Fantasy Alchemy

Folklore 517: Local Legends and Urban Myths, taught by a woman called the Professor. Most students believe the Professor’s stories are just fiction, but Holland St. James has always been convinced that magic is real. When she tracks down a local legend named the Watch Man, who can supposedly tell you when you’ll die, the world finally makes sense. Except that the Watch Man tells her she will die at midnight tomorrow unless she finds an ancient object called the Alchemical Heart.

Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen's reservoirs for as long as she can remember. But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone. When Saeris comes face-to-face with Death himself, she inadvertently reopens a gateway between realms and is transported to a land of ice and snow. The Fae have always been the stuff of myth, of legend, of nightmares… but it turns out they're real.

Saeris Fane doesn't want power. The very last thing she needs is her name whispered on an entire court's lips, but now that she's been crowned queen of the Blood Court, she's discovering that a queen's life is not her own. A heavy weight rests upon her shoulders. Her ward—and her brother—need her back in her homeland…but the changes that have strengthened Saeris have also made her weak. Born under blazing suns, Saeris will surely die if she makes her way home through the Quicksilver. Which means that, once again, she must send someone else in her stead....

Nina Harrow and Patrick Colson are twelve years old when they are whisked away from the shadows of their disenfranchised mining towns to dazzling Belavere City to discover their magical potential. Those who pass Belavere’s test will become Artisans, wielders of powerful elemental magic. For Nina, the Artisan School symbolizes a dream and an escape from her harsh reality, while Patrick yearns to return to his Craftsman family, whose extraordinary physical strength serves the idium mines keeping the city alive. And then they uncover a devastating truth: Artisans aren’t born, they’re chosen.

When I found myself facing down the scariest black-magic felon in the city, practically daring him to abduct me, I had to wonder exactly how I ended up here. It all started when I accidentally landed a job as a bartender - but not at a bar. At a guild, populated by mages, sorcerers, alchemists, witches, and psychics. Good thing this lame-o human is adaptable, right? Then my favorite guild members - three sexy, powerful, and intermittently charming mages - asked for my help. Did they want access to my encyclopedic knowledge of cocktails? Oh no.

The year is 2375, and the world has been drained of most of its natural resources. In order to preserve their dying planet, the government puts The Digital Life Initiative into action. Those deemed of low economic value are placed into a state of cryogenic sleep, their minds connected to a myriad of virtual worlds. They become digital citizens, living out their lives in virtual cities. Kadia Greene wasn’t someone who had any interest in the virtual worlds, unlike her brother who spent his days wasting away in a VR capsule.

For now, the centuries-long war between mortalkind and the Aesir is quiet. Yet not over. With the coming of winter, a season in which the Aesir thrive, they will resurface. Only two people, united by magic, can stop them. But first they’ll have to survive more imminent threats to their lives. Robinson Hawksley is of the tragic belief that his beloved wife, McKenna, has perished in a sorcerer’s fire—just as he is about to ascend to the highest rank in the magic order of the Invisible College.

The Magic School Murders When Luke finds himself enrolled at Arcane University it doesn't take long for bodies to begin to hit the floor. With a mysterious legacy of solving magical crimes Luke finds himself in the middle of the action as he investigates a conspiracy in the halls of the school. It isn't enough to master his newfound abilities, he must learn who he can truly trust before it is too late.

A scholar’s dream. A pirate’s curse. Only one can be saved. Illyria’s dream shop is becoming a nightmare. Abandoning her safe but stifling career teaching magic to the elite, the enterprising half-elf sets sail to open her own alchemy store. Illyria yearns to make her shop a bastion of magic for all, but she invokes the wrath of the local crime syndicate and awakens an ancient curse. Briar knows all about curses. The pirate half-giant’s family has suffered under one for generations. She’s on the hunt for a Celestial Prism, a rare artifact powerful enough to lift her affliction. ...

Egypt, 1912. In an alternate Cairo infused with the otherworldly, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities investigate disturbances between the mortal and the (possibly) divine. What starts off as an odd suicide case for Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha’arawi leads her through the city’s underbelly as she encounters rampaging ghouls, saucy assassins, clockwork angels, and plot that could unravel time itself, in P. Djèlí Clark's Tor.Com Original, A Dead Djinn in Cairo.

