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Die junge Yumeko ist eine Gestaltwandlerin - halb Mensch, halb Füchsin. Im Kloster der Schweigenden Winde lernt sie ihre magischen Kräfte zu kontrollieren. Doch eines Nachts greifen mörderische Dämonen den Tempel an und setzen ihn in Brand. Yumeko gelingt es zu fliehen, mit einem letzten Vermächtnis der Mönche in der Tasche: einer geheimnisvollen Pergamentrolle. Darauf befindet sich der Teil einer uralten Beschwörung, die so gefährlich ist, dass sie einst in drei Teile zerrissen und an verschiedenen Orten aufbewahrt wurde.

Die Gestaltwandlerin Yumeko hat eine gefährliche Mission: Sie muss eine hochgeheime Pergamentrolle in Sicherheit bringen. Gerät das Schriftstück in die falschen Hände, könnte ein einziger böser Wunsch das ganze Reich für immer in die Finsternis stürzen. In dem wortkargen Samurai Tatsumi hatte sie einen starken Begleiter gefunden, der ihr Freund und Vertrauter wurde - und sogar ein wenig mehr. Doch Yumeko hat auch einen unberechenbaren Feind: den Dämon Hakaimono, der Jahrhunderte lang in das Samuraischwert Tatsumis gebannt war.

Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan Chase has never fit in anywhere. Deserted by the prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to Mab, the Winter faery queen. As war looms between Summer and Winter, Meghan knows the real danger comes from the Iron fey—ironbound faeries that only she and her absent prince have seen. Worse, Meghan’s fledgling fey powers have been cut off. She’s stuck in Faery with only her wits for help.

Schwebende Inseln, Magie und Drachen – für Fans von Christopher Paolinis Bestsellerreihe Eragon Sagenumwoben und mysteriös – so bezeichnen die Menschen die Drachen, die einst die Magie zu ihnen brachten. Als die Welt ins Wanken gerät, beginnt die Suche nach diesen fantastischen Wesen. Doch nicht jeder hat dabei Gutes im Sinn.Drachen bedeuten Abenteuer. Das wird Remy schnell klar, als ihm ein Gewitter ein Drachenbaby in die Arme weht. Er spürt sofort eine besondere Verbindung zu dem Tier, nennt es Storm und schwört, es zu beschützen. Koste es, was es wolle.

Schwebende Inseln und magische Stürme – Band 2 des fantastischen Drachenabenteuers von Bestsellerautorin Julie Kagawa Einst beherrschten sagenumwobene Drachen die Magie, nach der auch die Menschen von Galecia strebten. Als das Königreich ins Wanken gerät, beginnt die Suche nach den fantastischen Wesen. Doch die gefährliche Reise bringt Düsteres ans Licht. Nachdem Remy und Prinzessin Gem das Gewitter am Ende der Welt knapp überlebt haben, erhalten sie einen Hinweis auf einen alten Wahren Drachen. Gemeinsam folgen sie der Spur bis in scheinbar verlassene Gebiete der schwebenden Welt.

Meghan Chase thought her time with the fey was over, that the sacrifices she had to make were done. But war is brewing as another Iron King rises to destroy the courts of Faery and corrupt the Nevernever forever. The age-old rivalry of the Summer and Winter courts must be put aside as the rulers prepare to face their mutual enemy…and Meghan must step up once more and finally claim her secret destiny. But first, she must make one final, heartbreaking sacrifice.

MY NAME IS MEGHAN CHASE. In less than twenty-four hours, I’ll be sixteen. Countless stories, songs and poems have been written about this wonderful age, when a girl finds true love and the stars shine for her and the handsome prince carries her off into the sunset. I DON’T THINK IT WILL BE THAT WAY FOR ME.

Long ago, dragons were hunted to near extinction by the Order of St. George, a legendary society of dragon slayers. Hiding in human form and growing their numbers in secret, the dragons of Talon have becomestrong and cunning, and they're positioned to take over the world with humans none the wiser. Ember and Dante Hill are the only sister and brother known to dragonkind. Trained to infiltrate society, Ember wants to live the teen experience and enjoy a summer of freedom before taking her destined place in Talon.

When forced to choose between safety with the dragon organization Talon and being hunted forever as an outcast, Ember Hill chose to stand with Riley and his band of rogue dragons rather than become an assassin for Talon. She's lost any contact with her twin brother, Dante, a Talon devotee, as well as Garret, the former-enemy soldier who challenged her beliefs about her human side.

