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The world that Tamsin knows is on the brink of disaster. Her kinswomen have been found. Their sanctuary lies open for plunder, their military strength weakened by treachery. Poised to besiege them are the Vikings and Albans, joined together in a frightful alliance. But Tamsin has already made a crack in that alliance. After plotting the murder of her husband, she and her unlikely ally, Thrain Mordsson, must face the consequences together. The King of all Alba sends them on a perilous mission to make amends for their crime.

Das Zauberdorf feiert im Wald ein Fest. Aber Pinocchio hat die Choreographie für die Hutjonglage nicht einstudiert: Fridolin ersetzt ihn deshalb durch Korat. Unser Held ist empört, bis er einen verzauberten Elfenhut findet, mit dem er akrobatische Kunststücke vollbringen kann.

Pinocchio verspricht, zu Sophias Geburtstagsfeier zu gehen, erinnert sich aber daran, dass die Blaue Fee ihren Besuch angekündigt hat. Aus Angst, seine Patentante zu verletzen (und ihren Zorn auf sich zu ziehen), versucht Pinocchio, an zwei Orten gleichzeitig zu sein, und pendelt immer wieder zwischen Sophias Party und dem Besuch der Blauen Fee hin und her.

Maisie Barron is over it. A small-town girl with big dreams, her frustrations lead her to make a silly wish at the standing stones outside Loren Brae. Little does she know, the magick found there will transform her wish into a catastrophic event that threatens the upcoming Christmas Book Festival. Weston Smith needs a break. Burnt out from his tenure-track professorship, he decides that a holiday in little Loren Brae, Scotland, will be the perfect escape he needs to recharge his batteries. The last thing he expects is to find the woman he's been waiting his whole life for.

Pinocchio fängt einen Brief ab, der an Fridolin adressiert ist und in dem dem Elfen mitgeteilt wird, dass er in eine weit entfernte, angesehene Schule aufgenommen worden ist. Was für eine Katastrophe! Pinocchio braucht Fridolin, um einen Aufsatz für ihn zu schreiben, damit er seinen Notendurchschnitt verbessern kann.

Roxana und Daphne spielen Luzio einen üblen Streich, indem sie einen Liebesbrief, den der Oger an Sophia geschickt hat, abändern, ihn Pinocchio zukommen lassen und ihn mit dem Namen der Prinzessin unterschreiben.

Nachdem er den Korb mit Erdbeeren von Betulla verschlungen hat, "leiht" sich Pinocchio eine Zauberlampe von Ali Baba, um seiner Freundin als Wiedergutmachung ein paar Wünsche zu erfüllen. Da er der Versuchung nicht widerstehen kann, reibt er selbst an der Lampe und bittet den Geist, seine Nase zu verzaubern, damit sie nicht mehr länger wird, wenn er lügt.

Pinocchio und Volpek machen sich über den Prinzen und die Mädchen lustig, die süchtig nach einer Reihe von Abenteuerromanen sind. Aber dann gerät auch unser Held in den Bann des fesselnden Romans. Doch als er diskret versucht, den neuesten Band zu ergattern, wird sein Exemplar von einer mysteriösen Gestalt mit Umhang und Kapuze gestohlen.

Um herauszufinden, ob er je eine Nase haben kann, die nicht wächst, wenn er lügt, bittet Pinocchio Törtchen um ihre Hilfe: Keiner kann ihr etwas abschlagen, weil sie so niedlich ist. Daher bittet er sie, ihm die Kristallkugel der Hexe zu besorgen, damit er in seine Zukunft sehen kann. Trotz ihrer Angst vor der Hexe willigt Törtchen ein und geht zur Hexe.

Pinocchio will lieber ein neues Comicbuch lesen als zur Schule zu gehen und überredet Fridolin, mit ihm die Schule zu schwänzen. Doch dann treffen sie auf Roxana und Daphne, die sich über sie lustig machen. Um sich zu rächen, färbt Pinocchio ihre Haare mit einem Zauber in ein scheußliches Rosa.

