Historisk fantasy

After being sold into service to the emperor, whose consorts and serving women live in a sprawling complex known as the hougong, Maomao, an unassuming girl raised by her apothecary father makes the most of life with her curiosity and extensive knowledge of medicine.

Kannst Du dir vorstellen,ein gesellschaftliches Leben führen zu müssen?Kannst Du dir vorstellen, einen Mann zu heiraten,den du nicht liebst?Lara Duvall will beides nicht.Sie will ihre Freiheit.Sie will ihre eigenen Entscheidungen treffen.Doch das kann sie nicht. Sie muss den Mann heiraten, dem sie versprochen wurde, und soll als Dame der Gesellschaft glücklich werden.Aber als Lord James MacGuire in ihr Leben tritt und sich dann auch noch ihre Träume bewahrheiten, hofft sie, dass sich ihr langweiliges Schicksal ändert.

I Asgård er intet, som det giver sig ud for at være. Aserne spiller højt spil for egen vindings skyld, vaneguderne planlægger et forræderi, og dem, som har trukket i trådene helt fra start, smider en sidste trumf, før de giver sig til kende. Jonas kan dog ikke lade sig fange i gudernes magtspil. Kun én, der har trodset alle Lokes tre børn, kan opsøge livstræets indre og genskabe balancen i verden – og Jonas mangler kun at trodse den farligste af dem alle: Fenrisulven. Livstræets indre er sidste bog i trilogien Når runesten revner, og her bliver alt, hvad Jonas og Omid troede, de vidste, vendt på hovedet. De må afgøre med sig selv, hvem de stoler på. Vælger de forkert, er det ude med alle. Så er det ragnarok.

Miss Phoebe Astin of The Economic Undertaker has always spoken with spirits as they leave this life on their way to the next, so a visit from a senior nurse asking to unburden herself was business as usual. But when the nurse's confession reveals she was frightened to death by a doll from her past, Phoebe decides it is time to tell the man who has her heart, Detective Harland Stone. Aided by her brothers, Julius and Ambrose - or hindered as the case might be as they bury bodies and interfere in her potential relationship - Phoebe is challenged to find peace and justice for the dearly departed. For the Astin family, being dead is no excuse for letting crime go unpunished.

A collectible hardcover edition of one of the all-time great fantasy novels—which Neil Gaiman has said “is in the DNA of 1.5 billion people”—in an acclaimed one-volume translation, and featuring an illustrated foreword by the author of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel that is the basis for the Disney+ series American Born Chinese, starring Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie HsuA Penguin Vitae Edition Before there was The Lord of the Rings, there was China’s Monkey King. The title character, also known as Sun Wukong, is a shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, and is beloved by fans of the most popular anime of all time, Dragon Ball, and the world’s largest e-sport, the video game League of Legends. For raiding Heaven’s Orchard of Immortal Peaches, the Buddha pins him beneath a mountain and frees him only five hundred years later. To redeem himself, our irrepressible rogue hero has to protect the pious monk Tripitaka on his fourteen-year journey to India in search of precious Buddhist sutras. Accompanied by two other fallen immortals—Pigsy, a rice-loving pig able to fly with its ears, and Sandy, a depressive man-eating river-sand monster—Monkey King undergoes eighty-one trials, doing battle with all manner of dragons, ogres, wizards, and femmes fatales in this rollicking adventure that not only stands as the most popular of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature but also gave us one of the most memorable superheroes in world literature.Penguin Vitae—loosely translated as “Penguin of one’s life”—is a deluxe hardcover series from Penguin Classics celebrating a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction from seventy-five years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae provides readers with beautifully designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives, and welcomes new readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration, intellectual engagement, and creative originality.

