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Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light.

The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., 23-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship - like a 10-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor - April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads Online. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world - everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires - and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense media spotlight.

Alexandra "Alix" Dennis-Palmer-Hudson-Gilmore-Garnsey, the twelfth Lady Mondegreen, has never had any control of her life. Her supernatural ability to shatter bones with a touch made her the automatic property of the Checquy, the secret British government agency that deals with the supernatural. Her aristocratic ancestry made Alix the perfect asset for the Checquy to deploy close to the royal family. Since childhood, Alix has been coached to befriend Princess Louise, second in line to the throne, but despite all machinations, the two have never been close.

Naya est une jeune Plumable parfaite sous tous rapports. Adam, lui, un jeune ange arrogant qui défie les règles. Ils sont nés le même jour et leurs plumes à tous deux sont noires. Tout les oppose, bien que leurs âmes aient été liées bien avant leur naissance. Mais ils ne le savent pas encore... " Fait Angélique numéro 100 : Avoir des ailes ne rend pas noble, cela permet simplement de voler. " Naya et Adam ont en commun des ailes noires, le même jour d'anniversaire et des pères aussi proches que des frères. Mais rien d'autre. Elle est la fille adorée d'un archange.

When Auraya was chosen to become a priestess, she could never have believed that a mere ten years later she would be one of the White, the gods' most powerful servants. Sadly, Auraya has little time to adapt to the exceptional powers gifted her by the gods. Mysterious black-clad sorcerers from the south plague the land, and rumours reach the White of an army being raised. Auraya and her new colleagues work tirelessly to seal alliances and unite the northern continent under their banner, but time is running out.

En un éclair, chaque construction humaine érigée sur Terre s'effondre, créant un gigantesque donjon: un labyrinthe infernal de 18 niveaux remplis de pièges, de monstres et de butins. Seulement quelques survivants osent s'aventurer à l'intérieur, mais une fois que vous y pénétrez, impossible d'en ressortir. Vous n'avez que quelques jours pour trouver l'escalier vers le niveau suivant ou c'est game over. Dans ce jeu, ce n'est ni votre force ni votre dextérité qui vous aidera à survivre, mais votre popularité et votre nombre de vues.

Book 1: The Destiny of Dragons, and the first entry in the Farenar Saga. Anzig struggles to live up to the reputation of his legendary father, but he has his chance when he must represent their clan at the greatest gathering of dragons in a generation. Anzig brings news of a human invasion and a please for assistance to fight this old enemy. The last thing Anzig expects is to volunteer for a suicidal mission deep into human territory to retrieve the lost artefact, the Axinstone.

Xavier Rhodes may have discovered the answers to Meadow Song’s riddles, the fractured world, and the dark entities that plague it. He might even know a way to reverse everything... after a few dates, of course. While planning for battle, Xavier treats the dragonesses to a unique date of their choice. Each night brings him closer to Hayley, Brooke, and Nicki, all while adding equipment, technology, and amenities to Ironshire Estate.

Imara has lived a life separate from her family. She wasn’t shunned, just never acknowledged. The seventh child of a seventh child, she had had the bad taste to be born a girl. Her father’s family had no use for a girl, so she was sent to a city where the populace didn’t use magic. Now that she is grown and entering college, she has chosen the best magical college in the country. It just happens to be located in her birth city.

Most people think that when they meet Death, it’ll be a skeleton in a black potato sack. Maybe with a scythe. Truth is, she’s just a woman doing a job, and she’s very good at it. But when Death takes a much-needed break to live on earth, things start to go terribly wrong. Someone’s killing people not on her list (well, not yet anyway) and it's down to her to find the culprit before it’s too late.

Marysol hat sich gezeigt. Nach und nach erfährt Jess, wer von den Seelenwächtern für sie und somit auch für Lilija kämpft. Der Schock darüber sitzt tief, doch sie wehrt sich weiter und versucht sich gegen die alten Mächte der Seelenwächter zu stellen. Wird sie stark genug sein, um sich zu entziehen? Jaydee leidet ebenfalls und kann sich kaum noch gegen den Schmerz stemmen, der ihm zugefügt wird. Sein Geist bricht zum ersten Mal. Er muss die Entscheidung treffen, ob er Lilija folgen will oder nicht. Es kommt zum Showdown der Mächte. Wer wird siegen?

