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"The most dangerous enemies are those who hide behind masks of virtue." While I continue to transform Ugryumikha from a dying village into a thriving settlement, I discover that the true threat comes not from the dark forests, but from those who call themselves healers and philanthropists...

Based on the results of an examination, the Board of Healers has stripped Alexander of his ability to practice medicine, but he is given a chance at revenge. By practicing every day, Alexander slowly but surely recovers his gift. His mentor gives him a curious tome written many years ago by a...

A water-borne plague is raging across the Lake Country. Some people are making a fortune off the epidemic. Others are paying with their lives. And I'm the only one who senses what's waiting in the depths. I am a water mage, and the element trusts me with its secrets. Natural anomaly, cunning...

Mit der erneuten Schwangerschaft der Gemahlin Gyokuyo, der Favoritin Seiner Kaiserlichen Hoheit, herrscht Unruhe in der Jade-Residenz des Inneren Palasts. Alle sind darauf bedacht, Stillschweigen zu bewahren, um sie vor möglichen Anschlägen zu schützen, denn offenbar können scheinbar harmloser Klatsch und Tratsch beim Mittagstee allein schon verheerende Folgen nach sich ziehen.

Was ich bin? Ein bluttrinkendes Monster. Was ich mache? Ich jage jene, die noch monströser sind als ich. Mein Name ist Leonard von Montesaro. Die meisten meiner Art nennen mich allerdings den Templer. Und ja, einst habe ich tatsächlich dem Orden der kämpfenden Mönche angehört. Doch die Alte Welt habe ich schon vor langer Zeit verlassen. Meine Heimat ist New York. Hier bin ich der Älteste der Unsterblichen. Ich sorge dafür, dass unsere Gesetze eingehalten werden, dass niemand über die Stränge schlägt.

Ein Eid, der nicht vergeht. Ein Feind, der in den Schatten der Geschichte wandelt. Ein Schild, geschmiedet aus Licht, Schuld und Schwur. Gibraltar, 1229. Tief im Herzen des Felsens beginnt für Richard, den einstigen Müllersohn, eine neue Prüfung: die Ausbildung unter den Hütern der Nebula Convicto. Als Katalyst mit ungebrochener Schwurbindung ist er einzigartig.

A jaded thief and an idealistic archaeologist form an unlikely partnership to solve an ancient mystery. Opposed at every turn by unknown forces, their journey takes them across 1880s Egypt in search of a lost temple to the other side of the universe, where magic is all too real. Being a foreigner's bastard, Louisa learned early to take from the world before it took from her. Like a whisper in the sands of time, a stolen letter hints at the unimaginable.

Benigno “Benny” Caldera knows an orphaned Boricua blacksmith in 1910s New York City can’t call himself an artist. But the ironwork tank he creates for famed Coney Island playground, Luna Park, astounds everyone, especially the eccentric side-show proprietor who commissioned it. Benny’s work earns him an invitation to join the show’s eclectic crew of performers—his first welcome in the city—and share in their astonishing secret: the tank Benny built is a cage for their newest exhibit, a living, breathing, in-the-flesh merman stolen from the banks of the East River under a gleaming full moon.

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An absorbing historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty’s founding emperor. ‘This audacious, brilliant debut is a vivid, original reimagining . . . immersive storytelling at its...

Living among the Sachakan rebels, Lorkin does his best to learn about them and their unique magic. But the Traitors are reluctant to trade their knowledge for the Healing they so desperately want, and while he assumes they fear revealing their existence to the world, there are hints they have bigger plans. Sonea searches for the rogue, knowing that Cery cannot avoid assassination forever, but the rouge's influence over the city's underworld is far greater than she feared. His only weakness is the loss of his mother, now locked away in the Lookout.

When bodies go missing from the cemetery, Lincoln and the Ministry of Curiosities investigate. But not Charlie. As a housemaid at Lichfield Towers, she doesn't get involved in Ministry business. Instead, she conducts investigations of her own...As secrets are revealed, and investigations don't go as planned, Charlie finds her necromancy sucking her into a whirlpool filled with betrayal, lies and danger.

A triumph of the imagination, The Raven Tower is the first fantasy novel by Ann Leckie, New York Times best-selling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Arthur C. Clarke Awards.

In this tale of adventure, murder, snakes, revenge, and zombies, the Royal Governor of Jamaica sends an S.O.S. to London, asking urgently for help in putting down a burgeoning slave rebellion. London replies by sending Lieutenant-Colonel Lord John Grey, with half a battalion of infantry, a company of artillery, and his trusty valet, Tom Byrd.

A road trip with Gabe and her friends leads Sylvia to discover more about her mother’s veiled past yet throws up several questions, too. The stack of unopened letters addressed to her family will hopefully provide answers. As she delves into the contents, a startling revelation emerges: the letters allude to a clandestine union between two magician families, hinting at the elusive identity of Sylvia’s father. Full of hope, she embarks on a quest to find the author of the letters.

Internationally bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work is set in a world evoking early Renaissance Italy, with an extraordinary cast of characters. In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life...

The enlightenment begins! Souma visits Lagoon City, where he finds Castor waiting for him. But Souma is prepared for the encounter, and has an ace up his sleeve! Castor is left dumbstruck when the king unveils a top secret project he's had the National Defense Force working on. Just what is Souma planning, and what role does he intend his disgraced former General to play in it?

Warrior queens and Roman invaders do battle in the final volume of this thrilling epic fantasy trilogy. Caesar's soldiers have murdered, massacred, and pillaged their way through Gaul and loom on the far side of the sea, ready to descend upon Britain; with them are an unstoppable legion of men twisted by dark magic. Somehow Queen Lowa must repel the invasion, although her best general is dead and her young druid powerless.

It’s 1923 and in a decade that promises excitement and liberation, Pearl Glenham and her father are invited to a mysterious country house party on the Dorset coast, by a total stranger. Her father claims not to have any prior association with Highcliffe House, but upon arrival, it is apparent that he has a shared history with several of the guests, although he won’t admit it. Belatedly discovering that her father was blackmailed into attending, Pearl’s worries are compounded when their host fails to arrive…

In this enthralling historical epic, set in New York City and the Middle East in the years leading to World War I— the long-awaited follow-up to the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Golem and the Jinni—Helene Wecker revisits her beloved characters Chava and Ahmad as they confront...

War has come to Melengar. To save her kingdom, Princess Arista runs a desperate gamble when she defies her brother and hires Royce and Hadrian for a dangerous mission. As the power of the Nyphron Empire grows, so does Royce's suspicion that the wizard Esrahaddon is using the thieves as pawns in his own game. To find the truth, he must unravel the secret of Hadrian's past - what he discovers may end their friendship and break Riyria in two.