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Between Fantasy and Destiny lies Discovery in what may be the Final Book in The Magic Triangle Trilogy. Once upon a time, a mischievous Fairy King fell in love with a mortal woman. As their love was true, they betrothed to wed... both in the magic and human realms. Unknown to them, evil forces conspired both to thwart their love and destroy the world. Seen through the eyes of the father of the bride, Frisque and Dawn count the days to their coronation and wedding day. Visitors from other lands and other times are on the guest list. Sinister forces have taken notice. When Fairies assume ...

The possibly long-awaited sequel to The Fairy's Tale: Condemned to live out her days as a hideous Troll, a wicked ex-Fairy Princess leads her new companions to the City of Angels to wreak vengeance on her former consort and the unsuspecting mortals who love him. On a hunting foray into an Eastern land, five Trolls contentedly feast on the children of a city teeming with life. Their relatively serene complacency is shattered when a beastly hag is deposited into their midst. As is their custom, the Trolls join with the former Royal Sprite to share their universal Memory. To their surprise, ...

Harry Dresden has been through a lot, and so has his city. After Harry and his allies narrowly managed to save Chicago from being razed to the ground, everything is different-and it's not just the current lack of electricity. In the battle, Harry lost people he cared about. And that's the kind of loss that takes a toll. Harry being Harry, he's doing his level best to help the city and his friends recover and rebuild. But it's a heavy load, and he needs time.

Once upon a time, there was a foolish Fairy King who let pride and spite guide his thinking. As punishment for his impudence and betrayal, his clan condemned him to human form and charged him with the task of earning the trust of a single mortal. Given less than a year to achieve his goal, poor Frisque finds himself banished to the present-day world to seek his deliverance. From the age of early myth to our modern era, Fairies have inhabited a magical niche in the human imagination. Through "The Fairy´s Tale", the journey and musings of little Frisque provide a keen insight into the true ...

Marta es una chica gallega que vive en París cuando, un domingo cualquiera al amanecer, estalla la noticia: el mundo se acaba en 48 horas. Contaminación, pandemias, olas de calor, sequías... El planeta Tierra ha alcanzado un punto de no retorno. Perdida y confusa, Marta se lanza a la calle de manera atropellada. Solo sabe que tiene que huir de la capital francesa. Pero los transportes no funcionan y las comunicaciones están fuera de servicio.

Life was simple, but it was good. I kept to myself, ran my gaming shop in the town I’d grown up in, and business was pretty good. That was until bizarre things started happening. I could have sworn I heard something breathing in my basement right before I woke up in my bed with no memory of the time between. My high school crush suddenly comes back to town, and hot but crazy women are coming into my shop like never before. What is happening in Wormwood, and what’s it got to do with me?

Mark and Denise just want a little time off for a honeymoon. Wouldn't you know that's too much to ask? Denise's mother has a little project she needs their help with.

Human laws do not apply in the territory controlled by the Others - vampires, shape-shifters, and paranormal beings even more deadly. And this is a fact that humans should never, ever forget.... After her divorce, Vicki DeVine took over a rustic resort near Lake Silence - in a human town that is not human controlled. Towns like Vicki's have no distance from the Others, the dominant predators that rule most of the land and all of the water throughout the world. And when a place has no boundaries, you never really know what's out there watching you.

This time last year, I could go weeks without seeing another mage. In mage society I was an unknown and, all in all, that was how I liked it. It’s hard to say what changed. Whatever it was, I got involved in the magical world again and started getting myself a reputation.

The New York Times best-selling author of The Black Jewels Trilogy transports readers to a world of magic and political unrest - where the only chance at peace requires a deadly price.... The Others freed the cassandra sangue to protect the blood prophets from exploitation, not realizing their actions would have dire consequences. Now the fragile seers are in greater danger than ever before - both from their own weaknesses and from those who seek to control their divinations for wicked purposes.

Three vampires walk into a tattoo shop. Some people would welcome their long-lost family. But when your father is a ruthless, ancient vampire, it’s best to run in the opposite direction. Emmaline is a demure witch with a heart of gold. She’s also more powerful than all of Blackthorn Grove’s witches combined.

Jake Sullivan is a licensed private eye with a seriously hardboiled attitude. He also possesses raw magical talent and the ability to make objects in his vicinity light as a feather or as heavy as depleted uranium, all with a magical thought. It's no wonder the G-men turn to Jake when they need someoneto go after a suspected killer who has been knocking off banks in a magic-enhanced crime spree.

The Supernatural Summit is about to start at the DeVane Hotel in London. Vampires and werewolves, ghouls and gremlins, and pixies and druids have all come together to find better ways to get along with the human community and address the strict laws that govern their existence. It's a real opportunity to change the world for the better, and I'm proud to be a part of it. But there are protestors camped outside the hotel and dangerous rumors circling about one of the delegates. When a dead body is discovered, I know it's only a matter of time before all hell breaks loose.

Since the moment I was ripped from my mother's womb, I've been an outcast among my own kind. The Sidhe might possess magical Gifts, unbelievable wealth, and unfathomable power, but I don't want a thing to do with them. I ran away from their lands in the Highlands of Scotland when I was 11 years old, and I've never looked back. I don't need a clan. I've got my own family of highly skilled thieves who mean more to me than any Sidhe ever could.

When half-human Cal Leandros wakes up on a beach littered with the slaughtered remains if a variety of hideous creatures, he's not that concerned. In fact, he can't remember anything - including who he is. And that's just the way his deadly enemies like it.

The strangest thing about Annie's new reality isn't that she's now in the body of a seven-year-old child, the beloved Lillith, feared dead by her family after a particularly nasty bout of pneumonia. It's that she's constantly having to conceal her adult intellect, which is not only advanced but otherworldly. Sure, being a young woman and a grad student in twenty-first-century America had its challenges, but this life as Lillith presents even tougher obstacles. She must tread carefully to conceal her vast knowledge of biology, math, physics, and . . . being an adult.

He is living proof life can suck. Scraping by paycheck to paycheck, this desperate "nice guy" is hungry for any break. And after John Hunter learns his fiancée is dumping him, his roommate is a vampire, and LA is infested with; werewolves, magic, fairies, and witches, a paid gig to hunt down a rogue chimera seems like his last shot.

The Eagles’ Brood continues the saga of the Colony known as Camulod, and the tale of the descendants of those brave Romans who forged a new way of life for the Celt and Roman peoples when the Roman legions departed Britain. Most know the new leader of the Colony as Merlyn; all call him Commander. Cauis Merlyn Britannicus is responsible for their safety, and all look to him for guidance, leadership, justice, and salvation. It is a harsh life but a good community, and Merlyn is dedicated to spreading the influence of Roman culture beyond the Colony’s borders.

Ein Held, der sich mit ganzer Kraft gegen sein Schicksal stemmt. Ein General, dessen tödlichster Auftrag ist, den Krieg zu beenden. Eine Prinzessin, die nicht ahnt, welches machtvolle Erbe tatsächlich auf sie wartet. Und ein Assassine, dessen übermenschliche Fähigkeiten Könige und Fürsten erzittern lassen. Sie alle sind die einzigartigen Helden im großen Kampf um die Zukunft der Welt von Roschar - ein scheinbar aussichtsloser Kampf. Doch die Rettung naht bereits.

Against all odds, Ben the Bengal cat defeated the demon dragon and sent it back to the Seventh Dimension. Consequently, Ben's nemesis, the evil warlock Astravar, is ever so slightly miffed. A demon dragon was meant to take over the realm for Astravar, while the warlock stayed in a tower with a nice cup of tea and watched the conquest from afar. But it didn't quite work that way . . .