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by Frank Dietz E. J. StevensGewinner des PRG Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Paranormal Fantasy Novel und in der Endauswahl für Best Urban Fantasy Series. Willkommen in Harborsmouth, wo Monster durch die Straßen laufen, ohne dass die Menschen sie erkennen ... mit Ausnahme jener, die über das zweite Gesicht verfügen, wie Ivy Granger. Manche Dinge sollten lieber verborgen bleiben ... Das zweite Gesicht von Ivy Granger gibt ihrem Leben endlich Sinn. Ivy und ihre beste Freundin Jinx schwimmen nicht gerade im Geld, aber ihr Detektivbüro für paranormale Fälle bringt genug ein, um die Rechnungen zu bezahlen - zumindest meistens. Ihre einzige Sorge sind die Langeweile eines Tages, an dem wenig los war, oder ein gelegentlicher verrückter Kunde. Aber dann betritt ein Dämon ihr Büro. Dämonen sind nie ein gutes Zeichen ... Ein Dämon als Anwalt für Wasser-Feenwesen? Es sind schon seltsamere Dinge geschehen. Und es wird sehr, sehr seltsam werden, da ein blutrünstiger Alptraum die Stadt Harborsmouth heimsucht. Im Wasser fließt Blut ... Man sagt, dass Kelpies Menschen fressen. Leider sind ihre Kunden Kelpies. Wenn ein so bösartiges Feenwesen des Unseligen Hofs in den Gewässern vor der Stadt lauert, muss man schwierige Entscheidungen treffen. Das kleinere Übel ... Schattensicht ist der erste Roman in der Ivy Granger Urban-Fantasy-Serie von E. J. Stevens. Die Welt von Ivy Granger, einschließlich der Serien Ivy Granger, Detektivin für paranormale Fälle und der Hunters'-Guild-Serie, bietet jede Menge Action, paranormale Fälle, Magie, schwarzen Humor, bizarre Charaktere, blutsaugende Vampire, flirtende Dämonen, sarkastische Gargoyles, aufreizende Formwandler, launenhafte Hexen, psychotische Feen und scharfzüngige, coole Heldinnen.
Scheme (Avrakedavra Series #2)
by Jennifer SommersbyThe key to good is found in truth. Genevieve may have left the circus behind in Oregon, but there is plenty of show still to come. When she and Henry land in France, they are whisked away to Croix-Mare, the home of Henry&’s grandfather, Nutesh, where they will prepare for a journey they never could&’ve imagined. Now that they have all three AVRAKEDAVRA texts—Life, Death, and Memory—the books must be destroyed in the Undoing. However, it&’s not as simple as taking the books to their birthplace in Babylon and setting them alight. Genevieve and Henry must rely on unexpected allies as they embark on a harrowing global search to acquire pieces necessary to complete the Undoing. They&’re offered cover and protection by La Vérité, the secret network of followers devoted to the message of the AVRAKEDAVRA, who, not surprisingly, are found under the big top—because no one does underground quite like the circus. But loyalties among the magical community are fragile. Genevieve, still grieving the loss of her mother, now struggles to control the new AVRAKEDAVRA-bestowed gifts, and with mounting threats to her psyche and body, she clings mightily to the promise of a brighter future once this is over—if they can survive it. And Henry, broken by his father&’s treachery but entranced by the heartwarming connection his family&’s text has granted him, grapples with the fact that once they succeed in destroying the books, he&’ll lose the only family he has left. Together, our two young heirs will learn that when hope has abandoned us, the overwhelming love of friendship and family is all the magic we need.
Scheming CEO's Prickly: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Jian LuoThe eve of the wedding, love for many years by the fiance design...... He watched his prey like a cheetah for five years! Now that he saw her close at hand, he repressed his desire to have her and wanted to spoil her to the bone. she fell step by step, in order to the mentally retarded brother, promised to marry him, but unexpectedly from now on involved in the family vortex, attracted disaster! "dare to touch my woman, dead!" he destroyed the people one by one, and she...
Scheming CEO's Prickly: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Jian LuoThe eve of the wedding, love for many years by the fiance design...... He watched his prey like a cheetah for five years! Now that he saw her close at hand, he repressed his desire to have her and wanted to spoil her to the bone. she fell step by step, in order to the mentally retarded brother, promised to marry him, but unexpectedly from now on involved in the family vortex, attracted disaster! "dare to touch my woman, dead!" he destroyed the people one by one, and she...
