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In a kingdom where sickness stalks the streets and only the richest can afford a cure, King Harristan and his brother, Prince Corrick , are forced to rule with an iron fist. Tessa Cade is a masked outlaw marked for death, but she likes it that way. Together with the mysterious, handsome Weston, she robs from the rich to help the poor, distributing food and medicine to those who need it most. As it becomes clear that the only way to save her people is to assassinate the king, Tessa must face a deadly mission that will take her to the dark heart of the kingdom.

"Miroir, mon beau miroir, qui d'entre toutes est la plus belle ?" Bien avant de devenir la cruelle et magnifique reine des Lunaires, bien avant que Cinder, Scarlet et Cress ne se rencontrent, Levana a vécu une tout autre histoire. Une histoire d'amour et de guerre, de trahison et de mort. Une histoire qui n'a jamais été contée... jusqu'à présent !

Una nuova età danza in equilibrio tra piccole cose, gesti quotidiani, baci rubati e ricordi. Ricordi terribili di una felicità passata, davanti alla quale il presente, così normale, impallidisce. Luca ha ritrovato la vita che voleva, quella che gli era stata strappata, ma cosa significa per tutti gli altri? Quali sono le conseguenze delle nostre scelte? Le persone cambiano grazie alle possibilità che si aprono davanti a loro o restano condannate a seguire la propria natura? E Anna: riuscirà con Luca a elevarsi, come un incantevole Caos, sopra l’ordine predestinato?

Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after....

When Evelyn Dasher crossed paths with Luc, she was thrown headfirst into the world of the Lux - only to discover she was already far more involved in their world than she ever suspected.

It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his 18th year over and over, he knew he could be saved if a girl fell for him. But that was before he learned that at the end of each autumn, he would turn into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. That was before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope.

Per anni, fin da quando era una bambina molto piccola, Odyssea ha condotto una strana vita nomade, in giro per il mondo insieme a sua madre. Una vita che le è sempre sembrata più una fuga che un viaggio.Finché, una notte, attraverso un varco incantato nascosto in un bosco, la madre la riporta a Wizzieville, dove è nata, e lei scopre di appartenere a una cerchia di persone speciali, dotate di rari poteri. Improvvisamente immersa in una realtà straordinaria, fatta di incantesimi, creature fantastiche e filtri magici, Odyssea affronta mille nuove emozioni.

Cinder et le capitaine Thorne se sont enfuis aux côtés de Scarlet et de Loup. Le groupe rebelle projette de renverser la reine Levana et son armée. Le seul espoir de la résistance réside dans Cress, qui, emprisonnée dans un satellite depuis l'enfance avec ses écrans pour seule compagnie, est devenue un hacker imbattable. Malheureusement, la reine Levana a d'autres projets pour elle, et libérer la jeune fille pourrait bien leur coûter cher. Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Guillaume Fournier.

La princesse Winter est admirée par les Lunaires pour sa grâce et sa bonté, et malgré les cicatrices sur son visage, sa beauté à couper le souffle surpasse celle de sa belle-mère, la reine Levana. Winter méprise sa belle-mère et sait que Levana n'approuvera pas ses sentiments envers son ami d'enfance -et beau garde du palais- Jacin Clay. Mais Winter n'est pas aussi faible que Levana le croit et elle se moque bien des souhaits de sa belle-mère depuis des années.

Bien loin de l'Asie et du royaume du Prince Kai, la grand-mère de Scarlet Benoit est portée disparue. Scarlet réalise alors qu'elle n'a jamais su qui était vraiment son aînée et quels dangers pouvaient bien la menacer. Quand elle rencontre Loup, un mystérieux combattant de rue qui semble savoir où est sa grand-mère, elle n'a d'autre choix que de lui faire confiance. C'est en menant leur enquête que Scarlet et Loup croisent la route de Cinder. Ensemble ils se ligueront contre Levana, la vicieuse Reine lunaire prête à tout pour asservir les Terriens et épouser le Prince Kai.

