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Orfana, cresciuta in una remota provincia, la giovane Rin ha superato senza battere ciglio il difficile esame per entrare nella più selettiva accademia militare dell'Impero. Per lei significa essere finalmente libera dalla condizione di schiavitù in cui è cresciuta. Ma l'aspetta un difficile cammino: dovrà superare ostilità e pregiudizi, affidandosi al dono letale che ha scoperto di possedere, l'antica e semileggendaria arte sciamanica. È forse l'unico modo per evitare una Terza guerra dei papaveri.

Les grands dragons meurent, par dizaines. Personne ne sait pourquoi. Certains racontent que ça pourrait être une peste draconique. Plus aucun dragon ne fait confiance ni aux hommes ni aux créatures de l'Archipel. Mais toi, Christopher, tu viens d'Autre-Terre. Sarkany a confiance en toi et en toi seul.

Magic is all about love. That is why witchcraft is so awful. Witches and warlocks are the absence of love and joy. They are all black magic and darkness. Which is why Rose has to stop the Shadow Walker coven from recruiting more to their ranks.

Four dead queens. Three days to catch a killer. Two forbidden romances. One shocking twist you won’t see coming. Seventeen-year-old Keralie Corrington may seem harmless, but she’s, in fact, one of Quadara’s most skilled thieves and a liar. Varin, on the other hand, is an honest, upstanding...

Tragedy and heartache seem to be waiting for Drew Carter at every turn, but college offers Drew a chance to start over - until an accident during a physics experiment leaves him blind and his genius friend, Benjamin Berg, missing. As his sight miraculously returns, Drew discovers that the accident has heightened his neuron activity, giving him skills and sight beyond the normal man. When he begins to observe fierce invaders that no one else can see, he questions his own sanity, and so do others.

After retaking the city of Old Saltflow, Keith and Selena are tasked with finding a secret pass into Layman's Turf, one of the Terror's greatest strongholds. Even assisted by the best tracker on the continent, making it through said pass isn't an easy prospect. Especially knowing how the behavior of monsters has been changing recently. An unexpected encounter with the most powerful creature he's ever faced puts Keith on a path from which there is no exit. One he must see through to the end or be crushed under the weight of his enemies.

Disillusioned businessman, John Lawrence Locke, finds himself summoned as a hero to another world, filled with monsters and magic! With his body reverted to the age of 15, the 33-year-old's mind is filled with the possibility of battles and adventures, like the ones in his favorite video games.

A week ago, 17-year-old Lela Santos’ best friend, Nadia, killed herself. Today, thanks to a farewell ritual gone awry, Lela is standing in paradise, looking upon a vast gated city in the distance - hell. No one willingly walks through the Suicide Gates, into a place smothered in darkness and infested with depraved creatures. But Lela isn’t just anyone - she’s determined to save her best friend’s soul, even if it means sacrificing her eternal afterlife. As Lela struggles to find Nadia, she’s captured by the Guards, enormous, not-quite-human creatures that patrol the dark city’s endless streets.

The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies—humans with extraordinary abilities—who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone...except the villains they once overthrew. Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice—and in Nova. But Nova's allegiance is to a villain who has the power to end them both.

The Council’s word is law. Skye has never been good at following orders. On the planet Asphoros, freedom is a forgotten myth and rebellion is treason. Skye has survived under the Council’s watchful eye until an encrypted message from her missing mother changes everything. Hunted through the city of Elyndra, Skye unites a band of rebels: Eliana, the beast whisperer, Luca, the rebel leader, Orin, an ex-con, and Finn, a Council heir torn between duty and defiance. They risk everything to find the lost magical school of Astrian, which holds the last hope of freedom.

La Marigold è finalmente libera dalla tirannia di suo padre, e come tutta la ciurma Fable si prepara a un nuovo inizio. Ma è una libertà destinata a durare poco: presto la ragazza si trova a essere la pedina nel gioco ordito da un malvagio criminale. Se vuole giungere alla sua meta, l'unica via è aiutare Zola a stringere un patto con Holland, la mercante di gemme più potente del Mare Innominato. Al centro di una rete di tradimenti e inganni, Fable scoprirà che i segreti portati da sua madre nella tomba stanno mettendo in pericolo le persone a cui tiene di più.

On my last trip outside of the academy, I found my caretaker's killer, but my trials and tribulations are far from over. The Book of Admissions is still missing and at risk of falling into the wrong hands. Even worse, a student has been murdered, which reunites me with the Watchers, including the one that turned my heart inside out. Our search for the book may just lead us to the killer—and a shocking truth that's been eluding me for seventeen years. Unfortunately, this isn't a truth that will set me free. In fact, it might just kill me.

Von Millionen Fans sehnsüchtig erwartet: Cornelia Funkes Fortsetzung der Tintenwelt-Reihe. Fünf Jahre sind seit den Geschehnissen in „Tintentod“ vergangen. Fünf glückliche Jahre. Aber dann wird Eisenglanz gesichtet, der Glasmann von Orpheus, dem erbitterten, silberzüngigen Feind von Meggie, Mo und Staubfinger. Der Grund: Orpheus plant Rache an allen, die ihn zu Fall gebracht haben, doch vor allem an Staubfinger, und er nutzt einen furchtbaren Zauber. Sind Bilder mächtiger als Worte? Staubfinger zieht aus, die Antwort zu finden. Der Schwarze Prinz aber macht sich auf die Jagd nach Orpheus.

Rasant, atmosphärisch, divers: Ein modernes Fantasyhörbuch, das Jugendliche lieben werden! Vor tausenden von Jahren sind die Gottheiten auf die Erde gekommen, und noch heute leben ihre Nachfahren in Reino del Sol. Um die bösen Mächte zu vertreiben, hat sich Sol, die Sonnen-Gottheit, geopfert – und nun müssen alle zehn Jahre zehn junge Halbgötter in einem großen Wettbewerb gegeneinander antreten, um für die Ehre zu kämpfen, das Licht der Sonne zu tragen.

In this delightful sequel novella to the New York Times bestselling Sorcery of Thorns, Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas must unravel the magical trap keeping them inside Thorn Manor in time for their Midwinter Ball! Elisabeth Scrivener is finally settling into her new life with sorcerer Nathaniel...

The thrilling conclusion to the survival story In the After, set in a near future where Earth has been overrun by vicious, predatory creatures. It's been three months since Amy escaped New Hope, and she's been surviving on her own, like she did in the After. Then one day, her former fellow...

This third book in a major series by a bestselling science fiction author, Printz Award winner, and National Book Award finalist is the gripping story of the most provocative character from his acclaimed novels Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities. Tool, a half-man/half-beast designed for...

This final book in Debra Driza's exhilarating MILA 2.0 series is perfect for fans of books filled with suspense and imagination, like The Bourne Identity and Legend, and it will surprise and thrill readers to the very end. Mila has been running for her life for so long. But that was before she...

In a dark future America where violence, terror, and grief touch everyone, young refugees Mahlia and Mouse have managed to leave behind the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities by escaping into the jungle outskirts. But when they discover a wounded half-man - a bioengineered war beast named Tool - who is being hunted by a vengeful band of soldiers, their fragile existence quickly collapses.

In the aftermath of Sombra's return, the balance between light and dark magic has been destroyed and chaos has broken out in Castallan and around the world. Sombra's shadows have taken over to create monstrous versions of everyone Finn and Alfie love, and with war between Castallan and Englass looming, the prince and the thief must band together one last time - to save their entire world. To stop the magical imbalance, they must find the stone relics of Sombra's body before the god can unite the pieces and regain his full strength once more. But the laws of magic no longer apply.