Urban fantasy

With time running out, can he succeed in helping an innocent man avoid death? Five years ago, Aydin failed to recapture Joe after he had escaped prison. Now, Aydin and his team are on the job. But things don't add up, and Aydin doesn't know if Joe is guilty. Aydin's blue eyes could make anyone speak the truth, but first they have to capture Joe. When a member of his team breaks a law, Aydin's boss gives him an ultimatum: two weeks to capture Joe or he would declare Joe a fugitive, to be terminated at sight. Aydin knows that Joe's guilt isn't certain, but can he prove Joe's innocence within two weeks? And what of the strange happenings in Joe's old house? Blue is a science fantasy mystery with flawed characters, past and present timelines, and magic linked to eye colour. If you love mysteries and fantasy, you will enjoy this tale of magic and murder mysteries.

When Tannin, a young man living in the peaceful town of Ironhaven, encounters two mysterious figures, he never could have predicted the adventure that awaited him. After one of these strangers saves Tannin's life, he finds himself drawn into a simple quest that quickly becomes much more complicated than he ever could have imagined.Full of adventure, twists, and heart, 'Tannin of Ironhaven' is a fun tale of friendship, bravery, and self-discovery. Written by the father-daughter duo Mike and Kylynn Conley (11 yrs old), this short story is sure to entertain you from start to finish. Follow Tannin as he embarks on a journey of discovery and learns the importance of who you are and the life you live.

L'ombra del sorriso è una raccolta di storie slegate tra loro che esplorano in modo surreale l'animo umano, in tutta la sua bellezza e le sue brutture.I protagonisti di queste storie sono molto diversi tra loro, come a ricordarci che non possiamo mai davvero dire di conoscere una persona.Non possiamo mai sapere cosa si celi dietro il loro sorriso.

- Ein Obdachoser wird dazu gezwungen, in einen mit Umweltgiften verseuchten Wohnturm zu ziehen, der von einer straff organisierten Gangsterbande geführt wird, und tritt dort einen rasanten Aufstieg an;- ein skrupelloser Headhunter, der Menschen mit außergewöhnlichen Fähigkeiten sucht, verstrickt seine neueste Entdeckung in ein brand- gefährliches Spiel, dessen Verlauf sich schnell seiner Kontrolle entzieht; - ein junger Mann, finster entschlossen, alles zu tun, um von der Welt nicht vergessen zu werden, findet ein rätselhaftes Paar Schuhe, das ihn unschlagbar macht und sein Leben auf eine Art verändert, die er nicht erwartet hatte;- ein alter Sonderling und Misanthrop findet eines Tages vor seiner Tür ein Geschenkpaket, das ihn bald an den Rand des Wahnsinns treibt.Ungewöhnliche Schauplätze und eigenwillige Protagonisten, die in oft skurillen Milieus agieren: Spannend und anschaulich erzählt ist diese Auswahl von Kurzgeschichten im besten Sinn unterhaltend, regt aber auch immer wieder zum Mit- und Weiterdenken an.

Lucas Rurik confronts a cult determined to remake the world-no matter the cost-in this urban fantasy noir from the author of the Hellequin Chronicles.Lucas Rurik is no stranger to navigating the tricky territory between humans and those touched by the rift. After all, as the last surviving member of the Raven Guild, protecting the peace is his job. But that doesn't mean it's easy.As much as Lucas would like to be out hunting for Dr. Callie Mitchell-a deranged scientist with a bad habit of experimenting on the rift-fused-his friends at the Rift-Crime Unit require his expertise on a perilous case. It seems a mysterious kingpin known as the Croupier has been making some shady deals, and revenants, riftborn, and humans alike are winding up dead in the process. Now, with the help of chained revenant Nadia and FBI-agent-turned-revenant Emily West, it's up to Lucas to track down the anonymous crime lord before anyone else is hurt.But as Lucas gets closer to his target, he discovers this is no ordinary manhunt. The Croupier is leading a dangerous group of zealots who want to destroy both the rift and humanity-and they'll stop at nothing to make their so-called Blessed plans a reality . . .Praise for The Last Raven"McHugh's pithy prose energizes the narrative, even when there's no superpower on display, and builds intrigue with gradual reveals of Lucas' rift-derived skills and backstory. This slick introductory supernatural tale will leave readers eager for a sequel." -Kirkus Review s"The Last Raven has the appeal of a great action movie. There is a nice mystery, a compelling lead, strong support, and enough adrenaline to leave you with a pleasant high afterward. . . . Eagerly looking forward to the next installment." -The Cosmic Circus"If you have a friend who loves both speculative fiction novels and thrillers, this is the perfect gift." -Medium, "10 Chilling Books for Mystery/Thriller Lovers This Winter"

