Urban Historical

It is the year 1967 in the magnificent and dreamy St. Petersburg. The world is ruled by the magic of aristocrats, the sounds of rock and roll are blasting even in the palace of Her Imperial Majesty, and Russian Volgas are successfully going up against American Pontiacs on the wide avenues at night. Another frantic unauthorized race under the stars ends in tragedy. Doctors and healers, who have already announced the death of the sixteen-year-old Prince Alexander Gorchakov Jr., attribute his miraculous salvation to his suddenly awakened gift.

Magical illnesses require magical cures, and time is running out. It's been months since I left my hometown. I'd never traveled outside its wall before. It seems like only yesterday that my biggest concern was writing my next hit article. Now, I'm running from the police and desperately searching for the only man who may know how to cure me of a magical ailment. I'm not alone, but I can feel the patience and energy of the man by my side diminish day by day. It's hard to persuade him that I'm spending all my time looking for another man so I can be whole for him.

Heaven lays down the law and Hell gets more hellish in Lawyers in Hell, marking the return of Heroes in Hell - the greatest shared universe of all time. The commandments weren't merely suggestions - and there were over 300 of them. And now, as the higher powers send auditors through the underworlds to dispense yet greater injustice, heroes and villains from all of history are about to be reminded that sin doesn't pay...and in Hell, neither does virtue.

When Tokyo falls victim to a deadly terrorist attack, Detective Sergeant Mariko Oshiro knows who is responsible, even if she doesn't have proof. She urges her commanding officers to arrest the perpetrator - an insane zealot who was just released from police custody. When her pleas fall on deaf ears, she loses her temper and then her badge as well as her best chance of fighting back.

When a bomb goes off at 221B Baker Street, Evelina Cooper is thrown into her uncle Sherlock's world of mystery and murder. But just when she thought it was safe to return to the ballroom, old, new, and even dead enemies are clamoring for a place on her dance card. Before Evelina's even unpacked her gowns for a country house party, an indiscretion puts her in the power of the ruthless Gold King, who recruits her as his spy. He knows her disreputable past and exiles her to the rank alleyways of Whitechapel with orders to unmask his foe.

Detective Sergeant Mariko Oshiro has been promoted to Japan's elite Narcotics unit - and with this promotion comes a new partner, a new case, and new danger. The underboss of a powerful yakuza crime syndicate has put a price on her head, and he'll lift the bounty only if she retrieves an ancient iron demon mask that was stolen from him in a daring raid. However, Mariko has no idea of the tumultuous past carried within the mask - or of its deadly link with the famed Inazuma blade she wields.

In 19th century Scotland, surgeon Edgar Price has only days to live. He has become host to a revenant that will corrode both his body and soul. Edgar’s fatal mistake has not only doomed him, but also released six more of these malignant wraiths onto the world. In his remaining time, he has vowed to stop the revenants from claiming other victims. His perilous travels lead him to the Witches’ Wood, a haven for a sisterhood of powerful enchantresses. There he meets Ainsley, a witch with a fiery spirit and strong distrust of outsiders.

Der Nachtzirkus meets The Greatest Showman. J. R. Dawsons funkelndes Debüt um einen magischen Zirkus verzaubert die Hörer:innen weltweit. Wenige Jahre nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg zieht eine Truppe von Zirkusartisten durch den Mittleren Westen der USA. Ihre Manege ist nicht groß, doch ihre Talente sind mehr als außergewöhnlich: Odette, eine Trapezkünstlerin, kann Krankheiten und Verletzungen heilen. Mauve sagt die Zukunft voraus. Und Rin vermag durch die Zeit zu reisen. Zu dritt versuchen sie mit dem Zirkus, anderen übernatürlich Begabten ein Zuhause zu bieten, Sicherheit und eine Familie.

The Herbarium, an enchanted sacred text written by the ancients, is safely hidden in a monastery outside of Chartres, or is it? In present day California, thirty-something Paige Delaney is struggling to cope. Since the death of her husband, she's felt lost, aimless, and frustrated. At the urging of her best friend, she accepts an invitation to join a Wiccan ceremony. And it's a night that changes everything. Haunted by the vivid apparition she sees in the bonfire, Paige is sent reeling when her mother reveals a long-kept family secret: that Paige is a descendant of a powerful line of witches

The Corvo Kingdom is on the brink of ruin. The wasting sickness is spreading, the queen is dying, and the people are living under the constant threat of invasion. The fate of the realm rests on the shoulders of a woman reluctant to embrace her destiny.

