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Tyrant magus Edrin Walker destroyed the monster sent by the Skallgrim, but not before it laid waste to Setharis, and infested their magical elite with mind-controlling parasites. Edrin's own Gift to seize the minds of others was cracked by the strain of battle, and he barely survives the interrogation of a captured magus. There's no time for recovery though: a Skallgrim army is marching on the mountain passes of the Clanhold. Edrin and a coterie of villains race to stop them, but the mountains are filled with gods, daemons, magic, and his hideous past.  

A war of magic. A legend of three elves. A new darkness on the horizon. I'm on the hunt for the enemy, but everything changes when the Official gets involved. After working with the three elves to bring Cyron's plans to a halt, the city is rebuilding and elves and humans are coexisting again. But clouds loom on the horizon as the Emperor makes noise that he will be returning from his meditation to manage his Empire. With the Official and now Emperor involved, the situation is bound to be interesting. Even more so with betrayal, magic, and lovemaking all thrown into the mix.

A letter in silver on black, courting the crown princess, and a moonlit dance in the dark. I came to the academy to follow a dream. My world was my wife, my daughter, and the simple life I knew. Now, I'm courting Lucretia, the crown princess, all while my devoted wife supports me. I've only made it through half a semester, and the second half looms, yet my studies are the least of my problems. Courting the future queen is a dream I never imagined, but the dark and beautiful heiress, Juliet Bellafleur, only grows more volatile the longer we're together.

Nel mondo di Anwyvn devastato dalla guerra, dove la magia è vista come un flagello, i mezzosangue come Rhya Fleetwood vengono braccati e impiccati a vista. La sua esecuzione, però, viene interrotta dall'intervento provvidenziale del Comandante Falce, un misterioso mercenario molto più terrificante di quelli che la vogliono uccidere. Convinta di essere caduta dalla padella nella brace, Rhya si ritrova a lottare per la vita nelle fredde distese delle Terre del Nord. Perché Rhya non è una mezzosangue qualunque, frutto dell'unione tra un mortale e un fae.

Incursions through the Divided Realms continue to pick up. Ryan seems to have escaped from those who summoned him, but could it be that they're just letting him out on a longer leash? Even if he can escape them, he can't escape the monsters who are spreading through the realms. Worse, his shadow is filled with all types of spidery things, and doesn't want to let him out of her sight. Crazy can be good right?

Niva besitzt die Gabe, jede Gestalt anzunehmen – eine Fähigkeit, die ihr Meister für seine illegalen Geschäfte einsetzt. Ihr neuester Auftrag führt sie an den Silberhof und somit zu dem König, der einst Krieg über ihr Heimatland gebracht hat. In der Rolle seiner Schriftführerin soll sie ihn beobachten, um später in seine Haut zu schlüpfen und an seiner statt ein magisches Artefakt entgegenzunehmen. Doch je länger sie den Nachtelfen studiert, desto mehr Seiten offenbart er … und mit jeder davon beginnt sich etwas in ihr zu verschieben.

Jane King’s life was a dumpster fire of bad luck. Unpaid bills, dead-end jobs, and a constant raincloud over her head. So, when she wakes up in a vast, deadly desert with a mysterious glowing menu floating in front of her face, she makes a desperate gamble. She dumps every single one of her available stat points into the one thing she’s never had: Luck.

When Niri’s nuncle dies, the coal girl finds herself suddenly penniless and alone on the streets of Brightburgh. Her already perilous situation is further complicated by her heritage – she’s half Aeldae, a descendant of the people who enslaved the humans of the Splinterlands centuries ago. This alone brands her as both an outcast and a target. Clinging to a glimmer of hope, Niri possesses a special coin that will grant her admission into the prestigious Stormfell Academy, renowned for its magical and martial training.

Verdan has found more questions than answers in the time since awaking, but the world waits for no one, and new threats are drawing close. With growing suspicion of the Sorcerer Sects, Verdan must give the people of Hobson’s Point the tools to protect themselves. Failure means death and the fall of the final independent city.

Even in death, Skilgannon the Damned's name lives on. Now, as an ancient evil threatens to flood the Drenai heartlands in a tide of blood, he returns.... A thousand years after they fell in battle, two heroes - Druss and Skilgannon - are revered throughout the war-torn lands of the Drenai, where men and women live in abject fear of the dark sorceress known as the Eternal.... But what if the soul of one such hero could be called back from the void, his bones housed again in flesh?

