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Lydia returns to Mudaire to enter training at the healing temple. But instead of fighting to save lives, she’s convinced she is doing more harm than good. She delves into the history of the gods only to discover a truth that will change her life forever. His birthright as commander of the Royal Army is finally in his grasp, but Killian feels anything but victorious. Burdened by his past, he embraces the darker side of his mark - and in doing so, risks starting a war.

Long ago, Samuel created the four Pinnacle Kings, beasts of immense power and destruction. Unable to contain their power, he sealed these four beasts himself. However, the rules forbade him from making the seal unbreakable. Octagon the Bitter, Pinnacle King of Winter, has awakened. Sealed away and finding himself unable to intervene, Samuel makes a drastic decision - one that will change the very rules by which the Five Kingdoms operate. The end of the world has begun...

After Beacon Academy fell, Coco, Fox, Velvet, and Yatsuhashi made a vow: No one else is getting left behind. It's been more than a year since Team CFVY saw their school destroyed by the creatures of Grimm, their friends felled in battle or scattered across the world of Remnant. Since then, they've been settling into life at Shade Academy in Vacuo, fighting hard to finish their training so they can find their friends and save their world.

It wasn't the "sex talk" he expected. Phillip Sallinger's dad has told him he's a custodian - a guardian - and his genetically inherited power is telekinesis. He's excited to begin superhero high school until he discovers he's assigned to a "special ed" class for disabled empowered kids; he suddenly feels like an outsider. Bullied, threatened, and betrayed, Phillip struggles, even as he and his friends - calling themselves the Ables - find ways to maximize their powers to overcome their disabilities, and are the first to identify the growing evil threatening humanity.

When Ren Sharpe was 14, she was kidnapped by a shadowy organization called FATE and trained to be a human weapon. Now, four years later, she receives her assignment: protect Gareth Young at all costs. Currently a student at Texas A&M, Gareth will someday change the world. FATE calls people like Gareth "FIPs" - future important people - and they're everywhere, each with a FATE-trained shadow.

Fire in the forest – and a cry for help from a trapped and desperate alien mother! Unfortunately, this is one cry no human can hear. Stephanie Harrington, precocious 14-year-old Provisional Forest Ranger on the planet Sphinx, knows something is wrong from the uneasy emotion that is flooding into her from her treecat friend, Climbs Quickly. But though Stephanie’s alien comrade shares a tight bond with his two-legs, he cannot communicate directly to her. Still, their strong and direct bond of feeling may be enough....

Rexi Hood is proud to be an outlaw. After all, she's the daughter of the infamous Robin Hood. But sidekick? Accomplice? Sorry, that wasn't in her story description. Yeah, she and Princess Dorthea of Emerald have been inseparable since they teamed up to fight the wickedest witch. But if Rexi doesn't figure out how to break the curse that binds them, forget being overshadowed by the spirited princess - Rexi's going to become a Forgotten, wiped from the pages of Story and reduced to a puddle of ink.

A prequel to the New York Times best-selling novel Queen's Shadow, further exploring the life of the iconic Padmé Amidala! When fourteen-year-old Padmé Naberrie wins the election for Queen of Naboo, she adopts the name Amidala and leaves her family to the rule from the royal palace. To keep...

In einer stürmischen Nacht taucht ein unheimlicher Gast bei Meggie und ihrem Vater Mo auf. Am nächsten Morgen reist Mo überstürzt mit Meggie zu ihrer Tante Elinor, die eine wertvolle Bibliothek besitzt. Dort macht Meggie eine überraschende Entdeckung. Und schon bald begreift sie, dass ihr Vater in großer Gefahr schwebt...

Bentornati nel regno delle fate... Con l'approssimarsi del giorno più buio dell'anno, si avvicina anche il momento dell'incoronazione di Roiben. E Kaye, che ancora non riesce a sentirsi a proprio agio a corte, di una cosa almeno è certa: del suo amore per lui. Ma, si sa, l'amore non è affare semplice nel mondo delle fate. Kaye lo scoprirà molto presto, quando, ebbra di vino fatato, durante la cerimonia di incoronazione dichiara il suo amore a Roiben. Lui, di rimando, le affida un compito apparentemente impossibile: trovare una fata capace di mentire.

