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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in this powerful novel of magic, family, and the suffragette movement. 'A gorgeous and thrilling paean to the ferocious power of women. The characters live, bleed, and roar. '?Laini Taylor,New York Timesbestselling author? In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the Eastwood sisters?James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna?join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement. Stalked by shadows and sickness, hunted by forces who will not suffer a witch to vote?and perhaps not even to live?the sisters will need to delve into the oldest magics, draw new alliances, and heal the bond between them if they want to survive.There's no such thing as witches. But there will be.An homage to the indomitable power and persistence of women,The Once and Future Witchesreimagines stories of revolution, motherhood, and women's suffragethe lost ways are calling.Praise forThe Once and Future Witches: 'A glorious escape into a world where witchcraft has dwindled to a memory of women's magic, and three wild, sundered sisters hold the key to bring it back.A tale that will sweep you away.'?Yangsze Choo,New York Timesbestselling author 'This book is an amazing bit of spellcraft and resistance so needed in our times, and a reminder that secret words and ways can never be truly and properly lost, as long as there are tongues to speak them and ears to listen.'?P. Djèlí Clark, authorThe Black God's DrumANew York Timesbestseller Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR Books Barnes and Noble BookPageFor more from Alix E. Harrow, check outThe Ten Thousand Doors of January.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From an electrifying voice in horror comes the haunting tale of a woman whose life begins to unravel after a home invasion. "Admirers of the works of Tana French, Megan Abbott, and Zoje Stage will devour this book." BooklistPossession is an addiction. Sydney's spent years burying her past and building a better life for herself and her young son. A respectable marketing job, a house with reclaimed and sustainable furniture, and a boyfriend who loves her son and accepts her, flaws and all. But when she opens her front door, and a masked intruder knocks her briefly unconscious, everything begins to unravel. She wakes in the hospital and tells a harrowing story of escape. Of dashing out a broken window. Of running into her neighbors' yard and calling the police. The cops tell her a different story. Because the intruder is now lying dead in her guest roommurdered in a way that looks intimately personal. Sydney can't remember killing the man. No one believes her. Back home, as horrific memories surface, an unnatural darkness begins whispering in her ear. Urging her back to old addictions and a past she's buried to build a better life for herself and her son. As Sydney searches for truth among the wreckage of a past that won't stay buried for long, the unquiet darkness begins to grow. To change into something unimaginable. To reveal terrible cravings of its own."Marino offers horrors both existential and visceral. From a stunning opening, the sense of dread just builds and builds." M. R. Carey, author ofThe Girl with All the Gifts 'Odd and dark and fascinating . Not quite like anything I've ever read before. A strange, compelling, late-night page-turner. It kept me reading way past my bedtime.' T. Kingfisher, author ofThe Hollow Places.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A vividly realized high-seas epic that pulls you deep into its world and keeps you tangled there until the very last word.' Evan WinterThe tale of the Tide Child comes to an end inThe Bone Ship's Wake,a brilliantly imagined saga of honor, glory, and warfare byBritish Fantasy Award-winningauthor, RJ Barker.Joron Twiner's dreams of freedom lay shattered. His Shipwife is gone and all he has left is revenge. Leading the black fleet from the deck of Tide Child, he takes every opportunity to hurt the Hundred Isles he is given. But his time is limited.His fleet is shrinking, the Keyshan's Rot is running through his body, and he hiding from a prophecy that says he and the avian sorcerer, the Windseer will end the entire world.But the Sea Dragons have returned, a miracle in itself, and who is to say that if you can have one miracle, there cannot be another Praise for the Tide Child Trilogy:'Brilliant.' Robin Hobb'Excellent. One of the most interesting and original fantasy worlds I've seen in years.' Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning authorThe Tide Child TrilogyThe Bone ShipsCall of the Bone ShipsThe Bone Ship's WakeFor more from RJ Barker, check out:The Wounded KingdomAge of AssassinsBlood of AssassinsKing of Assassins.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A special edition hardcover that celebrates thefirst book in theNYTbestsellingand Hugo award-winningExpanse series - a modern masterwork of science fiction with over 10 million copies sold worldwide. Leviathan Wakes introduces a captain, his crew, and a detective as they unravel a horrifying solar system wide conspiracy that begins with a single missing girl.Now a Prime Original series.This 10th anniversary edition hardcover includes:- A striking new cover- Stained edges and illustrated endpapers- A black and magenta foil case- A reversible cover that features the full, uncropped artwork of the original cover art- A newintroduction from the authorsHUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES Humanity has colonized the solar systemMars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyondbut the stars are still out of our reach. Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill forand kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why. Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything. Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporationsand the odds are against them. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe.'Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be written.' George R. R. MartinThe ExpanseLeviathan Wakes Caliban's War Abaddon's Gate Cibola Burn Nemesis Games Babylon's Ashes Persepolis Rising Tiamat's Wrath ?Leviathan Falls Memory's LegionThe Expanse Short FictionDrive The Butcher of Anderson StationGods of RiskThe ChurnThe Vital AbyssStrange DogsAuberon Memory's Legion.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The New York Times bestselling finale to the Age of Madness trilogyfinds the world in an unstoppable revolution where heroes have nothing left to lose as darkness and destruction overtake everything. Chaos. Fury. Destruction. The Great Change is upon us . . . Some say that to change the world you must first burn it down. Now that belief will be tested in the crucible of revolution: the Breakers and Burners have seized the levers of power, the smoke of riots has replaced the smog of industry, and all must submit to the wisdom of crowds. With nothing left to lose, Citizen Brock is determined to become a new hero for the new age, while Citizeness Savine must turn her talents from profit to survival before she can claw her way to redemption. Orso will find that when the world is turned upside down, no one is lower than a monarch. And in the bloody North, Rikke and her fragile Protectorate are running out of allies . . . while Black Calder gathers his forces and plots his vengeance. The banks have fallen, the sun of the Union has been torn down, and in the darkness behind the scenes, the threads of the Weaver's ruthless plan are slowly being drawn together . . .'No one writes with the seismic scope or primal intensity of Joe Abercrombie.' Pierce Brown For more from Joe Abercrombie, check out:The Age of MadnessA Little HatredThe Trouble With PeaceThe Wisdom of CrowdsThe First Law TrilogyThe Blade ItselfBefore They Are HangedLast Argument of Kings Best Served ColdThe HeroesRed CountryThe Shattered Sea TrilogyHalf a KingHalf a WorldHalf a War.…