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Les Tentacules du mal by Pierre Bottero
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEwilan et ses compagnons poursuivent leur périple vers Valingaï avec une triple mission : rendre Illian à sa famille, retrouver Altan et Élicia Gil' Sayan et anéantir la méduse qui s'étend dans l'Imagination. Ils traversent avec difficulté le désert Ourou et gagnent Hurindaï, une cité qui ne tarde pas à être attaquée et détruite par les armées de Valingaï...Categorized as:
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The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsMagnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is a resident of the Hotel Valhalla and one of Odin's chosen warriors. As the son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus isn't naturally inclined to fighting... -
The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 69 ratings"Magnus Chase, you nearly started Ragnarok. What are you going to do next?"It's been six weeks since Magnus and his friends returned from defeating Fenris Wolf and the fire giants. Magnus has adjusted to life at the Hotel Valhalla—as much as a once-homeless and previously alive kid can... -
L'Œil d'Otolep by Pierre Bottero
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDe retour à Gwendalavir, Ewilan découvre qu'une méduse aux tentacules mortels tente d'envahir l'Imagination. Alors qu'un mal sourd infecte son organisme, elle se joint à l'expédition qui part vers Valingaï afin de ramener Illian, un jeune garçon aux pouvoirs incroyables, dans sa famille. Après avoir combattu de terribles ennemis, la troupe parvient aux confins de l'Empire devant l'oeil d'Otolep...Categorized as:
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The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsMagnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and the truant officers.One day, Magnus learns that someone else is trying to track him down—his uncle Randolph, a man his mother had always warned him about... -
Holy Sheoly by Hunter Blain
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGo to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company, and Sheol for…well, the screaming silence of eternal nothingness?In the frigid lands belonging to the Queen of the Unseelie, a beautiful stranger dressed all in ivory makes his approach. A debt is owed, and payment is due.Below the burning lakes of everlasting woe and the single, vast city of Hell, lies Sheol—the Hell below Hell... -
The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this thrilling historical fantasy, time-traveling Librarian spy Irene will need to delve deep into a tangled web of loyalty and power to keep her friends safe.Irene is trying to learn the truth about Alberich-and the possibility that he's her father... -
The Soldiers of Halla by D.J. MacHale
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIt has all been leading to this.Every victory. Every loss. All the thrills and sadness; the hope and despair. Bobby Pendragon's heart-pounding journey through time and space has brought him to this epic moment. He and his fellow Travelers must join forces for one last desperate battle against Saint Dane. At stake is not only the tenth and final territory, but all that ever was or will be... -
Gossamer in the Darkness by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Ashley brings a new story in her Fantasyland series…Their engagement was set when they were children. Loren Copeland, the rich and handsome Marquess of Remington, would marry Maxine Dawes, the stunning daughter of the Count of Derryman. It’s a power match. The perfect alliance for each house... -
The Rising by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOnce upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton. The land was filled with beauty, but it was also splintered by war. Out of the chaos grew a conspiracy to reawaken the Beast, a fearsome creature who wrought only tragedy and devastation... -
Elfhome by Wen Spencer
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsBook Three of the Elfhome series, the follow-up to exciting Wolf Who Rules and the award-winning fantasy-SF novel that started it all, Tinker.Elfhome. A world of powerful magic, beautiful elves, man-eating trees, frost-breathing wargs, and god-like dragons. Pittsburgh. A city that has been stranded deep in virgin elfin forest to stave off an invasion by the merciless oni... -
The Golden Dynasty by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsASIN B005IMCYVI moved to newer alternate cover edition.Circe Quinn goes to sleep at home and wakes up in a corral filled with women wearing sacrificial virgin attire - and she is one of them... -
The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsHis father and uncles are enchanters, his mother a powerful sorceress, yet nothing seems magical about Christopher Chant except his dreams. Night after night, he climbs through the formless Place Between and visits marvelous lands he calls the Almost Anywheres. Then Christopher discovers that he can bring real, solid things back from his dreams...Categorized as:
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The Dawn of the End by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOnce upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton. The land was filled with beauty, but it was also splintered by war. Out of the chaos grew a conspiracy to reawaken the Beast, a fearsome creature who wrought only tragedy and devastation... -
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The Plan Commences by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOnce upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton. The land was filled with beauty, but it was also splintered by war. Out of the chaos grew a conspiracy to reawaken the Beast, a fearsome creature who wrought only tragedy and devastation... -
Fantastical by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsCora Goode has woken up in a fairytale world where she can understand what birds are saying to her, men ride horses and have fluffy feathers in their hats and furniture zigs, zags and whirls in miracles of construction...Categorized as:
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Broken Dove by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFar too young, Apollo Ulfr lost Ilsa, his wife, the love of his life and the mother of his two children. The grief of her loss does not settle in his soul, it solders to it. But when he discovers there is a parallel universe where his wife may have a twin, he feels there's hope and sets about bringing her to his world so he can have her back... -
Paranormal Misdirection by Dima Zales, Anna Zaires
