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How would you like to begin an apprenticeship in the mystical craft of artificery? You'll learn things that most people can only dream of. You'll make swords with self-sharpening blades, bows that fire by themselves, and clocks that can read the future. Even better, you'll get to live in the sunlit village of Sunhampton, a sleepy little crafter's village of cobbled streets, cozy taverns, and pleasant bakeries. If this sounds like just the life for you, then grab a beer and a sweet roll, and follow Lewis as he begins his new life as an apprentice.

Jake Sullivan is a licensed private eye with a seriously hardboiled attitude. He also possesses raw magical talent and the ability to make objects in his vicinity light as a feather or as heavy as depleted uranium, all with a magical thought. It's no wonder the G-men turn to Jake when they need someoneto go after a suspected killer who has been knocking off banks in a magic-enhanced crime spree.

MacKayla Lane was just a child when she and her sister, Alina, were given up for adoption and banished from Ireland forever. Twenty years later, Alina is dead and Mac has returned to the country that expelled them to hunt her sister’s murderer. But after discovering that she descends from a bloodline both gifted and cursed, Mac is plunged into a secret history: an ancient conflict between humans and immortals who have lived concealed among us for thousands of years.

Once a sworn enemy of all monsters, Anita is now the human consort of both Jean-Claude, the master vampire, and Micah, the leopard shape-shifter. Not quite as human as she once was, she is consumed by both their hungers - desires that must be sated time and time again. When a centuries-old vampire targets Jean-Claude and his clan, Anita finds herself tested as never before - needing all the dark forces her passion can muster to save the ones she loves the most....

Kennedy Bennett comes from a long line of curse weavers. For centuries, her family has plied their trade in Unstable, Massachusetts, an unconventional small town that's welcomed paranormal practitioners since the dawn of spiritualism. Kennedy has recently struck out on her own, opening an antiques shop in Boston, where her specialty is uncursing and reselling hexed objects. Then Aiden Connolly walks into her life with an offer she really should refuse. The scion of a wealthy family of luck workers, Aiden has a scheme to get his hands on the most famous cursed object of all.

Solomon Drake and Frankenstein travel to New York City to deal with an infestation of Fire Bats in the City’s Subway Tunnels. Weeks later, Solomon is implicated in the murder of Edgar Yokes, (the Wizard responsible for the Fire Bats running amuck in the city) when a note in Solomon’s handwriting is found at the deceased’s home.

1893 год. Генри Джеймс, классик американской литературы, остро переживает творческий кризис. Он приезжает в Париж и промозглой мартовской ночью пытается утопиться в Сене, но его спасает эксцентричный незнакомец, назвавшийся Шерлоком Холмсом. Он увлекает Джеймса в путешествие по Америке, чтобы распутать загадочное самоубийство давней знакомой Джеймса, одной из основательниц аристократического клуба Пяти сердец.

Наследники Зерцалии возвращаются! Зерцалия. Наследники. Отражение зла — продолжение новой захватывающей серии Евгения Гаглоева. Трое уже известных вам героев, Камилла, Алекс и Макс, отправляются на новое задание. В этот раз их путь лежит в Ост-Стингер — спокойный, тихий, непримечательный городок. Но ребята уже знают, что в тихом омуте… водятся темные силы. Кажется, со школой Эмбера что-то не так — в ее стенах кроется тайна, которая по зубам лишь этому трио искателей приключений.

Wenn dein Herz gewählt hat, folgst du ihm in flüsternde Mitternachtsschwärze? Die Schatten sind an die Seite der ersten farblosen Königin der Kontinente zurückgekehrt. Während das Licht die Goldene Stadt verbrennt und ihre Bewohner verdammt, versucht Alamea ihre Gefühle zu kontrollieren. Denn ihre Wahl ließe auch die Schattenlande in ewiger Finsternis vergehen. Doch was, wenn nicht farblose Tristesse für den Fall Argijas und Andtherâs verantwortlich ist? Sondern eine Macht, die die aurumfarbene Energie als Waffe nutzt. Eine Waffe, endlicher als jedes Schwert.

