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Alexandria ha sempre avuto paura di due cose: perdere sé stessa dopo il Risveglio, ed essere ridotta in servitù per mezzo dell’elisir. Ma l’amore è sempre stato più forte del fato e Aiden è pronto a dichiarare guerra all'Olimpo – e al lato oscuro di Alex – pur di riaverla con sé. Intanto il mondo è sull'orlo del caos. Gli dei hanno già ucciso una moltitudine di persone e potrebbero distruggere intere città nel tentativo di impedire ad Alex di cedere il suo potere a Seth, il primo Apollyon, rendendolo così l’invincibile Sterminatore di Dei.

Quando gli zombie incontrano i social, vince la fama o la fame? Essere famosi non è facile: non hai privacy, i passi falsi non sono contemplati e nessuno conosce chi sei davvero. E poi c’è quella storia del perdere la testa. Il che è davvero un grosso problema. Soprattutto se sei uno zombie. Zack è un diversamente vivo, attrazione in uno zoo della Georgia, e desidera solo essere visto. Purtroppo l’America si è stufata degli zombie, e l’unica sua prospettiva sembra una pensione a forma di proiettile.

Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they’re told by the scientists. Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to death. And they learn the murder has triggered a lowering of the security system around the island, the only thing that was keeping the fog at bay.

Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy. He walked among invisible powers: devils and anti-gods that mock the mortal form. He learned a lethal catechism, lost his shadow, and gained a habit for secrecy. After a blood-soaked childhood, Fetter escaped his rural hometown for the big city, and fell into a broader world where divine destinies are a dime a dozen.

Playboy, cowboy, and con man, Logan has to go straight when he's suddenly saddled with his brother's four-year-old, filly-shifting daughter. Tabby was taken for a ride by a horse thief, and when she finally tracks him down to demand what she paid her last pennies for, finds herself lassoed into an unbelievable story about magic and shifters.

It's Christmastime in Frederickport, and the twins and Emily Ann's first Christmas. What magic is in store for the mediums of Beach Drive? It will be a Christmas they won't forget. And neither will the rest of Frederickport.

Gwen Tailor is stunned when her most formidable Noble enemy—and captor—Valjean, becomes a powerful ally. Her unique crafter abilities have helped her gain monster-killing talents usually reserved for Nobles, but to save her town and people from extinction, she needs Valjean's help to become a Noble herself and infiltrate their aristocratic circles. So, along with cleaver-wielding butcher Sandy and enchanted-weapons-maker Gerald, she enrolls in the legendary Academy to learn its lethal arts . . . and uncover the secrets behind their land's ruthless class divisions.

The Yakuza have rolled into town, and Vince finds himself caught in a standoff between the old and new worlds of magic. Doubts remain over who tried to assassinate Vince, and the cops have locked down the city to protect the mayor's reputation. But Vince has a job to do. He's taken back the mafia's old territory for their don, but their rival still refuses to accept reality and bend the knee.

After Marius's wedding, the Forge Eizo family returns to a life of normalcy. The season has turned, and with a sweltering summer on the horizon, Eizo decides it's time to construct a water well near the cabin. However, their digging is soon interrupted by a familiar face: the fairy chief Gizelle appears and asks them to meet the mystical master of the Black Forest! This master requests that the family eliminate a terrifying monster—a beast corrupted by stagnant magic that is devastating the forest and its inhabitants.

Sei vorsichtig mit deinen Wünschen, sie könnten in Erfüllung gehen! Deandra »Dee« Moth gilt dank ihrer magischen Instabilität als wandelnde Katastrophe. Kein Wunder also, dass eine Räumungsklage für ihren frisch übernommenen Buchladen in Ecco Falls eintrifft. Sie braucht also dringend einen Plan. Denn Dee hat die Nase voll davon, immer wieder zu versagen. Im Hexen-Netz stößt sie auf einen für Anfänger geeigneten Beschwörungszauber. Der Plan? Genial. Die Ausführung? Nun ja … Denn statt eines strahlenden Schutzgeists steht plötzlich der Tod persönlich vor ihr.

Sie hat die Spiele der Götter gewonnen, kann sie gegen die Titanen bestehen? Lyra hat zwar das Crucible überlebt, doch jetzt sieht sie sich einer noch gefährlicheren Prüfung gegenüber – im Tartaros beginnt ein tödlicher Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Die Fortsetzung des Bestsellers »The Games Gods Play« – wird Lyra verhindern können, dass Hades auf der Suche nach ihr die Welt niederbrennt?

