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LES REINES DE RENTHIA, t. 1 : LA REINE DU SANG

Tout possède un esprit : le saule dont les feuilles embrassent l'étang, le courant qui nourrit la rivière, le vent qui souffle de la neige fraîche...

Mais les esprits qui résident dans ces terres veulent se débarrasser de tous les humains. Une seule femme se tient entre ces esprits malveillants et l'humanité : la reine. Elle seule a suffisamment de puissance magique pour les empêcher de détruire chaque homme, femme et enfant. Mais les reines ne sont elles aussi qu'humaines, et peu importe leur force ou leur bonté, le danger les guette.

En raison de cette position si précaire, plusieurs jeunes femmes sont choisies pour être entraînées comme héritières. Daleina, une étudiante en apparence discrète, ne se fait aucune illusion concernant ses chances de s'asseoir sur le trône, mais veut seulement réparer les torts qui sont survenus sur ces terres. Ven, un champion en disgrâce, a passé son exil à se battre en secret contre les attaques de plus en plus fréquentes des esprits. Joignant leurs forces, ces audacieux partenaires embarquent pour une quête semée d'embûches afin de trouver la source de l'entêtement des esprits, un voyage qui va mettre à l'épreuve leur courage et leur confiance, et les forcer à s'opposer aussi bien à leurs ennemis qu'à leurs proches pour sauver leurs terres... avant qu'elles ne baignent dans le sang.

Twelve-year-old Julie has grown up hearing about the dangerous world of fairy tales, The Wild, from which her mother, Rapunzel, escaped.

Now The Wild wants its characters back. Julie comes home from school to find her mother gone and a deep, dark forest swallowing her hometown. Julie must fight wicked witches, avoid glass slippers and fairy godmothers, fly griffins, and outwit ogres in order to rescue her mom and save her Massachusetts town from becoming a fairy-tale kingdom.

Sarah Beth Durst weaves a postmodern fairy tale that's fresh, funny, and sweetly poignant.

Life is precious and precarious on the islands of Belene. Besieged by a capricious ocean full of malicious spirits, the people of the islands seek joy where they can. Mayara, one of the island’s fearless oyster divers, has found happiness in love. But on the day of her wedding to the artist Kelo, a spirit-driven storm hits the island with deadly force.

To save her loved ones, Mayara reveals a dangerous secret: she has the power to control the spirits. When the storm ends, she is taken into custody by the queen’s soldiers and imprisoned with other women like her.

They vary in age and social status, but to many they are heroes who will aide the country or witches that will sacrifice themselves trying. No matter who they are, the women are sent to a terrifying place—an island filled with bloodthirsty nature spirits, and left without food, water, shelter, or any tools except their own instincts and magic. Whoever survives the Island of Testing will be declared heirs to the queen. But no matter if she wins or loses, Mayara knows that the life she dreamed of is gone.

Lost your way? Your dreams?

Yourself?

Welcome to Lost.

It was supposed to be a small escape. A few hours driving before turning around and heading home. But once you arrive in Lost...well, it's a place you really can't leave. Not until you're Found. Only the Missing Man can send you home. And he took one look at Lauren Chase and disappeared.

So Lauren is now trapped in the town where all lost things go-luggage, keys, dreams, lives-where nothing is permanent, where the locals go feral and where the only people who don't want to kill her are a handsome wild man called the Finder and a knife-wielding six-year-old girl. The only road out of town is engulfed by an impassable dust storm, and escape is impossible....

Until Lauren decides nothing-and no one-is going to keep her here anymore.

Every story in this volume is new and, like the title suggests, the writers were free to write whatever they wished. Here is the list of contributing authors for Unfettered:

- The Shade of Allanon by Terry Brooks (a Shannara tale)

- Imaginary Friends by Terry Brooks (a precursor to the Word/Void trilogy)

- How Old Holly Came To Be by Patrick Rothfuss (a Four Corners tale)

- River of Souls by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (a Wheel of Time tale)

- The Old Scale Game by Tad Williams

- Martyr of the Roses by Jacqueline Carey (a precursor to the Kushiel series)

- Dogs by Daniel Abraham

- Mudboy by Peter V. Brett (a Demon Cycle tale)