Чжоу Минжуй очнулся в другом мире в теле Клейна Моретти, загадочного молодого человека, оставившего перед смертью записку со словами: "Погибнут все, включая меня". Клейн-Минжуй постепенно адаптируется в новой реальности. Он узнает о пути последовательностей, организовывает собрание вместе с новыми знакомыми и вступает в ряды Ночных Наблюдателей, Потусторонних-стражей, которые берутся за опасную работу. Вместе с этим молодой человек все еще ищет похищенный дневник семьи Антигон, к которому привели последние воспоминания настоящего Моретти и который, похоже, как-то связан с древней магией.

Auf der Jagd nach der Erbin des Königreichs, einer Verräterin und einer verbotenen Liebe. Verena, alias Nyra, ist die verlorene Prinzessin von Marmoris. Damit ist sie genau der Schlüssel zum Sieg, den Dacre und seine Verbündeten die ganze Zeit gesucht haben. Aber sie hat ihre Identität bis zuletzt vor allen verborgen und ist untergetaucht, seitdem sie weiß, dass sie entlarvt wurde. Nun sind alle Rebellen auf der Suche nach ihr, nicht nur Dacre. An der Spitze der Jagd jedoch steht sein Vater, der Verena um jeden Preis finden will.

Alexandra is a young woman intent on forging her own destiny. But the Princess of Karstares is not free to marry for love and her relationship with a lowly knight is doomed from the start. When her betrothal to the King of Saphyre is announced Alexandra becomes desperate to make her own life. After a spell goes awry, Alexandra finds herself married to the tyrannical Carlyle with no memory of her past or even her magical ability.

Emily Croy Barker’s riveting debut novel is a must-read for fans of Lev Grossman and Deborah Harkness. The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic follows grad student Nora Fischer as she stumbles through a portal into a magical world. Having been transformed from drab to beautiful, Nora finds herself surrounded by glamorous friends. Life seems perfect. But then things take a terrible turn, and Nora must learn magic from a reclusive ally if she is to have any hope of survival...

Beneath the streets of London there is another London. A subterranean labyrinth of sewers and abandoned tube stations. A somewhere that is Neverwhere....

Reeling from the events that revealed other witches were behind the attack on Reuben and Caspian, the White Haven witches don’t know who to trust. The search for those who betrayed them tests their resources and their abilities, and as the fallout shatters alliances, they draw on their friends for support. But it’s not easy. The path they follow is dark and twisted and leads them in directions they can’t predict.

Since his second sight made him infamous for defeating powerful dark mages, Alex has been keeping his head down. But now he's discovered the resurgence of a forbidden ritual. Someone is harvesting the life-force of magical creatures-destroying them in the process. And draining humans is next on the agenda. Hired to investigate, Alex realizes that not everyone on the Council wants him delving any deeper.

Goïmron gathers a small band of trusted companions, and they set off to find Tungdil and save Girdlegard from the mysterious Albae. But the story's only half-over. Brabandor's on the trail of something extraordinary; Rodana is trying to change her fate, and Klaey remains an unknown quantity: his lust for power is unparalleled, and he'll do anything to get it. And the most worrying question of all . . . will their quest, change Goïmron himself?

Eve Levine - half-demon, black witch, and devoted mother - has been dead for three years. She has a great house, an interesting love life, and can't be killed again - which comes in handy when you've made as many enemies as Eve has. Yes, the afterlife isn't too bad. All she needs to do is find a way to communicate with her daughter, Savannah, and she'll be happy.

In the heart of San Antonio, Texas, Victoria Leighton's sixteenth birthday takes an unexpected turn. Instead of the typical teenage dreams of cars and spring formals, she's thrust into a realm she never knew existed: the System. February twenty-ninth is only her fourth birthday, Victoria is unknowingly inducted into this mystical network, Her most unexpected sixteenth birthday present upends her life as she's called to fulfill her destiny.

I'd known my fair share of tragedy in the last year. Lost my family, abandoned by my friends... things were looking down. Imagine my surprise when I get ripped out of my own reality and forcibly enrolled in a magic school nestled between the seams of the multiverse. My new purpose? Defend all of creation against the Outer Gods and keep from dying at the hands of the Void Things. But there's something nefarious about my headmistress... something I don't trust. At least I'm not alone anymore.