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En Vermont, Estados Unidos, Raziel huye de su pasado entre los estantes de una librería. Todo parece un poco tedioso hasta que, un día, una chica cruza el umbral: Delanay, con su largo cabello negro y ojos claros, es misteriosa y atrayente en partes iguales, y Raziel no puede evitar sentirse intrigado... tanto que, sin quererlo, se ve arrastrado a un mundo que hasta entonces pensó sólo existía en las páginas de un libro: el de la magia.

Zwaantie only wanted one thing… To be with Pheonix. But he disappears without her. Now she just wants to go home. Stella is unlike anything she ever experienced and she can’t stand it. From the bright lights to the moving pictures—it’s all too overwhelming. But she makes a terrifying discovery. The voice has followed her and he wants her dead.

I've turned traitor and spy. By the end of this, someone big is gonna die. I hope it's not me. My sister, Mavis, is going to be put on trial. Mr. Zee is certain to find her guilty of helping the monsters in their war against the gods. And then he’ll kill her. I can’t let that happen. So when I find out about a sword capable of wounding him, I set out to the collect the pieces. With the sword in hand, I’ll convince him to step down and free Mavis. Or get killed trying.

In dit fantastische sciencefictionverhaal creëert Veronica Roth een universum waarin iedereen een unieke gave heeft. Cyra's gave geeft haar pijn, maar ze kan ook anderen onnoemelijk veel pijn doen. Haar broer Ryzek heerst als een tiran over hun planeet, Shotet. Ryzek misbruikt Cyra's gave om zijn vijanden te martelen. Maar Cyra is veel meer dan een wapen in handen van haar broer: ze is snel, veerkrachtig en slimmer dan hij denkt.

Derry and her eight siblings live in an isolated house by the lake, separated from the rest of the world by an eerie and menacing forest. Frank, the man who raised them after their families abandoned them, says it’s for their own good. After all, the world isn’t safe for people with magic. And Derry feels safe - most of the time. Until the night her eldest sister disappears. Jane and Derry swore to each other that they’d never go into the forest, not after their last trip ended in blood, but Derry is sure she saw Jane walk into the trees.

The most tragic love story in history...Juliet Capulet didn't take her own life. She was murdered by the person she trusted most, her new husband, Romeo Montague, a sacrifice made to ensure his own immortality. But what Romeo didn't anticipate was that Juliet would be granted eternity, as well, and would become an agent for the Ambassadors of Light. For 700 years, she's fought Romeo for the souls of true lovers, struggling to preserve romantic love and the lives of the innocent. Until the day she meets someone she's forbidden to love.

Magic has been hidden and forgotten for centuries, but it can’t remain concealed forever. A countdown of destruction initiates the eventual release of an imprisoned demon that threatens the world. A young boy is chosen, but will he be strong enough to survive?

Seven years ago, Tanvi was spirited away to the subterranean realm of Nagalok, where she joined the ranks of the dream runners: human children freed of all memory and emotion, who collect mortal dreams for the entertainment of the serpentine, immortal naga court. But when one of Tanvi’s dream harvests goes awry, she begins to remember her life on earth. Panicked and confused, she turns to the one mortal in Nagalok who might be able to help: Venkat, the dreamsmith responsible for collecting the dream runners’ wares and shaping them into the kingdom’s most tantalizing commodity.

The epic conclusion to the acclaimed Shadowshaper Cypher trilogy! A masterful conclusion to the evocative and captivating Shadowshaper Cypher series in a finale of searing rebellion, the power of fate, and a magic unlike anything you've ever imagined.

I’m back at the Nightworld Academy and looking forward to a new term, but life isn't any easier. I’m still reeling from the events at the Winter Ball and Tobias’s revelation. Now, a new face on campus is about to throw everything into turmoil. My relationship with the guys grows more complicated. I’m worried Ash is drifting away from me. I’m no closer to finding how to stop Jamie’s death, and my feelings for Andrei confuse us both.

