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Rien ne va plus dans le panthéon nordique des dieux du Bien. En froid avec le dieu Odin, la déesse de la Fécondité, Freyja, jette une malédiction sur les Béorites, le peuple favori de son ennemi: désormais, tous les enfants de ces hommanimaux mourront au berceau, ce qui voue la race à une disparition certaine. Les Béorites décident donc de naviguer vers l'île de la déesse pour tenter de la raisonner. 

Prisonnier des Enfers, Amos Daragon part pour un périlleux voyage le long des fleuves du Royaume des morts, vers la cité infernale. C'est ici, dans la capitale des neuf Enfers, que se jouera le destin du jeune porteur de masques. S'il veut quitter ces lieux cauchemardesques, peuplés de démons et d’autres créatures maléfiques, Amos devra repousser ses propres limites et affronter ses peurs. 

Beneath the gaze of the gods, the mighty armies of Greece and Troy met in fierce and glorious combat, scrupulously following the text set forth in Homer's timeless narrative. But that was before 21st-century scholar Thomas Hockenberry stirred the bloody brew, causing an enraged Achilles to join forces with his archenemy, Hector, and turn his murderous wrath on Zeus and the entire pantheon of divine manipulators; before the swift and terrible mechanical creatures that catered for centuries to the pitiful idle remnants of Earth's human race began massing in the millions, to exterminate rather than serve.

Earl Harbinger may be the leader of Monster Hunter International, but he's also got a secret. Nearly a century ago, Earl was cursed to be a werewolf. When Earl receives word that one of his oldest foes, a legendarily vicious werewolf that worked for the KGB, has mysteriously appeared in the remote woods of Michigan, he decides to take care of some unfinished business.

Alors que Darius s'engage à unir sa vie à celle de la fille du roi d’Oralis pour préserver la paix, je dois revenir en urgence à l'académie Améthyste, mon père étant au plus mal. Entre les magiciens qui viennent de s’installer à l’académie, les réfugiés Shuna et la restauration de l’arbre de vie, je ne sais plus où donner de la tête. Imaginer Darius s'unir à Séraphelle me tourmente, mais je n’ai pas le temps de me morfondre. Avec Nyx et Rubis, nous avons un objectif très important : sauver les dragons retenus au nord contre leur volonté.

During a train trip from Chicago to Texas in the late 1940s, A.W. Tozer began to write The Pursuit of God. He wrote all night, and when the train arrived at his destination, the rough draft was done. The depth of this book has made it an enduring favorite.

What price victory? The war with the Republic of Haven has resumed . . . disastrously for the Star Kingdom of Manticore. Admiral Lady Dame Honor Harrington, Steadholder and Duchess Harrington, the single victorious Allied commander of the opening phase of the new war, has been recalled from the Sidemore System to command Eighth Fleet. Everyone knows Eighth Fleet is the Alliance's primary offensive command, which makes it the natural assignment for the woman the media calls "the Salamander."

The Manticore, the second book in The Deptford Trilogy after Fifth Business, follows David Staunton, a man pleased with his success but haunted by his relationship with his larger-than-life father. As he seeks help through therapy, he encounters a wonderful cast of characters who help connect him to his past and the death of his father.

Bacca has it all. The most celebrated (and furry) star in the Overworld, he's the person others look to for help building their dungeons, mazes, and castles. He has a girlfriend, LadyBacc, and his most prized possession of all - a diamond ax called Betty. One day Bacca is approached by a mysterious dragon...made entirely of diamonds! The dragon is from a new biome - a secret land few have ever seen - where a special object has been stolen.

J’ai rencontré Owen Mordret par hasard, et il a chamboulé ma vie trop tranquille, mon union malheureuse et mes désirs endeuillés depuis longtemps. Il a tout pour que je succombe à ses charmes : il est beau, adorable, intelligent. Bref, l’homme parfait. Du moins, c’est ce que je croyais... car Owen Mordret est un menteur-né. Il n'est pas du tout celui que j'imaginais ! Alors, à moi de mettre au jour tous les mensonges qu'il distribue comme autant de bonbons empoisonnés, et de découvrir qui se cache derrière ses artifices. Quitte à me brûler les ailes.

