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Compiled by intrepid journalist Neve Pride, this archive of recordings spans the months after dragons emerged on earth, chronicling the communities that sprang up amid the destruction, the scientists, military leaders, and experts searching for a defense, and those steadfastly seeking the missing. Neve and her young daughter Bex travel among the wreckage speaking to those left behind and surviving, against all odds. Neve records everything for history, and in the hopes of locating a clue as to where the dragons came from and how one might stop them.

Hadjar has seen everything that the Mortal Realm of the Nameless World has to offer. Beloved son, disgraced prince, brother, loyal friend, brave warrior, illustrious commander, murderer, traitor, devoted husband, monster . . . All these roles converge in Hadjar Darkhan, the Mad General. He has left behind songs and tales of courage and honor that have become the lament of the thousands who've met their end at his blade, their blood drenching the fields and valleys of the mortal regions. And he did it all so he could keep going, so his journey wouldn't end before its time.

In the peaceful land of the Rhiddaer, Jahdo, the rat-catcher's son stumbles upon a secret meeting between a city council man and a dangerous, mysterious woman. Suddenly the boy is tangled in a web of intrigue and black magic that drags him far from home. In the company of a blind bard, Jahdo must travel to Deverry to unravel the evil that binds him. But there the boy is caught up in dangers far greater than he has ever known. Two powerful sorcerers—one human, the other elven—are battling to save the country from a goddess gone mad.

The comfortable and safe mortal lands of the Nameless World have been left behind. The petty kingdoms with their endless feuds, the supposedly great empires with their innumerable intrigues and tragedies, even the Strange Lands that consider themselves to be the last bastion of true freedom. The Mad General has traversed them all, from one end to the other. What lies ahead? The road to the Land of the Immortals.

Die Drachen erheben sich, um Verderben über die Menschheit zu bringen – die Vorgeschichte des Bestsellers „Der Orden des geheimen Baumes“. Zwei Frauen stehen am Scheideweg ihres Schicksals – und ahnen nicht, dass sich ihre Wege kreuzen werden. Das größte Problem von Glorian, der zukünftigen Herrscherin von Ynis, scheint es zu sein, sich für einen zukünftigen Prinzgemahl zu entscheiden. Gleichzeitig erfährt im fernen Seiki am anderen Ende der Welt die junge Dumai, dass sie die Tochter des Kaisers ist, und muss sich völlig unvorbereitet den Intrigen des Hofes stellen.

Der Abschluss der großen Drachen-Saga "Das Kloster des geheimen Baumes". Dumai, die geheime Erbin des Throns von Seiiki, ist nun eine Drachenreiterin. Sie fliegt mit ihrem Drachen Furtia durch das Reich, um das Volk vor der Bedrohung durch die finsteren Wyrm zu warnen. Aber niemand schenkt ihr Gehör. Zur gleichen Zeit bereitet Prinzessin Glorian von Ynis ihr Volk auf den Kampf gegen die bösen Drachen vor und muss sich außerdem ihrer menschlichen Feinde erwehren. Denn nicht alle, denen sie ihr Vertrauen schenkt, haben dies auch verdient. Zwei Reiche, ein Feind.

Real scholars know that supernatural beings don't exist. But the moment I meet Archer Andras of the Storm Dragons, all my academic training goes out the window. Thanks to Mr. Tall, Dark, and Infuriating, I'm learning that I really should worry about those things that go bump in the night... and that dragons like Archer are 100 percent pure trouble. Now, I'm caught in the middle of a war. On one side is Archer. On the other is his twin brother. And I am the key to translating an ancient text that could bring balance - or deadly ruin - to our world.

Harmonious Jade is one of the deadliest women in the legendary time that is the Second Age of Man. Chosen by the Unconquered Sun himself, she has been remade into a demigod whose bow can fell whole companies of men. With that exaltation, however, have come echoes of ancient memories and a sense that she must use her gifts for some greater purpose. Chasing these phantasms of a past life and the trail of the demonic cultists who raised and betrayed her, she comes to the trading city of Nexus.

Still reeling from being a captive in an underground lair, Aella has more problems than solutions and they just keep getting worse. With the elven homeworld just a portal jump away and a powerful cult intent on opening one, can Aella face her fears once more and stand in their way? Will they finally get the better of her? Or is her limited training enough to hold them at bay? New discoveries are only going to make the problem worse, pushing the boundaries of everything she believed possible.

Book One of the Tharion Cycle In the mist-drenched marshes of a dying empire, the land begins to forget—and so do the people. As Rome crumbles in Britain’s farthest province, a hidden girl with starlit blood begins to dream of a Bell that tolls not in sound, but in memory. Caelwyn has lived her whole life in Elderglen, veiled from the world, raised by a seer who speaks in silence. But when the mists thicken and the rune-stones begin to hum, she’s forced from hiding—into a world where names vanish, roads shift, and even time no longer flows as it should.

This shivering tale chronicles the gruesome murders of seven women suspected of dabbling in witchcraft back in 1901, triggering a terrible curse on the dwellers of the quiet town of Swallowfield. A treacherous bargain was struck with the devil himself for the women to return from their graves years later to unleash unspeakable evil and vengeance on the perpetrators of the homicides, their offspring, and anyone daring to get in their way.

To maintain my place as Queen of Okeanos, I need someone to quite literally take my broken heart into their body. So... I'm hosting a tournament to find a willing puppet—someone who will let me pull their strings. But who should I choose? The sweet, funny courtier? The seductive stranger? The rebel who hates me as much as his next breath? The options weigh me down as all around me, threats emerge. Attacks. Someone doesn't want me to rule the depths. I need to change the tides to keep from being dragged under, but can I survive long enough to choose my own fate?

Jake was just an average guy until a freak accident threw him into a new world—one filled with magic, monsters, and ancient dangers. Granted a strange wish by the beautiful goddess Kim, Jake discovers he has the power to absorb the magical abilities of anything he eats. But with great power comes great hunger, and Jake’s quest to grow stronger quickly draws him into a battle with an ancient sorcerer, Darius, whose dark magic threatens to consume the world.