Titoli in Contemporaneo

The Wicked Years continue in Gregory Maguire’s Son of a Witch—the heroic saga of the hapless yet determined young man who may or may not be the offspring of the fabled Wicked Witch of the West. A New York Times bestseller like its predecessor, the remarkable Wicked, Son of a Witch follows...

In the first novel of the New York Times bestselling Temeraire series, a rare bond is formed between a young man and a dragon, and together they must battle in the Napoleonic Wars. “A terrifically entertaining fantasy novel.”—Stephen King Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to...

A call from a distraught wife, and another from Lt. Murphy of the Chicago PD Special Investigation Unit makes Harry believe things are looking up, but they are about to get worse, much worse. Someone is harnessing immense supernatural forces to commit a series of grisly murders. Someone has violated the first law of magic: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Tracking that someone takes Harry into the dangerous underbelly of Chicago, from mobsters to vampires....

Introducing an instant classic--master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a dazzling version of the great Norse myths. Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura...

It’s not easy serving Chernobog, the God of Destruction, Darkness and Death…especially during the holidays; and especially when you’re out of eggnog and one of your pesky, freeloading mythic creatures has eaten your last cookie. Roman would like nothing more than to be left alone, but when a wounded boy stumbles into his yard and begs for sanctuary, Roman takes him in. Now elite mercenaries are camped out on his property, combat mages are dousing the house with fire, and strange priests are unleashing arcane magic.

Ian survived his first week as a quality control tech for the biggest virtual reality game online. What's more, he's in love with the hottest woman imaginable. Only trouble is, she's a demoness from hell. In a videogame. And now he has to go and rescue her. There will be pirates in airships, lustful female elves, and an insanely powerful warlock intent on destroying Ian, Alaria, and Stig.

Cassandra Penelope Dankworth è una persona molto abitudinaria. Ama i musei, le tute comode, il fidanzato Will; detesta la confusione, i cambiamenti, il capo che beve dalla sua tazza. La sua vita scorre su binari piacevolmente prevedibili... fino a quando viene scaricata da Will, licenziata dal lavoro e la caffetteria all'angolo finisce i muffin alla banana. E tutto in un solo giorno! Il suo mondo crolla. Ma poi Cassie si accorge di avere il potere di tornare indietro nel tempo e sistemare le cose. Ha infiniti tentativi a disposizione per riuscirci, come potrebbe fallire?

Agentin Kimberley Reynolds ist beim FBI zuständig für seltsame, übernatürliche und schlichtweg okkulte Dinge. Leider gibt es in den Keller-Akten beklagenswerte Lücken, so dass sie nach dem rätselhaften Anruf eines Ex-Kollegen ziemlich blindlings nach Wisconsin reisen muss. Ungünstigerweise hat dort ein Eistornado Stadtverwaltung und Polizeirevier in einen Trümmerhaufen verwandelt und Patrick Henderson ist spurlos verschwunden. Alles deutet darauf hin, dass er gewaltsam entführt wurde - von etwas, das kein Mensch war.

Kimberly Burns—a self-sufficient, nineteen-year-old—expects her customary camping trip to be a calming escape from the non-stop demands of college life but the attack from a recently turned vampire changes everything. Aaron Calem has been trying to resist the blood lust raging through his new body, but the unfamiliar voice in his head won't let him pass up an easy meal. When he's left with a girl barely clinging to life, he must choose between loyalty to his brothers or his own morality.

Sara è una donna matura che narra la propria esperienza dopo vent’anni. Una storia d’amore straordinaria vissuta oltre gli schemi, che travalica lei stessa e la natura umana. Esperienze travolgenti che la portano a scoprire verità assolute di cui ignorava l’esistenza. La trama cattura il lettore come fosse coinvolto in un film e al termine lascerà un seme che si pone come profonda riflessione sulla vita. Un percorso di crescita interiore: intenso come la saggezza di un maestro illuminato, ma leggero come un romanzo rosa.

Villains have all the fun - everyone knows that - and this anthology takes you on a wild ride through the dark side! The top villains from 16 urban fantasy series get their own stories - including the baddies of New York Times best-selling authors Jim Butcher, Kevin Hearne, Kelley Armstrong, Seanan McGuire, and Jonathan Maberry. For every hero trying to save the world, there's a villain trying to tear it all down.

Playboy, cowboy, and con man, Logan has to go straight when he's suddenly saddled with his brother's four-year-old, filly-shifting daughter. Tabby was taken for a ride by a horse thief, and when she finally tracks him down to demand what she paid her last pennies for, finds herself lassoed into an unbelievable story about magic and shifters.

Questi tredici racconti affrontano una vasta gamma di argomenti legati al soprannaturale: dal modo in cui la tecnologia moderna può condizionare la nostra percezione della vita e della morte a storie ambientate in luoghi infestati, come case abbandonate e castelli misteriosi, dove le presenze del passato influenzano il presente.

The moment we felt the mate bond, Kaci had only one choice to make: surrender to instinct and bear our pups like a good girl or force us to chase her down, belt her ass, and breed her hard. She chose hard, and she got it. Over and over again. But the truth is she was ours long before we marked her.

Becoming a knockoff Dracula in tight leather pants was never part of Vincent’s plans. Neither was being summoned to another world by a cult of vampire wannabes. But both happened. Now, Vincent’s left to pick up the tattered pieces of his humanity as he tries to grow strong enough to keep his family safe. The world is filled with nightmares, and the looming threat of losing his soul stands between his goal and his reality, so it’s not like it will be too hard or anything. Hell should tremble. A good man is going to war.

The night the Prince of the East razed her village, Raina Bloodgood's life changed forever. Forced into someone else's war—and into the arms of the Witch Collector, Alexus Thibault—Raina discovered that everything she believed was wrong, and that she was capable of far more than anyone imagined. Now, the Prince of the East has taken the Frost King as a pawn in his war against the Summerlands, causing Alexus's life to hang in the balance.

A "dreamlike and compelling” tour de force (Chicago Tribune)—an astonishingly imaginative detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets from Japan’s forgotten campaign in Manchuria during World War II. Now with a new introduction by the...

La profecía lo anunció: llegará una Reina de la Sangre para destruir el mundo, y una Reina del Sol para reconstruirlo. No se sabe cuándo, no se sabe quién. Pero sucederá.

Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is Chicago's only openly practicing wizard. He is also dead broke. His vast knowledge and magical skills are unfortunately matched by his talent for making powerful enemies and alienating friends. With little more than his integrity left, he accepts an offer of work from Lt. Karin Murphy of Chicago's Special Investigations Unit. He wants to redeem himself in Murphy's eyes and make enough money to quiet his rumbling stomach.

Juliette just wants to run her bookshop, recommend great reads, hunt for treasures at estate sales, and savor quality time with her family and friends. Her magic has other plans. The emerging magical ability to return lost things to their owners has thrown her a curveball. She can’t communicate with someone who’s dead…or can she? As she races against time to reunite lost loves and right tragic wrongs, Juliette is handed the power to finally overcome her chronic anxiety and debilitating panic attacks.