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Atticus O'Sullivan, last of the Druids, doesn't care much for witches. Still, he's about to make nice with the local coven by signing a mutually beneficial nonaggression treaty - when suddenly the witch population in modern-day Tempe, Arizona, quadruples overnight. And the new girls are not just bad, they're badasses with a dark history on the German side of World War II.

After 12 years of secret training, Atticus O'Sullivan is finally ready to bind his apprentice, Granuaile, to the earth and double the number of Druids in the world. But on the eve of the ritual, the world that thought he was dead abruptly discovers that he's still alive, and they would much rather he return to the grave. Having no other choice, Atticus, his trusted Irish wolfhound, Oberon, and Granuaile travel to the base of Mount Olympus, where the Roman god Bacchus is anxious to take his sworn revenge...

Benjamin Lacombe ist schon seit langer Zeit ein großer Fan der Kultur Japans, in der modernste Technik mit der Vorstellung einer von Geistern belebten Natur einhergeht. So war es unausweichlich, dass er irgendwann auf die berühmte Sammlung japanischer Gespenstergeschichten von Lafcadio Hearn stieß. "In Ghostly Japan" erschien erstmals 1899 in Boston. Hearn lebte zu diesem Zeitpunkt bereits seit neun Jahren in Japan, war mittlerweile Professor für englische Literatur an der Kaiserlichen Universität Tokio und mit der Tochter eines Samurai verheiratet.

Set in a mythical, feudal, Japanese land, a world both beautiful and cruel, the intense love story of two young people takes place against a background of warring clans, secret alliances, high honour and lightning swordplay. Lian Hearn's stunningly powerful bestseller, Across the Nightingale...

Al MacBharrais is both blessed and cursed. He is blessed with an extraordinary white moustache, an appreciation for craft cocktails - and a most unique magical talent. He can cast spells with magically enchanted ink and he uses his gifts to protect our world from rogue minions of various pantheons, especially the Fae.

Al MacBharrais is both blessed and cursed. He is blessed with an extraordinary white moustache, an appreciation for craft cocktails - and a most unique magical talent. He can cast spells with magically enchanted ink, and he uses his gifts to protect our world from rogue minions of various pantheons, especially the Fae. But he is also cursed. Anyone who hears his voice will begin to feel an inexplicable hatred for Al, so he can only communicate through the written word or speech apps.

Otori Takeo and Kaede have ruled the Three Countries peacefully for over 16 years, following the events laid out in the epic Tales of the Otori. They have three daughters: Shigeko, 15 years old and heir to the Otori, and Maya and Miki, 13-year-old twins who have inherited the supernatural skills of their father. Kaede knows nothing of the prophecy that Takeo will die at the hands of his son and longs to give him a male child. Nor does she know of the boy he fathered 16 years ago.

Druid Atticus O'Sullivan hasn't stayed alive for more than two millennia without a fair bit of Celtic cunning. So when vengeful thunder gods come Norse by Southwest looking for payback, Atticus, with a little help from the Navajo trickster god Coyote, lets them think that they've chopped up his body in the Arizona desert. But the mischievous Coyote is not above a little sleight of paw, and Atticus soon finds that he's been duped into battling bloodthirsty desert shapeshifters called skinwalkers.

Die Götter des Altertums leben und die moderne Welt ist ihr Spielball. Mitten drin steckt Atticus O' Sullivan, der zweitausend Jahre alte Druide. Neun fesselnde Erzählungen, die nicht nur der Druidengehilfin Granuaille zur Anschauung dienen, sondern den Hörer gleichermaßen das Lachen und das Fürchten lehren. Im alten Ägypten nimmt Atticus an einem Überfall auf die Geheimkammer unter der Bibliothek von Alexandria teil. Doch wer hätte gedacht, dass im Team des Wachdienstes ausgerechnet zwei ägyptische Götter arbeiten?

Atticus O'Sullivan führt ein scheinbar friedliches Dasein in Arizona. In seinem Laden bekommt man alles, was man so braucht. Nachbarn und Kunden halten ihn für einen netten, tätowierten jungen Mann. Tatsächlich ist Atticus aber nicht 21, sondern über 2.100 Jahre alt: Er ist der letzte lebende Druide...

