Showing titles in Dark Fantasy

Beaked. Feathered. Monstrous. Avita was born to be a star. Her circus tent sells out nightly, and every performance incites bloodcurdling screams. She’s the most lucrative act from Texas to Tacoma, the crown jewel of the Family Fortuna. Avita feeds on the fear, the screams, the gasps. But when a handsome young artist is commissioned to create new posters of the performers, Avita is appalled by his rendering of Bird Girl. Is that truly all she is—a hideous monster, all sharp beak and razor teeth, obsidian eyes and ruffled feathers?

Chtělo by se říct, že Nikdo Owens (v originále Nobody Owens), známý jako Nik, je normální kluk. Je to ale pravda jen napůl. Jeho domovem je po tragické smrti rodičů hřbitov a vychovali ho duchové, vlkodlaci a jiné příšery spolu s jeho strážným andělem Silasem, který nepatří ani do světa živých, ani mezi mrtvé. Díky nim ale přežije a naučí se leccos užitečného - třeba jak se stát neviditelným pro lidi.

With the return of the Housekeeper on the cards, Maeve must find out everything she can about the vengeful tarot spirit in order to finally defeat her. Crossing over into a parallel dimension inside the old school building, she explores the history of the Housekeeper—and spends too long in a world and a mind not her own. With the Children of Brigid closing in once more, and Maeve's friend group now fractured across Ireland, can they hope to ultimately save the town—and Maeve—from the grip of a power greater than they ever imagined?

Een duister en betoverend fantasydebuut.Violet is een ziener en een leugenaar. Met haar slim geformuleerde voorspellingen drukt ze haar stempel op het koninklijke hof. Eerlijkheid is voor zwakkelingen, vindt ze, zoals de o zo niet-charmante prins Cyrus, die van plan is om Violet direct uit haar officiele rol te zetten zodra hij aan het einde van de zomer tot koning gekroond is. Maar wanneer de koning Violet vraagt een vals liefdesverhaal voor Cyrus te voorspellen, wekt ze een gevreesde vloek op die de ondergang of de redding van het koninkrijk zal betekenen.

Indigo and her mother, once-famous artist Zoe Serra, have barely been scraping by since her mom's breakdown. When a gallery offers Zoe a revival show for her unfinished blockbuster series, Wolfwood, Indigo knows it's a crucial chance to finally regain stability. Zoe, however, mysteriously refuses. Desperate not to lose the opportunity, Indigo secretly takes up the brush herself. It turns out, there might be a very good reason her mother wants nothing to do with Wolfwood.

In Träumen ist nichts unmöglich: Tote können wieder ein Teil unseres Lebens sein, wir erreichen die Ziele, von denen wir nicht einmal zu hoffen wagen, und wir sind mit den Menschen zusammen, nach denen wir uns sonst nur aus der Ferne sehnen. Ich bin in der Lage, Träume zu schenken. Meine Begabung hat sich herumgesprochen und dadurch wurde die böse Königin auf meine Familie aufmerksam. Sie nennt mich Rapunzel. Manchmal frage ich mich, ob es nicht eher ein Fluch ist, anders zu sein.

While liberating a notorious thief from prison, Ferius Parfax encounters an inmate named Chedran, one of the last living members of her people, the Mahdek. Ferius agrees to help him and the Mahdek remnant reach a mystical island where they can live free from persecution. Chedran convinces the Mahdek elders that this refuge is their last chance to repopulate their civilisation so they can one day retake their homeland, and so the elders rule that all Mahdek must remain on the island to bear and raise children.

Four years ago, five kids started a game. Not all of them survived. Now, at the end of their senior year of high school, the survivors—Owen, Madeline, Emerson, and Dax—have reunited for one strange and terrible reason: they’ve been summoned by the ghost of Ian, the friend they left for dead. Together they return to the place where their friendship ended with one goal: find Ian and bring him home. So they restart the deadly game they never finished—an innocent card-matching challenge called Meido. A game without instructions.

C'era e non c'era una volta - così cominciano sempre le fiabe - una principessa destinata ad avvelenare chiunque la toccasse. Ma per Soraya, tenuta nascosta fin dalla nascita, cresciuta lontana dalla sua famiglia, al sicuro solo nel suo giardino, questa non è soltanto una fiaba. All'approssimarsi delle nozze del suo gemello, Soraya deve decidere se uscire allo scoperto per la prima volta. Nelle segrete del palazzo una div, una demone, potrebbe avere le risposte che sta cercando, la chiave per ottenere la libertà.

Twillo lies bleeding out in a volcanic desert. Towering over him is a snarling red wolf, death only seconds away. Right as his vision is going black, a mysterious voice offers Twillo a chance at survival. Do you agree to bind souls? It is the voice of a dragon, one that hasn't been seen for hundreds of years. By agreeing to soulbind with the dragon, Twillo will tie himself to the dragon's destiny, one of future conflict. He will need to cultivate the highly illegal magic power known as dragonessence, and seek instruction across the Four Kingdoms of the Sagaland.

