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Une guerrière bénie par les dieux lutte pour unir une nation sous un roi avide de pouvoir, tout en combattant son désir croissant pour son fils ardent. Liée par un mariage indésirable, Freya passe ses journées à vider des poissons, mais rêve de devenir guerrière et de mettre une hache dans le dos de son mari bourru. Ses rêves deviennent réalité lorsque son mari la trahit auprès du jarl de la région, l'amenant à un combat à mort contre son fils, Bjorn. Pour survivre, Freya doit révéler son secret le plus profond : elle possède une goutte de sang d'une déesse, ce qui fait d'elle une guerrière dotée de magie capable de repousser toute attaque. Une prophétie annonce que cette magie unira la nation fracturée de Skaland sous celui qui contrôle le destin de la guerrière. Le jarl, convaincu qu'il est destiné à régner, lie Freya par un serment de sang et ordonne à Bjorn de la protéger. Freya doit s'entraîner pour combattre et apprendre à contrôler sa magie, tout en affrontant des épreuves périlleuses imposées par les dieux, tout en luttant contre son attraction interdite pour Bjorn.

In a world where defiance is met with severe consequences, the struggle for freedom takes center stage. Characters must navigate a treacherous landscape where loyalty is paramount and betrayal leads to fatal repercussions. As they grapple with the oppressive regime, themes of courage and sacrifice emerge, highlighting the high stakes of rebellion. The narrative explores the moral dilemmas faced by those who dare to challenge authority, making for a gripping tale of survival and resistance.

Haunted by her homeland's destruction, Ahnna enters the opulent but treacherous court of Harendell, determined to secure power as the future queen. As she navigates political intrigue and dark secrets, her trust shifts from her fiancé to his enigmatic half-brother, James, igniting a forbidden attraction. This installment features themes of enemies to lovers, action, and adventure, all set in a richly crafted alternate world. Praised for its captivating romance and intricate world-building, this book promises to enthrall fans of the series.

"Lydia is a scholar, but books are her downfall when she meddles in the plots of the most powerful man in the Celendor Empire. Her life in danger, she flees west to the far side of the Endless Seas and finds herself entangled in a foreign war where her burgeoning powers are sought by both sides"--Provided by publisher

Return to the world of The Bridge Kingdom in this sensuous fantasy full of romance and intrigue that is perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Silver Flames. A soldier raised as heir to an empire, Zarrah is motivated by two truths. The first is that the Veliant family murdered her mother. And the second is that her pursuit of vengeance will put every last one of them in their graves. The Endless War between Maridrina and Valcotta has raged for generations, leaving thousands of Zarrah's people dead and countless more orphaned. So when she's given command of the contested city of Nerastis, Zarrah is prepared to do whatever it takes to destroy the Maridrinian forces who oppose her. And to kill the Veliant prince who leads them. Yet a chance encounter with an anonymous, and handsome, Maridrinian causes Zarrah to question whether the violence she's perpetrated is justice or a crime. And as she continues to meet the nameless man each night, she finds common ground-and fiery passion-in his arms. But when identities are revealed, Zarrah must decide whether to embrace a chance at peace... or march to the drums of war.

Lara has only one thought when her husband is taken prisoner: I will do whatever it takes to set you free. A queen now in exile as a traitor, Lara has watched Ithicana be conquered by her own father, helpless to do anything to stop the destruction. But when she learns her husband, Aren, has been captured in battle, Lara knows there is only one reason her father is keeping him alive: as bait for his traitorous daughter. And it is bait she fully intends to take. Risking her life to the Tempest Seas, Lara returns to Ithicana with a plan not only to free its king, but for liberating the Bridge Kingdom from her father's clutches using his own weapons: the sisters whose lives she spared. But as Lara and her companions formulate a plan to free Aren from her father's palace, they soon discover that while it is easy to get in, it will be quite another thing to get Aren, and themselves, back out. Not only is the palace inescapable, there are more players in the game than Lara ever realized, enemies and allies switching sides in the fight for crowns, kingdoms, and bridges. But her greatest adversary of all might be the very man she's trying to free - the husband she betrayed. With everything she loves in jeopardy, Lara must decide who - and what - she is fighting for: her kingdom, her husband, or for herself.

Newly crowned as king of Maridrina, Keris watches powerless as his forbidden relationship with Zarrah is exposed. He knows there is only one way to save her when she is imprisoned by the Empress- to ally with the kingdom he nearly destroyed. Zarrah, held captive on the dreaded Devil's Island, faces two choices- prove her loyalty to the Empress who condemned her or die a traitor. But dare Zarrah seek a third path- a rebellion to overthrow tyranny entwined with a destiny she must fight to claim. Facing impossible odds, Keris and Zarrah must somehow find their way back to each other, before it's too late . . .

