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Der Weg des Schwertes. Eine Schuld in der Unterwelt. Eine magische Gabe, die es zu entdecken gilt: der erste Band der Schwarzklingen-Saga. Der junge Foreas tritt eine Ausbildung bei den Schwarzklingen von Aelar an. Doch für seinen Eintritt schuldet er dem Bettler der Stadt einen Gefallen, und in der aelarischen Unterwelt hat ein solcher einen hohen Preis. Als ein gefährlicher Auftrag sie mitten unter Sklavenhändler, Bestien und Geheimnisse treibt, beginnt ein Abenteuer, dessen Ausgang ungewiss ist.

Celaenas Geschichte: Bevor alles begann Celaena Sardothien ist jung, schön und zum Tode verurteilt. Wie die meistgefürchtete Assassinin der Welt gefasst, verurteilt und in die Minen von Endovier geworfen werden konnte und wie sie ihre erste große Liebe findet, wird in fünf Geschichten...

When the cruel Thunder Giant Gorgo embarks on a quest to extract the all-powerful Horned Crown from the mystic recesses of the Hateful Gate, it falls to a poor farm boy named Jack and a ragtag bunch of teenagers known as the Giant Killers to stop him. For the Jack and the Giant Killers, stopping Gorgo will mean an adventure in the wondrous land of Ooom that none of them had ever imagined. But the biggest feat of all might be if they can find a way to get along with one another long enough to prevent Gorgo from achieving all power.

Connor's supposed to be dead. He's not very good at it. He did save his village...by destroying it. And the armies vying to control his powerful curse think he's dead. But he needs patronage from a high lord or his curse will transform him into a raging monster. So Connor creeps back into the land of the living, joining his Aunt Ailsa at the Carraig, the school of the Petralists, hoping somehow to find patronage on his terms. He should have known better. At the Carraig it's all about the game, and the stakes have never been higher. 

Impossible choices. Explosive magic. Brilliant humor. Connor is cursed.... And in Obrion, that means he must obtain patronage from a high lord prior to his 16th birthday, or face execution. Connor turns 16 tomorrow. Should be a simple thing until his small town is invaded. Armies clash, superhuman Petralists step out of legend, and layers of deadly intrigue shatter Connor's simple life. If he stays, he dies. If he leaves, people he loves will die. Some birthdays are like that. And there's this girl.

In one moment Nicole Burns's life changes forever. The sound of gunfire at an Anne Frank exhibit, the panic, the crowd, and Nicole is no longer Nicole. Whiplashed through time and space, she wakes to find herself a privileged Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II.

As student armies clash in intense group battles and Connor struggles to leverage a pitifully underpowered army against overwhelming competition, the intrigue at the Carraig intensifies to deadly new levels. There are secrets at the Carraig buried for centuries that could shake the nation to its roots. Once Connor pokes that hornets' nest, the Tallan's own fury will be unleashed. To survive, Connor must outsmart conniving noble houses, dodge international assassins, survive unbelievably bad poetry, and risk exploring new powers that were concealed for very good reasons.

Sesely, hija del barón Merd, y dos compañeras están disfrutando de un picnic en el bosque de Lurla cuando son abordadas por un hada. El hada, aburrida de siglos de insípida vida de hada, sorprende a las chicas suplicándoles que la transformen en mortal. A las chicas sorprendidas de tener ese poder, el hada les explica cómo se puede hacer. Las chicas acceden a transformar al hada en un niño humano durante un año.

Homecoming was going to be the best night of their lives for the students of Villa Vista High School, but instead it became their last. Love was in the air as several couples among the crowd found themselves at a crossroads. Expectations were high, but the future was less certain than they could ever imagine.

A land has fallen. An escape was made. It's a victory, but at what price? Shaleigh has made a terrible mistake - one she may not ever be able to fix. Lost and in a strange land with anger and death all around her, she must navigate her way through treacherous lands on her quest for redemption.

Frankenstein's illegitimate child Frank-Orilla wanders the Amazon in this very brief story. He is looking for love and romance, but all he gets is pain. Is there love for Frank-Orilla, or not? This brief tale shares it all.

In the animated tale 'Circus Animals,' an unlikely band of circus animals joins forces in an epic adventure in New Orleans to save a lioness and her cub from the clutches of evil carnival workers. Set within the dazzling yet deceptive circus world, where the line between spectacle and exploitation blurs, this story highlights the dark undercurrents of animal mistreatment hidden beneath the sparkle of entertainment. Unlike their callous ringmaster, these animals demonstrate an extraordinary capacity for empathy and unity. 

During a road trip with his two best friends, high school senior David Stone meets Amesemi, the girl of his dreams. Everything is just perfect until the sky turns black. David’s not sure if it’s an attack or a vision, but he sees living darkness around them, consuming them, and then nothing. They wake up miles away with no sign of Amesemi, a bloody handprint on David’s chest, and the inability to account for the past twenty-five hours.

Das Schicksal ist wie ein Strudel, der dich unaufhaltsam nach unten zieht. Hoffnung ist der Anker, der dich zu retten vermag. Jakob ist der geborene Anführer. Jahrelang wurde er von Veteranen der Talente-Armee auf den Kampf gegen die gefühlssaugenden Dschinn vorbereitet. Als er endlich eine eigene Truppe zugeteilt bekommt, ist er schockiert, denn sein Einsatzgebiet ist nicht etwa seine Heimatstadt Frankfurt, sondern ein Dorf im Nirgendwo. Zudem stellt sich heraus, dass die Dschinn dort ungewöhnlich aggressiv sind.

In a twist of fate, a young Latino girl acquires a strange gift and can control time only for herself. Penny reminds us: "Time is strange, and I would have thought it had many paths, but for some reason, you can't go back. My path leads to ruin." Penny's only hope, she thought, was to steal a "Time Machine" and go to an unknown future, where she finds things become more terrible than she ever thought possible. Penny then takes the time to tell us her story. With the nature of what time is, the trip can lead only one way. There is no path back home.

Alles in Meleks Leben hat sich verändert, nur ihr Problem ist gleich geblieben: Sie weiß weiterhin nicht, wohin sie gehört und auf wessen Seite sie steht. Ihr innerer Zwiespalt verschlimmert sich, als Jakobs Truppe gegen die zerstörerischen Prinzipien der Armee rebelliert und ein Bündnis mit den Faunen eingeht. Denn mit einem Mal treffen die ehemaligen Todfeinde in friedlicher Absicht aufeinander - was Levian gar nicht gern sieht.