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«Al principio, Dios creó una criatura maravillosa. Pura, inmortal y perfecta... Pero al mirarla, supo que también era monstruosa, así que la partió en dos.» Obligado a separarse de su familia, Elisse abandona la fantasmagórica ciudad de Nueva Orleans para arrojarse en una salvaje...

Der Erzähler, der nur noch mit Morphium seiner zerrütteten Nerven Herr wird, berichtet den Hörern, was ihm widerfahren ist: Als Kriegsgefangener im Ersten Weltkrieg von Bord eines deutschen Schiffes geflohen, treibt er im Meer - bis er schließlich ein wahrhaft grauenerregendes Eiland betritt. Hat sich der Meeresboden erhoben, oder warum ist der Boden ein einziger schleimiger Morast voller Fischkadaver und anderer Unaussprechlichkeiten? Als der Erzähler die grausige Insel untersucht, findet er heraus, dass er offensichtlich nicht alleine ist.

Ein Ball. Ein verfluchter roter Ball wie aus einem Horrorfilm und Nikaia begreift, dass sie in eine Falle gelaufen ist. Als sie wieder zu sich kommt, ist sie gefesselt. Verschnürt wie ein Paket liegt sie zu Füßen eines Mannes, den sie nie wieder hatte sehen wollen. Onys. Gott des Wahnsinns. Diesmal wird sie ihm nicht entkommen.

Ci sono vittorie che portano dentro il seme della propria rovina. E a volte, per sconfiggere il buio, bisogna prima liberarlo. Diana Blake ha vinto. Ha conquistato il Trono Oscuro, sbaragliato le Confraternite, reclamato il titolo di Nera. Ma la pace che avvolge Nocturnia è fragile come ghiaccio sottile su acque nere. Gli Evocatori, i Maghi Neri, i Negromanti si sono ritirati nelle loro fortezze, feriti ma vivi, e il Potere Oscuro continua a strangolare la terra come un'edera velenosa che non muore mai. Diana lo sa: finché le Confraternite respireranno, Nocturnia non conoscerà l'alba.

I thought we had won. I claimed my power, defied my enemies, and carved my own path. But power is a fragile thing, and now I'm a prisoner once more, trapped in a Fae house thought to be lost, at the mercy of those who would see me broken. The Golden Son, my rival, my sworn enemy, watches over me, a reminder of all I've lost. But it's not just vengeance anymore. I'm carrying something far more precious and far more dangerous. They want to break me, to bend me to their will. But I won't. Not without a fight. This world is already fractured. I'll decide if it shatters.

Une ancienne esclave qui lutte pour la justice. Un guerrier reclus qui ne croit plus en rien. Une magie noire qui va unir leurs destins. Désespérée de sauver le meilleur ami qu'elle a laissé derrière elle, Tisaanah part trouver les Ordres, la plus puissante organisation de Magiciens au monde. Pour rejoindre leurs rangs, la jeune femme se voit contrainte de suivre l'apprentissage de Maxantarius Farlione, un Magicien de feu reclus – et sublime – qui méprise ses supérieurs. Tisaanah ne reculera devant rien pour sauver ceux qu'elle aime.

Prince Vortimer has imprisoned his father, King Vortigern – The High King of Britain. With Woden's spear, Vortimer believes God has chosen him to lead an army south to banish the Jutes once and for all from Britain's shores. In a desperate fight for survival, Octa and the Jutish warlords, Hengist and Horsa, are trapped on Thanet, their island home, as Prince Vortimer's army surrounds them. With dwindling numbers, their only hope is to send for reinforcements, but winter is upon them, and the journey will be perilous.

The final entry in Tanith Lee’s classic fantasy series Tales from the Flat Earth, Night’s Sorceries forms a breathtaking conclusion to a dark and intricate epic of demons, gods, and mortals. Azhriaz, daughter of Azhrarn, Demon Lord of the Night, has defied her father’s wishes. Taking on the mantle of Delirium’s Mistress, she escapes her island prison in the Underearth, where she would have spent her life in eternal slumber. With Prince Chuz, her lover and the sworn enemy of Azhrarn, she flees to the mortal realm of the Flat Earth to escape her father’s wrath.

