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    Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
    Magician's End
    The Mortal Instruments: Les Origines - 1: L'Ange Mécanique -poche-
    The Prince and the Dressmaker
    Hollowpox
    Towers of Midnight
    • I Follow You

      • 448pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      A spine-tingling standalone thriller of obsession from bestselling crime writer Peter James.To the outside world, suave, charming and confident doctor Marcus Valentine has it all. A loving wife, three kids, a great job. But there's something missing, there always has been... or rather, someone.Driving to work one morning, his mind elsewhere and not on the road, he almost mows down a woman jogging on the street. As she runs on, Marcus is transfixed. Infatuated. She is the spitting image of a girl he was crazy about in his teens. A girl he has never been able to get out of his mind.Lynette had dumped him harshly. For years he has fantasized about seeing her again and rekindling their flame. Might that jogger possibly be her all these years later? Could this be the most incredible coincidence?Despite all his attempts to resist, he is consumed by cravings for this woman. And when events take a tragically unexpected turn, his obsession threatens to destroy both their worlds. But still he won't stop. Can't stop.

      I Follow You2021
      4,0
    • The Prince and the Dressmaker

      • 276pages
      • 10 heures de lecture

      Prince Sebastian hides from his parents his secret life of dressing up in women's clothes as the hottest fashion icon in Paris, the fabulous Lady Crystallia, while his friend Frances the dressmaker strives to keep her friend's secret.

      The Prince and the Dressmaker2021
      4,4
    • Hollowpox

      The Hunt for Morrigan Crow

      • 480pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      Discover the magical world of Nevermoor and the adventures of Morrigan Crow, in this bestselling, award-winning series for fans of Harry Potter and His Dark Materials.

      Hollowpox2020
      4,4
    • The Girl With No Name

      • 486pages
      • 18 heures de lecture

      A story of a young girl who escapes from Nazi Germany to England on the Kindertransport.

      The Girl With No Name2018
      4,0
    • Winner - Author of the Year, British Book Awards Philip Pullman's magnificent bestseller now in paperback, with new additional illustrations. A coming of age story like no other . . . Malcolm Polstead's Oxford life has been one of routine, ordinary even. He is happiest playing with his daemon, Asta, in their canoe, La Belle Sauvage. But now as the rain builds, the world around Malcolm and Asta is, it seems, set to become increasingly far from ordinary. Finding himself linked to a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua, Malcolm is forced to undertake the challenge of his life and to make a dangerous journey that will change him and Lyra for ever . . .

      The Book of Dust: Volume one, La belle sauvage2017
      4,1
    • Collects short stories chronicling Simon's journey from amnesia to Ascension, as he works to regain his lost life while attending the Shadowhunter Academy

      Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy2017
      4,3
    • Magic is dangerous—but love is more dangerous still. When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray travels to England to find her brother during Queen Victoria's reign, she encounters a terrifying world in London’s Downworld, populated by vampires, warlocks, and other supernatural beings. The Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to eliminating demons, strive to maintain order in this chaos. Captured by the Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa discovers she is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform into another person at will. The Magister, the shadowy leader of the Club, seeks to exploit her power. Alone and pursued, Tessa finds refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who promise to help her find her brother if she aids them with her abilities. She becomes captivated by two best friends: James, whose delicate beauty conceals a dark secret, and Will, whose sharp wit and unpredictable nature keep others at a distance—except for Tessa. As they delve into a sinister plot threatening the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes she may have to choose between rescuing her brother and assisting her new friends in saving the world, discovering that love may be the most perilous magic of all.

      The Mortal Instruments: Les Origines - 1: L'Ange Mécanique -poche-2015
      4,3
    • Roy Grace - 7: Dodemansrit

      • 383pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Na een auto-ongeluk neemt de familie van het slachtoffer wraak op alle betrokkenen.

      Roy Grace - 7: Dodemansrit2013
    • Discover the fate of the original black Magician, Pug, as prophecy becomes truth in the last book of the Riftwar Cycle.

      Magician's End2013
      4,3
    • Le rôdeur

      • 550pages
      • 20 heures de lecture

      Colchester, les quais de la riviere Colne. Le cadavre d'une jeune femme, atrocement mutile, est retrouve sur le pont d'un bateau-phare. Alors que les enqueteurs s'activent sur la scene du crime, l'agent Anni Hepburn prend la deposition de Suzanne Perry, victime, la nuit precedente, d'une inquietante agression. Un rodeur s'est introduit chez elle pendant son sommeil et l'a devetue a moitie, tandis qu'elle restait comme paralysee. Au matin, une photo d elle endormie, accrochee a sa fenetre et portant l inscription: - Je veille sur toi -, lui a prouve qu il ne s agissait pas d un simple cauchemar. Charge de l'enquete du bateau-phare, l'inspecteur Phil Brennan croise bientot la route du rodeur. Qui est-il ? Un desequilibre ? Un tueur en serie ? Assurement, un monstre de cruaute..."

