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When the Olympian Comet shoots through the sky for the first time in 3,000 years, Nicole and four others - including mysterious bad-boy Blake - are gifted with elemental powers. But the comet has another effect - it opens the portal to another dimension that has imprisoned the Titans for centuries. After an ancient monster escapes, it's up to Nicole and the others to follow a cryptic prophecy in time to save the town...and possibly the world.

Stuck in the lethal Outer Rings of Glacium, I must fight to survive. And not just that; my true identity must remain the gravest of secrets. No one can find out I'm the Tatuma of Osolis—the princess of their enemy world—especially now I know why I've been veiled my entire life. I have to believe I can do it, because only then can I continue the search for Prince Kedrick's murderer and navigate my way back to King Jovan's castle.

For two centuries, the ring-shaped colony ship Exsta has drifted through space, ruled by the Choir of Higher Angels, an elite caste that decides your future, who you can love, and who dies. Lowborn farm boy Simon expected a normal life... until a reckless dare exposes a secret the Higher Angels will kill to protect. Falsely convicted and sentenced to the Ascent of Angels – a televised death match masquerading as competition – Simon is thrown onto a team of criminals called "The Fallen." While elite competitors get every advantage, his team is meant to die as a warning to the lower classes.

When a young feral kitten follows the tracks of her missing brother into the woods, she expects hunger, cold, and the dangers of the human world. She is utterly unprepared for what she finds. Beneath the forest floor lies a vast, shifting labyrinth where ancient magic breathes, shadows hunger, and every chamber is a trial. Cats from across the land have been drawn into its depths, trapped in a ritual none of them understands. To survive, Nyx must face predators, forge uneasy alliances, and trust instincts she never knew she possessed. But this place is no ordinary prison. Its walls move.

As Opal, Sal finally has the power, prestige, and, most importantly, the ability to hunt the lords who killed their family. But Sal has to figure out who the culprits are before putting them down - which means trying to ignore the fact that Elise is being kept a virtual prisoner and that the queen may have ulterior motives. And the tales coming out of north are baffling. Talk of dark spirits, missing children, and magic abound. As Sal heads north toward their ruined homeland and the lords who destroyed everything, they learn secrets and truths that can't be ignored.

Min and Max broke physics to resurrect a dog. Now the Earth is doomed. Middle management lays the blame on their shoulders, and those passive-aggressive emails are escalating to active-aggressive weapons. They'll rescue the Earth if they can. Secure the future of humanity if there's time.

Hailey hat ihren Platz im Team der Duties erkämpft. Doch alte Fehden lodern weiter, und sie muss in der neuen Mannschaft ihren Platz finden. Zwischen Trainingskämpfen, Ränkespielen und neuen Verbündeten stößt Hailey auf Hinweise zu ihrer Herkunft. Die Sylphe Chloe hilft ihr, das Vermächtnis ihrer Mutter zu verstehen – und es zu nutzen. Während Hailey ihre neuen Kräfte entfaltet und die Nähe zu Aiden genießt, spinnt jemand im Verborgenen ein tödliches Netz.

Outlaw twin sisters Ava and Mira Goodwin were born to defy Texas’s tyrannical and oppressive Governor Roth. They inspired millions across the country to liberate themselves and fight to live free under the new Common rule. But an enemy still endangers their fragile vision for the future. Ava and Mira’s mission: hunt the man down. The once-mighty Governor Roth has fled Dallas. Holding a hostage beloved by Ava and Mira, Roth has a mission, too: regroup his Loyalists, wreak vengeance, and reclaim his power.

In this 17th science adventure, Rick and Scotty and the Spindrift Science Foundation staff (including Hartson Brant, Hobart Zircon, and Julius Weiss) join forces with South American geoscientists on the resort island of San Luz, off the coast of South America. There, they are faced with the ancient volcano of El Viejo, which shows every sign of getting ready to erupt and consume the entire island in a devastating disaster, like the one that obliterated the island of Krakatoa in 1883.

In De verloren held zijn drie van de zeven halfbloeden achter hun angstaanjagende opdracht gekomen, maar wie zijn de andere vier? Jason, Piper en Leo breken zich constant het hoofd over deze vraag. Een deel van het antwoord lijkt gegeven te worden als ene Percy Jackson in een Halfbloedkamp opduikt. Het gerucht doet de ronde dat hij de zoon van Neptunus is, maar meer dan alleen zijn eigen naam lijkt Percy niet te weten. En kan het echt waar zijn dat de levende dode Hazel en de onvoorstelbare kluns Frank ook met de profetie te maken hebben?

