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Falcon Hyatt may have discovered the menace threatening the city of K'vitch, but he now faces his most dangerous challenge to date. His hometown of Ladria has been sacked and is under the control of the dreaded general, Draknorr. Forced into servitude and slavery, more of his people die every day. Unsatisfied with control over just one city, the Suteckh Empire is now recruiting the most powerful clans of Va'siel, determined to take control of the planet once and for all.

Before the Tree of Life, everything in Abra Miller's life had been predictable. But after the Tree and the lightning and the angels, everything felt tenuous, like holding a soap bubble in the palm of her hand. She spent years looking for signs of that other world, waiting for it to break through. When it didn't, her friendship with Sam Chambers grew cold and distant, and they both wondered how any of it could actually have happened. Four years later, 16-year-old Abra's quest is renewed when she is directed to New Orleans to the grave of Marie Laveau, one of seven gateways between this world and Over There.

For 10 long years young Dirk Blackthorn has followed his drunken father from one city to another, always having to cheat and steal for his next meal, and never knowing what the future might hold. A magician turned con artist, Dirk's father Thad has taught him everything he knows. After being driven out of just about every southern city in Agora, they have come to Kell-Torey in search of a new beginning.

If you are looking for a happy book about beautiful people, this is the wrong story. Peregrine Storke is an artist with an odd sketchbook full of pictures she's drawn since she was a child. It is a book full of strange sketches and awkward characters, for there is no better way to hide from bullying and life than to create a world of your own.

As the children of Stone, Sea and Sky struggle to master their powers, the inhuman denizens of the Abyss begin to move… Despite his efforts to suppress it, the power of Stone is awakening in Fen. The power is wild and implacable, and Fen knows it is only a matter of time before others learn his secret, and he loses everything. Unless his power kills him as it killed his father. Meanwhile, dark practitioners with unnatural powers have arrived in Samkara, and the Fist has fallen under their sway.

Sixteen-year-old Alesea thinks her sole extraordinary trait is her musical talent. That changes when foreign Watchers invade her tiny island on the night of her professional debut. She alone escapes, unwittingly using the powers of a Knower.

In the mid-21st century, dogs are all but extinct. An experiment gone awry caused every canine on Earth to become hyperintelligent. When as a species they stopped wagging their tails, hysteria ensued - followed by a program of mass euthanasia. Now the only surviving dogs are relegated to a sanctuary off the coast of Florida: Dog Island. There, they are studied in a wild, feral, and protected state. And there, too, their robot replacements are tested before being sold for mass consumption. Seventeen-year-old Nano Miller was born and bred on Dog Island, as were her two best friends, Jack and Wolf.

When twelve-year-old Thaleia’s mischievous cat, Rose, disappears by the eerie Lake Rea, the last thing she expects is to stumble into a mystery that will change her life forever. Beneath the lake’s shimmering surface, flickering lights dance, and a glowing artifact waits to be found.

En Un Reino de Hierro: Libro #11 de el Anillo del Hechicero, Gwendolyn debe proteger a su pueblo al encontrar a la Corte del Rey bajo asedio. Ella se esfuerza por evacuarlos del Anillo - pero hay un problema: la gente se niega a irse. Mientras sobreviene una lucha de poder, Gwen encuentra un reto a su reinado por primera vez, mientras surge la mayor amenaza para el Anillo. ¿Gwen cruzará el mar hacia la seguridad? ¿Rómulo destruirá el Anillo? ¿Reece y Stara estarán juntos? ¿Erec llegará a ser el rey? ¿Thor encontrará a su madre? ¿Qué será de Guwayne?

Ceres es una hermosa chica pobre de Delos, una ciudad del Imperio, que se ve obligada por real decreto a luchar en el Stade, la cruel arena donde vienen guerreros de todos los rincones del mundo para matarse los unos a los otros. Se enfrenta a feroces contrincantes y sus probabilidades de sobrevivir son escasas. Su única oportunidad está en recurrir a sus poderes más recónditos y hacer la transición, de una vez por todas, de esclava a guerrera.

