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Following this mysterious invitation, Edith sets off on a quest to the Castle of the Winds to find a lost family of dragon keepers in the mountains of Wild Wales. But all is not as it seems. Edith must guard her own hidden power, or she might not return to her friends in Ormdale—including the man who has come to love her. Will Edith make an alliance with the legendary Red Dragon of her dreams to safeguard her ancestral charge, or will she lose everything she has tried to protect?

Sam, a loyal soldier, is thrust into a leadership role he is not wholly prepared for, then charged with a mission that will test his mettle: capturing the deadly new Febloelund mega-weapon, the Wrathbringer Bombard. Sam's squad, the ragtag Cog Team, is an eclectic mix of misfit soldiers, each with their own quirks and hidden talents. As they go into battle, they encounter the horrors of war and a shadowy underbelly of betrayal and intrigue. Sam's loyalty to his kingdom is unwavering, but he soon realizes that enemies lurk on both sides of the conflict.

As a Victorian clergyman's daughter, Edith Worms has seen everything—until a mythical salamander tumbles out of the fireplace into her lap. When a letter arrives from estranged relatives, Edith is swept away to a crumbling gothic Abbey in the wilds of Yorkshire. Wormwood Abbey isn't just full of curious beasts and ancient family secrets: there's also a tall, dark, and entirely too handsome neighbor who is strangely reluctant for her to leave.

Dive into the complete collection of tales from the Cobalt City’s Adventurers Club. From the gaslight mysteries of the nineteenth century, to mayhem in the twentieth century, to high-tech thrills of the twenty-first century, explore the city with its champions. Meet two generations of Wreckers, American Spirit, Wild Kat, and more. This expanded edition includes the beloved novella "Wrecker of Engines" plus new stories and bonus content. Welcome to Cobalt City, where the adventures keep changing but some superheroes are timeless.

Maud Blyth has always longed for adventure. She’d hoped for plenty of it when she agreed to help her beloved older brother unravel a magical conspiracy. She even volunteered to serve as an old lady's companion on an ocean liner. But Maud didn't expect the old lady to turn up dead on the very first day of the voyage. Now she has to deal with a dead body, a disrespectful parrot and the lovely, dangerously outrageous Violet Debenham. Violet is everything Maud has been trained to distrust, yet can’t help but desire: a magician, an actress and a magnet for scandal.

Eighteenth-century London - the lives of the sisters Fitzgerald, Constance and Verity, become entwined with the nearby Fowler household, charged with providing safe harbour to a mysterious baby from far away. Camden, London, 2015, December 17th - the lives of the sisters Fitzgerald, Constance and Verity, are consumed by the wait for this boy, who may or may not be dead. There is no way of knowing. Deep within the savage beauty of Iceland, a hidden pool grants those who drink from it endless life.

After rescuing Queen Victoria from an otherworldly enemy, Jane has settled comfortably into her new life as a Fayte Guardian, working as a maid in the royal kitchen while standing ready to protect the sovereign from any worldly—and otherworldly—threats. She finally has friends, a purpose, and a promising romance. But when she visits Balmoral Castle in Scotland's misty hills, she discovers the battle she thought she won isn't over at all.

urara and her shipmates have escaped the grasp of the princess, whose wish to control and command them as her own human shikigami would be a fate worse than death. Travelling through the forests and across the seas of Mikoshima, they finally the Grand Stream, where their old airship—and old enemies—await. Both parties seek the greatest shikigami of all: Suzaku, a paper phoenix. But will it be saved—or destroyed?

The story begins in 1912, 25 years after the events described in the original novel. Dr. Jack Seward, now a disgraced morphine addict, hunts vampires across Europe with the help of a mysterious benefactor. Meanwhile, Quincey Harker, the grown son of Jonathan and Mina, leaves law school to pursue a career in stage at London's famous Lyceum Theatre.

When Chief Whip Esme Kanha learns of the sudden death of the Minister for Personal Information, she bitterly regrets missing his desperate calls the previous evening. Unconvinced by the verdict of suicide, and suspicious that corrupt colleagues played some part in the man’s death, she decides to investigate—but she must tread carefully in a near-future world dominated by technology, where "what can see, watches, what can hear, listens, and what can be followed is tracked."

Welcome to Fountains Parish--a cesspit of trade and crime, where ambition curls up to die and desperation grows on its cobbled streets like mold on week-old bread.

