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Once, there was a shining civilization grounded on magic, with sorcerers, flying cities, iron ships, castles in the clouds, and wonders beyond the dreams of mortal men. Then, in a single cataclysmic moment fifty years ago, magic flared and the wondrous world came to an end. The few who survived are struggling to reclaim what they lost. Meanwhile, darker forces plot to shape the future to something more to their liking.

Executive Solutions is one of the world’s most capable mercenary units: a force designed to do everything from providing local security and training to hostage rescue, terrorist suppression, and many other operations in places regular military forces can’t–or won’t–go.

The Reich Council has fallen and the Reich is sundered in two, but the uneasy peace will not last long. To the east, Karl Holliston - now styling himself the Fuhrer of the Greater German Reich - is planning the conquest of Berlin and the destruction of the rebels, while to the west, Germany's former satellites are planning a bid for independence and the North Atlantic Alliance is uneasily considering just what will happen to the Reich's vast arsenal of nuclear weapons.

The Imperium; a million worlds, trillions upon trillions of humans and aliens, an empire that dominates half the galaxy... an empire that is falling into chaos, revolution and civil war. Only a handful of people are struggling to keep the Imperium together, knowing that the brutality of its rule is infinitively preferable to the chaos of its fall. This is their story. Mariko and her sister were independent shippers and ace pilots, until they ran afoul of the law on a minor planet and ended up jailed and enslaved.

Per Emily il viaggio, oltre che motivo di svago, diventa occasione per esplorare un mondo molto diverso dal suo, conoscere nuove persone e venire a patti con la sua nuova reputazione in quel pianeta senza nome. Dopo la sua vittoria su Shadye, chiunque desidera vederla, parlarle, a volte addirittura sposarla o ucciderla. Per una ragazza introversa come lei, l'esperienza è alquanto sconvolgente. Non è mai stata corteggiata prima di allora, non sulla Terra.

Nach ihrem ersten Jahr auf der Zauberschule Whitehall nimmt Emily die Einladung von Prinzessin Alassa an, gemeinsam die Reise in ihr Heimatland Zangaria anzutreten, wo die Prinzessin vielleicht ihren künftigen Ehemann treffen wird. Alassa, die vor der Begegnung mit Emily völlig verzogen war, möchte mit ihrer Freundin angeben—und mögliche Heiratskandidaten beeindrucken.

Emily è un’adolescente strappata al mondo reale e gettata in quello della magia e del mistero da un negromante che vuole sacrificarla alle divinità oscure. Salvata appena in tempo da un enigmatico stregone, Emily scopre di possedere dei poteri magici che dovrà imparare a utilizzare a Whitehall, una scuola per maghi. Lì verrà a sapere che tutti la considerano una Figlia del Destino–creatura dalle cui scelte dipende la salvezza o la dannazione del mondo–titolo che le attirerà sia amici che nemici.

Emily es una adolescente a la que un nigromante secuestra para sacrificarla a los dioses de su hogar natal, un mundo fantástico poblado de magia y misterio. Tras un rescate milagroso en el último momento, un enigmático hechicero descubre que Emily no solo posee poderes mágicos, sino que podría ser una Hija del destino, alguien con el potencial para salvar o condenar al mundo. Nuestra heroína tendrá que aprender a emplear sus talentos en la escuela Whitehall, mientras intenta burlar a su acérrimo enemigo, el nigromante que sigue empeñado en asesinarla.

Unversehens wird die sechzehnjährige Emily aus ihrem tristen Alltag herausgerissen und in eine Welt voller Magie und Mysterien entführt–von einem Nekromanten, der sie „den Grauenvollen“ opfern will, doch ein geheimnisvoller Hexenmeister rettet sie im letzten Augenblick. Emily erfährt, dass sie Zauberkräfte besitzt, und um zu lernen, ihre Fähigkeiten einzusetzen, soll sie in Whitehall, der ältesten und ehrwürdigsten Zauberschule, ausgebildet werden. Die Einheimischen dort halten sie für ein „Schicksalskind“–dazu bestimmt, Großes zu vollbringen.