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Based on some of literature’s horror and science fiction classics, this “tour de force of reclaiming the narrative, executed with impressive wit and insight” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) debut is the story of a remarkable group of women who come together to solve the mystery of a...

The Dungeon of the Absolute has awakened, becoming an existential threat to the town of Bentham, where Master Alchemist Elijah Kaine has made his home and hopes to make his fortune. Endless waves of monsters stand between him and the elusive ingredients he needs to concoct a potion of immortality. Elijah will have to muster every ounce of his skill and resources to emerge triumphant once more.

For centuries, the Great Houses of Shallot have ruled the city through a complex network of power and influence, dividing and destroying factions that threatened their rule. But the latest crisis may be beyond their power to subvert and defeat. The commoners have finally found a leader, while the aristocrats are deeply divided amongst themselves; their magic is no longer trustworthy, and their right to rule is threatened as never before.

On the run! Union Engineer Braxton Wright thought his mission into the south was to extract the contents of a top secret Confederate train. Unbeknownst to him, he was a just a pawn in Alan Pinkerton’s plan to break his ace spy Hattie Lawton out of the Castle Thunder Prison. Now free, and in the company of Braxton’s childhood friend Laurie as well as a mysterious metal man, Braxton is itching to return north to his safe, quiet drafting board.

The Magic Academy...an institution shrouded in mystery and secrets. People from all over the different empires want nothing more than to enroll, get their hands on the knowledge stored there, become those most respected in the world - mages. Tailyn Vlashich was one of the lucky few admitted without going through the entrance exams.

When the Council of 10 takes the seer Nostradamus into custody, suspecting him of poisoning a friend of the prince, his young apprentice must unravel a web of magic and murder if he is to have any future of his own.

When Nostradamus is hired to find a foreign spy by Venice's ruling Council of 10, the only clues they can offer him are the spy's intercepted messages, encoded in a seemingly unbreakable cipher. Nostradamus turns to his able apprentice, the young swordsman Alfeo Zeno, whose unique talents may prove essential to unraveling the truth.

When Tudor explorers returned from the New World, they brought back a name out of half-forgotten Viking legend: skraylings. Red-sailed ships followed in the explorers’ wake, bringing Native American goods - and a skrayling ambassador – to London. But what do these seemingly magical beings really want in Elizabeth I’s capital? Mal Catlyn, a down-at-heel swordsman, is appointed to the ambassador’s bodyguard, but assassination attempts are the least of his problems.

Der alte Mann im Turm hält sich für den größten Alchemisten aller Königreiche, den 'Meister der Elixiere'. Seine genialen Zaubertränke heißen "Fluch des neugierigen Schattens" oder "Spiegel des Todes". Einen Trank für Demut und Bescheidenheit sollen andere erfinden.

London, 1890. The city is ruled by the nobility and the Watch, or so it seems. When an underground organization pursues the alchemical formula to create a soul, bodies begin to pile up, and important figures begin to go missing. Masked men turn the gears of fate, pushing London into a new era where artificial life is only the beginning. Arhyen is the self-declared finest thief in London. The mission was simple. Steal a journal from Fairfax Breckinridge, one of the greatest alchemists of the time. He hadn't expected to find Fairfax himself, with a dagger in his back.

Hampered by arthritis, Nostradamus is in no mood for granting favors or running about looking for trouble. But when his apprentice Alfeo's mistress asks him to investigate the murder of her beloved courtesan mentor - and promises a fortune in payment - he comes around.It appears that someone is murdering the courtesans of Venice. All were well-known, admired for their skills - and somehow connected by a sinister event involving one of the great families of the city.

Vertrackt haben sie aufgehört - verzwackt gehen die Abenteuer des Alchemisten Kronarius weiter. Den Bund der Vier zieht es erneut in die geheimnisvolle Höhle im Grenzwald. Schmerzlich erfahren sie, dass sie dort alles andere als willkommen sind. Das Mysterium um den drogurischen Folianten übersteigt selbst die Vorstellungskraft des Meisters der Elixiere. Erholung soll die Reise an den königlichen Hof bieten. Doch bereits in der ersten Nacht wird der Statthalter ermordet.

Das Ritual verlief erfolgreich und ermöglichte Edgar die wundersame Flucht von einer sterbenden Welt sowie ein neues Leben. Er hatte allerdings nicht damit gerechnet, dass in dieser lebensprühenden neuen Welt hinter jeder Ecke Gefahren lauern. Nach geringer Eingewöhnungszeit schlug das Schicksal abermals gnadenlos zu. Ed verlor seine Familie und fiel ihren Feinden in die Hände. Doch lässt sich ein talentierter Alchemist, dem schon einmal das Unmögliche geglückt ist, davon entmutigen?

Der Abschluss der Abenteuer des Alchemisten Kronarius Dolasar. So hatte der Bund der Vier sich die Rückkehr vom königlichen Hof nicht vorgestellt. Ein tödlicher Unfall im Hafen bringt Jaldur in arge Bedrängnis und ein Geschenk des Königs verkehrt sich für Mirianne und Brejo zu einer unerwarteten Bedrohung. Der Meister-Alchemist bleibt dem Geheimnis des magischen Folianten auf der Spur, wobei das fehlende dritte Artefakt, eine entscheidende Rolle spielt.

In seiner Welt war er der letzte Alchemist, einer der wenigen Überlebenden inmitten der Ruinen einer einst großen Zivilisation. Doch er klammerte sich ans Leben, und da er wusste, dass seine Heimat nicht mehr zu retten war, beschloss er, einen Weg zu finden, diesen unwirtlichen Ort zu verlassen. In jahrelanger unermüdlicher Arbeit ersann er ein Ritual, mit dem er sich in eine andere Welt versetzen wollte. Allerdings lief es anders als geplant und endete mit seiner Wiedergeburt.

Facing a heated courtroom of strangers, he must now recall the events that brought him here as a fellow alchemist probes his memory. Such is the job of alchemists: administering elixirs in order to see into the minds of men. Their dreams. Their nightmares. Their secrets. But while everyone believes him guilty, Alchemist Ortez knows what they do not. He was hired by the victim for a job unlike any they could imagine.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is obsessed with a legendary red book. Its peculiar stories have come to life, and rumors claim that it has rewritten its own endings. Convinced that possessing this book will help him write his ever-popular Sherlock Holmes stories, he takes on an unlikely partner, John Patrick Scott, known to most as a concert pianist, but a paranormal investigator and a time traveler professor to a select few.