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Le sort du royaume repose sur les épaules d'un garçon qui n'a aucun pouvoir. Depuis mille ans, les habitants d'Aléra repoussent les peuplades sanguinaires grâce aux furies, les forces élémentaires de la terre, de l'air, du feu, de l'eau, du bois et du métal. Mais dans la vallée de Calderon, Tavi ne maîtrise encore aucun élément. Pourtant, lorsque les féroces Marats font leur retour dans la vallée, le courage et l'ingéniosité du jeune Tavi vont se révéler une force bien plus cruciale que n'importe quelle furie. Une force qui pourrait lui permettre d'altérer le cours de la guerre.

Chicago wizard Harry Dresden must help a hated enemy, Nicodemus Archleone, break into a high security vault to steal something belonging to the Lord of the Underworld.

Wizard for Hire is the Omnibus edition, combining Storm Front, book #1, Fool Moon, book #2 , and Grave Peril, book #3, from The Dresden Files series. This hardback book was published after all three paperbacks and prior to the two hardcover editions, making the Omnibus edition important to collectors.Storm Front: For Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's black magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's name.Fool Moon: Could a werewolf be loose in Chicago? Common sense says no. The grisly evidence says yes. So does Harry Dresden. And with his weird connections, he should knowGrave Peril: In all his years of supernatural sleuthing, Harry Dresden has never faced anything like this: the spirit world's gone postal. These ghosts are tormented, violent, and deadly. Someone-or something-is purposely stirring them up to wreak unearthly havoc. But why? If Harry doesn't figure it out soon, he could wind up a ghost himself.

The latest installment in the bestselling Dresden Files series follows Harry Dresden as he faces old enemies and new threats. Susan Rodriguez, once his lover, battles her vampiric curse in South America. Now, Arianna Ortega aims to exploit Susan's secret against Harry, who must tap into his dark power to save his child.

You can't keep a good wizard down - even when he wants to stay that way. For years, Harry Dresden has been Chicago's only professional wizard, but a bargain made in desperation with the Queen of Air and Darkness has forced him into a new job: professional killer. Mab, the mother of wicked faeries, has restored the mostly-dead wizard to health, and dispatches him upon his first mission - to bring death to an immortal. Even as he grapples with the impossible task, Dresden learns of a looming danger to Demonreach, the living island hidden upon Lake Michigan, a place whose true purpose and dark potential have the potential to destroy billions and to land Dresden in the deepest trouble he has ever known - even deeper than being dead. How messed up is that? Beset by his new enemies and hounded by the old, Dresden has only twenty four hours to reconnect with his old allies, prevent a cataclysm and do the impossible - all while the power he bargained to get - but never meant to keep - lays siege to his very soul. Magic. It can get a guy killed.

Accused of treason against the Wizards of the White Council, Warden Morgan goes in search of Harry Dresden in a desperate attempt to clear his name and stop the deadly punishment from taking place in this latest thrilling addition to the Dresden Files series. Reprint. A #1 best-seller.

Gaius Octavian faces his greatest challenge as the feared Vord march against Alera. With the fate of his people at stake, he and his legions must summon all their intelligence, ingenuity, and furycraft to confront this looming threat and save their world from darkness.

THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET SERIOUS FOR HARRY DRESDEN, CHICAGO'S ONLY PROFESSIONAL WIZARD, in the next entry in the No. 1 New York Times and No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling Dresden Files. Harry has faced terrible odds before. He has a long history of fighting enemies above his weight class. The Red Court of vampires. The fallen angels of the Order of the Blackened Denarius. The Outsiders. But this time it's different. A being more powerful and dangerous on an order of magnitude beyond what the world has seen in a millennium is coming. And she's bringing an army. The Last Titan has declared war on the city of Chicago, and has come to subjugate humanity, obliterating any who stand in her way. Harry's mission is simple but impossible: Save the city by killing a Titan. And the attempt will change Harry's life, Chicago, and the mortal world forever.

