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Once upon a time, Ella had wished for more than her life as a lowly maid. Now forced to work hard under the unforgiving, lecherous gaze of the man she once called stepfather, Ella’s only refuge is in the books she reads by candlelight, secreted away in the library she isn’t permitted to enter. One night, among her beloved books of far-off lands, Ella’s wishes are answered. At the stroke of midnight, a fairy godmother makes her an offer that will change her life.

In the quiet streets of Prague, all manner of otherworldly creatures lurk in the shadows. Unbeknownst to its citizens, their only hope against the tide of predators are the dauntless lamplighters - a secret elite of monster hunters whose light staves off the darkness each night. Domek Myska leads a life teeming with fraught encounters with the worst kind of evil: pijavica, bloodthirsty and soulless vampiric creatures.

Ungarn 1858. Máté Marusi kehrt nach 20 Jahren im Wiener Exil in die Heimat zurück und besucht seine Schwester Máriska und ihre Familie. Im Gepäck trägt er eine schwere Last, die geradezu Sinnbild ist für die Bürde, die ihm durch einen Fluch auferlegt wurde. Bald nach seiner Ankunft geschehen unerklärliche Dinge, Menschen und Tiere werden grausam getötet, was an die Opfer der "Bestie von Wien" gemahnt, doch Wien ist fern... Die feinfühlige Máriska ahnt, dass in der undurchsichtigen Familiengeschichte die Wahrheit über Mátés Schwermut zu finden ist.

"Ich würde meiner Persönlichkeit weitere Rädchen hinzufügen und sie so eines Tages perfektionieren." Konstantin Balthasar von Heerstein ist ein Lebemann - gutaussehend, charmant und pleite. Verstoßen von seiner Familie, mit einem Hang zu Alkohol, Kartenspiel und Frauen versucht er, über die Runden zu kommen. Mit dem Auftauchen eines Anwalts verändert sich jedoch plötzlich alles. Konstantin erbt die Verantwortung für ein Unternehmen, doch die Vorstandssitzungen mit biederen Geschäftsmännern langweilen ihn schnell.

Seguramente un sentimiento de inquietud se apodera del oyente y lo empuja a seguir con la escucha. Un sentimiento que se alimenta de un homicidio terrible, y se convierte en el motor que crea el suspense propio de toda narración de estas características.

From the moment Dr. J. Doyle takes lodgings in Baker Street with the Angel Crow, he becomes intimately acquainted with the supernatural and criminal worlds of London. But living with a rogue angel is not so easy; the pair find themselves drawn into mystery after mystery, from a man kidnapped by a vampire nest to Jack the Ripper's horrific murders. And besides Doyle's nightmares and shape-shifting, there is the lingering problem of Crow's sense of belonging and the worry that he might fall.

Charlotte is learning to control her emerging magical powers under the secret tutelage of Magus Hopkins. Her first covert mission takes her to the textile mill where her brother, Ben, is training with the Royal Society of the Esoteric Arts. He's asked for her help to identify the disgruntled workers who are apparently destroying expensive equipment. And if she can't identify the culprits before it's too late, her brother will be exiled, and her family dishonoured...

La leggenda del golem, ben nota a tutti coloro che sono passati per Praga, ispira questo suggestivo romanzo di Meyrink, romanziere ed esoterista. Questo libro, suo primo romanzo, fu pubblicato nel 1915, ed ebbe un successo straordinario. La magia e la suggestione della città e del ghetto si mischiano alle tematiche occultiste che vennero poi riprese dall’autore nei suoi romanzi successivi, e che furono oggetto dei suoi studi per gran parte della sua vita.

Where potions run technology and passions run deep. A barmaid with a rare talent. Paris, 1882. Barmaid and potions expert Elle Deschamps knows a worrying secret: The supply of the magic serum that gives her potions their potency is running dangerously low. When a mysterious gentleman hires her to help search out new sources for serum, she jumps at the chance to earn her way to a life of less drudgery. A spy on a mission. A love neither can resist.

I always thought the gods were a myth. Then again, I thought the same thing about witches. I'm no stranger to darkness. I've been dealing with it all my life. That's just part of being a "mutant psychic". But when my witch powers start to manifest, my life takes on a new direction entirely. Suddenly, I’m recruited by the Shadow Order, a supernatural agency dedicated to the protection of the covens. My primary task? To read supernatural crime scenes. Trust me, at that point the word “dark” takes on a whole new meaning.

