Títulos en Contemporánea

Lieutenant Colonel Richard MacBlair has appeared out of thin air. Idina Moorfield has far more questions than the few answers her Uncle is willing to give her. He wants her to wait and she’s tired of waiting. Does she have a choice? Not really when Uncle is also your boss. Why is he trying to ignore their family connection? Has he been helping her from the sidelines all along? Someone is gunning for Idina and has her in its sights. She just doesn’t know who or what it is.  

Kiva ha diciassette anni e ormai da tempo ricopre il ruolo di guaritrice a Zalindov, una prigione letale in cui chiunque è sacrificabile, in qualsiasi momento. Un giorno, nella sua infermeria approda la Regina Ribelle, che è stata catturata ed è gravemente malata. A Kiva viene ordinato di tenerla in vita a ogni costo affinché possa sostenere il Giudizio degli Elementi, ovvero quattro prove quasi impossibili da superare per riottenere la libertà. Consapevole che la Regina Ribelle non è in grado di affrontarle, Kiva prende il suo posto, pur sapendo che nessuno, in realtà, è mai sopravvissuto.

Becoming a knockoff Dracula in tight leather pants was never part of Vincent’s plans. Neither was being summoned to another world by a cult of vampire wannabes. But both happened. Now, Vincent’s left to pick up the tattered pieces of his humanity as he tries to grow strong enough to keep his family safe. The world is filled with nightmares, and the looming threat of losing his soul stands between his goal and his reality, so it’s not like it will be too hard or anything. Hell should tremble. A good man is going to war.

With magic declassified in the UK, the fake psychics and fraudulent healers are running amok, and it's up to the Department of Extradimensional Affairs' newly appointed Skepticism Officers to crack down. But when they set their sights on Modern Miracle, a highly suspicious and fast-growing faith healing cult with remarkably good social media presence, even their skepticism is put to the test.

The student witches are growing increasingly reckless, preying on the mundanes below the mountains as their tutors plot and scheme to take advantage of the chaos. And no one seems to know why. Emily is in no condition to intervene. But she cannot refuse. Heading to Laughter, Emily finds herself dragged into a world of schoolgirl games, staffroom politics, and a deadly plot aimed at the heart of the Allied Lands themselves.

The Winter Queen of Faerie has manipulated Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden into accepting a case to solve a murder and stop a war between the courts of Summer and Winter that could have literally earth shattering consequences. His own soul is up for grabs. Dresden must dig deep to discover that at time a willingness to accept a little help from your friends, be they a cub pack of werewolves, old loves in sheep's clothing, or a battalion of pizza loving dewdrop fairies, is a very good thing.

Meet Jenella, a reluctant, flawed incoming queen. In book one, The Dragon Problem, she experiences freedom for the first time and discovers a coup. In book two, Bug Magic, Jenella and her friend discover a strange magic, and she makes a tough decision. In book three, Crowns and Curses, things are looking up. Until everyone she cares about starts acting strange.

A hidden enemy. A bitter price for victory. My name is Nadia. I'm a Marshal of the High Queen of the Elves, and I've lived through some terrifying things. Including the Mage Fall. And now, to my enormous annoyance, they're making a movie about it. The High Queen wants it to happen, so it's going to happen. Except someone has been sabotaging the production, and the sabotage has escalated to murder. A new enemy is in the shadows, and if I don't solve the murder, a lot of bad things are going to happen...

Die Welt steht am Rande einer Katastrophe. Nether scheint bereit zu sein, die ganze Realität zu verschlingen, während Disgardium ins Chaos stürzt. Uralte Kräfte erwachen aus ihrem Schlaf und bedrohen das empfindliche Gleichgewicht zwischen den Welten. Scyth kehrt stärker denn je aus seinem Exil in der Beta-Welt zurück–als letzte Hoffnung auf Rettung. Er muss sich durch die allerletzten Dämonischen Spiele kämpfen, die Geheimnisse alter Völker und vergessener Götter enthüllen und ehemalige Feinde gegen eine gemeinsame Bedrohung vereinigen.

