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Cornwall, 1285 CE. Now nearly 17, Megge and Brighida must endure another brutal loss. And as they perform the rites of transition that precede a burial, Megge accepts a daunting new charge that carries consequences not even her cousin the seer can predict. It brings visions. Dreams. And voices that come to her as she goes about her work. A silken voice beckons her back to the cliffs of Kernow, which she has seen only in dreams.

Far from the shores of England, another Elizabeth was born to rule a nation.... The daughter of Peter the Great, Elizabeth is a princess by birth yet a warrior by blood. Never content to be a pawn in the game of men, Elizabeth is destined to sit upon a throne. But when her father’s sudden death leaves her mother and sister at the mercy of the scheming Privy Council, she will have to abandon her beloved Russia in order for her family to survive. This is not a fairy tale. And Elizabeth is not an average princess.

Life at Castle Ambrose isn’t all bad for Janna. She has a secret - she can communicate with the sea serpent living in the loch. When merchants visit Castle Ambrose, Janna hears that the earl of Ambrose’s sons are still alive but imprisoned. If she can free them, they can round up rebels from across Hamlin and rid themselves of the filthy usurper.

Branwyn St. Clair is running from her wicked stepfather when she stows aboard the first ship she comes to. Little does she know, it is the infamous elven pirate ship, the Moonbeam. When cabin boy, Johnny Pate finds her in the hold, they form an uneasy alliance. Life aboard the Moonbeam is not what she expects. The ship soars through the clouds in search of plunder. But the biggest theft of all has already occurred....

Sixteen-year-old Princess Mareleau is convinced she'll never marry, no matter how many hearts she has to break. She’s been in love before, and it cost her everything. Why look for a second chance? But when she finally meets a prince who doesn’t bore her to tears, she allows herself to hope. Will that hope lead her to happiness…or betrayal?

Sabina is a gifted 18-year-old girl living in Sydney in the year 2037. She carries a unique secret that she used to be the Chosen One who failed to stop the apocalypse from occurring in the year 2887. As she died, she asked the True Maker to let her be reborn in 2019 and to keep her powers.

After many ordeals, Sabina faces her nemesis Rangda. But will Sabina overcome the evil that she tries to stop? Having stopped Pierre Beaumont's evil scheme, Sabina and Alex are recuperating in Hawaii. Peace doesn't last for long though, as the mysterious Martin Al-Sham re-emerges. Martin's associates kidnap Alex to force Sabina to help him with a dangerous expedition.

Linny is stuck in a boarding school in Maine, knowing she is cursed to die before her 16th birthday. But this is nothing new. She's done this many times, over many centuries, so she dare not hope it will be different. But then, Quinn Ramsay, descendant of the Sidhe king who cursed her, arrives to fight a very different battle.

All series must have an official starting point, and as the best-selling author of the Saving History series, I can verify that this is Ian’s beginning. As Ian wakes up on is ordinary 17th birthday, he never imagines the havoc and devastating consequences the day would bestow upon him. Not only is Ian’s life in jeopardy, but so are his parents’ and his best-friend Kayla’s’. Losing time in Ian’s life happens to follow the pattern of looming danger that surrounds him.

In a Victorian world, one girl finds herself forced to face the Top Hat society - an assembly of demon-hunting gentlemen who have haunted her since childhood. Lucy O’Rourke believed that the day her twin died was the last time she would ever have to face the society of demon hunters that left her family broken. That is, until the day she discovers her twin very much alive and her mother quickly succumbing to a deadly disease.

In the ancient world, when the days were short and the nights were long and moonless, one boy questions the customs of his village - a thing others would never dare to do. He is Omi, and he knows something isn’t right about the place he calls home. Soon, his curiosity puts him in danger, and what he learns changes everything. He flees the village, pursued by the wicked hierarchy he’s challenged, its leader desperate to maintain control. Lives are lost, homes are destroyed, and Omi vows to bring justice to the culprits. But to have his revenge, he must first survive the wild.

En Una Joya para La Realeza (Un Trono para Las Hermanas, Libro Cinco), Sofía, de 17 años, se entera de que Sebastián, su amor, está encarcelado y listo para ser ejecutado. ¿Lo arriesgará todo por amor? Su hermana Catalina, de 15 años, lucha para escapar del poder de la bruja –pero puede que este sea muy fuerte. Catalina puede verse forzada a pagar el precio por el trato que hizo -y a vivir una vida que no quiere.

In 1884 London, 12-year-old Albert Gladwyck must decide whether to follow his generous heart or learn to harden it in the harsh world in which he lives. As a River Thames scavenger, he has made the find of a lifetime, a wrecked boat full of goods, washed up on the Isle of Dogs and hidden from view. To save himself and his mum from severe poverty, he must try to make salvage from the wreck before the other mudlarks find it, before the bully, George Hardly, catches up to him, before illness and death from the poisonous river have a say in the matter.

Most protagonists are heroes confined to the pages of a book...most heroes are not Watchers. When Laney sends William home to be healed by his father, she thinks she will never see him again. After all, his home is in colonial Massachusetts in the story she wrote last year. But when William’s words and actions mysteriously begin to appear on her page, she wonders if she’s lost all control over her characters and their stories.

When Faith is summoned from the baby farm in suburban London, where she's grown up, to serve as a companion to her cousin, Margaret is stunned. The family home Rockglass Manor is in Mayfair, an elegant part of London. Faith is sure her life will vastly improve. Yet, when she reaches Rockglass Manor, no one seems to be waiting for her, other than the cook and the housekeeper. Her cousin Margaret is trouble, and Faith finds herself rocketed into a situation that she doesn't understand, at all.

On her birthday, Elizabeth Tudor steps away from the celebration distracted by an exceptionally brilliant harvest moon. As she gazes upward, the familiar light surrounding the heavenly orb dances, swirls, then coalesces, dropping out of the heavens to hit the princess quite shockingly in the face. The moment the light touches Elizabeth, her skin begins to glow, which is most definitely a problem. Even more unsettling, Elizabeth soon finds herself casting about her own orbs of light.

In this much-anticipated conclusion to the Sea of Trolls trilogy, Notland is no place to seek one's true calling. Or is it?

The year is 1763. Gideon Seymour, cutpurse and gentleman, hides in dense underbrush from the villainous Tar Man. Suddenly the sky peels away like fabric and from the gaping hole fall two curious-looking children. Peter Schock and Kate Dyer have fallen straight from the 21st century, thanks to an experiment Kate's father was running with an antigravity machine.

Percy Jackson, insieme a Talia e Annabeth, deve introdursi in una scuola per portare al Campo Mezzosangue Nico e Bianca, due potentissimi semidei, eludendo la sorveglianza del vicepreside, che si rivela essere un mostruoso emissario del perfido Crono. Creature sepolte da millenni sono tornate alla luce, pronte a servire i Titani contro gli dei dell'Olimpo. Percy e i suoi amici dovranno intraprendere un viaggio ai confini del cielo e sfidare una ferale profezia.

Ein Mensch, der eine Entscheidung treffen muss, ein Zwerg, der nach Hause will, ein Zwergelbe, der vermisst wird, ein Ork, dessen Familie seine Freunde sind. Sie können die Welt retten - oder vernichten. Leiks Versuch, seine Freunde zu retten, endet in einem Fiasko: Filixx wirft sich in die Flammen des bösartigen Seelenmeisters, der dann auch noch das einzige Portal zurück nach Razuklan vernichtet. Nur Leik und eine Handvoll Getreuer bleiben auf Dendokan zurück.