Safe within the magical kingdom of Havenwood, Bella Birch studies in earnest to become a Necromancer. For her final exam is only a few years away, and she is determined to be ready for it. But when General Craven, an invincible living statue, is sent by the queen of the Pentad to arrest Gideon for painting without a license, Bella can only watch as Gideon is captured...and brought to the capitol of the Pentad to stand trial for his crimes. Now Bella must gather her friends and travel to the capitol to save Gideon from the most powerful kingdom in the world.

“The Boy With Strange Eyes” takes listeners on a captivating journey to a distant and enigmatic island, where protagonist, a young orphan boy named Kuni, seeks to carve out his destiny against all odds. While not my usual genre, this book proves to be a delightful surprise, offering a timeless tale of adventure and self-discovery suitable for listeners of all ages.

With Liam off on a dangerous mission, all Sid can do is wait for news. When the news comes, it has devastating repercussions not only for Sid, but for Liam as well. Liam has to decide if he should go home or stay on the island and finish what he and Felix started. But first he has to manage not to freeze to death. Meanwhile, inside the castle, Isa learns that there is a new danger and she wonders if she will ever get to go outside again.

Idi, called to protect the future king of Talia, needs the guidance of Marcus, a sagacious magician, to defeat the sinister Norvora. Yet, his greatest challenge will be overcoming his entrenched belief that he's stupid. Held prisoners within a magical orb, the Sister Witches wait to be released. When the prophesied one is crowned King, he will have the power to set them free. At all costs, he must be found and turned away from the evil that is seeping into the world of Talia.

I will fight to the death for those I love. What if you could freeze a moment in time? Katerina Damaris thought her problems were finally over when she took her rightful place on the throne. But she had no idea of the trouble that was waiting when she got there. When a mysterious curse freezes the palace and everyone inside, the young queen and her friends find themselves in a race against time to find out who's behind it.

En Una Tierra De Fuego (Libro #12 De El Anillo Del Hechicero), Gwendolyn y su gente se encuentran rodeados en las Islas Superiores, asediados por los dragones de Rómulo y su ejército de un millón de hombres. Todo parece perdido - cuando la salvación llega de una fuente increíble. En una batalla épica de dragones y hombres, Thor será puesto a prueba en todos los sentidos; mientras lucha contra monstruos y expone su vida por sus hermanos, cavará profundamente para ser el gran guerrero que se supone que debe ser.

The secret contract Daniel accepts to hunt down a powerful and dangerous destroyer should set his career for life. But it’s a lie. Marina is not trying to destroy River’s Edge. She’s trying to save it, but is she willing to give up everything to rescue strangers?

Nelle aspre e selvagge Altelande, vivono uomini che possiedono un dono. È tramandato attraverso le generazioni, per via ereditaria, fin da quando se ne ha memoria. Sono doni meravigliosi, che permettono di evocare animali e mutare paesaggi... Ma sono anche terribili, perché possono ottenebrare le menti o infliggere malattie.Orrec appartiene alla famiglia dei Caspromant, tanto famosa quanto temuta per il dono del disfacimento: un potere distruttivo, in grado di annientare qualsiasi cosa o persona, con la sola imposizione dello sguardo.

In a realm where dreams and reality intertwine, the final battle brews. The gods of Order have vanished. Despite priests like Dantess and Myra struggling to maintain peace, the Harbingers of Chaos fan the flames of rebellion, bringing the world to the brink of war. Galen, drawn into the heart of the Dreaming—an ethereal realm where past, present, and future collide—confronts not only his nemesis, the cunning Carnaubas, but a horrifying truth: the exiled gods of Order still hunger for dominion.

A modern young adult fantasy adventure set right here in Texas. Dash Phoenix is as determined as a “little brother” can get. Spunky and smart, this 13-year-old is determined to rule the world. With his three crazy sisters, life has been a series of hot Texas weather, junk food, and never-ending schoolwork. But when unexplainable headaches set in, the family soon realizes that this all about to change. Dash and his sisters are about to enter a world of danger, enchantment, and intrigue that will push them beyond even their wildest imaginations.