The time has come for Ana to conquer her doubts about her heritage and discover her inner dragon. Her lessons begin with summoning fire on the shore at Lendman Park, placing a buffer between her fledgling powers and town. Her flames prove eager to please, leaping to her fingertips, but a sudden...

An original and haunting voice unspools a dark magic novel that features an otherworldly circus, the Boy who becomes a Magician, and the villainous Mother whose sadism might end it all—perfect for fans of Our Share of Night and The Changeling First, he is a Boy, born to a Mother who cannot...

New York Times Bestselling Author A classic Gothic novel from Joyce Carol Oates—a literary masterpiece of invention, artistry, and power “Bellefleur is proof . . .that Oates is one of the great writers of our time. . . . A magnificent piece of daring, a tour de force of imagination and...

En la décima corte del infierno, los espíritus que son lo bastante ricos pueden sobornar a los funcionarios del inframundo y así librarse de terribles tormentos y de la temida reencarnación. ¿Quién quiere reencarnarse pudiendo disfrutar eternamente de comodidad y riquezas? Es una no-muerte cómoda incluso para Siew Tsin, casada a su pesar con el hombre más rico del infierno y sin ninguna expectativa ni intereses futuros. Hasta que su marido trae a casa a una nueva esposa.

Those words changed my life forever...just not in the way it would for most. I had it all until one fateful evening transformed my life in ways I never imagined. Nine months later, I move to a sleepy little town, hoping to escape the demons of my past. As I attempt to claim back my life, Jude Montgomery enters my world, and things begin to change. I thought running would appease the nightmares, but I soon discover my past won't let go. Things are not what they seem, and I begin to question the world as I know it.

My name is Eve Carnell. I’m 29 years old, single and have a devil in me. It’s not as cool as you might think. My entire world fell apart when I was sixteen. Now all I want is a normal life, but that’s not easy when you’re on every “usual suspects” list going. And normal goes out the window the day MI5 come to ask me about my dead grandfather. They’re hunting a spy and while I may be the absolute worst choice for the job, apparently I have a very particular set of skills. Who knew, right?

Imagine an alternative Earth, where elves, imps, demons, and extraterrestrials coexist within the bounds of an unimaginably diverse, complex, and intricately structured society. The socialites are content with their relatively carefree existence filled with amusement, scheming, and gossip, until a mysterious circus performer arrives on the scene and challenges both the laws of physics and the core traditions of her world.

Spannend, witzig, süchtig machend - dein nächstes Lieblingsabenteuer beginnt hier! Mitten in der Gaming-Session wird Elorion in eine düstere Dimension gerissen. Zusammen mit neunzehn anderen Gefangenen erwacht er in den Kerkern der mächtigen Mistress Lilith. Mit einem Levelsystem ausgestattet, muss er in einem von Untoten bevölkerten Labyrinth überleben. Eins ist klar: Wenn er nicht schnell levelt, wird er sterben!

Magical contemporary fantasy meets fantastical memoir in the new novel from a cult favourite, Jeff Noon. The Dust tells the story… 1968, Lancashire: It is Joe Sutter's last summer before going to secondary school. His world is like ours, but beyond and beside what we know is Greot; a vast...

Nachdem sie eine verlassene Festung innerhalb eines Herdes entdeckt hatten, machten die Richters sie nicht nur zu ihrem Stützpunkt, sondern auch zu einem Trainingslager für ihre neue Armee. Denn die wahre Macht der Richters vor den anderen zu verbergen wurde immer schwieriger. Der große Krieg würde schon sehr bald ausbrechen.

Krieg? Krieg! Oder doch nicht? Seltsame Dinge geschahen rund um das keine Fürstentum Liechtenstein. Es gab Feinde, es gab eine Invasion, aber keine Kriegserklärung … Nun, das war große Politik, und in der galten eigene Gesetze. Für Theodor von Babylon konnte das nur eines bedeuten: Er musste das Aufladen seines Energiekerns beschleunigen, all seine Kräfte mobilisieren und allen Feinden zeigen, dass es ein Fehler war, den Staat anzugreifen, in dem er sich zu Hause fühlte. In seinem neuen Zuhause…