      Le rôdeur2012
      3,9
    • Towers of Midnight

      • 976pages
      • 35 heures de lecture

      As the seals on the Dark One's prison crumble and the armies of the Shadow boil out of the Blight, Perrin Aybara, hunted by specters from his past, must seek answers in "Tel'aran'rhiod" and find a way to master the wolf within him--or lose himself to it forever. Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life ... as The Tower of Ghenjei awaits.

      Towers of Midnight2011
      4,5
    • Dirty little lies

      • 374pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Reuben Maitland runs the UK's elite forensic crime squad -aGeneCrime. Their work is at the cutting edge of modern crime detection, using the very latest scientific knowledge to identify, arrest, prosecute and convict Britain's worst criminals. They only work on the most high-profile of cases. They are controversial, but undeniably effective. But the hunters are about to become the hunted, and find their own techniques used in an attempt to destroy them. When one of the team is brutally murdered, Reuben does not suspect that this is the beginning of a concerted attack on the whole of GeneCrime. The first clue comes when the police discover a warning in the victim's own blood, written in the language of genetics. Someone is out to destroy GeneCrime, even if it means killing them one by one. Another team member is taken, horrifically tortured and sadistically murdered. Reuben is desperate to find and stop the killer. But as his own investigations gather steam, he finds his career attacked. Reuben used his own most advanced scientific discovery for a very personal reason and rivals in the police use this to remove him from command. Suddenly he is on the outside of GeneCrime, cut off from their resources and power. Reuben, ostracized and under suspicion, knows that he must fight this battle alone. The killing has not stopped, and the one thing that is beyond question is that he is the killer's next target.

      Dirty little lies2010
      3,0
    • The remnants of the Clan of the Seven Stars are returning to their long abandoned homeworld . . . but not as friends. The elves, led by the conjurer Laromendis, flee the relentless demon hordes sweeping through their galaxy—and the conquest of war-weary Midkemia is the Clan's sole hope for survival . . . if the Dread Legion does not pursue them through the rift. The magician Pug knows what horrors will surely follow the elven invasion, for slaughter alone will sate Demon King Maarg's minions. For the death tide to be turned, Midkemia's constant defender must somehow unite bitter foes and vengeful former lovers—because failure to do so will mean annihilation.

      Rides a Dread Legion2009
      4,0
    • Les âmes vagabondes

      • 829pages
      • 30 heures de lecture

      La Terre est envahie. L’humanité est en danger. Nos corps restent les mêmes, mais nos esprits sont contrôlés. Melanie Stryder vient d’être capturée. Elle refuse cependant de laisser place à l’être qui tente de la posséder. Quelque part, caché dans le désert, il y a un homme qu’elle ne peut pas oublier. L’amour pourra-t-il la sauver ?On retrouve ce qui a fait la renommée de Stephenie Meyer : une imagination débordante et un style facile d’accès. Télé Loisirs.Plus mature et plus fort que ses quatre volumes, ce romance thriller de Stephenie Meyer abolit la frontière entre littérature jeunesse et adulte. Nathalie Lacube, La Croix.Indiana Jones, Astérix, Dune, gentil E.T., méchant Alien et quelques autres références... On trouve tout dans ce roman de Stephenie Meyer. Et on tourne les pages tant et plus... Jocelyne Remy, Le Bien public.

      Les âmes vagabondes2009
      3,9
    • Frisson

      • 478pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      Enfant, Grace a été agressée par une meute de loups et sauvée par l'un d'entre eux. Depuis ce jour, elle sait qu'un lien indéfectible les unit. Le jour où un élève de son lycée est retrouvé mort, les habitants accusent le loup et organisent une traque. Peu après, Grace découvre devant sa porte un jeune homme blessé au regard étrangement familier... Une histoire de loup-garou qui fera fondre et frissonner les mordues du genre.

      Frisson2009
      3,8
    • Sorcerer Pug wakes from a nightmare that portends destruction for all of Midkemia, and his son Magnus learns the reason: a beacon draws an army of alien invaders, and nemesis Sidi, now Leso Varen. In Stardock town, two boys come of age and go deep into the Empire of Great Kesh. A dark plot implicates the highest-ranking nobles, and the Nighthawks clan of Assassins.

