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Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages—not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color.

Set in Iran, this extraordinary debut novel takes listeners into the everyday lives of the Kurds. Leila dreams of making films to bring the suppressed stories of her people onto the global stage, but obstacles keep piling up. Leila's younger brother Chia, influenced by their father's past torture, imprisonment, and his deep-seated desire for justice, begins to engage with social and political affairs. But his activism grows increasingly risky and one day he disappears in Tehran. Seeking answers about her brother's whereabouts, Leila fears the worst and begins a campaign to save him.

Karou führt ein Doppelleben. Als Karou bei einem Auftrag in den Straßen von Marrakesch dem Seraphim Akiva begegnet, kommt sie nur knapp mit dem Leben davon. Bald wird klar, dass nur der gefährliche Akiva Antworten auf Fragen hat, die Karou ihr Leben lang umtreiben: Was hat es mit Karous rätselhafter Herkunft auf sich? Was verbindet sie mit dem tödlich schönen Engel?

In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Karou must come to terms with who and what she is, and how far she'll go to avenge her people. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, mysteries and secrets, new characters and old favorites, Days of Blood and Starlight brings the richness, color and intensity of the first book to a brand new canvas.

Two worlds threaten to crumble in the face of a common enemy in the epic conclusion to the New York Times best-selling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy—now with a gorgeous new package! What power can bruise the sky? Two worlds are poised on the brink of a vicious war. By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera's rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her.

Petite though she may be, Zuzana is not known for timidity. Her best friend, Karou, calls her "rabid fairy," her "voodoo eyes" are said to freeze blood, and even her older brother fears her wrath. But when it comes to the simple matter of talking to Mik, or "Violin Boy," her courage deserts her. Now, enough is enough. Zuzana is determined to meet him, and she has a fistful of magic and a plan. It's a wonderfully elaborate treasure hunt of a plan that will take Mik all over Prague on a cold winter's night before finally leading him to the treasure: herself!

Karou es una estudiante de arte de 17 años que vive en Praga. Pero ese no es su único mundo. A veces, Karou desaparece en misteriosos viajes para realizar los encargos de Brimstone, el monstruo quimera que la adoptó al nacer. Tan misteriosa resulta Karou para sus amigos, como lo es para ella su propia vida: ¿cómo es que ha acabado formando parte de una familia de monstruos quimera? ¿Para qué necesita su padre adoptivo tantos dientes, especialmente de humanos? Y, ¿por qué tiene esa recurrente sensación de vacío, de haber olvidado algo?

Petite though she may be, Zuzana is not known for timidity. Her friend, Karou, calls her "rabid fairy", her "voodoo eyes" are said to freeze blood, and even her brother fears her wrath. But when it comes to the simple matter of talking to Mik, or "Violin Boy", her courage deserts her. But Zuzana is determined to meet him, and she has a fistful of magic and a plan. It's a wonderfully elaborate treasure hunt of a plan that will take Mik all over Prague on a cold winter's night before finally leading him to the treasure: herself!

Hubo un tiempo en que un ángel y un demonio imaginaron un mundo diferente. Pero no era el mundo en el que vivían... La estudiante de Arte y aprendiz de monstruos, Karou, tiene por fin las respuestas a las preguntas que se lleva haciendo desde niña: por fin sabe quién es y, sobre todo, qué es. Pero junto a esta verdad, ha conocido otra mucho más dolorosa: el ser al que ama es su peor enemigo, responsable de la traición más terrible y del dolor de todo un mundo.

Anahi was an ordinary girl until she wasn't. Her mother was her mother, until she wasn't. Now she has to embrace her new life in the royal court of Mirador, a kingdom that is on the brink of war.

Karou y Akiva ya saben que están vivos... pero Karou aún no está preparada para perdonar. Y ahora, mediante un terrible engaño, Karou ha tomado el control sobre la rebelión quimérica y el futuro de su raza depende de ella, si es que aún queda futuro para las quimeras en Eretz, una tierra devastada por la guerra. Cuando el brutal ejército de serafines de Jael penetra en el mundo humano, lo impensable se convierte en esencial: Karou y Akiva tendrán que unir sus ejércitos para luchar contra un enemigo común.

What if the unbelievable stories we grow up with turn out to be true? Eighteen-year-old Neela has always felt different. She lost her sight as a child and learned to navigate the world through sound, scent, and instinct, finding comfort in the rhythms of the sea and the stories passed down by her grandfather, a fisherman with a scarred past and a heart full of legends. Most days, Neela is content to perform handmade fairy tales for the children at the resort where she works. But everything shifts the night she meets Cheveyo, a mysterious traveler with a voice like the tide and secrets he ...

Karou wird von Verrat und Trauer gequält. Jetzt hat Karou nur noch ein Ziel: den jahrtausendealten Krieg zwischen den Chimären, zu denen sie selbst gehört, und den Seraphim zu beenden. Gemeinsam mit ihrem einstigen Feind Thiago – dem Weißen Wolf – zieht Karou sich in die Wüste Marokkos zurück, um dort eine neue Armee zu bilden.

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