- Nocturne by Robert V. S. Redick

- The Sound of Broken Absolutes by Peter Orullian (a Vault of Heaven tale)

- Untitled by Geno & R.A. Salvatore

- Keeper of Memory by Todd Lockwood (a Summer Dragon tale)

- Game of Chance by Carrie Vaughn

- The Lasting Doubts of Joaquin Lopez by Blake Charlton

- The Chapel Perilous by Kevin Hearne (an Iron Druid tale)

- Select Mode by Mark Lawrence (a Broken Empire tale)

- All the Girls Love Michael Stein by David Anthony Durham

- Strange Rain by Jennifer Bosworth (a Struck epilogue tale)

- Unbowed by Eldon Thompson (a Legend of Asahiel tale)

- Untitled by Naomi Novik (a Temeraire tale)

- The Jester by Michael J. Sullivan (a Riyria Chronicles tale)

- The Duel by Lev Grossman (a Magicians tale)

- The Unfettered Knight by Shawn Speakman (an Annwn Cycle tale)

Pearl est une vampire de seize ans ... elle aime beaucoup le sang, est allergique au soleil, et surtout mauvaise ... jusqu'à ce qu'une nuit, une licorne la poignarde en plein cœur avec sa corne. Oups.

Sa famille pense qu'elle a été attaqué par un chasseur de vampires (parce que, évidemment, les licornes n'existent pas), et ils sont choqués elle a survécu. Ils sont encore plus choqué quand Pearl découvre qu'elle peut désormais supporter le soleil. Mais ils ont rapidement trouver un moyen de faire usage de ses nouveaux talents. Le roi des vampires de la Nouvelle-Angleterre a choisi la famille Pearl pour être les invités de son festin. Si Pearl s'inscrit à l'école secondaire, elle peut se faire beaucoup d'amis humains et les attirer à la fête du roi - comme plats de résistance.

Le seul problème? Pearl commence à entendre la voix de sa conscience. Comment peut-elle servir ses nouveaux amis en pâture, surtout le mec mignon qui lui chatouille les dents ? Là encore, elle est définitivement morte si elle laisse tomber sa famille. Que peut-elle faire ?

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What Lily Carter wants most in the world is to attend Princeton University just like her grandfather. When she finally visits the campus, Grandpa surprises her: She has been selected to take the top-secret Legacy Test. Passing means automatic acceptance to Princeton. Sweet!Lily's test is to find the Ivy Key. But what is she looking for? Where does she start? As she searches, Lily is joined by Tye, a cute college boy with orange and black hair who says he's her guard. That's weird. But things get seriously strange when a gargoyle talks to her. He tells her that there are two Princetons—the ordinary one and a magical one—and the Key opens the gate between them. But there are more secrets that surround Lily. Worse secrets.When Lily enters the magical Princeton, she uncovers old betrayals and new dangers, and a chance at her dream becomes a fight for her life. Soon Lily is caught in a power struggle between two worlds, with her family at its center. In a place where Knights slay monsters, boys are were-tigers, and dragons might be out for blood, Lily will need all of her ingenuity and courage—and a little magic—to unite the worlds and unlock the secrets of her past and her future.

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Qu'est-ce Lily Carter veut le plus au monde est d'assister à l'Université de Princeton, tout comme son grand-père. Quand elle se rend finalement le campus, grand-papa surprises(?): elle a été sélectionnée pour passer le test héritage top-secret. Passage signifie l'acceptation automatique de Princeton. Sweet(?)! Test de Lily est de trouver la clé de Ivy. Mais qu'est-ce qu'elle cherche? D'où vient-elle commencer? Comme elle cherche, Lily est rejoint par Tye, un collégien mignon avec des cheveux orange et noir qui dit qu'il est son gardien. C'est bizarre. Mais les choses tombent gravement étrange quand quelqu'un parle à son gargouille. Il lui dit qu'il ya deux Princetons-THE ONE ordinaire et un lieu magique d'un et la clé ouvre la porte entre eux. Mais il ya plus de secrets qui entourent Lily. Pire secrets.When Lily entre dans la magie de Princeton, elle découvre trahisons anciens et de nouveaux dangers, et une chance à son rêve devient une lutte pour sa vie. Bientôt Lily est pris dans une lutte de pouvoir entre deux mondes, avec sa famille en son centre. Dans un endroit où chevaliers tuent des monstres, les garçons sont-étaient des tigres, des dragons et pourrait être hors de sang, Lily aura besoin de toute son ingéniosité et de courage et un peu de magie à unir les mondes et découvrez les secrets de son passé et ses futur.

