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A young orphan. A sprawling country estate. A distant relative with unsettling interests. This is a tale where quiet dread builds behind closed doors, and the line between scholarly pursuit and ancient ritual begins to blur. Twelve-year-old Stephen Elliott arrives at Aswarby Hall expecting safety—but the deeper he explores its halls, the more he senses that something watches from the shadows. Whispers of vanished children, strange dreams, and spectral figures at the window speak of a secret both chilling and deliberate.

In the wake of a crushing defeat, Tisaanah and Maxatarius have been ripped apart. Tisaanah is desperate to rescue Max from his imprisonment, even as her people's fight for freedom grows more treacherous. But within the walls of Ilyzath, Max's mind is a shadow of what it once was . . . leaving his past a mystery and his future at the mercy of Ara's new, ruthless queen. Meanwhile, in the Fey lands, Aefe has been dragged back into this world by a king who vows to destroy civilizations in her name. But even as her past returns to claim her, her former self is a stranger.

Tisaanah bargained away her own freedom to save those she left behind in slavery. Now, bound by her blood pact, she must fight the Orders' war—and Max is determined to protect her at all costs. But when a betrayal tears apart Ara, Max and Tisaanah are pushed into an even bloodier conflict. Tisaanah must gamble with Reshaye's power to claim an impossible victory. And Max, forced into leadership, must confront everything he hoped to forget: his past, and his own mysterious magic. All the while, darker forces loom—far darker, even, than the Orders' secrets.

Ripped from a forgotten homeland as a child, Tisaanah learned how to survive with nothing but a sharp wit and a touch of magic. But the night she tries to buy her freedom, she barely escapes with her life. Desperate to save the best friend she left behind, Tisaanah journeys to the Orders, the most powerful organizations of magic Wielders in the world. But to join their ranks, she must complete an apprenticeship with Maxantarius Farlione, a handsome and reclusive fire wielder who despises the Orders.

The long-awaited continuation of one of the greatest fantasy trilogies ever written. The world was nearly destroyed, but now knows hope again. At the end of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Ineluki the Storm King, an undead spirit of horrifying, demonic power, came within moments of stopping Time...

This is the unabridged audio recording of M R James' excellent ghost story "Lost Hearts". Read by David Collings, this is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Eine ehemalige Sklavin, die für Gerechtigkeit kämpft. Ein Krieger, der den Glauben daran längst verloren hat. Und eine dunkle Magie, die ihre Schicksale untrennbar miteinander verknüpft. Tisaanah hat das Unmögliche geschafft: Nach Jahren der Unterdrückung hat die Sklavin ihre Freiheit mit...

Lost Hearts tells the story of Stephen Elliott, an orphan aged 11 years and of an inquiring frame of mind, who is sent to stay with his much older cousin, the scholarly Mr. Abney, at a remote country mansion, Aswarby Hall, in Lincolnshire. Things get strange when Stephen is repeatedly troubled by visions of a young gypsy girl and a traveling Italian boy with their hearts missing.

Fünf Menschen. Fünf Geschichten. Aber nur ein Schicksal. Während Rijel, Arian und Ileana wohlbehütet aufwuchsen, lebten die Brüder Duarte und Angor versteckt bei Leyans Eltern im Untergrund Duhrons, dem feindlichen Königreich. Verborgen vor den Augen ihres Onkels, der ihnen den Thron geraubt hatte und den sie nun zurückerobern wollen. Komme, was wolle. Doch was, wenn plötzlich die Liebe zwischen diese Pläne gerät, um sie zu durchkreuzen? Verrat und Hoffnung, Freund und Feind, Glück und Leid, Liebe und Hass.

Ein Krieg, der alles zu zerreißen droht. Eine Macht, die alles fordert. Und eine Liebe, die zwischen den Fronten steht Tisaanah hat alles aufs Spiel gesetzt, um die zu befreien, die noch in Ketten liegen. Doch ihr Blutschwur an den Orden zwingt sie, einen Krieg zu führen, der nicht der ihre...

Sie kämpft für ihre Liebe. Er gegen die Schatten seiner Vergangenheit. Doch manche Opfer fordern einen höheren Preis als den Tod. Nach einer verheerenden Niederlage wurden Tisaanah und Maxatarius auseinandergerissen. Tisaanah setzt alles daran, Max aus seiner Gefangenschaft zu befreien - doch...

Kamir is on the verge of losing everything. Knowing full well he can't meet the ultimatum his parents have issued, he instead finally puts in motion his plans to live completely independent of them. His plans are interrupted, however, by the unexpected return of his despised ex-husband - and thrown even further into upheaval when he ends up comforting the man he's secretly loved for years.

Kurz vor seinem zwölften Geburtstag zieht der zum Vollwaisen gewordene Stephen Elliott zu seinem Cousin Mr. Abney auf dessen Landsitz. Die Einladung von Mr. Abney hat freilich einen bestimmten Grund. Und zwei Punkte sind dabei für Stephen von Bedeutung. Erstens: der wahre Grund wird ihm anscheinend verschwiegen. Und zweitens: er hängt mit dem Verschwinden von zwei Kindern in seinem Alter und letztlich mit seinem eigenen Leben zusammen... aber so ganz scheinen die zwei Kinder doch nicht verschwunden zu sein - etwas von ihnen ist zurück geblieben auf Aswarby Hall.

I was locked out of Neverra—a death sentence for faeries born on the isle. Unless I found a way back home, the fire in my veins would extinguish, and with it, my life. That was how I ended up stuck on Earth, with for only companion, a grumpy hunter who hated me for what I was and what I'd done. If I'd known marking him would carry my voice into his mind, I would've kept my magic to myself. No… that wasn't true. I would've marked him sooner. After all, I was mute, so no one had ever heard my voice, until him.

"Jesse Vilinsky's versatile performance brightens this dark tale of a child who is forced to grow up too fast. Listeners will be captivated by how Vilinksy balances tragedy and hope in this eighth installment of the Wayward Children series."- AudioFile Winner: 2022 Hugo Award for Best Series A...