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Though Vance puts himself in tradition of popular fantasy writers, one might assume that he had also grown up with Ovid and Herodotus, Homer’s Odyssey, Don Quixote, and Candide. The Cugel tales lack some of the scope and pathos of the great adventure yarns, but, in the 21st century, they may be as close as one gets to the celebration of epic human perseverance.

After a year of fighting across three different lands, Dante and Blays have finally brought Gladdic to justice—and in the process, they've unleashed a horror beyond all reckoning. The enemy is known as the White Lich. He is ancient. He is immensely powerful. And Gladdic believes he will soon enslave all of Tanar Atain. Their only chance to defeat him is to strike fast, before the lich has regained his power. But attacking him directly would be suicide.

Melvin Corey must choose between an alliance with the Pattern of Amber or the Pattern of Chaos, in a tale of a sometimes murderous family of wizards and their alternate worlds.

One would think Anne Elliot, a baronet’s daughter, would find the marriage mart far easier to navigate than a more ordinary woman. One would be wrong. After refusing a poor, but otherwise perfect sailor, on the advice of her friend Lady Russell, Anne finds an unhappy choice before her: marry deathly dull Charles Musgrove or hope against hope that another suitable proposal might come her way before she becomes a spinster on the shelf.

Eighteen-year-old Aela Everflame is finally old enough to enroll at the War College of Solarus. Reunited with her childhood friend Nathaniel after a long twelve months apart, she’s eager to begin the next chapter of her life. Despite her modest magical abilities, lack of social finesse, and terrible combat skills, Aela is a Fire Wielder—one of the sought-after "Flames" destined to join the Olympian Army.

After receiving a request for aid from a beautiful and mysterious messenger, Lee and his inner circle travel to nearby Birnefeld, a large and prosperous city ruled by the dragon king. Before he ever arrives, however, Lee encounters a group of marauders ransacking the countryside, meets a strange new herald who has set up camp in the region, and receives the dire news that the hero Brigid of Kildare has gone missing. To make things worse, a powerful new enemy is stalking him from the shadows, toying with his dreams, and striking at his closest relationships.

Sir Torsten Unger must deal with the aftermath of the Drav Cra's failed occupation of Yarrington. But with so much power up for grabs, old enemies begin to show their faces from the darker corners of the city. Desperate to find Sora, Whitney Fierstown joins a traveling troupe of entertainers in order to secure safe passage to Yaolin, where he believes he can find her. What seems like a simple journey, however, grows complicated when Whitney finds himself growing too close to his new companions and must chose between saving them from certain death or continuing on his own.

With Venir imprisoned at the Outpost, who will step forward to protect Bish from the rising tide of underlings? Who will save Venir? What about the City of Bone? Have underling Lords Catten, Verbard and Master Kierway taken it over? Kam the mage and Lefty Lightfoot struggle to find a way out of The Nest, but will they need the help of a far more dangerous ally? What hand, if any, will Scorch have in all of this? Will another Darkslayer rise amid the chaos?

The capital city of the Anirian Empire simmers with unrest. The emperor stands as the last scion of the imperial dynasty, but at 16, the boy is powerless against an oppressive regent who seeks to tighten his hold on the throne. As sides are drawn and conspiracies are set into motion, six individuals emerge to carve a foothold for their own ambitions.... A self-exiled warrior fueled by vengeance. A lowborn courtesan driven to rule. A once powerful general turned reclusive cripple. A gifted strategist intent on treachery. An idle hero and his honor-bound brother.

Nachdem es Galiläa nicht gelang, den Fluch zu brechen, beschließt sie für den Frieden der Vampirländer Prinz Arvid zu heiraten. Ihre Gedanken wurden von Aleoren manipuliert, was es ihr erschwert, zwischen Lüge und Wahrheit zu entscheiden. Mit der Zeit jedoch kehren ihre realen Erinnerungen an Zagan zurück, der weiterhin in Nachts Reich festgehalten wird. Galiläa versucht alles, um nach Lybnia zurückzukehren. Mit einer Intrige gelingt es ihr, ins Dämonenreich zu gelangen und muss sich Kallistras skrupellosen Spielchen beugen, um in Dunkelheits Nähe zu sein.

Gefährlich. Aufregend. Romantisch. Eines weiß die junge Vampir-Prinzessin Galiläa mit Gewissheit: Sie wird den Thronerben Skandinaviens Prinz Arvid nicht heiraten. Daher kommt nur eines infrage: Sie muss fliehen! Auf ihrer Reise mit ihrer Zofe begegnet sie einem geheimnisvollen Fremden mit betörend grünen Augen, der eine gefährliche Begabung beherrscht – die Magie der Dunkelheit. Gezeichnet von einem Fluch, ist ihm jede Täuschung recht, sie für sich zu gewinnen und in sein Reich zu locken. Zudem ist Prinz Arvid auf der Suche nach der geflohenen Prinzessin.

In 2002 ADR, the Argensian Empire still reels from the usurpation of its centuries-old throne by a landless adventurer. As the elven nobility smolders to see a dwarven warrior and his sorcerous allies on their throne, another band of upstarts, called the Tributarians, returns from the impassable desert, bearing riches and winning momentary fame.

For Iain, village life wasn’t too exciting until a sudden change in climate forces him to cross the sea in search of a new home for his tribe. There he discovers the stories about strange and mystical beasts are more beautiful and terrifying than imagined. Alone and plagued by a bitter sense of loss, he is drawn into a maze of interwoven worlds where everyone he meets seems to have their own agenda for him. But battling dragons and an evil sorcerer aren’t his only problems.

Remarin is a thief. He was hired to steal a gem. No big deal, right? Yeah, right. He stole the gem, then everything went sideways, and now he's running for his life across rooftops, through sewers, and all over the godsforsaken world trying not to get dead. And who is this kid, Kit, anyway?

Wenn Freunde zu Feinden werden und Liebe zu Hass. Actionreiche Fantasy-Romance um eine Hexe in einer tödlichen Welt inspiriert von nordischer Mythologie. Als neue Anführerin der Wilden Jagd, der gefürchtetsten Söldnertruppe von Middangard, hat sich die Hexe Smilla einem Ziel verschrieben, das ihr Leben von nun an bestimmt: Sie will das Land von den mordlüsternen Walküren befreien und damit Rache üben. Denn diese nahmen ihr das, was sie am meisten geliebt hat.

A man who can control shadows is terrorizing the magical community of London. Performing a grand ritual that could rip the very fabric of reality apart. Rafe and Ana are reluctant to investigate, it's definitely not their kinda gig - too apocalyptic for their liking.... But when they discover their connection to the Prince of Darkness, they find themselves pulled in to his scheme whether they like it or not. Because the Shadowmancer is not working alone. Someone is pulling the strings.