Magic. It can get a guy killed. Return to the world of the Dresden Files with Harry Dresden (the only wizard in the Chicago phone book) and friends as they solve supernatural mysteries, protect the helpless, and fight evil. Brief Cases is a new collection of Dresden Files stories which will include an original novella, from international bestseller Jim Butcher. Stories included in this collection: 'Curses', 'AAAA Wizardry', 'Even Hand', 'B is for Bigfoot', 'I was a Teenage Bigfoot', 'Bigfoot on Campus', 'Bombshells', 'Jury Duty', 'Cold Case', 'Day One', 'A Fistful of Warlocks', 'Zoo Day' (original novella taking place between Skin Game and Peace Talks)

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.Luckily, however, he's not alone. Although most people don't believe in magic, the Chicago P.D. has a Special Investigations department, headed by his good friend Karrin Murphy. They deal with the . . . stranger cases. It's down to Karrin that Harry sneaks into Graceland Cemetery to meet a vampire named Mavra. Mavra has evidence that would destroy Karrin's career, and her demands are simple. She wants the Word of Kemmler - and all the power that comes with it. But first, Harry's keen to know what he'd be handing over. Before long he's racing against time, and six necromancers, to get the Word. And to prevent a Halloween that would truly wake the dead.Magic - it can get a guy killed.

There's no love lost between Harry Dresden, the only wizard in the Chicago phone book, and the White Council of Wizards, who find him brash and undisciplined. But war with the vampires has thinned their ranks, so the Council has drafted Harry as a Warden and assigned him to look into rumors of black magic in the Windy City.As Harry adjusts to his new role, another problem arrives in the form of the tattooed and pierced daughter of an old friend, all grown-up and already in trouble. Her boyfriend is the only suspect in what looks like a supernatural assault straight out of a horror film. Malevolent entities that feed on fear are loose in Chicago, but it's all in a day's work for a wizard, his faithful dog, and a talking skull named Bob....

THE New York Times BestsellerHarry Dresden's life finally seems to be calming down -- until a shadow from the past returns. Mab, monarch of the Sidhe Winter Court, calls in an old favor from Harry -- one small favor that will trap him between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally, and that will strain his skills -- and loyalties -- to their very limits.

When the High Lord of Kala re enters into a dangerous alliance with the Canis, and treachery destroys the Aleran army's command structure, an inexperienced, young Tavi of Calderon leads a poorly equipped legion against the Canim horde.

When you dance with demons, you lay your soul on the line . . . In the Hollows, where the natural and the supernatural co-exist—not always peacefully—desperate times often call for unorthodox measures. But bounty hunter-witch Rachel Morgan did the absolutely unthinkable to save the lives of her friends: she willingly trafficked in forbidden demon magic. And now her sins have come home to haunt her. As Rachel hunts for the truth behind a terrifying murder, the discovery of a shocking family secret is about to throw her entire life into question. And the long-lost ancient knowledge she seeks resides in the demonic ever-after. But there are some lines that should never be crossed—like the one Rachel Morgan's stepping over . . . again!

Wizard Harry Dresden must investigate his own flesh and blood when a series of killings strike Chicago’s magic practitioners in this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Someone is targeting the members of the city’s supernatural underclass—those who don’t possess enough power to become full-fledged wizards. Some have vanished. Others appear to be victims of suicide. But now the culprit has left a calling card at one of the crime scenes—a message for Harry Dresden. Harry sets out to find the apparent serial killer, but his investigation turns up evidence pointing to the one suspect he cannot possibly believe guilty: his half-brother, Thomas. To clear his brother’s name, Harry rushes into a supernatural power struggle that renders him outnumbered, outclassed, and dangerously susceptible to temptation. And Harry knows that if he screws this one up, people will die—and one of them will be his brother...

Tavi of Calderon, now captain of his own legion, has been fighting a bitter war for two years. Then he discovers the invading Canim warriors are harbingers of a far greater threat. The Canim are being hunted in their turn by a savage race that forced them from their homeland - and which has pursued them to the Aleran borders.

