Showing results for "Witches" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

For centuries, witches have maintained the climate, but now their control is faltering as the atmosphere becomes more erratic; the storms, more destructive. All hope lies with Clara, a once-in-a-generation Everwitch whose magic is tied to every season.

When Tea accidentally resurrects her brother from the dead, she learns she is different from the other witches in her family. Her gift for necromancy means that she's a bone witch, a title that makes her feared and ostracized by her community. But Tea finds solace and guidance with an older, wiser bone witch, who takes Tea and her brother to another land for training.

"Infused with page-turning suspense, bittersweet romance, shocking twists, and tragic turns, Sterling has written a standout debut." --Dana Mele, author of People Like Us Hannah's a witch, but not the kind you're thinking of. She's the real deal, an Elemental with the power to control fire...

There was a time when the woods near Duva ate girls - or so the story goes. But it's just possible that the danger may be a little bit closer to home. This story is a companion folk tale to Leigh Bardugo's debut novel, Shadow and Bone.

Raine Cooper's life should be perfect. She's an Immortal Seeress, most likely to be elected prom queen, and envied by the girls at Kayville High for dating the dreamy quarterback, Torin St. James. Instead she's haunted by the smug facial expressions the Norns' wore during their last meeting. As a Norn-in-training, Raine crossed the line long ago when she sided with the Valkyries and Mortal Witches.

Haunted by vivid nightmares, 17-year-old Clara Blackwell suffers a miserable and downtrodden life in Great Britain. When a simple act of kindness leads her astray, a chance encounter casts her across the dimensional barrier between worlds. Clara is thrust into a captivating realm of vampires and magic that is desperate to tear her apart. Awaking in a mysterious castle under a cosmic sky, she quickly learns that the beauty of this new world is matched only by its immense peril. If word of her arrival spreads, the entire world could erupt into a brutal war over Clara’s fate.

In 17th-century England, civil war rages and witches have become pawns in a plot to oust the king. Red-haired Evey does not want to be a witch, but she cannot deny the magick coursing through her veins. In a country seething with civil war, superstition, dread and dark forces are at work. A storm is coming. After witnessing the brutal murder of her mother by witch-hunters, Evey vows to avenge her and track down her killers. Fury burns in her bright and strong. But she has promised her mother that she will keep Dill, her little sister, safe.

Lily, Greta, and Romeo are on their home turf, chased all the way home by the Black Heron. Can they finally put an end to them? They’re going to need help. Can they get the full support of the Council of Magic? It’s not going to be so easy with a traitor inside the council. On to plan B then! Carmichael is still out there gathering Black Heron survivors. He will do whatever it takes to complete the transference spell and turn magic on its head.

Life as a teenage witch just got harder for Merry when her brother, Leo is captured and taken into an alternative reality by evil witch Ronan. Determined to get him back, Merry needs to use blood magic to outwit her arch-rival and get Leo back. Merry is more powerful than ever now, but she is also more dangerous and within the coven, loyalties are split on her use of the magic.

In einer Welt, in der die Dunkelheit über Aerda droht, wird Sage Gaffney – eine seltene Lichtmagierin – zur Hüterin des weißen Stabs, einem mächtigen Artefakt, das den Schatten der Unterdrückung entschlossen trotzt. Um das Geheimnis und die Macht des Stabs vor jenen zu schützen, die ihn um jeden Preis besitzen wollen, muss Sage alles zurücklassen: ihre vertraute Heimat, ihre Familie und die strengen Zwänge ihrer gardnerianischen Herkunft.

It's not easy being a teenage witch. Just ask Merry. She's drowning in textbooks and rules set by the coven, drowning in heartbreak after the loss of Jack. But Merry is not the only one whose fairy tale is over. Big brother Leo is falling apart and everything Merry does seems to push him further to the brink. And everything that happens to Leo makes her ache for revenge. So, when strangers offering friendship show them a different path, they'd be mad not to take it . . .