Liyana has trained her entire life to be the vessel of a goddess. She will dance and summon her tribe's deity, who will inhabit Liyana's body and use magic to bring rain to the desert. But when the dance ends, Liyana is still there. Her tribe is furious — and sure that it is Liyana's fault. Abandoned by her tribe, Liyana expects to die in the desert. Until a boy walks out of the dust in search of her.

Korbyn is a god inside his vessel, and a trickster god at that. He tells Liyana that five other gods are missing, and they set off across the desert in search of the other vessels. The desert tribes cannot survive without the magic of their gods. But the journey is dangerous, even with a god’s help. And not everyone is willing to believe the trickster god’s tale.

The closer she grows to Korbyn, the less Liyana wants to disappear to make way for her goddess. But she has no choice — she must die for her tribe to live. Unless a trickster god can help her to trick fate — or a human girl can muster some magic of her own.

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GLACE

Lorsque Cassie était une petite fille, sa grand-mère lui a conté la fabuleuse histoire de sa mère, qui avait passé un marché avec le Roi Ours Polaire et avait été emportée aux fins fonds de la terre. Maintenant que Cassie a grandi, elle sait que cette histoire était destinée à lui faire comprendre en douceur que sa mère était morte. Cassie vit désormais avec son père dans une station de recherche en plein Arctique et est déterminée à devenir une scientifique : elle n'a plus le temps pour l'imaginaire.

Pourtant, le jour de son dix-huitième anniversaire, Cassie est confrontée à un ours polaire qui se met à lui parler. Il lui annonce que sa mère est vivante, emprisonnée aux fins fonds de la terre, et qu'il peut la ramener si Cassie accepte de devenir sa fiancée.

C'est le début du conte de fées de Cassie, un conte qui la fait entreprendre un voyage incroyable à travers le brutal Arctique, la forêt boréale canadienne, et sur les ailes du Vent du Nord jusqu'au pays à l'est du soleil et à l'ouest de la lune. Et avant que survienne la chute de l'histoire, Cassie va voir le monde qu'elle connaît être balayé, ainsi que tous ceux qu'elle aime, jusqu'au moment où elle découvrira la vraie signification de l'amour et de la famille dans le royaume magique de Glace.

Eve has a new home, a new face, and a new name—but no memories of her past. She’s been told that she's in a witness protection program. That she escaped a dangerous magic-wielding serial killer who still hunts her. The only thing she knows for sure is that there is something horrifying in her memories the people hiding her want to access—and there is nothing they won’t say—or do—to her to get her to remember.

At night she dreams of a tattered carnival tent and buttons being sewn into her skin. But during the day, she shelves books at the local library, trying to not let anyone know that she can do things—things like change the color of her eyes or walk through walls. When she does use her strange powers, she blacks out and is drawn into terrifying visions, returning to find that days or weeks have passed—and she’s lost all short-term memories. Eve must find out who and what she really is before the killer finds her—but the truth may be more dangerous than anyone could have ever imagined.

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A LA POURSUITE DU POUVOIR

Kayla, seize ans, est née avec la capacité de faire bouger des choses grâce à son esprit : des choses comme des cartes de crédit ou les boutons des caisses enregistreuses, par exemple. Grâce à ce don, elle est devenue une voleuse à l'étalage accomplie, et son objectif est d'acquérir suffisamment d'argent pour qu'elle est sa mère puissent fuir si son père les retrouve à nouveau... ce qui serait synonyme de grave danger pour elles.