Charcoal the Elf, Book Two: Down Under picks up where Book One: Up Top leaves off. Charcoal, shunned and bullied by his fellow elves Up Top because he's different (his bizarre hair), is a classic misfit. Together with Trixie, his cousin and only friend, they travel the globe Down Below to the domain of human beings, on a fact-finding mission commissioned by no one other than the Big Elf himself, to learn why humans have lost the spirit of Yule, and how they might help restore peace on earth goodwill to all humankind, ultimately preventing the destruction of the very planet they all live on.

Accused of a crime that he didn’t commit, Lucian Roux is on the run from his hometown, Caelum, a rural village concealed deep within The Sage’s Forest. Although carrying the weight of a criminal record and the fear of an uncertain future, Lucian sees this new start as an opportunity to achieve his one-and-only dream: Freedom. His freedom, however, comes with a terrible cost... A price that he might never be able to pay.

Les Aspirants ont bravé Kernunnos. Le Troisième quart débute tandis que les batraciens s'installent à proximité du Manoir. Kovhan, Bruyne, Lexios et Serenya s'apprêtent à réaliser leurs Aspirantissages. Pour découvrir le monde et les métiers de leurs rêves, ils devront se séparer... Mais des quatre coins du Continent parviennent des rumeurs effrayantes. Les Brumes apparaîtraient spontanément. Grandes Familles et Archontes s'organisent pour faire face aux dangers. Hélas, la Maggocculture révèle ses limites.

Zu ihrem Entsetzen müssen Nikola Tesla, Theodora Sachs und Bastien Lavache feststellen, dass ihnen Merlins Mantel und die Haut der Riesenschlange gestohlen wurden. Die Suche nach den Gegenständen gestaltet sich schwieriger als angenommen. Und gerade als Tesla und die anderen Zirkelmitglieder denken, am Ziel zu sein, geraten sie in eine lebensgefährliche Situation. Robur und Killjoy gelingt es weiterhin unbemerkt, in dem stillgelegten Elektrizitätswerk alle Vorbereitungen für den großen Blackout zu treffen.

Le peuple des Elfes, victime de la peste maléfique, a besoin d'aide. Pour cette mission, le roi met en concurrence les Légendaires et le Trio des Fabuleux, une nouvelle bande de justiciers. Arrivés sur le terrain, ils sont témoins d'une guerre entre les Elfes et une autre tribu, les Piranhis. Et si Darkhell, le dangereux sorcier noir, était derrière tout ça ?

As much as Anna would like to live in harmony, a new danger looms in her second year at the Quentin Academy. Lorenzo, Anna's new classmate and friend, recently arrived from Italy with his grandmother. But, Lorenzo's older twin brothers are also studying at the academy, and something about their strange behavior puts Anna on alert. Soon, the inexplicable death of a harmless creature destroys the balance in Anna's peaceful world.

In Morland herrscht Chaos. Im spannenden Finale der Fantasy-Trilogie befehligt Diktator Begarell ein mit gefährlichen Kräften ausgestattetes Heer von Eskatay, um seine Macht auszuweiten. Tess, Hakon und York, die drei magisch begabten Waisen, versuchen ihn zu stoppen. Doch dann stoßen sie auf Begarells verblüffendes Geheimnis. Gelingt es ihnen, Morland zu retten?

Ada and Miry didn’t mean to start a city-wide catastrophe. Really, they didn’t. But when a family trip goes awry, the two Mexican-American cousins from opposite sides of the border accidentally unleash an evil spirit from centuries past. The incident unlocks latent magical powers within the girls, who now have to figure out what’s going on.

En medio de unas vacaciones en Venecia, nuestros protagonistas descubren que la ciudad se está llenando de criaturas fantásticas. Una epidemia de sonambulismo asola la ciudad. Es hora de que Serena y sus amigos se embarquen en una aventura trepidante para salvar nuestro mundo y el de los sueños. Una de la series juveniles revelación escrita a cuatro manos por Ricard Ruiz Garzón e Álex Hinojo. Fantasía, magia, gatos y amistad en una aventura fantástica.

Prince Alexander's mind has been touched by an incomprehensible evil, even as his betrothed travels from afar to unite their kingdoms against a terrible darkness that threatens both realms: the Spirit Eaters. From the distant shores of Illyria to a small deserted island, the deadly consequences of Smoke Blood magic loom, and lost civilizations emerge to reveal the existence of a weapon that may do the impossible - kill the last living god.