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After the loss of Wesley and the horrifying reveal that Zekia is helping the Kingpin of her own free will, Tavia, Saxony, and Karam flee to Saxony's home to rebuild their rebellion. Meanwhile, trapped in the Kingpin's darkness, Wesley must fight against the deadly magic that invades his mind and find a way back to his friends before it's too late. As the Kingpin's dark magic spreads and his army conquers Creije, these four unlikely friends have to decide just how far they’ll go - and how much they are willing to sacrifice - to win.

Daire Santos is the last of the Soul Seekers, and the only thing standing between the Richters and the destruction of everyone she loves. With her grandmother gone and Cade back in Enchantment, Daire must finally step into her destiny and lead the fight against the Richters. But what if that means sacrificing the person she loves most?

Hunted by the guards of Edriast and their ruthless captain, Kaylan is forced to flee into a world she’s never seen, armed with a power she never wanted. With her brother, Elias, by her side, she escapes to the distant city of Stynos, where rumor has it a possible ally is waiting...an ally who might help Kaylan control the violent magic that’s become her burden to bear. But Kaylan can’t hide forever - not from the forces that surround her or from the darkness inside herself.

Impressed by the work of the puppet master and his apprentice, Tavia's ruler, The Margrave, has ordered dozens of life-size marionette soldiers to be sent to Wolfspire Hall. When the orders for more soldiers come in with increasingly urgent deadlines, the puppet master's health suffers and Pirouette, his daughter and protégé, is left to build in his stead. But there is something far more twisted brewing at Wolfspire - the Margrave's son wants Pirouette to create an assassin. And he wants her to give it life.

Brutally trained his entire short life to be a Sovereign Elite and defend the Empire, Azrael instead finds himself a prisoner. Not even eight years old, and without system access, Azrael is abandoned on Tech Duinn. He must rely on his hunting trainers to keep his identity secret. There is no doubt that if people learn his last name, he would wake up in the arena...if he woke up at all. While fleeing the takeover of Mur, the group discovers how deep despair can drag them. Soon, only the praise of the bloody mob in the Arena Pit Dungeon keeps them alive.

Darkness is coming... Der Auftakt einer überraschenden, neuen Fantasy-Trilogie. Einst lenkten sieben Propheten die Welt, doch sie sind längst verschwunden. Geblieben ist nur ihre letzte, geheime Prophezeiung. Sie sagt ein Zeitalter der Dunkelheit voraus und die Geburt eines neuen Propheten, der entweder die Welt retten oder ihr Untergang sein wird.

“A dark, delectable, and utterly unique series that readers will want to drown in.” —Laura Sebastian, New York Times bestselling author of the Ash Princess series Warmaidens is the action-packed conclusion to the heartwrenching Gravemaidens fantasy duology. Kammani and the maidens are now...

Wendy Darling has a perfectly agreeable life with her parents and brothers in wealthy London, as well as a budding romance with Booth, the neighborhood bookseller's son. But one night, while their parents are at a ball, the charmingly beautiful Peter Pan comes to the Darling children's nursery, and - dazzled by this flying boy with god-like powers - they follow him out of the window and straight on to morning into Neverland, an intoxicating island of freedom.

Als ihr Meister, Vertigan, entführt wird, sind Elio und seine Freunde entschlossen, ihm zu helfen. Mithilfe eines mächtigen Artefakts öffnen sie ein magisches Tor in ein unheimliches Reich unter der Erde voller Skaven-Rattenmenschen! Zahlenmäßig hoffnungslos unterlegen, müssen Elio, Kiri, Alish, Thanis und Kaspar all ihre Raffinesse aufbieten, um Vertigan zu finden und lebend wieder zu entkommen.

Starautor Brandon Sanderson schreibt "im Magic™: The Gathering"-Universum. Von klein auf hat Tacenda die Gabe, ihre Familie vor den Monstern aus den Wäldern zu schützen. Doch diese Macht ist zugleich ihr Fluch, denn Tacenda ist dazu verdammt, ein Leben in ewiger Finsternis zu führen: Sobald die Sonne aufgeht, verliert sie ihr Augenlicht, bis es wieder dunkel wird. Eines Nachts versagt der Schutzzauber, und Tacendas Familie wird von den Ungeheuern getötet. Tacenda glaubt, dass der neue Lord dafür verantwortlich ist. Angeblich steht er mit Dämonen im Bunde.

