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A spine-tingling young adult horror about the untold origins of Maleficent’s dark magic—because evil is seldom what it seems, from New York Times bestselling author, Delilah S. Dawson. Her story begins once upon a nightmare . . . Maleficent believes she is destined for great things. In her...

They called him Sven, the Shatterfist. One of a group of heroes who fought the Demon Lord Mannon. He's finally returned home. But for Sven, after returning from abroad, life isn't what it used to be. Adventuring isn't what it used to be. Things have changed. Something is different. The obvious next step? Retire. Settle down. Start his own tavern. Drink with magic girls. Maybe not in that order.

When Miri receives a silver cat charm from her omama on the night before she dies, she has no idea that the charm holds a secret, a powerful magic that saved her omama's life and is about to make Miri's a whole lot more interesting.

Can life ever be normal? Just as Nicole thinks that she can build a new life at the academy, strange visions of Melany start to plague her mind. If that wasn’t enough, the reality she has come home to is no longer safe.

Rifka is lost, far away from home, kidnapped by an insidious werewolf. Yet does she truly want to go home? Meet an empathic goat, a family of otters, a girl who loves to draw fairies, and a dragon in this new installment of the P.A.W.S. saga.

Join Miri as she continues her journey through Umbrae and Londinium with the help of werecats, wild warlocks, an old dog, a duck, and a whole lot of pea soup.

Miri's world at P.A.W.S. in St. Louis is falling apart. First, Danny is accused of stealing her opapa's charm. But before he can defend himself, he mysteriously disappears. Miri seeks Josh for help and advice, but he too has gone missing. Then, Lilith has a vision: Miri dragged away by wolves. Miri needs answers. Answers that she feels sure are hidden in the blank pages of the book of Argentum. With Lilith's help, she travels to the ancient city of Safed.

Only a few dragonriders exist. Only five dragon eggs are left in the world. After they are gone, dragons and riders will be gone forever. Unless one woman can change everything. The only problem is that Sophia Beaufont doesn’t know what to do. Magitech is seeking to ruin the world. Everything hangs in the balance and not even Mother Nature can fix things. However, something is being orchestrated behind the scenes and S. Beaufont strangely feels like it involves her. Can she help to save the Dragon Elite? Will magitech destroy the planet?

Agents of the Arkana and the Nephilim leave no stone unturned on the island of Malta in their search for lost artifacts. The Arkana team frantically scavenges for clues among the ruined temples of the archipelago before their foes arrive to comb the same terrain. Matters come to a head in an isolated mountaintop cave when the relic hunters learn that their prize can only be discovered if they "keep true to the dragon's wing". With Nephilim operatives blocking their escape route, will they live long enough to solve the riddle?

Many years ago, Kiana, the builder of the stones, fashioned two precious cotulae, one with chestnut strands, the other with gold. The stones foretold a prophecy, one that was destined to change the course of history. Today Kiana has a new task. She is to fashion seven unique cotulae, one with each color of the rainbow, and imbue each with a spell. Then she is tasked with distributing those spells to the important players in the prophecy. Problem is one of the most important players is trapped in Umbrae in the Dominion of the Tegs. How will Kiana complete her crucial task?

A FINALIST FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD SIX STARRED REVIEWS A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her groundbreaking contemporary fantasy debut—a novel in verse based on Caribbean folklore—about the power of...

The Dragon Elite are growing more powerful. But so are their enemies. Dragon eggs have been stolen, but Sophia isn’t deterred. She will get them back and make the thieves suffer. Once she figures out where to look for them… The stakes are higher than ever as Sophia is sent on mission after mission to help the Dragon Elite, do Subner’s bidding and also save those at the Gullington who are still cursed. Quiet might be better, but the housekeeper for the Castle is still sick. Sophia won’t stop until she finds a cure for Ainsley.

She is a rebel. Lila is fighting for the refugees’s freedom from oppression. The king, her father, lost touch with reality ever since Lilla’s mother died. Now everyone else is paying the price. The arrival of Callum, a powerful Teryn general, complicates Lilla’s life. His presence leads to conflicted feelings and friction with Arrov, a handsome pilot and fellow rebel.