What if you fell in love with the one person you'd sworn to destroy? Lara has only one thought for her husband on their wedding day: I will bring your kingdom to its knees. A princess trained from childhood to be a lethal spy, Lara knows that the Bridge Kingdom represents both legendary evil - and legendary promise. The only route through a storm-ravaged world, the Bridge Kingdom controls all trade and travel between lands, allowing its ruler to enrich himself and deprive his enemies, including Lara's homeland. So when she is sent as a bride under the guise of fulfilling a treaty of peace, Lara is prepared to do whatever it takes to fracture the defenses of the impenetrable Bridge Kingdom. But as she infiltrates her new home - a lush paradise surrounded by tempest seas - and comes to know her new husband, Aren, Lara begins to question where the true evil resides. Around her, she sees a kingdom fighting for survival, and in Aren, a man fiercely protective of his people. As her mission drives her to deeper understanding of the fight to possess the bridge, Lara finds the simmering attraction between her and Aren impossible to ignore. Her goal nearly within reach, Lara will have to decide her own fate: Will she be the destroyer of a king or the savior of her people?

With the secret of her divine heritage revealed, Freya finds herself on a path that could see thousands of lives lost to the magic in her blood. Desperate to avoid this dark fate, she risks an alliance with Skaland's greatest enemy to seek answers from the seer who foretold her future - the same seer who sent Bjorn to kill her.While Freya still seethes with rage over Bjorn's betrayal, the blood oaths that bind her demand that she keep him close as she hunts for a way to avert the looming war. Her magic draws her to the front lines of an old enmity, embroiling her with Nordeland's Unfated - children of the gods who serve the king she was raised to fear. The same king who, unlike Bjorn, is now willing to fight at her back. For despite the desire that burns hot between Bjorn and Freya, his growing distrust of her chosen path threatens to drag them further apart.As war approaches, gods and mortals must choose their weapons. Yet the fiercest battle will be the one Freya wages within herself. With the magic of two goddesses burning in her veins, she must weave the threads of destiny to decide her own fate:Will she be the shield that protects her people or the curse that destroys them?

The witch is dead, the curse is broken, and the trolls are free of their mountain prison. Cécile and Tristan have accomplished all it was foretold they would, but their greatest challenge remains: defeating the evil they have unleashed. Because now the trolls are not the only creatures now free to walk the world.

A prequel to the deeply beloved Malediction trilogy, taking readers back to the world of Trollus. The Broken Ones chronicles the ill-fated love affair between Marc and Penelope as they struggle to navigate the complex political world of Trollus, where powers on both sides are intent on using them as pawns.

In the gripping conclusion of this Norse-inspired fantasy romance, Freya grapples with her divine heritage and the impending threat of war. Betrayed by Bjorn, the man she loved, she reluctantly keeps him close while seeking answers from a seer linked to her tragic fate. As alliances shift and tensions rise, Freya must confront her inner turmoil and the duality of her magic. With the fate of thousands at stake, she faces a pivotal choice: to become the protector her people need or risk becoming their downfall.

Sometimes, one must accomplish the impossible. Beneath the mountain, the king's reign of tyranny is absolute; the one troll with the capacity to challenge him is imprisoned for treason. Cécile has escaped the darkness of Trollus, but she learns all too quickly that she is not beyond the reach of the king's power. Or his manipulation. Recovered from her injuries, she now lives with her mother in Trianon and graces the opera stage every night. But by day she searches for the witch who has eluded the trolls for five hundred years. Whether she succeeds or fails, the costs to those she cares about will be high. To find Anushka, she must delve into magic that is both dark and deadly. But the witch is a clever creature. And Cécile might not just be the hunter. She might also be the hunted...

For five centuries, a witch's curse has bound the trolls to their city beneath the mountain. When Cécile de Troyes is kidnapped and taken beneath the mountain, she realises that the trolls are relying on her to break the curse. Cécile has only one thing on her mind: escape. But the trolls are clever, fast, and inhumanly strong. She will have to bide her time... But the more time she spends with the trolls, the more she understands their plight. There is a rebellion brewing. And she just might be the one the trolls were looking for...

Lidia wraca do Mudaire, by uczyć się w świątyni uzdrowicieli, lecz zamiast ratować życie, czuje, że przynosi więcej szkody. Zgłębia historię bogów, odkrywając prawdę, która na zawsze zmienia jej życie. Killian, dowodząc królewską armią, nie czuje się zwycięzcą; przytłoczony przeszłością, poddaje się mrocznemu obliczu swojego znaku, ryzykując wybuch wojny. Po pokonaniu tyrana Urcona, Marek pragnie zbudować trwały sojusz z Arinoquianami, ale dręczy go myśl o zdradzie wśród przyjaciół, co może kosztować go wszystko, o co walczył. Teriana, rozdarta między lojalnością wobec Trzydziestego Siódmego Legionu a pragnieniem uwolnienia rodaków, staje w obliczu decyzji, która może ocalić lub zniszczyć tych, których kocha. Historie z Mrocznych Wybrzeży i Mrocznego nieba splatają się w Pozłacanym wężu, kolejnym tomie cyklu, który Sarah J. Maas określiła jako mający „wszystko, czego sama szuka w fantasy”. Ciemność otacza ich świat, a w obliczu braku światła odkryją, kim naprawdę są. Kłamstwa zostaną ujawnione, a więzi poddane próbie na wybranych polach bitwy.

