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In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent séance. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as they vie to outwit and expose each other. In the course of pursuing each other's ruin, they will deploy all the deception their magician's craft can command. Their rivalry will take them to the peaks of their careers, but with terrible consequences.

Captains Hawk and Fisher, the only honest cops in Haven, are up to their ears in the usual Haven business when a messenger from a far away land finds them and reveals their real identities and mission - bring a killer to justice and ascend to the throne.

Months have passed since Tyrus ended a decade of war between Turine and Genesha by destroying the Geneshan's sorcerous artifact. He had hoped that taking his family south would grant him the peace he desired, but even in the Southern Kingdoms, war welcomes him instead. Ava strikes a deal with the Southern Kingdom leaders to protect her brother, taking his place in their fight to protect their lands from invading forces. Having spent her adult life entrenched in battle, Ava doesn't hold any illusions as to what awaits her.

La mission la plus périlleuse de leurs carrières militaires attend deux héros de l'armée romaine en Bretagne... Bretagne, 44 après Jésus-Christ. Vespasien et sa légion vont de l'avant dans leur campagne pour s'emparer du sud-ouest. Les centurions Macro et Cato reçoivent l'ordre de fournir une armée à Berikos, le roi des Atrébates. Ils doivent entraîner les troupes levées dans ses tribus pour en faire une force capable de repousser les incursions de plus en plus ambitieuses de l'ennemi. Mais la révolte gronde.

Fin de l'été de l'an 44 après J.-C. Les légions romaines épuisées par les combats sont dans leur deuxième année de campagne contre les tribus bretonnes. Le commandant de l'armée romaine en Bretagne, le général Plautius, est soumis à la pression de l'Empereur pour qu'il écrase les rebelles une bonne fois pour toutes. Au sein de la fameuse deuxième légion, les centurions Macro et Cato, sous le commandement hasardeux du centurion Maximus, se voient confier la mission de tenir un gué sur la Tamise. Mais Maximus perd son sang-froid au moment critique, permettant au chef ennemi, Caratacos, et à ses hommes de s'échapper.

The Turine army is on the brink of victory against the Geneshans. Sergeant Tyrus and his unit are tasked to steal an artifact from the enemy that some believe has the power to destroy the world. Taking such power from the Geneshans would end the decade long war. Upon their success, Tyrus' unit is among the first wave of soldiers discharged from the army. War has robbed him of time with his wife and children, but now the life he has dreamed of every day for the last 10 years is just a long journey away.

Bretagne, 44 après Jésus-Christ. Cato, jeune officier de l'armée romaine et son supérieur, le centurion Macro, ne sont que des pions dans la soif de conquête de Rome en Bretagne. Au cours d'un hiver glacial, les deux hommes et leur légion affrontent les barbares natifs de l'île dans des batailles au corps à corps qui hantent Cato des jours durant.

43 après Jésus-Christ. Lorsque le centurion Macro et son jeune optio Cato débarquent sur les côtes de Bretagne pour prendre part à l'invasion de l'empereur Claude, Macro sait que les Romains largement surpassés en nombre auront à livrer l'une de leurs campagnes les plus difficiles. D'autant qu'une sinistre organisation trahit en secret les légionnaires...

Germanie, 42 après J.-C. Rude, brutale et impitoyable : c'est la vie que découvre Cato, recrue de fraîche date de la deuxième légion romaine. Et malgré ses relations en haut lieu, il aurait bien besoin d'un allié parmi ses camarades - car il a été promu au-dessus de ses pairs sur ordre de l'Empereur, ce qui lui vaut l'inimitié de ses compagnons d'armes. Or il gagne vite le respect de son centurion, Macro, un soldat aguerri, aussi fruste que Cato est vif d'esprit et cultivé. Tout les sépare, pourtant ils comprennent bientôt qu'ils ont beaucoup à apprendre l'un de l'autre.