The Red Empress is the only home Erzelle has known since the day her family was lured aboard and murdered, victims of a grisly ritual meant to make the elite immortal. Erzelle plays her harp for the diners inside this ghoul-infested riverboat, knowing her own death looms, escaping through the music that's all she has left of her parents. Her nightmare's upended in the space of a day by the arrival of Olyssa, a fellow musician, but so much more.

Though Vance puts himself in tradition of popular fantasy writers, one might assume that he had also grown up with Ovid and Herodotus, Homer’s Odyssey, Don Quixote, and Candide. The Cugel tales lack some of the scope and pathos of the great adventure yarns, but, in the 21st century, they may be as close as one gets to the celebration of epic human perseverance.

Als Isabelle d'Hiver aus Paris flieht, lässt sie alles zurück; die Erinnerungen an den Mann, der ihr Herz gebrochen hat, ebenso wie die Verpflichtungen als Erbin ihres Hauses. Doch nur drei Jahre später zwingt eine bedrohliche Dunkelheit sie zurück in das Haus ihrer Ahnen: die uralte Magie, die auch in ihren Adern fließt, scheint zu erlöschen. Um das zu verhindern, muss Isabelle sich lange gehüteten Familiengeheimnissen stellen. Dabei erhält sie ausgerechnet von dem dunkelsten aller Magiebegabten Hilfe – Balthasar d'Ivoire.

Elver è la guardiana solitaria della insidiosa foresta dei mostri. Artair è un giovane monaco che porta sulle spalle la maledizione dei Senzasonno: nel suo corpo, infatti, convivono due anime, la sua e quella di Lucian, uno spirito oscuro pronto a prendere il controllo non appena il ragazzo si addormenta. Durante una missione "obbligata", Artair incrocia sul suo cammino Elver e la convince ad aiutarlo a portare a termine il compito che gli è stato affidato.

On the worst day of his life, Kade's system awakened, giving him the power of a raging storm. It came too late to save his stepfather, but it's enough to let Kade follow in his footsteps and keep the promises he made to his family that day. Yet the Unique skill he awakened is as strong as it is dangerous—for him and everyone around him. Most people would abandon a skill that unpredictable. Kade has other plans.

La paix qui régnait autrefois entre rois et magiciens n'est plus. La jeune Ciri, prometteuse élève destinée à devenir sorceleuse, se retrouve au cœur des rivalités. Quel sera son rôle dans les conflits qui s'annoncent? Seule l'assemblée générale des magiciens saura dévoiler les intrigues et révéler les traîtres. Qu'adviendra-t-il alors de Ciri, objet de toutes les convoitises? Le légendaire sorceleur Geralt de Riv, désormais lié à cette enfant comme un père à sa fille, sera-t-il capable de la sauver?

Ottilie Rushforth hides from the mighty Sorcerer’s Guild as secretary to a has-been detective. But Ottilie is also Entwined—threads of magic run beneath her skin, and the Guild would trap her in service. Working on a plan to escape the Guild forever with her estranged fiancé, the enigmatic poet, soldier and smuggler Lewis Illing, Ottilie must track down a mysterious artifact, claim the bounty, and leave the city forever. 

Mara und Liam sind weiterhin auf der Flucht. Durch Tarans Angriff haben sie Menschen verloren, die ihnen sehr viel bedeutet haben. Die beiden machen sich auf zu den goldenen Bergen. Sie erleben Vieles - Gutes wie Böses. Sie begegnen Feinden und Freunden, aber auch ihre Zuneigung zueinander können sie nicht länger geheim halten. Taran ist ihnen dicht auf den Fersen.

Classic Fantasy Tales of Robert E. Howard gathers some of the most powerful and influential tales of sword-and-sorcery ever written, showcasing Conan the Cimmerian at the height of his mythic legend.

Dopo ciò che è successo, il villaggio di Rokthan non potrà mai tornare alla normalità. Sorin deve fare i conti con il potere che si cela nel suo sangue, ma soprattutto deve trattenere la rabbia nei confronti di coloro che gli hanno rovinato la vita. Avrà occasione di scatenare la sua furia, ma prima deve comprendere la deleomanzia; in caso contrario, il rischio di distruggersi e perdere tutto sarebbe troppo alto. Neth e Victor devono trovare un modo per aiutare i sopravvissuti mentre attendono che il Maestro si risvegli.