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Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered. There are no teachers, no holidays, friendships are purely strategic and the odds of survival are never equal. Once you’re inside, there are only two ways out: you graduate or you die. El Higgins is uniquely prepared for the school’s many dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out untold millions - never mind easily destroy the countless monsters that prowl the school. Except, she might accidentally kill all the other students, too.

There are no teachers, no holidays; friendships are purely strategic, and the odds of survival are never equal. Once you're inside, there are only two ways out: you graduate, or you die. El, Orion and the other students are faced with their final year—and the looming spectre of graduation. El is determined that her chosen group will survive, but it is a prospect that is looking harder by the day as the savagery of the school ramps up. Until El realises that sometimes winning the game means throwing out all the rules.... 

Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s too kindhearted to collect his debts. They face poverty until Miryem hardens her own heart and takes up his work in their village. Her success creates rumours she can turn silver into gold, which attract the fairy king of winter himself. He sets her an impossible challenge - and if she fails, she’ll die. Yet if she triumphs, it may mean a fate worse than death. And in her desperate efforts to succeed, Miryem unwittingly spins a web which draws in the unhappy daughter of a lord.

A dark enchantment blights the land. Agnieszka loves her village, set deep in a peaceful valley. But the nearby enchanted forest casts a shadow over her home. Many have been lost to the Wood, and none returns unchanged. The villagers depend on an ageless wizard, the Dragon, to protect them from the forest's dark magic. However, his help comes at a terrible price. One young village woman must serve him for 10 years, leaving all she values behind.

You define life or it defines you. In Shawn Speakman’s case, it was both. Lacking health insurance and diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2011, Shawn quickly accrued a massive medical debt that he did not have the ability to pay. That’s when New York Times best-selling author Terry Brooks offered to donate a short story that Shawn could sell to help alleviate those bills—and suggested he ask the same of his other writer friends. Unfettered is the result: An anthology built in order to relieve that debt, featuring short stories by some of the best fantasy writers in the genre.

The one thing you never talk about while you're in the Scholomance is what you'll do when you get out - not even the richest enclaver would tempt fate that way. But that impossible dream has somehow come true for El and her classmates. And what's more, she didn't even have to become the monstrous dark witch she's prophesised to become to make it happen. Instead of killing enclavers, she saved them, and now the world is safe for all wizards. Peace and harmony have enveloped all the enclaves of the world. Just kidding.

Lacking health insurance when he was diagnosed with cancer, Shawn Speakman asked friends in the science fiction and fantasy writing community to donate short stories he could use to counter mounting medical debt. The result was Unfettered, an anthology offering tales from some of the best authors working today. Now, in Unfettered III, Speakman continues to pay forward the aid he received, raising money to combat medical debt for SF&F artists and authors.

La familia de Miryem se halla al borde de la pobreza, hasta que ella se hace cargo de la situación y no tarda en ganarse la reputación de ser capaz de convertir la plata en oro. Cuando el rey de los staryk, unas criaturas hechas de hielo que amenazan con llevarse el verano para siempre, se entera de tal hazaña le impone una tarea que parece imposible y que hará que Miryem descubra que tiene poderes. Tejerá una telaraña en la que quedarán atrapadas una joven campesina, Wanda, y la desdichada hija de un noble local que pretende casarla con el joven y apuesto zar Mirnatius.

An all-star line-up of children’s book authors, including Holly Black, Justine Larbalestier, Libba Bray, and Maureen Johnson, debate the question, “Which are better: zombies or unicorns?”

皇帝派出使团从英国要回应由皇族成员乘坐的天龙“泰米艾尔”。上校劳伦斯和泰米艾尔在各方压力下，踏上了前往中国的漫长旅程……皇帝派出使團從英國要回應由皇族成員乘坐的天龍「泰米艾爾」。上校勞倫斯和泰米艾爾在各方壓力下，踏上了前往中國的漫長旅程…… 

东方阴谋之后，驭龙战神和他的龙族朋友再次凯旋。沉浸在冒险带来的狂喜之中，一封神秘的来信却搅乱了他们的生活……東方陰謀之后，馭龍戰神和他的龍族朋友再次凱旋。沉浸在冒險帶來的狂喜之中，一封神秘的來信卻攪亂了他們的生活…… 

海面上风起云涌，大战在即，英国海军从一艘法国舰船上俘获了一枚龙蛋。由于英国龙的数量有限，这枚龙蛋对于英国来说具有重要意义……海面上風起雲湧，大戰在即，英國海軍從一艘法國艦船上俘獲了一枚龍蛋。由於英國龍的數量有限，這枚龍蛋對於英國來說具有重要意義……

Nach einem Schiffsunglück hat Kapitän Will Lawrence alles verloren. Doch sein größter Verlust ist ihm nicht einmal bewusst. Denn durch den Unfall hat er keine Erinnerung mehr an seine Zeit als Feuerreiter oder an seinen Drachen Temeraire. Allein muss er sich den Intrigen und Machtkämpfen der mächtigen Familien Japans stellen. Währenddessen reist Temeraire ohne seinen Kapitän nach Moskau, um die Stadt gegen das größte Heer, das die Welt je gesehen hat, zu verteidigen. Im Schatten des Kremls werden sich der Kapitän und sein Drache wiedersehen - und es wird sich herausstellen, ob es tiefere Bande gibt als bloße Erinnerungen.