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Owein arrives in England to marry Lady Cora of Leiningen, his dearest friend and confidante he’s known mostly through letters. However, Queen Victoria has other plans in store for the centuries-old wizard. The queen is obsessed with preserving magic, and she believes Owein is the key to pursuing her lofty ambitions.

The exhilarating journey of Jai and his dragon Winter comes to a bloody climax in this stunning conclusion to Sunday Times bestselling author Taran Matharu’s epic fantasy trilogy, The Soulbound Saga. ‘A classic fantasy adventure that reminds me of the novels I loved growing up, but with a...

Welcome to the Grand Masquerade Ball for the Wyrde…and Wondrous! It’s time to party like it’s 1820, and you know what that means. Rout cakes and punch, satins and silks, and flirting on the balcony under a star-washed sky. Decorous. Genteel. Lovely. Nobody knows who’s throwing this bash, but who cares? It’s the party of the century, and everyone who’s anyone is going to be there. Including, astonishingly, the Werths. Famous recluses they may be, but who can resist a mystery and a waltz? Not that everyone’s on their best behaviour.

Ein grausamer Mord im alten Ägypten, ein Fluch ohne Verfallsdatum – und ein Junge, der ungewollt zum Schlüssel einer uralten Macht wird: Aton ist fünfzehn, hochbegabt, Einzelgänger. Doch als bei einem Museumsbesuch eine jahrtausendealte Mumie erwacht, beginnt etwas, das weit größer ist als er selbst. Schatten bewegen sich, Götter scheinen nicht vergessen zu haben – und der Tod ist näher, als irgendjemand ahnt. Was als Jugendgeschichte beginnt, entfaltet sich schnell zu einem atmosphärisch dichten Thriller, der existenzielle Fragen stellt: Schuld und Verantwortung.

Als die mondgeborene Magierin Bianca Mortlake an den königlichen Hof zurückgeordert wird, erwarten sie mehr als nur alte Erinnerungen: Ihr einstiger Rivale der Venusmagier Roland herrscht inzwischen als Lordkanzler mit eiserner Hand – charismatisch, gefährlich, unwiderstehlich. Bianca gerät mitten in ein riskantes Spiel, denn am Hof ist die Nähe zum König tödlich. Zwischen Intrigen und Missgunst bleibt ihr nur ein Verbündeter – kann sie Roland vertrauen, oder ist er der Schlüssel zu all den dunklen Geheimnissen, die den Hof ins Verderben stürzen?

A hero from the future must save Magnus and his family in the past. From the cliffs of Stirling Castle in 1300, to the cellars of Balloch castle in the year 1683, from the family chapel of 1710, to a lonely dining room in the 24th century, and finally on foot through the woods of Colonial Virginia in 1775, the next episode has the family spread across time, stuck, unable to travel, and as Magnus has said: “When ye put it like that, in the light of the day, we appear tae be on our back foot.”

Though Rebecca’s a Master of Fire, Water, Earth, and Air, that isn’t much help when it comes to managing her own life. The Wright Guild’s recent decision to admit women was exactly what Master Full Wright Rebecca Fuller had hoped for. Perhaps now she could get back to teaching her students, running her shop, avoiding the Guild’s interference in her life, and planning her wedding to David. But the Queen steps in and everything falls apart. Faced with impossible demands, the Guild must do what it hates most—cooperate and change—and everyone must play their part.

The year is Showa 34 (1959 AD). Rising from the ashes of the great war, Tokyo is rebuilding and changing rapidly all around Jinya. As the demon hunter searches for his place in this new world, a rumor reaches his ear--a prostitute with a flower name reminiscent of Magatsume's daughters is working in the Dove District, a flourishing red-light district of downtown Tokyo. But when Jinya goes to investigate, he gets caught up in a strange case that is more than he bargained for.

Aurelie Chantelune ist eine Kämpferin. Seit ihrer Geburt ist sie dazu bestimmt, die Dämonen zu bekämpfen, die ihre Familie zerstört haben und nun das Königreich unterdrücken. Ein uraltes Vermächtnis könnte jedoch das Blatt wenden und führt sie zu dem mächtigen – und sehr attraktiven – Engel Yuriel. Ein Band, das stärker ist als alles, was Aurelie je gekannt hat, verbindet die beiden. Doch als sich plötzlich ihre engsten Vertrauten in jene Monster verwandeln, die sie zerstören soll, ist Aurelie zu einer verzweifelten Entscheidung gezwungen.

Die Halbfae Alyth ist Leibwächterin am schottischen Hof. Mit ihren magischen Fähigkeiten schützt sie Mary Stuart vor Bedrohungen. Der Londoner Straßenkämpfer Samson ringt mit einem dunklen Fluch und begibt sich dafür als Spion in den Dienst der Königin Elisabeth. Als er am schottischen Hof eingeschleust wird, weiß Alyth, dass sie ihm nicht trauen kann. Doch schon bald können die beiden gegen ihre Gefühle nicht mehr ankämpfen. Während sie eine uralte Verschwörung aufdecken, wird ihre verbotene Liebe auf eine harte Probe gestellt.

When Julia Marston stumbles upon her estranged husband’s lifeless body in a cemetery at dawn, she trips and falls into a fairy ring of softly glowing mushrooms. In the eerie silence, a glinting clockwork scarab takes flight. Has her husband’s dark past as an antiquities smuggler finally caught up to him? Will it shatter her present? Enter Graham Leyton, a man on a mission to retrieve stolen technology. Equally shocked at her husband’s death, he can’t help but ponder the possibility of a second chance with the woman.

For the people on the rugged Irish island of Winding Gale, life has always been hard. Now in the wake of the second World War, the island is dying, the young taken away by death or the appeal of better lives elsewhere, leaving behind only a handful of adults. But on the night the men of the island disappear while fishing in uncharted waters, the women are forced into a conflict with something both new and unfathomably old. A strange greenish mist rolls in, cutting off the island from the mainland. Spiral symbols appear in the sand, fashioned from dead fish and stones.

1110 A.D. The fairy host sweeps across the North of England and the city of Durham is under siege. Wearily the Bishop of Durham, Ranulf Flambard, prepares to surrender – something which proves far more difficult than he could have imagined. His quest will lead him through a landscape of uncooperative rivers and enchanted forests to a New Castle on the banks of the River Tyne – where, with any luck, he will be received by a court of deceptive, would-be fairy queens, shape-shifting stags and a beautiful teenage Raven King.

Rebecca could control Fire, Water, Earth, and Air, so why was the rest of her life spinning out of control? Finally awarded her rightful rank as Master Full Wright, Rebecca would just as soon get on with repairing the damage to her shop and return to normal life. But the Queen has gotten it in her craw that Rebecca should start a school for female Wrights—something beyond the Guild’s imagination, and therefore a threat to the world's natural order. But with orders from the Queen and a wealthy patron footing the bill, what choice has she but to become a school mistress?

I never wanted much from life: a simple job as a guard, and to provide for my sister. But jealousy of man destroyed my dreams, and thus I thread upon the road to vengeance. I've entered a world with danger lurking around every corner - where only the strongest can survive. Filled with unwavering determination, I will not back down. I will gain my vengeance!

A body is found at the bottom of a flight of stairs at Cumnor Place, the body of Amy Dudley, wife of Robert Dudley, favorite and some say lover of Queen Elizabeth I. Was it accident, suicide or murder? Everyone knows how close the Queen and Robert Dudley are, as everyone knows that Amy was his ignored and neglected wife, a wife standing in the way of Robert marrying the Queen, to become King. As scandal erupts in Tudor England, everyone wants to know how Amy died, and not the least of them is Amy herself.