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After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again. But eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to hold her family together. Her mother is suffering from addiction and her brother is missing from the front lines. Her best bet is to win the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette. To combat her worries, Iris writes letters to her brother and slips them beneath her wardrobe door, where they vanish—into the hands of Roman Kitt, her cold and handsome rival at the paper.

East and West. Humans and Spirits. Breccans and Tamerlaines. The Isle of Cadence has always held itself and its residents in a tenuous balance. But now Bane, the spirit of the North Wind, has pushed everyone and everything in his path off-kilter in a bid to claim dominion over all.

When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, their fate depends on their facing the depths of hell...together. After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again... All eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow wants to do is hold her family together. With a brother on the frontline forced to fight on behalf of the Gods now missing from the frontline and a mother drowning her sorrows, Iris’s best bet is winning the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette.

Two weeks have passed since Iris Winnow returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, and the city of Oath continues to dwell in a state of disbelief and ignorance. When Iris and Attie are given another chance to report on Dacre’s movements, they both take the opportunity and head westward once more despite the danger, knowing it’s only a matter of time before the conflict reaches a city that’s unprepared and fracturing beneath the chancellor’s reign.

Brienna desires only two things: to master her passion and to be chosen by a patron. Growing up in Valenia at the renowned Magnalia House should have prepared her. While some are born with a talent for one of the five passions - art, music, dramatics, wit, and knowledge - Brienna struggled to find hers until she chose knowledge. However, Brienna's greatest fear comes true - she is left without a patron. But months later, her life takes an unexpected turn when a disgraced lord offers her patronage.

Brienna is a mistress of knowledge and is beginning to settle into her role as the daughter of the once-disgraced Lord Davin MacQuinn. Though she’d just survived a revolution that will return a queen to the throne, she faces yet another challenge: acceptance by the MacQuinns. But as Queen Isolde Kavanagh’s closest confidant, she’ll have to balance serving her father’s house as well as her country.

After eight years, Evadne will finally be reunited with her older sister, Halcyon, who has been serving in the queen’s army. But when Halcyon unexpectedly appears a day early, Eva knows something is wrong. Halcyon has charged with a heinous crime, and though her life is spared, she is sentenced to 15 years. Suspicious of the charges, brought forth by Halcyon’s army commander, as well as the details of the crime, Eva volunteers to take part of her sister’s sentence. If there’s a way to absolve Halcyon, she’ll find it.

At the heart of Audible's three year partnership with the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) is the involvement of LAMDA students in the creative process of making new audio dramas especially for young people. Four original audio dramas were commissioned from some of the UK's most exciting emerging writers.

Coerced confessions. Fabricated evidence. Arresting and prosecuting the innocent. While attention has rightfully been focused recently on police brutality in the street, the abuse of power in that context is only the tip of the iceberg. The problems are systemic. They spread beyond abuse in the street and pervade the entire criminal justice system.

State of Florida vs. Krishna Maharaj is an investigative journey that spans 30 years in the American justice system, beginning when a British-Trinidadian businessman was arrested for a grisly double murder in 1980s Miami.

ZWEI RIVALEN. ZWEI GESCHICHTEN. ZWEI HERZEN. EIN SCHICKSAL. Während ein erbarmungsloser Krieg zwischen den Göttern herrscht, versucht die 18-jährige Iris Winnow alles, um ihre Familie über Wasser zu halten. Weil ihr Bruder an der Front vermisst wird, nimmt sie einen Job bei der Oath Gazette an, aber auch der arrogante Roman Kitt hat es auf die begehrte Beförderung zum Kolumnisten abgesehen. Obwohl zwischen ihnen ein erbitterter Wettkampf entsteht, fühlt sich Iris zu ihrem gut aussehenden Rivalen hingezogen.

Finally, Brienna is a mistress of knowledge and is settling into her role as the daughter of Davin MacQuinn, a disgraced lord who returned to Maevana to reclaim his house. Though she’s just survived a revolution, one that will finally return a queen to the throne, she faces another difficult challenge. She must prove herself trustworthy to the MacQuinns. But as Queen Isolde Kavanagh’s closest confidante, she’ll have to balance serving her father’s house as well as her country. And then there’s Cartier Evariste, a wholly separate factor in her new life.

