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Aboard the Crimson Siren, Captain Cinder finally has the life she’s always dreamed of. Her freedom is restored, her crew is a trustworthy bunch, and the princess who holds her heart is by her side. But trouble brewing back in Redmere threatens to pull Cinder and Princess Georgina apart before their future can truly begin. Georgina feels a responsibility to help, while Cinder is vehemently against returning to their former home. Instead, she embarks on a dangerous treasure hunt that could cost her everything.

El Jinete Sin Cabeza es la traducción al español del relato clásico "La Leyenda de Sleepy Hollow". En este audiolibro, nos sumergimos en la brumosa atmósfera de Sleepy Hollow y exploramos una de las más icónicas narraciones estadounidenses: 'La Leyenda de Sleepy Hollow' de Washington Irving.

A century before A Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros.... A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire. Before Tyrion Lannister and Podrick Payne, there were Dunk and Egg. A young, naïve but courageous hedge knight, Ser Duncan the Tall towers above his rivals - in stature if not experience.

Uther, the High King of Britain, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos - threats emerge from within the British kingdoms while vicious Saxon armies stand ready to invade. Uther, the High King of Britain, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos.

In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. When soldiers arrive from the Holy Order of Woodsmen to claim a pagan girl for the king's blood sacrifice, Évike is betrayed by her fellow villagers and surrendered. But when monsters attack the woodsmen and their captive en route, slaughtering everyone but Évike and the cold, one-eyed captain, they have no choice but to rely on each other.

Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore, and has catalogued many secrets of the Hidden Folk in her encyclopaedia with her infuriatingly charming fellow scholar, Wendell Bambleby, by her side. But Bambleby is more than just a brilliant and unbearably handsome scholar. He's an exiled faerie king on the run from his murderous mother, in search of a door back to his realm. By lucky happenstance, Emily's new project, a map of the realms of faerie, will take them on an adventure to the picturesque Austrian Alps.

Emily Wilde has spent her life studying faeries. A renowned dryadologist, she has documented hundreds of species of Folk in her Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Now she is about to embark on her most dangerous academic project yet: studying the inner workings of a faerie realm-as its queen. Along with her former academic rival-now fiancé-the dashing and mercurial Wendell Bambleby, Emily is immediately thrust into the deadly intrigues of Faerie as the two of them seize the throne of Wendell's long-lost kingdom, which Emily finds a beautiful nightmare, filled with scholarly treasures.

The Lady knows the stories: that her eyes induce madness in men. The Lady knows she will be wed to the Scottish brute, who does not leave his warrior ways behind when he comes to the marriage bed. The Lady knows his hostile, suspicious court will be a game of survival, requiring all of her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive. But the Lady does not know her husband has occult secrets of his own.

Emily Wilde is good at many things: she is the foremost expert on the study of faeries; she is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world's first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk. Nor does she care to spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably handsome academic rival Wendell Bambleby.

Avertissement : Cet ouvrage fait immédiatement suite au tome 3, "Le marteau des sorcières", et ne devrait pas être lu indépendamment. Et si l'origine du plus grand lac de la région de Cologne avait un rapport avec une prophétie réalisée en 1341 ? Et si cette même année, le chevalier de Kosigan avait réveillé des forces qui le dépassent ? Et si le destin de sa postérité se jouait cinq siècles plus tard dans la cave voûtée d'un bistrot parisien ? Et si les secrets révélés dans ce livre étaient dangereux ? Et qu'en les découvrant, vous deveniez complice.

1341, sur les traces de son passé, le "Bâtard de Kosigan" et sa compagnie s'enfoncent dans les profondeurs de l'Empire germanique au service d'un puissant seigneur du Rhin. Les mystères s'épaississent, mêlant complots, magie et religion, sur fond de chasse aux sorcières. Le chevalier devra naviguer avec prudence sur des eaux redoutables où l'Inquisition rôde et où il est parfois difficile de distinguer amis et ennemis. À quelques siècles d'intervalle, Kergaël de Kosigan tente d'élucider les interrogations soulevées par les écrits de son ancêtre.

Evar and Livira stand side by side and yet far beyond each other's reach. Evar is forced to flee the library, driven before an implacable foe. Livira, trapped in a ghost world, has to recover her book if she's to return to her life. While Evar's journey leads him outside into the vastness of a world he's never seen, Livira's destination lies deep inside her own writing, where she must wrestle with her stories in order to reclaim the volume in which they were written.

Uma releitura potente, ambiciosa e envolvente de um dos maiores mitos da Antiga Grécia: Ariadne, a princesa de Creta, desejada por homens e deuses... e irmã do temível Minotauro.

1340. Pierre Cordwain de Kosigan se retrouve mêlé à ce qui ressemble fort à un complot de grande envergure contre le roi de France. Il se pourrait que des forces supérieures soient à l'œuvre, menaçant la paix dans l'Europe tout entière. Cette fois, ses capacités surnaturelles ne suffiront pas à le tirer d'affaire. Bien au contraire, au milieu des trahisons et des soupçons de l'Inquisition, elles pourraient devenir sa plus grande faiblesse. 1899. Le descendant du Bâtard a subi une tentative d'assassinat. Ses proches cherchent à en découvrir l'auteur.

Evar has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than cities. Livira has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the Dust where nightmares stalk and no one goes. The world has never noticed them. That’s about to change.

When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in this moving, subversive debut novel that reimagines Norse mythology. Angrboda’s story begins where most witches' tales end: with a burning. A punishment from Odin for refusing to provide him with knowledge of the future, the fire leaves Angrboda injured and powerless, and she flees into the farthest reaches of a remote forest. There she is found by a man who reveals himself to be Loki, and her initial distrust of him transforms into a deep and abiding love.

XIVe siècle. Le chevalier assassin Pierre Cordwain de Kosigan dirige une compagnie de mercenaires d'élite, parmi les plus réputées d'Occident. Surnommé le "Bâtard", exilé d'une puissante lignée bourguignonne et pourchassé par les siens, il met ses hommes, ses capacités surnaturelles et son art de la manipulation au service des plus grands seigneurs d'Angleterre, de France et d'Italie. Au mois de novembre 1339, sa présence en Champagne, dernier fief des princesses elfiques d'Aëlenwil, ne doit certainement rien au hasard.

Magic is fading... and the ways of Man are driving the Old Ones to the West, beyond the ken of humankind. The ancient groves are being destroyed, and if nothing is done, Ireland will lose its essential mystic core. The prophecies of long ago have foretold a way to prevent this horror, and it is the Sevenwaters clan that the spirits of Eire look to for salvation. They are a family bound into the lifeblood of the land, and their promise to preserve the magic has been the cause of great joy to them... as well as great sorrow.

Oxford, 1836. The city of dreaming spires. It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world. And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows. Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift. Until it became a prison. But can a student stand against an empire?

Why we think it’s a great listen: An all-time Audible favorite that mixes historic fiction, adventure, and romance with one of the most fascinating literary devices: time travel. Outlander introduces an exhilarating world of heroism and breathtaking thrills as one woman is torn between past and present, passion and love. In 1945, former combat nurse Claire Randall returns from World War II and joins her husband for a second honeymoon. But their blissful reunion is shattered....