In the rolling mountains of northwest New Jersey, a powerful magic stone is passed on through millennia, often into the wrong hands, until it ends up in the present day with Cobb: a middle-aged borderline recluse unprepared for the existential upheaval that occurs when magic enters his life. Now, Cobb is forced to protect the stone from a two-hundred-year-old sorcerer who has waited more than a century to claim it and wreak supernatural havoc on the town that betrayed him all those years ago. Cobb isn't well-equipped to deal with a magus, let alone a lake monster or a man/bear hybrid, but luckily he's got a few faithful friends and a witch named Fey to help.The TOWN CRIER is a kaleidoscopic journey through time, mixing actual historical figures and events with fantastical fiction, local folklore, and all the ingredients fans of weird tales search for -- witches and wizards; talismans and grimoires; dungeons and secret chambers; warlocks and shapeshifters; cosmic forces and the power of nature -- while always keeping one foot planted firmly in the real world.*this book contains depictions of child sexual abuse that some readers might find triggering; it also contains violence, gore, and profanity. Reader discretion is advised.

A young man falls in with airship pirates ... and discovers how to follow his heart.Revin, a young man from a poor mining town, has pulled himself up by his bootstraps to become the student apprentice of a law professor. But then, everything goes wrong: their airship is captured by pirates and Revin loses his mentor. Born female, Revin must make his way in a world oriented toward men while he struggles with his own identity.Set against the backdrop of a war between island nations, Revin must navigate a world divided between the aristocracy and the common people. And, as a promising young man, he must choose whom to align himself with - and to serve.But what does Revin's heart say?

Long ago, when gods and heroes walked the earth in triumph and tragedy, true love and epic deeds were set among the stars...In the city of ancient Corinth, Bellerophon grew up in the corridors of the palace, haunted by his father's gruesome death, and distrusted and ignored by the rest of his own family.He now spends his life in the shadows of society, and that is how he prefers it. However, the Gods of Olympus have something more in mind for him.After a violent incident in the mountains, Bellerophon is banished from his home for all time. His path leads him to the court of an aged king in Tiryns where he is welcomed at first, but due to the spiteful queen, he is wrongly accused of another crime in a world that seems endlessly cruel.Dejected and uncaring of what happens to him and his hateful life, Bellerophon is sent across the sea to the court of King Iobates of Lykia. At the urging of his seer, the king welcomes Bellerophon as an honoured guest in his home, until he discovers the reason for his arrival.Seeking a way to be rid of Bellerophon, without violating the sacred laws of Zeus, King Iobates commands that he complete three impossible tasks to prove his innocence or bring about his death.With the world set against him, Bellerophon welcomes his imminent end. That is, until he meets the king's daughter, Philonoe, the only person who has ever believed in him, and whose father has kept a dark secret from for many years.With the Gods and Lykia's princess on his side, can Bellerophon prove his innocence and help save Lykia and its people? Will he finally accept the fate that the Gods have pressed upon him? Or will he succumb to the despair and hopelessness that have dogged him all of his life?Only by facing his deepest fears and a creature more terrible than any other of the Gods' creation can Bellerophon truly succeed and become the hero he is meant to be...The Reluctant Hero is an epic retelling of the story of Bellerophon and the Chimera from Greek mythology. It is the fourth book in the Mythologia fantasy series by award-winning and best-selling author and historian, Adam Alexander Haviaras.If you enjoy books by Madeline Miller, Stephen Fry, or Natalie Haynes, then you will love the Mythologia series.Read The Reluctant Hero today and witness the rise of one of the greatest heroes of the ancient world!

DESTINY AWAKENS THE SOULBreaking the barriers that confined the Raven Consort to the inner palace had a number of consequences. Aside from the physical destruction it caused, Ishiha is missing, Jusetsu’s ancestry is now public knowledge, and the Raven now inhabits Jusetsu's body. The Raven Consort's displaced soul has been set adrift, and it can only be called back by a blood relative. Can Koshun find one, or will Jusetsu be doomed to wander forever?

On the eve of a brutal battle, a queen-in-waiting alters the course of history and awakens the embers of a fabled war - and a love - older than time.

♥ Save Princess Elenor held captive in a Castle by the "Faceless Queen" known as the "Robin of Death". In order to save her, you will have to use your wits to solve many riddles. ♥

Caught between a powerful king and an indomitable warrior, who would you choose to love...for eternity?

