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While trying to teach her adopted daughter, Reema, how to work with molten glass, Opal receives a letter from Master Magician Zitora Cowan requesting Opal's immediate help. Zitora resigned from the Sitian Council over two years ago to search for her lost sister, and no one has heard from her since. The letter is probably a trick, but Opal refuses to pass up the opportunity to help her mentor, who may be in genuine trouble. Good thing Opal isn't that easy to fool.

Upon completing her first Big Night assignment of delivering coal to all the kids on the naughty list, coal elf Ember Skye thought all was well at the North Pole. She no longer has to slave away mining coal, and her arch-nemesis - the demonic and evil elf, Sturd - has seemingly been stripped of his power and relegated to obscurity. But you just can't keep a bad elf down.

Dani and Eden Rivera were both born to kill dragons, but the sisters couldn't be more different. For Dani, dragon-slaying takes a back seat to normal high school life, while Eden prioritizes training above everything else. Yet they both agree on one thing: it's kill or be killed where dragons are concerned. Until Dani comes face-to-face with one and forges a rare and magical bond. As she gets to know Nox, she realizes that everything she thought she knew about dragons is wrong.

Como todo el mundo sabe, cuando el Príncipe Azul despertó a la Bella Durmiente, se casó con ella y se la llevó a su reino. Pero las historias no siempre acaban en el momento feliz, sino que la vida sigue y comienzan los problemas. Esta es la verdadera historia de cómo la Bella Durmiente se...

After breaking the 100m world record, 16-year-old Calli is whisked away to a secret facility where she's placed with other teens who possess superhuman speed. She soon finds herself in a deadly situation involving other superpowers, a magical diamond, and a centuries-old clan vying for world domination. Calli will have to rely on her quick wit and gut instinct to navigate her new world, which includes secretly carrying a power-infusing diamond, all the while steering clear of the young man who mistakenly believes she's his soul mate.

Die Zahl der Menschen auf ihrem neuen Heimatplaneten Proxima Centauri b im Paralleluniversum explodiert. Der Planet wehrt sich dagegen und verlangt Jungfrauenopfer. Ein Teil der Menschheit flieht, ein Teil bleibt. Der Planet wütet weiter. Schließlich opfert sich Atithi und kann den Planeten besänftigen. Doch droht auch dem ganzen Planeten eine weitere Gefahr.

El libro comienza con una introducción que aclara el estilo y enfoque de la narración, misma que utiliza diferentes puntos de vista para formar un hilo conductor que cuenta la caída y ascenso de un personaje atormentado en el pasado por sus demonios y dificultades, pero que a través de un proceso de introspección y autosuperación supo cómo vencerlos y ahora nos cuenta su historia.