Novidades

A satirical and complex Fantasy novel featuring one of the last remaining Dragons and his efforts to coexist with mankind.

As captain of the Iron Will, men and women alike feared me. I had the total respect of my crew of free men who had promised their lives to me and my ship in return for freedom, and the hope of riches beyond our wildest imaginations. But all good things must come to an end. Drawn to madness by some mysterious artefact, my crew turned against me, casting me aside to meet my doom with nothing but a pistol and a single shot, with which I was supposed to put an end to my miserable life. But somebody had something else in mind for me.

A spiritual sojourn begins in the life journey of Elwic of Havenbrook after he discovers a treasure chest containing the map to the fabled Temple of Wisdom and Truth. Meet Magister, the Sage of the Temple, as he teaches the seeker, Elwic, in the virtues of ancient wisdom.

Une bonne éducation et le privilège d’intégrer le cercle royal, c’est ce que l’on m’a promis en échange de ma liberté et de mon identité. Cette vie, je ne l’ai pas choisie et je ne m’y sens pas à ma place. Alors que mes camarades quittent le Palais d’Or pour parfaire leur formation, je demeure seule entre ces murs sans la moindre explication jusqu’à l’arrivée d’une affreuse nouvelle. Ce bouleversement remet en cause mes croyances ainsi que mon existence tandis qu’un pouvoir effrayant émerge de mon corps.

Cara Moreau is dying from a supernatural curse. Her only chance of survival lies with the warrior, an enigmatic man who comes from a realm "in between." Quin St. Clair lived hundreds of years ago, but now exists solely to protect the world he once called home. That's all he will tell Cara, the woman he must keep alive by remaining close to her. Very close.

Der zweite Handlungsabschnitt von Wu Yings Reise zur Unsterblichkeit beginnt in Die zweite Expedition, wo er und seine Gefährten nach einem Heilmittel für ein Gift suchen, das seinen Meister plagt. In der Wildnis und neuen Städten suchen sie nach seltenen Zutaten, während sie Assassinen und Mörder abwimmeln müssen.

La conclusione delle avventure dell'alchimista Kronarius Dolasar. Non è così che il Patto dei Quattro aveva immaginato il suo ritorno dalla corte reale. Un incidente mortale nel porto mette Jaldur in grave difficoltà e un dono del re si trasforma in una minaccia inaspettata per Mirianne e Brejo. Il maestro alchimista resta sulle tracce del segreto del tomo magico e il terzo artefatto mancante gioca un ruolo decisivo. Insieme, i compagni partono alla ricerca del Macinino della Purezza. Ma non è solo il Patto dei Quattro a dare la caccia all'eredità del popolo perduto.

It's been nearly a century since Thomas Rimor last battled Yvag knights. In that time his wife and daughter have grown old and died, and he discovered that he ages not at all. The elven world believes him dead. In his grief, he has retreated to the depths of Sherwood and Barnsdale Forests and become a hermit. But when a dying outlaw arrives on his doorstep with items stolen from an Yvag skinwalker, it sets in motion events that thrust Thomas back into the world and force him into combat with Queen Nicnevin's soldiers.

1806. England is beleaguered by the long war, and centuries have passed since magicians faded from view. But one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell. Proceeding to London, he raises a woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French. Yet the cautious Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician. Young, handsome and daring, Jonathan Strange is his very antithesis. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men – which overwhelms that between England and France.

Captain Sylvestre de Greybagges is your typical seventeenth-century Cambridge-educated lawyer turned Caribbean pirate, as comfortable debating the virtues of William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, and compound interest as he is wielding a cutlass, needling archrival Henry Morgan, and parsing rum-soaked gossip for his next target. When a pepper monger’s loose tongue lets out a rumor about a fleet loaded with silver, the Captain sets sail only to find himself in a close encounter of a very different kind.

But when a body is discovered in the shadow of Cairndale, Charlie and the Talents realize there is even more at stake than they'd feared. For a new drughr has arisen, ferocious, horned, seemingly able to move in their world at will – and it is not alone. A malevolent figure, known only as the Abbess, desires the dust for her own ends. And deep in the world of the dead, a terrible evil stirs - an evil which the corrupted dust just might hold the secret to reviving, or destroying forever.

On an autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam. She has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt, but instead she is met by his sharp-tongued sister, Marin. Only later does Johannes appear and present her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. It is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist, whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in unexpected ways.

Cornwall, 1786. For years, the villagers of Mirecoombe have turned to their Keeper, the old and battle-scarred Lord Pelagius Hunt, mediator between the worlds of men and fey, for help. But this is a time of change. Belief in the old ways, in the piskies and spriggans, has dimmed, kindled instead in the Reverend Cleaver's fiery pulpit. His church stands proud above the mire; God's name is whispered, hushed, loved. And now, death stalks Mirecoombe on the moor. There are corpses in the heather. There is blood in the gorse.

Ireland, 1011 AD. The mortal kingdoms rise up against High King Brian Boru as they seek to wrest his crown from him. Yet the real struggle is between the two magical races of Ireland, the Fomorians and the Descendants, eternal enemies who both now seek dominion over the mortal world. Gormflaith, queen of King Brian, remains unmasked as the powerful Fomorian she is. Gormflaith plans to establish control over Ireland and destroy the Descendants in one fell swoop... but she cannot do it alone.

The Wardens’ Empire is falling. A vigilante known only as the ‘Truthsayer’ is raising an army against the wardens. Sylah and Hassa must navigate the politics of this new world, all the while searching for Anoor. Across the sea the Blood Forged prepare for war, requesting aid from other governments. Jond’s role as Major General sees him training their soldiers for combat, but it’s matters of the heart that prove to be the hardest battlefield.

When Jess is attacked by someone she once trusted, she flees to her sister’s house in the Welsh borders to recuperate. There, she is disturbed by the cries of a mysterious child. Two thousand years before, the same valley is the site of a great battle between Caratacus, king of the Brtitish tribes, and the invading Romans. The proud king is captured and taken as a prisoner to Rome with his wife and daughter, the princess Eigon.

Lennon Carter’s life is falling apart. Then she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to take the entrance exam for Drayton College, a school of magic hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah. Lennon has been chosen because—like everyone else at the school—she has the innate gift of persuasion, the ability to wield her will like a weapon, using it to control others and, in rare cases, matter itself.

Agrigento, Sicily, 1883. With the orsine destroyed, Cairndale lies in ruins, and Marlowe has vanished. His only hope of rescue lies in a fabled second orsine—long-hidden, thought lost—which might not even exist. But when a body is discovered in the shadow of Cairndale, a body wreathed in the corrupted dust of the drughr, Charlie and the Talents realize there is even more at stake than they'd feared. For a new drughr has arisen, ferocious, horned, seemingly able to move in their world at will—and it is not alone.

Im ewigen Eis auf der Nachtseite Kardeiras gilt Narjas ganze Leidenschaft der Jagd. Nach der Heilung von einer schweren Verletzung möchte sie sich wieder ganz vorn in der Rangordnung positionieren. Als sie ohne ihren Partner von einer Jagd zurückkehrt, degradiert Herdenführer Tjaris sie zum Teesammeln im Wald der glühenden Bäume. Frustriert macht sie von dort einen Abstecher in die nahegelegene Zone und fällt dem Wächter des verwunschenen Gartens in die Hände. Der denkt gar nicht daran, Narja wieder gehen zu lassen.