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith my seer powers finally under my control, I'm ready to plunge into the unknown to find my father.He may have abandoned me, but I’ll go to the ends of the Otherlands to save him from his torment.Only problem? With unexpected allies and even more surprising enemies, this rescue mission might be more than I bargained for... -
Northern Lights - Part Two Bolvangar by Philip Pullman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRead by Philip Pullman and full cast. 3 cassettes complete and unabridged. Playing time 3 hours 49 minutes approx. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Award.In the company of the gyptians, Lyra travels to the bleak splendour of the North, where armoured bears rule the ice and witch-queens fly through the frozen skies... -
The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAfter being commissioned to find a rare book, Librarian Irene and her assistant, Kai, head to Prohibition-era New York and are thrust into the middle of a political fight with dragons, mobsters, and Fae. In a 1920s-esque New York, Prohibition is in force; fedoras, flapper dresses, and tommy guns are in fashion: and intrigue is afoot... -
Blood Reunion by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 21 ratings"My love, the child almost died." Lissa looked up at Roff's words. His wings rustled after he spoke--he normally didn't involve himself in the politics of Le-Ath Veronis. Not to this extent, anyway."I know, honey. And now two other children are likely to die as a result. Yes, I know they did this, but I'm not convinced we have all the ones involved in the crime... -
The Dark Archive by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA professional spy for a mysterious Library which harvests fiction from different realities, Irene faces a series of assassination attempts that threaten to destroy her and everything she has worked for.Irene is teaching her new assistant the fundamentals of a Librarian's job, and finding that training a young Fae is more difficult than she expected...Categorized as:
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First Contact by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the wake of the solar eclipse, a portal between our world and a paranormal realm opens—and a scientist’s life will never be the same, in this thrilling serialized adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hollows.Dr... -
Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe epic tale of Elric of Melnibone, albino prince of ruins, moves to it's awesome conclusion -with the whole of the natural and supernatural world in mighty conflict - the final conflict, Armageddon. Elric holds the key to the future: the new age which must follow the destruction.To turn that key he must sacrifice all that he loves and risk his very soul... -
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Angel of Storms by Trudi Canavan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsInternational No.1 bestselling author Trudi Canavan returns with the second novel in the Millennium's Rule series -- her most powerful and thrilling adventure yet.Tyen is teaching mechanical magic at a school respected throughout the worlds... -
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny, Tim White
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsAmber, the one real world, wherein all others, including our own Earth, are but Shadows. Amber burns in Corwin's blood. Exiled on Shadow Earth for centuries, the prince is about to return to Amber to make a mad and desperate rush upon the throne...Categorized as:
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Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsEveryone - wizards, soldiers, farmers, elves, dragons, kings and queens alike - is fed up with Mr Chesney's Pilgrim Parties: groups of tourists from the world next door who descend en masse every year to take the Grand Tour. What they expect are all the trappings of a grand fantasy adventure, including the Evil Enchantress, Wizard Guides, the Dark Lord, Winged Minions, and all... -
Pivot Point by Kasie West
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsKnowing the outcome doesn’t always make a choice easier . . .Addison Coleman’s life is one big “What if?” As a Searcher, whenever Addie is faced with a choice, she can look into the future and see both outcomes. It’s the ultimate insurance plan against disaster. Or so she thought...Categorized as:
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Velveteen vs. The Seasons by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA doorway opens in mid-air. The body of a woman falls to the ground and lies there unmoving as the door slams shut behind her, dissolving like confetti into the wind.As the grass beneath her slowly dies, Velma Martinez–Velveteen–once architect of the downfall of The Super Patriots, Inc., most recently the servant of the Seasons, has come home.But ah; we are getting ahead of ourselves...Categorized as:
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The Paradox by Charlie Fletcher
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSOMETIMES YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR – SOMETIMES IT LOOKS BACKThose who belong to the secret society called the Oversight know many things. They know cold iron will hold back the beasts in the darkness. They know it is dangerous to stand between two mirrors. And they know that, despite their dwindling numbers, it remains their duty to protect humanity from the supernatural. And vice versa... -
The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAt the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside . . .When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours. All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase... -
Juice Like Wounds by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn the course of every great adventure there are multiple side-quests...Categorized as:
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Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRupert Venables is a Magid.It's a Magid's job to oversee what goes on in the vast Multiverse. Actually, Rupert is really only a junior Magid. But he's got a king-sized problem. Rupert's territory includes Earth and the Empire of Korfyros. When his mentor dies Rupert must find a replacement. But there are hundreds of candidates...Categorized as:
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The Ships of Air by Martha Wells
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsKnown for her lush, intricate worlds and complex characters, acclaimed author Martha Wells has delighted readers with her extraordinary fantasy novels of daring and wit. With The Wizard Hunters she launched her most ambitious undertaking yet -- the return to the beloved world of the Nebula Award-nominated The Death of the Necromancer and The Fall of Ile-Rien... -