"Du bist die Protagonistin deiner eigenen Geschichte. Und es wird Zeit, dass du damit anfängst, sie zu schreiben."Zwei Jahre nachdem Amber ihrer Hexenheimat Wick den Rücken gekehrt und ihr Studium an der Universität in Oxford aufgenommen hat, wird sie ausgerechnet vom größten Verräter unter den Cailleacha aufgespürt, der nach ihren Kräften und ihrem Leben trachtet. Zeitgleich taucht ein längst verloren geglaubter Bekannter auf, hinter dessen Fassade mehr zu stecken scheint, als Amber je für möglich gehalten hat. Angesichts des gemeinsamen Feinds verbünden sie sich miteinander. Auf einer Flucht und Jagd zugleich lernen sie, einander und sich selbst zu vertrauen - und machen sich dabei immer mehr zur Zielscheibe."Witches of Wick: Das Buch der Jagd" ist das Spin-off zur magischen Young-Adult-Fantasy-Trilogie von Annie Waye und schlägt die Brücke zwischen den ersten beiden Bänden der Hauptreihe. Es enthält massive Spoiler zu "Witches of Wick 1: Das Buch der Hexen" und sollte erst danach gelesen werden!Die Wick-Saga: Die Hexen-Fantasy in der richtigen Reihenfolge:Das Buch der HexenDas Buch der Dana (03/2023)Das Buch des Atho (09/2023)Spin-offs zur Hexen-Fantasy:Das Buch der VerlassenenDas Buch der Jagd

Sherlock Holmes has taken on unusual and dangerous cases.Cases that involve shapeshifters, vampires and werewolves…Dark, power-hungry wizards….But this time, it is different.It is personal.When Holmes returns home to 221B,he finds a mystery growing around his own friends. One by one they are mysteriously vanishing. Taken by an invisible force, which can strike unexpectedly.Holmes's loved ones are vanishing without a trace.Can Holmes save the ones he loves this time?Or is Christmas going to be desolate and empty for him?

I feared that using my magic would bring me closer to the faerie realm I tried so desperately to escape. I was right.I made a promise to a faerie, and they've come to deliver. A powerful talisman has disappeared, and without it, the faeries in this realm are losing their magic. Getting involved wasn't on my plan, but if I refuse to help the faeries find the talisman, I'll die.To make things more complicated, shifters are being killed by a mysterious masked faerie, and all signs point to a connection with the missing talisman. To find the killer and help the half-faeries, I must unlock the full extent of the magic I once feared, even if it means leaving the Mage Lord determined to stand at my side. Even if it takes me to Faerie's most dangerous path...

Rude Davies is everyone's friend, the life of the party with unusually good luck-and an epic secret... No one can know that Rude has joined the Faery underground hidden in the shadows of the city. But he can't hide how much he loves to help people-especially oddballs and outcasts. So, when a disquieting girl calls for magical aid, he answers-and discovers that she and her supernatural demon emergency are way out of his league. Rude must assemble and lead bold friends and brave allies in the fight to triumph over evil. There's just one small problem: If Rude can't summon enough daring to face his own demons, he risks becoming one himself.

Two Sherlock Holmes Urban Fantasy Mysteries in one book that will bring you to a world unlike our own. Not the Victorian London we grew up knowing, but a new one…on a new world. A Victorian London ruled by magic and steampunk science. Join Sherlock Holmes as he works to bring justice in a world whose very shadows can hold a demon or a monster!Sherlock Holmes Urban Fantasy Mysteries. NIGHT WITCH War does not make friends. Revenge often follows the aftermath of war. But this time it's not just the ones who murdered someone, but the entire race! England makes war on a race of witches whose power is dark and cruel. They win the battle but lose the war. Because now the witches are looking for the English and they're hungry…for revenge. Can Sherlock Holmes and his friends stop this ancient culture from spreading its cruelty to England? CYCLOPS Sometimes a child is born to the wrong parent. And sometimes that child is given away to another parent, who is not only wrong for them but callous and cruel. Cyclops is a demi-god, but a hurt child, who is now been raised from the dead to seek revenge on Sherlock Holmes and his beloved city, London. Can Holmes stop this new menace from ravaging his friends, and ultimately himself?

