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Gyen Jebi isn’t a fighter or a subversive. They just want to paint. One day they’re jobless and desperate; the next, Jebi finds themself recruited by the Ministry of Armor to paint the mystical sigils that animate the occupying government’s automaton soldiers. But when Jebi discovers the depths of the Razanei government’s horrifying crimes - and the awful source of the magical pigments they use - they find they can no longer stay out of politics.

Sacrificing his life to protect his best friend was a decision Hui Yue did not regret. Yet who could have known that death was not the final destination, but rather the beginning of a new adventure into a world filled with demonic beasts and martial arts cultivation? Hui Yue soon finds that within this world, strength is what determined your future accomplishments...and there is no space for the weak. Embarking upon this new life, Hui Yue meets friends, experiences betrayal, and embarks on his own journey of cultivation to overcome his limits and increase his strength.

The Phoenix and the Mirror: or, The Enigmatic Speculum by Avram Davidson is a fantasy novel that tells the story of a sorcerer named Vergil Magus. This sorcerer was named for Virgil (or Publius Vergilius Maro), poet and author of The Aeneid. In an introduction to The Phoenix and the Mirror, Davidson claims that during the Dark Ages, people tended to forget that Virgil was a poet and instead believed he was a sorcerer. The Phoenix and the Mirror was the first book in which Davidson attempted to retell the legend of this mysterious sorcerer.

A world where strength determines the future accomplishments of people. A world where magical beasts roam the lands. A place where Hui Yue and his friends finds themselves on the road of cultivation, which leads to the Dungeons of the Divine. But what exactly are these dungeons, and what will they find deep within? Join Hui Yue and his friends on an epic adventure through a world where only the strong survive.

On the road to revenge, Hui Yue finds that not everything goes as planned. With the sudden revelation of the Grave of the Unknown, he takes the chance to gain plenty of rewards - but with rewards of this size comes equally sizable dangers. On his journey toward vengeance, Hui Yue is still caught in the world where only the strongest survive.

Having become the new Judge of Hell, Hui Yue travels back to the Celestial Sword Sect where he is to start a new life as an immortal. While striving to gain enough strength to defeat his enemies, he must continue to look out for the people he cares most about. He journeys out on a trip to find the one person who can help him resurrect his loved one....

Leaving behind the Divine Beast World, Hui Yue embarks upon the life of an immortal in the vast outside world. To resurrect his loved one, he will go to hell and back. Follow Hui Yue as he enters a world unlike any he has ever seen before and adapts to the many changes that surrounds him on his quest to become the strongest person alive.

Hui Yue is continuing his journey to become a god when an enemy from the past appears in front of him. What is it that makes this old enemy appear in front of Hui Yue, and why is it so urgent? Being tempted by this saint, Hui Yue moves forward to find many secrets of the world he had never imagined before. He experiences one hardship after another, but with his friends by his side, they fight for survival in the red realm that has been created to test their abilities.

Stepping out from the Dungeons of the Divine, Hui Yue found himself in a world unlike anything he had ever seen before. This was a dog-eat-dog world where he had to fight to prove his worth. With Lan Feng by his side, Hui Yue continues his adventure, soaring toward the heavens, towards the world where people will sing songs about his achievements and fear his overwhelming strength.

The final adventure in Blue Phoenix brings our heroes into an all-encompassing war where they are unable to back out. They meet new friends, but also more enemies. Their aim is to reclaim their lost friends, gain vengeance for Lan Feng and his brothers, alongside ensuring that humanity will continue to live a life of freedom as they do now. In the darkest hour, all the heroes must stand together, fight against their most formidable foe to date, and risk their lives in the dangerous war, before they can finally walk the bridge of dreams toward a new future.

The Hollow Hills recreates the suspense and excitement of an ancient legend—how Merlin the Enchanter, prophet, visionary, and adviser to kings—keeps Arthur, the future king of Britain, safe. Merlin keeps watch over Arthur in remote secrecy, safe from the warring kings and Saxons who plot against his father, King Uther. Haunted by dreams of the magical sword Caliburn, which has been hidden for centuries, Arthur must claim the fabled sword to become the true High King of Britain. When Uther Pendragon is killed in battle, the time of destiny is at hand.

Ein Asteroid von der Größe des Mondes rast auf die Erde zu und der Menschheit fehlen die Mittel, ihn aufzuhalten. Sechs Auserwählte sollen in der Zeit zurückreisen, um die Vergangenheit zu ändern und den technologischen Fortschritt zu beschleunigen. Eine der Zeitreisenden ist Mia, die in die Rolle der antiken Göttin Diana schlüpft. Gemeinsam mit ihren Mitstreitern muss sie die Herrschaft im Römischen Reich übernehmen. Humor, Hightech und Haltung bewahren Mia und ihr Götterteam in vielen brenzligen Situationen vor dem Verzweifeln.

Kyri, Tobimar, and Poplock had managed - barely - to thwart the plans of the mad alchemist-mage Master Wieran and defeat the monstrous Elderwyrm Sanamaveridion, saving the secret country of Kaizatenzei from the evil hidden at its core. Now they believe they have discovered the true architect of not just the fall of the Justiciars of Myrionar - god of Justice and Vengeance - but the unleashing of the forces of the Hells themselves against the other countries of Zarathan.

Since she was a child, the divine Empress O Shizuka has believed she was an untouchable god. When her uncle, ruler of the Hokkaran Empire, sends her on a suicide mission as a leader of the Imperial Army, the horrors of war cause her to question everything she knows. Thousands of miles away, the exiled and cursed warrior Barsalyya Shefali undergoes trials the most superstitious would not believe in order to return to Hokkaran court and claim her rightful place next to O Shizuka.

Idunn’s apples made Odin a god-king. Now, she calls upon him to overthrow her people - the very gods he has long worshipped. In his way stand mist-worshipping sorcerers, draugar, trolls, and all the horrors of Hel. Can Odin guide his people past such threats? And even if he can reach the gods, can he defeat them?

Dal genio di Robert E. Howard, la prima, originale avventura di Conan il Barbaro. Gotico, epico, selvaggio.