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When Daine comes down from the mountains, she carries with her two things: a dark secret about her own past, and a strangely powerful magic that even she doesn't understand.

Rares sont ceux qui connaissent l'existence du Sous-Monde, une toile brisée d'anciennes galeries et de pièces laissées à l'abandon qui s'étend dans les profondeurs de l'université. Protégée par ce labyrinthe sinueux, confortablement installée au cœur même de ces lieux désolés, vit une étrange jeune femme. Parmi les nombreuses rencontres de Kvothe, la plus attachante est sans nul doute celle d'Auri. Cette jeune femme, au caractère à la fois sauvage, enfantin et précieux, reste voilée de mystère.

Every hundred years, the island of Lightlark appears for only one hundred days to host a deadly game, where the rulers of six realms fight to break their curses and win unparalleled power. Each ruler has something to hide. Each curse is uniquely wicked. To break them—and save themselves and their realms—one ruler will die.

When her best friend, Mackenna, invites her to spend the summer in Scotland, Veronica jumps at the opportunity to leave her complicated life behind for a few months. But the Scottish countryside holds other plans. Not only has an imaginary kilted boy followed her to Alloway, but she and Mackenna also uncover a strange set of rings and a very unnerving letter from Mackenna’s great aunt - and when the girls test the instructions Aunt Gracie left behind, they find themselves transported to a land that defies explanation.

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Quand la flamme des dragons s’embrase, nul n’en sort indemne. Shaw et Mélyana ont accompli l’impossible : sceller un lien avec les deux derniers dragons royaux. Mais leur victoire n’est qu’un premier pas. Pour sauver Celestya, ils doivent désormais infiltrer le fort des cavaliers, renverser l’ennemi de l’intérieur... et lever la Brume mortelle qui les empêche de rentrer chez eux.

To the north, Annise Gäric ventures into the Hinterlands to discover the truth of the Sleeping Knights, who may be the only hope for her kingdom. Meanwhile, Tarin Sheary travels to Darrin in a desperate bid to repel the eastern forces amassing at Crow's Nest. Unbeknownst to either of them, a new threat rises in Blackstone.

Au cœur d'un manoir isolé sur une île mystérieuse, les derniers faes du Royaume-Uni attendent une chance de briser leur malédiction. Cette année, Everly Quinn reçoit l'invitation tant convoitée. Dix ans après la disparition de son frère pendant les jeux, elle est déterminée à comprendre ce qu'il lui est arrivé. Mais dans un monde où la magie est une arme, la séduction un piège et la vérité une illusion, chaque révélation pourrait la conduire plus près du danger.

Life as a demon is never an easy one. Orphaned as a child, Simi was left to make her own way in the world of humans. Bound to the Atlantean god who caused the death of her mother, she's spent her life trying to make sense of a world that baffles her. As the gods vie for a power that leaves demons, Dark-Hunters, and humans struggling to take sides, Simi can no longer rely on the god, Acheron, for protection. She must find her own way. Not just for herself, but to save the lives of her family and friends.

For subjects of the impervious project, what doesn't kill them actually does make them stronger. Children purchased in their youth are involuntary subjects of a dragonblood transfusion, which gave them unexpected results where they developed adaptive imperviousness. They'd be unstoppable. Ven Yashke is a boy genius who's about to attend Harvard Medical when a mysterious woman arrives at his home, offering to share information regarding the sudden death of his parents. He suspects they were murdered, but nobody believes him except for her. But there's a kicker.

First came the storms. Then came the Fever. And the Wall. After a string of devastating hurricanes and a severe outbreak of Delta Fever, the Gulf Coast has been quarantined. Years later, residents of the Outer States are under the assumption that life in the Delta is all but extinct...but in reality, a new primitive society has been born. Fen de la Guerre is living with the O-positive blood tribe in the Delta when they are ambushed. Left with her tribe leader's newborn, Fen is determined to get the baby to a better life over the wall before her blood becomes tainted.

Lewis Barnavelt is back and this time he has stumbled upon something more powerful than even his imagination can dream up. A camping trip with his Scout troop leads Lewis straight to an old grave and a mysterious, magical whistle. When Lewis discovers that this whistle has the power to stop the boys who insist upon bullying him, he is left with a tough decision. Does he continue to use the whistle, which he suspects might not be completely safe? Is Lewis strong enough to face the potent spirit that he is unknowingly summoning?

Since ancient times, the great demon prison Zzyzx has protected the world from the most dangerous servants of darkness, including Gorgrog, the Demon King. After centuries of plotting, the Sphinx is on the verge of recovering the five artifacts necessary to open the legendary prison. Facing the potential of a world-ending calamity, all friends of light must unite in a final effort to thwart the Sphinx's designs and find a safe home for the five artifacts.

Such is the dark magic of a siren’s song, the power of which half-siren Lirien witnesses for himself as he watches his mother sing his father, the King of Ardeth, into the sea. In a fruitless attempt to reverse his father’s fate, Lirien sings the siren song himself, not knowing its true power is seduction. Instead, he ensnares his stepmother, the Queen, with its hypnotic melody.

Six-hundred years ago, Genevieve Beaufont stole a dragon egg and buried it. Now it's time for that egg to finally hatch. It's time for Gen Beaufont to be the rebel she always dreamed of. Gen, a resident of fifteenth century England, finds herself stuck in modern day America—all because she was overly curious and followed strangers through a time travel gate. Two things have always gotten Gen in trouble: her curiosity and defiance. But times have changed, quite literally. Those traits could save her life.

Once upon a time...there was a girl whose father inhabited the body of a beast for a time and whose mother couldn't seem to keep her nose out of a book. Mirabel can't imagine summer without the solstice ball her family throws every year—the music, the roses, everything looking picture perfect, like it came out of one of her mother's books. But when a young man at the ball snubs an enchantress in disguise and chooses Mirabel to dance with instead, the summer begins to look a lot less wonderful.

Terra Olson is an archeologist in the making. When she gets an opportunity to work with one of her idols at a dig that may contain artifacts linked with Norse mythology, she jumps at the offer. What more could she ask for? Probably to not be betrayed by that very same idol. She'd expected the job to be a killer . . . just not in the buried-alive-and-left-to-die-alone way. How could she have seen that coming?

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Teenage criminal Dylan and her twin brother Devin are struggling to survive the streets. After an attempt to steal food goes horribly wrong, the twins are offered a deal. Their needs will be provided for if they join the ranks of the Rhodi. This elite group of supernatural warriors battle against the Hunter’s Guild, a dark force that is threatening to destroy their world.

Lorsque j'ai eu 20 ans, j'ai découvert avec effroi que j'étais dotée de pouvoirs secrets, j'ai été piégée dans un mariage avec mes pires ennemis, j'ai accidentellement rejoint un culte et signé pour une compétition sanguinaire. Pour ne rien arranger, mes maris terrifiants essaient de me séduire et mes anciens mentors agissent très étrangement. Maintenant, quelqu'un tue des Olympiens – et ce ne sont pas des Titans.