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Cassandra Devlin doesn’t know what she's for. But she knows she's running out of time. Since Cass was rescued from the abandoned world of Muina, the Aussie teen has proven more than useful to the people of Tare. Expeditions to their home world no longer end in slaughter. The teaching city of Kalasa has been unlocked. After years of searching for answers, they are starting to make progress. But space is tearing itself apart. Ionoth attack in ever-greater numbers. And "the useful stray" has been injured so many times that the Tarens hesitate to use her for fear of losing her.

Cordelia Carstairs es una cazadora de sombras, una guerrera entrenada para luchar contra demonios. Cuando su padre es acusado de un crimen atroz, ella y su hermano viajan a Londres para evitar la ruina de la familia. Pronto, Cordelia se reencontrará con sus amigos de infancia, Jame y Lucie Herondale, y es arrastrada por su mundo de bailes elegantes, encuentros secretos y reuniones sobrenaturales, donde vampiros y brujos se mezclan con sirenasy magos. Pero la nueva vida de Cordelia salta por los aires cuando unos demonios arrasan Londres.

"Todo lo que busco en un libro de fantasy", George R. R. Martin, autor de Juego de Tronos. En la bulliciosa ciudad-estado de Castelana, un joven huérfano llamado Kel es arrebatado de su humilde origen para llevarlo a La Colina, donde le espera una vida llena de lujos y peligros. Desde ese momento, Kel se convierte en el sosia del príncipe Conor Aurelian, su doble, para protegerlo de cualquier amenaza.

Kat and Pepper survived the last Alpha's attempt to take their lives, but just barely. They thought the threat was over. Everyone couldn't have been more wrong.

Years ago, Tula Bane was beaten and left for dead on a remote space station far from Earth, her home planet. She started with nothing and had no one, but over time she found a home, a family, and even love. When it's discovered that the abandoned planet beneath the station is abundant with a rare and valuable resource, aliens from across the galaxy race over to strike it rich.

The world has ended... What comes next? Smallpox epidemics, floods, droughts—for 16-year old Lucy, the end of the world came and went, stealing with it everyone she ever loved. Even the landscape of her beloved New York City is ever-shifting and full of hidden dangers. As the weather rages out of control, she survives alone in the wilds of Central Park, hunting and foraging for food and making do with the little she has, while avoiding roving scavengers and thieves.

Josslyn Drake knows only three things about magic: It’s rare, illegal, and always deadly. So when she’s caught up in a robbery gone wrong at the Queen’s Gala and infected by a dangerous piece of magic - one that allows her to step into the memories of an infamously evil warlock - she finds herself living her worst nightmare. Joss needs the magic removed before it corrupts her soul and kills her. But in Ironport, the cost of doing magic is death, and seeking help mightmean scheduling her own execution. There’s nobody she can trust.

May the road rise up to meet her. After barely escaping Alistair’s clutches, Clover struggles to unleash and master her dormant powers as she embraces her merrow lineage while still staying true to her human self. With the Seelie and Unseelie armies on the verge of war, the clock is ticking, but when a centuries-old secret is uncovered, alliances and loyalties are put to the test and both her worlds come crashing down around her. To defend against Alistair, protect the fate of the Fae, and safeguard her loved ones, Clover must soar higher than she’d ever thought possible.