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Una historia d'amor veritable que segueix amb l'univers de Totes les fades del regne, un gir inesperat que 50.000 lectors no sabien que anhelaven. Quan la vida deixa de semblar un conte de fades, la magia mes poderosa sorgeix alla on menys t'ho esperes... La Felicia ha aconseguit un final feliç en tornar a casa de la ma del seu princep desencantat. Ha hagut de pagar, pero, un preu molt alt per aixo: renunciar al suport de la seva fada protectora. Mes tard, quan descobreix que els seus pares, els reis de Vestur, han fet executar la fada, s'haura de plantejar si la seva vida es realment el conte de fades que semblava. Aixi, quan la reina Crisantem declara la guerra a Vestur en represalia pel crim, la Felicia decideix anar a buscar l'unica persona que pot evitar el desastre. L'acompanyen en aquest cami un grup de personatges de diferents origens que, per diverses raons, tambe tenen comptes pendents amb les fades protectores. I tambe tindra l'ajut d'un antic cofre de fusta que conte un secret extraordinari. N'hi haura prou per salvar el seu regne de la colera de les fades?

Una tierra agonizante. El Imperio Shima, una nación formada por islas, fue antaño una tierra fértil, cuna de tradiciones y mitos centenarios. Ahora sus cielos son rojos y la tierra ha sido emponzoñada por las maquinas que funcionan mediante el vapor del loto rojo. Una peticion imposible. Los cazadores de la corte imperial de Shima reciben el encargo de capturar a un tigre del trueno, una criatura mitologica mitad aguila, mitad tigre. Pero los tigres del trueno se extinguieron hace mas de cien años. Y el precio por fallarle al emperador es la muerte. Un talento secreto. Yukiko es una joven del clan del zorro y posee un don que, de descubrirse, podria hacer que la ejecutaran. Cuando el tigre del trueno se cruza en su camino, esta joven muchacha pondra en jaque a todo un Imperio.

Ethel Leatherhead, una chica de trece años, tiene un serio problema de acné. Para solucionarlo, visita al dermatólogo, bebe té de ortiga, recurre a la homeopatía y prueba dietas extremas. Por fin da con un remedio, pero resulta peor que la enfermedad: la hace invisible. Como si fuera poco, aparece el padre que no creia tener y empieza a poner en duda hasta sus origenes. ¿Como puede saber Ethel quien es realmente si ni siquiera puede verse? Una novela fresca y trepidante con mucho humor que lleva al limite la busqueda de la propia identidad.

Si no fuera una bruja, Tommy tendría las mismas preocupaciones que cualquier chico de su edad: un corazón roto, un mejor amigo del que cada vez se siente más distanciado y fiestas a las que acudir. Entonces se cruza con Diego Medina, el lider del aquelarre de Manhattan, quien, tras una noche de flirteo, lo invita a unirse a ellos. Segun una serie de profecias, Tommy es la pieza clave para hacer frente a un mal que amenaza no solo a las brujas de Nueva York, sino a otros seres sobrenaturales.aaaaaaaaaa Ahora, el debe decidir si esta dispuesto a arriesgarlo todo por un aquelarre que lo recibe con desconfianza y un rompecorazones con una sonrisa bonita.

Theodosia Throckmorton has an extraordinary ability: she can sense ancient magic. This is most useful, as she spends her life fighting curses in the London Museum of Legends and Antiquities, where her father is head curator of a vast collection of Egyptian artefacts and mummies.When Theo's mother returns from an archaeological dig bearing the Heart of Egypt, a legendary amulet from a long-lost tomb, Theo soon realises it holds a powerful curse which could threaten all of Britain with war. Worse, there are sinister forces who wish to capture the amulet's power for themselves. Theo must summon all her courage and cunning to fight the rising chaos and restore the amulet to its rightful place...

