Historical

The Catenan Republic—the Hierarchy—may rule the world now, but they do not know everything. I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school....

The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am. But with all that has happened—with what I fear is coming—I am not sure it matters anymore.

When Elise agreed to break a vicious curse over the man she loved, she never imagined he was a lost fae prince. But Valen left her to carry out vengeance for his slaughtered family....

Rising in the shadows, Rezkin is free from the shackles of power. But the darkness is his home, and there he stalks his foes. His friends, alone and scattered, face the war with an empty throne.

Royce Melborn and Hadrian Blackwater are two enterprising thieves who end up running for their lives when they’re framed for the death of the king....

Believed to have vanished generations ago, a fae kingdom dreaded by mortals is ascending once more, bound to reclaim what was lost by violence and bloodshed.

Every kingdom Rezkin touches has shattered, and the turbulence in his homeland is spreading across the Souelian. From the shards of kingdoms past, he begins to forge a new empire. But there is a price to pay for power, and the balance has come due....

After the War of the Gods, the demons were cast out and fell to the world. Mankind was nearly eradicated by the seemingly unstoppable beasts....

Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she's descended from magicians, she's skeptical....

When Royan Al Simma is the victim of a vicious attack that leaves her husband dead, her only thought is that she must continue their joint work....

Everything Morgan Pendragon knows and loves is gone as she wakes in the dangerous court of the Siabra. The man she was falling in love with is dead, and in his place is a man she barely knows.

Some truths are dangerous, certain secrets best concealed, and one story never should have been written at all....

Best-selling author Michael J. Sullivan’s mesmerizing Riyria Revelations series has found a welcome home with fans of magic, clashing swords, and daring heroes....

After winning two wars against the Nemovorti, Minalan plans an expedition to The Lost Valley of Anghysbel, in the far north of his realm. It's there, in the caldera of a supervolcano at the edge of the tundra, he suspects many of the answers he so desperately needs might be hidden....

In which, a 17-year-old apprentice dealer in rare books is sent from Paris to England by her father, to obtain incunabula and medieval books of devotion - and whatever secrets of political intrigue or finance may come to hand in the process....

An ancient family diary. A timely prophecy. An epic conclusion. As Sylvia prepares to meet Gabe’s parents for the first time, the last thing she needs is for her long-lost father to cause trouble. While his answers to her questions finally bring clarity, they also usher in danger.

Morgan Pendragon has another name now: Morgan Le Fay. As her true heritage slowly emerges from the mists of the past, Morgan renounces one possible future as the new ruler of the fierce Siabra fae and the wife of the Prince of Claws and vanishes through a portal....

Even before he could move, the full realisation of what confronted him blazed in the Pharaoh's mind. This was the foul and loathsome thing that Taita, with his clairvoyant powers, had smelt in the air....

War rages in the north. As the Varin Knights march to join Tukor in their conflict against Rasalan, Elyon Daecar finds himself embroiled in a world of secrets and lies. Saska has one goal: to assassinate Lord Kastor....

After more than 500 years of exile, the heir to the empyre is wary about his sudden reassignment to active duty on the Goblin War’s front lines. His mission to rescue an outpost leads to a dead-end canyon deep inside enemy territory....

Behind the towering walls of Belduar, Calen Bryer and his companions stand in defense of the city and its new king. In over a thousand years, Belduar has never fallen. It has stood as a bastion of hope. But the Lorian empire are at its walls once more, and the Dragonguard are coming....

The Great Extermination has begun. In the Capitol, Grand Inquisitor Omand Vokkan hatches a plot to kill every member of the untouchable caste in all of Lok, down to the last man, woman, and child....

A warrior priest sworn to an oath of celibacy, and a spy fleeing from her past. A magical mystery, a forbidden temptation and a destiny they cannot escape.

A warrior with nothing to fight for is paired with a thieving assassin with nothing to lose. Together they must steal a treasure that no one can reach. The Crown Tower is the impregnable remains of the grandest fortress ever built and home to the realm’s most valuable possessions....

She is omnivorous. No matter age or appearance, physical frailty or imperfection. It is not their flesh that feeds her appetites, but their souls. She devours young and old, men and women. She leaves only a desiccated husk. An unspeakable evil. An impossible gift....

Jacqueline (Jac) has survived on the streets ever since escaping from the clutches of her ruthless uncle, the city’s powerful governor. He craves more than political influence and believes a legendary talisman in Jac’s possession can give it to him. To survive, Jac has honed her skills as a thief, catching the eye of Rhys Mayhew, a brother in an order of warrior priests. Rhys enlists her as a spy, and their partnership soon deepens into more. But Rhys’s faith demands strict adherence to oaths of denial.

1632: Zwischen den herrschenden Häusern in Europa brodelt es. Doch nicht nur Menschen, sondern auch Vampire und Werwölfe lenken das politische Geschehen. Als ein Teil der spanischen Königsfamilie einem heimtückischen Mordanschlag zum Opfer fällt, gibt es nur eine Überlebende: die junge spanische Infantin. In den kargen Gemäuern der Schwarzen Wacht , einer mysteriösen Assassinen-Gilde, lässt sie sich zur Kriegerin ausbilden.

A hero sworn to slay the monster. A princess determined to save it. Only one can live... They call her the cursed princess. Daughter of a tyrant king. Sister to the monster. For seven years, Ariadne watches helplessly as her ruthless father sacrifices human tributes to the Minotaur trapped within the dark maze. When the queen begs for her help, she seizes the chance to prove herself—to break the curse and rescue her monstrous brother. But is there any humanity in him left to save? Or will he kill her, too? Either way, she has to try.