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The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsCat Chant and Marianne Pinhoe have discovered something exciting--something truly precious, very strange, and valuable. An egg.An egg that has been hidden away in an attic for who-knows-how-many years. An egg protected by some strong "Don't Notice" spells. An egg that Marianne gives to Cat, even though he lives at nearby Chrestomanci Castle...Categorized as:
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The Beginning of Everything by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFrom the unparalleled imagination of New York Times best-selling author Kristen Ashley comes an enchanting new fantasy romance series that will sweep you away!Once upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton. The land was filled with beauty, but it was also splintered by war... -
Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsSomeone at Stallery Mansion is changing the world. At first, only small details, but the changes get bigger and bigger. It's up to Conrad, a twelve-year-old with terrible karma who's just joined the mansion's staff, to find out who is behind it.But he's not the only one snooping around...Categorized as:
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Firewalker by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWorlds divide, magic slays, and love lies in the second book of Josephine Angelini’s The Worldwalker Trilogy."You think I’m a monster, but my choices, as ruthless as they seem, are justified."Lily is back in her own universe, and she's ready to start a new life with Rowan by her side...Categorized as:
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Witch's Pyre by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLily Proctor has come a long way from the weak, sickly girl she used to be. She has gained power as a witch and a leader, found her way home, chosen to face battle again, and (after losing her first love and being betrayed by her new love) she has learned more about loss and grief than she ever wanted to know...Categorized as:
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City of Ships by Mary Hoffman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIsabel was rushing to her next lesson when she nearly tripped over the little ped pouch. She picked it up, fascinated; it looked like a prop from a school play. It definitely did have something inside and she couldn't resist opening the string to see what it was.Until she finds the mysterious little bag that seems to be from another time and place, Isabel is anything but extraordinary...Categorized as:
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Midnight Soul by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAgainst his will, Noctorno Hawthorne, an undercover vice cop, finds himself embroiled in magic, mayhem and parallel universes. Too late, he meets an amazing woman only to find she’s destined for his identical twin in another world. And things aren’t going real great there. Noc is recruited to help save that world. What he doesn’t know is his destined love resides there... -
Wildest Dreams by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsSeoafin “Finnie” Wilde was taught by her parents that every breath was a treasure and to seek every adventure she could find. And she learns this lesson the hard way when they perish in a plane crash. But she never forgets and when she discovers there is a parallel universe where every person has a twin, she finds a witch who can send her there so she can have the adventure of a lifetime... -
The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe third title in Genevieve Cogman's clever and exciting The Invisible Library series, The Burning Page is an action-packed literary adventure! Librarian spy Irene has professional standards to maintain. Standards that absolutely do not include making hasty, unplanned escapes through a burning besieged building... -
The Dark Lord's Daughter by Patricia C. Wrede
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Dealing with Dragons comes this timeless fantasy, about an ordinary girl who discovers she's the heir to a dark throne, and must find her place between her life on Earth and her magical inheritance."A heart-stopping, unique adventure for all!" —Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling authorKayla is just an ordinary girl . . . or so she thinks...Categorized as:
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Orbit by M.L. Wang
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis was a world where two black women with spears trumped three white men with guns, and one unarmed musician trumped them all. This was going to take some getting used to... After barely escaping Earth with their lives, Joan and Daniel scramble to piece together the mystery of Killer 31 while dodging police, security guards, annoying family members, and dark hooded figures... -
Daughter of Lies and Ruin by Jo Spurrier
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf they didn't want to get turned into beasts and used to fuel a ritual, they shouldn't have attacked a witch. That's all there is to it.There's something strange brewing in this tinder-dry forest - a girl with a sword and a secret, a troupe of vicious bandits vanished without a trace, beasts that don't belong and a witch with a macabre plan... -
Warden and the Assassin by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m the sister you don’t want to meet in a dark alley.An assassin for hire, I’ve got skills other people don’t. Blame my magical heritage and a mother who gifted me a set of knives and my first revolver not long after my sixteenth birthday.When a magical object transports me to a perilous jungle as part of a job interview, I have to admit I’m intrigued... -
Corum: The Prince with the Silver Hand by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Book 8 in The Eternal Champion Series. This second volume of the Chronicles of Corum is separated from the first not just by time, but by location. Summoned by hopeful worshippers elsewhere in the Multiverse, Corum responds to their plea and finds himself in a realm of harsh and unyielding winter... -
The Bane of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsStormbringer is brought Home! Elric returns to Yishana, and finds peace at last. Meanwhile, at the world's rim, dragging red horror in its wake, a horde unimaginable moves on the fabled, gentle, impossible city, Tanelorn... -
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe Eternal ChampionFleeing through slate hills barren of even the promise of life, Elric and his blade Stormbringer find a dark ship at the edge of a black sea: and thus begins a voyage that will challenge all the champions Time can summon, and more..
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