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Die Welt hat sich verändert. Menschen stehen nicht mehr an der Spitze der Nahrungskette. Vampire existieren und beanspruchen die Nächte für sich. So entsteht eine Koexistenz beider Arten. Doch der Frieden wackelt. Für Ordnung sorgte der Orden! Ausgebildete Jäger, die nur eines wollen, beschützen. Schnell und leise bewegen sie sich durch die Schatten. und ziehen jeden zur Verantwortung,. der gegen die Regeln verstößt. Blaise, geboren aus dem Schrecken einer Nacht. Sie ist nicht wie andere Vampire. Aber genau das macht sie zu einer der besten Kämpferinnen des Ordens. Vincent hat viele Fehler.

I thought I had finally found the connection I craved—three brilliant men who saw me, who wanted to break through the walls I had built around myself. But the closer we became, the more I realized that our bond was built on secrets, lies, and obsessions. What started as a simple beta test of their advanced AI system quickly spiraled into something I could never have imagined. They made me feel alive. But they also watched me. Analyzed me. Were completely transfixed on every single part of me.

Sometimes the difference between a love story and a horror story is where the ending comes... While Jude fought for power in the Court of Elfhame against the cruel Prince Cardan, her sister Taryn began to fall in love with the trickster, Locke. Half-apology and half-explanation, it turns out...

Eine Geisterfrau mit einer abstoßenden Fratze treibt in den Docklands von London ihr Unwesen. Als der Geist einem kleinen Mädchen mit einer Schere das Gesicht zerschneidet, werden die Trainees der Academy gerufen. Sachiko reißt den Fall an sich, will ihn auf eigene Faust lösen und verweigert die Hilfe der anderen Geisterjäger. Doch Jack lässt sich nicht so einfach abwimmeln. Weiß Sachiko mehr über die Vorfälle als sie zugeben möchte?

When my parents passed away in a car accident, I had to take care of my little sister. I supported us both as I tried to finish college and work two jobs. It’s hard to focus on my life when I have to keep myself together for someone else. But just as I felt everything was falling apart, I landed my dream internship at the NYPD Crime Analysis Unit. Although I am guarded, my new boss is determined to befriend me, and so is her cop brother and his two best friends. As hard as it is to keep my walls around them up, they’re starting to crumble.

Riley Black brings us back in time to prehistoric seas, swamps, forests, and savannas where critical moments in plant evolution unfolded. Each chapter stars plants and animals alike, underscoring how the interactions between species have helped shape the world we call home. As the chapters move upwards in time, Black guides listeners along the burgeoning trunk of the Tree of Life, stopping to appreciate branches of an evolutionary story that links the world we know with one we can only just perceive now through the silent stone, from ancient roots to the present.

Callum Hunt’s summer break isn’t like other kids’. His closest companion is a Chaos-ridden wolf, Havoc. His father suspects him of being secretly evil. And, of course, most kids aren’t heading back to the magical world of the Magisterium in the fall. It’s not easy for Call . . . and...

Sixteen-year-old Leinad thought he was a common farmer's son, nothing more. He wondered why his father had trained him for years to master the sword, not exactly a tool of the trade for farmers. But one tragic event initiates a world of revelation. Only then does he begin to understand his calling, a calling no other man in the entire kingdom of Arrethtrae can fulfill - a calling given him by the King himself.

The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the village of Shady Hollow, a place where woodland creatures live together in harmony—until a curmudgeonly toad turns up dead and the local reporter has to solve the case. Reporter Vera Vixen is a relative newcomer to...

Magic can save you. Magic can kill you. Students at the Magisterium are supposed to be safe. Under the watchful eyes of the mages, they are taught to use magic to bring order to a chaotic world. But now the chaos is fighting back. Call, Tamara, and Aaron should be worrying about things like pop...

When I was little, I was obsessed with fairytales. My dad told me the stories of the stars and white knights who rescue princesses. I’d wear a silver plastic crown and stare at the sky, waiting for the day my knight in shining armor would come. Then my dad died, my crown broke, and my mom shipped my sister and me off to boarding school. And then I met them. My knights. Only they’re nothing like the fairytales I grew up on. They’re wrapped in sin and shrouded in darkness. Bossy, protective, alphaholes. And heirs to the Italian mafia.

