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Stealing from a mage was both the best and worst thing I had ever done. After being caught, I was named a criminal and sent to a prison known as the Jade Bastion. Located at the Edge of the World, this prison carries a secret. Those inmates who have magical abilities are trained in the most powerful magic known to the empire: battle magic. To survive, I will need to discover a secret I didn't know I possessed. I can become more powerful through bonding with the other beautiful, magically inclined inmates.

Das mitreißende Finale der Hexentrilogie. Nach dem schmerzlichen Verlust ihres Freundes halten Lou, Reid, Beau und Coco umso stärker zusammen. Besonders Lou will Rache üben und fordert die finale Auseinandersetzung mit Morgane, ihrer Mutter, der gefährlichen Dame Blanche. Doch auch wenn es Zeit braucht, bis die anderen es merken: Sie folgen nicht mehr der Lou, die sie kennen und lieben gelernt haben. Eine dunkle Kraft hat sich ihrer bemächtigt.

As social chair of Sigma Beta Psi, I’m the life of the party. It’s what I’m known for, and if it’s not fun, I’m not interested, simple as that. I’m not someone who overthinks. So, when one of my brothers hooks up with a dude from another frat house, it catches me off guard when I can’t stop thinking about them…together. There’s only one way for me to get this obsession out of my head, and that’s by jumping in with both feet and putting it into practice.

Tatum Kelly's life was spiraling. The funding for the women's hockey team was cut, her scholarship was ruined, and her hopes for the season were gone. With nothing else to lose, Tatum joins the men's team, much to the dismay of captain Callum O'Neil. Luckily for them, you don't need to be friends to be winners. As the tension builds, Callum's best friends, Jace and Shawn, pursue Tatum's respect, both on and off the ice. Determined to make this season her best yet, Tatum knows better than to get involved with one teammate, much less two.

In the cosmopolitan Paris of the 1880s, the new proprietors of the Opera House are amused to discover that their costly acquisition is said to be haunted. But their smiles quickly vanish as tragedy follows misfortune: a murdered stagehand, a fatal accident, a missing girl. Fearful tales of the Opera Ghost race through the corridors and dressing rooms of the theatre. And with good reason - for deep in the catacombs beneath the Opera House, something is stirring.

Die junge Studentin der Ägyptologie Leonie Förster ist überglücklich, als sie mit ihrer Professorin Bettina Völz die Erstuntersuchung einer echten, ägyptischen Mumie durchführen darf. Dabei erfährt sie schmerzvoll, dass nicht alles, was schon lange tot ist, es auch bleibt. Bei der Untersuchung erweckt Leonie die ca. 3.200 Jahre alte Mumie ungewollt zu schrecklichem neuen Leben und diese begibt sich augenblicklich auf die Jagd nach Lebensenergie.

Die spannenden Reisen des berühmten Helden aus 1001 Nacht in der Hörspielfassung von Dr. E. Pippert und Anke Beckert. Zweiter Teil.

Flatmates Judith, Giles and David once had it all: youth, optimism, ambition and degrees from one of the country's best universities. In their 20s, they were full of potential, but 10 years later, they're simply might-have-beens. Stuck in Streatham and strapped for cash, they're forced to mooch off their more successful mates just to get by.

Still reeling from the tragic events that threw his life into turmoil, Abraham Jenkins now rides the lonely roads as a delivery man. Until one day fate intervenes.... Abraham is suddenly catapulted into a bizarre fantasy world unlike anything he's ever imagined. A world of assassins, monsters, and brutal lords. To survive, he must lead a notorious group known as the King's Henchmen on a do or die mission.

Amateur private investigator Ash McKenna is home. After more than a year on the road he's ready to face the demons he ran away from in New York City. And he’s decided what he wants to do with his life: Become a private investigator, for real. Licensed and everything. No more working as a thug for hire. But within moments of stepping off the plane, Ginny Tonic, the drag queen crime lord who once employed him - and then tried to have him killed - asks to see him. One of her newest drag queen soldiers has gone missing and she wants Ash to find her.

Daniella Belle wants nothing more to do with members of the opposite sex; instead, she'll focus on what matters most - becoming a lingerie designer. That's until she's offered an opportunity of a lifetime by an annoyingly arrogant man who believes he can charm the panties off of every woman he meets. Antonio Michaels has never had to work hard at anything. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he's been served up a hefty life of entitlement. He's handsome, charmingly arrogant, and dates a different model every month.

Classic fables take on new meaning as five of today’s most original bestselling authors serve up some deliciously modern twists. New reflections on evil queens, charmless princes, and star-crossed lovers branch out in provocative and enchanting directions. Follow the path and see where it...

Björn Hellmark hatte ihre Geburt nicht verhindern können. Jetzt befindet sie sich mitten unter uns. Und hinterlässt eine Spur der Verwüstung. Sie ist - Phantoma, die Tochter der Finsternis!

Ein unglaublich wertvoller Inkaschatz. Ein grausamer, alter Fluch. James Owen hatte das Glück gesucht… doch er fand das Verderben. Und mit sich brachte er die Knochensaat!

Im Amazonasbecken ist ein Forscher der Royal Botanic Society verschwunden, der für das Empire 50.000 Kautschuksamen beschaffen sollte. Mit der Unterstützung eines vorlauten Dolmetschers und einer Gruppe von Nuaraque-Indios nimmt Irene Adler die Suche nach dem Wissenschaftler und seiner wertvollen Fracht auf. Neben altbekannten Gegnern bekommt Irene es dabei mit einem neuen, gänzlich unberechenbaren Feind zu tun: dem brasilianischen Regenwald und seinen mannigfaltigen Gefahren.

An 18-part serialisation of John Masters' chronicles of the Savage family, spanning the years 1825-1946 and set against the backdrop of British rule in India. Based on the hugely popular novels of John Masters, this landmark BBC Radio adaptation charts the history of the British in India through the perspective of one family over several generations. Ranging over more than 120 years, these thrilling tales of love, murder and espionage take us from the expansion of the East India Company to the last days of the Raj and the approach of Independence.

Werewolf by Max Brand in Western Story Magazine (12/18/26) involves just such an inward journey for Christopher Royal, who is convinced he is a coward and flees a confrontation with Harry Main, who is a gunfighter. There comes a time in this story - when Christopher encounters the aged Indian, the old wise man - that the terrain shimmers with the multiple affinities of meaning conjured by the unconscious, which Vergil once sought to capture within an image both awesome and sinister: numina magna deum [the great divine power of a god].

Something tan and cylindrical struck the roof and rolled off. The men inside didn't wait for the dynamite to blow; they lurched into the sunlight, firing as they ran. A brutal war began when two bold men left Kane's mine to work their own strike. This was the final battle.

In the bush country of South Texas, Captain Richard King built a sprawling ranch called Santa Gertrudis. But at the end of the Civil War, while King was in Mexico, his ranch was raided by Union troops led by a sadistic killer who burned Santa Gertrudis to the ground - and slaughtered everyone on it. Thirty years later, King's land is about to run with blood once more. Former Union Captain Jack Brant has gotten out of prison and is raring to pick up his rampage where he left off.  

It wasn't the most hospitable invitation she'd ever received. Archaeologist Annja Creed is being rushed to Massachusetts, abducted by a famous environmental terrorist - a zealot willing to kill anyone who gets in his or the planet's way. He has taken the book dealer hostage in order to steal a rare and very valuable treatise called the Tome of Prossos. Annja is the key to retrieving the ancient manuscript hidden somewhere deep within the mansion.