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Earth's ascension continues, and Calum and Eilidh are on the trail of the corruption that has claimed their friend. With their community in Oban growing in leaps and bounds—and their new ability to travel to waypoints beyond—everything should feel more stable. But as their friend's condition worsens and new threats rear their heads to the south, time is ticking.

"Since time immemorial, India has been an ocean bed over which numerous stories have flowed and enriched the world. Storytellers from Tulsidas to Rohinton Mistry have added their magic to this magnificent repository. Inspired in part by Somadeva’s Kathasaritasagara, William Radice collects...

Surpanakha, Ravan's famous sister. Ugly and untamed, brutal and brazen - this is often how she is commonly perceived. One whose nose was sliced off by an angry Lakshman and the one who started a war. But was she really just a perpetrator of war? Or was she a victim? Was she 'Lanka's princess'? Or was she the reason behind its destruction?

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Sid Sagar. This definitive recording includes an introduction by John Brockington and Mary Brockington. Warrior-prince Rama is about to be crowned Young King, when he hears the devastating news that his father, King of Ayodhya, has...

Instant New York Times Bestseller! From the bestselling author of the Kingdom of Lies series comes a slow-burn romantasy set in a Roman-inspired world ruled by merciless vampires. Filled with breathtaking combat, vengeful gods, and magical creatures, We Who Will Die is the epic first installment...

A Korean Charlotte's Web More than 2 million copies sold This is the story of a hen named Sprout. No longer content to lay eggs on command, only to have them carted off to the market, she glimpses her future every morning through the barn doors, where the other animals roam free, and comes up...

Bawdy and exotic, Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night features the wily, seductive Scheherazade, who saves her own life by telling tales of magical transformation, genies and wishes, flying carpets and fantastical journeys, terror and passion to entertain and appease the brutal King Shahryar.

2020 Audie Awards Finalist - Audio Drama 2019 SOVAS Voice Arts Award—Best Voiceover in Children's Audiobook 2019 SOVAS Voice Arts Award—Outstanding Production in Audiobook Puss in Boots, a fractured fairytale musical, is a tale of conquering fears, finding your truth, discovering your...

Even as a girl Morgan has always been wild, like the seas which batter the cliffs beneath her home, Tintagel Castle. But she has always been safe, too. Then one day her father is called away to a war from which he does not return. In his place comes the High King, Uther Pendragon, with the sorcerer Merlin lurking in his wake. Uther claims Morgan’s mother, the Lady Igraine as his queen.

Autor Patrick Klein hat auf Basis des berühmten deutschen Nationalepos einen historischen Roman vorgelegt, der erzählt, wie sich die berühmte Sage wirklich zugetragen haben könnte. Die Nibelungen können in einer harten und grausamen Schlacht eine römische Streitmacht besiegen und ihren Einflussbereich erweitern, sowie eine wertvolle Geisel nehmen. Doch die Römer schwören Rache, um diese Schmach wieder wettzumachen. Ränkeschmiede, Verräter und Neider wittern ihre große Stunde. Wird es Siegfried gelingen, das Erreichte zu sichern?

Un récit mythique renversé, féministe et furieusement contemporain Elle a tout donné par amour. Elle a tout perdu par trahison. De princesse à magicienne, d'héroïne à monstre, plongez dans l'histoire de Médée, sorcière mythique trompée par les hommes.

‘What happens in darkness, stays in darkness…’ ‘Seductive, dangerous, and drenched in forbidden desire… The chemistry is intense, the power dynamics deliciously unbalanced, and the moral conflict keeps the stakes high throughout’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'If you loved Snow White as a kid but...

I spent most of my life feeling dead inside—until I met Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. It wasn't until Pan and Neverland that I finally felt alive. But things are not all full of magic and sunlight on the island. There's something darker and more sinister haunting the forest. And worse, the fae queen and Captain Hook are ready to fight for control of Neverland and they will stop at nothing to get what they want. War is brewing—can the Never King get his shadow back and assume his rightful throne? Or will all of Neverland be in jeopardy along with my dark, twisted heart?

Den 22. november 1963 lød tre skud i Dallas, John F. Kennedy døde, og verden var forandret for altid. MEN hvad nu hvis man kan ændre historiens gang? Skal man så gøre det? Det spørgsmål må 35-årige Jake Epping stille sig selv, den dag hans gamle ven Al viser ham en tidstunnel skjult i den lokale diner. Jake er en helt almindelig mand; high school-lærer, fraskilt og sympatisk - og ikke mindst skeptisk over for tidstunneller. Men Al har forberedt sig godt og overtaler Jake til at tage turen tilbage til 1958, bo der i fem år og gøre et forsøg på at forhindre mordet på Kennedy.

Based on the wildly popular TikTok series, F--ked Up Fairy Tales presents modern retellings of some of the strangest and darkest stories humans have invented. Inspired by sources across the world, “Cosbrarian” Liz Gotauco conjures gossipy animals, homicidal royals, doomed commoners, and shape-shifting beaux—all reckoning with complicated, adult problems that “Disney versions” have sanitized.

The acclaimed national and international bestseller “Epic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish.”—Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series “An all-consuming work of literary fantasy that is breathtaking both for its beauty and its suspense...

J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume. J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a ‘dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told’. And for many years readers would need to be...

This adventure story has everything you could want: a handsome good guy, a pretty heroine, some bad guys, sword fighting, revenge, romance, and of course a happy ending, along with "rodents of unusual size." Join Westley (the plucky farm boy), Buttercup (the beautiful young maiden), Inigo Montoya (the driven, embittered swordsman), Prince Humperdinck (the scheming villain), and many other strange and unusual characters in this swashbuckling tale of good-natured silliness. Read by Rob Reiner, who directed the motion picture based on this fairy tale adventure.

"Amy Landon's lively narration unites present-day Ohio and Perceforest, a fairy-tale realm, in this immersive reimagining of the Sleeping Beauty universe." - AudioFile Magazine USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's A Spindle Splintered brings her patented charm to a new version of a...

The Hindi translation of The Living Mountain. A new story from internationally renowned author Amitav Ghosh, Mahaparbat is a cautionary tale of how we have systematically exploited nature, leading to an environmental collapse. Recounted as a dream, this is a fable about Mahaparbat, the Living...