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Der Vatikan-Thriller von Bestsellerautor Arno Strobel: Als der neu gewählte Papst die Loggia über dem Petersplatz betritt, fällt ein Schuss - er ist tödlich! Schnell wird der Attentäter gefasst, der jedoch jegliche Aussage verweigert. Stattdessen spielt er Bischof Corsetti eine mysteriöse Kiste zu. Die Kiste ist schwer und randvoll mit Tagebüchern, die ein noch schwerer wiegendes Geheimnis bergen: Sie führen Corsetti auf die Spur einer Bruderschaft, die ein Komplott gegen die katholische Kirche schmiedet.

Die Rückkehr nach Kol war ein großer Fehler: Tarl, Ceres und Magnus wurden verraten. Als Gefangene müssen sie erneut in der Arena antreten. Und diesmal kann es nur einen Sieger geben: die Bestien. Dazu tobt in der Stadt ein mörderischer Krieg zwischen den Einwohnern, und niemand weiß, warum. Die letzten Tage der Menschheit scheinen endgültig angebrochen, doch dann findet Balger im weitläufigen Land einen geheimnisvollen Plan, der alles verändern könnte. Wird er damit nach Kol zurückkehren und seine Freunde retten, oder entscheidet er sich für die Freiheit?

Der Krieg zwischen Assassinen und Templern richtet im viktorianischen Zeitalter verheerende Schäden an. London, 1851: Als Pierette, eine wagemutige Akrobatin, die auf der Weltausstellung auftritt, die Mathematikerin Ada Lovelace vor einer Bande von Schlägern rettet, gerät sie in die uralte Fehde zwischen Assassinen und Templern. Doch Lovelace ist schwer krank. Sie teilt Pierette ihre Geheimnisse mit und schickt die Akrobatin auf die Suche nach einer schrecklichen Waffe – der Maschine der Geschichte –, die sie für eine rätselhafte Gestalt namens "der Magus" entwickelt hat.

John Fowles’s The Magus was a literary landmark of the 1960s. Nicholas Urfe goes to a Greek island to teach at a private school and becomes enmeshed in curious happenings at the home of a mysterious Greek recluse, Maurice Conchis. Are these events, involving attractive young English sisters, just psychological games, or an elaborate joke, or more? Reality shifts as the story unfolds. The Magus reflected the issues of the 1960s perfectly, and it continues to create tension and concern today.

Kai had defeated the beast wave and had been promoted to Count. But problems don't seem to end for him. Not only did he have to fend off the nobles interested in his mana cannons and gain control over his newfound territory, he also had been invited to Sylvastra, the lands of the elves who call him the Fatebreaker to meet the Elder Tree.

Kai had survived the treacherous Mage trying to kill him in his own house. But new enemies loom over the horizon. Having increased his personal strength and taking control over the City of Veralt, Kai had just began to learn the ropes of being a noble lord when trouble knocks on his door. Summoned by the Archine Tower that may or may not be the one trying to kill him, he moves to the capital with his trusted subordinates to dip his toe in the muddy waters of capital politics. To make matters worse, a beast wave threatens to crush over his city.

Die Suche des Magiers Sir X nach dem Konzil der Elemente ist die große Handlung, welche die Geschehnisse der Serie "Die Letzten Helden“ in Gang setzt. Doch was wäre, wenn er sie nie begonnen hätte? Was, wenn er, als er noch ein Adept der Magierakademie von Falkenfels war, einen anderen Pfad eingeschlagen hätte? Wäre es zu den gleichen, welterschütternden Umwälzungen gekommen? Oder hätte ein Eingriff in den Ablauf der Dinge weitere Kreise gezogen und schließlich zu einer gänzlich neuen Realität geführt? "Die Abenteuer der Letzten Helden“ geht dieser Frage nach und erzählt von dieser Realität.

Kai of the Sorcerer's Tower was one of the last Mages left, barely surviving in a world contaminated with dead mana and ruled by creatures of the dark. To save his world and fulfill his master's last wish, he puts himself through a forbidden ritual, risking his soul being ripped into pieces to make his way into the past, to a golden era with abundant mana. But things go wrong. He overshoots and finds himself in an ancient time thousands of years earlier, within the body of a young lord named Arzan.

Alex dominiert den New Yorker Pfeilmarkt und bereitet sich darauf vor, seine Seele mit seinem besten Corgi-Freund zu verbinden. Louie lernt Zaubersprüche und genießt den ultimativen Genuss des Lebens: Speck. Rory stellt nach Herzenslust Gegenstände her und spart, um sein angestammtes Zuhause zurückzubekommen.

“That boy thinks the world of you,” Xiaolang murmured. “And….” he visibly hesitated, slanting a questioning look at me from the corner of his eye. “And…?” I encouraged him. Xiaolang rarely hesitates in his speech. When he wanted to say something, he said it. “He’ll be very important in the future,” Xiaolang murmured. “I’m not sure how to put this….” he paused, mouth rummaging for words. “Something will change very soon, Garth. Someone will be discovered who will change everything. When that happens, you need to trust Trev’nor like he trusts you.

Nicholas Urfe, a young British graduate, runs away from his monotonous life to take up a teaching post on the small Greek island of Phraxos. There he meets the enigmatic figure of Maurice Conchis, and slowly gets drawn into a world full of strange encounters and psychological tricks on Conchis's...

At the heart of the extraordinary ferment of the High Renaissance stood a distinctive, strange and beguiling figure: the magus. An unstable mix of scientist, bibliophile, engineer, fabulist and fraud, the magus ushered in modern physics and chemistry while also working on everything from secret codes to siege engines to magic tricks. Anthony Grafton's wonderfully original book discusses the careers of men who somehow managed to be both figures of startling genius and - by some measures - credulous or worse.

London, 1851—When Pierette, a daring acrobat performing at the Great Exhibition, rescues the mathematician Ada Lovelace from a gang of thugs, she becomes immersed in an ancient feud between Assassins and Templars. But Lovelace is gravely ill, and shares her secrets with Pierette, sending the acrobat in search of a terrible weapon–the Engine of History–which she’d been developing for a shadowy figure known as “the Magus”. Pierette’s only ally is Simeon Price, Lovelace’s childhood friend who belongs to a Brotherhood devoted to freedom. 

'If this book is not popular with fans of The White Lotus, something is definitely awry . . . [a] sumptuously set mystery' Daily Mirror 'Invokes Italy's most exquisite island as a setting for myth and murder . . . Truly evocative' Financial Times 'Tension that keeps us rooted to the page' Daily...

Book 3 of A Dream of Wings and Flame, a new LitRPG Series from bestseller Cale Plamann. Sam must to throw off the shackles placed on his tiny, scaled body by fate so that he can claim his birthright once and for all.

Raphael the Dragon Magus has resurrected his father. In doing so, he has given new life to a dead dragon. But his adventures are only beginning. Raphael will have to venture into foreign territory to face an army of ogres and goblins, in the hopes of resurrecting another dead dragon. All the while, Raphael will have to grow stronger. There are more Draconic Braziers to light, spells to learn, and friends to make. Join Raphael and the Hell Drakes as they go against seemingly insurmountable odds and delve deeper into the mystery of dragonkind.

After defeating Vukaste the ogre lord, Raphael and the rest of his war party turn their attention to the rest of the ogre towers. What seems a simple campaign turns into one that will strike at the heart of Raphael. Like the extinction of dragons, his origins were always shrouded in mystery. But when they are revealed, will he be able to handle the knowledge of who he truly is?