My name is Night Sanchez. Every choice I make is a fight against fate.As the gears turn for the coming apocalypse, my destiny is tied to the Angel of Death. I don't know whether a way out exists-only that I haven't found one yet. But my purpose is clear.To keep my people safe. To make sure none of those brave beloveds try to follow me over the edge of the apocalyptic cliff.Even if it means conquering an archangel.The Archangel Gabriel seeks warriors for the coming cosmic battle, and he sets his sights on unsuspecting normals. They may not belong to me, but I'll rally behind them. I'll risk my soul for theirs, and Red will put his heart on the line, too. But what if heart and soul are not enough? Can we defeat not only Gabriel, but destiny itself?Watch us.

My name is Night Sanchez. Every choice I make leads me toward redemption.Although I prevented the Archangel Gabriel from turning an innocent normal into an obedient magical soldier, I know he'll be back. I watch for him. I wait. But another enemy returns: The Source of Evil.This time he's not after me. His target? Humans. All of them.The Angel and I have never been more powerful-or more vulnerable. How do you stop a foe that hides in plain sight? An enemy who can be everywhere at once? An enemy that can't be killed?I don't just want to save as many people as possible. I want to save them all.I can't do it alone. My found family rallies at my side. Together, we'll roll the dice. We'll lay it on all the line.Nothing-and no one-will ever be the same.

On her 23rd birthday, Nadia Winters receives a mysterious gift that throws her into a magical world of the supernatural, witchcraft, and cutting-edge technology in Silicon Valley.

Brie will come face-to-face with Darkness one last time as she and Nick uncover an ancient secret about the prophecy no one saw coming. Will Nick stand with her when she is forced to make a decision that could end them both?The honeymoon is over for Brie and Nick as the final two Blood Moons in the Tetrad loom over them. Brie learns of a hidden piece of Nick's past that he doesn't even know himself, and it changes the course of the battle with Darkness.But, when an old enemy returns, the fragile peace Brie and Nick have built between the witches and vampires shatters and threatens to divide them again. Families are splintered as new leaders rise, and no one is safe. Love will be the only sacrifice that can stop The Blood Moon Prophecy.Queen of Moons is the third and final book in The Blood Moon Prophecy paranormal romance series by Susan Person. If you like vampire and witch romance, magic, and a headstrong heroine leading the journey, this book is for you.Pick up Queen of Moons to complete this magical series by Susan Person today.

These aren't the vampires you know.When the Nash'terel were hunted nearly to extinction, they fled to a distant world: Earth. Using their powers of shapeshifting, they blended in with the human population, and with their thirst for life essence, the hunted became the hunters. While the older generation remain in the shadows, associating only with other Nash'terel, their Earthborn offspring are more adventurous.Young Bilyash is tired of hiding and ready to follow his dream into the film industry. He's abandoned the traditional ways of his people and trained as a makeup artist, but two things stand in his way: assassins from the former home world, and Angie Fiore. Angie is unlike any human Bilyash has met, overflowing with the purest life essence he's ever encountered. When assassins on the hunt for Nash'terel catch up with him, both their lives are put in danger, and Bilyash and Angie are forced to run.Bilyash's uncle and his contacts can help them go underground, but it won't stop these killers from tracking them. The only chance Bilyash has to keep himself and Angie safe is to turn the tables. Yet what chance does an inexperienced Earthborn have against centuries-old assassins with nothing to lose?

Sergei's mother sacrificed herself to get her family through the Iron Curtain. Now it's Sergei's turn to save her...even if he has to cross realities to do it.Sergei is determined to put his broken family back together, no matter the danger.Not-rats and bugs hiding in his walls, listening to his conversations? He can live with that. The shadowy government organization trying to dig encoded information out of his nightmares? He'll play along to learn what they know about his mother.If he has to destroy his college career, his love life, and the best friendship he's ever had-with his roommate Cam-he'll do that, too, if that's what it takes. He's the only one who believes his mother is still alive.Nobody else needs to get hurt if he doesn't tell them what he's doing.But however hard Sergei tries to keep his double life a secret, Cam still shows up to save him whenever he's in trouble, like Cam has some kind of magical sixth sense-a sense that keeps them bonded together no matter what. And when Sergei finally breaks through his dreams into a world where monsters lurk and reality changes on a whim...where having magic carries a death sentence...the stakes of this game could be far higher than Sergei wants to pay. Now it's not just his life on the line-he's dragged people he cares about into danger with him.He thought he could risk himself alone. But will his single-minded mission to find his mother be worth the price everyone he loves has to pay?Stranger Things meets epic fantasy in award-winning author Angela Boord's new Cold War portal fantasy set in a world of ever-shifting conspiracy and quantum magic, where even reality itself can't be trusted, and family isn't just about who you're related to.