It's Penny Dreadful meets Supernatural in this exciting retelling of the classic Red Riding Hood fairy tale with hefty doses of badassery and steampunk. See how New York Times best-selling author Melanie Karsak puts her unique spin on this timeless tale, blending it into her richly-built and award-winning steampunk universe.

Lady Cordelia Beaumont is dying. That’s what her mysterious nurse tells her, at least. Even worse, her magic powers have abandoned her, her friends are missing, and her whole world has completely changed. Everyone around her is insisting that magic and fairy tales aren’t real. Even the name of her city is different. She’s not in Talesend anymore - she’s in a place called London.

Elizabeth Barnabus lives a double life - as herself and as her brother, the private detective. She is trying to solve the mystery of a disappearing aristocrat and a hoard of arcane machines. In her way stand the rogues, freaks, and self-proclaimed alchemists of a travelling circus. But when she comes up against an agent of the all-powerful Patent Office, her life and the course of history will begin to change. And not necessarily for the better....

When actress Elyse McKenna fell in love with Lord John Waldegrave, she was prepared to keep their liaison secret. What she wasn't ready for was how her newfound love would rock her relationship with her dearest friend, Doctor Kai Murray. With the 1814 London Frost Fair in full swing, Elyse and her troupe at the Ice House Theatre find themselves at the heart of the excitement on the frozen Thames. But when an exotic ship captain, whose vessel is trapped in the ice, turns her attention to Kai, everything Elyse thought she knew about her feelings for her old friend gets flipped upside down.

Welcome to Fountains Parish - a cesspit of trade and crime, where ambition curls up to die and desperation grows on its cobbled streets like mold on week-old bread. Coppelia is a street thief, a trickster, a low-level con artist. But she has something other thieves don't...tiny puppet-like companions: some made of wood, some of metal. They don't entirely trust her, and she doesn't entirely understand them, but their partnership mostly works.

The discovery of bricked-up skeletal remains at 36, Craven Street point to something more diabolical than an illegal anatomy school. The tool marks on the bones - arcane sigils of great power - indicate more than mere butchery, more than enlightened experimentation. The signs, omens, and portents support the crown's greatest fears. A great evil is being unleashed upon the gaslit streets of London, a blood-drenched shadow reaching skeletal fingers beyond the slums of Whitechapel.

Experience is a harsh taskmistress, but her lessons sink the deepest. Having been taught the lesson at a great cost, Kal’s rules for dealing with faeries are simple: Don’t talk to them, don’t look at them, don’t give them the time of the day. So, when the Other Side comes knocking one fateful, stormy day, Kal, at first, pretends not to notice. Was forgetting this rule his folly?

Nach "Der Schatz der gläsernen Wächter" und "Das Schwert der Todlosen Königin" kommt das nächste große Abenteuer. Ein sagenumwobenes Relikt, seit viertausend Jahren verschollen. Uralte Rätsel - und brandneue Gefahren! Lange musste Kriss auf ein Lebenszeichen von Lian warten. Als sie sich schon mit den schlimmsten Befürchtungen quält, kehrt er auf einmal zu ihr zurück. Doch er ist nicht allein: Ein Mann namens Arléas begleitet ihn - ein Glücksritter und Dieb, der behauptet, Lians Vater zu sein.

What do you choose: your sanity, or your freedom? Loretta Maradona is the heir of her house, set to one day inherit her mother’s title of duquesa and rise to prominence among the peerage of the Queendom of Freutsche. She is capable, headstrong, and pure of spirIt. An exemplary young diamond souled woman. Until she is betrayed, cast down, and transformed. Women rule the world. Men rule the beasts. Rampant beasts, women of impure spirit who have been consumed by the power of the seeds of creation and driven mad with bloodlust, roam the wilderness.

The year is 1850 and Great Britain is flourishing, thanks to the Royal Society of the Esoteric Arts. When a new mage is discovered, Royal Society elites descend like buzzards to snatch up a new apprentice...But Benjamin Gunn isn't a talented mage. His sister Charlotte is, and to prevent her brother from being imprisoned for false reporting she combines her powers with his to make him seem a better prospect. When she discovers a nefarious plot by the sinister Doctor Ledbetter, Charlotte must use all her cunning and guile to protect her family, her secret and her city.