Eight months ago, Rowena Downshire was a half-starved black market courier darting through the shadows of Corma's underside. Today, she's a (mostly) respectable clerk in the Alchemist's infamous apothecary shop, the Stone Scales, and certainly the last girl one would think qualified to carry the weight of the world on her shoulders a second time. Looks can be deceiving. When Anselm Meteron and the Alchemist receive an invitation to an old acquaintance's ball, they're expecting blackmail, graft, or veiled threats related to the plot to steal the secrets of the Creator's Grand Experiment.

Black market courier Rowena Downshire is just trying to pay her mother's freedom from debtor's prison when an urgent and unexpected delivery leads her face to face with a creature out of nightmares. Rowena escapes with her life, but the strange book she was ordered to deliver is stolen. The Alchemist knows things few men have lived to tell about, and when Rowena shows up on his doorstep, frightened and empty-handed, he knows better than to turn her away. What he discovers leads him to ask for help from the last man he wants to see—the former mercenary, Anselm Meteron.

Aidan Montgomery dreams of fire. He fears the fire growing within him, the power taking over and killing everyone he knows and loves. After spending months hiding in the Waste, he heads south to meet up with the girls only to find them deployed to the war effort in Rebluinia. Struggling to cope with a terrible tragedy, he doesn’t know if he can control the fire within. He doesn’t know if he is safe to be around.

Auf der Jagd nach dem Gesichtslosen Constable und Zauberlehrling Peter Grant steht vor seiner größten Herausforderung: Das Schicksal Londons steht auf dem Spiel. Der gesichtslose Magier, verantwortlich für grauenvolle übernatürliche Verbrechen, ist zwar endlich demaskiert und auf der Flucht. Doch er verfolgt einen perfiden Plan, der ganz London in den Abgrund stürzen könnte. Um den Gesichtslosen zu stoppen, muss Peter all seine magischen Kräfte aufbieten – und einen bösen alten Bekannten kontaktieren: Mr. Punch, den mörderischen Geist des Aufruhrs und der Rebellion. Humorvoll und spannend gelesen von Dietmar Wunder.

England, Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Unfreiwillig gerät Richard Winters in die Hände des berüchtigsten Henkers von ganz England. An der Seite von William Calcraft führt er fortan das finstere Leben eines Henkerslehrlings. Rasch merkt er, dass sein strenger Meister ein Geheimnis verbirgt, das seine Welt für immer aus den Angeln heben wird. Richard muss beweisen, dass er dieser Aufgabe gewachsen ist. Doch als er in London ausgerechnet seine große Liebe wiedertrifft, steht urplötzlich noch viel mehr auf dem Spiel.

There's power in stories. But power can be deadly. Detective Cora Gorderheim is a detective no longer. Stripped of her badge by the corrupt chief inspector, Cora's job now is to protect her sister, Ruth, the new Wayward storyteller. Ruth must tell her tale of the Tear widening if people are to know the truth of what's happening in the Union of Realms. But Lowlander Chambers Morton wants the Wayward to change their election story, and will stop at nothing to achieve this – including murder.

Ungarn 1858. Máté Marusi kehrt nach 20 Jahren im Wiener Exil in die Heimat zurück und besucht seine Schwester Máriska und ihre Familie. Im Gepäck trägt er eine schwere Last, die geradezu Sinnbild ist für die Bürde, die ihm durch einen Fluch auferlegt wurde. Bald nach seiner Ankunft geschehen unerklärliche Dinge, Menschen und Tiere werden grausam getötet, was an die Opfer der "Bestie von Wien" gemahnt, doch Wien ist fern... Die feinfühlige Máriska ahnt, dass in der undurchsichtigen Familiengeschichte die Wahrheit über Mátés Schwermut zu finden ist.

A sister searches for her missing brother as a new power rises amid the splendour and the squalor of a once great city. Lower Rhumbsford is a city far removed from its glory days. On the banks of the great river Rhumb, its founding fathers channelled the river's mighty flow into a subterranean labyrinth of pipes, valves and sluices, a feat of hydraulic prowess that would come to power an empire. But a thousand years have passed since then, and something is wrong.

London, 1850: Unbemerkt von der Öffentlichkeit sorgt das Ministry of Souls dafür, die Seelen Verstorbener in die Zwischenwelt zu befördern. Der Soulman Jack und die arabische Prinzessin Naima sind dem mysteriösen Schattenspieler auf der Spur - einem Wesen, das zwischen den Welten wechseln kann und Jack mit einem Fluch belegt, der dafür sorgt, dass er immer mehr an Kraft verliert und so durchscheinend wird wie Glas. Ihnen bleibt wenig Zeit, um nicht nur den Fluch zu brechen, sondern auch die finsteren Pläne des Schattenspielers zu durchkreuzen.