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The second book in the Darkwar series, from world-wide bestselling author of Magician, Raymond E. Feist. Chaos threatens to overwhelm two worlds as the most dangerous force ever encountered threatens to invade Midkemia, while the most treacherous magician in history – the madman Leso Varen –...

Book 3 in the Rivers of London series, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch. Peter Grant is learning magic fast. And it's just as well - he's already had run-ins with the deadly supernatural children of the Thames and a terrifying killer in Soho. Progression in the...

The first book in the Darkwar series, from world-wide bestselling author of Magician, Raymond E. Feist. The Conclave of Shadows, the undercover organisation charged with the protection of Midkemia, have problems: the evil magician Leso Varen is still at large and thousands of portals to a...

Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war. This was not that world. 'This is what books should be' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Truly a thing of literary beauty' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I was literally shouting "WHAT!? I want more!!!"'...

Book 4 in the Rivers of London series, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch. A mutilated body in Crawley. Another killer on the loose. The prime suspect is one Robert Weil - an associate of the twisted magician known as the Faceless Man? Or just a common garden serial...

The final volume in Robin Hobb's popular Rain Wilds fantasy series, Blood of Dragons completes the story of the dragons, their keepers, and their quest to find the lost city of Kelsingra—and the mythical silver wells that the dragons need to survive. Can Tintaglia and the Elderlings unlock the...

AN INDIE NEXT PICK! From the #1 bestselling author in Japan comes a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them, infused with the heartwarming spirit of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles. Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the secondhand...

Brought to you by Penguin. Get ready to be spellbound by the new, fantastical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of fantasy sensation The Book of Doors . . . The world of unknowable objects - magical items that most people have no idea possess powers - has been quiet for decades...

Am Sterbebett eines Öltycoons: der neue große Roman von Booker-Preisträger und SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautor George Saunders Jill ›Doll‹ Blaine rast im freien Fall auf die Erde zu – nicht zum ersten Mal, denn als himmlische Sterbebegleiterin gehört genau das zu ihrem Job: aus höchster Höhe...

My name is Eddie Drood, and the Powers That Be have taken everything... Eddie Drood has lost everyone important to him. His parents mysteriously disappeared and no one else in his family seems to care. His beloved uncle, the last family member he could trust, has just passed away. And now his...

Every mask has a memory. When Odette discovers a collection of centuries-old masquerade masks hidden in the attic, along with a strange metal object that reeks of subterfuge, she assumes she’s uncovered a family secret. She’s wrong. The masks aren’t relics. They remember. On midsummer eve...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Having a genie is always complicated. Bringing him to school makes everything worse. Nothing ever seems to go Megan's way; she doesn't have that many friends, she's late for everything, and she’s barely passing her classes. It seems like she's doing...

In einem Augenblick ist Jason Asano noch ein austauschbarer Angestellter in einem Schreibwarenladen und im nächsten muss er in einer gefährlichen Fantasywelt um sein Leben kämpfen. Das Problem: Er hat weder eine Ahnung, wo er ist, was er tun soll, noch eine Waffe, um sich gegen die Monster zu wehren, die ihm auflauern. Zumindest seinen Mut stellt Jason unter Beweis. Was im Angesicht von Kannibalen, Kultisten und Schwarzmagiern gar nicht einfach ist. Schnell wird klar: Will er überleben, wird er seinen ganzen Verstand, verlässliche Freunde und jede Menge magische Fähigkeiten brauchen.

London is about to be drunk dry. A gritty pub crawl from the streets of South London to the hallways of vampire royalty. Blood Drunk is a pitch-black urban fantasy for fans of Slow Horses and Jim Butcher's Dresden Files. Includes an audio exclusive interview with the author Ben Shepherd and the...

Eine Auszeit – die ist dringend nötig nach den ganzen Hiobsbotschaften der vergangenen Tage. Seit wir auf einer weiteren Gala von Wikinger-Alpha Fynn Hansen waren, ist nicht nur Adrian aufgewühlter denn je. Was wir dort erfahren haben, könnte nämlich das Ende meiner Rudelzeit bedeuten.

From No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Olivie Blake comes Dreamland, a hauntingly seductive Gothic mystery where the glitz of Los Angeles collides with the dark shadows of the Hollywood elite. An intoxicating masterpiece, read by a full cast of narrators. Fame makes monsters of us all . . . Summer...

Every action has a consequence. Every bond carries weight. Mia's mistake has awakened powers that will reshape both god and mortal realms. When her brother's life slips beyond the reach of medicine, Mia Petrakis turns to the only power left: the divine. An ancient ritual book passed down through...

In a hidden castle in upstate New York, a human woman discovers a secret society of witches, where monsters roam, loyalties fracture, and protecting her brother may cost her everything. “Sinister, surprising and utterly seductive.”—Ariel Sullivan, author of Conform, for People’s...

The bestselling author of Chocolat and The Girl with No Shadow returns to Lansquenet in this enchanting new novel When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she has no choice but to follow the wind that blows her back to Lansquenet, the beautiful French village in which eight...

Magiczna opowieść o wyjątkowej pralni, która pewnej nocy rozkwitła na wzgórzu w miasteczku Marigold i o tym, jak jej tajemnicza właścicielka przywołuje swoje moce, by uzdrawiać dusze i urzeczywistniać marzenia. Ji-eun, enigmatyczna kobieta o bladej karnacji i długich, kręconych, czarnych włosach, serwuje gościom pralni napar pocieszenia. Ci, którzy go piją, zwierzają się z tajemnic, którymi nigdy z nikim się nie dzielili, i proszą ją, aby wymazała ich bolesne wspomnienia, jakby wywabiała plamę z koszuli.