From the record-breaking, four-time Hugo Award-winning N. K. Jemisin comes 'a glorious fantasy' (Neil Gaiman) - a story of culture, identity, magic and myths in contemporary New York City. The sequel to the critically acclaimed The City We Became, this is the final book of the Great Cities Duology.Every great city has a soul. A human avatar that embodies their city's heart and wields its magic. New York? She's got six.But all is not well in the city that never sleeps. Though Brooklyn, Manny, Bronca, Venezia, Padmini, and Neek have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading--and destroying the entire universe in the process--the mysterious capital "E" Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. A new candidate for mayor wielding the populist rhetoric of gentrification, xenophobia, and "law and order" may have what it takes to change the very nature of New York itself and take it down from the inside. In order to defeat him, and the Enemy who holds his purse strings, the avatars will have to join together with the other Great Cities of the world in order to bring her down for good and protect their world from complete destruction.

Geralt de Riv, le mutant aux cheveux d’albâtre, n’en a pas fini avec sa vie errante de tueur de monstres légendaires.Fidèle aux règles de la corporation maudite des sorceleurs et à l’enseignement qui

NINTH HOUSE meets THE ATLAS SIX in the haunting debut everyone's talking about . . .Delaney Meyers-Petrov is tired of being seen as fragile just because she's Deaf. So when she's accepted into a prestigious program at Godbole University that trains students to slip between parallel worlds, she's excited for the chance to prove herself. But her semester gets off to a rocky start as she faces professors who won't accommodate her disability, and a pretentious upperclassman, Colton Price, who seems determined to despise her.Colton Price died when he was nine years old. Quite impossibly, he woke at the feet of a green-eyed little girl. When she told him to live, he obeyed. Now, twelve years later, Delaney has stumbled back into his orbit, but Colton's been ordered to keep far away from the new girl... and the voices she hears calling to her from the shadows.Delaney wants to keep her distance from Colton - she seems to be the only person on campus who finds him more arrogant than charming - yet after a Godbole student turns up dead, she and Colton are forced to form a tenuous alliance, plummeting down a rabbit-hole of deeply buried university secrets. But Delaney and Colton discover the cost of opening the doors between worlds when they find themselves up against something old and nameless, an enemy they need to destroy before it tears them - and their forbidden partnership - apart.

Precuela oficial de la exitosa serie de Netflix The Umbrella Academy, protagonizada por una adolescente de la academia en una aventura original y oscuramente cómica. Los miembros de la Academia Umbrella siempre han sido extraordinarios, listos para entrar en accion con sus superpoderes en cualquier momento. Pero ahora que Cinco ha desaparecido y la fama del grupo ha alcanzado su punto algido, a veces lo unico que Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Ben y Viktor quieren es ser normales& x02026; lo cual es mucho mas facil de decir que de hacer, cuando tienes como padre a alguien como Hargreeves. Para su exigente y tiranica figura paterna, nada es suficiente; por eso, durante una cena en la que se les informa de su ultima mision, Ben estalla, lo cual lleva a Klaus a sugerir que todos necesitan un cambio de aires: solo una noche de fiesta como un grupo de adolescentes normales. De hecho, Klaus conoce el lugar perfecto, asi que ¿que podria salir mal?

The second volume in Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy, re-issued with a striking newly-designed cover by Chris Wormell to celebrate the publication of THE BOOK OF DUST. First published in 1997, and acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, it won the UK's top awards for children's literature. "What is he? A friend, or an enemy?" "He is a murderer." Will has just killed a man. He's on the run. His escape will take him far beyond his own world, to the eerie disquiet of a deserted city, and to a girl, Lyra. Her fate is strangely linked to his own, and together they must find the most powerful weapon in all the worlds...

When their magician grandpa is imprisoned in a snow globe, Hedy and Spencer, with their cousins and friends, must go in search of a magical way to free him. The Spellbound Tree - the source of all magic - could be the answer.But to find it, the children must fight their way through the catacombs of Paris, with the help and hindrance of ghosts and monsters ...