Mais un jour, elle est prise en flagrant délit de vol par un garçon appelé Daniel, qui a la capacité de se téléporter. Or Daniel a besoin de son aide, et est prêt à la faire chanter pour l'obtenir. Ensemble, ils embarquent pour une quête afin de trouver (et voler) une incantation ancienne, écrites sur trois pierres indestructibles et cachée il y a plusieurs millénaires. Cette incantation leur permettrait de secourir la mère de Daniel, qui a été kidnappée. Mais Kayla ne pouvait pas se douter que cette mission de sauvetage allait la mener droit à sa propre famille, ainsi qu'à une succession de trahisons dont elle pourrait bien ne pas se relever...

A star-studded anthology with a devilish hook, whose proceeds benefit 826nyc: the fabulous literacy non-profit founded by Dave Eggers.

Can you imagine the most cantankerous book editor alive? Part Voldemort, part Cruella de Vil (if she were a dude), and worse in appearance and odor than a gluttonous farm pig? A man who makes no secret of his love of cheese or his disdain of unworthy authors? That man is Herman Mildew.

The anthology opens with an invitation to a party, care of this insufferable monster, where more than 80 of the most talented, bestselling and recognizable names in YA and children’s fiction learn that they are suspects in his murder. All must provide alibis in brief first-person entries. The problem is that all of them are liars, all of them are fabulists, and all have something to hide...

Sophie loves the hidden shop below her parents' bookstore, where dreams are secretly bought and sold. When the dream shop is robbed and her parents go missing, Sophie must unravel the truth to save them. Together with her best friend—a wisecracking and fanatically loyal monster named Monster—she must decide whom to trust with her family’s carefully guarded secrets. Who will help them, and who will betray them?

In Sky Hawkins's family, leading your first heist is a major milestone--even more so than learning to talk, walk, or do long division. It's a chance to gain power and acceptance within your family, and within society. But stealing your first treasure can be complicated, especially when you're a wyvern--a human capable of turning into a dragon.

Embarking on a life of crime is never easy, and Sky discovers secrets about her mother, who recently went missing, the real reason her boyfriend broke up with her, and a valuable jewel that could restore her family's wealth and rank in their community.

With a handpicked crew by her side, Sky knows she has everything she needs to complete her first heist, and get her boyfriend and mother back in the process. But then she uncovers a dark truth about were-dragon society--a truth more valuable and dangerous than gold or jewels could ever be.

Life, death, and rebirth -- in Becar, everyone knows that who you are in this life will determine what you are in your next life. The augurs can read your fate in your aura: hawk, heron, tortoise, jackal, human. Armed with that knowledge, you can change your destiny with the choices you make, both in this life and your next. But for the darkest individuals, there is no redemption: you come back as a kehok, a monster, and you will always be a kehok for the rest of time.

Unless you can win the Races.

As a professional trainer, Tamra was an elite kehok rider. Then a tragic accident on the track shattered her confidence, damaged her career, and left her nearly broke. Now Tamra needs the prize money to prevent the local temple from taking her daughter away from her, and that means she must once again find a winning kehok . . . and a rider willing to trust her.

Raia is desperate to get away from her domineering family and cruel fiancé. As a kehok rider, she could earn enough to buy her freedom. But she can't become good enough to compete without a first-rate trainer.

Impressed by the inexperienced young woman's determination, Tamra hires Raia and pairs her with a strange new kehok with the potential to win -- if he can be tamed.

But in this sport, if you forget you're riding on the back of a monster, you die. Tamra and Raia will work harder than they ever thought possible to win the deadly Becaran Races -- and in the process, discover what makes this particular kehok so special.

From award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst, a standalone epic fantasy set in a brand-new world of towering mountains and sparkling cities, in which a band of aging warriors have a second chance to defeat dark magic and avenge a haunting loss.

Twenty-five years ago, five heroes risked their lives to defeat the bone maker Eklor—a corrupt magician who created an inhuman army using animal bones. But victory came at a tragic price. Only four of the heroes survived.

Since then, Kreya, the group’s leader, has exiled herself to a remote tower and devoted herself to one purpose: resurrecting her dead husband. But such a task requires both a cache of human bones and a sacrifice—for each day he lives, she will live one less.

She’d rather live one year with her husband than a hundred without him, but using human bones for magic is illegal in Vos. The dead are burned—as are any bone workers who violate the law. Yet Kreya knows where she can find the bones she needs: the battlefield where her husband and countless others lost their lives.

