Science Fiction City

Der neuneinhalbte Band des epischen Fantasy-Abenteuers Bitte sei vorsichtig. Bitte sei glücklich. Und BITTE vergiss mich. So ist es für alle am besten. Das sind die letzten Worte, die Keefe an Sophie schreibt, bevor er in die Verbotenen Städte flieht. Keefe will nicht gehen, doch er muss untertauchen. Es ist die einzige Möglichkeit, um seine Freunde in Sicherheit zu bringen und herauszufinden, wie er seine beängstigenden neuen Kräfte kontrollieren kann. Doch auf der Suche nach Antworten findet Keefe so viel mehr als nur ein Abenteuer im Reich der Menschen.

The Mist Casino sits just above a kemana with an interior that would make a ghost feel right at home. Of course it does. After all, Magic City has to compete with nearby Vegas. Ruby is just back from University for the summer, catching up with an old friend, when everything changes with a bang! A series of small blasts are exploding all around her. Chips are flying through the air. Someone wanted to announce their arrival in town. But who? Ruby is about to get drawn into a battle for control of Magic City. They just made the fight personal. Is the Ebon Dragon Casino next?

Les Everly sont maudits depuis des siècles. À chaque génération, le membre le plus prometteur de la famille est voué à disparaître, en réparation d'un crime dont nul ne se souvient. Celle qui vient les chercher, la mystérieuse et glaçante Penelope, ne connaît ni la vieillesse ni la maladie. Et pour elle, une dette est une dette.

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For too long Violet and the people of the outer circles of the Lone City have lived in service of the royalty of the Jewel. But now the secret society known as the Black Key is preparing to seize power. While Violet knows she is at the center of this rebellion, she has a more personal stake in it - for her sister, Hazel, has been taken by the Duchess of the Lake. Now, after fighting so hard to escape the Jewel, Violet must do everything in her power to return to save not only Hazel but the future of the Lone City.

With Bataar deathly ill and a city on the lookout for Tor, things seem more desperate than ever for Tor and his dragon partner, Saboraak. But a new ally with a plan might be just what they need to find answers. Can they trust the mysterious stranger? Do they dare to refuse?

If he knew what was going to happen after he left home, he would have tried to stay. After the events of the great kaiju war, Matteo is sent away from the turtle. His mission is to report to the capitol about the battle and collect Wardens for their depleted village. If only things could have stayed that simple.

Philip and Lucy are suddenly transported into a magic city built out of toys. Winged horses, talking animals, magical islands, and ancient buildings are all threatened with disaster if the children cannot save them through valiant deeds - always contesting with the evil Pretenderette!

Yara may have stopped the magical plague spreading its way through her new home, but to do so, she had to leave her mother in the hands of the sinister alchemists. Now Yara longs to return to Zehaira and free her mother from her prison. Yet when her mother’s familiar arrives, close to death and bearing a message, Yara must put aside her plans to rescue her and instead set off with her friends to the official residence of the Grand High Sorceress, convinced it holds magic powerful enough to defeat the alchemists.

What does it mean to be truly human? When an orphaned kit fox named Tom is transformed by a witch’s spell into a 12-year-old boy, he’s given a deadline of summer’s end to become fully human. Befriended by fellow orphan Nora, he spends the summer enjoying normal human activities, always fearing that he won’t discover how to become fully human in time, and unaware that soon he and Nora will be fighting for their lives....

Michael Rutherford has always been different. An orphan who never knew his family, he was mocked as a child for his odd looks. But after Michael sees a wealthy philanthropist on television who has the same strange features he does, Michael volunteers at the man’s charity organization to get close to him. The volunteer job takes him to the deepest recesses of the Brazilian rainforest, where Michael makes a shocking discovery about a secret laboratory that may hold the truth of Michael’s mysterious past and his odd appearance.

After the Last War destroyed most of the world, survivors form a new society in four self-sustaining cities in the Mojave Desert. Everything is carefully planned and controlled: the seasons, the weather - and the residents. To prevent mankind from destroying each other again, its citizens undergo a memory wipe every four years in a process called tabula rasa, a blank slate, to remove learned prejudices. With each new cycle, they begin again with new names, jobs, homes, and lives. No memories. No attachments. No wars.

Magic City is full of hustlers, con men and magicals just out for a good time. The perfect mix of glamour and gangsters. But underneath it all, a con man is scheming to pull it all apart. Can Ruby and her weretiger, Idryll, find a way to save her hometown before time runs out? Or will her quest lead her to her own unforeseen destiny? New challenges can also bring new allies. A Drow trader with an eclectic set of resources offers to help. A purple-haired troll who offers to teach her to fly or the hooded archer whose help Ruby can't decline. Are they really friends or foes?

Fifteen years ago, Lęina’s mother, Yuliana, went searching for a mythical place called the Garden and never returned. Determined to learn the truth about what happened, Lęina travels to Brazil to search for the hidden realm, with Yuliana’s journal and a local tour guide leading the way. But Lęina soon begins to wonder if she’s looking for answers—or if what she truly wants to find is herself.

In 1903, the world marches toward modernity. The first World Series of baseball has been held, and everyday technology changes with each sunrise. The natural world is encroached upon, and offered new protection under dramatic steps of bold Theodore Roosevelt. Yet, Chicago Tribune reporter Roger Merrick has been charged with investigating a curious piece of the older world: the grand Fountain Spring House of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Wandering amidst whispers of folklore, threat, and mounting dread, Roger seeks to uncover the truth, while preserving his very livelihood.

A cyborg whose faith was destroyed by the military. An exiled girl searching for a place she can be herself. Imogen spends most of a month with the enigmatic cyborg medic Enver who runs the ward. But his erratic personality and hot-and-cold treatment leaves her with nothing but questions. When Imogen runs into the love she thought she'd lost forever, is her connection with Enver enough to keep her in Cyn City? And can Enver open his heart and let himself feel ever again?

As a reporter for his high school newspaper, Tom Harding was tracking the best story of his life - when, suddenly, his life turned very, very weird. He woke up one morning to find his house empty…his whole town empty…empty except for an eerie fog - and whatever creatures were slowly moving toward him through the fog. How did it happen? Is it real? Is he dreaming? Has there been a zombie apocalypse? Has he died and gone to hell? Tom is a good reporter, but no one has ever covered a story like this before.

Die Reichen und Mächtigen haben nur sich selbst gerettet und den Rest dem Untergang überlassen. Rika gehört zur zweiten Generation Überlebender. Sie kennt die Welt nur in ihrer düsteren und zerstörten Form und hat die Sonne noch nie gesehen. Doch Rika weiß wie keine andere, in dieser von Monstern beherrschten Welt zu überleben. Sie ist verdammt gut darin. So gut, dass sie eine der wenigen ist, die in Kastaari City aktiv gegen die Demons vorgeht.

A soldier returns home to the damp, gray streets of Willow City to search for his missing brother. Willow City, one of the eight authoritarian city-states of the Federation. Willow City, a world of dark secrets and shadowy characters.

Neva's goals at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago are simple. Enjoy the spectacle—perhaps the greatest the United States has ever put on. (The world's fair to end all world's fairs!) Perform in the exposition's Algerian Theatre to the best of her abilities. And don't be found out as a witch.