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Hvorfor kan fjender ikke bare være lidt sødere? Det er ikke nemt at være bumsede og bøvede Lester, når man har været smukke og sjove Apollon. Og det er især hårdt, når man skal bekæmpe stor ondskab uden særlige evner (bortset fra at kunne spise og sove rimelig meget ligesom alle andre teenagere). Denne gang skal Lester kæmpe mod en ukendt ondskab i en brændende labyrint. Tiden er knap, for triumviratet har planlagt et angreb på halvblodslejren, og det er kun Lester, der kan spænde ben for dem, hvis ikke han gør det for sig selv først.

Marked by Darklings and Death alike, Saskia is a mechanically minded Mundane, raised by Barton and Phae on daring stories about Roan Harken. But the world Roan left behind is in turmoil. The Darklings now hang in the sky as a threatening black moon, and with the order-maintaining Elemental Task Guard looking to get rid of all Denziens before they rebel, Saskia's only option is to go into the Brilliant Dark and bring Roan back. 

When Ivy rescued a baby from the Wild Hunt, she had no idea that he would change the world. Since time passes differently in her world, the baby she once saved is a grown boy who can help her save her home. Now, Ivy brings him to the Land of Faery to enlist his help. Jack Merry has no idea that the creatures in his stories are real. He just wants a friend, a family, someone who listens. His stories are the only way he can convince the villagers to stop and spend time at his side. 

Build. Evolve. Conquer. The dawn of the Troll Nation has begun.... Roark von Graf - former noble and hedge-mage, current mid-level mob in a MMORPG - has taken down the dungeon Lord of the Cruel Citadel, but the battle has only started. Lowen, right hand to the Tyrant King, has come to Hearthworld, and he is building an army of his own. Worse, Lowen and company have taken over one of the most powerful dungeons in the game, The Vault of the Radiant Shield. Even as a Jotnar and a newly minted Dungeon Lord, Roark is supremely outclassed and he bloody well knows it.

The stunning finale of the epic fantasy duology from New York Times bestselling author Beth Revis. Alchemy student turned necromancer Nedra Brysstain has made a life-changing decision to embrace the darkness--but can the boy who loves her bring her back to the light before she pays the ultimate...

Rocio Lopez and Finn Lockwood survived the deadly trials of the Mages' Exam in a bid to keep their magic. But the world outside presents vicious threats of its own. Forced into the Confed's military special ops unit, Rocio must walk a fine line between complicity and resistance, or everyone she loves could pay the price. With the magic's pleas growing increasingly urgent, can she make her stand in time? Stripped of his talent, Finn is determined to fight the corrupt magical government - and to find his way back to the girl he's fallen for.

Fierce and ambitious, Aina Solís as sharp as her blade and as mysterious as the blood magic she protects. After the murder of her parents, Aina takes a job as an assassin to survive and finds a new family in those like her: the unwanted and forgotten. Her boss is brutal and cold, with a questionable sense of morality, but he provides a place for people with nowhere else to go. And makes sure they stay there.

Prašina je tajuplné místo, temný ostrov uprostřed zářící Prahy. Nikdo neví proč, ale v téhle čtvrti nefunguje elektřina. Lampy tu nesvítí, tramvaje nejezdí, rádio nehraje, mobil je bez signálu. Jirka chodí do Prašiny, které se většina Pražanů raději vyhýbá, navštěvovat svého dědu. Ten se však coby strážce dávného tajemství, které může změnit svět, ocitá v ohrožení života. Jirka s kamarádkou En a bratrancem Tondou se pouští do hry o čas s všehoschopnými pronásledovateli.

Kodyn expected hardships along his journey to return a kidnapped girl to her father. Yet harsh deserts and cutthroat bandits prove far less lethal than the foes that await him in Shalandra, the City of the Dead. In the shadows of golden spires carved from mountain stone, currents of corruption and vice run deep. Priests of the god of death rule with an iron fist, imposing a rigid caste system that elevates some to a life of privilege and condemns others to miserable squalor.

Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who - and what - he’s become. As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. They’re pieces on a board, being orchestrated by someone...or something. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet - those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer.

Brought to you by Penguin. An addictive thriller crossed with the darkest of fairytales that's guaranteed to keep you up all night . . . Alice has fought hard for a normal life. Having escaped the Hinterland - the strange, pitch-dark fairy tale world she was born into - she has washed up in New...

