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The year is 2059. For two centuries, the Republic of Scion has led an oppressive campaign against unnaturalness in Europe. In London, Paige Mahoney holds a high rank in the criminal underworld. The right hand of the ruthless White Binder, Paige is a dreamwalker, a rare and formidable kind of clairvoyant. Under Scion law, she commits treason simply by breathing. When Paige is arrested for murder, she meets the mysterious founders of Scion, who have designs on her uncommon abilities.

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.

La maison Berethnet règne sur l'Inys depuis près de mille ans. La reine Sabran IX qui rechigne à se marier doit absolument donner naissance à une héritière pour protéger son reinaume de la destruction, mais des assassins se rapprochent d'elle... Ead Duryan est une marginale à la cour. Servante de la reine en apparence, elle appartient à une société secrète de mages. Sa mission est de protéger Sabran à tout prix, même si l'usage d'une magie interdite s'impose pour cela.

Un monde divisé. Un reinaume sans héritière. Un ancien ennemi s'éveille. La maison Berethnet règne sur l'Inys depuis plus de mille ans. La reine Sabran IX doit impérativement donner naissance à une héritière, mais des assassins essaient de l'en empêcher. Quoique la monarque l'ignore, elle peut compter sur l'aide d'Ead Duryan, une jeune magicienne qui la protège en secret. De l'autre côté de l'Abysse, Tané s'est entraînée toute sa vie pour devenir dragonnière, mais le destin a d'autres plans pour elle.

It has been centuries since the Draconic Army took wing, almost extinguishing humankind. Marosa Vetalda is a prisoner in her own home, controlled by her cold father, King Sigoso. Over the mountains, her betrothed, Aubrecht Lievelyn, rules Mentendon in all but name. Together, they intend to usher in a better world. A better world seems impossibly distant to Estina Melaugo, who hunts the Draconic beasts that have slept across the world for centuries. And now the great wyrm Fýredel is stirring, and Yscalin will be the first to fall....

Tunuva Melin è una sorella del Priorato: da cinquant'anni si allena a uccidere le creature draconiche, ma è dall'epoca del Senza Nome che non se ne vedono, e ormai la gente inizia a mettere in discussione l'importanza del suo ordine.Intanto nel Settentrione la regina di Inys, Sabran l'Ambiziosa, ha sposato il nuovo sovrano di Hróth, allo scopo di rafforzare l'alleanza dei regni devoti alle Sei Virtù. Hanno una figlia, Glorian, che vive nascosta nella loro ombra, e non desidera uscirne.

Paige Mahoney and Arcturus Mesarthim have arrived in the Scion Citadel of Paris. Exhausted by her efforts against Scion, Paige has no choice but to remain in hiding, away from the revolution she started, so she can heal and come to terms with her mental and physical scars. In the confines of a safe house, Arcturus and Paige begin to reconnect after following separate paths for weeks. As they wait for contact from the mysterious Domino Programme – an espionage network operating in Scion – their present begins to mirror their past.

Everything is about to change. Paige Mahoney is outside the Republic of Scion for the first time in more than a decade—but she has no idea how she got to the free world. Half a year has been wiped from her memory. Her journey back to the revolution soon takes her to Venice, where the Domino Programme has uncovered evidence of a secret Scion plan. Before Paige can return to London, she must help the network unravel the sinister Operation Ventriloquist, which threatens to bring Europe to its knees in weeks.

2059. Da duecento anni la Repubblica di Scion porta avanti una campagna persecutoria contro ogni forma di "innaturalità" in Europa. A Londra, Paige...

UN MONDO DIVISO. UN REGNO SENZA EREDI. UN ANTICO NEMICO CHE SI RISVEGLIA. Tra draghi e lotte per il potere, un epic fantasy sontuoso e inarrestabile che narra di un mondo sull'orlo della rovina e delle donne coraggiose che combattono per salvarlo.

Un mundo dividido. Un reino sin su heredera. Un antiguo enemigo se despierta. Fantasía épica ideal para los lectores de George R. R. Martin y J. R. R. Tolkien. La Casa de Berethnet ha gobernado Inys durante mil años. Aún sin casar, la reina Sabran IX debe concebir una hija para proteger a su reino de la destrucción.

Following a fierce battle for the Rose Crown, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over the clairvoyant syndicate of London. But with vengeful enemies still at large, the task of stabilising the fractured underworld has never seemed so challenging. As Paige rallies her army of criminals, she continues to meet in secret with her former enemy, Arcturus Mesarthim. Should they be discovered, the fragile alliance with the Ranthen will fail.

