Títulos em Fantasia Sombria

While on patrol between the Opium Wars, the crew of the steam frigate HMS Charger pursues a fleet of pirates that have been terrorizing the waters surrounding Hong Kong. But now the hunters have become the hunted. Something else has come to the South China Sea, something ancient and powerful and malevolent.

Having buried his fallen mentor, Attica the Lone-Eyed Wolf stands at a breaking point—hunted, exiled, and pulled ever downward into realms where Shadowborn were never meant to tread. Meanwhile, Eli, a Lightborn child he has sworn to protect, is evolving into something wholly unprecedented . . . Attica will soon be forced to confront an impossible truth: The fate of the Spiralrealm may rest on a child the world would rather kill than protect. With only one shard of the all-powerful Crown of Shadows in his possession, time is running out.

Cypress Borne is 22 years old, a dashing young non-binary lad with a fairly easy life in New York City. That is, until their routine is interrupted by a vicious dog attack. Their life turns upside down — blackouts, unexplained fits of rage and lost time plague him. Two years of medical tests, therapy, and a life that's spiraling down the toilet later, they navigate their way through the panic attacks and the hopelessness to an old, derelict, and a seemingly abandoned church in the woods.

The end has come. The stars cry out in warning as the world eaters approach, and tensions rise as chaos reigns across every realm. Ancient primordial gods drain magic from weaker beings, and war knocks on the door of every kingdom. But no one could have predicted the key to ending it all… me. I realize now that I was never meant to be an ordinary, simple witch. Forged by prophecy and a heritage crafted by the gods, I was born to face the end—the point of no return. Now, as cosmic forces threaten to rip our world apart, we stand at the heart of it.

Mermaids are real, and this is no fairytale. Naomi Morgan dreams of the sea. The sound of the waves crashing and the salty scent give her peace that she can never feel in a house with six bickering sisters. The beach feels like home, even if she's not supposed to be there. She will defy all to be at the water's edge. Upon finding a strange scale tooth, everything changes. Danger lurks around every corner. Naomi is finding herself having hallucinations and strange appetites. Something in the water thirsts for blood and desires her.

As a freelance assassin, Val Thorvald leads a dangerous life. She’s learned not to stay in the same place for long and not to get too attached to anything. For example, she would never consider adopting a pet. But when she’s searching for a missing friend, she finds an abandoned silver tiger cub. The magical feline is clearly from another realm, but Val has no idea which one or how to send it back. All she knows is that it’s the only witness to her friend's kidnapping.

"Suburban Legend" (approximately 6,400 words) rips from the headlines and twists the classic tale of a suburban husband accused of murdering his beautiful wife. "Artists Only" (approximately 3,500 words) tells the tale of a little girl who unhappily goes with her brother to the local traveling carnival. "Stew" (approximately 3,900 words) deals with a boy who decides it is right to go to war without understanding what it is truly like. "Grok" (approximately 4,000 words) is a the story of the mud-man of the local Renaissance Faire.

Nachdem Dianna Samkiel beinahe verloren hat, ist sie bereit, alles zu riskieren, um ihn zu beschützen – und verheimlicht, was sie für seine Rettung geopfert hat. Seine Macht hat Samkiel verlassen und er versucht zu heilen, doch er ist durch den Verrat und die Zerschlagung seiner engsten Verbündeten zusätzlich geschwächt. Unterdessen strebt Nismera, die grausame Göttin des Krieges, danach, ihren Platz auf dem Thron zu sichern. Werden Dianna und Samkiel Nismera aufhalten können, oder werden sie der Göttin des Krieges zum Opfer fallen?

TU VEDI I MORTI, RAGAZZA. MA HAI MAI GUARDATO LA MORTE IN FACCIA? Cosa si nasconde nella Foresta delle Streghe, dove i peccatori vanno a morire? Gli abitanti del villaggio lo chiamano il Bosco Divoratore, perché non restituisce mai ciò che vi entra. Solo un pazzo oserebbe avvicinarsi. Oppure un esiliato. Maevyth Bronwick sa che è meglio non oltrepassare il nebbioso labirinto di alberi, ma un evento tragico la spinge oltre l'arco di ossa, un confine che nessun mortale ha mai superato, verso un mondo oscuro e fantastico, tanto pericoloso quanto affascinante.

