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The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler - the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years - has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young protégé, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and to the idealistic young nobleman she loves.

Dans un monde où la Terre ne tourne plus sur elle-même, une face brûlée par le soleil éternel, l'autre gelée par l'absence de son rayonnement, hommes et femmes se sont répartis en différents royaumes le long de la Couronne—une zone qui encercle la planète d'un pôle à l'autre et qui comprend les seuls territoires hospitaliers sur lesquels les populations, la faune et la flore sont en mesure de s'épanouir. Ce qu'il y a par-delà fait l'objet de légendes terrifiantes qu'on se transmet à voix basse. Face aux ressources limitées, les tensions s'accumulent et une nouvelle guerre gronde.

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From Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes an original and subversive fantasy adventure. This isn't the kind of fairytale where the princess marries a prince. It's the one where she kills him. Marra never wanted to be a hero. As the shy, convent-raised, third-born...

A teenage mage of humble birth and slightly above-average skill, Zorian is attending his third year of education at Cyoria's magical academy. A driven and quiet young man, he is consumed by a desire to ensure his own future and free himself of the influence of his family, resenting the Kazinskis for favoring his brothers over him. Consequently, Zorian has no time for pointless distractions, much less other people's problems.

Warbreaker is the story of two sisters who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn't like his job, and the immortal who's still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren's capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can be collected only one unit at a time from individual people.

Even before he could move, the full realisation of what confronted him blazed in the Pharaoh's mind. This was the foul and loathsome thing that Taita, with his clairvoyant powers, had smelt in the air. The light was strong enough for him to make out every detail of the enemy he had loved as a friend. The magic of the gods. The treachery of man. In his long life, Taita has gone from slave to warlock, and now his wisdom and abilities are known throughout the kingdom. But even his immense skills cannot protect those close to him from the evil that lurks at the heart of Egypt.

Epheria is a land divided by war and mistrust. The High Lords of the South squabble and fight, only kept in check by the Dragonguard, traitors of a time long past, who serve the empire of the North. In the remote villages of Southern Epheria, still reeling from the tragic loss of his brother, Calen Bryer prepares for The Proving - a test of courage and skill that not all survive. But when three strangers arrive in the village of Milltown, with a secret they are willing to die for, Calen’s world is ripped from under him and he is thrust headfirst into a war.

“Steven Pacey’s performance brings the story to life. Listeners will be on the edge of their seats.”—Booklist (starred review) “Full of easy banter, dry humor delivered with excellent comedic timing, and tender moments of sapphic romance, this audiobook's memorable characters are...

"I'm not your savior." I didn't want to be worshiped like some deity—an instant replacement for the asuras. For so long, these people looked up to the asuras as gods, but the asuras kept trying to kill them. Arthur Leywin has finally returned to the continent of Dicathen, but his home is still...

Le royaume de Jasad est à genoux. Dix ans plus tôt, les armées de Nizahl ont brûlé les terres, banni la magie et assassiné la famille royale jusqu'au dernier enfant. C'est du moins ce que Sylvia veut faire croire. L'héritière cachée du royaume de Jasad a échappé au massacre, et vit...

Je suis Arthur Wills Holmes, l'inspecteur Traqueur le plus badass d'Infernum. Avec une classe magistrale, j'élimine les criminels en un claquement de griffes et me lave les pattes des dommages collatéraux. Néanmoins, mes missions ne sont pas à la hauteur de ma puissance de super-hybride. Côté privé, mes parents ne me lâchent pas d'une écaille : Myrina me reproche mes vices qui engendrent quelques bavures, Kelen critique ma conscience morale. Satané dilemme !

UNE COURSE-POURSUITE DYSTOPIQUE ET ADDICTIVE. PRIX UTOPIALES 2023. 2045. Le monde suffoque sous la chaleur, les IA contrôlent votre taux d'alcoolémie avant de vous servir dans les bars et les clones font partie de programmes nationaux pour recréer des personnages historiques célèbres. Marie apprend brutalement qu'elle est un clone de Marie Curie. Son père est accusé de clonage illégal et emprisonné. Afin de l'innocenter, Marie s'enfuit à l'aide de son double. Poursuivie sans relâche par les services secrets britanniques, elle découvre la terrible réalité de l'élevage des clones en Grande-Bretagne.

In the wake of the Kejari, everything Oraya once thought to be true has been destroyed. A prisoner in her own kingdom, grieving the only family she ever had, and reeling from a gutting betrayal, she no longer even knows the truth of her own blood. She’s left only with one certainty: she cannot trust anyone, least of all Raihn. The House of Night, too, is surrounded by enemies. Raihn’s own nobles are none too eager to accept a Turned king, especially one who was once a slave. And the House of Blood digs its claws into the kingdom, threatening to tear it apart from the inside.

Osric Mordaunt, member of the Fyren Order of assassins, is in dire need of healing. Naturally - such is the grim comedy of fate - the only healer who can help is Aurienne Fairhrim, preeminent scientist, bastion of moral good, and member of an enemy Order. Aurienne is desperate for funding to heal the sick - so desperate that, when Osric bribes her to help him, she accepts, even if she detests him and everything he stands for.

Le premier best-seller de Mireille Calmel. Une aventure où magie et sensualité se mêlent merveilleusement à la grande Histoire. Poitiers, 1137. Aliénor d'Aquitaine, yeux verts, cheveux d'or, tempérament de feu, trépigne d'impatience. Aujourd'hui, Loanna de Grimwald, 15 ans, fait son entrée à la cour. Un peu fée, un peu sorcière, celle-ci est envoyée par les siens pour faire en sorte que la jeune duchesse épouse Henri, le futur roi d'Angleterre. Entraînée dans un tourbillon de fêtes, Loanna noue une tendre amitié avec Aliénor mais le destin contrarie ses plans.

Merryvère Carmine est une monte-en-l'air, un oiseau de nuit qui court les toits et cambriole les manoirs pour gagner sa vie. Avec ses sœurs, Tristabelle et Dolorine, la jeune fille tente de survivre à Grisaille, une sinistre cité gothique où les mœurs sont plus que douteuses. On s'y trucide allègrement, surtout à l'heure du thé, et huit familles d'aristocrates aux dons surnaturels conspirent pour le trône.

Page-turning, unforgettable fantasy set in a city peopled with ruffians, spies, malcontents and murderers. Experience out-of-this world adventure and dangerous politics as Maggie tries to survive waking up in her favourite fictional world. A heart-pounding epic from No. 1 New York Times...

"Character development is at the heart of the book, and it is here that Kramer and Reading shine, with remarkably consistent and multifaceted characters that fuel the action of the story...Adept pacing highlights both the intensity of hand-to-hand combat and quieter moments of sorrow and grief...

" Bâtarde ! Humaine ! Mortelle ! Aberration ! ". Voici une partie des insultes que je subis à Obadium, pays de terres magiques. Pourquoi ? Parce que je suis mi-humaine mi-sorcière et que durant la cérémonie d’octroi des pouvoirs, je n’en ai reçu aucun. Moi, l’unique sorcière sans don, je suis devenue le symbole de ceux qui sont contre l’union des sorciers avec les humains. Alors pour apaiser les esprits, le roi m’oblige à me présenter chaque été pour passer des tests. Mais à l’aube de mes dix-sept ans, j’en ai assez. Je suis déterminée à réclamer mon statut de simple humaine.