In the acclaimed Codex Alera novels, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher has created a fascinating world in which the people of Alera use their unique bond with the elemental forces of nature for protection. But even nature may not be enough to stave off the coming storm… Tavi of Calderon, now recognized as Princeps Gaius Octavian and heir to the crown, has achieved a fragile alliance with Alera’s oldest foes, the savage Canim. But when Tavi and his legions guide the Canim to their lands, his worst fears are realized. The dreaded Vord—the enemy of Aleran and Canim alike—have laid waste to the Canim homeland. And the Alerans find themselves trapped alongside their former enemies. Meanwhile, war-torn Alera rebuilds while politicians and nobles vie for power. But from the south comes the news: the Vord have come to Alera. For a thousand years, Alera and her furies have withstood every enemy, and survived every foe. But the thousand years are over...

For Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, there have been worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Dodging flaming monkey poo, for instance. Or going toe-to-leaf with a walking plant monster. Still, there's something more troubling than usual about his newest case. The film's producer believes he's the target of a sinister entropy curse - but it's the woman around him who are dying, in increasingly spectacular ways. Harry's doubly frustrated because he got involved with this bizarre mystery only as a favour to Thomas, his flirtatious, self-absorbed vampire acquaintance of dubious integrity. Thomas has a personal stake in the case Harry can't quite figure out, until his investigation leads him straight to Thomas's oversexed vampire family. Harry's about to discover that Thomas's family tree has been hiding a shocking secret: a revelation that will change Harry's life forever.

Chicago wizard Harry Dresden gets a taste of the dead life in this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. In his life, Harry’s been shot, stabbed, sliced, beaten, burned, crushed, and tortured. And after someone puts a bullet through his chest and leaves him to die in the waters of Lake Michigan, things really start going downhill. Trapped between life and death, he learns that his friends are in serious trouble. Only by finding his murderer can he save his friends and move on—a feat which would be a lot easier if he had a body and access to his powers. Worse still are the malevolent shadows that roam Chicago, controlled by a dark entity that wants Harry to suffer even in death. Now, the late Harry Dresden will have to pull off the ultimate trick without using any magic—or face an eternity as just another lost soul...

A fabulously fresh collection of Dresden Files short stories, giving us more on Harry Dresden, the only wizard PI in the Chicago phonebook.

The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure from the author of the Dresden Files, in this New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships. For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defense and trade. Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war. Everyone knows it's coming. The guns of the great airship fleets that control the skies between the last bastions of humanity will soon speak in anger, and Spire Albion stands alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora's Armada and its new secret weapon--one capable of destroying the populations of entire Spires. A trading summit at Spire Olympia provides an opportunity for the Spirearch, Lord Albion, to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war, and to that end he dispatches privateer Captain Francis Madison Grimm and the crew of the AMS Predator to bolster the Spirearch's diplomatic agents. It will take daring, skill, and no small amount of showmanship to convince the world to stand with Spire Albion--assuming that it is not already too late.

When the Chicago Police Department are baffled by cases, they turn to Harry Dresden: priveate investigator and wizard! Armed with vast yet unrefined mystic skills, Dresden doggedly pursues every lead in his search for answers, crossing mobsters, renegade sorcerers, otherworldly monsters, and more!

Book two of this compulsively fast-paced fantasy adventure, set in a world where courage and ingenuity may yet triumph over magic and power.

A modern-day wizard gets into some seriously challenging situations.

When criminal investigations take a weird turn, the officers of the Chicago Police Department call in Harry Dresden! A wizard and private investigator with formidable yet unrefined skills, the young Dresden is more than capable of tracking down and facing the perps, whether they be black magic practitioners, blood-hungry werewolves, or worse.

Jim Butcher, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Dresden Files and the Codex Alera novels, conjures up a new series set in a fantastic world of noble families, steam-powered technology, and magic-wielding warriors... Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity, towering for miles over the mist-shrouded surface of the world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses have ruled for generations, developing scientific marvels, fostering trade alliances, and building fleets of airships to keep the peace. Captain Grimm commands the merchant ship, Predator. Fiercely loyal to Spire Albion, he has taken their side in the cold war with Spire Aurora, disrupting the enemy's shipping lines by attacking their cargo vessels. But when the Predator is severely damaged in combat, leaving captain and crew grounded, Grimm is offered a proposition from the Spirearch of Albion--to join a team of agents on a vital mission in exchange for fully restoring Predator to its fighting glory. And even as Grimm undertakes this dangerous task, he will learn that the conflict between the Spires is merely a premonition of things to come. Humanity's ancient enemy, silent for more than ten thousand years, has begun to stir once more. And death will follow in its wake...

