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Mark and Ben travel deep into the Blue Temple's hidden horde of treasures in an attempt to recover gold and Swords for Sir Andrew. Gods, demons and human traitors have other plans for the Swords and for the adventurers. When playing the game of the gods no one's survival is secure, even a god's.

Ein neuer Kaiser sitzt auf dem Thron und jagt die letzten Überlebenden der alten Völker bis an die Grenzen der Welt. Die Magie scheint die Welt verlassen zu haben. Das junge Mädchen April träumt von einem magischen Licht, das sie in die Ferne lockt. Auf ihrem Weg lernt sie den elbenähnlichen Janner kennen, der bis über beide Ohren in Schwierigkeiten steckt. Als die beiden in Notwehr einen einflussreichen Mann töten, heften sich die Soldaten des Kaisers an ihre Fersen.

Markal, an apprentice wizard, is thrust unexpectedly to the head of his order when his master is decapitated by a gray-skinned assassin. The order's walled gardens have the power to restore their dead master to life, but only if the apprentices can protect his body long enough for their sanctuary to work its magic. When a barbarian warrior named Bronwyn invades the gardens wielding a soul-binding sword and accuses the order of harboring a powerful sorcerer, Markal thinks she is another assassin come to finish the job.

Torsten Unger marches east in the name of the Glass Kingdom to put an end to Drad Mak, eliminating the Drav Cra threat once and for all. But can it be that simple - or is he just another pawn in the Buried Goddess' game? After discovering that Nesilia has possessed Sora's body, Whitney Fierstown has a plan to get her back. All he needs to do is find a way to contact his old friend Kazimir, who as an upyr, knows the secrets of existence between worlds. It won't be easy, but when has it ever been?

Trapped in the form of the knight who supposedly slew him, the dragon Tzavalantsaval - with a loathsome goblin steward as his only true ally - struggles to navigate the Kirresci royal court and humanity itself, even as politics and intrigues he scarcely understands push the southern kingdoms ever nearer to open war.

The villainous Drad Redstar has won the favor of king and country after leading a decisive victory over the rebels at Winde Port. Now with a seat on the royal council, he condemns Torsten to a lifetime in the dungeon and invites his militant people to take up residence in the capital. But not all light has been squelched. There is one disgraced King’s Shieldsman left who remains loyal to Torsten, and only he can help free the Glass Kingdom from Redstar and his dark desires to revive the Buried Goddess.

Sir Torsten Unger must deal with the aftermath of the Drav Cra's failed occupation of Yarrington. But with so much power up for grabs, old enemies begin to show their faces from the darker corners of the city. Desperate to find Sora, Whitney Fierstown joins a traveling troupe of entertainers in order to secure safe passage to Yaolin, where he believes he can find her. What seems like a simple journey, however, grows complicated when Whitney finds himself growing too close to his new companions and must chose between saving them from certain death or continuing on his own.

Full-scale rebellion rages in the south, and Sir Torsten Unger must lead the Glass Army to face it. But when a new and unfamiliar king forces Torsten to march alongside one of his fiercest rivals, he must draw on his faith to keep the army from fracturing. Whitney Fierstown continues his tutelage of the blood mage, Sora, who is desperate to get a better handle on her mysterious powers. Their journey brings them to the merchant city of Winde Port, where they seek passage to Yaolin City aboard a ship. It's smooth sailing until they realize an old nemesis is hunting them....

After the death of the paladin captain and the defeat of the sorcerer's attack, apprentice wizards Markal and Nathaliey flee their homeland with the red sword in the hopes of carrying it to safety in the barbarian homelands. They must cross the mountains ahead of the sorcerer's marauders while avoiding the giants and griffins that infest the high passes. But before they can cross, the two companions are taken prisoner by a band of paladins who are convinced that Markal and Nathaliey are lying about their captain's death.

When Nathaliey, a young wizard, is taken prisoner by marauders trying to break her will and force her to join the sorcerer's acolytes, the last help she expects is from the griffin riders who have harassed her and her companions through the mountains. But when their chief rescues Nathaliey from an enemy-held castle, the griffin riders join a temporary alliance of wizards and paladins to push back the sorcerer's invasion.

Aren, ancien assassin repenti, traîne dans sa fuite le poids de ses péchés. Pour échapper à la mort, il se réfugie dans un vieil hôtel perdu au milieu des bois que les superstitions estiment hanté par des sorcières. Il y rencontre la belle et froide Lifren Morgeline qui, sous ses airs charmants, le scrute avec autant de prudence que de mépris. Cependant, lorsqu'une nuit, Lifren revient blessée, portant le sceau d'une étrange plaie, ce qu'il découvre le stupéfie.