Seven years ago, warlock Benedict Edwards was framed for his fiancées murder and sentenced to one hundred years in prison. Now, he's been cursed by a mystery enemy on Christmas Eve to be terrorized by the three Demons of Cronus and Christmas who will show him his past, present, and future, after which the error of his ways will lead to his death by dawn.But, during the transition of Christmases Past and Present, Benedict breaks out of the curse's timeline and back to when his fiancée, Lucia-a brilliant research professor-is still alive.When Benedict attempts to prevent Lucia's death and solve her murder, things start changing from what he remembers-different choices made by those around him, new attacks, unexpected deaths. As the demons hunt him down, it becomes all too apparent that his curse, Lucia's death, and their research on immortal diseases are all connected. And that his curser will let nothing-not even space or time-stop them.The Nightmare Curse is a spicy, adult fantasy romance retelling of "A Christmas Carol" with a dual POV, second chance romance, and a HEA.

Edinburgh, 1785. A kidnapped geologist unleashes an explosive new theory.George Stephens is weeks from receiving his medical degree, but doubt he'll make it as a physician in a crowded, competitive marketplace. Instead, he hopes Professor Joseph Black's friend James Hutton can get him a job in his chemical manufacturing works.But before he has a chance to arrange this, Hutton is kidnapped. The eccentric geologist was about to deliver his bombshell treatise on the true age of the Earth, threatening to upend conventional beliefs about the universe and man's place in it.Getting Hutton back pits George, Black and friends against a fanatical opponent who will stop at nothing until Hutton's dangerous theories are buried. If George wants to survive long enough to graduate, he'll need every ounce of his courage and skill.Return to the murky, action-packed world of The Edinburgh Doctrines series with this exciting continuation to George Stephens' story.

A Regency widow shouldn't be hunting spectres all night. Lady Judith Avely's magical gift for divining the truth makes her prodigiously good at lying. To absolve a guilty secret, she travels to the exiled Duke of Sargen's estate, but the last thing she expects is to run into the duke himself, who is lamentably now even more attractive than in his volatile youth. The duke has his own concerns: he has returned home to a haunted house, with skulls floating about and a footman apparently bashed by a book. Such vulgar circumstances are best avoided, but the duke needs Judith's unique talents to help uncover the culprit - even if it might put her in the sights of a killer. With the help of a tiny vampiric acquaintance and a continuous supply of drinking chocolate, Judith should be able to solve the uncanny mystery...if only the duke will stop making improper remarks about her mobcaps. A lady who can discern lies, the duke who lied to her, and a gothic cosy mystery full of bats, skulls and cocoa. Lady Avely's Guide to Truth and Magic features a mid-life heroine, a slow-burn second-chance romance, and a magical version of Regency England.

Beware of doorways through time... and the EnglishHouse? CheckCat? CheckHusband? Nope!Henry Spencer traveled through time to sail with the crew of the Fancy in 1695, and Amelia is determined to find him.Amelia Spencer, a 21st century time traveler devises a plan to travel the Mediterranean in search of answers to time travel. What do Ancient Greek temples have to do with 17th century pirates? Nothing! No one said she had the best ideas.A prized treasure fleet lingers on the horizon, and the crew of the Fancy will team up with pirates and privateers to capture the ships and hopefully retire to a tropical island sipping fruity rum drinks. The English and the East India Company won't settle until the men of the Fancy are brought to justice.How will Amelia find her way back in time to rescue Henry Spencer from the life of piracy?If she does find him, will he want to leave life on the high seas and settle down with Amelia and Starboard?How will the crew of the Fancy escape the hangman's noose and retire as rich men?The Time Writer and The Chase is a historical time travel adventure, exploring the rise and fall of a pirate legend and the beginning of the Golden Age of Piracy, through the wit and charm of a Gen X woman.Cheese and rice! The only thing Amelia wanted was to settle down and live a quiet life with Henry. The gods of time travel have a different plan for her.The Time Writer Series:Prequel:The Time Writer and The Cloak ebook and audiobook available for FREE download to newsletter subscribers. Visit Alex R Crawford's website to subscribe.Season 1 - 1750s VirginiaBook 1: The Time Writer and The Notebook Book 2: The Time Writer and The March Book 3: The Time Writer and The Hunt Season 2 - 1690s - The Golden Age of PiracyBook 1: The Time Writer and The Escape Book 2: The Time Writer and The Chase Book 3: The Time Writer and The Surrender

The next steamy standalone fantasy romance from New York Times bestselling author Kerri Maniscalco.

