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Stacy Goldman is a garden-variety Jewish girl from New York. Except, she's a chess champion. And she doesn't believe in anything she can't prove. Especially monsters. When Stacy moves from NYC to Richmond, Virginia, in the wake of 9/11, she enrolls in the academically aggressive St. Ignatius Prep in order to graduate early and get home to New York.

What would old fairy tales have been like had the women been more empowered? What would have happened had Red Riding Hood been the hunter and the Big Bad Wolf been in love with her? What would have happened had Goldilocks been made into an indentured servant to pay for the damage she had done to the Three Bears' house? What if Prince Charming was an incompetent jerk and Rapunzel knew exactly what she was doing when she decided to seduce him in order to escape her tower? Gather around the fire and listen to old tales from the tongue of yet another bard.

Shocked by the discoveries in the furthest reaches of the Dungeon, the City prepares to delve even deeper for answers. A surprise attack by the subterranean Undercity throws them into chaos, and a massive war soon rages throughout the Dungeon itself. The Undercity proves a wily foe, and against all odds the City finds itself struggling to gain the upper hand. And all the while, the Dungeon remains capricious, mysterious, and deadly. Alex Kenderman is recruited by the supreme commander of the City, Mansa Musa Red, to lend his tactical expertise to the war effort.

Shortly after Sol hatches, his parents and nestmates discover the young crow is a gifted “thinker-linker”: able to communicate with distant birds, with the souls of dead birds - and even with humans! As Sol masters flight and makes his first migration, he learns many members of the Great Flock - birds all over the world – are suffering from terrible catastrophes. The ancient wisdom, “adapt or die”, is no longer enough, and Sol leads the hunt for a way to save birdkind from extinction.

Aristotle once said, "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Antarctica has to be one of the most mysterious places on Earth. After hearing all the ancient accounts, geological evidence, and other weird things going on in Antarctica right now, you might wonder, is it about to get even stranger? Could it have been the home of Atlantis, the famous lost continent? Is Antarctica home to the Nephilim giants?

Evangeline is an orphan, with no memory of her life before she wound up in a children's home. Now at 18, she is free in the world, with a burning desire to unravel the mysteries of her past. What she unlocks changes her life forever. The fates take her out of the only world she has ever known and into the lives of the gifted.

Lotus Blackard, age 12, is found by Gwendallara, a druid of the sacred grove sent to find the resting place of her fallen drudic family under the seedy underbelly of Mugville. It's run by the mayor, an evil, corrupt being hell-bent on destroying all that threatens his precious tourism. In the hands of Lotus is the fate of the Grove.

A land has fallen. An escape was made. It's a victory, but at what price? Shaleigh has made a terrible mistake - one she may not ever be able to fix. Lost and in a strange land with anger and death all around her, she must navigate her way through treacherous lands on her quest for redemption.

Who do you trust when you can’t believe your eyes? A nuclear apocalypse has devastated the human race, turning survivors into four groups of warring Giants, tree-dwelling Dryads, remnant humans, and evil radioactive scavengers. But, not everyone appears as they seem. Beware of what lurks in the Wastelands. But, also beware of a little giant with a big attitude.

Glolindir thought he knew all about magic until he came face-to-face with his very first monster. He only survived thanks to his new friends: a gallant warrior as talented as he is reckless, a mysterious halfling whose knives are nearly as sharp as his tongue, and a saintly gnome whose very touch can heal. Unfortunately, that was just the beginning of their troubles. Strange things have been happening around the little town of Ravenford. Before they know it, they are up to their necks in monsters and worse.

Katie has decided that too many people are trying to play with power instead of doing what is right. Does she bite off more than she can chew when she makes a statement that upsets the World Council? Even the general is at a loss. However, with Pandora on her side, who is going to win if they argue with them? Whether it is possible or not, plenty try. How much of what Katie does is due to her recent heartache? In the end, the enemy steps up their efforts to bring down these sisters in heart and deed. Do they finally have the answer?