A dazzling debut and the first part of a thrilling trilogy from an extraordinary new talent. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows and Sarah J. Maas. Born out of wedlock, Brienna is cast off by her noble family and sent to Magnolia House - a boarding house for those looking to study the passions: art, music, dramatics, wit and knowledge. Brienna must discover her passion and train hard to perfect her skill, in the hope that she will one day graduate and be chosen by a wealthy patron....

The tenuous balance of the Isle of Cadence is under threat from Bane, the spirit of the north wind. In the west, Adaira struggles to find her place. And, though magic blooms there, the spirits suffer beneath Bane’s harsh power, felt in every gust of wind. In the east, Jack Tamerlaine is adrift without Adaira, until he acquires a mission destined to lead him back to her. But among the Tamerlaines sickness is spreading and Torin desperately strikes a bargain with the spirits—a folly at any time.

State of North Carolina vs. Charles Ray Finch is a story that takes us back to the Civil Rights Era American South, a tale formed in the cauldron of racial tensions in rural North Carolina that erupts when a white country store owner is gunned down in a robbery.

KEIN GOTT. KEIN KRIEG. KEIN MONSTER. KANN SIE ENTZWEIEN. Zwei Wochen ist es her, seit Iris von der Front zurückgekehrt ist. Zwei Wochen, seit ihr Herz in tausend Stücke zerbrach, weil sie den Mann, den sie liebt, während Dacres Angriff zurücklassen musste. Verzweifelt wartet sie auf ein Lebenszeichen von Roman und versucht, ihn über die magische Verbindung ihrer Schreibmaschinen zu erreichen. Doch als endlich der lang ersehnte Brief von ihm ankommt, bestätigt sich Iris' größte Angst! Roman steht unter Dacres Einfluss, der all seine Erinnerungen an Iris ausgelöscht hat.

Evadne is finally going to be reunited with her older sister, Halcyon, who has been serving in the queen’s army for eight long years. But when Halcyon unexpectedly appears a day early, Evadne knows something is gravely wrong. Halcyon has been charged with a heinous crime, and though her life is spared, she has been sentenced to 15 years of punishment - five years of hard labour, five years of imprisonment and five years serving the house that she has wronged.

Regno di Maevania, 1566. Dopo essere uscita vittoriosa dall'insurrezione per riportare sul trono la legittima regina Isolde, Brianna deve affrontare altre sfide: ora che è entrata nella famiglia di lord MacQuinn, riuscirà a farsi accettare anche dal suo popolo? E di chi può fidarsi tra i nobili, se il suo stesso padre la voleva morta? Intanto Cartier, riappropriatosi del suo ruolo di capoclan, sta cercando di ridare prestigio al casato dei Morgane. Nel farlo, sogna di avere Brianna al proprio fianco ma i due sono costretti a mettere da parte i propri sentimenti per fronteggiare un nemico più grande.

Regno di Valenia, 1566. Da sette anni Brianna vive nella Gran Casa di Magnalia, la prestigiosa scuola per giovani prescelte che ambiscono a perfezionare la propria Passione ed essere adottate da un patrono. Brianna però è l'unica allieva a non aver mai mostrato doti particolari e, se non fosse stato per l'enigmatico maestro Cartier, non avrebbe trovato la sua vocazione tra Arte, Musica, Teatro, Eloquenza e Sapienza. Ma alla cerimonia finale, il timore della ragazza diventa realtà, e Brianna rimane l'unica senza un patrono.

Brienna wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher, als nach abgeschlossener Ausbildung im Haus Magnalia ihre besondere Gabe zu erproben und eine Aufgabe an einem der Höfe zu bekommen. Und doch zerreißt es ihr das Herz, ihren geheimnisvollen Lehrer Master Cartier zurückzulassen. Sie wird an den Hof des Reichs Maevana berufen und gerät in ein Netz aus Intrigen: Mit Hilfe ihrer Gabe soll sie den König stürzen! Als sie endlich Cartier wiedersieht, muss sie sich entscheiden, ob sie ihrem Herzen die Treue hält.