Book Two in my new Manifestation is Magick series Unlock the Power of Your Higher Self and Transform Your Magick The power to shape reality is already within you—but are you using it effectively? In Mind Alchemy: Unlocking Your Manifestation Potential, bestselling occult author David Thompson takes you beyond surface-level manifestation techniques and into the deeper mechanics of how the mind constructs reality. Building on the foundation of Mind Magick: The Zen of Manifestation, this book refines the process, revealing how thought, belief, and subconscious programming dictate the world ...

Sibling Demi-Gods battle for control of the souls of the dead, in this award-winning fantasy series. Seventeen-year-old Cayden Tiernan and his twin sister Avery are blissfully unaware of their true identities, due to their sudden reincarnation into a mortal form. Hunted from birth, they are hidden by their father in the remote and treacherous cliffs of Sanctuary-By-The-Sea, and raised as simple sheepherders. Their huntress is not your normal run-of-the-mill villain. The dark power behind Queen Alcina’s desperate search will allow no mercy, for this dark force is responsible for their ...

A Tale of Alchemy, Ancestry, and Ash In a forgotten village nestled deep within the Carpathian mountains, where fog clings to the trees and the past refuses to die, a wandering healer arrives bearing nothing but tinctures, haunted dreams, and a vow to never look back. But some bloodlines don’t stay buried. What begins as a quiet attempt to start over becomes a descent into ancestral secrets, soul-forged rituals, and an impossible bond with a blacksmith who shouldn’t be alive. When silver-laced curses bleed into bone and monsters wear familiar faces, Marina must decide if love can ...

Dive into the epic conclusion of The Alchemist's Ascension series, a spellbinding dark fantasy that will captivate fans of Game of Thrones and The Witcher. In The Dark Sun, author S. Flynn masterfully weaves a tale of alchemical power, forbidden magic, and moral dilemmas that could shape—or destroy—the future of Althera. Althera teeters on the brink of chaos. As dark magic resurfaces and an ancient force stirs, Seraphine, the powerful alchemist, must confront the greatest test of her leadership. Alongside her conflicted companion, Elias, Seraphine navigates a world of political intrigue...

Mattie, an intelligent automaton skilled in the use of alchemy, finds herself caught in the middle of a conflict between gargoyles, the Mechanics, and the Alchemists. With the old order quickly giving way to the new, Mattie discovers powerful and dangerous secrets - secrets that can completely alter the balance of power in the city of Ayona. This doesn't sit well with Loharri, the Mechanic who created Mattie and still has the key to her heart - literally.

She thought it was just another house call. She was wrong. Dr Mia Sanders is used to chaos. As a general practitioner in England, her Fridays are nothing short of exhausting. All she wants is for this one to end. But when an urgent house call sends her to a remote farm on a rainy evening, Mia is shoved through the wrong door… and into a world nothing like her own. Here, everything is governed by a mysterious System—Levels, Quests, Achievements, and Credits. And Mia? She’s starting at Level Zero. Armed with nothing but her medical expertise, she must learn the rules of this strange ...

From the time she was young, Suleika Jaouad has kept a journal. She’s used it to mark life's biggest occasions and to weather its most ferocious storms. Journaling has buoyed her through illness, heartbreak, and the deepest uncertainty. And she is not alone: for so many people, keeping a journal is an essential tool for navigating both the personal peaks and valleys and the collective challenges of modern life. More than ever, we need a space for puzzling through.

The Godfather meets The Magicians in the sweeping adult debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu. Perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab, Red City is a dark and deadly contemporary fantasy of magical warfare, star-crossed ambition, and the pursuit of perfection at any cost, set in a...

Alles beginnt mit einem Kurs in einem alten Kino ... Folklore 517: Lokale Legenden und urbane Mythen, unterrichtet von einer Frau, die alle nur "die Professorin" nennen.Die meisten Studierenden glauben, dass die Geschichten der Professorin nur erfunden sind. Es gibt keinen Mann in Hollywood, den man anrufen kann, um zu erfahren, wann man sterben wird. Es gibt keine Hotelbar in Los Angeles, in der es spukt und der Teufel höchstpersönlich sich gerne die Zeit vertreibt. Und so etwas wie Magie gibt es ohnehin nicht.

A dangerous magic. A cruel betrayal. A romance that could unravel time itself. Julian Hartley is out of time. Reeling from a dark family secret, the eager university student fears his budding career as a mage will end before it’s begun. So he’s thrilled when he lands an apprenticeship with the reclusive Emeric Greywood, a master of time magic as brilliant as he is cruel. But Julian soon finds himself snared in a web of betrayal. Desperate to shield his family, Julian gives in to a blackmailer’s demands to steal Emeric’s dangerous new research–research that could threaten the very ...