Dragon hatchling Ember Hill was never prepared to find love at all - dragons do not suffer human emotions - let alone with a human, and a former dragonslayer at that. With Garret, an ex-soldier of St. George, dying at her feet after sacrificing his freedom and his life to expose the deepest of betrayals, Ember knows only that nothing she was taught by the dragon organization Talon is true. About humans, about rogue dragons, about herself and what she's capable of doing and feeling.

When seventeen-year-old Sparrow joined the Thieves Guild she made a vow of binding loyalty to their cause. So when a mission comes along from The Circle, a group of mysterious, dangerous beings who control the Thieves Guild from the shadows, Sparrow is determined to cement her place in the guild. What ensues is a death-defying adventure that has Sparrow and her band of thieves venturing into the heart of the forgotten city of the Deathless King.

After his unexpected journey into the lands of the fey, Ethan Chase just wants to get back to normal. Well, as "normal" as you can be when you see faeries every day of your life. Suddenly the former loner with the bad reputation has someone to try for—his girlfriend, Kenzie. Never mind that he's forbidden to see her again. But when your name is Ethan Chase and your sister is one of the most powerful faeries in the Nevernever, "normal" simply isn't to be.

To save everyone she loves from imminent death, kitsune shape-shifter Yumeko gave up the final piece of the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers. Now, she and her ragtag band of companions must make one desperate final effort to stop the Master of Demons from using the scroll to call the Great Kami Dragon and make the wish that will plunge the empire into chaos. Shadow clan assassin Kage Tatsumi has regained control of his body and agreed to a true deal with the devil - the demon inside him, Hakaimono. They will share his body and work with Yumeko to stop a madman.

From the New York Times, USA Today, and international best-selling author of the Iron Fey and the Blood of Eden series comes the fiery, hugely anticipated finale of the Talon Saga. What if dragons walked among us in human form? Enter a modern fantasy of heroes, sacrifice, forbidden love, and enemies turned allies who have no choice but to fight side by side. Don't miss the epic conclusion as Ember, Riley, and Garrett face off against Dante and the Talon dragon clones.

One thousand years ago, the great Kami Dragon was summoned to grant a single terrible wish - and the land of Iwagoto was plunged into an age of darkness and chaos. Now, for whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, a new wish will be granted. A new age is about to dawn.

Ember Hill left the dragon organization Talon to take her chances with rebel dragon Cobalt and his crew of rogues. But Ember can't forget the sacrifice made for her by the human boy who could have killed her - Garret Xavier Sebastian, a soldier of the dragon-slaying Order of St. George, the boy who saved her from a Talon assassin, knowing that by doing so he'd signed his own death warrant.

One thousand years ago, a wish was made to the Harbinger of Change, and a sword of rage and lightning was forged. Kamigoroshi. The Godslayer. It had one task: to seal away the powerful demon Hakaimono. Now, he has broken free.

After leaping through the portal to Evenfall, Meghan and her companions find themselves in a terrifying new world where Nightmares roam and glamour is nearly nonexistent. As their magic wanes and the creatures of Evenfall rise against them, the race to find the Nightmare King grows ever more desperate. But what they discover—about Evenfall, about the Nightmare King, about themselves—will shake everything they thought they knew to the core.

Waking after a month on the brink of death, Ethan Chase is stunned to learn that the Veil that conceals the fey from human sight was temporarily torn away. Although humankind’s glimpse of the world of Faery lasted just a brief moment, the human world was cast into chaos, and the emotion and glamour produced by fear and wonder has renewed the tremendous power of the Forgotten Queen. Now she is at the forefront of an uprising against the courts of Faery - a reckoning that will have cataclysmic effects on the Nevernever.

That is Ethan Chase's unbreakable rule. Until the fey he avoids at all costs begin to disappear, and Ethan is attacked. Now he must change the rules to protect his family. To save a girl he never thought he'd dare to fall for. Ethan thought he had protected himself from his older sister's world—the land of Faery. His previous time in the Iron Realm left him with nothing but fear and disgust for the world Meghan Chase has made her home, a land of myth and talking cats, of magic and seductive enemies. But when destiny comes for Ethan, there is no escape from a danger long, long forgotten.