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Brought to you by Penguin. AUREN'S STORY ISN'T OVER YET. SHE WILL FLY. SHE WILL SOAR. One king caged my body. Another has caged my mind. War has broken out between Annwyn and Orea, though that’s not the only battle being waged. There’s a fight inside me, and it’s one I’m determined to...

In 1890s Paris, a librarian and a detective must track down a killer – before the city goes up in flames. The Mortal Word is the enthralling fifth instalment in the Invisible Library series from Genevieve Cogman. A corrupt countess. A spy in danger. And an assassin. Peace talks are always...

Harry Dresden ist tot, doch auch noch als Geist setzt er alles daran, seine Freunde und die Bewohner Chicagos zu beschützen. Der 13. dunkle Fall des Harry Dresden. Mein Name ist Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, und ich war der mächtigste Magier Chicagos – bis ich ermordet wurde. Dass ich diese Geschichte erzählen kann, liegt daran, dass ich ein Geist bin. Ich schien dazu verdammt zu sein zuzusehen, wie meine Freunde ohne mich den übernatürlichen Gefahren meiner Heimatstadt gegenübertreten mussten. Doch auch für Geister ist Chicago gefährlich, und vielleicht war es ganz gut, dass ich nun ein körperloses Gespenst war.

Max is no stranger to taking matters into her own hands. Especially when she's had A Brilliant Idea. Yes, it will mean breaking a few rules, but - as Max always says - they're not her rules. Seconded to the Time Police to join in the hunt for the renegade Clive Ronan, Max is a long way from St Mary's. But life in the future does have its plus points - although not for long. A problem with the Time Map reveals chaos in the 16th century and the wrong Tudor queen on the throne. History has gone rogue, there's a St Mary's team right in the firing line and Max must step up.  

In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored and utterly out of place. But her quiet existence is shattered when she stumbles across a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page reveals more impossible truths about the world, and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own. 

Vor langer Zeit kämpfte das Mädchen Morrighan mit ihrer Familie ums Überleben. Ihre Geschichte spielt in einer Zeit, bevor Lia und Rafe, Kazi und Jase geboren waren und sogar noch vor der Gründung der großen Königreiche. Mary E. Pearson erzählt gefühlvoll und märchenhaft von diesen lange vergangenen Zeiten. Sie lässt die Magie der Vorzeit wiederaufleben und zieht die Fans hinein in Morrighans Geschichte. Und in die hochromantische Liebe zu einem Jungen, die unter allen Umständen verboten ist.

Dhalia, eine junge Fürstentochter, wächst in dem Glauben an eine alte Prophezeiung auf – ihr scheint es bestimmt zu sein, eines Tages ihr Land von der Unterdrückung durch den Herrscher zu befreien. Doch an ihrem 18. Geburtstag erkennt sie ihren Irrtum. Auf der Suche nach Antworten macht sie sich auf, das sagenumwobene Volk der Alten Feen zu finden.

Die Kämpfe toben. Kann die Wahrheit in den Seelen meiner Gefährten den Schleier aus Lügen durchbrechen? Ich bewege mich auf Messers Schneide. Bei Nacht bringe ich die dunklen Kreaturen zur Strecke, die in die Welt der Sterblichen eindringen. Bei Tag werde ich wieder zur Schülerin, versage im Unterricht und weiche den Blicken der Männer aus, die sich nicht mehr daran erinnern, dass ich deren Gefährtin bin. Die Auseinandersetzungen mit River und Cole gleichen einem Kampf an zwei Fronten. Doch nun nähert sich Ostara, die Nacht, in der die Magie am stärksten ist, und Anspannung erfüllt die Luft.

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire...

In this spellbinding dark fantasy from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg that concludes the Shattered King duology, Nym must escape the clutches of her captors and find her way back to Renn even as forbidden love, magic, and secrets collide with the weight of the crown and the war between kingdoms.

In which, a 17-year-old apprentice dealer in rare books is sent from Paris to England by her father, to obtain incunabula and medieval books of devotion - and whatever secrets of political intrigue or finance may come to hand in the process. In the course of her business, though, Minnie meets Harold Grey (Lord John’s elder brother), the newly-widowed (and alarmingly deranged) Duke of Pardloe, and things fall out.

Der junge Krieger Phaidros rettet in Theben ein ausgesetztes Baby, von dem eine ganz eigenartige Faszination ausgeht, vor dem sicheren Tod und bringt es zum Tempel der Artemis, in dem verwaiste Kinder aufgezogen werden. Jahre später, Troja ist gefallen und die Soldaten um Phaidros rüsten die Schiffe zur Heimfahrt. Da begegnen sie auf einer Insel einem seltsam schönen Jüngling und nehmen ihn gefangen. Ihm droht nun das Los als Sklave verkauft zu werden, - was für ein Frevel! Das Kentern des Schiffs ist erst der Beginn einer verheerenden Rache des gedemütigten Dionysos.

A clan of healers?! Was that even a thing? People thought we were weak and incapable of defending ourselves and our property. Those who wished to do harm swooped down on the clan like vultures. And that was a good thing! More enemies meant more harvest, and more material for my experiments.

Epheria is a land divided by war and mistrust. The High Lords of the South squabble and fight, only kept in check by the Dragonguard, traitors of a time long past, who serve the empire of the North. In the remote villages of Southern Epheria, still reeling from the tragic loss of his brother, Calen Bryer prepares for The Proving - a test of courage and skill that not all survive. But when three strangers arrive in the village of Milltown, with a secret they are willing to die for, Calen’s world is ripped from under him and he is thrust headfirst into a war.

The orphaned Elsie Camden learned as a girl that there were two kinds of wizards in the world: those who pay for the power to cast spells and those, like her, born with the ability to break them. But as an unlicensed magic user, her gift is a crime. Commissioned by an underground group known as the Cowls, Elsie uses her spellbreaking to push back against the aristocrats and help the common man. Elite magic user Bacchus Kelsey is one elusive spell away from his mastership when he catches Elsie breaking an enchantment. To protect her secret, Elsie strikes a bargain.

Europe stares into the abyss. Plague and famine stalk the land, monsters lurk in every shadow and greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions. Only one thing is certain: the elves will come again, and they will eat everyone. Sometimes, only the darkest paths lead towards the light. Paths on which the righteous will not dare to tread. And so, buried beneath the sacred splendour of the Celestial Palace, is the secret Chapel of the Holy Expediency.

The epic sequel to Taran Matharu’s instant Sunday Times bestseller, Dragon Rider, in which empires fall and dragons soar… ‘A dazzlingly epic and richly complex world of dragons, magic, and rebellion’ Amélie Wen Zhao on Dragon Rider Jai dreams of being a dragon rider. He dreams of...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A New York Times Editors’ Choice The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians Trilogy and “master storyteller” (New York Times) returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium Los Angeles Times Book Prize...

‘Fantasy as it ought to be written’ George R.R. Martin The gripping finale to Robin Hobb’s classic Farseer Trilogy. With the king no longer living and the heir, Verity, missing and declared dead, Prince Regal has treacherously seized the throne. Regal’s torture has left Fitz more dead...

I had lain down in my crypt to rest for a few decades, but when I awoke, centuries had passed. My castle is in ruins, my clan is gone, and necromancers are considered just a fairy tale for children. They take me for a healer. That's because the world is sick. And it's time for strong medicine.