Primera novela de esta trilogía de fantasía épica con inspiración vikinga. Ha pasado un siglo desde que los dioses lucharon y se extinguieron. Ahora solo quedan sus huesos, que prometen un gran poder a aquellos lo suficientemente valientes como para buscarlos. Mientras los susurros de guerra resuenan en la tierra de Vigrið, el destino sigue los pasos de tres guerreros: una cazadora en una búsqueda peligrosa, una mujer noble que busca la fama en la batalla y un esclavo que busca venganza entre los mercenarios conocidos como los Hermanos de Sangre.

A BAND OF REBELS. A TRAITOR IN THEIR MIDST. A REVOLUTION ABOUT TO BEGIN. It's been three years since Aren seized the Ember Blade. Three years since they struck the spark they hoped would ignite the revolution. But the flame has failed to catch. The Krodans have crushed Ossia in an iron grip of...

Enter through the looking glass into Queens of Wonderland, Book Two in the Defenders of Lore series, in which Knights of the Round Vanessa and Michael must follow Captain Hook into Wonderland alongside Alice to crush his treacherous plan and deal with an ongoing war between power-hungry queens...

The Small House at Allington introduces Trollope's charming heroine, Lily Dale, to the Barsetshire scene. Lily is the niece of Squire Dale, an embittered old bachelor living in the main house on his property at Allington. He has loaned an adjacent small house rent free to his widowed sister-in-law and her daughters, Lily and Bell. But the relations between the two houses are strained, affecting the romantic entanglements of the girls.

Under Heaven takes listeners to Tang dynasty China, where the son of an honored general has received an unheard of gift: 250 Sardian horses. But this is a prize men would, and will, kill for.

After nearly two years and with one token left to hide, a powerful magical event hits Talohna and causes the failure of the most important spell Kael has ever cast. The horrific results leave him a wanted man and all of his efforts to form an alliance against the Ri’Tek fall apart. With the tokens hidden at last, Kael wants nothing more than to forget the past and to spend time with his family, but knowing they will never be safe no matter where they hide, he recruits Treach in a bid to scour the Arcane Library catacombs for an answer.

Hakan, son of Haldan, chosen son of the lord of the Northern Jutes, swears loyalty to his father in fire, in iron and in blood. But when a terrible tragedy befalls Hakan's household, he is forced to leave his world behind and pledge his sword to a new king. Nameless and alone, he embarks on a journey to fulfil his destiny as a great warrior. Whispers of sinister forces in the north pull Hakan onwards to a kingdom plagued by mysterious and gruesome deaths.

Sorceress, Princess of Colchis, Securer of the Golden Fleece. Medea - her very name is a byword for infamy. Legend has it that she murdered her own children for revenge. But love in Ancient Greece was often a dangerous game; and legends are not always what they seem. Medea, devoted wife of Jason, was also a loving mother, a loyal friend of Herakles and a brave adventurer with the Argonauts. A woman both betrayer and betrayed, the real story of Medea is strange, sensual and heroic.

Dion, now king of Xanthos, is finally in command of the naval fleet he's always dreamed of. But his hopes for peace are jeopardized when King Palemon, in dire need of ships to rescue his starving people from the frozen wastelands of the north, invades the Salesian city of Malakai. Too weak to confront Dion directly, Palemon turns to magic: mysterious copper chains from the lost civilization of Aleuthea, which have the potential to control dragons...and Dion.

Chloe's quest to escape the Oracle's prophecy leads her to a magus with a secret: the eldren are not the only race to use magic in warfare. An ancient power is rediscovered, and a forgotten people will return. Meanwhile, cursed by his birth, Dion tries to forge a new life at sea, away from both the eldren and his former life in Xanthos, but the one thing he can't leave behind is his heritage.

The trials of Dr. Daniel Waterhouse and the Natural Philosophers increase one-hundred fold in an England plagued by the impending war and royal insecurities - as the beautiful and ambitious Eliza plays a most dangerous game as double agent and confidante of enemy kings.