First in a series of 10 titles about the Black Bats (BB) Motorcycle Club by Ochil Kinnaird, this first story unfolds at the start of Shug’s journey into the world of motorcycle MCs…a nostalgic look back at the biker scene in Scotland during the mid-'70s and '80s. It details the life of a young man as he progresses through to adulthood and the effects that being involved in a "biker gang" had on the way his life was continually shaped.

Drei Frauen und die schillernde Welt des Wintergarten-Varietés. Berlin in den 20er Jahren: Ganz unscheinbar und auf Fotos diejenige, die man gerne mal übersieht – das ist Nina von Veltheim - aber nur, solange sie stillsteht. Sobald sie in Bewegung gerät, ist sie ein Vulkan, das sagt nicht nur ihr Zwillingsbruder Carlo. Und wer sie einmal von ihrer Begeisterung für die Bühne hat sprechen hören, der vergisst sie nie wieder. So ist es denn auch kein Wunder, dass es sie aus der Uckermark ins brodelnde Berlin zieht, wo sie sich ihren Traum vom Theater erfüllen will.

A very small number of people with IQs of over 1,000 secretly live among us, concealing their extraordinary intelligence and mental powers. They call themselves Geniuses, and have—for millennia—influenced our world. Over the centuries, evil Geniuses have tried to control ordinary people, who they refer to as Ordinaries, and dominate the world. Good Geniuses have opposed them, defending the rights of Ordinaries to control their own destinies and live in freedom. A major confrontation between good and evil Geniuses is about to begin. The fate of the world hangs in the balance.

Isabeau Steelhaugh is unlike any other young lady of 1871 London—by day she is an aristocrat, by night a lab experiment. After escaping her insane mother at CinderElla's ball, Isabeau’s wolflike traits remain a secret until her sister is kidnapped. Now, Isabeau will stop at nothing to get her back. Even trust a secretive enemy. Commissioner Basil Traverson meticulously follows the Dangerous Mutant Directive: remove any mutant dangerous to society. When Isabeau is arrested, Basil offers a deal: He will help find Aurelia…if she will act as bait to lure her mother out of hiding.

Eben noch kämpfte Alois Pokora im Weltkrieg. Dann erwacht er im Krankenhaus in Berlin – und die Welt ist eine andere: das Jahr 1918, der Kaiser geflohen, die alte Ordnung zerbricht. Der Bergmannssohn Alois, der Erste in der Familie mit Schulbildung, sehnt sich nach seiner Liebe Agnes – lässt sich aber bald von der soghaften neuen Freiheit erfassen, geistig, revolutionär, auch erotisch. Er gerät in die Berliner Halbwelt, schult für die dubiose "Baronin" eine Kampftruppe, trifft Rosa Luxemburg.

Ankhesenamun has lost everything, including her position as queen. But there is one thing that might save her yet: the Eye of Horus, a fabled artefact which is supposed to confer ultimate power on the one who wields it. If she can find it, it might help her to take back the throne and avoid war with the Hittites. But the gods don’t intend the Eye to be easily found, and they've barely even begun testing Ankhesenamun to see if she's strong enough to wield it.

The Eye of Horus is almost within Ankhesenamun's grasp. She now knows it definitely exists and she even knows where it was hidden just a few years ago. But when she reaches her destination, what awaits her there is nothing like she had expected. She was warned the gods wouldn't allow the Eye to be easily found. She was told she might crave its power for herself. She didn't take either warning seriously enough. Ankhesenamun will be tested until she breaks, and only then will the gods decide whether she is permitted to wield the Eye.

An historically inspired story about the first woman accused of witchcraft in colonial Salem. Enslaved Tituba has been faithful to a promise to her mama.

Un día de otoño de 1686, una joven de dieciocho años llama a la puerta de una casa señorial en el barrio más acomodado de Ámsterdam. Nella Oortman se ha trasladado del campo a la ciudad para convivir con su marido, Johannes Brandt, un hombre maduro y distinguido comerciante que habita en la mansión en compañía de su hermana soltera y rodeado de fieles servidores.

Will the knight of Princess Allanna's heart be able to save her from a dark lord's evil plan? By the king’s order, Princess Allanna is betrothed to Lord-Regent Marath, an Elven noble with an evil agenda who’s manipulated his way into royal favor. Marrying him will be a fate worse than death, especially when Allanna yearns for the sexy and irresistible Sir Drake—the knight who holds her heart. A knight she is forbidden to love. She flees her family to be with Drake, giving up everything she knows for him.