The kingdom of Cansere is on the brink of war. Young men are conscripted from their homes, and a royal decree from the queen has made healing the only legal form of craftlock. Nym, a healer and beekeeper, is the sole provider for her family of seven now that her younger brother has been sent to the war front. But when a letter comes from the queen, summoning Nym to the palace to heal Prince Renn, the kingdom’s ailing shut-in, Nym finds herself making the tumultuous journey from her family’s apiary to the capital city.

Cina 1345. Un villaggio afflitto dalla carestia in una pianura gialla e polverosa. Due fratelli a cui sono assegnati due destini diversi. Lui è destinato alla grandezza. Lei è destinata a essere niente... Riuscirà la ragazza a sfuggire a ciò che è scritto nelle stelle?

Pippa rejser til Bruxenstein for at finde ud af, hvordan og hvorfor hendes søster døde, og hvor Francines barn er blevet af. Pippas forsøg på at finde sandheden bag søsterens død fører hende midt ind i det dødsensfarlige magtspil i fyrstedømmet, og hun konfronteres med politiske kræfter, der ikke viger tilbage for mord. Midt i dette på én gang betagende og skræmmende land, møder hun også kærligheden og den fortærende lidenskab.

Der junge Krieger Phaidros rettet in Theben ein ausgesetztes Baby, von dem eine ganz eigenartige Faszination ausgeht, vor dem sicheren Tod und bringt es zum Tempel der Artemis, in dem verwaiste Kinder aufgezogen werden. Jahre später, Troja ist gefallen und die Soldaten um Phaidros rüsten die Schiffe zur Heimfahrt. Da begegnen sie auf einer Insel einem seltsam schönen Jüngling und nehmen ihn gefangen. Ihm droht nun das Los als Sklave verkauft zu werden, - was für ein Frevel! Das Kentern des Schiffs ist erst der Beginn einer verheerenden Rache des gedemütigten Dionysos.

Anula Ramanayake of Anuradhapura calculated her ascent the moment she was orphaned—when her village burned in an endless war and the gods forsook her prayers. First, she would marry the raja. Then, she would poison him and take the throne for herself and her people. But when an unexpected coup thwarts her careful plans, Anula is left with one desperate option. She offers her soul to the cursed gods she renounced in exchange for the crown.

The historical heart of the novel set in 15th Century Ireland, is framed through the fresh eyes of Kelly, an ordinary woman who runs a café in Banbridge, County Down. Down to earth, deeply religious, the community turn to her in times of need. Kelly has been troubled by dreams of a time gone by. Her son, when he starts to speak, recites names from her visions. Distressed, Kelly turns to a hypnotherapist, and all is revealed. Those she is close to today happen to be the souls that joined her in her life as Maire.

Anatolia, 260 d.C. L'assedio dei Persiani ha stremato la resistenza della città romana di Edessa, l'imperatore Valeriano è stato catturato insieme al capo della sua guardia personale, Marco Metello Aquila, eroe dell'impero e leggenda vivente, e ad altri dieci dei suoi uomini più valorosi. Marceranno ai lavori forzati, in una miniera da cui nessuno è mai riuscito a evadere. Ma c'è chi conosce quei cunicoli bui: Metello e i suoi fuggono e trovano rifugio in un'oasi dove è atteso un misterioso personaggio braccato dai Persiani.

In the time before America came to be, this land was occupied by native people, by tribes such as the Sioux, Blackfoot, and Cherokee. When the settlers invaded, it forced these people to defend their sacred land from European illegals encroaching. In what is now western North Carolina, in the heart of the Cherokee Nation, lived a boy named Yona on the cusp of becoming a man. Led by spirits and visions, he falls in love with a settler named Henry, who has his own feelings and aspirations different from his father's.

A powerful sorceress. A cursed knight. A cryptic prophecy. AD 1356 Padric thinks his recent assignment as lieutenant knight of quiet Chaddesden, Derbyshire, should be easy enough to manage. Until villagers disappear under mysterious circumstances, and the task falls on Padric to find them. However, his investigations become complicated when a cryptic prophecy charges him to rescue the villagers and find an ancient artifact before the solstice. As though that weren’t enough, days later, the mastermind behind the chaos is revealed: a powerful sorceress.A powerful sorceress.

Scary creepy tale of London's Tower Hill after dark. Beware the dark moving shadows....

Skander Nachtstein, ehemaliger Soldat Seiner Majestät, kehrt nach dreizehn Jahren Irrfahrt durch die Reiche des Ostens nach Hause zurück. Als er vom gewaltsamen Tod seines Bruders erfährt, verbeißt er sich in die Aufklärung dieses Unglücks, denn er hat nichts mehr zu verlieren. Schnell wird Skander klar, dass nichts weniger als seine Heimatstadt und die Leben aller, die er kennt, an einem seidenen Faden hängen.

In the secluded paradise of the Valley, life is eternal. Guarded by unbreachable mists and ruled by a reclusive Emperor, this floating world of salt and lilies brims with beauty, ritual, and endless rebirth. And then prince Soh’shoro discovers his power to kill. Stolen from the courts, trained in martial and magical arts by enigmatic warrior monks, Soh’shoro is reborn as an assassin, ready to defend against the mythical Outside. But echoes of his lost mother and the ethereal allure of a doomed princess lead him on a path to discover the Valley’s dark secrets....