceux qui refusent de suivre les préceptes de la religion. Pourtant, les hérétiques propagent les paroles d'une prophétie annonçant qu'un Espoir va se lever et libérer l'univers. Tourmentée par de terribles cauchemars prémonitoires, Nayla Kaertan arrivera-t-elle à échapper à l'inquisition qui traque sans relâche ceux qui, comme elle, ont des dons étranges.

Ade, il dio dell'Oltretomba, ha finalmente conquistato Persefone. La notizia, però, scatena la furia di Demetra, decisa a distruggere la loro unione e a gettare la Nuova Grecia nel caos. Determinato a proteggere Persefone e il loro futuro, Ade sa che non tutti gli alleati sono come appaiono, e la fiducia è un lusso che il dio dei morti non può permettersi. In un gioco di astuzie e tradimenti, Ade e Persefone dovranno lottare per il loro amore e per la sopravvivenza stessa dell'Olimpo.

Ça y est, j'ai franchi le portail vers le monde de Wayne… sauf que je me retrouve seule, paumée dans une ruelle inconnue, et surtout, sans lui. Petit à petit, je découvre ce nouveau monde, l'origine de la magie, et la cerise sur le gâteau : l'identité de Wayne. Une chose est sûre, le retrouver s'annonce plus compliqué que prévu. Si je suis ici, c'est pour une bonne raison. J'irai jusqu'au bout pour sauver Jovan et Onira, quitte à faire quelques sacrifices.

It's Carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating with music, dance, and pageantry. Masked "Midnight Robbers" waylay revelers with brandished weapons and spellbinding words. To young Tan-Tan, the Robber Queen is simply a favorite costume to wear at the festival - until her power-corrupted father commits an unforgiveable crime. Suddenly, both father and daughter are thrust into the brutal world of New Half-Way Tree....

Est-ce que j'ai touché le fond ? Je suis au chômage technique, obligée de jouer les colocs avec ma mère et les centaures alors que ni Wayne ni la magie n'ont refait surface. Les Hextrémistes nous traquent, la juridiction fait la sourde oreille… et accessoirement, Bell, ma traîtresse de sœur, me saute à la gorge dès qu'elle en a l'occasion. Mais tout va changer, j'en fais le serment. Je ne peux faire confiance à personne ? Tant pis. Les Containers ont besoin de moi, et même si je dois passer maître dans l'art des manipulations, j'obtiendrai ce dont mon quartier a besoin.