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.

"[Narrator Julia] Whelan's performance is unforgettable in this darkly romantic fantasy about one young woman cursed always to be forgotten...Her depiction of the darkness is smooth with a low cadence, capturing listeners' attention and their heart strings." –Booklist In the vein of The Time...

Rezkin lives—a secret known only to a chosen few. Now, Azeria is one of them. Joining forces, they avoid discovery while seeking the power to stand against Caydean's demons.

Bloodbound and penniless. Exiled to cursed lands. Hunted by death.When thief Suri suffers a humiliating robbery, she has just one day to settle a...

Taita is a humble slave, an expert in art, poetry, medicine and engineering as well as keeping important secrets. He is the most treasured possession of Lord Intef. Yet when Intef's beautiful daughter, Lostris, is married to the Pharaoh, Taita is commanded to follow her....

The city of Kingspass burns and Calen Bryer’s world has been shaken to its core. With Valerys at his side, Calen must battle his demons and push forward. There are people who need him, people who need what he must become, and he will not let them stand alone....

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....

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.

The Golden Lion has retreated to Atalia with the remnants of his army. An anxious calm has settled over war-torn Bergonia, but it doesn't seem likely that things will stay quiet for very long.

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....

Based on some of literature’s horror and science fiction classics, this “tour de force of reclaiming the narrative, executed with impressive wit and insight” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) debut is the story of a remarkable group of women who come together to solve the mystery of a...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER A mysterious inheritance draws orphaned teacher Darcy O’Sullivan to the eerie coastal town of Fairydale, where she becomes entangled in a deadly love triangle while facing an ancient evil that could destroy them all in this haunting and seductive blend of gothic horror and...

Do not hesitate. Do not contemplate mercy. The Lorian empire took everything from Dayne. His family. His home. His people. He will carve a bloody path through Epheria. He will have his vengeance, by blade and by blood. This is his story...the story of The Exile....

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....

Here is today's lesson; heroes die. It’s been 15 years since the Orcs were defeated. Fifteen years since a new king rose from the battlefield. Fifteen years since Illian knew the horror of war. Fifteen years of peace are about to end. Something is coming. Shadows gather....

There is no ancient evil to defeat, no orphan destined for greatness, just two guys in the wrong place at the wrong time. Royce Melborn, a skilled thief, and his mercenary partner, Hadrian Blackwater, make a profitable living carrying out dangerous assignments for conspiring nobles....

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....

Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it. Connecticut, 1666. An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector. The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil. To...

The New Empire intends to celebrate its victory over the Nationalists with a day that will never be forgotten. On the high holiday of Wintertide, the empress will be married. Degan Gaunt and the Witch of Melengar will be publicly executed....

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....

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.

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Sarah Lester's mother is missing, and the Indian uprising holds her father captive. The police want to question her, and even the church is demanding its pound of flesh. Her return to The Old Curiosity Shop raises more questions than answers....

Since time immemorial, humans have worshipped the gods they call Fhrey, truly a race apart: invincible in battle, masters of magic, and seemingly immortal. But when a god falls to a human blade, the balance of power between humans and those they thought were gods changes forever.

The Golden Lion has retreated to Atalia with the remnants of his army. An anxious calm has settled over war-torn Bergonia, but it doesn't seem likely that things will stay quiet for very long. With the burden of command finally removed from his shoulders, Max is headed to northern Bergonia. To the lands of the Margraviate de Valier, which were conferred on him by King Carl III.

To anyone looking on, it would appear that a certain very young count is beset by too many enemies, especially considering that his Gift has nothing to do with combat. It’s as if the northern region that houses his county is a magnet for offworld invaders. But his enemies also include his competitors, and, of course, neighboring aristocrats who seek to seize the lands and assets of this impudent upstart, this Count Bulatov.

A young knight, his head full of his grandfather’s tales of chivalry and dragon-slaying, single-handedly defeats the rebel Baron Reynald of Gorstone. The king rewards his courage with a fief of his own, but he must travel to the distant borderlands to claim it. Maybe it was not a gift after all? Amid the harsh, unforgiving border country, the new Lord of Blackthorne struggles to rebuild a life from the ruins and forge key alliances. There are bandits in the strangely threatening woods, fierce sea tribes beyond the mountains, scant hope of help from the crown and strange powers in play.

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Auf einer abgeschiedenen Waldlichtung führt die junge Lorea mit ihrer wegen Hexerei verstoßenen Familie ein recht ruhiges Leben. Doch eines Nachts fällt ihr Haus einem Feuer zum Opfer, welchem nur Lorea und ihre Mutter knapp entrinnen. Um jenen Verfolgern zu entkommen, die hinter dem Brand stecken und ihnen nach dem Leben trachten, flüchten sie in den Süden ihrer englischen Heimat. Welche Gefahren noch auf sie lauern, ahnt Lorea erst, als sie auf Räuber und einen mysteriösen Fremden trifft.

Helena Tefraine was abducted from her homeland alongside her teenage daughter, her two closest friends, and other women who were in the wrong chapel at the wrong time. She finds herself in Tintar, the only known country in her world where magic exists. Forced into service as a muralist for a foreign king and bound by an arranged betrothal she did not choose, Helena must also unearth buried parts of herself as she perseveres. Her new role does not just challenge her—it awakens her.

Das Oberhaupt des Schattendistrikts ist gestürzt, und die machthungrigen Klans sind nicht glücklich darüber–besonders diejenigen, deren Pläne ich versehentlich durchkreuzt habe. Die Liste derer, die mich tot sehen wollen, ist noch länger geworden, und ein zweiter beleidigter Großfürst hat sich dem Ersten angeschlossen. Doch reicht all das aus, um den aufstrebenden Paladin der Finsternis aufzuhalten?

