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Kahlen ist eine Sirene. 100 Jahre lang muss sie dem Meer dienen, bevor sie ins Leben zurückkehren kann. Mit ihrer Schönheit und ihrer tödlichen Stimme lockt sie Schiffsreisende in die Tiefen des Wassers. Es ist zwar gefährlich, an Land Kontakt zu Menschen aufzunehmen, aber Kahlen kann der Versuchung nicht widerstehen. Sie trifft Akinli, einen attraktiven und einfühlsamen jungen Mann. Obwohl sie nicht mit ihm sprechen darf, entsteht zwischen ihnen eine einzigartige Verbindung.

Verfeindete Sirenenstämme, ein attraktiver Prinz und ein Familiengeheimnis - Romantasy pur! Regan Seaborn ist einundzwanzig, liebt das Wasser und verdammt gute Musik. Doch seit dem gewaltsamen Tod ihrer Eltern führt sie ein Leben auf der Flucht. Ihre letzte Station ist London, und auch wenn Regan klar ist, dass sie nicht lange wird bleiben können, fühlt sie eine gewisse Verbundenheit mit der Stadt. Dann taucht eines Abends der umwerfend gut aussehende Penn in ihrem Leben auf und stellt es gehörig auf den Kopf.

2019: Lucy awakens from a dream to find her hands around her ex-lover’s throat. Horrified, she flees to her older sister’s house on the Australian coast, hoping she can help explain the strangely vivid nightmare that preceded the attack—but Jess is nowhere to be found. As Lucy awaits her return, the rumors surrounding Jess’s strange small town start to emerge. Numerous men have gone missing at sea, spread over decades. A tiny baby was found hidden in a cave. And sailors tell of hearing women’s voices on the waves.

Their training complete, Fran and Teacher decided to head to the Magic Academy in Belioth to fulfill a request from Aristea. Unfortunately, Teacher's hopes for Fran to get in some normal student time alongside her peers are thwarted by an unexpected reunion--and a campus conspiracy!

It’s 2011: America is in a deep recession and Occupy Wall Street is escalating. But at the elite Wrynn College of Art, students paint and sculpt in a rarefied bubble. Louisa Arceneaux is a thoughtful, observant nineteen-year-old when she transfers to Wrynn as a scholarship student, but she soon finds herself adrift in an environment that prizes novelty over beauty. Complicating matters is Louisa’s unexpected attraction to her charismatic roommate, Karina Piontek, the preternaturally gifted but mercurial daughter of wealthy art collectors.

Against his wishes, Leon keeps getting pulled deeper and deeper into these otome game plotlines. Somehow, he's ended up with the Guardian Crest of the Sacred Tree, which is supposed to manifest on the hand of the chosen love interest. But Noelle, the new protagonist, couldn't possibly feel such things for him, right? He's going to have to figure it out fast, or Noelle might be swept away by men with far darker intentions for the Alzer Republic... and for Noelle herself.

The "Social Group" training camp has been announced, and this year it's going to focus on social interaction between grades and hands-on educational activities with no expulsion penalties or effect on class points at all. Pretty cool, huh? Well, not really, because behind the scenes of this relaxed atmosphere, Horikita is planning a grudge match against Amasawa—and she's not the only one cooking up some trouble! With the end of the school year quickly approaching, every class is making their move to come out on top!

Pursuing Soul Howl of the Nine Wise Men, Mira makes for the lush Primal Forest. Mysteriously, however, it's crawling with insanely strong monsters! The hunters who rely on the woods can only await death, trapped in their hideout. As if that weren't bad enough, the spirit-kidnapping Chimera Clausen and the Isuzu Alliance clash, with Mira caught in the middle! With all of these distractions, will Mira ever find Soul Howl?!

Hatten wir nicht genug geopfert? Genug verloren? Hatten wir nicht das Recht auf Frieden? Oder ließ sich das Böse überhaupt nicht besiegen? Versteckte es sich bloß und tarnte sich, um noch stärker zurückzuschlagen? Als diese bittere Erkenntnis in Emma reift, ist es fast schon zu spät, dagegen anzukämpfen. Denn diesmal sind nicht die Undinen ihr Gegner, sondern jemand ungleich Vertrauteres.

