Epic City

Tyler Anbinder's story is one of innovators and artists, revolutionaries and rioters, staggering deprivation and soaring triumphs, all playing out against the powerful backdrop of New York City, at once ever changing and profoundly, permanently itself. City of Dreams provides a vivid sense of what New York looked like, sounded like, smelled like, and felt like over the centuries of its development and maturation into the city we know today.

Luca Matius has one purpose—to carry on the family name, maintaining its presence in the Forum once his powerful and cruel uncle dies. But his noviceship with the city's Philosopher places him in the middle of a catastrophe that will alter the destiny of his people. Maris Casperia was raised amidst the strategic maneuvers of the Citadel's inner workings, and she knows what her future holds—a lifetime of service to a corrupt city.

Beyond the lights of Spark City lies a town that bandits and mercenaries call home. Where darkest deeds are currency, and only the ruthless survive. But when the enigmatic and dangerous assassin Aurora arrives at their gates with a legion at her back, even the lawless rules of banditry are tested. Raven Rock's infamous inhabitants are no strangers to bloodshed, yet Aurora brings a storm of carnage and madness unlike any they have ever known, plunging the town into a siege that threatens to wipe it from the map.

Out of the ashes of the First Breaking arose the holy city of Deneth, a beacon of faithfulness that called unto it the wise and progressive. But beneath the veneer of magnificence lay a wicked world that governs without compassion or elegance. Yet as the city finds itself under assault from beyond, a lowly temple servant will upend the balance and set it on a course for salvation or destruction....

Alchemy is the hidden art of transformation. An exclusive power wielded by crime syndicates that market it to the world’s elites in the form of sand, a drug that enhances those who take it into a more perfect version of themselves: more beautiful, more charismatic, simply more. Among the gleaming skyscrapers and rolling foothills of Angel City, alchemy is controlled by two rival syndicates. But when two childhood friends step into that delicate equation, the city—and the paths of their lives—will be irrevocably transformed.

When Odessa joined the hunt to kill one of the Low Gods in a last-ditch effort to save her people from the ravages of the sun-deadening Gray, an encounter with the ancient boar god Egende left her trampled and near death. Desperate, her father filled her body with cursed magic blood, saving her life but damning her soul. Then, terrified of what she had become, her tribe cast her out. Now a young woman, the forsaken Odessa is obsessed with vengeance against the gods who destroyed her family and village.

Trinia's gift is the ability to duplicate herself perfectly in mind and body, yet every time she uses it, she feels like she loses another piece of her soul. Her abusive and power-hungry father, Caderyn, wishes to exploit her gift to create an army that obeys his command and rebuild the Airgid Empire that fell a thousand years before.

Kavi's people were once warriors who acted as the vanguard to an imperial invasion. Now, they drive steam rickshaws. But when the most dangerous gang in the city takes control of the Imperial Rickshaw Company, Kavi's people are cast out again, and Kavi is forced to work for the gang as a low-level enforcer. Her only hope lies in the annual Blade and Warlock tournament at the Vagola - the prize money from which will buy back the company and her people's future.

Keeper of the Lost Cities. Ein episches Fantasy-Abenteuer der preisgekrönten Bestsellerautorin Shannon Messenger. Die fantastische Reihe um Elfen, Freundschaft und Magie mit jeder Menge Spannung für Mädchen und Jungen ab 12 Jahren. Der neunte Band des mitreißenden Abenteuers. Die Geheimorganisation Black Swan möchte, dass Sophie sich ausschließlich auf ihre Vorhaben konzentriert. Doch Sophies Instinkte führen sie in eine ganz andere Richtung: Sie möchte endlich herausfinden, was sich hinter dem geheimnisvollen Begriff "Sternenmond" verbirgt.

A long poem in Kerouac’s freewheeling and spontaneous improvisational style, Mexico City Blues is a unique epic of sound, rhythm, and religion. Called superb sensory meditations, the poetry takes in life, death, and spirituality but roams widely across continents and cultures. Memories, fantasies, dreams, and surrealistic free association are all lyrically combined in the loose format inspired by jazz and the blues.

There is no war outside of these walls. This is what the citizens of Ba Sing Se are told to believe, but Jin knows better. As a refugee whose parents were killed by the Fire Nation, she is haunted by her past. Now, she does her best to keep her head down in the Lower Ring, caring for her ailing grandfather and balancing school with survival. Her one bright spot is her best friend Susu, whose family treats Jin like one of their own, and whose bakery she helps make deliveries for.

"The Magical City of Al-Qamar" is an enchanting tale that transports listeners to a mystical land, where reality intertwines with magic, and destiny is written in the sands. Tariq finds himself in the lands of Al-Madina, and learns of the magic and wonders intertwined in the lands. Through his adventures he tries to seek an understanding of the peoples of this land and the role of magic. His perceptions are intertwined with fascinations some being illusion and some real, but hard to decipher which is which in the mysterious deserts of Al-Madina.

Danger, action, and magic come together to bring an epic conclusion to the Forgemaster Cycle. The unthinkable has happened. Everything that William Reis had worked so hard for, undone by one of his closest friends. Amder was gone, Duncan was gone, and even Regin was gone. Thrust into a strange City where magic and machinery come together in wonders undreamed of, Will soon finds himself once again doing the one thing he hates, being important. Myriam is torn.

Rhiannon, a wild and fierce half-human girl, tamed a winged horse to escape the vicious satyricorn tribe who raised her. In the human world, the handsome apprentice-witch Lewen has convinced her to stay with him and learn to use her strong magical talents. But before her training can commence, Rhiannon must answer for a past crime in....

When Dagra's sellsword team is offered a contract to cross the Deadlands and find a burial jewel in the crypts of the Blighted City, Dagra wants no part of it. His companions are undaunted by the legend; to them, the blurred divide between the living and the dead is superstitious nonsense. Completing the contract would earn their guild's failing reputation a much-needed boost and secure them the bounty of a lifetime. They're going, with or without him.

Sulema Ja'Akari is an elite warrior, one of the desert people known as the Zeeranim. She is also the daughter of the Dragon King of Atualon, whose magic is the only thing that prevents the earth dragon from waking. Should the dragon end her sleep, their world will be destroyed. The Dragon King is dying. As heir to his throne, Sulema must be trained to take his place, yet the more she learns, the less she trusts the sinister agendas that surround her. Knowing that her life hangs in the balance, Sulema seeks to return to the Zeera.

Where did the Gods go after they left Earth? Some jobs feel like they last for eternity, but in D'Molay's case they actually do. Granted longevity and trapped in a timeless city governed by all the old gods of Earth, D'Molay makes a fateful choice to assist a hapless girl. He slowly discovers she is far more than she even knows and starts to suspect she has some kind of connection to a huge beast ravaging the Olympian realm.

Dev is a desperate man. After narrowly surviving a smuggling job gone wrong, he’s now a prisoner of the Alathian Council, held hostage to ensure his friend Kiran, former apprentice to one of the most ruthless mages alive, does their bidding.

In The Secret City, to honor the spirit and values of his son, Boucher gives encouragement and hope to young people who are facing life-threatening illnesses, bullying, or other tests of the soul. Geof was an "I got this" battler and an inspiration to everyone he encountered. In the trilogy, the Bear teaches young people that the greatest challenges can be overcome with humor, imagination, and a never say die attitude.

If he knew what was going to happen after he left home, he would have tried to stay. After the events of the great kaiju war, Matteo is sent away from the turtle. His mission is to report to the capitol about the battle and collect Wardens for their depleted village. If only things could have stayed that simple.