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Feyre kehrt mit Tamlin an den Frühlingshof zurück, um mehr über seine Pläne und den bevorstehenden Krieg zu erfahren. Ein riskantes Spiel, denn Tamlin darf nicht von ihrer Verbindung zu Rhysand wissen. Geschickt unterwandert sie den Frühlingshof und kann in letzter Minute den aufflammenden Kämpfen entfliehen. Zurück am Hof der Nacht versammeln sie und Rhysand ihre Verbündeten, um vereint in den Kampf zu ziehen. Doch ihre Feinde sind ihnen einen Schritt voraus und Feyre und Rhysand müssen sich entscheiden: Wer ist loyaler Verbündeter - wer plant ihren Untergang?

In the city of Valora, where mages are feared and closely governed by the law, Pandora Small spends her life pretending to be someone she is not. Raised in seclusion by a guardian, Pandora learned to wield her magic in a way the world has never seen, making her more weapon than girl. Pandora may have escaped her guardian, but powerful forces keep them bound together and she’ll do anything to find them again to break their bond for good. Posing as an Ingenue, a well-off young woman with limited magic, Pandora hopes to gain access to the royal court’s social season and the wealthy elite.

Micah thought moving to a new town and starting at a new school was going to be his biggest challenge. Little did he know, his life was about to change forever. On the outside, he seems like any other teenager navigating the trials of high school, but beneath the surface, he harbors a secret that could alter the course of his destiny.

John suddenly returns home after being abducted and spending 6 years on Franesh, another world. Now he's home and he's brought the "Quest System" along with him. This "Quest System" allows those with it to complete quests assigned by the system to earn EXP and even Attribute Points. Sounds cool right? Except, now dungeons are appearing all over the world and only a few people that were summoned to other worlds, and returned from them, have the power to defeat them. Amid all of these strange, new occurrences, John attempts to reconnect with his former life and his family, but that may prove ...

The course of dream travel never did run smooth - at least, not in Liv Silver's experience. Able to visit other people's dreams (whether they want her to or not), Liv has solved mysteries, unearthed difficult truths, fought madmen, and escaped life-threatening peril, all from the comfort of her own bed. But Liv's troubles are just beginning.... A rocky romance, a malicious blogger with a hidden identity, a wedding, and a classmate (or two) dead set on revenge all await Liv in this action-packed conclusion to the Silver trilogy.

This standalone short story follows the adventures of Simon Lewis, star of the number-one New York Times best-selling series The Mortal Instruments, as he trains to become a Shadowhunter. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy features characters from Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, and the upcoming Dark Artifices and Last Hours series. Nothing but Shadows is written by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan.

Not all wizards were born to be heroes. Things not to do when you find out you’re a wizard.

With Celadon fighting on the political front against the ruthless High Queen Riadne—now armed with the cataclysmic power of her Crown, the Sins, and Ruin—Vehan and Aurelian are scrambling in secret to build an army to rival the Riadne’s infernal forces. Meanwhile, Nausicaä will do whatever it takes to save her girlfriend from obliteration, despite knowing the odds of survival are nearly nonexistent. When the line between hero and villain becomes blurred, and bonds are put to the ultimate test, it has never been more imperative—or more difficult—to stand united.

The Strand: A disused, broken red telephone box inexplicably starts to ring. A voice, a small girl, cries out for help. “He is coming…” Whitechapel: A dark stranger approaches an elderly tour guide enjoying a post-show drink. He places a child’s necklace, twisted and broken, alongside the pint glass. “We have your granddaughter. You will do exactly as I command.”

Liebe, Lügen und gefährliche Geheimnisse... Nachdem Bryce den Tod ihrer besten Freundin gerächt und Crescent City gerettet hat, schließt sie mit den göttlichen Asteri einen Pakt: Wenn sie und Hunt sich unauffällig verhalten, werden sie für ihre Verbrechen nicht bestraft. Doch mit ihrer neu erwachten Magie zieht sie die Aufmerksamkeit der Rebellen auf sich, die sie auf ihre Seite ziehen wollen. Aber Bryce will weder Teil einer Rebellion sein noch den Befehlen der Asteri weiterhin folgen. Gemeinsam mit Hunt schmiedet sie einen eigenen Plan. Doch der ist hochgefährlich.

