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Odo and Eleanor are excited to be knights. Only...nobody's asking them to go on a quest. So they're stuck at home, using their trusty and talkative swords to defend their village when there's cause for defence. But mostly it's just...waiting for something bigger to come along. That 'something bigger' comes to them in the form of an old man named Edga, a warrior named Hundred and an ancient chant: Dragon, dragon, heed our call.... Come to aid us, one and all.

A rollicking fantasy-adventure by the master of children's speculative fiction. Talking dogs. Mischievous wizards. An evil stepstepfather. Loads and loads of toads. Such is the life of a Frogkisser. Princess Anya needs to see a wizard about a frog. It's not her frog; it's her sister's. And it's not a frog; it's actually a prince. A prince who was once in love with Anya's sister but has now been turned into a frog by their evil stepstepfather. And Anya has made a 'sister promise' that she will find a way to return Prince Denholm to human form..

A fierce sea serpent is frightening the people of Bubber Point. Can super-smart Serena Smith scare him off?

Nell'Erdas un raro legame unisce gli uomini con il mondo degli Spiriti Animali. Ma ora i Conquistatori stanno cercando di distruggerlo, gettando il mondo nello scompiglio e sottomettendo al loro gioco di potere intere città, incluso lo Zhong, la terra natale di Meilin. Stanca di aspettare e pronta a combattere il nemico, Meilin parte con il suo Spirito Animale, il panda Jhi, una delle quattro Grandi Bestie, per scoprire cosa rimane del suo popolo.

In a futuristic urban wasteland, evil Overlords have decreed that no human shall live a day past their 14th birthday. On that Sad Birthday, the children of the Dorms are taken to the Meat Factory, where they will be made into creatures whose sole purpose is to kill. The mysterious Shade - once a man but now more like the machines he fights - recruits the few teenagers who escape into a secret resistance force. With luck, cunning and skill, four of Shade’s children come closer than the others to discovering the source of the Overlords’ power - and the key to their downfall. 

A girl's quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World of England when it intrudes on the modern world. In a slightly alternate London in 1983, Susan Arkshaw is looking for her father, a man she has never met. Crime boss Frank Thringley might be able to help her, but Susan doesn't get time to ask Frank any questions before he is turned to dust by the prick of a silver hatpin in the hands of the outrageously attractive Merlin.  

The icon-maker and angel-summoner Liliath, long believed dead, has woken from her century-long sleep to pick up the threads of a plan that has already destroyed one kingdom and may yet destroy another. To succeed, Liliath must bring together Agnez the musketeer; Simeon the doctor; Dorotea the mage; and Henri, one of the Cardinal's clerks, and take them into utmost danger....  

Inspired by the works of Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen, Garth Nix's Newt's Emerald is a lighthearted Regency romance with a fantasy twist. After Lady Truthful's magical Newington Emerald is stolen from her she devises a simple plan: go to London to recover the missing jewel. She quickly learns, however, that a woman cannot wander the city streets alone without damaging her reputation, and she disguises herself as a moustache-wearing man. During Truthful's dangerous journey she discovers a crook, an unsuspecting ally and an evil sorceress - but will she find the Emerald?

Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: godslayers. Agents of the Council of the Treaty for the Safety of the World, charged with the location and removal of listed extra-dimensional entities, more commonly known as gods. Together, they are relentless travellers in a treacherous world of magic, gunpowder and adventure. Compiled for the first time ever are eight magical stories – plus an all-new tale.

En un Londres ligeramente alternativo en 1983, Susan Arkshaw está buscando a su padre, un hombre al que nunca ha conocido. El jefe del crimen, Frank Thringley, podría ayudarla, pero Susan no tiene tiempo para hacerle ninguna pregunta a Frank antes de que el pinchazo de un alfiler plateado le convierta en polvo ante la mirada del escandalosamente atractivo Merlín.

Vor mehr als hundert Jahren kam die Aschblut-Plage über das Reich Ystara. Sein Schutzherr, der Erzengel Palleniel, wandte sich damals von seinem Volk ab – heute glaubt jeder, dass die Engelsmagierin Liliath die Schuld daran trägt, was vor so langer Zeit geschehen ist. Um die Zeit zu überdauern, flüchtete sich Liliath in einen magischen Schlaf, aus dem sie nun erwacht. Sie ist immer noch eine junge Frau, und sie wird ihren geheimen Plan von damals endlich umsetzen. Auch wenn Menschen und Engel sie aufhalten wollen, wird sie triumphieren.