Lara, bývalá královna Ithicany, musela kvůli své zradě uprchnout do vyhnanství a teď jen provinile přihlíží tomu, jak její otec cupuje Ithicanu na kusy. Potom však Aren, její manžel, upadne do zajetí, a Lara už nemůže dál stát stranou, třebaže o její pomoc nikdo nestojí. Ví totiž, proč otec drží Arena naživu – používá ho jakonávnadu na svou zrádnou dceru. A ona mu na ni velice ráda skočí. Lara se vrací do Ithicany s plánem na osvobození nejen Arena, ale celého mostního království.

Lara - królowa na wygnaniu i zdrajczyni - patrzyła, jak jej ojciec podbija Ithicanę, i nie mogła zapobiec katastrofie. Kiedy dowiaduje się, że jej mąż Aren został wzięty do niewoli, wie, że ojciec zachował go przy życiu wyłącznie z jednego powodu - jako przynętę dla zdradzieckiej córki. A ona całkowicie świadomie zamierza połknąć tę przynętę. Ryzykując życie na Burzliwych Morzach, powraca do Ithicany, by uwolnić nie tylko króla, ale też całe Królestwo Mostu spod władzy swego ojca, i to przy pomocy jego własnej broni - sióstr, których życie uratowała. Kiedy jednak Lara i jej towarzyszki opracowują plan uwolnienia Arena z siedziby ojca, odkrywają, że choć do środka nietrudno się dostać, to ucieczka z pałacu wydaje się niemożliwa. Dodatkowo w rozgrywce uczestniczy znacznie większa liczba graczy, niż Lara sądzi, w wojnie zaś o korony, królestwa i mosty wrogowie i sojusznicy nieustannie zmieniają strony. Lecz jej największym przeciwnikiem może się okazać właśnie ten mężczyzna, którego próbuje uwolnić - zdradzony mąż. Kiedy wszystko, co Lara kocha, jest zagrożone, ona sama musi podjąć decyzję, dla kogo - i dla czego - walczy: dla swojego królestwa, dla męża czy dla samej siebie.

Czasami trzeba wrócić do początku.Pod Samotną Górą powstaje spisek, którego celem jest obalenie tyrana władającego Trollus. Marc jest prawą ręką przywódcy sprzysiężenia. Niejeden troll zabiłby, by zdobyć informację, kto przewodzi spiskowcom, dlatego sprawę należy zachować w najgłębszej tajemnicy przed wszystkimi, nie można jej zdradzić nawet ukochanej. Przez Pénélope Anaïs straciła szansę na zostanie królową. Teraz ojciec, książę d’Angoulême, daje jej ostatnią szansę, by przekonała go o swojej użyteczności – musi znaleźć dowód, że chłopak, którego kocha, spiskuje przeciwko koronie. Jeśli zawiedzie, jej życie będzie zagrożone.Marc i Pénélope muszą lawirować pośród skomplikowanych rozgrywek politycznych, a każda ze stron próbuje ich wykorzystać. Muszą zaryzykować wszystko, by mieć szansę żyć razem.Tyle tylko, że bycie razem może się okazać największym zagrożeniem.

You can run. You can fight. Or you can die. – Mit limitiertem Farbschnitt in der 1. Auflage Kannst du der Dämmerung entkommen oder stellst du dich dem, was aus der Dunkelheit aufsteigt? Die mächtige Erdmagierin Lirien Flintspire lebt auf der Dawnrider , einer der größten Karawanen der Welt. Seit ein zerstörerisches Erdbeben vor 20 Jahren blutrünstige Dämonen wachrüttelte, bieten einzig und allein magisch angetriebene Karawanen wie die Dawnrider den Überlebenden Schutz. Unablässig rasen sie über die zerstörte Erde, um der Nacht zu entkommen. In einer Welt geprägt von Überlebenskampf und der Flucht vor der Dunkelheit, hat es ausgerechnet der berüchtigte Anführer der Duskchaser, Kryan Vox, auf Lirien abgesehen. Bei einem gescheiterten Entführungsversuch werden die beiden von ihren Karawanen getrennt. Nun bleibt ihnen nichts anderes übrig, als zusammenzuarbeiten, wenn sie die Bedrohung der Nacht überleben wollen. Doch wie können sie einander vertrauen, wenn Kryan nur auf Rache sinnt – und Lirien für den Untergang seiner Welt verantwortlich ist? Ein aufregender dystopisches Romantasy-Epos mit explosiver Action, zerstörerischer Magie und knisternder Chemie – für Fans von Mortal Engines , Mad Max und Snowpiercer