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The Four Realms * Volume I * The Realm of Balh The world of Arah is divided into four great realms, all of them under the dominion of the immortal Kleos, supreme god of the world. Lord Deko has held the government of Balh since time immemorial. He commands the dronk army, made up of terrible beasts whose sole mission is to exercise tight control over humans. However, Laros, the capital of Balh, is one of the few cities that remains undiminished in...

L'ouvrage Treize nouvelles vaudou explore l'imaginaire dans ses mystérieux labyrinthes. Une manière propre à l'écrivain Victor de sillonner le vaudou avec humour, force et passion. Ce jeune maître du fantastique va très loin, en puisant dans son quotidien les armes pour mieux voir la réalité. Le résultat est que dans ces nouvelles discrètes et subtiles, tombe la frontière entre réel et imaginaire, le visible et l'invisible. Les dieux et...

The first volume collects the following three misdeeds:StrayGabrielle Munson takes a busman's holiday to Italy to 'liberate' a necromantic text from the library of a town. Unfortunately, while she's there to steal the book, other burglars kill a librarian. Now Gabrielle is in the hot seat, because she's the only one who has stolen something from the library and both the police and the inquisition are hot on her tail. Will she make it out of the town...

Enter the City Of Blood. Advertised as a vampire's paradise, but in reality, far from it, experience the horrors of the city along with Chloe, a spy sent to help bring the city down. When the resistance comes knocking, Chloe is unable to resist joining, even if she knows she shouldn't. An assassination attempt on the Mayor changes everything and it becomes a race against the clock to stop the city from destroying itself. The Complete City Of Blood...

Elysian fled her rural home with only her shattered dreams, empty pockets, and her beat-up Camaro. In the big city, she feels in over her head among the vampire elite. High society has never been the unlife for her. But remaining in the shadows isn't an option once a powerful, dangerous man sets his sights on her. When one wrong move could mean her permanent end, who can Elysian really trust?

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Samhain is approaching. The past draws closer. A reckoning is coming. Avery and her coven are looking forward to celebrating Samhain, and the townsfolk are preparing to honour their ancestors with the Walk of the Spirits. But then Ben disappears from Old Haven Church, leaving no clue as to where he has gone. Panic-stricken, the witches and their friends widen their search, but when they can't find him, they have to accept that he's somewhere else-somewhere...

Look, I'll level with you - sometimes, there's just stories that've got to be told, because they're too good to keep secret. I've had a lot of unique experiences in my line of work; I've carried ground pixie bones through a party full of fae, delivered an ultimatum to a werewolf pack and left with all my bits intact - I've even talked my way out of a Department cordon whilst trying not to puncture the dragon bladder stuffed in my trousers. It's a...

"Stop. I'm just … just Laurie Gray." No one should bow to her. She drove a four-door compact like half the city. She lived in a townhouse identical to all six of her neighbors' places. She worked in a cubicle in a sea of other cubicles at Atkin & Sons. "Oh, no, miss," the old woman said, her face still toward the floor. "You are the prince's bride, soon to be the queen." Laurie Gray and Skelley Black don't get along. Co-workers at the firm, Atkins...

Monsters couldn't have chosen a worse time to invade New London. Lady Gwen is busy with headstrong teenagers, a confusing love triangle, and a sister who refuses to speak to her. She has no time for vampires and werewolves. ButWorse, no one will believe her warnings about the impending faerie invasion… not even the fae refugees hiding in the city.With the full moon only days away and no answers in sight, Gwen will be forced to ally with the two...