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Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2019 Celestial Bodies is set in the village of al-Awafi in Oman, where we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries Abdallah after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla who rejects all offers while waiting for her beloved...

Alex Rowan just wanted a normal college life. Then a pub night exploded into a chaotic maelstrom of magic, and he found himself at the epicenter of a power he can’t control—and never asked for. Swept into the secretive Court Cygnus, Alex is thrust into a hidden world of ancient factions and lethal politics. His crash course in survival comes with a catch: six stunning, powerful witches bound to him by an electrifying, dangerous connection.

Seit Brielles Mutter ihre Seele an die Dämonen verkauft hat, ist auch das Schicksal der 18-Jährigen besiegelt. Deshalb erwartet sie bei ihrer Erweckungszeremonie, die über ihr weiteres Leben entscheidet, keine großen Überraschungen. Es ist klar, dass sie an der dämonischen Tainted Academy ausgebildet wird. Als dann jedoch pechschwarze Flügel aus ihrem Rücken wachsen, wird sie wider Erwarten an der Fallen Academy der Engel aufgenommen. Mit ihren schwarzen Flügeln ist Brielle dort allerdings eine Außenseiterin.

Harmon Waite is the son of the most powerful angel in the universe. He will undergo 12 trials by fire in an unrivaled hero's journey. If he is to survive, Harmon must discover his power to fight evil on the immense stage of the Celestial Wars.

When the world is rewritten by the System, twins Kalen and Aria are torn from their family and thrust into a deadly tutorial—where every choice is permanent, every monster is lethal, and survival is anything but guaranteed.

I know three important facts. One: I'm locked up, and my mates betrayed me. Two: Severi isn't dead. And three: If I don't get out, Starlight City is going down with my Nexus. After running for five years, I'm back in Starlight City, and my mates finally found out what is wrong with my Nexus. In an unexpected turn of events, my own mates turned against me and handed me over to the new Alpha Supreme, leaving me no choice but to face a trial that will determine my fate in light of the crimes I have been accused of. 

Princess assassin Gray Monroe is ordered by her father to kill the villainous prince responsible for throwing the modern world into a post-apocalyptic society. In a decrepit landscape where two magical species war with one another while a human militia hunts them all, Gray has only one thing on her mind: vengeance. With a single focus on killing the man who murdered her first love, she believes nothing will stop her. That is until she hesitates when she comes face-to-face with her nemesis at long last.

‘Exquisite and deeply felt’ VOGUE ‘Beautifully rendered’ GRAZIA ‘Magnificent … melds sharp insight with great heart’ NICOLA DINAN ‘Thoughtful and beautifully compelling’ ALICE WINN A beautiful, heartbreaking novel about ambition, love and space from the award-winning author of...

Brielle ist aus der Hölle entkommen – und Luzifer kocht vor Wut. Er plant, seinen Ärger an den Bewohnern der Erde auszulassen. Währenddessen ist Chaos in Angel City ausgebrochen, und die Armee der Fallen Academy versucht alles, um die Stadt vor dem Untergang zu bewahren. Währenddessen trainiert Brielle für den Kampf ihres Lebens: Sie ist endlich bereit, die Prophezeiung zu erfüllen – und Luzifer ein für alle Mal zu vernichten.

School is back in session, and we are no closer to getting my dad back. To make matters worse, demons have been getting through to Earth at an alarming rate, and hell on Earth is coming unless I can stop it. In order to save everyone and everything I love, I'll have to face my fears. With the help of Tobias, Asher, Oliver, and Reve, I know I can do anything. Even if that means going to a place that sends shivers down my spine.

Winning a seat on the Council was supposed to be the victory lap. Instead, Alex finds himself guarding the Unravelling Engine—a magical doomsday device ticking down to erase every scrap of magic from the world. Six beautiful, deadly witches who wield magic more powerful than anything the Courts have seen in centuries are his warriors, his strategists, his family... and his lovers. An ancient, parasitic madness—the Insanity—is spreading through the Celestial Courts, turning allies into monsters and leaders into puppets.

Long Wu Ying has ascended to the Heavens, fulfilling the ultimate dream of all cultivators. However, the heavens are not all that it seems, and his vow to raise his lover to the realms of immortality conflicts with the Jade Palace’s rules. In the Middle Kingdom, the fracturing of an empire echoes across the kingdoms. As states rush to fill the power vacuum, war-weary armies march with little food, weakened by years of drought. Wu Ying’s mortal friends are caught in the middle of the conflict.

An der Fallen Academy, wo Brielle Atwater eigentlich ihr drittes Schuljahr antreten sollte, glauben alle, sie sei tot. Doch Luzifer hat sie in die Unterwelt verschleppt und hält sie dort gefangen. Er braucht Brielle, um seine Rachepläne in die Tat umzusetzen und die Erzengel zu töten. Sie allerdings denkt gar nicht daran, sich zu unterwerfen. Mit Hilfe einer Verbündeten gelingt ihr nach Monaten die Flucht aus der Hölle. Aber der Kampf geht weiter, denn Lincoln ist verschwunden. Wird sie den Teufel besiegen und ihre große Liebe retten können?

Brielle Atwater ist sich bei drei Dingen absolut sicher: 1. Schwarze Flügel zu haben ist NICHT normal. 2. Ihre Seele an die Dämonen zu verkaufen war ein riesengroßer Fehler. 3. Lincoln Grey ist der größte Idiot, den sie je getroffen hat ... aber sich nicht in ihn zu verlieben ist quasi unmöglich.

Before there was Griffin Silas, there was Chrome Freyr… Two elite teen Kinetic Warriors must protect the princess at all costs, but they never anticipated that they would both fall in the process. Chrome Freyr, the greatest Kinetic Warrior in living memory, is only sixteen years old. The only...

Hope is but a wicked torment. A land steeped in tainted magic poisons the human world. Kinetics are hellbent on eliminating the Elementals. And the man who once swore to protect them is gone. Still reeling from the events that transpired at the King's Palace and Chrome's devolution, Gray takes...

In a post-apocalyptic world scarred by monsters and societal collapse, a stoic wanderer named Agrippa rescues a young woman named Claudia from bandits and a monstrous dog near the isolated settlement of Mist. Reluctantly, Agrippa accompanies Claudia back to Mist, only to witness it be devastated by a massive, slug-like creature known as a loimos. The monster infects the settlement with a deadly green miasma, leaving survivors doomed without a cure.

My dad is the literal devil, and he's had enough. With a single impulsive decision, my whole life is turned upside down. I'm no stranger to fending for myself, but when I make an epic mistake, I'm left with no choice but to face my father, Lucifer. I'm eighteen and can make my own decisions, but that doesn't stop him from sending me to my worst nightmare. I might be half angel, but attending an academy full of angels when you don't have wings and your dad is the devil is my own personal hell.

As Lucy Muchelney watches her ex-lover’s sham of a wedding, she wishes herself anywhere else. It isn’t until she finds a letter from the Countess of Moth, looking for someone to translate a groundbreaking French astronomy text, that she knows where to go. Showing up at the Countess’ London...

Raised far away on the moon, Xingyin was unaware she was being hidden from the Celestial Emperor–who exiled her mother for stealing the elixir of immortality. But when her magic flares and reveals her, Xingyin is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind. Alone, powerless and afraid, Xingyin makes her way to the Celestial Kingdom, a land of wonder and secrets. In disguise, she trains alongside the emperor’s son, mastering archery and magic, despite the passion that flames between them.