Auf ihrer Suche in der Bibliothek des Rates finden Emma, Jess und Akil nicht nur heraus, was es mit dem Gefüge der Zeit auf sich hat. Akil kann endlich auch das Geheimnis lüften, welches Ilai dort versteckt hat. Jess und Akil müssen sich einer ebenso unerwarteten wie unangenehmen Wahrheit stellen. Einer Wahrheit, die auch in der Gegenwart noch wirkt. Jaydee sieht sich Kontrahenten gegenüber, denen er kaum gewachsen scheint. Weder körperlich noch mental. Er muss seine gesamte Kraft aufbringen, um sich ihnen zu entziehen. Wird sie ausreichen?

For the Nameless Restaurant, once a discreet hole-in-the-wall meant for a cast of supernatural regulars, the increasing levels of background magic has brought with it that most dreadful of locusts—new customers. The staff of the Nameless Restaurant are finding the influx of new customers—both mortal and magical—to be a challenge. They're reaching a breaking point, and something has to give. The only question is, will it be Mo Meng's rules on magic or the restaurant itself?

After the tragic murder of her fiancé, Erika Navarro's life in sun-drenched Los Angeles is turned upside down. Seeking solace and new horizons, Erika arrives at her Romanian family's century-old estate, Dragos Manor, in the misty New England town of Nocturne, Massachusetts. Long rumored to be haunted, this gothic mansion stands as the town's iconic hotel, where cocktails flow, mischief is made, and the most captivating pack of characters – family, friends, and foe – roam the ornate yet foreboding halls. By the light of the full Moon, secrets are revealed, and pack hierarchy shifts.

When Rose’s father is murdered, seemingly senselessly, Rose buries him in Ireland near the grave of her mother. With secrets being unearthed, of ancient magic, king’s legends, and horsehair talismans, Rose is thrust into a way of seeing the world—an understanding of love—she never would have thought possible if he had not died. A deal made with a faerie man long ago.

The island of Inishrún, small and forbidding, holds a deeply protected secret. It is home to the Sidhe, a magical race as old as the earth. This is their stronghold in a world that has forgotten them. Holly Tremenhere, sad and disillusioned with her life, travels across the wild sea to the island on the second-to-last ferry before winter closes the crossing. She is there to unravel the mystery of who she truly is and the only living person who can tell her is her beautiful, estranged aunt, Mim.

Evnie Treedle makes magical things and for the last few years she has been selling them in magical knickknacks shop, the Magpie Nest. But everything changes when one day Evnie’s crafting abilities catch the attention of the nearby Reignclowd Palace. She is asked to become their resident spellsmith… the original spellsmith suddenly ill under mysterious circumstances. Evnie is soon put to work making and mending magical objects. Yet, problems start to appear when she realises there’s much more at stake than friendship or romance; a dragon looms over the kingdom looking for a soul to devour.

A bundle of awkwardness and social anxiety, Charlie Lavender isn’t sure about starting her freshman year in small-town Normal, Illinois. Little does she know her new best friend, a love triangle, and…a magical owl(?) are waiting for her in the Fall of 1993. She definitely didn’t expect ominous priests, probable witches, and a secret, several-thousand-year-old war would also become part of everyday life. Welcome to Normal, where nothing ever is.

For Franny, the end of everything is just the beginning of her adventure. The world as we know it is no more. Cities are mobile. Electricity is rare. Reading is a relic of the past. After an explosive encounter with a mysterious stranger, Franny, a 14-year-old orphan girl, embarks on an epic quest to find the mysterious pilots who steer the cities, hoping that if she finds them, she will get answers about her family's past - and the world's future.

After breaking from life with the Pack, mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate - former Beast Lord Curran Lennart - are adjusting to a very different pace. While they're thrilled to escape all the infighting, Curran misses the constant challenges of leading the shapeshifters.