HARRY DRESDEN IS BACK AND READY FOR ACTION, in the new entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files. When the Supernatural nations of the world meet up to negotiate an end to ongoing hostilities, Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, joins the White Council's security team to make sure the talks stay civil. But can he succeed, when dark political manipulations threaten the very existence of Chicago - and all he holds dear?

Collecting three classic fan-favorite Spider-Man novels together for the first time in a brand-new omnibus edition.THE DARKEST HOUR IS JUST BEFORE THE DAWN...Collecting three fan-favorite Spider-Man novels in a brand-new omnibus featuring The Darkest Hours , Down These Mean Streets , and Drowned in Thunder .In The Darkest Hours , Rhino’s rampage through the city is just a distraction. The real threat comes from a group of Ancients seeking revenge on Spider- Man. Spidey must rely on Black Cat if there’s any hope of stopping them from stealing his life force.Down These Mean Streets sees Spider-Man team up with a police force that hates him to find the source behind a lethal new drug that gives users super-powers.Drowned in Thunder takes J. Jonah Jameson’s vendetta against Spider-Man to a whole new level when JJJ exploits several mysterious attacks on Manhattan island in his propaganda war against the web-slinger.

Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden lives in Chicago, where he's the only person in the Yellow Pages under 'Wizards'. But Harry's magic is all too real - and dangerous! Acting - as he often does on mysterious cases - as a consultant for the Chicago Police, Harry is called to the Lincoln Park Zoo by his long-term police sparring partner, Lt. Murphy. There's been a murder, and it seems that one of the zoo's gorillas, Moe, is the culprit. But something about the case doesn't seem right, and its not just the attractive zoologist 'Will' Rogers...maybe it's the angry tiger with the glowing eyes? Dresden Files creator Jim Butcher brings his hard-living hero to comics, illustrated by Ardian Syaf, in a book that will thrill both long-time Dresden fans and newbies alike!

Harry Dresden is a private investigator whose clients require a detective with supernatural expertise. The Windy City has been hit with an outbreak of savage werewolf attacks - a case made even more chaotic and challenging by the fact that Harry's uncovered no less than three lycanthropic groups, each seemingly in conflict with one another.

An anthology of engaging novellas from bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Simon R. Green, Kat Richardson, and Thomas E. Sniegoski, featuring paranormal private investigators like Harry Dresden and John Taylor. They tackle unique cases involving werewolves, zombies, and demons, often with added costs.

Lost items found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Reasonable rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment. Harry Dresden is the best and technically the 'only' at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal capabilities, they come to him for answers. For the 'everyday' world is actually full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Takes a wizard to catch a - well, whatever. The first six Dresden files novels will be published over three months - a great introduction to Harry Dresden, a modern-day wizard who manages to get into some seriously tricky situations.

An all-star urban fantasy collection featuring short stories from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, and more . . . In this short story collection of courage, adventure, and magic, heroes—ordinary people who do the right thing—bravely step forward. But running toward danger might cost them everything. . . . In #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher’s “Little Things,” the pixie Toot-Toot discovers an invader unbeknownst to the wizard Harry Dresden . . . and in order to defeat it, he’ll have to team up with the dread cat Mister. In #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs’s “Dating Terrors,” the werewolf Asil finds an online date might just turn into something more—if she can escape the dark magic binding her. In #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris’s “The Return of the Mage,” the Britlingen mercenaries will discover more than they’ve bargained for when they answer the call of a distress beacon on a strange and remote world. And in #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s “Comfort Zone,” the necromancer Chloe Saunders and the werewolf Derek Souza are just trying to get through college. But they can’t refuse a ghost pleading for help. ALSO INCLUDES STORIES BY Annie Bellet * Anne Bishop * Jennifer Brozek * Kevin Hearne * Nancy Holder * Kerrie L. Hughes * Chloe Neill * R.R. Virdi

When the corpse of a brutally mutilated murder victim turns up at the time of the full moon, accompanied by some most unusual paw prints, professional wizard and supernatural investigator Harry Dresden finds himself searching Chicago for the werewolf stalking the city.