POR LA AUTORA DE EL PRIORATO DEL NARANJO Y EL DÍA QUE SE ABRIÓ EL CIELO. TERCER LIBRO DE LA SERIE LA ERA DE HUESOS. UNA REBELDE QUE SE CONVIERTE EN REINA. Después de una sangrienta batalla contra sus enemigos, Paige Mahoney se ha elevado a la peligrosa posición de Subseñora, gobernando así sobre la población criminal de Londres. Sin embargo, después de haberle dado la espalda a Jaxon.

Paige Mahoney has eluded death again. Snatched from the jaws of captivity and sent to a safe house in the Scion Citadel of Paris, she finds herself caught between factions that seek Scion’s downfall and those who would kill to protect the puppet empire. The mysterious Domino Program has plans for Paige, but she has ambitions of her own in this new citadel. With Arcturus at her side, she embarks on an adventure that will lead her from the catacombs of Paris to the glittering hallways of Versailles.

Paige Mahoney has escaped the clandestine prison city of Oxford. Now a fugitive in London, she nurtures a new taste for revolution. Oxford may be behind her, but the Republic of Scion is undefeated. As it turns its all-seeing eye on Paige, she is forced to return to Jaxon Hall, her charismatic and brutal employer, to keep her foothold in the underworld. But Paige will bow to one now, and not even Jaxon will stop her exposing the corruption in the syndicate.

Der Abschluss der großen Drachen-Saga "Das Kloster des geheimen Baumes". Dumai, die geheime Erbin des Throns von Seiiki, ist nun eine Drachenreiterin. Sie fliegt mit ihrem Drachen Furtia durch das Reich, um das Volk vor der Bedrohung durch die finsteren Wyrm zu warnen. Aber niemand schenkt ihr Gehör. Zur gleichen Zeit bereitet Prinzessin Glorian von Ynis ihr Volk auf den Kampf gegen die bösen Drachen vor und muss sich außerdem ihrer menschlichen Feinde erwehren. Denn nicht alle, denen sie ihr Vertrauen schenkt, haben dies auch verdient. Zwei Reiche, ein Feind.

Es el año 2059. Scion se ha apoderado de la mayoría de las ciudades del mundo, prometiendo seguridad y estabilidad para todos los ciudadanos que considera dignos y eliminando a los clarividentes allí dondequiera que pueda encontrarlos. Paige Mahoney es una joven de diecinueve años clarividente y por ello considerada una criminal, por el simple hecho de existir. Paige está decidida a luchar contra el poder de Scion, y como parte de los Siete Sellos, Paige ha encontrado la manera de usar sus poderes: buscar información entrando en la mente de los demás mientras sueñan.

Una fugitiva que no será silenciada. Son malos tiempos para los clarividentes. Scion se ha aliado con los refaítas, una raza de otro mundo extraordinariamente poderosa y que tiene la intención de convertir a los humanos en sus esclavos. En una proeza de valentía sin precedentes, Paige Mahoney ha logrado liderar una fuga masiva del brutal campamento, Sheol I, donde ella y otros clarividentes fueron encarcelados sistemáticamente.

Eine Welt voller Drachen, starker Frauenfiguren und politischer Intrigen - umwerfender Fantasy-Stoff grandios erzählt! In ihrem epischen Fantasy-Roman Der Orden des geheimen Baumes hebt Samantha Shannon das Genre auf die nächste Stufe. Mächtige Frauen lenken und beeinflussen das Schicksal ihrer Welt, ob als Königin, Magierin oder Drachenreiterin. Doch die Welt ist geteilt: Während im Westen alle Drachen als absolut böse verdammt werden, werden diese im Osten als göttergleiche Wesen verehrt.

Die Drachen erheben sich, um Verderben über die Menschheit zu bringen – die Vorgeschichte des Bestsellers „Der Orden des geheimen Baumes“. Zwei Frauen stehen am Scheideweg ihres Schicksals – und ahnen nicht, dass sich ihre Wege kreuzen werden. Das größte Problem von Glorian, der zukünftigen Herrscherin von Ynis, scheint es zu sein, sich für einen zukünftigen Prinzgemahl zu entscheiden. Gleichzeitig erfährt im fernen Seiki am anderen Ende der Welt die junge Dumai, dass sie die Tochter des Kaisers ist, und muss sich völlig unvorbereitet den Intrigen des Hofes stellen.