Redécouvrez la plus grande histoire d'amour dystopique, entre une adolescente cyborg, Cinder, et un prince humain. Les humains et les androids se pressent dans les rues bruyantes de la Nouvelle-Pékin. Une peste mortelle ravage la population. Depuis la lune, un peuple sans pitié observe la situation, en attendant de passer à l'attaque... Personne ne sait que le sort de la Terre ne dépend que d'une seule fille... Cinder est un cyborg, une mécanicienne très douée. Citoyenne de seconde classe, elle a un passé mystérieux, et vit avec ses désagréables belle-mère et belles-sœurs.

Zwischen Hoffnung und Dunkelheit: Alexis' verzweifelter Kampf um Liebe, Freiheit und die letzte Entscheidung Wenn Träume zerrinnen und Tränen dir die Sicht auf die Zukunft nehmen, bleibt am Ende nur die Hoffnung. Und diese wird niemals sterben. Hoffnung ist das Einzige, was Alexis noch bleibt, nachdem sie ihre große Liebe verloren hat. Sie sucht verzweifelt nach einem Weg, ihn zurückzugewinnen. Dabei erfährt sie, dass Trish, Arion, Jinx und Cole in großer Gefahr schweben. Sie wurden von König Dawnspark gefangen genommen und sollen in einem grausamen Festakt ihr Ende finden.

Love will kill us all. Angels are real. They aren’t always kind. Violet Eden is certain of all this because she is Grigori - part angel, part human. She has felt the influence of both light and dark. When Hell unleashes its worst, Violet must embrace every facet of her angel self to save the people she cares about and the world as she knows it. But death is not the worst thing that Violet will face. For her, the endless question "Can love conquer all?" will finally be answered.

London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn’t worried. She’s going to follow the rules, get an internship studying dragon languages, and make sure her little sister never has to risk growing up Third Class. By midnight, Viv has started a civil war.

June O'Donnell - aka Junior, aka Jack, aka Jonathan O'Donnell IV, aka the first female O'Donnell firstborn - has always been haunted by her family's mythic but complicated legacy. As she prepares to begin her final year of high school, June is itching to leave behind her ghosts in Five Fingers, Michigan, and travel the world. And then, just like it always happens to the O'Donnells, a painful glimmer from her past returns to mess everything up. Enter Saul Angert, the eldest son of Eli Angert, aka June's late father's mortal enemy.

Lowrie and Shen are the youngest people on the planet after a virus caused global infertility. Closeted in a pocket of London and doted upon by a small, ageing community, the pair spend their days mudlarking and looking for treasure - until a secret is uncovered that threatens not only their family but humanity’s entire existence. Now Lowrie and Shen face an impossible choice: in the quiet at the end of the world, they must decide what to sacrifice to save the whole human race....

After the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae, designed to be the playthings of royals, usurped their owners’ estates and bent the human race to their will. Now, Ayla, a human servant rising in the ranks at the House of the Sovereign, dreams of avenging her family’s death...by killing the sovereign’s daughter, Lady Crier.

"The Near Witch" is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely and always looking for company. There are no strangers in the town of Near. These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life. But when an actual stranger, a boy who seems to fade like smoke, appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true.

First, the bad news: an ancient evil—you know, your standard consume-all-life-in-the-galaxy deal—is about to be unleashed. The good news? Squad 312 is standing by to save the day. They've just got to take care of a few small distractions first. Like the clan of gremps who'd like to rearrange their favorite faces. And the cadre of illegit GIA agents with creepy flowers where their eyes used to be, who'll stop at nothing to get their hands on Auri. Then there's Kal's long-lost sister, who's not exactly happy to see her baby brother and has a Syldrathi army at her back.

The last thing teenager Kelsey Hayes thought she'd be doing over the summer was meeting Ren, a mysterious white tiger and cursed Indian prince! When she learns she alone can break the Tiger's curse, Kelsey's life is turned upside-down. The unlikely duo journeys halfway around the world to piece together an Indian prophecy, find a way to free the man trapped by a centuries-old spell, and discover the path to their true destiny.