Im Reich Alloura herrscht das Gesetz der Jagd. Im Alter von zehn Jahren erfahren Elodie und Collin die Grausamkeit der Prägung - ein Bündnis, das sie dazu zwingt, sich ab ihrem 18. Geburtstag zu jagen und zu töten.Als Gestaltwandlerin besitzt Elodie die Gabe, sich in jedes Tier zu verwandeln, um so ihrem Jäger Collin zu entkommen. Doch als hochausgebildeter Fährtenleser weiß dieser, ihre Spuren zu lesen. Während seiner hartnäckigen Beschattung verliebt er sich und auch Elodie muss sich eingestehen, dass in all den Jahren eine tiefe Verbundenheit zu ihrem Jäger entstanden ist.Verbindungen dieser Art sind dem Führerregime ein Dorn im Auge und werden mit dem Tod bestraft. Elodies und Collins einzige Chance, dem Grauen der Jagd zu entkommen, liegt in der nahenden Revolution verborgen. Doch werden sie es rechtzeitig schaffen, sich den Weißen Rebellen im Untergrund anzuschließen, um den Gräueltaten in Alloura ein Ende zu bereiten?

I thought I had found a place to belong.But the werewolf king was lying to me-the one thing I begged him never to do.Turns out, I'm his mate.When I stalked out of his house-and out of his life-I figured I'd never see him again.But then I learned that Kyla had gone into the seelie realm to steal the sword tied to her fate. Alone.So now I'm sneaking in after her. And the werewolf king? He's sneaking in after me.Unfortunately, we don't have time to fight amongst ourselves. Because our enemies have been working together. And if we're going to get out of here alive, save our realm, and burn HFE to the ground...we need to do the same.I'll cooperate. I'll work with Nathaniel to save our people. And I'll keep my heart locked away where he can't find it.Wish me luck.

Heaven was a young woman with a dark and sinister secret. She had inherited an ability from her great-grandmother that gave her the power to see visions and create sinister amulets, trinkets and objects. Despite her sweet and kind nature, Heaven was consumed by her newfound powers and she soon descended into darkness.

Trevor Phoenix: The Making Of A Young KingPin is a gritty, urban fiction novel that takes readers on a thrilling journey through the criminal underworld of the city. The story follows the rise of young Trevor, an ambitious drug dealer who quickly rises through the ranks to become a powerful and feared figure in the criminal landscape.As Trevor hustles to make a name for himself, he also starts to invest in real estate, co-owning multiple businesses, expanding his empire and building a massive, million-dollar enterprise. But with power comes enemies and Trevor must navigate the dangerous terrain of rival gangs, corrupt cops, and double-crossing associates.Filled with pulse-pounding action and unexpected twists, Trevor Phoenix: The Making Of A Young KingPin, a gripping tale of one man's relentless pursuit of wealth and power in the gritty streets of the city. With a cast of colorful characters and a non-stop narrative, this book will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very last page. If you're a fan of urban fiction, this book is a must-read. It's a story of ambition, power, and the lengths one will go to achieve their goals, a true page-turner that will leave readers wanting more.

L'heure du dernier miaou a sonné.Toute sa vie, Kat s'est battue pour sa survie. Pour sa liberté.Aujourd'hui, elle en a sa claque. Elle veut la paix. Même si elle doit, pour ça, risquer tout ce qu'elle aime.Voici le dernier tome de cette série d'urban fantasy ronrondement menée pleine d'action, de suspense et de romance.

When self-professed hermit Theodora Edwards is attacked by a dark fae and infected with his magic, she finds herself thrust into the supernatural spotlight as the first possible changeling in centuries. As if surviving the transition isn't hard enough, Theo has to deal with an attempted abduction by her newly turned vampire ex-husband, unwanted courting offers from salacious fae suitors, and her growing attraction to the guardian of the gate to Fairie. Caught in a cruel tug of war between the queen of the fae and a surly law-enforcement agent, Theo must find a way to free herself before she loses her hard-earned independence for good.

You can't run from the past forever...Lizzie Grace has finally returned to Canberra, the city where she grew up and a place that holds so many bad memories. Not only does she have to testify at her father's trial, but also deal with her ex's will and relatives unhappy that she's inherited a good chunk of his assets.Yet Canberra holds more than just memories of an unwanted marriage. It's where her sister was murdered, and the man responsible was never caught.Witches are once again being ritualistically sacrificed, and it holds terrible echoes of those past deaths.As the murders draw closer to home, Lizzie finds herself in a race to hunt down the wraith of a man after the ultimate revenge...the soul of the woman who once escaped him.