Scheming CEO's Prickly: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Jian LuoThe eve of the wedding, love for many years by the fiance design...... He watched his prey like a cheetah for five years! Now that he saw her close at hand, he repressed his desire to have her and wanted to spoil her to the bone. she fell step by step, in order to the mentally retarded brother, promised to marry him, but unexpectedly from now on involved in the family vortex, attracted disaster! "dare to touch my woman, dead!" he destroyed the people one by one, and she...
Scheming Master vs. Confused Wife: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Xiang ZhuThe trash that was abandoned by the cultivation clans had accidentally saved a wolf, and now he had an extra person. This man was sometimes wolf, sometimes cold and merciless; he was trash, sometimes pure, sometimes brave and decisive. Other people might not be able to understand the beauty of a cauldron, but there was an indescribable sadness to it.
Scheming Master vs. Confused Wife: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Xiang ZhuThe trash that was abandoned by the cultivation clans had accidentally saved a wolf, and now he had an extra person. This man was sometimes wolf, sometimes cold and merciless; he was trash, sometimes pure, sometimes brave and decisive. Other people might not be able to understand the beauty of a cauldron, but there was an indescribable sadness to it.
Scheming avec mon duc
by Dawn BrowerSerenity Drake est remonté dans le temps pour des raisons altruistes. Sa sœur Peyton était mourante et elle avait besoin de son autre sœur pour lui sauver la vie. En chemin, elle ne s’attendait pas à trouver le seul homme auquel elle ne pourrait pas résister. Brandon Bennet, le duc de Branterberry a un jeune fils à s'occuper. Il n’a pas de place pour Serenity dans sa vie, mais a besoin de son aide après qu’elle ait convaincu la gouvernante de son fils de quitter son emploi. Elle assume les fonctions avec un épanouissement qui lui est propre. Brandon a du mal à lui résister, mais ne souhaite pas se remarier. Son premier mariage laissait peu à désirer. En tant que maître-espion, Brandon a plus que Serenity et sa famille à affronter. Avec le sort de son pays en jeu, il doit prendre une décision difficile: cède-t-il à son attirance ou abandonne-t-il Serenity pour le bien de l'Angleterre.
Schild's Ladder
by Greg EganTwenty thousand years into the future, an experiment in quantum physics has had a catastrophic result, creating an enormous, rapidly expanding vacuum that devours everything it comes in contact with. Now humans must confront this deadly expansion. Tchicaya, aboard a starship trawling the border of the vacuum, has allied himself with the Yielders -- those determined to study the vacuum while allowing it to grow unchecked. But when his fiery first love, Mariama, reenters his life on the side of the Preservationists -- those working to halt and destroy the vacuum -- Tchicaya finds himself struggling with an inner turmoil he has known since childhood. However, in the center of the vacuum, something is developing that neither Tchicaya and the Yielders nor Mariama and the Preservationists could ever have imagined possible: life.
Schild's Ladder
by Greg EganCass has stumbled on something that might be an entirely different type of physics, and she's travelled three hundred and fifty light-years to Mimosa Station, a remote experimental facility, to test her theory. The novo-vacuum she creates is predicted to begin decaying the instant it's created, but even so short-lived a microscopic speck could shed new light on the origins of the universe.But instead of decaying, Cass's novo-vacuum is wildly successful and begins expanding, slowly but inexorably taking over the universe ...SCHILD'S LADDER: a wild ride through the far future by one of the world's most respected and acclaimed writers.
Schild's Ladder
by Greg EganCass has stumbled on something that might be an entirely different type of physics, and she's travelled three hundred and fifty light-years to Mimosa Station, a remote experimental facility, to test her theory. The novo-vacuum she creates is predicted to begin decaying the instant it's created, but even so short-lived a microscopic speck could shed new light on the origins of the universe.But instead of decaying, Cass's novo-vacuum is wildly successful and begins expanding, slowly but inexorably taking over the universe ...SCHILD'S LADDER: a wild ride through the far future by one of the world's most respected and acclaimed writers.
Schismatrix Plus
by Bruce SterlingThis book contains all of Sterling's work in the Shaper/Mechanist universe. About three quarters of the book consists of the novel _Schismatrix_ followed by the short stories _Swarm_, _Spider Rose_, _Cicada Queen_, _Sunken Gardens_ and _Twenty Evocations_. Also includes an introduction by Sterling discussing three books which influenced the writing of the works, among other things. The book ends with a Shaper/Mechanist chronology..