When Adelko is assigned to legendary exorcist and witch hunter Horskram, he expects an adventurous life. Death by adventure isn’t what he had in mind - but it seems the only outcome when they learn of a sorcerous theft that threatens the world. The thief wants to silence them - permanently. And so, Horskram and Adelko flee from one danger to another as the Jarl of Thule leads a rebel army against the King of Northalde, plunging the realm into conflict. And on the Other Side, demonkind reawakens.

Cool, selbstbewusst und zickig präsentiert sich die Influencerin Gladys in den sozialen Medien. Außerhalb der Öffentlichkeit zerbricht sie beinahe an ihren Albträumen aus ihrer Zeit mit den Red Rocks. Als noch ein Stalker in ihr Leben tritt und sie immer massiver belästigt, sucht sie Hilfe bei Mia, ihrer Stiefschwester, die unverzüglich Rix, den Road Captain informiert. Ausgerechnet der Weiberheld Duke wird als ihr "Schatten" eingesetzt und raubt ihr den letzten Nerv. Seit Monaten fliegen zwischen ihnen Fetzen, denn beide haben ziemlich vorgefasste Meinung über den jeweils anderen.

Here, for the first time, is a complete history of the world based on the beliefs and writings of secret societies, researched with the help of an initiate of more than one secret society.

Auf dem Campus des Cathedral College in Oxford herrscht pures Grauen: Riesenhafte Tentakeln schießen aus dem Erdboden und reißen eine Studentin in den Abgrund. Als Miss Julia den Trainees von dem Vorfall berichtet, ist vor allem Staysy schockiert. Schließlich hat sie jahrelang selbst am Cathedral College studiert. Gemeinsam mit Jack, Hassan und Sachiko will sie herausfinden, was in der schrecklichen Nacht wirklich passiert ist. Sie hofft dabei auf die Hilfe ihres ehemaligen Professors.

Years ago, Hadria Imperioli vanished after her father refused her mafia inheritance in favor of her younger brother. Now, she's resurfaced as Hades—ruthless leader of the Styx Syndicate mercenaries that terrorize Chicago—and she's hell-bent on finally claiming what's hers. When her brother announces his engagement to sheltered beauty Aurora Verderosa, Hadria decides it's time to take back her mafia crown and everything else that belongs to her... Including Aurora.

Lilith is the mythological seductress that has been repressed since Biblical times. She is the representative of the essentially motherless form of the feminine self that arose as an embodiment of the neglected and rejected aspects of the great goddess. Written by a Jungian analyst, this material can help modern men and women come to terms with this aspect of the feminine within.

This is a comprehensive history of Portugal that covers the whole span, from the Stone Age to today. An introduction provides an understanding of geographical and climatic issues, before an examination of Portugal's prehistory and classical Portugal, from the Stone Age to the end of the the Roman era. Portugal's history from AD 420 to the 13th century takes in the Suevi, Visigoths and Moors. Then, a look at medieval Portugal, covers the development of Christian Portugal culminating with the expulsion of the Moors, with a focus on key sites.

Phoebe ist voller Geheimnisse - ihr Alien-Beschützer ist entschlossen, sie zu enthüllen. Phoebe kommt mit einem Koffer voller Geheimnisse und vorgefasster Meinungen über das Leben an der Grenze auf dem Mond Clotho an. Sie ist mehr als bereit, für ihr eigenes Stück Ackerland und eine Zukunft für das kleine Kind, das sie adoptiert hat, zu kämpfen. Als sich ihr neues Zuhause jedoch als Unterwasserfarm entpuppt und das Baby in den Armen eines Invicta-Drachenwächters auftaucht, muss sich Phoebe ganz neuen Herausforderungen stellen.

May Morrigan, Bibliothekarin a. D., trägt bevorzugt Perlenkette und Pastell, ihr Herzensort ist ihre imposante Buchhandlung. Die alte Dame lebt in einem englischen Landidyll vor den Toren Londons, gemeinsam mit ihren beiden Dackeln und ihrem alten Studienfreund Fletcher. Ein beschauliches Leben - wäre da nicht Mays Hang, unliebsame Menschen aus dem Verkehr zu ziehen. Wer die Gemeinschaft stört, wird kurzerhand eliminiert.