Briar always dreamed of attending the Temple School of Thaumaturgy, the elite boarding school that's produced the most CEOs and Prime Ministers in history, long rumoured to be magical. Briar's best friend, Seb, just wanted them to stay together forever. When Seb gets an acceptance letter and Briar doesn't, their relationship is shattered - until, at eighteen, Briar secures a temp job sorting through the magical junk in Temple's attic, and discovers that quiet, sensitive Seb, the boy they once loved more than anything else in the world, has become the villain.

Zutiefst erschüttert über die Lügen, die Morven ihr erzählt hat, flieht Edda aus dem Crescent College und sucht Zuflucht bei dem geheimnisvollen Hexer Reik. Er hilft ihr, ihre magischen Fähigkeiten weiter zu trainieren und es beginnt zwischen den beiden gewaltig zu knistern. Doch als Eddas schwarze Magie erneut aufflammt, wird klar, dass nur Morven ihr helfen kann, sie zu zähmen. Zurück am Crescent College muss Edda gegen ihre Gefühle für den dunklen Hexer ankämpfen und eine Entscheidung zwischen Licht und Dunkelheit treffen. Wird sie sich dem Schicksal fügen oder ihren eigenen Weg finden?

In Lissy Rabenstein's Bibliothek wird ein Mann ermordet. Und obwohl sie nun offizielle Ermittlerin des Rates ist, gestaltet sich die Spurensuche schwierig. Lissy freut sich über die Ausstellung magischer Artefakte in der Bibliothek. Übernatürliche von nah und fern sind angereist, um sie zu bestaunen. Die Freude währt allerdings nur so lange, bis ein Mord geschieht und sich alle Augen auf Lissy richten, die den Fall aufklären soll. Neben ihrer Einführung in den Hexenkoven und der Suche nach einer neuen Bleibe hat Lissy wenig Zeit für die Ermittlungen.

After a bad breakup with his ex-girlfriend, a vacation on a quiet Island is supposed to help Neil recover and relax. But without warning, he finds his whole life reset. It's either an apocalypse across the whole of planet earth, or some kind of new, evil system. And to complicate matters, now he's surrounded by hot, leggy girls. So to survive in this new virtual world, Neil will have to fight to level up. Make progression fast or die. All that, and keep a party of beautiful women happy. Not to mention, keep them alive.

With Emma hidden on Earth for her safety, Queen Lila holds the power to Emma’s throne, and she’s using it for genocide. She has the magical strength, she has the political power, and the only woman who could stop her is thousands of lightyears away.

Mercy’s life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the mate of Alpha werewolf Adam Hauptman has made her a stepmother to his daughter Jesse, a relationship that brings moments of blissful normalcy to Mercy’s life. But on the edges of humanity, what passes for a minor mishap on an ordinary day can turn into so much more...

"Whispers of the Unseen" follows the journey of Sammy Whitfield, a high school outcast in the small town of Ashwood. Sammy discovers she has telekinetic abilities, which she struggles to control amidst relentless bullying and the oppressive influence of her fanatically religious mother, Mary. Sammy finds solace and support in her newfound friend Alex Carter, who helps her uncover the origins of her powers and teaches her techniques to manage them.

Nach den erschütternden Ereignissen in Seattle liegt Kala schwer verletzt im Koma. Auch die anderen Seelenwächter müssen ihre Wunden lecken. Verstört und gebrochen sind sie nun im Tempel auf Sirona. Der Rat der Seelenwächter beschließt, Lionsgate und die Drahtzieher hinter dem Mindblower aufzusuchen. Die Chance für Matthew und Rose, sich endlich wiederzusehen. Doch das Treffen führt sie an einen Ort, den sie beide nicht erwartet hätten.

Summer has arrived in Wildwood Heath, and with it comes the town's annual carnival and its accompanying flower contest. Robin is confident that her mother's roses will once again take the top prize and is content to spend her free time reconnecting with her father after the years they've spent apart, but a distraction arrives in the form of a customer being poisoned to death at the local coffee shop. Unfortunately for Robin, the poisoning happens right in front of her and her dad… and her cousin, Rowan, whose job at the coffee shop soon lands her at the top of the suspect list.