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Lor has endured twelve long years of torment under the Aurora King's rule. Her only desire is to get free and pay him back for every moment of misery she's endured. When a surprise release finds her in the hands of the Sun King, Lor is thrust into the spotlight as she competes against nine other tributes for the role of queen. If she wins his heart, she'll earn her freedom and finally get her revenge. But Lor doesn't belong in the Sun Queen trials.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, winner of the 2019 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he...

Nach zwölf langen Jahren im Kerker des Aurorakönigs hat Lor nur ein Ziel: dem grausamen High Fae jeden einzelnen Moment ihres Elends heimzuzahlen und mit ihren Geschwistern zu fliehen. Als sie gegen jede Wahrscheinlichkeit – und gegen alle Regeln – an den Hof des rivalisierenden Sonnenkönigs gelangt, scheint ihre Rache in greifbarer Nähe. Denn Lor wurde auserwählt mit neun anderen Tributen um die Hand des äußerst attraktiven Königs zu kämpfen und den Thron an seiner Seite zu erklimmen. Nur wenn ihr das gelingt, ist sie frei und kann ihre Familie retten.

2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on the outskirts of the city, twenty-year-old medical student Theo gets up one morning, leaving behind his sleeping girlfriend, Dani, and his studies - never to be seen again. With too many unanswered questions, Dani simply can't accept Theo's disappearance and reports him missing, even though no one else seems concerned, including Theo's father. Ten years later, Dani returns to the college as a history professor. 

A Trial of the Century Was Lizzie Borden Guilty of Murder? In the dock: Lizzie Borden, accused of murdering her father and stepmother with a hatchet. In 1893, Lizzie Borden stood trial for the brutal murders of her father, Andrew, and stepmother, Abby, in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts...

Brought to you by Penguin. MURDER AND DECEPTION IN THE OLD BAILEY. Meet Adam Green. Misfit. Purveyor of justice. Barrister-in-training. When hero policeman Grant Cliveden dies from a poisoning in the Old Bailey, it threatens to shake the country to its core. The evidence points to one man. Jimmy...

One morning Josef K. is arrested for a crime he did not commit. In fact, he is never even told the nature of the offense. His life is thrown into turmoil as he becomes enmeshed in a struggle to prove his innocence. As the confounding case unfolds, K. is ultimately powerless—battling against a remote and uncaring bureaucracy.

Dragonis Academy makes rulers or weapons, and I don't need a crown to prove myself. My plan is to enter the academy, march into Shadowcarve, and sharpen the blade my father always wanted. I'm a Shadowblade, the hidden knife in the night—unseen by you, unexpected by them, honed for a marriage I never wanted. Dad took the girl I was, but the woman I am is untouchable. A fated mate will break my chains, and Dragonis Academy? They're about to learn what real terror is. I'm not bending the knee unless I'm kicking the old ways in the teeth.

Brought to you by Puffin. The latest series from international bestselling author, Rick Riordan He was once an immortal God. Now, he's a teenage boy called Lester. Apollo has angered his father Zeus for the last time. So, how do you punish an immortal? By making him human. Obviously. Cast down...

Er ist der Feind. Und doch ist sie ihm längst verfallen. In Isandia ist das Schicksal jeder Hexe vorherbestimmt: Mit einundzwanzig müssen alle an den Blod Ed Trials teilnehmen – einem grausamen Wettkampf, der für eine magielose Hexe wie Amara den sicheren Tod bedeutet. Während der...

Elijah Hart faces his toughest challenge yet in the epic fifth installment of this apocalypse adventure series from the author of Death: Genesis. The Trial of Primacy has finally arrived, pitting Earth's mightiest champions against one another in a hostile environment filled with deadly...

Alle zehn Jahre zwingen die Elfen dreizehn Sterbliche in die Mortal Trials. Der Preis: Unsterblichkeit. Doch niemand kehrt je zurück. Als Lirah ausgewählt wird, weiß sie, dass sie sterben wird. Zwischen grausamen Prüfungen, dunkler Magie und Intrigen am Elfenhof kämpft sie ums Überleben...

War breaks out in all its bloody cruelty among the three kingdoms. The Dark Lady's evil claws of darkness are already tearing the continent apart.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE MILLION-COPY SELLING AUTHOR 'Mind-bending and brilliant' LISA JEWELL 'What an ending. . . Genius' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 'An utter masterpiece' SOPHIE HANNAH -------------------------------------------- TWO TEENAGE GIRLS. ONE MURDERED CLASSMATE. AND A...

Josef K. is an employee at a bank, an Everyman without any particular qualities or ambitions. His inconsequence makes doubly strange his “arrest” by an officer of the court, made with no formal charges or explanation. Disoriented and consumed with guilt for a “crime” he does not...

Lieutenant James Shelley and his squad of US Army soldiers were on a quest for justice when they carried out the unauthorized mission known as First Light. They returned home to America to face a court-martial, determined to expose the corruption in the chain of command that compelled their actions. But in a country still reeling from the nuclear terrorism of Coma Day, the courtroom is just one battlefield of many.

Als die junge Engel Everly einen Höllenhund tötet, erscheint der Teufel höchstpersönlich und fordert Wiedergutmachung. Zu ihrem Entsetzen tritt er vor die herrschenden Erzengel, die daraufhin Everly zur Strafe in die Hölle verbannen. Doch ein geheimes Angebot bietet ihr die Chance, ihre Verbannung aufzuheben: Sie soll das Schwert des Teufels stehlen.

One nation under his reign. The seven deadly sins caused humanity to pay the price. Cali Nasser grew up in a world succeeding World War III. The aftermath forced the world dictatorship that she must now live in. A new Regime arose from the ashes. They demand obedience and cooperation from every citizen, even in matters of the heart. With mandatory arranged marriages at the age of twenty-one, the only way to fight for love is through the Temptation Trials—a government-sponsored reality show. Cali never understood how people allowed the Regime to test their love through the Trials.

Pigs on Trial looks at the natural behaviour of pigs and dispels the notion of laziness but it probes even deeper to the Middle Ages when some pigs were put on trial in a court of law for harming or killing children. They had their own defense lawyers who argued on their behalf and tried to deny...

Captain Andrew Dawes and his crew survived the Reaping Dungeon. But Earth isn't the sanctuary they left behind. Three years have passed in Andrew's absence, and humanity now lives under alien rule. The ruins he fought to protect have become a battlefield, and the enemies waiting in the shadows...