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Celeste is about to become one of the thirteen Fées Gardiennes, a centuries-old sisterhood of fairy godmothers. To be granted full status, she must usher her first protégé onto their path of destiny. Where better to find a starry-eyed ward than in the land of magic and illusion called Hollywood? It’s 1927. The moviemaking business is booming when Celeste befriends a young studio seamstress whose dreams outshine everyone else’s. Rose is talented and underappreciated and could use some enchanted intervention in her life.

All that was settled must be remade. Every path that appeared certain is now darkened with shadow. Oren Storgard is gone, Mutt Storman has vanished, and Gunnhild, the dreamer? Surrounded by enemies, uncertain who will strike next, Jael must choose a way forward, though can she find the strength to overcome her broken heart? The resolve to keep fighting?

Alternate history—1121 AD. The last free warbands of the Norse are scattered in the forests and hills of central Sweden. Denmark has fallen, consumed by the crusades, coerced into loyalty to foreign lords. Norway has bent the knee, making peace once their mighty king was slain. Only in Svealand, the old heart of the Swedish kingdom and the Norse people, does the fire of defiance yet burn, and even there just softly, flickering in the long dark winter.

Igraine is happily married to Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall, even though his withdrawal from the Mysteries and the Goddess have created a strain between them, as well as friction between her and her mentor Vivian, the Lady of the Lake. While they are visiting King Uther Pendragon at his castle, Uther makes it obvious to the entire court that he desires Igraine to be his queen. Later, he corners her in the hall, and when Igraine informs Gorlois of what happened, Gorlois gathers his people and abruptly leaves the festivities, later declaring war on Uther.

Another chapter in the story of the heir to the Morozov mages. It takes place in a cruel world where ancient bloodlines with magical abilities enjoy power and influence, while Normals devoid of magical gifts are of no use to anyone. This depressing fate was in store for our hero, Ivan, too—he was condemned to death by his father, who was sure that he was as magic-less as a puppet. But Ivan was rescued and brought up by an old warrior, and the head of the Morozov bloodline was able to transfer his gifts to Ivan just before his death—leaving an impostor soul from another world in his body.

Holland, 1650. One fine spring day in Friesland, twenty-year-old Clara van Weiren is faced with an ill omen: a whale, beached and rotting in the noonday sun. But Clara doesn’t believe in magic and superstition, and this portent is quickly dismissed when a proposal from a wealthy merchant arrives, promising Clara the freedom she seeks from her mother’s overbearing rule. When her attempts at overseeing the household at the family’s estate lead to her chance encounter with a young man with russet hair and sparkling eyes the color of the sea, she finds herself strangely drawn to him.

Düstere Mächte, tödliche Intrigen – Die epische Fortsetzung der historischen Fantasy-Saga! Ein Krieg, der alles zerstört. Eine Akademie voller Wissen und Verrat. Ein Novize, der um sein Überleben kämpft. Wir schreiben das Jahr 1620. Im Heiligen Römischen Reich Deutscher Nation tobt seit zwei Jahren ein mörderischer Krieg, doch der wahre Schrecken scheint erst zu beginnen. Lukas hat das erste Examen an der Akademie der schwarzen Feldschere bestanden – doch das befreit ihn nicht von seiner dunklen Vergangenheit als Fahnenflüchtiger.

In the notorious Conciergerie Prison, Marie Antoinette is having her cards read. What solace can the tarot give her now, in the midst of the Reign of Terror, when outside her cell the mob is baying for her blood? Kate, a young Irishwoman whose fortunes have seen her travel from maid to closest confidant of Mademoiselle Lenormand, the infamous Tarot Reader of Versailles, sees the Queen of France's cards and knows what's in store for her. As the French Revolution is consumed by frenzied violence, Kate must use all her wiles to ensure that Marie Antoinette's fate doesn't become her own.

Um zu beweisen, dass er des Thrones von Iolkos würdig ist, soll der junge Jason das Goldene Vließ, das Fell des göttlichen Widders beschaffen, das vom halbgöttlichen König Aietes und einem Drachen bewacht wird. Dazu sammelt er eine Mannschaft von Helden um sich, wie sie die antike Welt noch nicht gesehen hat: So etwa den starken Herakles, den Sänger Orpheus, die Jägerin Atalante, den Dieb Autolykos … und schließlich auch Medea, die Priesterin der Hexengöttin Hekate, die ihm sowohl Glück, als auch maßloses Leid bringen soll.