Meredith knows she likes girls, but is reluctant to get close to anyone, knowing that she will have to move on and leave them. Theo likes girls, too, but doesn’t let anyone get close enough to know the real him. They could be normal siblings, but they’re not. They are descended from various mythical creatures. Meredith and Theo were separated from their parents as young children, like all protectors and guardians before them.

Ryn Tyler finally found her home - and demons are out to destroy it. After a lifetime of searching for where she belongs, Ryn knows it's in Eagle Valley...but war threatens to take that all away. Attending an angels-only high school should help her master her magical abilities, but stopping the upcoming battle is more important. Ryn trains in secret with the help of her mentor, Marek, a bad boy who can't decide between duty and love - and who's already stolen Ryn's heart. But the arrival of another Davina complicates things, and Ryn finds herself torn between the two boys.

After a victory that came at too high of a cost, Ryn's sacrifices have paid off. Ryn has awakened Grace, the Davina who's prophesied to save them all...but she's not what Ryn expected. From the start, Ryn knows Grace is keeping secrets. But it's worse than she originally feared, for Grace is hiding something that could mean the end of the world. Ryn decides she has to discover the truth - even as war erupts in Eagle Valley. Everything Ryn thought she knew about the magical world is wrong, but somehow, she and her friends have to make it right again.

This complete series audiobook bundle includes all three books in the Divine Fate trilogy by USA Today best-selling author Alicia Rades. Ryn Tyler's life changed the day she killed a demon. Now she's been thrown headfirst into a magical school for angels, with the power to become their savior in the war against demons. She trains in secret with her bad boy mentor, Marek, who's hiding a troubled past. Only Ryn has the ability to end the war and save the people she loves. But Ryn's fate doesn't just concern her new home. If she fails, humanity will fall.

Ryn Tyler didn't intend to kill a demon when she moved to Eagle Valley - or to become the hero of a divine race of angels. She just wants to be a normal teenager, but fate has other plans. As she prepares to attend Galen High, a magical school for angels, Ryn navigates a complicated relationship with Marek, the guy who can't stop saving her life. But Marek knows more about Ryn's magic than he's letting on. Only Ryn has the power to stop this age-old war. But there's a demon in Eagle Valley who wants that power for himself - and if Ryn wants to survive, she'll have to fight back.

Everything that is, and everything that once was, leads back to the dark magic that changed the world. Melerina has no idea how important the magic hidden inside her is if the good has to defeat the evil. If she should fail, her people are doomed to lose their souls for eternity and become slaves of the dark creatures that are trying to take over both the underwater world and the world of the burning sun.

Die Elfen aus Sandra Regniers Bestseller-Trilogie "Pan" sind zurück! Die unterirdischen Gassen Edinburghs sind für die 16-jährige Allison nichts weiter als eine Touristenattraktion. Bis sie bei einer Führung mit ihrer Schulklasse aus Versehen eine mysteriöse Pforte öffnet und unsägliches Chaos anrichtet. Denn von nun an heftet Finn sich an ihre Fersen, der zwar verdammt gut aussieht, aber leider ziemlich arrogant ist und obendrein behauptet, ein Elfenwächter zu sein. Er verlangt von Allison, das Tor zur magischen Welt wieder zu schließen.

VENCEDOR, DERROTADO, HIJO narra la historia épica del amor trágico, la venganza, la traición, la ambición y el destino. Llena de personajes inolvidables y acción vibrante, nos transporta a un mundo que nunca olvidaremos y hace que nos volvamos a enamorar de la fantasía.

The bell has rung, and the weekend is here! Find your dice, clean up your character sheet, and get the gang together for another After School Adventure. Join Jason, his sister Karissa, and their friends Gwen and Farha as they find their characters captured by an evil empire. Jump in with them as they attempt a daring escape to free themselves and the other prisoners before it’s too late.