Sixteen-year-old Merry is fed up with her feuding family and nonexistent social life. High school is a terrible time to have magic shooting from her fingertips without warning. Then Merry meets sweet, sensitive Jack, and can't resist falling under his spell. There's just one problem: he's part of an evil, centuries-old curse that Merry is supposed to break. Is Merry about to lose her heart and her life? Or will true love's kiss save the day?

Life around Sophie was never boring. She did chants, read Tarot Cards and, to Amy’s and Julie’s surprise, during a séance Sophie had seemingly called up her dead Grandmother. Then Sophie received a book from her sister, Anna, on Witches' Spells, inspiring her to delve deeper into the supernatural. When they heard that Margie, the crazy lady from down the street, was involved in Witchcraft, Sophie was eager to find out if there was any truth in what people were saying. If Margie really was a witch then she would certainly be going out on the night of the full moon.

Die einundzwanzigjährige Marigold Claude hat schon immer die Gesellschaft der Geister der Natur allen Verehrern vorgezogen. Als ihre Großmutter sie also in das Familienhaus auf der winzigen Isle of Innisfree mitnimmt und ihr anbietet, sie zur nächsten Honey Witch auszubilden, nimmt sie das Angebot sofort an. Doch ihre neu gewonnene Magie und Unabhängigkeit haben ihren Preis: Niemand kann sich in die Honey Witch verlieben. Als sie plötzlich nicht nur gegen dunkle Magie, sondern auch gegen ihr Herz ankämpfen muss, droht sie, alles zu verlieren.

Wenn der Mensch, den du liebst, dir den Tod bringen kann... Ein neues Leben und eine neue Identität. Das ist es, was Cataleya braucht, um ihre magischen Fähigkeiten zu verstecken, nachdem ihre Familie einem Verrat zum Opfer fiel. Was sie ganz und gar nicht gebrauchen kann, ist Alistair. Der junge Mann mit dem einnehmenden Lächeln und den grellgrünen Augen, hinter denen sich ebenfalls ein dunkles Geheimnis verbirgt. Denn Alistair ist ein Hexenjäger. Dazu geboren, um Wesen wie Cataleya zu töten.

Eine Hexe und ein ehemaliger Hexenjäger. Ob das gut geht? Merope hat die Gabe, mit verstorbenen Seelen zu kommunizieren. Kaum ist sie zu Besuch in Ashland, läuft alles aus dem Ruder. Schlag auf Schlag tauchen neue Probleme auf, die die Hexen vor schwierige Entscheidungen stellen. Ein Riss zwischen den Welten bietet ein Portal für die Seelen Ashlands, die in die Kleinstadt zurückkehren und für Chaos sorgen. Cataleyas Seele wird von Geistern entführt, und die Einzige, die bei diesem Schlamassel helfen kann, ist Merope.

Rune ist auf der Flucht: Seit ihre wahre Identität als Hexe ans Licht gekommen ist, ist ihr Leben in Gefahr. Am meisten schmerzt der Verrat durch den Hexenjäger, der ihr Herz in Flammen gesetzt hat. Doch trotz allem, was zwischen ihnen steht, müssen Rune und Gideon erneut zusammenarbeiten, denn nur so können sie verhindern, dass eine alte Feindin die Macht ergreift.

""I'm coming for you, and nothing living or dead can stop me."" One witch is the most feared, the most ruthless, and the most deadly of all the witches in the county. If she hunts for you, she will find you. If you have crossed her, you don't stand a chance. She is the witch assassin, and her...

Elloren Gardner Grey, gerade erst enttarnt als Schwarze Hexe der Prophezeiung, ist auf der Flucht und weiß nicht, ob sie auf Freunde oder Feinde stoßen wird. In den Reichen des Ostens haben sich die Wasser-Fae Tierney und Ellorens Bruder Trystan der Drachengarde angeschlossen, um sich auf Vogels Angriff vorzubereiten. Die Schwarze Hexe ist zurück, die Prophezeiung steht unmittelbar bevor. Es ist an der Zeit zu kämpfen.

Lily and Romeo are just one desert away from reaching the High Seat of the Black Heron Society, where they’ll finally learn the fate of Lily’s mom, Greta. But Lily is going to need some guidance before she shows up at the Black Heron’s door.