À la tête d'une déroutante procession - la reine Kettricken, la propre femme de chevalerie et le dernier espoir de voir la lignée des Loinvoyants se perpétuer, la mystérieuse Caudron, Astérie la ménestrelle et le fou - Fitz poursuit son chemin sur la voie magique. Une quête toujours plus ardue car incessante est la traque menée par Royal, son ennemi juré, et ses meilleurs attiseurs et soldats d'élite, pour les retrouver et les tuer.

On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss. Pacific Crucible tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history and seized the strategic initiative.

Ehlana, Queen of Elenia, had been poisoned. A deep enchantment sustained her life, but only while the Knights aiding it still lived - and, already, they were dying, one each month. Then Sparhawk, the knight and Queen's Champion, learned that the cure for the poison was Bhelliom, the great jewel lost when Sarak of Thalesia died in battle 500 years before.

In ancient days, sorcerers sought to learn the One True Spell that would give them power over all the world and understanding of all magic.... The One True Spell was a woman, and her name was Mystra - and her kisses were wonderful. It is the time before Myth Drannor, when the Heartlands are home to barbarians, and wicked dragons rule the skies. In these ancient days, Elminster is but a shepherd boy, dreaming of adventure and heroics. When a dragon-riding magelord sweeps down upon him, though, the boy is thrust into a world of harsh realities, corrupt rulers, and evil sorcerers.

Victoria Secord, a 14-year-old Alaskan dogsled racer, loses her way on a routine outing with her dogs. With food gone and temperatures dropping, her survival and that of her dogs and the mysterious boy she meets in the woods is entirely up to her. The author Terry Lynn Johnson is a musher herself, and her crackling writing puts listeners at the reins as Victoria and Chris experience setbacks, mistakes, and small triumphs in their wilderness adventure.

Disclaimer : Tous ceux parmi vous qui avez écouté dans le passé Leonora Kean, tome 1 : Chasseuse d'âmes, vous retrouverez une héroïne puissante dans le même univers et le lancement d’une nouvelle aventure. "Croyez-moi, devenir faucheuse et passer toutes ses journées en compagnie des défunts n'est pas le métier qu'on rêve de faire à seize ans... Mais bon, comme le dit si bien grand-mère, dans la vie on ne fait pas toujours ce qu'on veut. En particulier quand on grandit dans une famille comme la mienne.

Pour fuir l'oppression anglaise, Claire et Jamie embarquent pour le Nouveau Monde, où ils espèrent enfin trouver la paix. Toutefois, lorsqu'ils échouent sur les rivages de Caroline du Nord en 1767, l'Amérique est à l'aube de son indépendance : tandis que la révolution se prépare, les deux amants vont une fois de plus être emportés par le tourbillon de l'Histoire. Restée en sécurité dans le XXe siècle, leur fille Brianna cherche à percer le secret de sa naissance.

Imaginez... Vous êtes une ado de quatorze ans. Vous avez fait le mur pour la première fois. Vous rentrez en cachette la nuit. Au matin, la maison est vide. Toute votre famille a disparu sans laisser de traces. Apparitions suspectes, coups de fils anonymes, messages accusateurs : vingt-cinq ans plus tard, le passé ressurgit.

The battle with the Iron Legion has left The Last Horizon battered and broken, drifting in space. Varic needs an exceptional engineer to fix his ship, and there’s only one person for the job: Mell, the master Aether technician. But first, they have to break her out of prison. Mell has been captured by the Advocates, a group of superpowered vigilantes who dominate their corner of the galaxy. They are led by Starhammer, an invincible champion with a personal obsession with Mell.

In this vast and gorgeous tapestry of a novel, serf and master, Cossack and tsar, priest and Jew are brought together in a family saga which unrolls through centuries of history to reveal that most impenetrable and mysterious of lands - Russia. Through the life of a little town east of Moscow in the Russian heartland, Edward Rutherfurd creates a sweeping family saga from the baffling contradictions of Russia's culture and her peoples - bleak yet exotic, brutal but romantic, land of ritual yet riddled with superstitious fears.