Forced to flee for their lives after an explosive confrontation with a depraved killer, Selenae novice Catrin and brilliant criminal profiler Simon arrive in the sprawling city of Londunium, hoping for a fresh start and an opportunity for Catrin to hone her newfound magic. To avoid raising suspicion, they pretend to be a married couple, but don’t expect to keep up the ruse for long. Until a ruthless council of magical leaders at the local Selenae university discover Catrin's forbidden “marriage” to an outsider and threaten to erase Simon’s memories to protect their secrets.

Illustros is a cursed realm ruled by the ruthless Gods of Fate, and no one understands the Fates' wrath more than Calliope Rosewood. Blessed with unspeakable powers that terrify even the most dangerous witches and fae, Calla hides her forbidden magic in shame and fear that one wrong touch could send her to her death.

Now in possession of the artifact that has torn his world apart, Zan Mardova is still reeling from the discovery of a strange new magic, a connection with Ellie that challenges everything he's ever known about typics and the Skilled. Before he can find his footing, Zan faces a new menace—a creature wearing the body of his old friend that is tearing across Italy toward Venice, leaving a trail of reanimated corpses in its wake.

Wer oder was ist böse? Die Antwort liefert die Jubiläumsfolge der Grimm-Chroniken und enthüllt dabei eines der größten Geheimnisse der kompletten Serie. Dieser Spiegel war anders als alle, die ich bisher erblickt hatte. Ein verschnörkelter Rahmen aus Ebenholz rahmte das schwarze Glas in seiner Mitte ein. Er zeigte mich nicht als die gebrechliche Frau, die ich heute war, sondern als jene Apfelprinzessin, die voller Zuversicht und Träume in ihre Zukunft geblickt hatte.

Every light casts a shadow. Ronan Renzo is that shadow. Ronan Renzo lives a somewhat pampered life as the son of a merchant, but all that changes when his family home is visited by a strange, black-clad man. This man's clothing is so dark that it seems to swallow light, and he bears the symbol of the crescent moon upon his breast. He is, according to Ronan, a member of the Night Guild. A guild of thieves and assassins, who commit dark deeds in homage to the one they serve: the Night God.

The Seven—the Divine beings meant to protect the world—just declared war. On me. They took Ray, my baby sister, and now they're using my boyfriend to do their dirty work. Well, screw that. I may not be able to wipe them off the face of the earth now, but I know what can. Thanks to an Ather connection, I know about the Seven Scrolls. An ancient incantation made by the Creator to counteract the Seven's great power, scattered into pieces across the world.

Un tradimento... Tutto ciò in cui Poppy ha sempre creduto è una menzogna, compreso l'uomo di cui si è innamorata. L'unica certezza che le è rimasta è che nessuno è più pericoloso di lui: l'Oscuro, il Principe di Atlantia. E che lo combatterà con tutte le sue forze. Una scelta... Casteel Da'Neer è un uomo dai mille nomi e dai mille volti. Le sue bugie sono seducenti come le sue carezze; le sue verità sensuali come il suo morso.

Mit Nora stimmt etwas nicht. Da ist eine Dunkelheit in ihr, über die sie langsam die Kontrolle verliert. Als sie mit ihrem Clan nach Antworten sucht, geraten sie in einen Hinterhalt, denn mehrere Söldner wollen Nora tot sehen. Schließlich ist sie eine der außergewöhnlichsten Feen in Detroit. Als wäre das noch nicht genug, bekommt Nora ihren ersten offiziellen Auftrag als Mitglied der FUA. Irgendjemand hat es auf die mächtigsten Kreaturen der Stadt abgesehen, und es ist Noras Aufgabe, den Feind zu finden und zu stoppen - bevor ihre Magie erlischt.

Ein Land, das aus Träumen gemacht ist - wundersam, bezaubernd und voller Schrecken. Obwohl sie selbst aus der Menschenwelt stammt, lockt die königliche Seelenfängerin Cat Cheshire Menschen nach Wonderland, um dort ihre Seelen zu rauben. Als eines Tages ein ungebetener Gast auftaucht, ist nicht nur Cats Leben in Gefahr. Zusammen mit Freunden und Verrückten begibt sie sich auf die Suche nach dem Eindringling. Doch Wonderland erschwert ihnen den Weg, denn in diesem Land ist nichts so, wie es scheint.

Crow is about to be crowned the next wielder of Dumos–the dark ring–after his great and terrible mentor, Wudon, abandoned it. What does that mean for him? He will be sentenced to manage the devil and her entire battalion of wraiths for the rest of eternity. "For the good of the Skrols…" everyone assures him. But he’s not interested. It’s only to save the one person he cares for, Windel, does he step in to begrudgingly accept his fate and the plans therein.