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“They show you fear so you’ll mistake it for truth.” Because sometimes the greatest danger isn’t the monsters beyond the walls,it’s the truths we were never meant to question. Inside Haven Spire, humanity survives within carefully controlled walls built by the Continuum, an organization devoted to preserving life through order, structure, and absolute stability. Every citizen has a role. Every action is measured. Every truth is defined by the promise of survival. Io Kepler has grown up believing the rules exist to keep everyone safe.

In the future, major corporations become more powerful than nations and lead the expansion into space. Many have their own military to protect their assets across the galaxy. When a young man facing a bleak future leaps into action during an assault on his home planet, he is recruited by the company to join their elite Mech division. But Ace Evans is more than just a soldier... and he'll face a rising threat with plans to dominate the entire galaxy.

What would you do if you discovered you could shapeshift into a dragon? Luna and Phoenix, an ocean apart, have a similar startling experience. A vacation unites the strangers, allowing them to discover the unexpected and magnificent powers within them together. Guided by the nature deity Pan and Phoenix's grandfather, they grow out of their depths and learn that there is more to the world than what meets the eye.

Avalon, city of kings, boasts a skyline adorned with sky towers and airships, while its parklands are inhabited by roaming dinosaurs. But darkness hides in the shadows. After Arthur united the realm, Avalon is poised for peace. The newlywed king is eager to build a bright future for the kingdom. But peace is fleeting. The sorted histories of Arthur’s knights resurface, and trouble is brewing with Berry, a neighboring kingdom. The scars of previous conflicts have yet to heal, and both sides are facing a crisis.

There’s only one rule in Gehenna: survive—or die trying. No one has ever left alive. Acadia’s life has hit rock bottom. Once the darling of Beulah’s social elite, betrayal landed her in Gehenna—the notorious debtors' prison. Now every day is a battle just to stay breathing. To live, she must become as ruthless as the monsters around her. So Acadia hardens her heart, sealing off the emotions that could get her killed. She won’t care. She won’t trust. She won’t break. Then he arrives. A stranger—scarred, smiling, and maddeningly kind. He insists he’s not a prisoner, just a visitor in rags.

Mindwalker is an action-packed YA sci-fi novel with one central question at its core: would you ever surrender control of your mind? DO NOT SURRENDER CONTROL. Eighteen-year-old Sil Sarrah is determined to die a legend. But with only twelve months left before the supercomputer grafted to her...

Teenage Werewolf Grazi Kelly must end the Curse of Natalis once and for all. With the help of Ronan and some unlikely allies she finds herself in a situation she could've never predicted. Will she be strong enough to fight both the Dark Witches and the High Council? Find out what fate has in store for Grazi this last installment of the Grazi Kelly Novel Series.

I survived the Trials. I even survived my nightmares. Now, I’m ready to move on and live a quiet life. But skeletons the size of dangerous government secrets rarely stay hidden. When those secrets are leaked, it’s my job to handle the public backlash. So much for any chance at a quiet, normal life. Instead, I have to make a choice— maintain the peace and innocence of our people or share the dark truth and shake the very foundations of our society.

Sitting hidden in the branches of an oak tree, Cecily de Malet watches a woman die slowly in the window of a great manor house. The woman's face is her own. She would rather vanish from time itself than become her. Cecily has fourteen days to escape a forced marriage to a man old enough to be her grandfather—a powerful lord who collects young wives the way other men collect land. Her only option is her grandfather Anton’s forbidden machine, a device she was warned never to touch. She touches it anyway.

The Earth is dying, and Nia Beckett is certain it's all her fault. In the year 2291, humanity's efforts to protect the planet have gone terribly wrong. Nia's Teens For Earth recruits try using their newly discovered Talents to help, but everything they attempt just makes the situation worse. The deadly Fray is spreading. Jag Mahajan believes the only solution is to flee off-world, but he doesn't want to leave without his mom.

Fanatical Nia believes that only the superhero Breaker can fix the planet. Jag knows Nia is insane. In the year 2291, everyone is connected remotely to each other’s brains, but the world is not as perfect as it seems. When Jag and Nia are abruptly disconnected from the Tapestry, can they get over their differences and work together to unravel Breaker’s identity? Jag needs his mother’s approval for a cybernetic leg replacement, but she vanished with her cult of mathematical naturalists. The resources Jag needs to find his missing mother are wrapped up in his father’s lies.

In der Elfenstadt Malerian freut sich Ragnar darauf, seine Lehre zum Wächter über die Reiche der Menschen und Elfen zu beginnen. Doch der Krieg ist bereits näher, als sie dachten, und so wird seine magische Ausbildung schon bald unterbrochen. Zusammen mit seinem Vater Balthon und seinem Freund und Mentor Vuduin versucht Ragnar, einen Weg zu finden, das Böse aufzuhalten, doch dabei führt das Schicksal sie auf unterschiedliche Pfade, die Ragnars wahre Bestimmung offenbaren oder sie in ein noch größeres Chaos stürzen.

Die sehnsüchtig erwartete Fortsetzung des SPIEGEL-Bestsellers. Er nennt mich Lie — so wie die Lüge. Und er hat allen Grund dazu … »Ein knisterndes Fantasy-Spektakel, das jeden Fourth Wing- und ASRAI-Fan begeistern wird. Absolute Leseempfehlung! Ich liebe es!

Sie war Walküre Unruhs beste Freundin ... Sie ist cool, sexy und schlagfertig. In Band Fünf der Reihe um den zaubernden Skelett-Detektiv Skulduggery Pleasant hat sie die Seiten gewechselt und seither fragen Fans weltweit: Was macht eigentlich Tanith Low? Tanith ist natürlich nicht einfach verschwunden!

It's supposed to be a treat for Kit, a winter holiday by the coast with her sister Libby and their mum. But when Libby vanishes into thin air, and no one else remembers her, Kit is faced with a new reality – one in which her sister never existed. Then she meets Story, a local boy who remembers Libby perfectly.

This 18th entry into the Rick Brant series finds Rick and Scotty on vacation with Rick’s new houseboat, visiting government agent Steve Ames down in Chesapeake Bay. Their plan is to meet Mr. and Mrs. Brant, Barby Brant, and Jan Miller at Steve’s vacation house and float languidly back to...

Set in the same world as the extraordinary Mindwalker, Mindbreaker is an action packed young adult science fiction novel asking: what would you sacrifice to survive? They saved her life. But at what cost? Born into a religious, anti-tech cult, seventeen-year-old Indra lives a simple, mod-free...

Following a devastating betrayal, Beth Bradley, a sixteen-year-old graffiti artist, is suspended from school. Running from a home that she shares with her father who has never recovered after Beth's mother's death, Beth stumbles into the hidden city and meets Filius Viae, London's asphalt-hued crown prince. And her timing couldn't have been more perfect.

Banni de son monde pour avoir commis de terribles crimes, Tallion, un propriétaire de porte magique, passe le plus clair de son temps sur Terre dans un appartement miteux. Il y réside en compagnie de Lumine, sa petite hermine magique. Mais un beau jour, deux de ses congénères débarquent dans son appartement pour lui proposer une mission qui pourrait bien lui permettre de se racheter...

Danae est une jeune fille à part. Contrairement à ses camarades de classe, elle est capable de voir la dimension dans laquelle vivent les démons.