Die Zwillingsbrüder Fargon und Aiden finden nach dem grausamen Tod ihrer Eltern in der Königsstadt Astoria die Chance auf eine hoffnungsvolle Zukunft. Schon bald haben die beiden das höchste Ziel: Sie wollen Pferdereiter des Königs werden. Allerdings geht dieser Traum nur für einen von ihnen in Erfüllung, während der andere voller Groll der neuen Heimat den Rücken kehrt. Einige Sommer später treffen sie wieder aufeinander, und schnell wird klar, dass auch nach all der Zeit derselbe Unmut zwischen den Brüdern herrscht.

Als in Japan eine zweitausend Jahre alte Lanze für eine Auktion angepriesen wird, die angeblich dem Centurio Longinus gehört haben soll, ist die Aufregung groß. Könnte dies der sagenumwobene Speer sein, mit dem der Römer einst Jesus in die Seite stieß? Und könnte dessen DNA noch daran heften? Die Lanze ist der achte Teil der Forbidden Artefacts-Reihe und kann nicht ohne Kenntnis der anderen Teile gelesen werden.

Magic arises when invaders from other worlds threaten the Earth, empowering mages to fight back. Legend and history blur when mages emerge to protect the world, and now, they are needed again. The newest generation of mages is struggling to balance their ordinary lives as college students in the small town of Ravenslake and their duty to defend an entire world.

Dhalia, eine junge Fürstentochter, wächst in dem Glauben an eine alte Prophezeiung auf – ihr scheint es bestimmt zu sein, eines Tages ihr Land von der Unterdrückung durch den Herrscher zu befreien. Doch an ihrem 18. Geburtstag erkennt sie ihren Irrtum. Auf der Suche nach Antworten macht sie sich auf, das sagenumwobene Volk der Alten Feen zu finden.

A desperate race against an encroaching abyss. The Black Plague is not what it seems… The lone survivor of a strange and brutal massacre, Jehan de Arles is thrown to the mercy of King Phillip IV, who forces him to expose the supernatural origins of the Black Plague. Jehan embarks on a perilous journey, his shadowy past lurking behind him, and reluctant companions by his side. Time is dwindling, the pestilence is spreading, and the world teeters on a blade’s edge.

Molly Dark and her crew of philanthropic thieves aren't looking for trouble—just some rare books. Robbing the Heidelberg University library won't just provide what they need to restore Alphonse Schmidt's memories: it'll also prevent the world's empires from recovering their most sinister weapon. But the path of true philanthropy never runs smooth.

A ruthless, greedy ship captain. An assassin's intrigue. A ferocious battle with the Tlingit. In 1795, Russia dominates the Pacific fur trade. Cultures clash on every shore as explorers sail the unknown waters of Pacific North America. Brothers Grigori and Mikhail Romanukski, born to early American settlers of Spanish-Russian heritage, join the crew of the Russian brigantine Phoenix. Their journey along untamed shores takes them to ancient China and a shapeshifter's prophecy yet to be fulfilled.

The great warrior Bran has been called home from the battlefield to his mother's deathbed, where he vows to solve the strange mystery surrounding what fatally attacked her in the night. He travels to the Crossroads, seeking the wise counsel of Talhaiarn, high priest and advisor to his clan, where he learns similar attacks have been reported by clans to the north and east—horrors that Talhaiarn determines are the dark handiwork of the powerful Cerridwen, a rogue priestess of the sisterhood that dwells on an island surrounded by the misty waters of Lake Tegid.

Después de sobrevivir a misiones imposibles y enemigos sobrenaturales, Clarice Cooper y la División OpenMind se enfrentan a su investigación más peligrosa: una carrera contrarreloj a través de ruinas milenarias, monasterios olvidados y códices que la historia quiso enterrar. De las ruinas del Antiguo Egipto a los monasterios del Sinaí, del templo de Jerusalén a cavernas ocultas en el desierto, Clarice y su equipo seguirán un rastro de pistas, evangelios apócrifos y símbolos prohibidos.

A rowdy group of high school students must race against time to escape ancient Rome and return to future America. But when the entangled lives of the students cause problems in the past, it's up to Felix and Felicia to save their classmates from the arena of death: the infamous Colosseum!

In Saint-Pierre—where banners rise above stone keeps and villagers toil—17-year-old Etienne learns that loyalty is everything under the stern Lord Bertrand.

Nel 1372 il nemico mortale di Nicolas Eymerich, Ramon de Tàrrega, viene trovato impiccato nel convento di Barcellona in cui era stato detenuto per anni. Isola in cui si succedono fenomeni misteriosi. Da strani dischi luminosi apparsi in cielo scendono creature gigantesche, ferocissime, che si nutrono di carne umana, forse al servizio di una delle due fazioni baronali che da trent'anni si contendono la Trinacria. L'intero equilibrio di poteri nel Mediterraneo rischia di essere compromesso.

From an outsider’s perspective, Tyler Bane’s adult life is all too perfect. He founded a thriving software company, lives comfortably in an affluent neighborhood, and plans to marry his beautiful fiancée, Michelle Nolan. Little does he know, their lives in cozy Casper, Wyoming, are about to take a dramatic turn when they meet John Harrington, the owner of a local antique shop. Among a myriad of unusual items in the store, they discover a mannequin of a Sioux chief. On its wrist is a leather bracelet with a red gemstone centerpiece.