A bizarre double murder draws the interest of Chicago's only wizard-for-hire. But as Harry Dresden begins his investigation, the clues lead to troubling conclusions about the possible perpetrator, and set him on a path that will place him in the middle of a conflict between the city's three most powerful factions.

Chicago's wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden faces the toughest foe of his career: the ghost of an evil wizard who invades people's nightmares. Harry tries to figure out why so many victims have ties to him--and if he doesn't figure it out soon, he could wind up a ghost himself.

Collects material originally published in Jim Butcher's The Dresden files: Dog men #1-6--Copyright page.

A collection of suspenseful, surprising, sometimes humorous tales about vampires features never-before-published works including Charlaine Harris's heroine Sookie Stackhouse in "Dracula's Night," Jim Butcher's wizard hero Harry Dresden in "It's My Birthday Too," and other stories by Tanya Huff, P. N. Elrod, Christopher Golden, Bill Crider, and others. Reprint.

Here you'll find no hapless victims who stand by whimpering in dread while the male hero fights the monster or clashes swords with the villain, and if you want to tie these women to the railroad tracks, you'll find you have a real fight on your hands. Instead, you will find stories of formidable women.

The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure in the New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships.For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defence and trade.Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war.Everyone knows it's coming. The guns of the great airship fleets that control the skies between the last bastions of humanity will soon speak in anger, and Spire Albion stands alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora's Armada and its new secret weapon--one capable of destroying the populations of entire Spires.A trading summit at Spire Olympia provides an opportunity for the Spirearch, Lord Albion, to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war, and to that end he dispatches privateer Captain Francis Madison Grimm and the crew of the AMS Predator to bolster the Spirearch's diplomatic agents.It will take daring, skill, and no small amount of showmanship to convince the world to stand with Spire Albion--assuming that it is not already too late.

When we last left the mighty wizard detective Harry Dresden, he wasn't doing well. In fact, he had been murdered by an unknown assassin.But being dead doesn't stop him when his friends are in danger. Except now he has no body, and no magic to help him. And there are also several dark spirits roaming the Chicago shadows who owe Harry some payback of their own.To save his friends—and his own soul—Harry will have to pull off the ultimate trick without any magic...

Accused of treason against the Wizards of the White Council, Warden Morgan goes in search of Harry Dresden in a desperate attempt to clear his name and stop the deadly punishment from taking place in this latest thrilling addition to the Dresden Files series.

Harry Dresden steht ein schlechter Tag bevor, denn als Winterritter der Königin der Luft und der Dunkelheit weiß er nie, welche Ränke Mab gerade schmiedet und wie seine Rolle darin aussieht. Üblicherweise hat sie Übles mit ihm im Sinn. Doch diesmal kommt es besonders dick. Mab hat Harry ausgeliehen, um eine alte Schuld zu begleichen, und nun muss er einer Gruppe übernatürlicher Schurken unter Führung eines seiner gefürchtetsten und verhasstesten Feinde, Nicodemus Archleone, helfen, Zutritt zum bestgesicherten Tresorraum im Niemalsland zu erlangen. Dabei geht es darum, keinem Geringeren als Hades, dem Gott der Unterwelt, den legendären Heiligen Gral zu entwenden

Um seine Tochter zu retten, stürmt Harry Dresden das Zentrum der Macht der Vampire des Roten Hofs! Der zwölfte dunkle Fall des Harry Dresden. Mein Name ist Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, und ich mag der mächtigste Magier Chicagos sein, aber deswegen bin ich nicht allwissend. Sie können sich meine Überraschung vorstellen, als mir meine Exfreundin Susan mitteilte, dass ich eine sieben Jahre alte Tochter namens Maggie habe. Und auch jetzt sagte Susan es mir nur, weil sie meine Hilfe benötigte. Denn die Vampire des Roten Hofes hatten Maggie entführt. Was die Blutsauger mit ihr vorhatten, wussten wir nicht. Doch eigentlich war das auch egal. Ich würde so oder so alles tun, um mein Kind zu retten. Der Rote Hof würde bereuen, sich an meiner Familie vergriffen zu haben! Die dunklen Fälle des Harry Dresden: spannend, überraschend, mitreißend. Lassen Sie sich kein Abenteuer des besten Magiers von Chicago entgehen!