The acclaimed author Kevin Hearne returns with a brand new novel in his epic urban fantasy series starring the unforgettable Atticus O'Sullivan. For nearly two thousand years, there was only one Druid left walking the Earth - Atticus O'Sullivan, the Iron Druid, whose sharp wit and sharp sword kept him alive while pursued by a pantheon of hostile deities. Now he's got company. Atticus' apprentice, Granuaile, is finally a full Druid herself.

The ancient gods are alive and well in the modern world.... Discover this action-packed collection of short stories featuring Atticus O'Sullivan - the 2,000-year-old tattooed Irishman with extraordinary powers from Kevin Hearne's New York Times best-selling Iron Druid Chronicles. In ancient Egypt, Atticus raids a secret chamber underneath the library of Alexandria, dodging deadly traps, only to learn that onsite security includes two members of the Egyptian pantheon....

In Japan war die Welt allenthalben belebt von Naturwesen, die dort yôkai heißen. Solch ein Wesen ist etwa der Hai, den ein Mann auf einer Brücke trifft und der verzweifelt ist, weil er aus dem Palast des Meeresdrachen ausgestoßen wurde. Der Mann hat Mitleid und gewährt dem Haifischmenschen Asyl in seinem Teich. Als sein Retter liebeskrank daniederliegt, weil er den Brautpreis für seine Angebetete nicht zahlen kann, grämt sich der Haifischmensch so sehr, dass er Tränen weint, die sich schließlich zu Saphiren verfestigen.

Thor, the Norse god of thunder, is worse than a blowhard and a bully - he's ruined countless lives and killed scores of innocents. After centuries, Viking vampire Leif Helgarson is ready to get his vengeance, and he's asked his friend Atticus O'Sullivan, the last of the Druids, to help take down this Norse nightmare. One survival strategy has worked for Atticus for more than two thousand years: stay away from the guy with the lightning bolts. But things are heating up in Atticus's home base of Tempe, Arizona.

From New York Times best-selling author Kevin Hearne comes Paper and Blood, the second book in his hugely entertaining new Ink and Sigil series. Set in the world of the Iron Druid Chronicles, it follows Al MacBharrais - an eccentric master of magic solving uncanny mysteries in Scotland.

Sechs Wissenschaftler – ein Plan: nicht als Alien-Snack enden... In der bitterbösen Science-Fiction-Komödie "Do not eat!" von Kevin Hearne geht es um Alien-Entführungen, interstellare Reisen durchs Weltall und natürlich nichts weniger als die Rettung der Menschheit! Wie scheiße kann ein Tag werden? Erst muss Physiker Clint Beecham mitansehen, wie sein bester Freund von Aliens gefressen wird, dann wird er selbst auf deren Raumschiff verschleppt.

Atticus O'Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one years old - when in actuality, he's twenty-one centuries old. Not to mention: He draws his power from the earth, possesses a sharp wit, and wields an even sharper magical sword known as Fragarach, the Answerer.

If you give Oberon the Irish wolfhound a bath, he's going to ask you for a story. Fortunately, his human, Atticus, has many centuries of life under his belt as the Iron Druid, and a whole lot of stories to share. Enjoy twelve new short stories from the New York Times bestselling series the Iron Druid Chronicles. Join Oberon and his Boston terrier buddy, Starbuck, in the tub as they hear about Corrie Ten Boom, Junko Tabei, Francisco de Miranda, Johannes Kepler, and many other figures from history spanning centuries. Sack Rome with King Alaric of the Visigoths or have a think with Auguste Rodin!

Grass for His Pillow is the second novel in Lian Hearn's astonishingly beautiful series inspired by feudal Japan, Tales of the Otori. In the ancient Oriental lands of the Otori, amidst a time of violent war, famine and treacherous alliances, the fate of the young lovers Otori Takeo and Shirakawa Kaede hangs in the balance.... Takeo, heir to the great Otori clan, has pledged his life to the secret Tribe. His supernatural skills of virtual invisibility and acute hearing make him their most deadly assassin.

Oberon the Irish wolfhound is off to Portland to smell all the things with canine companions, and, of course, his human, ancient Druid Atticus O'Sullivan. The first complication is an unmistakable sign of sinister agendas afoot: a squirrel atop the train. But an even more ominous situation is in store when the trio plus Atticus stumble across a murder upon arrival at the station. They recognize Detective Gabriela Ibarra, who's there to investigate. But they also recognize the body - or rather that the body is a doppelganger for Atticus himself.