On the first day of her suspension from school for fighting bullies, Ariane hears the lake singing to her, meets the Lady of the Lake from the days of King Arthur in an underwater chamber, and learns she’s heir to the Lady’s magical power over water. Now she and Wally Knight, who unexpectedly followed her, have a quest: find the scattered shards of King Arthur’s sword Excalibur before the ruthless wizard Merlin can, in his modern-day guise as the rich, powerful Rex Major. Can Ariane learn to use her power in time—and keep herself and Wally alive—in the race to beat Merlin to the first shard?

Ever since she discovered her affinity for magic, 17-year-old Anouk has been desperate to become a witch. It's the only way to save her friends who, like Anouk, are beasties: animals enchanted into humans. But unlike Anouk, the other beasties didn't make it out of the battle at Montelimar in one piece. With her friends now trapped in their animal forms, Anouk is forced into a sinister deal involving a political marriage with her sworn enemy, a wicked plot to overthrow London's fiercest coven of witches, and a deadly trial of fire to become a witch.

Lyra è impetuosa, appassionata, ingenua e bugiarda. Will è orgoglioso, sensibile, leale e coraggioso, ma sfuggente come un gatto. I due, provenienti da mondi diversi si sono incontrati, scontrati e sono poi diventati amici per la pelle. Will è in possesso della lama sottile, un misterioso coltello che permette il passaggio tra i mondi e che ora è l'unico mezzo per liberare Lyra, tenuta addormentata dalla signora Coulter in una grotta del suo mondo.

Tutti nel quartiere si stanno preparando per la festa. Tutti conoscono qualcuno sulla lista degli invitati. Questo è il giorno in cui i morti fanno ritorno. Vieni. È ora di unirsi alla festa.

Non è facile essere una Straordinaria in esilio nel mondo degli Ordinari; nessuno lo sa meglio di Nichole (Nic) Blake. Essere custode del Dono avrà dei lati positivi, come ricevere un cucciolo magico per il compleanno, ma anche negativi, tipo dover nascondere al tuo migliore amico quello che sei davvero. Tanto più che Nic non sa ancora quali siano i suoi reali poteri. Prima che abbia il tempo di capirlo, un incontro imprevisto la catapulterà in un vortice di eventi che metteranno in discussione tutto ciò che sa e ha sempre saputo.

Der Kampf gegen Sir Dolt hat begonnen. Der Vampir ist im Besitz eines mächtigen Artefakts und hat es sich zum Ziel gesetzt, nicht nur die Übernatürlichen, sondern auch den Rest der Menschheit zu versklaven. Er will das Geheimnis der Existenz von Wölfen, Vampiren, Magiern und Dämonen der ganzen Welt enthüllen. Thresh, der zum Alpha der Alphas aufgestiegen ist, will nicht tatenlos zusehen. Gemeinsam bereiten sie sich auf die größte Herausforderung vor, der sich die Übernatürlichen je gestellt haben.

Jack is finally finding his rhythm in New Earth. Between crafting sessions, run-ins with dinosaurs, and bonding with his quirky companions, things seem to be turning around. His ground sloth, Snowy, and his buzzing team of bees make leveling up a little sweeter, and his parents are starting to accept his unconventional path.

Samara is chosen to train with the Sacred Flame coterie—an elite magical order where apprentices bond with familiars to become unstoppable sorcerers. For her, this is more than an honor—it's her family's only way out of poverty. But there's a catch. Samara has no familiar. Without one, she's as good as powerless. Her opponents tower over her, her future grows uncertain, and her failure could doom not just herself, but those she loves. Then she meets a grumpy dragon with a sharp tongue. He doesn't want a human companion—but fate might not care.

Tausend Mal schon hat Adeline zu Lutarion gebetet, ihn um Beistand und Stärke angefleht. Dabei war sie sich nicht einmal sicher, ob er tatsächlich existiert oder ob es nur eine alte Geschichte ist: die Legende des Gottes, der alles geopfert hat, um seine Geliebte zu retten. Doch nun steht er vor ihr und will das, wonach er schon seit Jahrtausenden sucht.

Il Regno Fatato ha sempre assistito alle lotte tra le Fate d'Estate e le Fate d'Inverno. Ora è sorta una nuova stirpe, e sta mettendo a rischio la sopravvivenza delle altre. Forgiate dalla corsa tecnologica degli umani, le Fate di Ferro stanno diventando sempre più potenti, e la loro ascesa rischia di avere conseguenze inimmaginabili. Ma c'è un'arma segreta che potrebbe sconfiggerle, un'arma davvero insospettabile: una ragazza di nome Meghan Chase.