Schismatrix Plus
by Bruce SterlingThe Nebula-nominated novel of &“abrave new world of nearly constant future shock&”—plus all the short fiction of the Shaper/Mechanist universe (The Washington Post). Acclaimed science fiction luminary and a godfather of the genre&’s remarkable offspring—cyberpunk—Bruce Sterling carries readers to a far-future universe where stunning achievements in human development have been tainted by a virulent outbreak of prejudice and hatred. Many thousands of years in the future, the human race has split into two incompatible factions. The aristocratic Mechanists believe that humans can only achieve their greatest potential through technology and enhancing their bodies with powerful prosthetics. The rebel Shapers view these &“improvements&” as abominations, and their faith in genetic enhancements over mechanical ones has led to violent, even murderous, clashes between the two sects. One man is caught in the middle. The child of Mechanists, Abelard Lindsay is a former Shaper diplomat who was betrayed and cast out of the fold. Scrupulously trained in the fine art of treachery and deceit, he travels freely between the warring camps during his never-ending exile, embracing piracy and revolution all along the way. But while saving his own skin is Lindsay&’s main motivation, a greater destiny awaits him, one that could offer a bold new hope for a tragically sundered humankind. A breathtaking flight of unparalleled imagination, Bruce Sterling&’s Schismatrix Plus also includes every subsequent excursion into the Mechanist and Shaper universe, complementing his acclaimed novel with the complete collection of mind-boggling Schismatrix short fiction. The result is is a total immersion into the Mechanist/Shaper universe from the Hugo, Campbell, and Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning author called &“a writer of excellent fineness&” by Harlan Ellison and &“one of the very best&” by Publishers Weekly.
Schisms (The Scribe Cycle #2)
by James WolanykThree long years have passed since Anna, First of Tomas, survived the purge in Malijad after being forced to use her scribe sigils to create an army of immortals. Safely ensconced in the shelter of the Nest, a sanctuary woven by one of her young allies, Anna spends her days tutoring the gifted yet traumatized scribe, Ramyi—and coming to terms with her growing attachment to an expatriate soldier in her company. Away from her refuge, war drums continue to beat. Thwarted in her efforts to locate the elusive tracker and bring him to justice, Anna turns to the state of Nahora and its network of spies for help. But Nahoran assistance comes with a price: Anna must agree to weaponize her magic for the all-out military confrontation to come. Dispatched to the front lines with Ramyi in tow, Anna will find her new alliances put to the test, her old tormentors lying in wait, and the fate of a city placed in her hands. To protect the innocent, she must be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice. For even in this season of retribution, the gift of healing may be the most powerful weapon of all.
Schizo Jimmie
by Fritz LeiberJamie Bingham Walsh should have been known as Schizo Jimmie. People with whom he came in really close contact had their minds split and started to live in dream worlds.
Scholar of Decay (Ravenloft #12)
by Tanya HuffA tale of fear from best-selling author Tanya Huff! Scholar of Decay is the story of a man driven by love into the darkest corners of the world. When Aurek Nuiken's wife is attacked and made prisoner by an evil mage, he must search the Domains of Dread for the spell that will allow him to free her. But ultimately his wife's freedom - and his own - lies in the hands of a clan of wererats who are not inclined to assist him. Faced with both his own torment and the monsters of the Ravenloft world, Aurek is pushed to the edge of madness and to a choice that no man should ever have to make.
School Spirits (A Hex Hall Novel #4)
by Rachel HawkinsFans of Rachel Hawkins' Hex Hall series will shriek with joy over this dark spin-off adventure full of humor, magic, and snark! Fifteen-year-old Izzy Brannick was trained to fight monsters. For centuries, her family has hunted magical creatures. But when Izzy's older sister vanishes without a trace while on a job, Izzy's mom decides they need to take a break. Izzy and her mom move to a new town, but they soon discover it's not as normal as it appears. A series of hauntings has been plaguing the local high school, and Izzy is determined to investigate. But assuming the guise of an average teenager is easier said than done. For a tough girl who's always been on her own, it's strange to suddenly make friends and maybe even have a crush. Can Izzy trust her new friends to help find the secret behind the hauntings before more people get hurt? Rachel Hawkins brings the same delightful wit and charm captured in her New York Times best-selling Hex Hall series. Get ready for more magic, mystery and romance!
School Spirits (A Hex Hall Novel)
by Rachel HawkinsFifteen-year-old Izzy Brannick was trained to fight monsters. For centuries, her family has hunted magical creatures. But when Izzy's older sister vanishes without a trace while on a job, Izzy's mom decides they need to take a break. Izzy and her mom move to a new town, but they soon discover it's not as normal as it appears. A series of hauntings has been plaguing the local high school, and Izzy is determined to prove her worth and investigate. But assuming the guise of an average teenager is easier said than done. For a tough girl who's always been on her own, it's strange to suddenly make friends and maybe even have a crush. Can Izzy trust her new friends to help find the secret behind the hauntings before more people get hurt?