A plan. A sensible, efficient, and most definitely unrushed plan. Every dwarf has one. Dwarves in general are like rhinos—slow to get going, but unstoppable once they do. The dwarf named Crow is no exception. He has a plan, too: one that is properly thorough, unhurried, and carefully laid out. This is the plan he has been following since the day he arrived at the Gray Peak outpost.

Elizabeth and Darcy dream of a peaceful life together in idyllic Pemberley, but when rumors start circulating that Napoleon intends to invade the Kingdom by sea, they are sent with a group of Royal Mages to the coast of Kent to discover the truth. But the truth is hidden under multiple layers of uncertainty, and they soon suspect they have been lured into a trap. Faced with danger and betrayal, Elizabeth and Darcy must depend on each other to survive. Will their circumstances bring them closer together, or tear them apart?

The faeries stole Sydney Carton as a child, and made him a mortal servant of the Faery Realm. Now, he has a rare opportunity for revenge against the fae and Charles Darnay, the changeling left in his stead.

Anna DeMarco’s creative world shatters when a remorseless stranger tears it apart—no blood spilled, just her spirit broken. He thinks he’s won. He’s wrong. Dragged into a realm where karma wields a jagged edge and magic fuels vengeance, Milton Smith faces a brutal reckoning. How dare he make her cry. This modern-day critic obsessed with medieval lore crossed the wrong writer—and finds himself hurled into a brutal world of his own making.

Der Schwarze Tod ist nach Atlantis gekommen, um dort seine Saat der Vernichtung auszubringen! Und wie es aussieht, kann nichts und niemand ihn aufhalten. Dann aber macht ausgerechnet Myxin dem Propheten Delios das Angebot, ihn beim Kampf gegen den Schwarzen Tod zu unterstützen. Myxin, der bösartige Magierdämon, der einst Delios' Frau von seinen Schwarzen Vampiren entführen ließ! Asmodis, Herr der Hölle, versucht nicht nur, die junge Kara auf seine Seite zu ziehen, sondern bietet dem Schwarzen Tod einen Pakt gegen dessen bisherige Herrscher, die Großen Alten, an!

Un’incantevole storia di tradimenti, segreti e magia. Due ragazze che parlano il linguaggio segreto dei fiori. 1815 – Cornelia ha un segreto che deve rimanere ben custodito, perché nessuno accetterebbe mai la sua capacità di comprendere il linguaggio dei fiori e ascoltarne le voci, in una misteriosa connessione che ha sin da bambina. Il polveroso e cupo accampamento della Grande Armée di Napoleone non è il luogo dove aveva immaginato se stessa quando è fuggita in Francia, lasciandosi alle spalle una vita agiata, ma un passato di dolore.

A young archer bent on revenge against the knight who impoverished his family encounters an enigmatic stranger who promises him a far more potent form of retribution. But when Thomas finds himself hurled by magic to fight battles in faraway lands, he soon discovers that the vengeance his mysterious benefactor offers could change not only one archer’s destiny, but that of the entire world.

A mysterious journey through time takes Frode into an unseen world of elves and what he sees astounds him. A Viking cat saga filled with strange but believable characters from the 10th to the 14th Century.

An autistic necromancer, his undead love, and a covenant that must be broken. Oliver Barlow never knew what happened to his parents. With a note from his mother as his only lead, Oliver had given up hope of ever learning the truth. But when the dead start rising in the town of Aldorhaven, Oliver jumps at the chance to take the case if it means he can investigate the last place his parents were seen alive. Felipe Galvan would like to be anywhere but Aldorhaven.

This enchanting and atmospheric fantasy brings listeners to a Paris breathless with excitement at the dawn of the twentieth century. But for a select few there is a second, secret Paris where the magic of the City of Light is very real.

Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 1532. London, 1837. Boston, 2019. Three young women, their bodies planted in the same soil, their stories tangling like roots. One grows high, and one grows deep, and one grows wild. And all of them grow teeth.