Harry Dresden, Chicagos einziger praktizierender Berufsmagier, sollte froh sein, dass die Geschäfte zur Abwechslung mal ganz gut laufen. Aber jetzt bekommt er mehr, als er eigentlich wollte: Ein Duell mit dem Kämpen des Roten Hofes der Vampire, den Harry töten muss, um den Krieg zwischen Vampiren und Magier zu beenden... Profikiller, die Harry als Zielscheibe benutzen... Das verschwundene Turiner Grabtuch... Eine Leiche ohne Kopf und Hände, die er für die Polizei von Chicago identifizieren soll... Ganz zu schweigen von der Rückkehr von Harrys Exfreundin Susan, die noch immer mit ihrem halbvampirischen Wesen kämpft und in deren Leben es einen neuen Mann zu geben scheint. An manchen Tagen zahlt sich das Aufstehen einfach nicht aus. Egal, wie viel man berechnet.

Harry Dresden ist der beste und technisch gesehen auch der einzige professionelle Polizeiberater für magische Angelegenheiten im Chicagoer Telefonbuch. Daher kommt die Polizei auch zu ihm, wenn wieder mal ein Fall die menschliche Vorstellungskraft übersteigt. Denn die Welt der Normalsterblichen ist im Moment ziemlich voll von seltsamen und magischen Dingen und die wenigsten von ihnen vertragen sich gut mit Menschen. Doch trotz aller Vorsichtsmaßnahmen stolpert Harry im Umgang mit dem Übernatürlichen ständig von einer Krise in die nächste nennen Sie es Berufsrisiko. Es gelingt ihm stets, auf der falschen Seite zu stehen sei es nun gegen Werwölfe, Feen oder Vampire. Hier kommen seine sehr speziellen Talente zum Tragen §Diese acht mundgerechten Lesehappen sind enorm unterhaltsam und machen hungrig auf mehr.

Erstmals auf Deutsch! Der 16. dunkle Fall des Harry Dresden soll den Krieg in der übernatürlichen Welt beenden. Mein Name ist Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, und ich bin der Repräsentant des Weißen Rats der Magier in Chicago. Als solcher war ich natürlich skeptisch, als die Friedensgespräche mit den Fomori ausgerechnet in meiner Stadt stattfinden sollten. Nennen Sie mich zynisch, aber ich konnte mir nicht vorstellen, dass diese Meereswesen an echtem Frieden interessiert waren. Und ich ahnte, dass auch jede der anderen Parteien ihr eigenes Süppchen kochte. Meine Aufgabe bestand darin, dafür zu sorgen, dass wenigstens die Verhandlungen gesittet abliefen. Ich erwartete Intrigen, Verrat und brutale Gewalt. Dass aber ausgerechnet mein eigener Bruder dort eine Bombe zündete, überraschte mich schon … Die dunklen Fälle des Harry Dresden: spannend, überraschend, mitreißend. Lassen Sie sich kein Abenteuer des besten Magiers von Chicago entgehen!

Harry Dresden war schon vieles: Chicagos einziger Berufsmagier, Hüter des Weißen Rates, Gefäß der Seele eines gefallenen Engels, Bewahrer der Schwerter des Kreuzes und Verderben aller, die Unschuldigen schaden und die Welt versklaven wollen. Aber tot war er bislang noch nie. Zu Lebzeiten hat man auf Harry geschossen, eingestochen, ihn verprügelt, geschnitten, verbrannt, gequetscht und gefoltert. Doch als jemand ihm eine Kugel in die Brust jagt und ihn im Lake Michigan zum Sterben liegen lässt, sieht es wirklich schlecht für ihn aus. Doch selbst gefangen in der Grauzone zwischen Leben und Tod findet Harry keine Ruhe. Er erfährt, dass drei seiner Freunde unvorstellbarer Marter und Quak erleiden sollen. Nur indem er seinen Mörder zur Rechenschaft zieht, kann er das verhindern und selbst weiter kommen – was viel leichter wäre, wenn er einen Körper und Zugang zu seinen Kräften hätte. Doch so muss Harry als Geist agieren, ohne mit der stofflichen Welt interagieren zu können, unsichtbar und unhörbar für die meisten Menschen.