The epic story begun in Immortal Longings continues in Vilest Things, from the New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights.Calla Tuoleimi won the games, and got her revenge - but lost her lover, Anton Makusa, in the process.Yet Anton isn't dead, as everyone believes. Instead, he has stolen the body of the newly crowned King August, and isn't planning to return it in a hurry.But when Anton's ex-lover awakens from her coma, and reveals that the divine crown on Anton's head is a fake, Anton's rule is cast in doubt.Now he and Calla will have to journey together across the kingdom to find the true crown - before their real identities are exposed . . .

She didn't want Prince Charming. She wanted the demon.From #1 New York Times bestselling author Kerri Maniscalco, Throne of the Fallen is a seductive new standalone novel set within the Kingdom of the Wicked world. A wicked prince. A fallen painter. Let the games begin . . .The Prince of Envy has never claimed to be a saint. But when a cryptic note arrives at his demon court, signalling the beginning of a deadly game, he knows it will take more than a hint of sin to win. Riddles, hexed objects, anonymous players, nothing will stand in his way. Camilla is an artist with troubles of her own: a desperate mistake has landed her in debt to a notorious rake. Threatened with ruinous scandal, she is forced to enter a devil's bargain with Envy. A bargain that reveals secrets and ignites passions that neither of them expects. Together, Envy and Camilla must embark on a perilous journey through the underworld - from glittering demon courts to the sultry vampire realm and beyond - while trying to avoid the most dangerous trap of all: falling in love.

"Chicago, 1954. When his father goes missing, twenty-two-year-old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his uncle George--publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide--and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Samuel Braithwaite--heir to the estate that owned one of Atticus's ancestors--they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weird tales George devours. Atticus discovers his father in chains, held prisoner bya secret cabal, the Order of the Ancient Dawn--led by Braithwaite and his son, Caleb--which has gathered to perform a ritual that shockingly centers on Atticus. And his one hope of salvation may be the seed of his--and the whole Turner clan's--destruction."--

The year is 1723 and the condemned pirate, William Benton, awaits his appointment with death at Execution dock. To pass the time he recounts tales of his adventures to the naïve young journalist, Nathaniel Bagshaw, who hopes to publish a popular book on pirate histories.Benton's story begins in 1718, when the pirate stronghold of Nassau is under threat and its inhabitants are torn between accepting the King's pardon or continuing their precarious life as sea rovers. Captain Gunnarsson and his crew choose the latter and are forced to flee a place they once called home. Their luck seems to change when they sight a Spanish galleon separated from the treasure fleet by a storm, but during the pursuit their ship, Dream Chaser, is engulfed by a sudden, eerie mist. When they emerge they find themselves no longer in known territories, but in unknown and mysterious lands. Now they are struggling for their lives as they attempt to return to familiar waters with or without the Spanish treasure.

The first book in the Valerian Trilogy, 'In Valerina' by Yeovil Prize shortlisted finalist and UEA Phd graduate, Sophia Worden, is peopled with characters who time-travel, narrate or dream their way into other lives and eras, or carelessly lose important journals or documents for future friends to find. These characters are an unruly bunch, creating an affinity between the modern, the ancient and the archaic.

