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Somewhere in the vast expanse of space, a group of prisoners lives in permanent captivity. The only company they have is each other and the Belters who guard them. The only stories they know are the triumphs and crimes that brought them there. The only future they see is an empty life in an enormous room. And then the man from Mars comes along.... Set in the hardscrabble solar system of the Expanse, The Vital Abyss deepens James S. A. Corey's acclaimed series.

Mysterious blackouts left Kira with precious few memories of events in her life, never mind those worth sharing. Somewhere in those blank spots she acquired skills - skills she was hard pressed to explain. But those skills got her a job as the new navigator for the Rented Mule, a transport ship that plied the Rim Systems at the very edge of human civilization.

When the riverboat on which she works as a dancer docks at a zombie-plagued island known as Sourange, Larissa Snowmane must rely on the help of the swamp creatures to save her soul.

Beatrice is the convent's librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscripts. Then, one carnival night, two women, bleeding and stricken, are abandoned outside the convent's walls. Moments from death, one of them presses something into Beatrice's hands: a bewitching book whose pages have a dangerous life of their own.

Vengeance came at a high cost. Paxton Locke not only lost his job, but he’s also the subject of a Federal manhunt. On the run, with no backup or resources, he still has a mission, albeit a cryptic one, issued by his angelic patron. But his old Division M coworkers aren’t the only threat. Renaissance Gitano—an elite operative from a secretive order of magicians Paxton has faced before—also hunts him. She will go to the ends of any Earth to bring him to justice and satisfy her own need for revenge.

For two years, Cinderella has searched for her long-lost enemy, the Silver Fox, in a desperate attempt to convince him to help her find her daughter and defeat Napoleon. With time running out as only Russia remains strong against Napoleon's grand army, Cinderella will sacrifice all she knows to find her daughter, but will she lose herself or be found?

Ten years after the first book, Lost, a mysterious witch hunter finds Cinderella and gives her a message that the faerie queen, Mab, searches to destroy her, and he asks her to return to England. Fearing that she will be pulled back into the maelstrom of Napoleon's war sprouting throughout Europe, Cinderella flees and wishes to remain free. Yet the further Cinderella runs from her fate, the more she is drawn back as she learns of a dark secret that forever changes her and sets her off on a course she might never survive.

Everyone knows the story of Cinderella and the glass slipper, but what happened to her after she married the Prince? Set in the late 1700s as Napoleon is rising to power, Cinderella embarks on a journey of self-discovery as she tries to come to terms with her new life. Her journey leads her to find her long lost Fairy Godmother and aids her to solve the mystery behind her mother's death. Yet the Fey Lord, the Silver Fox, also takes notice in her, and suddenly her world is turned upside down....

La giovane nativa Fiore d'Argento, per colpa dell'avidità dei suoi genitori, riceverà un dono pericoloso da parte di uno sciamano: una penna magica, che darà alla sua risata il potere di trasformare i chicchi di caffè in pepite d'argento. Possedere un simile potere nel vecchio West significa avere guai. Soprattutto quando la faccenda arriverà alle orecchie dello spregiudicato señor Ferano, il più grande produttore di caffè del continente. La sola speranza di Fiore di liberarsi dall'incantesimo è trovare cinque persone che rifiutino la penna del Condor Iridescente.

Ten mind-altering tales from some of the best new drama writers. There's a crack in reality. Our world has brushed up against another, and something is breaking through. Ordinary people are experiencing strange disruptions, as inexplicable events and bizarre elements from the other side start to interfere with their lives....

Dopo la morte della sorella Katrina, Eva, giovane stella del cinema, decide di abbandonare la California per fare ritorno in Cornovaglia, nella casa della loro infanzia e delle estati spensierate. Nonostante gli anni trascorsi oltreoceano, Eva sa che il legame che la vincola a quei luoghi è indissolubile. Ma in quella casa aleggiano anche i fantasmi del suo passato... e non solo. Tra le antiche mura Eva avverte delle presenze, gli spiriti di coloro che vi hanno vissuto prima della sua famiglia, fin dal XVIII secolo.

After defeating Ares, Persephone is ready to move on from the world of Gods, but the poison working its way through her body might throw a wrench in her plans. She needs a cure, and the only one available lies in the lair of the Minotaur. Persephone has faced these creatures in the past, but the original Minotaur is a different kind of beast. Bigger, stronger, and more deadly, she is going to face the fight of her life.Time to face the labyrinth....

My name is Persephone, yes, that one. Two thousand years ago, the Gods fell, but my husband, Hades, saved me by stripping me of my God powers. I fled while my family died and I have carried the guilt ever since. Two weeks ago, my old frenemy, Eris showed up in the small town of Bedford where I live. She was searching for a way to raise a God. Her first choice - Ares.

A mysterious presence stalks the hallways of the Sky-King's palace, stealing dreams and condemning the king's dancers to a living death. The task of unraveling this mystery falls to young Aesva, the last living bearer of the Gift. But she is young; inexperienced; and the woman most able to assist her has already died. Only Aesva can see the heartfires that flicker in the souls of the king's dancers. Only she knows that the heartfires are vanishing.