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Poisoned. Trapped. At the mercy of a ghost . . . She can handle this. A month into her competition with Venator Terryn, Ayleth seems no closer to winning the Golden Prince’s trust. Why else would he call Terryn to serve at the castle on some secret mission, leaving Ayleth to manage the borough on her own? No matter. She’ll prove her worth to the prince come what may. Plenty of mysteries plague the land under her protection . . . including the mystery of Terryn himself and the strange, dangero...

A puzzling murder. A crumbling diarchy. A Blood Vier summoned to quell the ashes of corruption. Taryn wants nothing to do with the father who abandoned her. She bolts at her first chance at freedom, only for a mysterious man to track her down, revealing her father was murdered and she is the key to finding the killer. She strikes a bargain, traveling to the kingdom's capital where she becomes an unwilling player in a political game against the opposing sovereignties and her father's suspected...

Forbidden gems. Evil lords. Enchanted beasts. A reluctant assassin.Sixteen-year-old Princess Anna can never escape the castle's cold walls and scorning disapproval of her father and his brute royal counsel, Seamus. She'll always live in the shadow of her late mother, the queen. Will they ever see her for who she really is?A riding accident lands Anna in the hands of traders who sell her as a slave in distant Kasdod to none other than her father's enemy, Lord Anwar. After overhearing a dangerous...

In DUSK OF DRAGONS (Age of the Sorcerers—Book Six), the many storylines and characters finally converge, in a complex and epic battle for the very future of the capital and the kingdom.Lenore leads her army for the capital, determined to avenge her mother and take it back from King Ravin. Devin, Renard, Erin and Greave each lead their own personal battles. Inside the gates, Aurelle and others aid the cause. And Grey oversees it all.What follows is shocking and unexpected, with a series of twists...

“I thrust my hand toward the sky as my voice begs the Elemental inside me to waken and rise. But it’s no use. The curse I’ve spent my entire life abhorring—the thing I trained so hard to control—no longer exists.” Nym risked her life to save Faelen, her homeland, from a losing war, only to discover that the shapeshifter Draewulf has stolen everything she holds dear. But when the repulsive monster robs Nym of her storm-summoning abilities as well, the beautiful Elemental realizes her war is o...

The Apprenticeship is Over--Now the Real Test has Begun. When word that Yelena is a Soulfinder--able to capture and release souls--spreads like wildfire, people grow uneasy. Already Yelena's unusual abilities and past have set her apart. As the Council debates Yelena's fate, she receives a disturbing message: a plot is rising against her homeland, led by a murderous sorcerer she has defeated before.... Honor sets Yelena on a path that will test the limits of her skills, and the hope of reuniti...

THEY’RE STUCK ON THE BACK OF A CITY-SIZED DRAGON, HUNTED BY A CRAZY KILLER, AND THE LAST THING KEEPING THEIR WORLD FROM RUIN. Marielle is free from the clock and free from Grandfather Timeless. Tamerlan is relieved that she’s free. But now they're in a worse situation than ever. Stuck on the back of a city-sized flying dragon, their allies possessed by evil Legends bent on killing them both, they’re allies working within limitations of their own, how will Marielle and Tamerlan survive this new...

‘Keeps one reading long after the lights should have been out’ – Robin Hobb Read the explosive New York Times bestselling debut that’s captivated readers worldwide. Set to be a major motion picture, An Ember in the Ashes is the book everyone is talking about. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. When Laia’s grandparents are brutally murdered and her brother arrested for treason by the empire, the only...

Discover the late Ursula Le Guin's passionate and enthralling story of a young boy sent to a school of wizardry to learn the ways of magic in the opening quartet of the Earthsea story.'One of the literary greats' Margaret Atwood'The deepest and smartest of writers. Her words are always with us. Some of them are written on my soul' Neil GaimanA Wizard of Earthsea * The Tombs of Atuan * The Farthest Shore * TehanuGed is but a goatherd on the island of Gont when he comes by his strange powers ove...

With my brother's death came the crown and all the trappings that accompany it. Now, my father—the most dangerous man in Magaelor—seeks to control my future.But fate has other plans.Thrown into mer-filled waters, I'm dragged into the rival kingdom of Berovia. Surrounded by those who murdered my brother and wished my entire family dead, I must find my way back to my kingdom. There, a marriage could bring peace to a century's old division between the fae and sorcerers. But dark revelations and dea...

The Academy of Chaenbalu has stood against magic for centuries.Hidden from the world, acting from the shadows, it trains its students to detect and retrieve magic artifacts, which it jealously guards from the misuse of others. Because magic is dangerous: something that heals can also harm, and a power that aids one person may destroy another.Of the Academy's many students, only the most skilled can become Avatars - warrior thieves, capable of infiltrating the most heavily guarded vaults - and on...

In the second installment of the bestselling Glittering Court series, Richelle Mead goes beyond the glitz and glamour, delving into the dark, political underbelly of their world through the eyes of one girl who dares to fight for her freedom. A refugee of war, Mira was cast out of her home country and thrust into another, where the conditions were inhospitable at best. In a life-altering twist of fate, she is given the chance to escape once more, and she takes it, joining the Glittering Court. F...

Officiellement introduite à la cour comme Vice-conteuse, Ophélie découvre les mondanités d'un univers où complots et tensions politiques sont à l’œuvre derrière les belles apparences. Entre l'arrivée de sa famille au Pôle et les exigences de Farouk, elle n'a d'autre choix que de s'appuyer sur Thorn, son énigmatique fiancé. Quand des nobles disparaissent les uns après les autres, la liseuse d'Anima doit user de ses talents pour mener l'enquête. Une mission qui va l'entraîner beaucoup plus loin qu...