1883. Cairndale Institute lies in ruins, the orsine finally destroyed. With Marlowe presumed dead, the Talents and their companions have found themselves separated - and struggling to survive.Charlie believes Marlowe is alive in another world, and is determined to find a way to get him out. Together with Komako, Oskar and Miss Davenshaw, he seeks clues to the whereabouts of another orsine - while Miss Davenshaw knows of an old Talent who might have some answers, and Alice and Ribs go in search of the children named in a strange burned journal.In a journey that will take them from Valladolid to Paris to Alexandria, Egypt, the Talents soon learn that they are not as alone as they might think, meeting a shapeshifting boy whose skills rely on the bodies of the dead, and a young bone witch who can bring the dead back to life. As the mystery of the second orsine deepens, the gang assembles to find themselves hunted by a new, more powerful enemy - one who will not stop until every Talent in this world is destroyed.One thing is clear: a war is coming.Praise for Ordinary Monsters (Book One of The Talents Trilogy):'Ordinary Monsters is a towering achievement: a dazzling mountain of wild invention, Dickensian eccentrics, supernatural horrors, and gripping suspense. Be warned... once you step into this penny dreadful to end all penny dreadfuls, you'll never want to leave'Joe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author of HEART-SHAPED BOX'Expansive in scope and storytelling, Ordinary Monsters builds an electrifying Victorian world: grimy but luminous, magical but deadly, with a cast of diverse and gripping characters that feel entirely modern'Cari Thomas, bestselling author of THREADNEEDLE'Haunting, tense, earth-shattering ... A riveting mix of magic and terror'Tamora Pierce'Murky as London smog, dark as black pudding, this is a gaslit gothic tour de force . . . The fantasy is so rich and the atmosphere so immersive in this stand-out debut, that it's easy to overlook the crispiness of the writing and the brilliantly propulsive plotting. And while drughrs, litches, keywrasses and orsines make for a wonderful new language of dread, it's the characters that carry the day'Daily Mail'An engrossing piece of Gothic, Dickensian fantasy, centred around children gifted with magical powers . . . Miro's meaty, detailed execution lends his story weight and depth and commands respect'Financial Times'A thrilling blend of fantasy and horror, richly imagined and masterfully executed'SFX'A fantasy series so ambitious that it makes The Lord of the Rings look like a stroll in the Shire . . . Spanning the globe and crammed with good versus evil battles and hair's breadth escapes, this book is great fun despite frim subject matter, thanks to J. M. Miro's darkly witty style . . . Remarkably fresh'Daily Express

Narrated by Silvane, an apprentice to the wizard Herloff, this tale of heroics and foolishness relates a mission to eliminate a renegade witch, Rhavinia. On their way as they gather an unlikely company of heroes, they realise the degree of the complexity of their task. Essentially the future of the kingdom rests on their success or failure and Rhavinia is tougher than anyone dared to dream. As Silvane narrates, we have insights about the world of wizards that is aloof from the ordinary world, and the difficulties that arise when the two worlds cross. All this and more, Silvane relates their exciting encounters and events that constantly dog their progress.

September 1297. David and his family and friends have come to Carew Castle in Wales to participate in a tournament held in the spirit of King Arthur. Two years have passed since the events in Hidden in Time, and questions remain not only as to the whereabouts of the traitor, Bogo de Clare, who is still at large, but the relationship of David's family with Avalon.Can they still time travel?And, even if they can, would it be better if they didn't?Join David and his friends and family for the next installment in the After Cilmeri series!

The Wolves are out for blood, but Scarlett doesn't intend to let them catch their prey.When Scarlett's friend Georgette starts receiving death threats from the Wolves, a powerful street gang, she sets out uncover why they want a prominent socialite dead. As a Talented gangster herself, Scarlett goes undercover. Instead of a hardened murderer, she discovers the charming younger son of a Duke, Benedict Pearce, is the would-be assassin. Clearly not a killer at heart, Scarlett decides to trust the handsome rogue, and they join forces to put a stop to the Wolves mysterious machinations and save her friend.As the pair begin their investigations, as well as a fictitious courtship to throw the Wolves off their trail, Scarlett must reckon with a past she prefers to keep hidden. Benedict, constantly jovial and flirtatious, slowly chips away at the shadows Scarlett has built around her heart.Still, as the search uncovers deeper levels of deception, their ruse becomes increasingly dangerous. When facing down the Wolves, Scarlett is forced to confront how far into the shadows she is willing to go to protect the ones who have her heart.

An assassin's bullet and a case of mistaken identity send Mercy Maddox back to the year 1838, to Butler Island--a sprawling rice plantation on a remote sea island off the coast of Georgia. While struggling to adapt to the time slide, Mercy must also come to grips with the nightmare of an Antebellum plantation. There, she is caught up in a ruse to impersonate the famous actress Fanny Kemble Butler in a plot to foil the Reverse Underground Railroad--a monstrous practice of kidnapping free people of color in the North and selling them South during the rise of King Cotton. Mercy also meets Jayda, Fanny's enslaved personal attendant. What starts as an attraction between the two grows into a love strong enough to endure both the savagery of the time and the span of two centuries. Love with the power to bring Mercy home again.Based on real people and real events, Worthless is an adventure story, a love story, and a story of one woman's courage to free both herself and those she loves.