Homicide Detective Max Rupert never fully accepted his wife's death, even when he believed that a reckless hit and run driver was the cause. But when he learns that in fact she was murdered, he devotes himself to hunting down her killers. Most of his life he had thought of himself as a decent man. But now he's so consumed with thoughts of retribution that he questions whether he will take that last step and enact the vengeance he longs for.

William Chanokh is immortal...and he’s trapped on the Galahad, an interstellar starship on a never-ending journey through open space. His only companions are Capria - mortal and in cryo-sleep - and Gal, an artificial intelligence, and the love of his life, with whom he spends every waking moment in the "Great Escape". After untold years living countless lives, Gal begins acting strange. Betrayed by his digital love, his long-term memory overwritten, and enduring violent manipulation, Will painfully peels back layers of simulation, fighting to reach reality 1.0...

The mission to Rio de Janeiro ended in victory, but it came at a dire cost, killing most of those who set out to rescue the stranded survivors. Even worse, the skinwalkers’ leader, Horn, escaped with his demonic crew and is coming to take the throne. Back at the Vanguard Islands, King Xavier Rodriguez has been severely injured in another battle to protect the kingdom. Now an infection threatens to kill the one man who can keep the peace. 

After a long, perilous journey, Hell Divers Xavier Rodriguez and Magnolia Katib discover the Metal Islands, a sunny, habitable zone where thousands of people live by fishing and farming. But this "paradise" is really a violent warrior society ruled by the cannibal King el Pulpo. For the first time in X's life, he is forced to lay down his arms and surrender. 

Daring heroics, sacrifice, and courage come together as the Legion attempts to contain the fire sparked at the Battle of Tarrago. But the galaxy is spiraling into all-out war. Captain Chhun's Dark Ops squad is reunited with Wraith. When their mission to deny Goth Sulluss the shipyards he so eagerly desires goes awry, Chhun and Wraith must find a way to stop the Black Fleet's advance - even if it costs them their lives. Meanwhile, an old friend from Nether Ops executes a covert operation that will turn the focus of the Last War of the Republic in a terrible new direction.

Detective Max Rupert's and attorney Boady Sanden's friendship is being pushed to the breaking point. Max is convinced that Jennavieve Pruitt was killed by her husband, Ben. Boady is equally convinced that Ben, his client, is innocent. As the case unfolds, the two are forced to confront their own personal demons.

The battle for Panama is over, and King Xavier Rodriguez secretly deploys the airship Vanguard to Queensland. The hunt for the Coral Castle is on. The rest of the fleet returns to the Vanguard Islands with new ships and supplies, but tensions rise with rumors of a hidden food cache. When two sky people are murdered, Chief Michael Everhart knows the stage is set for mutiny. And with King Xavier off in search of the Coral Castle, he feels the target on his back. 

Sawyer Davis, a chef who runs an inherited mystery bookshop, is marinating in trouble once again. While onstage and strapped to a giant bullseye, Sawyer's magician father hurls knives at her, but she's not the one who ends up dead. Her father's ex is found lifeless backstage, making her dad the number one suspect.

The Alien Legion has a new mission, and this time, they are working for the enemy. Also against the enemy. Like every operation that Emily Perkins plans, it’s complicated. But plans require good intel, and when the plan falls apart, the Mavericks are in freefall.... 

Legion Dark Ops calls upon Chhun, Wraith, and the survivors of Victory Company to form an elite Kill Team of legionnaires in the aftermath of the Battle of Kublar. Their mission is clear: find and eliminate those responsible for the Kublar disaster. Standing between them and their objective are a maze of corrupt Republic officials, a spy on the verge of losing himself in deep cover, and the Zhee—a murderous species that will stop at nothing. But the biggest threat of all might be the truth they seek to uncover—a truth that could ignite a revolution. And engulf the galaxy in flames.