      The Darkwar Saga - 1: Flight of the Nighthawks2009
      4,2
    • COME TO METhe first victim is found in a snow-covered Philadelphia field. Detective Vito Ciccotelli enlists the aid of archaeologist Sophie Johannsen to determine exactly what lies beneath the frozen ground. Despite years of unearthing things long buried, nothing can prepare Sophie for the matrix of graves dug with chilling precision. The victims buried there haunt her. But the empty graves terrify her-the killer isn't done yet. SCREAM FOR MEHe is cold and calculating, the master of a twisted game. Even with Vito and Sophie hot on his trail, he will not stop. One more empty grave must be filled, and one last scream must be heard-the scream of an archaeologist who is too close for comfort and too near to resist... DIE FOR ME

      Die for Me2008
      4,3
    • Ooit behoorde Tylar de Noche tot de onbevreesde Schaduwridders van Myrillia, nu staat hij bekend onder een andere naam, een naam waarin de huiver doorklinkt: godengebieder. Hoewel hij eerder vals beschuldigd werd van de moord op een godin, Meeryn van de Zomeringeilnaden, is Tylar tegen alle verwachtingen in weer opgenomen in de Orde van de Schaduwridders, zijn naam is in ere hersteld. Wat hij evenwel niet weet, niet kàn weten, is dat dit eerherstel onderdeel is van een listig bedachte valstrik. Dat komt aan het licht als de naethryn uit de onderwereld en strijdkrachten uit IJsnest tegelijkertijd een dodelijk offensief inzetten waardoor Tylar en zijn vrienden vast komen te zitten. Ondanks zijn kracht en krijgskunst kan Tylar er niet voor zorgen dat de Citadel van Tashijan, het eeuwenoude hoofdkwartier van de Schaduwridders, gespaard blijft. Dan blijkt dat het hart van de Orde al tientallen jaren geleden is aangevreten door rotting en verderf. Tylar en zijn bondgenoten hebben geen adnere keuze dan te vluchten. Maar is er ergens ter wereld nog wel een plek waar zij veilig zijn voor het allen en iedereen aangrijpende kwaad?

      De kronieken van de godengebieder - 2: Schaduwridder2007
    • Into a Dark Realm

      • 368pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      The dread plot to destroy the Empire of Great Kesh has failed. The Conclave of Shadows has ended the murderous Nighthawk brotherhood's horrific reign of terror and death. But the mad sorcerer, Leso Varen, has fled, taking refuge among the most powerful men and women on Kelewan—a world now threatened, along with Midkemia, by hordes of the most vicious warriors in the known universe. The great sorcerer Pug knows of no power that will vanquish these invaders. And now he, brave Magnus and Nakor, and a disturbing young stranger named Bek must venture into the poisonous heart of the Dasati realm—the most terrible place they have ever encountered—in a valiant, impossible attempt to turn the tides against the encroaching doom that would swallow their world.

      Into a Dark Realm2007
      4,0
    • Brisingr

      • 826pages
      • 29 heures de lecture

      Eragon a une double promesse à tenir : aider Roran à délivrer sa fiancée, Katrina, prisonnière des Ra'zacs, et venger la mort de son oncle Garrow. Saphira emmène les deux cousins jusqu'à Helgrind, les Portes de la Mort, repaire des monstres. Or, depuis que Murtagh lui a repris Zar'oc, l'épée que Brom lui avait donnée, Eragon n'est plus armé que du bâton du vieux conteur.

      Brisingr2007
      4,1
    • Phantom

      • 587pages
      • 21 heures de lecture

      With Wizard's First Rule and seven subsequent masterpieces, Terry Goodkind has thrilled readers worldwide with the unique sweep of his storytelling. Now Goodkind returns with a new story of Richard and Kahlan, the beginning of a three-part sequence that will bring their epic story to its culmination.

      Phantom2006
      4,0
    • Shadowfall

      • 528pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      Four millennia have passed since the hundred immortal gods came to Myrillia. Out of chaos they created the Nine Lands, blessed with their Graces and protected from the nightmarish Hinterlands, where rogue gods stalked across a barbarous wilderness. In all this time nothing has disturbed the peace of the Nine Lands.Until now. For the impossible...the unthinkable...has happened. Meeryn, goddess of the Summering Isles, has been murdered.The only witness was Tylar de Noche, a crippled and disgraced former Shadowknight who lives in agonizing shame of his past. He saw the dark entity that killed Meeryn. And as he held the dying goddess, her last breath bestowed a powerful blessing on him—a mark that healed his broken body. A mark that many see as proof that he killed a god. A mark that unleashed a powerful force of darkness within him.Chased across Myrillia by enemies both human and ethereal, aided only by outcasts like himself, Tylar must uncover and face down a being powerful enought to kill an immortal—the true godslayer. If he fails, all of Myrillia will fall into shadow....

      Shadowfall2006
      4,1
    • Lord of Snow and Shadows

      • 704pages
      • 25 heures de lecture

      Three kingdoms. One man. A destiny written in blood. An epic fantasy series begins . . .Seemingly always the outsider, Gavril Andar - an impoverished young painter - yearns to join the privileged circles of Muscobar polite society. However, unknownto him, he does have royal blood in his veins: the dark and powerful blood of a father he never knew.