Percy Jackson musste schon mehrmals die Welt retten, nun hat er die Nase voll! Er hofft auf einen normalen Start am College zusammen mit seiner Freundin Annabeth. Doch leider sind die Götter noch nicht ganz fertig mit ihm. Angeblich braucht er für seine Zulassung drei Empfehlungsschreiben vom Olymp... Natürlich lassen sich die Götter da erst mal ordentlich bitten. Für sein erstes Schreiben muss er zusammen mit Annabeth und Grover in ein neues Abenteuer ziehen und den gestohlenen Kelch des Ganymed, des Mundschenks der Götter, wiederbeschaffen. Und die Aufgabe hat es in sich!

For 20 years, the Palomas and the Corbeaus have been rivals and enemies, locked in an escalating feud for over a generation. Both families make their living as traveling performers in competing shows - the Palomas swimming in mermaid exhibitions, the Corbeaus, former tightrope walkers, performing in the tallest trees they can find. Lace Paloma may be new to her family's show, but she knows as well as anyone that the Corbeaus are pure magia negra - black magic from the devil himself.

For Charlotte Holloway, the world ended twice. The first was when her childhood crush, Dean, fell in love - with her older sister. The second was when the Crimson, a curse spread through eye contact, turned the majority of humanity into flesh-eating monsters. Neither end of the world changed Charlotte. She's still in the shadows of her siblings. Her popular older sister, Harlow, now commands forces of survivors. And her talented younger sister, Vanessa, is the Chosen One - who, legend has it, can end the curse.

A Captive Bride. A Cursed Prince. A Kingdom on Fire. After the death of his father, Prince Kastian is left to rule a crumbling kingdom on the brink of war. To save his people—and himself—he must forge a magical bond with a girl from another world. But Lyra never asked to be dragged from her college campus and named a “fated queen.” Trapped in a strange realm of dragons and dangerous politics, all she wants is to go home. Fate has other plans. When Kastian and Lyra are forced into an alliance neither of them wants, their bond threatens to consume them both. Magic ignites. Feelings ...

Since arriving in Enchantment, New Mexico, everything in Daire Santos' life has changed. And not all for the better. While she's come to accept and embrace her new powers as a Soul Seeker, Daire struggles with the responsibility she holds navigating between the worlds of the living and the dead. And with the fate of her boyfriend Dace in the balance, Daire must put aside her personal feelings and focus on defeating Cade, whose evil plans threaten everyone she loves and the world as she knows it.

Teil 1 der spannenden PERCY JACKSON-Reihe: Percy versteht die Welt nicht mehr. Jedes Jahr fliegt er von einer anderen Schule. Ständig passieren ihm seltsame Unfälle. Und jetzt soll er auch noch an einem Tornado Schuld sein! Langsam wird ihm klar: Irgendjemand hat es auf ihn abgesehen. Als Percy sich mit Hilfe seines Freundes Grover vor einem Minotaurus ins Camp Half-Blood rettet, erfährt er die Wahrheit: Sein Vater ist der Meeresgott Poseidon, Percy also ein Halbgott. Und er hat einen mächtigen Feind: Kronos, den Titanen.

Teen influencer Naema Bradshaw has it all: she’s famous, stylish, gorgeous - and she’s an Eloko, a charismatic person gifted with a melody that people adore. Everyone loves her - until she's cast as the villain who exposed a Siren to the whole world. Dragged by the media, and canceled by her fans, no one understands her side: not her boyfriend, not her friends, not even her fellow Eloko.

When Lena was a baby, Seer and gifted card reader Amma Treaudeau saw a terrifying future in the cards that sent her to Emmaline's door. When a powerful Dark Caster sets fire to Lena's house with baby Lena and her father trapped inside, Amma, Emmaline, and Macon vow to protect the child. Lena's grandmother and her uncle Macon whisk Lena away, protecting her and moving her to a new place at the first sign of trouble.

Seven years ago, Tanvi was spirited away to the subterranean realm of Nagalok, where she joined the ranks of the dream runners: human children freed of all memory and emotion, who collect mortal dreams for the entertainment of the serpentine, immortal naga court. But when one of Tanvi’s dream harvests goes awry, she begins to remember her life on earth. Panicked and confused, she turns to the one mortal in Nagalok who might be able to help: Venkat, the dreamsmith responsible for collecting the dream runners’ wares and shaping them into the kingdom’s most tantalizing commodity.

Living among Northern California’s giant redwoods, fifteen-year-old Affinity Blending is fine with being a half-assed witch. She’s been on the run for years, no time for witchcraft, just trying to stay ahead of the witch-hunting demon who imprisoned her mother in Hell. If she could just be a normal teenager and attend the same school for more than like, two seconds? That’d be amazing.