Erstmals auf Deutsch! Der 17. dunkle Fall des Harry Dresden verändert alles, was wir über die übernatürliche Welt zu wissen glaubten. Mein Name ist Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, und als Magier habe ich bereits gegen die schlimmsten Gegner gekämpft: den Roten Hof der Vampire, die gefallenen Engel des schwarzen Denar, die Außenweltler. Doch diesmal war es anders. Ethniu war so uralt und mächtig, dass selbst die Unsterblichen vor ihr erzitterten. Jetzt hatte sie Chicago den Krieg erklärt. Ihre Armee war bislang unbesiegt, und ihre zerstörerische Macht übertraf die von Göttern. Sie war die letzte der Titanen – und ich sollte sie aufhalten … Die dunklen Fälle des Harry Dresden: spannend, überraschend, mitreißend. Lassen Sie sich kein Abenteuer des besten Magiers von Chicago entgehen!

Der Chicagoer Magier Harry Dresden hat es gewohnt, mit ungewöhnlichen Klienten umzugehen. Doch als sein neuester Klient, ein nordamerikanischer Yeti mit einer Körpergröße von 2,70 m, ihm sein Problem schildert, betritt Harry Neuland. Schultern-stark-wie-drei-Flüsse, der Yeti, sucht Hilfe für seinen Sohn Irwin, der das Kind einer übernatürlichen Kreatur und eines Menschen ist. Irwin ist ein guter Junge, dessen außergewöhnliche magische Aura jedoch Probleme anzieht. In dieser Sammlung von drei bisher unveröffentlichten Novellen aus dem Harry Dresden-Universum wird Harry an verschiedenen Punkten seiner Karriere und von Irwins Leben begleitet. In „Y wie Yeti“ wird Irwin zum Mobbing-Opfer zweier Brüder, die mehr sind, als sie scheinen. Harrys Eingreifen offenbart, dass diese Brüder einen eigenen mystischen Paten haben. In „Eine haarige Angelegenheit“ wird Harry zu einer privaten High School gerufen, als Irwin zum ersten Mal krank wird, und es stellt sich heraus, dass es nicht nur eine einfache Grippe ist. Schließlich wird Irwin in „Ein Yeti auf dem Campus“ erwachsen und kämpft mit den typischen Problemen eines College-Studenten – wären da nicht auch Vampire im Spiel. Die Geschichten spielen zu verschiedenen Zeiten in Harrys und Irwins Leben, von „Y wie Yeti“ zwischen Wolfsjagd und Grabesruh bis „Ein Yeti auf dem Campus“ zwischen Verrat und Wandel.

В этом сборнике представлены три первых романа серии «Досье Дрездена»: «Гроза», «Лунный свет» и «Могила в подарок».

Războinice care manevrează cu măiestrie sabia, femei pilot, femei din spațiu, ucigașe în serie, femei fatale irezistibile, vrăjitoare, fete rele, rebele și supereroine. Toate, în palpitanta antologie Femei periculoase concepută de George R.R. Martin și Gardner Dozois. Joe Abercrombie, Jim Butcher sau Brandon Sanderson se întâlnesc cu Carrie Vaughn și Lev Grossman în paginile unei cărți în care cititorul va găsi SF, fantasy, horror, suspans, care contrazice orice așteptări și confirmă că, într-adevăr, imaginația nu are limite. În viitorul postapocaliptic și în trecutul îndepărtat, luptele se poartă mai ales pe căi nebănuite, personajele se dezvăluie mai ales așa cum nu ni le închipuim și poveștile se petrec mai ales ca în literatură: în deplină libertate.