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When Senna Rhys turns eighteen, she must go through the Tithe, a rite of passage to adulthood and a selection process that claims ten souls for the treaty with the wall. The unpaired are chosen first—securing the next generation to supply the Tithe is the foundation of Ironcross's survival.

Kascia struggles for air. She knew it would be a hard adjustment, but this is more than she’d bargained for. When a brand-new staff, unexpected wedding arrangements, and royal duties she'd never dreamed of cause Kascia to push Prince Gavril away, her secure position as the winner of the Enthronement is thrown into uncertainty. Fighting to prove she is worthy of being a prophecy princess, Kascia confronts the pressures of planning a royal wedding, dangerous reporters, traitorous past contestants, greedy courtiers, and her darkest secrets coming to light.

Unimaginable monsters that kill without mercy. Plants that consume and liquefy their victims. Hell has infiltrated Earth; no matter where you hide, the demonic creatures will find you. But all is not lost. Heaven has sent its most ruthless Angels with the power to destroy the evil invaders and protect the innocent. There’s just one thing – Arlo’s stuck in the middle, and both Heaven and Hell are fighting to take his soul.

Within the dazzling halls of London’s Crystal Palace, the event of the season has arrived: The Great Exhibition. An opportunity for the greatest minds of the century to come together under one roof in an unprecedented display of art and invention. And for two unlikely partners in crime, it’s about to become the score of a lifetime. Charming conman Kane Durante works alone—or on occasion with his best friend, Fletcher. But when his boss, the Kingpin of London’s magical dark market, gives him the impossible task of stealing a priceless artifact, he knows it’s a job he can’t pull off alone.

Nine years ago, the war between the Kingdom of Night and the Kingdom of Rivers tore Àn’yīng’s family apart, leaving her mother barely alive and a baby sister to fend for. Now the mortal realm is falling into eternal night, and mó—beautiful, ravenous demons—roam the land, feasting on the flesh of humans and drinking their souls. Àn’yīng is no longer a helpless child, though. Armed with her crescent blades and trained in the ancient art of practitioning, she has decided to enter the Immortality Trials, which are open to any mortal who can survive the journey to the immortal realm.

Der Auftakt zur neuen dreiteiligen Serie von Spiegelbestsellerautorin Marah Woolf – Erlebe eine unvergessliche Liebesgeschichte in einer spektakulären Welt. Eternity wird sterben! Die Menschen sind zu verschwenderisch mit ihrer Zeit umgegangen und die Chronisten haben nicht genug davon in Sicherheit bringen können, um Eternitys Untergang zu verhindern. Die dreiundzwanzigjährige Averie Aslanidis ist fest entschlossen, ihre Heimat zu retten, und erkämpft sich einen der begehrten Ausbildungsplätze als Sturmjägerin. Doch dann übernimmt ausgerechnet Atticus Maverick das Training der Rekruten.

Three years ago, Lo’laeni Nolanhou did the unthinkable, slaying the empress of the cruel Alrenian Empire and freeing her people, the Forwyn slaves. But the price of revenge wasn’t freedom, only guilt. Vowing to never kill again, Lo dedicated her life to the god Elhani, serving as a nun within the Circle of Serenity to fight against the injustices still wrought against her people in the torn capital of Alrenor. Then Caesiem, a handsome and mysterious Teramese boy aligned with an underground Forwyn vigilante group, flips her world upside down.

"Il mio cuore perse un battito. Stavo fissando il Primordiale della Morte. E per la prima volta in vita mia provavo autentico terrore. Lui non aveva ragione di sospettare che io fossi qualcosa di diverso da quello che sembravo. Non poteva sapere che, nei due secoli che aveva dovuto attendere per la mia nascita, avevamo scoperto come uccidere un Primordiale. L’amore. Quello era il loro punto debole. Fallo innamorare. Diventa la sua debolezza. E poi annientalo. E questo era il mio destino."

Back in Grim’s castle on Nightshade, Isla is reeling in the wake of a brutal battle and the devastating truths it exposed. Her future—and the fate of the world—now hinge on a heart split in two. Past Isla, who fell in love with the ruler of Nightshade, fights to resist feelings she considers treasonous. The Isla of the present, who has seen the ruin her powers can cause, will do anything to save Lightlark and its king. As the line between enemy and friend is tested, Isla is more desperate than ever to understand the oracle’s final prophecy and change her heartrending fate.

Mancella, the daughter of the king, emerged from the mysterious Broken Citadel with a strange and violent magic: she can summon an army of animals, but only by killing them first. Silver is a charming thief who plans to manipulate Mancella in order to pull off a once-in-a-lifetime heist. When her father the king decides that Mance should kill a human in order to create an unbeatable spirit army, Mance realizes how much of a pawn she is in her father's world. As the deception and bloodshed continue to mount, Mance must find a way to stop the cycle without becoming a ruthless monster.