Als Hexenmeisterin und Magus ihres Clans scheint Zonyas größtes Problem die bevorstehende Hochzeit mit Xalus zu sein – bis sie von ihrer Vergangenheit eingeholt wird. Der Fremde, mit dem sie vor vier Jahren so ziemlich alle Sittsamkeitsregeln ihres Clans gebrochen hat, steht plötzlich vor ihr und bringt sie gehörig durcheinander – obwohl sich alles in ihr dagegen sträubt. Zonya zweifelt an ihren eigenen Empfindungen und fühlt sich zwischen Xalus und dem Fremden hin- und hergerissen. Währenddessen versucht sie mit aller Macht, ihrer Aufgabe als Magus gerecht zu werden und Konstanz zu schützen.

Lola St. James hat nur ein Ziel: das magische Turnier im Casino des Lügners zu gewinnen und dabei ein magisches Artefakt zu stehlen – für ihren Boss, den Dieb. Damit sie beim Turnier teilnehmen darf, muss sie allerdings ein tödliches Geheimnis als Wetteinsatz einbringen: Sie ist die totgeglaubte Tochter eines Gangsterbosses. Lola ist fest entschlossen, alles auf diese Karte zu setzen. Doch sie hat nicht mit dem Zauber, den Intrigen und den dunklen Versuchungen des magischen Casinos gerechnet – oder mit der unwiderstehlichen Anziehungskraft seines Besitzers.

Thirteen-year-old Brandon, Amy, and their family are on a cruise to Bermuda when hurricane-force winds sink their ship. Brandon and Amy escape into a life raft. Brandon needs to use his wits to keep himself and his sister safe until they are rescued by The City of Benares—an evacuee ship with children fleeing from the Germans during WWII. They seem to have gone back in time! Although their situation is confusing and seems like a dream, not all is terrible when Brandon meets the beautiful Eleanor, who is going to New York to escape the London bombings.

Mother Nature struggles to maintain equilibrium in a changing world while fire, disease, logging, human displacement, and war repeatedly destroy forests of centuries-old trees. Split Toe, a deer chosen at birth for a unique education, travels through time to understand the interconnected workings of a Michigan forest. He meets humans along the way: Ice Age hunters who trap and kill a mastodon; Mukwoh, a young Ojibwe hunter who stalks Split Toe through swamp and forest; loggers clear-cutting Michigan’s white pines; Edra, a woman advocating for the trees…

"Il dolore e la paura mi vinsero. Urlai. La parte nascosta dentro di me risalì con impeto in superficie. Non riuscii a fermarmi. Il mondo esplose in una sfolgorante luce bianca. Il buio si infranse intorno a noi come vetro". L'orfana Alina Starkov non ha grandi ambizioni nella vita, le basterebbe fare al meglio il suo lavoro di apprendista cartografa nell'esercito di Ravka, un tempo nazione potente e ora regno circondato dai nemici, e poter stare accanto al suo buon amico Mal, il ragazzo con cui è cresciuta e di cui è innamorata da molto tempo.

Sophia Beaufont hopes that she can. She just has to track down the steampunk cyborg. The problem is, Trin Currante thinks the Dragon Elite want her dead. And she’s excellent at avoiding death—as her history to survive and prevail over adversity has proven. Meanwhile, Hiker still struggles to hone his powers… Regardless of his strength, Ainsley doesn’t show signs of softening toward the leader of the Dragon Elite. If anything, he should fear the housekeeper might poison his next meal. While dragon eggs continue to hatch, magicians are going missing worldwide.

Voldsomt stormvejr på havet tvinger Hal og hans Hejrer i land et ukendt sted langt mod vest. De lokale er ikke til at få øje på, men Hejrerne har en fornemmelse af at blive overvåget. Stilheden brydes pludselig, da en stor bjørn angriber med kurs mod to børn. Hejrerne griber ind og redder børnene, og det får mawagansett-folket til at komme frem fra deres skjul og vise deres taknemmelighed. Men freden bliver kort. I ti år har Spøgelseskrigerne nemlig holdt sig på afstand af mawagansett-folket, men nu er de igen på krigsstien for at plyndre og ødelægge.