School Trip (Diary of an Accidental Witch #5)
by Honor Cargill Perdita CargillThe sixth-grade trip to a spooky castle is Bea's first time away from home, and she's nervous. Can her friends help her overcome her fears and enjoy the trip?Living in Little Spellshire is the best, and Bea wouldn't want to be anywhere else! Even though she is VERY excited about her upcoming school trip, she&’s also a little nervous—it&’s her first witchy school trip and the farthest she&’s been from home and from Dad. The sixth graders will be going to one of the spookiest castles EVER. Can Bea overcome her fear of being away from home and enjoy the trip? Maybe with the help of her friends! With black-and-white illustrations throughout. Told through Bea's diary entries, the Diary of an Accidental Witch series invites readers to follow Bea on a humorous journey of self-discovery as she learns where she truly belongs.
School for Good and Evil (Complete Collection)
by Iacopo Bruno Soman ChainaniJourney into a dazzling new world when best friends Sophie and Agatha enter the School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy-tale heroes and villains. Sophie, with her glass slippers and pink dresses, thinks she'll earn top marks at the School for Good. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her shapeless black frocks and wicked black cat, seems a natural fit for the School for Evil. But when the two girls are swept into the Endless Woods, they find their fortunes are reversed. . . . The aftermath leads to unexpected paths, new alliances, and boys that divide them in an exhilarating quest to find their true Ever After.
School for Sidekicks: The Academy of Metahuman Operatives
by Kelly McCulloughEvan Quick has spent his whole life dreaming of becoming a hero. Every morning he wakes up and runs through a checklist of test to see if he's developed powers over night, and every day it is the same thing – nothing. No flying, no super strength, no heat rays or cold beams. No invulnerability – that always hurt to check – no telepathy, no magic. Not even the ability to light a light bulb without flipping a switch. And now, he's finally ready to give up. <p><p> But then, the class field trip to the Mask Museum is interrupted by a super villain attack, and Evan somehow manages to survive a death ray. Even better, Evan's favorite Mask, Captain Commanding, shows up to save them all -- and when things go very wrong, it's Evan who finds the strength to come to Captain Commanding's rescue. <p> Yet the hero's reception Evan is expecting never happens. Before he even gets the chance to say hello, Evan is bundled away to The Academy, an institution derisively called The School for Sidekicks by its students. Forced to take classes like Banter Basics and Combat with Dinnerware, while being assigned as an ‘apprentice' to Foxman – a Mask widely considered a has-been -- Evan starts to worry that he'll never be able to save the day…
School of Deaths
by Christopher ManninoThirteen-year-old Suzie Sarnio always believed the Grim Reaper was a fairy tale image of a skeleton with a scythe. Now, forced to enter the College of Deaths, she finds herself training to bring souls from the Living World to the Hereafter. The task is demanding enough, but as the only female in the all-male College, she quickly becomes a target. Attacked by both classmates and strangers, Suzie is alone in a world where even her teachers want her to fail. Caught in the middle of a plot to overthrow the World of Deaths, Suzie must uncover the reason she's been brought there: the first female Death in a million years.
School of Fear (School of Fear #1)
by Gitty DaneshvariEveryone is afraid of something... Madeleine Masterson is deathly afraid of bugs, especially spiders. Theodore Bartholomew is petrified of dying. Lulu Punchalower is scared of confined spaces. Garrison Feldman is terrified of deep water. With very few options left, the parents of these four twelve year-olds send them to the highly elusive and exclusive School of Fear to help them overcome their phobias. But when their peculiar teacher, Mrs. Wellington, and her unconventional teaching methods turn out to be more frightening than even their fears, the foursome realize that this just may be the scariest summer of their lives.
School of Fear 3: The Final Exam (School of Fear #3)
by Gitty DaneshvariCheck out the laugh-inducing, phobia-reducing final book in the School of Fear trilogy! Is school out forever at the School of Fear? A nosy reporter is planning a scandalous expose on eccentric Mrs. Wellington and her unorthodox teaching methods, and the news is sure to put an end to the school. Madeleine, Theo, Lulu, Garrison, and the new student Hyacinth must convince Sylvie that their teacher and the school are perfectly normal. But how can they accomplish this when Mrs. Wellington is just so... odd? With the fate of their beloved school in their hands, the children now share a new fear--failure.