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Terlu Perna broke the law because she was lonely. She cast a spell and created a magically sentient spider plant. As punishment, she was turned into a wooden statue and tucked away into an alcove in the North Reading Room of the Great Library of Alyssium. This should have been the end of her story . . . Yet one day, Terlu wakes in the cold of winter on a nearly-deserted island full of hundreds of magical greenhouses.

An idealistic young student and a banished warrior become allies in a battle to save their realm in this first book of a mesmerizing epic fantasy series, filled with political intrigue, violent magic, malevolent spirits, and thrilling adventure. Experience the spellbinding fantasy saga. This collection includes The Queen of Blood, The Reluctant Queen, and The Queen of Sorrow.

Ein zauberhafter Kinderhörbuch über das Träumen und ein fantasievolles Spiel mit der Frage, was passiert, wenn die Wesen aus unseren Träumen lebendig werden. Im Buchladen von Sophies Eltern gibt es nicht nur Bücher zu kaufen - sondern auch Träume. Sowohl schöne als auch böse Träume werden hier destilliert, in Flaschen abgefüllt und verkauft. Aber das Traumgeschäft ist gefährlich und streng geheim, denn mit Träumen ist nicht zu spaßen! Ausgerechnet an Sophies zwölftem Geburtstag wird im Buchladen eingebrochen. Sämtliche Flaschen mit Albträumen werden gestohlen.

Claire’s grown up triple-checking locks. Counting her steps. Second-guessing every decision. It’s just how she’s wired—her worst-case scenarios never actually come true. Until she arrives at an off-the-grid summer camp to find a blackened, burned husk instead of a lodge—and no survivors, except her and two other late arrivals: Reyva and Mariana. When the three girls find a dead body in the woods, they realize none of this is an accident. Someone, something, is hunting them. Something that hides in the shadows.

Romantasy meets Cosy Fantasy – Fantasy zum Wegträumen über Marmelade, Magie & jede Menge Zaubersprüche. Kiela hat es nicht so mit den Menschen – was als Bibliothekarin in der Hauptstadt des Reiches auch kein Riesenproblem ist. Doch als eine Revolution ausbricht und fast die gesamte Bibliothek ein Opfer der Flammen wird, flieht sie auf die abgelegene Insel, auf der sie aufgewachsen ist, und beginnt noch einmal ganz von vorne.

Ten months. That’s the longest Elisa has stayed anyplace, constantly propelled by her fear that if she puts down roots, a family curse will turn her into a tree. But she’s grown tired of flitting from town to town and in and out of relationships. When she discovers a small town in Massachusetts where mysterious forces make it impossible for the residents to leave, she hopes she can change her fate.

Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people, and as librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she hasn’t had to. She and her assistant, Caz, a sentient spider plant, have spent most of the last eleven years sequestered among the empire’s precious spellbooks, protecting the magic for the city’s elite. But a revolution is brewing and when the library goes up in flames, she and Caz steal whatever books they can and flee to the faraway island where she grew up. She’s hoping to lay low and figure out a way to survive before the revolution comes looking for her.

With codewords and secret signals perfected, best friends Rachel and Joon are ready to spend their summer practicing spycraft—especially if they can uncover secrets like the one Joon’s parents have been keeping, that his family is about to move out of town. When eavesdropping leads them to a ring rumored to have belonged to Anna “Nancy” Smith Strong—according to local Long Island legend, the only female member of George Washington’s famed Culper Spy Ring—they think they’ve hit the jackpot. Then they discover Nancy left a coded message in the ring!

After her mother dies, Hannah doesn’t know how to exist without her. Literally. In fact, Hannah’s not even certain that she does exist. No one seems to see or hear her, and she finds herself utterly alone. Grief-stricken and confused, her sense of self slowly slipping away, Hannah sets out to find new purpose in life—and answers about who (and what) she really is.