      Lord of Snow and Shadows2006
      3,7
    • The Locus Awards

      • 528pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      Now, for the first time, the best of the Locus Awards for short fiction are gathered in one volume. Spanning the absolute finest in science fiction and fantasy short fiction for the last thirty years, this anthology is an indispensable guide to speculative fiction from the classic to the outrageous by the leaders of the field.

      The Locus Awards2006
      4,1
    • As the very fabric of reality wears thin, all portents indicate that Tarmon Gai'don, the Last Battle, is imminent - and Rand al'Thor must ready himself to confront the Dark One. But Rand must first negotiate a truce with the Seanchan armies, as their forces increasingly sap his strength. All is in flux as established powers falter . . . In Caemlyn, Elayne fights to gain the Lion Throne while trying to avert civil war and Egwene finds that even the White Tower is no longer a place of safety. The winds of time have whirled into a storm, and Rand and his companions ride in the vortex. This small company must prevail against the trials of fate and fortune - or the Dark One will triumph and the world will be lost.

      The Wheel of Time. Book Eleven. Knife of dreams2006
      4,2
    • La Roue du Temps tourne et les Âges naissent et meurent, laissant dans leur sillage des souvenirs destinés à devenir des légendes. « Jordan est parvenu à dominer le monde que Tolkien a révélé. » The New York Times Un enfant vient de naître sur les flancs du pic du Dragon. Pourrait-il être le sauveur annoncé par les prophéties ? Moiraine Damodred et Siuan Sanche, deux jeunes Acceptées de la Tour Blanche, se lancent à sa recherche. Venu à Tar Valon pour succomber héroïquement face aux terribles Aiels, Lan Mandragoran a la surprise de survivre... et de vaincre, puisque ses ennemis battent en retraite. Mais que faire d’un avenir, quand on a cru devoir y renoncer ? Après sa rencontre fortuite avec Moiraine, le guerrier n’aura plus à se poser la question.

      La Roue du Temps. Nouveau printemps2005
      4,1
    • The lonely dead

      • 480pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      Grotesquely arranged corpses are turning up in remote locations across America: is it the work of a bizarre sect or a solitary serial killer?

      The lonely dead2005
      3,6
    • Le legioni del tuono

      le legioni del tuono

      • 286pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Nella terra di Maras-Dantia la guerra tra umani e razze antiche sembra non conoscere sosta e i figli del Lupo sono nell'occhio del ciclone. Soli, braccati, bollati dall'infamante accusa di diserzione, vagano per le regioni che gli umani chiamano Centrasia alla ricerca di risposte a interrogativi sempre più pressanti: cosa sono in realtà i manufatti chiamati stelle? Qual è il loro effettivo potere? Perché l'ambizione di possederli ossessiona Jennesta, la spietata regina dell'Orda, così come Kimball Hobrow, capo della fanatica setta degli Uni? E ancora: quale significato attribuire ai sogni di cui è preda il capitano degli orchi Strike? Sono forse profezie? La speranza di un mondo in cui la magia occupi il posto che le compete nell'ordine naturale, un mondo nel quale le razze antiche possano finalmente convivere in pace, libere dalla pestilenziale minaccia dell'uomo, potrà realizzarsi solo dopo aver superato nemici letali e situazioni ai limiti dell'impossibile, in un crescendo di eventi che scateneranno forze oscure, terrificanti incantesimi e arcane potenze da troppo tempo sopite. Prima, però, gli orchi dovranno confrontarsi con le proprie ataviche paure, per porre fine a un'esistenza da mercenari e tornare a essere ciò che sempre sono stati: un popolo fiero, un popolo di guerrieri.

      Le legioni del tuono2005
      3,9
    • The master fantasist’s thrilling conclusion to The Darkwar Saga To save the future of both empires, the powerful sorcerer Pug and the Conclave of Shadows have journeyed into the darkest of terrain: the Dasati home world. There, traveling undercover among the bloodthirsty and ruthless Dasati, they have encountered Bek, a disturbing young stranger whose secrets may prove more important than Pug knows. And back in the realm of Midkemia, as the young warriors Tad, Zane, and their friends protect the Kingdom from raiders, Miranda finds herself a prisoner of the Dasati, and, even more ominously, of Pug’s nemesis, the evil sorcerer Leso Varen. And Pug finds himself allied with a friend thought long dead, a friend whose remarkable powers will be sorely needed in the battle to come . . . a battle that will bring them all together in one great struggle for the future and very soul of Midkemia.

      The Darkwar Saga 3. Wrath of a Mad God1998
      4,1