Das Sklavenmädchen Kiri träumt von einem besseren Leben. Als die Barbaren, die sie gefangen halten, von den edlen Stormcast Eternals angegriffen werden, flieht sie durch eine geheimnisvolle Reichspforte zur legendenumwobenen Stadt Lebensstein. Dort begegnet sie einer Gruppe besonderer Kinder - der kämpferischen Thanis, der erfinderischen Alish, dem verstohlenen Kaspar und dem fürsorglichen Elio. Zusammen müssen sie einen schrecklichen Fluch brechen, der die Stadt ins Verderben zu stürzen droht.

In den Tiefen der Wälder hat sich eine Pforte geöffnet, durch die zwei Wesen aus einer versunkenen Zeit in unsere Welt gekommen sind. Einst sind Tristan und Martha Menschen gewesen. Sie kennen sich gut. Ihre Wege haben sich immer wieder gekreuzt. Nun sind sie Boten. Sie begeben sich auf die Suche, um die sechs verbleibenden Mitstreiter für ihren finalen Kampf zu finden. Letztlich werden sich fünf Kämpfer des Untergangs und drei der Bewahrung gegenüberstehen. Und nur ein einziger wird überleben und unsere Zukunft besiegeln.

Sixteen-year-old Neryn is alone in the land of Alban, where the oppressive king has ordered anyone with magical strengths captured and brought before him. Eager to hide her own canny skill - a uniquely powerful ability to communicate with the fairy-like Good Folk - Neryn sets out for the legendary Shadowfell, a home and training ground for a secret rebel group determined to overthrow the evil King Keldec.

In the terrifying sequel to The Haunted, Hendricks discovers that even though Steele House is gone, the hauntings in Drearfield are far from over -- and it's up to her to stop them. After everything that went down at Steele House, Hendricks just wants her life to return to normal. Prom is coming...

Sirscha Ashwyn comes from nothing, but she's intent on becoming something. After years of training to become the queen's next royal spy, her plans are derailed when shamans attack and kill her best friend, Saengo. And then Sirscha, somehow, restores Saengo to life. Unveiled as the first soulguide in living memory, Sirscha is summoned to the domain of the Spider King. For centuries, he has used his influence over the Dead Wood - an ancient forest possessed by souls - to enforce peace between the kingdoms.

Emilie de Marais is more at home holding scalpels than embroidery needles and is desperate to escape her noble roots to serve her country as a physician. But society dictates a noble lady cannot perform such gruesome work. Annette Boucher, overlooked and overworked by her family, wants more from life than her humble beginnings and is desperate to be trained in magic. So when a strange noble girl offers Annette the chance of a lifetime, she accepts. Emilie and Annette swap lives. But when their nation instigates a terrible war, Emilie and Annette come together....

Jonathan Lambshead stands to inherit his deceased grandfather’s overstuffed mansion - a veritable cabinet of curiosities - once he and two schoolmates catalog its contents. But the three soon discover that the house is filled with far more than just oddities: It holds clues linking to an alt-Earth called Aurora, where the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley has stormed back to life on a magic-fueled rampage across a surreal, through-the-looking-glass version of Europe replete with talking animals (and vegetables).

Five hundred years ago, Jack made a deal with the devil. It's difficult for him to remember much about his mortal days. So he focuses on fulfilling his sentence as a Lantern - one of the watchmen who guard the portals to the Otherworld, a realm crawling with every nightmarish creature imaginable. Jack has spent centuries jumping from town to town, ensuring that nary a mortal - or not-so-mortal - soul slips past him. That is, until he meets beautiful Ember O'Dare. Seventeen, stubborn, and a natural-born witch, Ember feels a strong pull to the Otherworld. Undeterred by Jack's warnings, she crosses into the forbidden plane.

Scarlett ha sedici anni e si è appena trasferita a Siena, lasciandosi alle spalle l'estate, la sua migliore amica e un amore che stava per sbocciare... Nella nuova scuola conosce Umberto, che le fa subito la corte, ma Scarlett ha capito che la sua compagna di banco, Caterina, è segretamente innamorata di lui. Cosa scegliere: l'amore o l'amicizia? La risposta arriva al concerto della scuola, quando sul palco sale un ragazzo con gli occhi chiari come il ghiaccio che la cercano in mezzo alla folla.

“A dark, delectable, and utterly unique series that readers will want to drown in.” —Laura Sebastian, New York Times bestselling author of the Ash Princess series The start of a fierce fantasy duology about three maidens who are chosen for their land's greatest honor...and one girl...