After years of heeding the call of the all-powerful, immortal Choir, Alken Hewer has been led to believe that he's fighting on the side of angels. But after a long campaign of killing, he's beginning to doubt his devotion to these celestial beings as well as their true intentions. And when his most recent assignment results in a target being placed on his back, he's confronted by one of the Choir's greatest enemies: the fallen angel of the Briar, Nath.

As her father lay dying, I swore always to protect fifteen-year-old Zenevieve. I took the grieving girl in, and she filled my life with sunshine. Now she's grown, she's looking for a mate, and her eyes have turned to me. Zenevieve has always been my weakness, but she's not the woman who has been...

All your favorite characters from the hugely popular and critically acclaimed Twice as Dead are back in this exhilarating follow-up to the first book in the City of Shadows series. Jack Mitchell, the hardboiled ex-military private eye is asked to help musician Oscar Ricks investigate Grampus...

Growing tensions between the Mirolene Empire and the League threaten the stability of the world, spreading fear and mistrust across the land. Their rivalries threaten the religion that worships Craithe, the God Mountain, and the resurgence of the fabled, and utterly insane, elven race, it’s not a good time to be a reluctant bride about to be married off to seal an alliance between ancient rivals. Princess Syzenne’s attitude is famed across the kingdom, but she’s hiding a secret. She’s a Scourge—a powerful being armed with terrifying abilities at her fingertips.

La magie sent le sel. La sens-tu dans la brume, dans les cartes, dans ta propre demeure ? Dans le royaume de Bourde, la brume dévore tout. Ceux qui la respirent contractent la Fièvre. Mortelle pour la plupart, ceux qui en réchappent développent des dons interdits pour lesquels ils sont...

The Witch Queen's reign nears its end—but only if Karn can survive the final battle. Branded a traitor and hunted by the kingdom he once served, Karn must return home, where the past he abandoned and the future he fears collide. His adopted father, Banar, remains a prisoner of the Witch...

Arwen Valondale never expected to be the brave one, offering her life to save her brother's. Now she's been taken prisoner by the most dangerous kingdom on the continent, and made to use her rare magical abilities to heal the soldiers of the vicious Onyx King. Arwen knows better than to face the ancient, wicked woods that surround the castle on her own, which means working with a fellow prisoner might be her only path to freedom. Unfortunately, he's as infuriating as he is cunning-and seems to take twisted pleasure in playing on Arwen's deepest fears.

A runewitch on the run has only one option left: join forces with the sarcastic, unpleasantly gorgeous necromancer she loathes The man Thraga loved is dead, and her future is in shambles. When she's sentenced to the gallows for killing her lover's murderers, it's a relief more than anything… until, the night before her execution, a necromancer is thrown into her cell. Escaping with him is her only chance to bring Lark back to life—and also the start of all her troubles.

Violet has one job: protect humans from dangerous magical creatures. It's a job she's good at - until the cute human guy whose life she just saved follows her into the fae world. Now she's broken faerie law, risking her future at the Guild of Guardians. She needs to get Nate home and make him forget everything he's discovered. If only someone wasn't intent on hunting him down.

Reeling from Bastian's revelations, Kat wakes from her dire illness wanting nothing more than to sever all ties with the man who betrayed her. But fate has a different plan—she's trapped in Elfhame, the fae realm where nothing is as it seems. And worse, she's trapped with him, reliant on his touch to stave off a poison that threatens her very life. Thrust into the center of Dusk and Dawn Courts, they must balance the two in order to maintain a delicate peace. But in a world where alliances are forged and shattered in a heartbeat, danger looms.

At the heart of these stories, as with all the best of Lovecraft’s work, is the belief that the Earth was once inhabited by powerful and evil gods, just waiting for the chance to recolonise their planet. Cthulhu is one such god, lurking deep beneath the sea until called into being by cult followers who – like all humans – know not what they do.

When Lucille wakes, trapped in a closet, with strange voices in her head and only fragmented memories of her mom surrounded by attackers, she has no choice but to accept help from a questionable stranger. Now, as a prisoner in Elora, a world filled with angels and demons where only the trained and ruthless belong, Lucille is desperate to escape and find her mom. But Elora is no place for a 19-year-old girl with little control over her power.