In un paesino delle Alpi italiane, sul confine italo-franco-svizzero, sorge ciò che rimane del Grand Hotel Bluemillion. Abbandonato da più di trent'anni, l'imponente rudere del lussuoso hotel è adesso infestato dalle anime di coloro che nelle sue sale hanno trascorso i momenti più felici della propria esistenza terrena. Da troppo tempo, le giornate dei fantasmi del Bluemillion scorrono tutte uguali, polverose e monotone, finché la Scuola Anti Mistero non decide di stabilire proprio lì la sua sede.

From the acclaimed author of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns comes a fantastical new tale of darkness and love, in which magical bonds are stronger than blood. Will love break the spell? After cruelly rejecting Bao, the poor physician's apprentice who loves her, Lan, a wealthy nobleman's daughter...

Josie Barton is a high school student living in terror. Invisible creatures torment her everywhere she goes, constantly getting her into trouble at school, and even haunting her apartment. But just when Josie thinks things couldn't get any worse, she meets the guy from across the hall. Zeph Clemmont is a changeling with enemies in all the worst places, fighting to undo a curse that threatens to end his life. Survival means he will have to swallow his pride and trust Josie with all his darkest secrets.

After unwittingly helping her mother poison King Louis XIV, 17-year-old alchemist Mirabelle Monvoisin is forced to see her mother's Shadow Society in a horrifying new light: They're not heroes of the people, as they've always claimed to be, but murderers. She herself included. Mira tries to ease her guilt by brewing helpful curatives, but her hunger tonics and headache remedies cannot right past wrongs or save the dissenters whom her mother vows to purge.

Will har netop haft en frygtelig og sindsoprivende oplevelse; og derefter finder han ud af, at Lyra er forsvundet. Nu befinder han sig alene i et uvejsomt og stormfuldt bjergområde. To engle kommer til ham og fortæller ham, at han som bærer af Skyggernes kniv har en uhyre vigtig mission, og at han skal følge med dem nordpå til Lord Asriels fæstning, hvor et slag af kosmiske dimensioner er under opsejling. Men Will nægter at adlyde dem, for han har kun én tanke i hovedet: Han må finde Lyra. Og det viser sig at være en større udfordring, end han havde forestillet sig.

Nu som lydbog. Samme udgave som tidligere udgivelse på kassettebånd. Will er tolv år, og han har lige slået en mand ihjel. Nu er han på flugt og fast besluttet på at finde ud af, hvad der er sket med hans far, som forsvandt under en ekspedition for tolv år siden. Ved et tilfælde kommer Will igennem en skjult åbning og ind i en anden verden. Her møder han Lyra, en mærkelig, vild pige, som også har en opgave, som hun vil løse, koste hvad det vil. Men Cittàgazze er et uhyggeligt sted. De øde gader hjemsøges af genfærd, som spiser sjæle, og fra luften højt oppe høres vingeslag fra engle. I et tårn i byen opbevares en genstand, som mennesker fra mange verdener vil dræbe for at erhverve.

Første bind i Philip Pullmans spektakulære fantasy-trilogi om 'Det gyldne kompas' - en klassiker inden for fantasylitteraturen, oversat til 39 sprog, som har tryllebundet millioner af børn og voksne over hele verden. Den nysgerrige og handlekraftige Lyra vokser op på Jordan-kollegiet i Oxford. Ved et tilfælde hvirvles hun ind i et storslået og indviklet drama fuldt af mysterier: Hvad er det, hendes onkel, Lord Asriel, har fundet på sin arktiske ekspedition? Hvad har den mystiske fru Coulter med Lord Asriels opdagelse at gøre? Og hvorfor forsvinder der igen børn fra Oxford?

In the city of Eldra, people are ruled by ancient prophecies. For centuries, the high council has stayed in power by virtue of the prophecies of the elder seers. After the last infallible prophecy came to pass, growing unrest led to murders and an eventual rebellion that raged for more than a decade. In the present day, Cassa, the orphaned daughter of rebels, is determined to fight back against the high council, which governs Eldra from behind the walls of the citadel. Her only allies are no-nonsense Alys, easygoing Evander, and perpetually underestimated Newt. 

Everything I know is a lie. I'm an ordinary mortal girl. Lord Irrik is a depraved dragon shifter. King Irdelron is an immortal tyrant. In the disease ridden land of Verald, life is mapped out much like the established rings of our kingdom. Everyone has a role. Me? I'll be uselessly serving potato stew for the rest of my life because I can't make anything grow. But starvation brews rebellion. When the king strikes, I'm captured by Lord Irrik. Instantly, I'm embroiled in a deadly game. One where I'm desperate to understand the rules.