Eine Insel voller Magie. Eine Kronprinzessin mit eisernem Willen. Ein Wettbewerb um ihr Herz. Kronprinzessin Ainslie soll nach dem Tod ihres Vaters den Thron des magischen Inselkönigreichs Dumoth besteigen - einem Ort voller Magie, der Ainslies Familie mit elementaren Kräften ausgestattet hat. Ihr Leben lang wurde sie darauf vorbereitet, Königin zu werden - und sie ist der Aufgabe mehr als gewachsen. Doch ein altes Gesetz besagt, dass sie verheiratet sein muss, um herrschen zu können. Denn nur so werden die mächtigen magischen Blutlinien fortbestehen. Und der Rat des Königshauses weigert sich, diese Regelung abzuschaffen.

Kaz Brekker y su equipo han dado un golpe tan temerario que ni siquiera ellos pensaban sobrevivir. Pero en lugar de conseguir una buena recompensa, a su regreso de la Corte de Hielo tienen que seguir luchando por sus vidas.

Once upon a time, among the bloodred trees of Thirstwood, a young forest princess became friends with a lonely boy from underground. He gifted her an amber ring, a worthless trinket—or so he thought—because no sooner did he slide it onto her finger than the queen of the underground and the forest king declared war. Years later, Cassia is a crucial force in her father’s army, wielding her ring of light that can blind and disorient hundreds of demons at a time. Then battle-hardened Zeru abducts her, planning to steal the ring back to fix his costly childhood mistake.

What price is too high to pay, even for love? Clary is willing to do anything for Jace, but can she still trust him? Or is he truly lost?

Selestra lleva dieciséis años atrapada en su torre de la Montaña Flotante, preparándose para ocupar el lugar de su madre, Theola Somniatis, como Bruja del Rey. Cada temporada, durante el Festival de los Presagios, se otorga un nuevo destino a las almas temerarias que estén dispuestas a arriesgarlo todo. La muerte los perseguirá durante todo el mes. Si sobreviven, les aguardará una gran fortuna y la oportunidad de vivir para siempre. Pero nadie logra sobrevivir. Jamás.

Signa Farrow non riusciva a non pensare a quel fiore così affascinante e così tossico, e alla residenza della sua famiglia che ne condivideva il nome comune, Foxglove, digitalis purpurea, mentre fissava il cadavere dell'ex duca di Berness." Un uomo è stato assassinato. Il signore di Thorn Grove è stato incastrato. E Fato, l'inafferrabile fratello di Morte, ha preso residenza in un sontuoso palazzo lì vicino. Fato è determinato a vendicarsi, dopo che Morte ha preso la vita della donna che amava molti anni fa: vuole Signa per sé, a qualunque costo.

Non tutto è buono o cattivo, bianco o nero. Le azioni delle persone, le loro motivazioni... Ci sono zone grigie. La doppia vita di Nova sta per complicarsi, se possibile, ancora di più. Nei panni di Insonnia, è membro a tutti gli effetti dei Rinnegati e presta servizio nella squadra di pattuglia di Adrian per proteggere i più deboli e mantenere l'ordine in città. Nelle vesti di Incubo, invece, è un'Anarchica, e come tale la sua missione dovrebbe essere annientare questi tanto celebrati e amatissimi "eroi".

A wild misfit in the human world, Nettle is enthralled by the glamour of the faery realm, with its two moons and scarlet stars. She grows close to Conor, a human stolen centuries before, and she also falls under the spell of mysterious Ellion, a Shadow Faery. To try to help her beloved grandmother who is fading in her world, Nettle makes a pact with the faery king. He’ll heal her grandmother in exchange for Nettle completing three tasks. She agrees, not realising that cruelty lurks beneath the beauty of this place, and that she has been tricked…

It's been nearly two years since Vanja brought down the cult she started, and she’s still paying the price. As the Pfennigeist, she bucks the law in order to help the desperate and haunt the corrupt all across the empire—and no matter what, she works alone. But an impossible killer is tearing through royalty, and leaving Vanja’s signature red penny on every victim. Suddenly the Pfennigeist is no longer a folk hero but a nightmare. When even the Blessed Empress falls, the empire’s seven royal families must gather to elect her successor within a matter of weeks.

Emerging from the shadows of the Forest Grimm, Clara and Axel return to their village, the one place they can be safe behind the forest's border. But when the trees themselves begin luring villagers into the forest, it becomes clear that the darkness they battled was merely a whisper of the true horror lurking there. Burdened by unsettling visions and bound by a love as perilous as the cursed woods that call to them, Clara and Axel must once again enter the forest to unearth the sinister secret at its heart.