With the Witch of Doon on the throne, Jamie believed dead, and Duncan and Mackenna trapped in Alloway, Veronica has no choice but to put her grief aside and prepare her remaining followers for the impending battle against the false queen and her forces. But while on a covert mission to steal a powerful elixir from the castle, Veronica discovers her true love may actually be alive and fighting a battle of his own.

For 20 years, the Palomas and the Corbeaus have been rivals and enemies, locked in an escalating feud for over a generation. Both families make their living as traveling performers in competing shows - the Palomas swimming in mermaid exhibitions, the Corbeaus, former tightrope walkers, performing in the tallest trees they can find. Lace Paloma may be new to her family's show, but she knows as well as anyone that the Corbeaus are pure magia negra - black magic from the devil himself.

Clementine DeVore spent 10 years trapped in a cellar, pinned down by willow roots, silenced and forgotten. Now she's out and determined to uncover who put her in that cellar and why. When Clementine was a child, dangerous and inexplicable things started happening in New South Bend. The townsfolk blamed the fiendish people out in the Willows and burned their homes to the ground. But magic kept Clementine alive, walled up in the cellar for 10 years, until a boy named Fisher set her free.

Every year on St Stephen’s Day, Wren Silke is chased through the forest in a warped version of a childhood game. Her pursuers are judges - a group of powerful and frightening boys who know nothing of her true identity. If they knew she was an augur - their sworn enemy - the game would be up. This year, the tension between judges and augurs is at breaking point. Wren’s survival, and that of her family, depends on her becoming a spy in the midst of these boys she fears most and using her talent, her magic, to steal from them the only thing that can restore her family’s former power for good. But Wren’s talent comes with a price.

After a brutal attack at the end of her freshman year leaves her questioning her very nature, she sets out to find the truth about Ravenwood and the students who walk the academy’s halls. One thing’s for sure - nothing at Ravenwood is as it seems. When she arrives on the campus, she learns that she has a new roommate who’s supposedly just like her and a new class that promises answers to her questions.

Tristan and Dylan have escaped the afterlife, defying fate: Dylan should have been killed in a horrific train crash while Tristan should still be an immortal ferryman. Now, living in bodies they have no right to inhabit, they discover they’re connected by something stronger than love—their souls are bound together. Alone, they’ll die, but being together has its own difficulties.

With Ellie’s fate hanging in the balance after Nosizwe’s brutal attack, Carter is forced to make a life changing decision—the consequences of which threaten to tear Ellie and him apart. Permanently. However, teaming up again may be unavoidable. Nosizwe, convinced Carter as the Talos is the key to unlocking the Stones of Fire, throws everything she has at him, endangering not only Carter but Ellie as well. When the plots of a traitor allied with the shifter queen shove the two into an unescapable outcome, only the highest form of self-sacrifice can preserve Ellie’s life.

For the duration of her freshman year, Darcy Pennington agonized over the fate of her dear friend - the nark Yahto Veli - who sacrificed himself to the Oracle to set her free. As her third trip to camp, and to the magical land, approaches, Darcy wonders if she's capable of the daring rescue she wants to embark upon. But soon, she realizes there's much more at stake.

Juliette Ferrars. Ella Sommers. Which is the truth and which is the lie? Now that Ella knows who Juliette is and what she was created for, things have only become more complicated. As she struggles to understand the past that haunts her and looks to a future more uncertain than ever, the lines between right and wrong - between Ella and Juliette - blur. And with old enemies looming, her destiny may not be her own to control. The day of reckoning for the Reestablishment is coming. But will the choice of which side to fight on be hers?

Seule survivante d'un groupe de pionniers après l'attaque de Raïs, au nord de l'Empire, une fillette est recueillie par le peuple des Petits. Elle grandit dans la Forêt Maison à l'écart des hommes et décide, à l'adolescence, de partir en quête de ses origines. Sous le nom d'Ellana, elle croise le plus grand des marchombres, le maître Jilano Alhuïn, qui l'initie aux secrets de sa guilde. Son apprentissage est semé d'embûches, de rencontres et d'inimitiés.