Chi cerca la calma deve uccidere la confusione. Lei si mette in viaggio verso la sua infanzia, perché anche la sicaria un tempo è stata una bambina. Ma poi, proprio lei commette un errore fatale. La mano del maestro di spada si chiude a pugno. Prima di partire per la guerra cerca la lancia dell'anima. Senza preavviso, il piccoletto e il meno appariscente si trovano messi davanti a compiti all'apparenza irrisolvibili. Krosann è bruciata dalla guerra civile e conta le sue vittime. L'autoproclamato re Schohtar si serve di poteri più forti della morte.

Quand le Bien et le Mal n'existent pas, seuls restent les choix. Tiul est le plus mauvais étudiant de La Maison des mages, plus intéressé par les filles des tavernes que par l'art qui permet à ses confrères de manipuler les forces de ce monde. Anthalus est un mercenaire de bas étage qui vit au jour le jour entre tueries et trahisons. Qiruë, craintive et chétive, est la dernière représentante du peuple moribond et décadent des Elfes, méprisée et haïe par ses supérieurs.

Jewel ATerafin has never wanted to be a power, but to protect what she built, to protect what she values above all else, she has accepted that power is necessary. But with power comes responsibility. Jewel has forced herself to do what would have once been unthinkable: She has surrendered her den-kin, Carver, to the wilderness, because she must if she is to have any hope of saving the rest of her family, and the city in which they dwell. But she cannot leave him with nothing. Into his hands, she has placed the single, blue leaf that came from the wilderness and the dreaming combined.

Die Söldnerin Monzcarro Mercatto hat alles, was sie sich wünschen kann: einen Geliebten, Geld im Überfluss und Ansehen beim Volk von Styrien...

A classic tale featuring two of the most-memorable characters in sword and sorcery, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Over a span of 50 years, the late Fritz Leiber wrote dozens of adventures, set in the fictional city of Lankhmar, featuring the seven-foot-tall barbarian and the diminuitive thief. The stories were recognized with both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.

"Nichts auf dieser Welt, im Leben oder im Tod, könnte mich je davon überzeugen, dass du nicht zu mir gehörst."Kelda ist als Walkürengöttin aus Valhalla zurückgekehrt. Doch die Provokationen an der Grenze drohen zu eskalieren, und ein erneuter Krieg scheint unausweichlich. Kelda ist fest entschlossen, den Kommandanten der Frostkrieger zu heiraten, um mit dessen Truppen ihr Volk schützen zu können. Leannan denkt noch immer, Kelda wäre tot, und weigert sich vor lauter Selbsthass und Trauer, an dem Ritual zur Erwählung des neuen Königs teilzunehmen.

Nachdem es Galiläa nicht gelang, den Fluch zu brechen, beschließt sie für den Frieden der Vampirländer Prinz Arvid zu heiraten. Ihre Gedanken wurden von Aleoren manipuliert, was es ihr erschwert, zwischen Lüge und Wahrheit zu entscheiden. Mit der Zeit jedoch kehren ihre realen Erinnerungen an Zagan zurück, der weiterhin in Nachts Reich festgehalten wird. Galiläa versucht alles, um nach Lybnia zurückzukehren. Mit einer Intrige gelingt es ihr, ins Dämonenreich zu gelangen und muss sich Kallistras skrupellosen Spielchen beugen, um in Dunkelheits Nähe zu sein.

Episch. Phänomenal. Spannungsgeladen. Galiläa trägt den neuen mächtigen Dämonenanteil von Schwärze in sich und will Zagan unbedingt befreien, würde es Veean nicht verbieten – denn beide verbindet weiterhin das Şeolitħ. Während sich Galiläa ihre Gefühle zu Veean immer mehr eingesteht, wird Dunkelheit gefoltert, der von nun an auf der Seite der Gefallenen kämpfen soll und von seinem Erschaffer am Leben erhalten wird. Bis alles eskaliert und ein gnadenloser Krieg in den Vampirländern tobt, – der Tod, Verderben, Krankheit und Leid über die Menschheit bringt.

Cress ha diciassette anni e un miglior amico, Charlie. Entrambi orfani e desiderosi di rendersi indipendenti, scappano dalla loro tutrice. Ma tra le strade di New York si aggira un misterioso individuo in impermeabile e mascherina anti-smog, un essere dall’aspetto mostruoso e inumano, che rapisce Charlie. Cress è disposto a tutto pur di ritrovarlo. Erynni, una strega-telepate che vive in una casa a forma di gabbia di uccello, decide di aiutarlo, e di presentarlo agli altri inquilini: Jonsi, in cerca anche lui di una persona scomparsa, e Sakura, figlia di uno stregone giapponese, venuta in America per tenere fede a una vecchia promessa.