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Kurz nach dem Absturz eines Meteors häufen sich im brasilianischen Dschungel unerklärliche Vorfälle. Menschen verschwinden spurlos oder werden grausam entstellt aufgefunden. Als erneut eine Expeditionsgruppe vermisst wird, schaltet sich das Militär ein und beginnt eine großflächige Suchaktion. Kurze Zeit später scheint man der Lösung bereits sehr nah und dem Rätsel auf der Spur, als sich Dinge ereignen, die alle Vorstellungen in den Schatten stellen.

Five tales. Five harbingers. And Hell will follow with them. Meet harbinger four: Timur Lesnikov… Timur is the youngest son of five children, born to KGB agent, Yegor Lesnikov, in the final years of USSR. His family, using their Communist Party and mafia connections, build an empire, and in short order, become the most powerful oligarchs in the new Federation of Russia. But Timur, like his only sister, Yulia, cares little for the trappings of privilege.

Rediscover her classic, most popular fantasy series, Tales from the Flat Earth, where demons and gods grant wonders and wreak havoc. Visit the Upperearth, where dwell the gods; the Underearth, the realm of nightmarish demons; the Innerearth, the domain of the dead; and the Flat Earth itself, the home of mortals.

John Twigg, a 25-year-old intelligent and newly qualified solicitor, finds himself transported back to 1544, cursed after an affair with a seductive upper-class woman, betraying his long-standing girlfriend in 1999.

“True magic resides in a compelling narrative, believable characters, and boundless imagination. All are to be found and relished in the Magia Trilogy.” ~ Stan Nicholls, bestselling author of the Orcs series (over one million copies sold) An epic dark fantasy where darkness rises—and the courage and commitment of a handful of individuals determine the fate of the world. In The Magia Trilogy, Birgit Berg weaves a rich, character-driven saga in which loyalty is tested, choices carry consequence, and destiny is anything but certain.

The Invasions have come, and Gideon and company are dealing with heavy losses. They are not alone. A lot of their allies lost people as well to get the Second Challenge finished. Now, on their doorstep, elite soldiers of vast multi-versal factions are landing upon Erebus. There will be betrayal and treachery, as well as surprise allies, and all of it coming to a crescendo that will shake not just the foundations of their world, but reverberate all through the cosmos.

In einem heruntergekommenen Wohnwagen am nebligen Waldrand, beobachtet von fremdartigen Wesen, die Claus Patera seine Musen nennt, rekapituliert er die dunkelsten Kapitel seines Lebens. Er gesteht seinem besten Freund aus Studienzeiten, dass er mehr als nur seine Seele zum Tausch bieten musste, um zu dem Künstler zu werden, der er schon sein ganzes Leben lang sein wollte.

Yeerans kehrt aus dem Exil zurück zu ihrem Elfenvolk, wo sie ihre ehemalige Geliebte und zugleich das Oberhaupt aufsucht. Ungläubig lauscht Salawa Yeerans Bericht über das Reich der Fae, wohin sie sie schließlich begleitet. Derweil bei den Fae entkommen Lettle und Rayan einem Attentat und ergreifen die Flucht. Das Schicksal führt sie und Yeeran wieder zueinander. Gemeinsam schwören sie, den Fluch der Fae zu brechen, um diese vor dem Untergang zu bewahren.

Mit Rückkehr nach Gotheim vertieft Tobias Reckermann das Bild einer durch und durch dekadenten Stadt. Düsterer, eindringlicher und geheimnisvoller als der vorangegangene Band.

When the elevator cable snapped, Tasha and her coworkers thought they were about to die. Instead, the doors opened onto a nightmare. A stone corridor. The smell of blood. Mangled bodies. And monsters that shouldn’t exist outside of legends. With no way back and every path forcing them forward, a group of ordinary office workers is shoved into an impossible fantasy world—one that feels eerily like a game…except the pain is real, and death doesn’t reset.

The sanctuary is compromised. The alliance has been poisoned. Now, the birth of their child triggers a war. Rose and Lukas fought for a fragile peace on the North Ridge, building a technological fortress to protect their future. But their greatest triumph—the birth of their son, Elias—is about to become the catalyst for their ultimate defeat. The Price of Betrayal: A trusted member of the Pack—the Lore Keeper, Corvus—has infiltrated their cabin, systematically turning Rose’s high-tech Wall of Silence into a lethal beacon.

Once a noble son and Watchman of the law, Trevon Brightblade has become something else entirely—a warlord clad in cursed armor, feared across the broken city of Ebonreach. Justice is dead. Order is a throne of ash. And Trevon sits at the center of it all, worshipped by the people he once swore to protect.

Rose Black was a sixteen year old girl without a good family or friend to turn to. The voice in her head had guided her but because the guidance of another, a fight within her head started. She set off on a journey to different worlds. She had to make choices alone in hopes of finding out who she was. Some people in these worlds were kind to her. Some made her angry.

Das historische Loch Creek ist eine hexenhafte Touristenfalle in New England, aber für Briar ist es nur eine Falle, denn sie ist davon überzeugt, dass sie dort sterben wird. Als jedoch ihr bester Freund Finn, den sie seit ihrer Kindheit liebt, von dem Karneval am Meer verschwindet, gibt es nur eine Person, die Briar helfen kann, ihn zu finden: Morgan, ihre größte Feindin, die ihr dunkelstes Geheimnis kennt.

After surviving the brutal northern invasion, Lestro and Jeremy set out on a perilous mission to return the Scepter of Madness to its resting place deep within the cursed central continent, Nekros. Their voyage quickly spirals into chaos as they brave monstrous sea creatures, ancient curses, and a storm of political unrest. Trapped in a realm where magic falters and trust is a rare commodity, Lestro must navigate a technologically advanced city ruled by strict laws and alchemical secrets.

After her mother's mysterious death, a young woman is summoned to the floating city of Sky in order to claim a royal inheritance she never knew existed in the first book in this award-winning fantasy trilogy from the NYT bestselling author of The Fifth Season. Yeine Darr is an outcast from the...

Jax survived the Smugglers Path, as did most of his party, but he's suffered losses, found out just how far he's willing to go for Oracle, and seen his own darker side . . . as have his followers. The City of Himnel crawls with depravity, violence, and backstabbing, and if Jax wants to keep his people, supply his growing war-machine, and have any kind of a chance at survival, he needs to not only survive there, he needs to rob it blind!

Only 1 percent of the population is blessed with magic affinity at birth. Fewer still have high enough affinities to rule. Ian’s decemancy eclipses all, granting him ultimate control over Death. He conquers cities with a thought and turns them into ruins with a gesture. But overwhelming power isn’t enough to escape the time loop or reveal its purpose.

Ichorite is progress. More durable and malleable than steel, ichorite is the lifeblood of a dawning industrial revolution. Yann I. Chauncey owns the sole means of manufacturing this valuable metal, but his workers are on strike. They demand Chauncey research the hallucinatory illness befalling them. Marney Honeycutt, a luster-touched child worker, stands proud at the picket line with her best friend and family. That’s when Chauncey sends in the guns.

Thrown back in time after the spells binding Whitehall School together nearly collapsed, Emily finds herself in the days of Lord Whitehall. But everything she knows about the past is a lie. The Whitehall Commune is in hiding from a great and terrible foe, while some of the legendary founders bicker like children and others call on deadly and untrustworthy entities with agendas of their own.