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Percutant, divertissant et immersif ! Le premier tome d'une série steampunk trépidante et addictive, qui a remporté le Grand Prix de l'imaginaire 2021. Il fut un temps où les Alchimistes nourrissaient le Haut et Bas-Monde de leurs inventions merveilleuses, produits de magie et de science. Une époque révolue depuis que les Industriels ont éradiqué les Alchimistes et leur formidable savoir lors de la Grande-Fracture. Il se chuchote que les Alchimistes seraient parvenus, juste avant leur disparition, à cacher un fabuleux trésor dans une cité secrète.

Architect Carter Grady is constructing his most prized design - a family. Two years after marrying his deceased best friend’s wife, Tori, he’s ready to officially adopt her two sons, independent Daniel, 12, and the sweet five-year-old Nathan. All he needs to do is sign the legal paperwork. But a phone call changes everything. A one-night stand from over a decade ago died in a freak accident and Carter now learns two things: the random stranger’s name...and that they share a 10-year-old son, Frances.

Ten years ago, Keaton Young turned his back briefly on his four-year-old daughter, Vivian, during a family picnic at the beach. Minutes later, she was gone, her floaties found in the ocean. Drowned. But they never found a body. And Keaton has never given up hope that, somehow, she’s still alive.

PERCUTANT, DIVERTISSANT ET IMMERSIF ! "Les Alchimistes" est le deuxième tome d'une série steampunk addictive qui a remporté le Grand Prix de l'imaginaire 2021. L'équipage de L'Héliotrope est enfin parvenu aux portes de la Cité Impossible des Alchimistes, laissant à Prudence un étrange sentiment de déjà-vu. Outre un incommensurable trésor, qui dépasse leurs rêves les plus fous, les pirates y découvrent un surprenant sarcophage cryogénique qui contient la momie d'un Alchimiste.

When Leah’s daughter, Nyla, unexpectedly appears at her cabin in the Appalachian Mountains, it’s a dream come true. For five years, Leah hasn’t seen or heard from her daughter—ever since Nyla stormed out of the house, determined to go live with her idealized father.

It takes a survivor to know a madman. When the police need to crawl inside the mind of a monster, they call Caroline. As a child, Caroline was abducted along with her twin sister. Caroline escaped. Her sister didn’t...But there’s something different about her latest case. Something familiar. Teenage girls are being murdered, their organs removed. As the scope of horror widens, Caroline begins to experience blackouts of lost time and disturbing hallucinations that are leading her to one terrible, impossible conclusion.

In the silent dark of night, she leaves everything behind—her name, her home, and the powerful predator who controlled her childhood. Now she’s Eve Lake. New hair. New ID. New life. Traveling city to city as a roadie for a rising band, she hides in the noise and shadows—never staying anywhere long enough to be found. Until she realizes she’s been noticed. The man she ran from has money. Influence. A team. And he doesn’t forgive betrayal.

She writes about killers. She never meant to become one. Lola Dahl is a bestselling thriller author whose career is quietly unraveling. Her last book flopped. Her publisher is losing patience. And the words—the good ones—have stopped coming. Then Lola kills someone. It isn't planned. It isn't justified. But something terrifying happens in the aftermath: her creativity roars back to life. The story pours out of her. The pages fly. For the first time in years, she feels unstoppable.

PERCUTANT, DIVERTISSANT ET IMMERSIF ! "Le Passeur d'âmes" est le dernier tome d'une série steampunk addictive qui a remporté le Grand Prix de l'imaginaire 2021. De sombres nouvelles du monde extérieur sont parvenues jusqu'à la Cité Impossible, refuge de L'Héliotrope et de son équipage. La Désolation annoncée est en marche. C'est donc désormais un enseignement accéléré que suivent Prudence, Hilisbeth et Guifred auprès d'Ozymandias. Ce dernier révèle qu'il leur faut se rendre au Tartare, berceau de la magie originelle, s'ils veulent être de taille pour affronter le chaos à venir.

Still reeling from the arrival of her derelict father—a virtual stranger—and its effect on her family, Detective Nell Brach finds welcome distraction in her work. The vicious murder of a homeless Jane Doe passing through Nell’s rural jurisdiction carries more questions when the subsequent identification shockingly links her to a long-closed murder case that Nell’s deceased grandfather investigated. A case whose convicted killer is scheduled to die soon by lethal injection.

