In a remote mountain academy the politically expendable younger sons of the Great Houses study for an extraordinary task. Most will fail some will die but the reward for the dedicated few is great: mastery of the andat & the rank of Poet. Thanks to these men
- part sorcerers part scholars
- the great city-states of the Khaiem enjoy wealth & power beyond measure & the greatest of them all is Saraykeht: glittering jewel of the Summer Cities. There are those in the world however who envy such wealth. There are great riches to be had in the Summer & Winter Cities & only the threat of the andat unleashed holds the enemies of the Khaiem in check. Conflict is brewing in the world. Alliances will be broken & friends betrayed. The lowly will be raised up the mighty will fall & innocents will be slaughtered. & two men bound to each other by an act of kindness & an act of brutality may be all that stands between the civilised world & war. War & something worse.. .

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Shadow Harold master thief & his band of companions have reached the deep catacombs of Hrad Spein where Harold must go in alone to face unknown horrors & retrieve the Horn that will save Siala. He is magically bound to the Key with which the dark elves sealed Hrad Spein & the Masters servant the sorceress Lafresa is close behind him. Harold & his companions must face Hsankors evil magic & the agents of the Nameless One but unless they find the long-lost Horn darkness will overrun the realm of Valiostr. Harolds destiny is tied to the fate of the kingdom... ...

Shadow Harold master thief & his band of companions have reached the deep catacombs of Hrad Spein where Harold must go in alone to face unknown horrors & retrieve the Horn that will save Siala. He is magically bound to the Key with which the dark elves sealed Hrad Spein & the Master's servant the sorceress Lafresa is close behind him. Harold & his companions must face H'san'kors evil magic & the agents of the Nameless One but unless they find the long-lost Horn darkness will overrun the realm of Valiostr. Harold's destiny is tied to the fate of the kingdom... ...

Nathan knows something is watching him
- something menacing & dangerous. Something without a shape that he can't get out of his
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Shadow Harold master thief is in over his head. When he accepted the Kings commission (not that he had any choice in the matter) he did not think that it would be to retrieve a legendary artefact from Hrad Spein the underground resting place of ogres elves & wizards; a place of dread & immeasurable power that has been sealed up for centuries. Unless Harold finds the long-lost Horn the Nameless One will overrun the realm of Valiostr. But that was just the first of the challenges facing Harold. He is magically bound to the Key with which the dark elves sealed Hrad Spein & which his enemies are determined to obtain at any cost. Treachery & death follow Harold & his companions as they fight to reach their goal. On one side is the threat of the Nameless One; on the other the servants of the mysterious Master. A long-dead mage is living in Harolds head & his dreams are haunted by terrible visions. What is the meaning of the Houses of Power Pain Love & the House of Fear? Still resolutely denying his destiny as the mystical Dancer in the Shadows Harolds journey takes him to the Forest of Zagraba the land where the gods walked at the dawn of time... ...

Samuel Blink is the hero of this story but he doesn't know it yet. Right now he & his sister Martha are in the back of his parents' car. He has no idea a giant log is about to fall from the sky & change his life forever. He doesn't know that he & Martha will be forced to move to Norway & eat their Aunt Eda's smelly brown cheese. He hasn't the slightest clue Martha will disappear into Shadow Forest. A forest full of one-eyed trolls the sinister huldre-folk deadly Truth Pixies & a witch who steals shadows. A forest ruled by the evil Changemaker. A forest so dangerous that people who enter never return. No. Samuel Blink doesn't know any of this. So don't tell him. It might ruin the book.. . Winner of the Gold Smarties Prize & the Blue Peter Award & shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal & the Waterstone's Prize. ...

The classified experiment is the brainchild of renowned scientist Peter Whitney & his brilliant daughter Lily. Created to enhance the psychic abilities of an elite squadron it can transform their natural mental powers into a unique military weapon. But something goes wrong. In the isolated underground labs the men have been dying-victims of bizarre accidents. Captain Ryland Miller knows he is next. When Dr. Whitney himself is murdered Ryland has only one person left to trust: the beautiful Lily. Possessed of an uncanny sixth sense herself Lily shares Ryland's every new fear every betrayal every growing suspicion & every passionate beat of the heart. Together they will be drawn deeper into the labyrinth of her father's past & closer to a secret that someone would kill to keep hidden. ...

Tea-Bag a young African girl has fled a refugee camp in Spain for the promise of a new life in Sweden. Tania has made a long & dangerous journey to escape the horrors of human trafficking. Leyla has come with her family from Iran. All of them are facing different challenges in their new home. Meanwhile celebrated poet Jesper Humlin is looking for inspiration. Harried by his mother & girlfriend misunderstood by his publisher & tormented by his stockbroker Jesper needs a new perspective on life. A chance encounter with Tea-Bag leads him into the shadow world of the immigrant experience in Sweden. Initially he sees the girls purely as material for his next work but soon discovers they have very different ideas. In The Shadow Girls" Henning Mankell tells the extraordinary stories of three young women who are determined to overcome the hardships they face to take control of their own lives. This inspiring novel encompasses both humour & tragedy & illuminates our understanding of those left on the margins of our society." ...

New York Times" bestselling author Richelle Mead returns to the Otherworld a mystic land inextricably linked to our own
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Sally Lockhart is twenty-two & running her own financial consultancy
- a thoroughly modern woman in a world of pompous men
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