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A stunning new adventure set in the kingdoms of the Remnant. A formidable outlaw family that claims to be the first among nations. A son destined to lead, thrust suddenly into power. Three fierce young women of the Rahtan, the queen's premier guard. A legendary street thief leading a mission...

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....

In this high-stakes heist novel, an alchemologist and a con man team up to steal a rare necklace—but complicated feelings of attraction and deception threaten to destroy everything and everyone they love—for fans of Alexandra Bracken and Judy I. Lin. Within the dazzling halls of London’s...

The thrilling sequel to Dance of Thieves, featuring danger, deception, and romance. Kazi and Jase have survived, stronger and more in love than ever. Their new life now lies before them--the Ballengers will be outlaws no longer, Tor's Watch will be a kingdom, and the two of them will meet all...

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.

“A bravura performance by one of our finest writers.”—The Horn Book (starred review) “This series finale has everything readers could hope for from a conclusion 20 years in the making.”— School Library Journal (starred review) The thrilling, twenty-years-in-the-making conclusion to...

Discover and rediscover the world of the Queen's Thief, from the acclaimed novel The Thief to the thrilling, twenty-years-in-the-making conclusion, The Return of the Thief. The epic novels set in the world of the Queen’s Thief can be read in any order. Thick as Thieves is the fifth novel set...

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.

Growing up on Forge's streets has taught Kyra how to stretch a coin. And when that's not enough, her uncanny ability to scale walls and bypass guards helps her take what she needs. But when the leader of the Assassins Guild offers Kyra a lucrative job, she hesitates. She knows how to get by on her own, and she's not sure she wants to play by his rules. But he is persistent - and darkly attractive - and Kyra can't quite resist his pull.

A dark and intricate fantasy, City of the Uncommon Thief is the story of a quarantined city gripped by fear and of the war that can free it. "Guilders work. Foundlings scrub the bogs. Needles bind. Swords tear. And men leave. There is nothing uncommon in this city. I hope Errol Thebes is dead...

Scarlet’s true identity has been revealed, but her future is uncertain. Her forced marriage to Lord Gisbourne threatens Robin and Scarlet’s love, and as the royal court descends upon Nottingham for the appointment of a new Sheriff, the people of Nottingham hope that Prince John will appoint their beloved Robin Hood. But Prince John has different plans for Nottingham that revolve around a fateful secret from Scarlet’s past even she isn’t yet aware of.

Gia Kearns would rather fight with boys than kiss them - that is, until Arik, a leather-clad hottie in the Boston Athenaeum, suddenly disappears. While examining the book of world libraries he abandoned, Gia unwittingly speaks the key that sucks her and her friends into a photograph and transports them into a Paris library, where Arik and his Sentinels - magical knights charged with protecting humans from the creatures traveling across the gateway books - rescue them from a demonic hound.

Owen Kiskaddon first came to the court of the formidable King Severn as a prisoner, winning favor with the stormy monarch by masquerading as a boy truly blessed by the Fountain. Nine years hence, the once-fearful Owen has grown into a confident young man, mentored in battle and politics by Duke Horwath and deeply in love with his childhood friend, the duke’s granddaughter. But the blissful future Owen and Elysabeth Mortimer anticipate seems doomed by the king’s machinations.

Kazi und Jase müssen sich endlich nicht mehr verstecken. Sie fühlen sich stärker als jemals zuvor, und sind bereit, gemeinsam ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Doch auf dem Weg nach Hause geraten sie in einen Hinterhalt und werden brutal auseinandergerissen. Ohne zu wissen, ob der andere noch lebt, stehen sie vor der schwierigen Aufgabe, kluge Entscheidungen zu treffen: Wer ist Freund, wer ist Feind? Vom Tod bedroht, kämpfen sie verzweifelt um ihre Freiheit - um die Chance, ihre Liebe endlich leben zu können.

Tyson Durand once knew exactly where he fit in life. As the son of the Gaulean queen and brother to the Belaen ruler, his loyalty was always divided. Except when it came to her. Amalie Leroy was his home—until she pushed him out of her life. When Tyson's mother summons him to Gaule, she sends him on a mission for the crown: find the outlaw terrorizing the kingdom. He never imagined his search for the criminal would bring him face to face with everything he'd lost.

Kazi ist auf den Straßen Vendas großgeworden und schlägt sich als Taschendiebin durch. Doch dann beruft Königin Lia persönlich sie in ihre Leibgarde und Kazis Leben wird auf den Kopf gestellt. Als Rahtan erhält sie den Auftrag, die Verräter ausfindig zu machen, die für den Großen Krieg verantwortlich sind. Ihre Suche führt sie zu einem feindlichen Rebellenvolk an der Landesgrenze, wo sie auf den charismatischen Anführer Jase trifft. Unerwartete Gefühle stellen ihre Loyaliltät auf die Probe und Kazis Mission gerät ins Wanken.

“A modern day Outlander filled with adventure and danger…a breathless tale that only Morgan Rhodes could tell.”—Hypable New York Times bestselling author Morgan Rhodes takes readers into exhilarating new high-fantasy territory with A BOOK OF SPIRITS AND THIEVES, an epic contemporary...

Lina spends her days as the perfect noble lady, and her nights robbing the type of men her father demands she wed. She wants gold to bribe her way onto a ship and flee her gilded cage. Zavi is cursed. To regain his wiped memories, the Fae pirate must sneak into a nobleman's ship and find a magic object. If he fails, he will never know what happened to his brother.

Journey to the world of the Queen’s Thief in this beautifully illustrated collection, featuring bestselling and award-winning author Megan Whalen Turner’s charismatic and incorrigible thief, Eugenides. Discover and rediscover friends old and new, and explore the inspiration behind Megan...

Ein König. Eine Diebin. Ein tödlicher Deal. Lina ist eine Sturmkralle, eine Diebin und Assassine. Da wird ihre Gang von den Schwarzkranichen getötet und Lina muss für die Mörder arbeiten. Bis ihr nach einem Diebstahl Rui erscheint – der Herrscher der mächtigen Dokkaebi. Zur Strafe für ihre Tat entführt er Lina in sein Reich. Dort bietet Rui ihr jedoch einen Deal an: Gelingt es ihr, ihn innerhalb von vierzehn Tagen zu töten, lässt er sie gehen. Das Problem: Dokkaebi gelten als nahezu unsterblich.