A dead teenage girl. A growing suspect list. A town full of liars. At 28, Detective Nell Brach is both the youngest and the first woman to make detective in her close-knit Tennessee community. Assigned her first case as lead investigator, she’s determined to prove herself and find out what happened to the 13-year-old “good girl” found in the woods. However, the deeper Nell and her new partner, Vaughn, dig, the more potential suspects they discover…including Nell’s lover, a local judge.

Jessica is headed over to her new neighbor Martha’s house one evening after casually volunteering to help her get settled in. Both are young nurses and, turns out, survivors of toxic relationships; in fact, they’ve got plenty in common. Plus, a fun and friendly peer is a welcome upgrade to their sleepy, suburban street bordered by woods.

Even though her husband was a TV evangelist, Nora never prayed unless she knew the cameras were focused on her. But she prayed tonight that they’d make this stupid baby he wanted. Meet Nora: Flawless. Enigmatic. Conniving. Ruthless. At 17, she escaped the grip of her cold and abusive mama after catching the eye of charismatic Merrell Hodges. His riches and fame became hers. In exchange, she could play the role of doting wife.

Lane swore never to be like her late mother. But now she too is a serial killer. One difference remains, she only stalks and punishes the guilty. There’s a new killer in town, or is there? As Lane pieces together the recent suicides, the trail leads back to a retirement home. Therein lies the one person linked to all her secrets and the key to unlocking her past. But will the truth bring redemption or doom?

Everyone has a dark side. Lane swore she would never become like her late mother. But now she, too, is a serial killer. One difference remains—she only stalks and punishes the guilty. While tracking a murderer of teenage girls known as The Strangler, Lane makes a catastrophic miscalculation and kills the wrong man. Now the family of the man she accidentally murdered is hunting The Strangler—and Lane is forced to cover her tracks by befriending them. Because everyone knows you keep your enemies close. But are they really enemies? Lane isn’t so sure.

Everyone has a dark side. Lane swore she would never become like her late mother. But she hunts killers—and makes sure they never strike again. It’s the one rule that keeps her human. Until she breaks it. While tracking a murderer dubbed The Strangler, Lane makes a catastrophic mistake and kills the wrong man. Forced to hide in plain sight, she infiltrates the victim’s family as the hunt for the real killer intensifies—only to find herself drawn dangerously close to people who could expose everything she’s buried.

A murdered child. A small town. A cult lurking in the shadows...Vickie has always lived a quiet, ordinary life in an equally quiet and ordinary small town. Yet one fateful night a child turns up dead in the woods behind her house in a ritualistic slaughter...Vickie and her family are suddenly thrown into a national spotlight. But as the investigation unfolds, she begins to realize her family isn’t so ordinary after all. Evil is inching closer to those she holds dear and Vickie isn't sure who she can ultimately trust.

Yesterday, Valoria’s biggest worry was getting her little sister to school. Today, she wakes up a captive on a private island run by the world’s most powerful criminals. Drugged, transported, and sold into a sadistic game where wealthy elites indulge their darkest appetites, Valoria is forced into a brutal training regime designed to break her body, her identity, and her will. Here, captives aren’t people—they’re assets. And the only way to survive is to fight, bleed, and obey. When Valoria learns her sister has also been taken—and will face an even worse fate—everything changes.

After her beloved grandfather’s unexpected death, twenty-one-year-old Nell—along with her mom and little brother Tyler—move back to Tennessee to live in her mother’s childhood home. They’ll have a house that’s paid for, friends nearby, and Nell will finally be able to follow in her grandfather’s footsteps in attending the police academy. But while they’re unpacking, six-year-old Tyler disappears without a trace. Nell is sure the old station wagon that she saw in her neighborhood is somehow related to his disappearance. But how?

After her beloved grandfather’s unexpected death, twenty-one-year-old Nell—along with her mom and little brother Tyler—move back to Tennessee to live in her mother’s childhood home. They’ll have a house that’s paid for, friends nearby, and Nell will finally be able to follow in her grandfather’s footsteps in attending the police academy. But while they’re unpacking, six-year-old Tyler disappears without a trace. Nell is sure the old station wagon that she saw in her neighborhood is somehow related to his disappearance. But how?