Selene never asked to become a weapon, but when the memories holding her world together begin collapsing, she is forced into the role of the last Witness—the only person capable of entering unstable realms and battling the creatures born from forgotten history. Armed with a living book that carves open portals and unleashes dangerous truths, Selene is thrust into violent time rifts, shadow-ridden landscapes, and battles that twist the laws of the world itself. Every mission demands blood, memory, or both—and the cost is rising. But she isn’t alone.

When a devastating accident blinded her, Sorrow was locked away at the top of a tower in the wilderness, offered up as a sacrifice to the gods. But Sorrow refuses to die quietly. Only she knows a dark magic burns inside her. With her fiercely protective wolf, Pablo, she spends every moment plotting her escape. And yet when she finally breaks free, Sorrow is captured immediately… by the one man she never expected to see again. Long ago, Sorrow and Matthias were inseparable.

When Danny's brother dies in his flat, bleeding out while shoving a magical sword into Danny's hands, Danny discovers that "Prince Charming" isn't just a fairy tale—it's a job. And like most family businesses, it comes with terrible hours, homicidal coworkers, and no proper training manual.

Shunned by her stepfamily, nineteen-year-old Aurelia longs for a life she can finally call her own. Everything changes when she visits her mother’s grave and encounters Princess Kipira, an heiress cursed to live in the body of a spider. A prisoner of the dark forests, Kipira bears a malediction that thins the veil between life and death, echoing the trials of ancient fairy tales and Greek myths of bloody metamorphosis and wicked gods.

The hardest war is the one a man fights alone. One hundred years ago, the Eternals, thirteen men and women of immense power, closer, many believed, to gods than mortals, stood against the greatest threat the world had ever faced. And they lost. They died. All save for one, known as the Youngest, who managed to flee with the enemy leader's weapon, a cursed blade of incredible power. He has traveled for a hundred years since, alone save for his companion, Veikr, the only remaining horse of a legendary breed. The last, just as he is the last.

Pahtal and his brother, Imul, have scraped a life together in pre-civil war Guatemala by finding and selling ancient relics from the Maya ruins. Their latest expedition uncovers a potentially life-changing find, a valuable tablet, etched with glyphs, hidden within the mouth of a sculpture of Nohochacyum, a god of creation–and destruction. But when they attempt to retrieve their prize, Imul is crushed beneath the stone carving.

I killed someone. Not on purpose, but not exactly by accident. Regardless, those three little words have changed the course of my life as I know it. Suddenly, I'm thrust into a supernatural world I never knew existed to become sworn property of The Sanctum—a magical council ruling over all magical beings. My punishment? Confinement within the crumbling fortress of Institute 13, built for monsters like me. Shadow fae, feral wolves, and bloodthirsty vampires… this prison houses the darkest of their kind, and somehow I am one of them.

In the shrouded realm of Draconia, power is seductive—and deadly. Vampire Lord Jack Townson rules the infamous Manor of Mystery, cloaked in charm, shadow, and secrets. But when he uncovers a conspiracy threatening his immortal kin and the found family he protects, Jack is forced to choose between duty and desire, vengeance and love.

Artis und Felice, Geschwister aus dem stolzen Jin-Clan, stehen an einem Wendepunkt ihres Lebens. Felice muss sich den brutalen Herausforderungen stellen, die ihren Körper und ihre Seele brechen sollen. Felice kämpft nicht nur ums Überleben, sondern auch darum, ihre Menschlichkeit zu bewahren. Als Artis seine Schwester nach Jahren zurückbekommt, erkennt er sie kaum wieder. Die Geschichte erzählt vom unerschütterlichen Willen, vom Durchhalten und von der tiefen Verbundenheit zwischen den Geschwistern, die selbst die dunkelsten Zeiten überdauert.

From prophecies beyond the world, something terrible stirs. The twin moons hover more closely at night than is their wont, foretelling of grand changes in the scheme of the cosmos. It is a time of dire ends and new beginnings, of blood and sacrifice. A month has passed since the Battle of Miracor. Steel and Stormbright wander the wilds in search of their imprisoned father as General Caerst follows at their heels. The few encounters with their adversary have been close-much too close, in fact. One dream, however, can make a difference.

Sorcha, a gifted Khoravar from the peaceful land of WindWood, possesses a rare magic fueled by song, capable of both healing and warfare. When her homeland and beloved family in WindWood and Canticum become targets of the ruthless Ice King Solaufein of Abaier, Sorcha faces an impossible choice: sacrifice her freedom to become his Queen, or watch everything she loves be destroyed.