London 1901: Der Temple-Bezirk mit seinen alten Gebäuden und verwinkelten Straßen liegt im Herzen Londons und bildet das Zentrum der englischen Rechtswelt. Ein Ort, an dem Traditionen alles bedeuten und Mord seit Jahrhunderten nur in Fallbüchern vorkommt – bis jetzt ... Als der Anwalt Gabriel Ward an einem sonnigen Morgen im Mai aus seinen Räumen tritt, stolpert er buchstäblich über die Leiche des obersten Richters. Da die Polizei im Temple-Bezirk keine Befugnisse hat, wird Gabriel mit der Aufklärung betraut.

In this hotly-requested collection of after-stories, the colorful residents of the Spirit Realm take center stage!

Reincarnated as a sentient weapon with memories of his past life, but not his name, a magical sword saves a young beastgirl from a life of slavery. Fran, the cat-eared girl, becomes his wielder, and wants only to grow stronger, while the sword wants to know why he is here. Together, the strange duo's journey has only just begun!

Philia's family has produced saints for generations. It's no surprise that she's known as the greatest saint of all time--and set to marry the second prince, Julius. What no one expects is for Julius to call off the engagement, claiming that Philia's perfection makes her charmless and unlikable. To add insult to injury, Philia is packed off to a neighboring country in exchange for gold and resources, forcing her to leave her homeland!

When sarcastic loner Haruka gets transported with his class to another world, he's not wild about adventuring, but he wouldn't mind having some cool powers. Unfortunately, he's last in line when the magic cheat skills get divvied up, so by the time it's Haruka's turn, there are no good choices left. Now Haruka will have to take on this fantasy world the hard way—on his own, with a hodgepodge of bizarre skills! When infighting and chaos break out among his classmates, can this loner come to the rescue?

Der erste Teil der erfolgreichen Thriller-Serie um das Ermittlerduo Carol Jordan und Tony Hill beginnt mit dem Fund von vier männlichen Leichen in Yorkshire. Diese Entdeckung ist selbst für das hartgesottene Team der Mord-Kommission ein Schock: Offenbar wurden die Opfer vor ihrer Ermordung mit mittelalterlichen Folter-Instrumenten gequält und verstümmelt. Obwohl alles nach der Tat eines Serienkillers aussieht, besteht der Superintendent darauf, dass die Morde getrennt voneinander untersucht werden.

The kraken has been slain, but Yuna's seaside commerce career is just beginning! Faced with the problem of transporting goods, the Bloody Bear sets out to establish a secure trade route between Mileela and Crimonia—even if she has to cut her way across the land with magic to do it. Denizens of the world, watch out: this bear stops for nothing!

We all feel it—the distraction, the loss of focus, the addictive focus on the wrong things for too long. Something has changed utterly: For most of human history, the boundary between public and private has been clear, at least in theory. Now, as Chris Hayes writes, “With the help of a few tech firms, we basically tore it down in about a decade.” Hayes argues that we are in the midst of a transi­tion whose only parallel is that of labor in the nineteenth century: Attention has become a commodified resource extracted from us, and from which we are increasingly alienated.

Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night with her hands around his throat. Horrified, she flees to her sister’s house on the coast of New South Wales, hoping Jess can help explain the vivid dreams that preceded the attack – but her sister is nowhere to be found. As Lucy waits for her return, she starts to unearth strange rumours about Jess’s town. Tales of numerous missing men, spread over decades. A baby abandoned in a sea-swept cave. Whispers of women’s voices on the waves. All the while, her dreams start to feel closer than ever…

Shinonome, a Tsukumogami, runs the spirit realm's only bookstore with his daughter, Kaori, who happens to be a different species entirely. Now, the spirit and human father-daughter pair are faced with decisions that will change the course of their lives forever. Prepare to laugh, cry, and go through a rollercoaster of emotions with the conclusion of this heartwarming tale of the spirit realm!

Aufmerksamkeit ist zu einer kommerziellen Ressource geworden. Einst waren die Sirenen mythische Wesen, die umherfahrende Seeleute in den Tod lockten. Heute ertönen sie rund um die Uhr in unseren Küchen und Schlafzimmern, beauftragt von den wertvollsten Unternehmen der Weltgeschichte, deren Ziel es ist, unsere gesamte Aufmerksamkeit auf sich zu bündeln. Das Ergebnis: Ständig starren wir auf unsere Handys und verlieren die Welt um uns herum aus den Augen.