But defying the laws of the land exposes a terrible possibility. Maybe the dead don’t rest in peace after all.

Five warriors—one broken, one gone soft, one pursuing a simple life, one stuck in the past, and one who should be dead. Their story should have been finished. But evil doesn’t stop just because someone once said, “the end.”

Zoe named the kitten Pipsqueak, because she was so tiny, and promised to always take care of her. Then the kitten grew. And grew. Now she's bigger than a horse -- and talking as well! Fleeing into the woods to escape the curious eyes of the Internet, Zoe and her best friend, Harrison, must keep the giant cat hidden as they desperately search for a way to return her to normal size. If they don't succeed, Pipsqueak may never be safe again. But why did she grow so large in the first place? And what if trying to change her back leads to even greater danger?

When a shy girl and her dragon-like companion discover their country’s idyllic weather comes at a steep—and secret—cost, they recruit fellow students to defy authority and attempt to spread the truth.

Storm beasts and their guardians create perfect weather every day, and Mina longs for a storm beast of her own. But when the gentle girl bonds with a lightning beast—a creature of fire and chaos—everyone’s certain it’s a mistake. Everyone but Mina and the beast himself, Pixit. Quickly enrolled in lightning school, Mina struggles to master a guardian’s skills, and she discovers that her country's weather comes at a devastating cost—a cost powerful people wish to hide. Mina’s never been the type to speak out, but someone has to tell the truth, and, with Pixit’s help, she resolves to find a way to be heard.

A group of magical misfit animals learns to appreciate their seemingly useless powers—and themselves—when they work together to thwart a villain’s attempt to steal their magic.

Holly, a grey squirrel, and her animal friends have accepted that they will never be wizards’ familiars. Though they are each magical, their powers are so offbeat—Holly herself can conjure pastries (and only pastries)—that no professional magic-worker would choose any of them as a companion for noble quests. So instead of going on adventures, they languish at the Shelter for Rejected Familiars, where they are known as “shelterlings.”

When an old friend appears with a plan for curing the shelterlings’ defective magic, everyone is on board to help him locate and retrieve the ingredients for a powerful spell. But when they learn that his offer is not what it seems, Holly and the shelterlings must fight to defend their magic, discovering in the process that their unorthodox skills may just be what is needed to save the day.

Exploring the power of stories and storytelling, Sarah Beth Durst presents the mesmerizing adventure of a girl made of living stone who braves unforeseen dangers and magical consequences on a crucial quest to save her family.

Mayka and her stone family were brought to life by the stories etched into their bodies. Now time is eroding these vital marks, and Mayka must find a stonemason to recarve them. But the search is more complex than she had imagined, and Mayka uncovers a scheme endangering all stone creatures. Only someone who casts stories into stone can help—but whom can Mayka trust? Where is the stonemason who will save them?

Action and insight combine in this magical coming-of-age novel as the young heroine realizes the savior she’s been searching for is herself.

vThe Spellshop is a cottagecore cosy fantasy following a woman's unexpected journey through the low-stakes market of illegal spell-selling and the high-risk business of starting over . . .

Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people, and as librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she hasn’t had to.

She and her assistant, Caz, a sentient spider plant, have spent most of the last eleven years sequestered among the empire’s precious spellbooks, protecting the magic for the city’s elite. But a revolution is brewing and when the library goes up in flames, she and Caz steal whatever books they can and flee to the faraway island where she grew up. She’s hoping to lay low and figure out a way to survive before the revolution comes looking for her. To her dismay, in addition to a nosy—and very handsome—neighbor, she finds the town in disarray.

The empire with its magic spellbooks has slowly been draining power from the island, something that Kiela is indirectly responsible for, and now she’s determined to find a way to make things right. Opening up a spell shop comes with its own risks—the consequence of sharing magic with commoners is death. And as Kiela comes to make a place for herself among the quirky townspeople, she realizes that in order to make a life for herself, she must break down the walls she has kept so high.

Perfect for fans of Travis Baldree and TJ Klune, The Spellshop is a romantic and cosy fantasy.