A riveting middle-grade fantasy about sibling bonds, enchanted houses and encroaching wilderness.The grass grew taller than the house itself, surrounding it on all sides. It stuffed the keyholes and

Discover the magical, timeless children's adventure from Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians. Now a New York Times bestseller!When Kate is given a colossal steam train for her birthday, she can't believe her luck. After eleven years of waiting, adventure has finally found her!Soon the Silver Arrow is whisking Kate and her brother Tom to a magical station where their passengers stand ready to board. From the porcupine to the pangolin, each one is rare and wonderful.But these animals have been waiting a very long time too. Can Kate deliver them home ... before it's too late?Lev Grossman's first children's book is a journey you'll never forget: a rip roaring adventure from desert plains to snow covered mountains and everything in-between. Packed with exciting creatures from the indignant porcupine to the lost polar bear and the adorable baby pangolin, The Silver Arrow is a classic story about saving our endangered animals and the places they live.

Felicia, Lizbeth Rose's younger half-sister and student at the Grigori school within the capital of the New Holy Russian Empire in San Diego, is caught between secrets and powerful family struggles. As a distant relative to the Tsar, she provides an essential service to him by providing blood transfusions for his hemophilia, and she is thus given rare access and dismissed as if cattle. At the Grigori school she is seen as a charity case, a poor orphan with no prospects and no sign of magical prowess-the latter which Felicia keeps purposefully hidden. And yet, when a kidnapping attempt is made upon Felicia her past and her future crash together in violent ways.Continuing immediately after The Russian Cage, this fantastical fourth book takes a side step, exploring the Holy Russian Empire while also showcasing the dynamic depths of magic within Harris's alternate North America in curious mysteries. Felicia, it turns out, is far more than the Russian-Mexican waif Lizbeth rescued, and the journey of discovery she is on is filled with magical assassins and desperation, but above it all is her courage to never give in to the limitations imposed upon her.Love The Walking Dead, Westworld or True Blood? You will ADORE this gritty and wildly entertaining tale, set in a parallel reality of the United States where magic is an outlawed power.

Lyra is now studying at St Sophia's College, Oxford, with her daemon Pantalaimon.But, for the first time there are serious divisions between the two.Lyra is questioning everything she once held dear. Pan misses the impulsiveness of their youth.When an act of terrible violence breaks the peace of the Oxford night, Lyra and Pan's relationship reaches a crisis and they are drawn, far from home, into the dangerous factions of a world they had no idea existed.

From #1 New York Times bestseller Cassandra Clare and award-winner Wesley Chu comes the first book in a new series that follows High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood as they tour the world after the Mortal War. The Red Scrolls of Magic is a Shadowhunters novel. All Magnus Bane wanted was a vacation-a lavish trip across Europe with Alec Lightwood, the Shadowhunter who against all odds is finally his boyfriend. But as soon as the pair settles in Paris, an old friend arrives with news about a demon-worshipping cult called the Crimson Hand that is bent on causing chaos around the world. A cult that was apparently founded by Magnus himself. Years ago. As a joke. Now Magnus and Alec must race across Europe to track down the Crimson Hand and its elusive new leader before the cult can cause any more damage. As if it wasn''t bad enough that their romantic getaway has been sidetracked, demons are now dogging their every step, and it is becoming harder to tell friend from foe. As their quest for answers becomes increasingly dire, Magnus and Alec will have to trust each other more than ever-even if it means revealing the secrets they''ve both been keeping.

All Magnus Bane wanted was a vacationa lavish trip across Europe with Alec Lightwood, the Shadowhunter who against all odds is finally his boyfriend. But as soon as the pair settles in Paris, an old friend arrives with news about a demon-worshipping cult called the Crimson Hand that is bent on causing chaos around the world. A cult that was apparently founded by Magnus himself. Years ago. As a joke.Now Magnus and Alec must race across Europe to track down the Crimson Hand and its elusive new leader before the cult can cause any more damage. As if it wasnt bad enough that their romantic getaway has been sidetracked, demons are now dogging their every step, and it is becoming harder to tell friend from foe. As their quest for answers becomes increasingly dire, Magnus and Alec will have to trust each other more than evereven if it means revealing the secrets theyve both been keeping.

From #1 New York Times bestseller Cassandra Clare and award-winner Wesley Chu comes the first book in a new series that follows High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood as they tour the world after the Mortal War. The Red Scrolls of Magic is a Shadowhu