Epic Suspense

Follow Prince Braxton in volume one of this trilogy blazing a sizzling trail spanning the greatest century, 1860-1960. A century of world wars, engineering marvels, romance-defying social morays, revolutions, spies, and requited and unrequited love. In this historical dystopia, the author has expunged the Victorian royal family, replacing it with one worthy of reigning over the world’s most powerful empire.

Who's afraid of the big bad wolves? Two weeks have passed since we've last seen our heroes as they received the news of hundreds of feral demon sightings. But, the summoning circles have opened a lot more than just Coven drama in the world of Raen. With the annual blizzard having just ended, the people still aren't clear of danger. The Coven is in chaos, and Vanessa and Bobo are widely known throughout for their previous achievements.

Veranix Calbert is the Thorn - the street vigilante who became a legend to the people of Maradaine, especially the gangs that run the neighborhood of Aventil. The Thorn continues to harass Willem Fenmere, the drug kingpin of the Dentonhill neighborhood. Veranix is still determined to stop Fenmere and the effitte drug trade, especially when he discovers that Fenmere is planning on using the Red Rabbits gang to bring the drug into Aventil. But it’s also Exam Week at the University of Maradaine, where Veranix is a magic student.

When Nick Caine and Ishi go missing from an airport, the price of their freedom is the Syrinx of Polyphemus... The legendary pan flute of a mythological cyclops. But others want it, too—and stealing it will create yet another powerful enemy. The Cyclops is more than a religious relic. It has powers so immense that whoever possesses it could rule the world—or destroy it. They’re dealing with the Illuminati, being chased by a madman, being kidnapped and trying to stop a megalomaniac from taking over the world... It’s all in a day’s work for antiquities thief and looter ...

Bobby Dollar isn’t your average angel! Sure, he takes the occasional trip to Heaven, but his job as an advocate - arguing the fate of the recently deceased - keeps him pretty busy on Earth, and he's more than happy to spend the rest of his time propping up the bar with his fellow immortals. Until the day a soul goes missing, presumed stolen by "the other side". A new chapter in the war between heaven and hell is about to open. And Bobby is right in the middle of it, with only a desirable but deadly demon to aid him.

First published in 1922 and filled with evocative portraits of pre-World War I society, these eight stories from the creator of the Father Brown mysteries recount the adventures of Horne Fisher, a socialite who uses his immense knowledge and powerful deductive gifts to investigate crimes committed on the sprawling country estates of the aristocracy - crimes that must, alas, go largely unpunished due to the greater harm that justice would unleash.

Tavi, der junge Spion in Diensten des Ersten Fürsten, schleicht sich in die Armee von Kalare ein, denn ein Bürgerkrieg scheint unausweichlich, und der Fürst von Kalare ist der mächtigste Gegenspieler des rechtmäßigen Herrschers von Alera. Durch Mut und viel Glück steigt Tavi schnell auf, bis er eine ganze Legion befehligt. Da landet eine gewaltige Streitmacht der wolfsähnlichen Canim an.

For listeners who love Lee Child and Stieg Larsson - here’s the final book in The Corey Logan Trilogy by Amazon number-one best seller Burt Weissbourd. Teenage Sara has constructed an entire mythological universe founded in Greek mythology, an alternative reality where she lives with a terrible secret. Abe must make Sara’s intense inner life understandable and finally infuse it with present-day meaning. Listeners will be astonished by the horrible buried secret that Abe and Sara discover together.

An epic historical saga of time travel and distorted romance, transporting the reader to some of Amsterdam’s most memorable periods of history; wartime, riots, famine, and the plague. Robert has his own personal medical challenge, diabetes. As you might expect his condition does not exactly sit well with several episodes of accidental time-travel sessions leaping into the past of historical Netherlands. Each time Robert travels in time, his fate is bound up with the same woman (or is it?), and with the work of The Netherlands' most famous painter, Rembrandt van Rijn. Take a walk through ...

When gambler and failed magician Valen Quinol is given the opportunity to play in the Forbearance Game—the invitation-only game where players gamble with secrets—he can't resist. Or refuse, as it turns out. Wedged between the empires of Cadogna and L'Ombre, tiny Valtiffe holds on tightly to its independence—and to the opportunities for trade, politics and smuggling it offers. But powerful forces are bearing down on the island nation.

Ivy Granger thought she left the worst of Mab's creations behind when she escaped Faerie. She thought wrong. In a cruel twist of fate, Ivy has unleashed a powerful horde of Unseelie beasts upon her city, turning her homecoming into a potential slaughter of innocents. Now Ivy must gather her allies to fight a reputedly unstoppable force - The Wild Hunt.

Ein Hundespaziergänger findet auf der einsamen Salisbury Plain einen menschlichen Knochen. DCI Mackenzie Jones untersucht den grausigen Fund, findet aber keine Erklärung, wie der Knochen dort hingekommen ist. Sie wendet sich an den in Ungnade gefallenen Ex-Detective Atticus Priest. Es gelingt den beiden, den Knochen zu einem Friedhof im nahe gelegenen Dorf Imber zurückverfolgen. Doch das Dorf wurde verlassen, nachdem es vom Verteidigungsministerium als Übungsgelände für die Armee gekauft wurde.

With each passing day, Kelsea Glynn is growing into her new responsibilities as Queen of the Tearling. By stopping the shipments of slaves to the neighbouring kingdom of Mortmesne, she crossed the Red Queen, a brutal ruler whose power derives from dark magic, who is sending her fearsome army into the Tearling to take what is hers. And nothing can stop the invasion.

Rojan Dizon just wants to keep his head down. But his worst nightmare is around the corner. With the destruction of their power source, his city is in crisis: Riots are breaking out, mages are being murdered, and the city is divided. But Rojan's hunt for the killers will make him responsible for all-out anarchy. Either that, or an all-out war. And there's nothing Rojan hates more than being responsible.

"A breathtaking world and an excellent epic fantasy series! This wonderful adventure reminds me of a cross between J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Tad Williams, and C. S. Lewis." Enter an age of titans, dragons, and heroes. For thousands of years the ageless masters have ruled the hundred worlds, conquering all who oppose them while raising those who bring them glory. When dragon clans rule with fire and terror, mortal enemies must set aside their differences and unite. In this fight war is not the greatest threat to civilization, extinction is. But is it too late for their kind? Is it too ...

In the Free City of Pyrrh, murders and other serious crimes are investigated by the Cordonates of the Considerable Crimes Division. Struggling with his grief over losing his last partner, the last thing Cordonate Parshan Koury wants is someone else. Zhivana Nedrogovna, his new partner, is fresh out of the City Watch and not even human, and unsure she wants to work with the broody, angry Par. As Parshan and Zhivana rush to solve a case of mugging gone wrong that soon proves far more complex, they must learn to trust each other or this first case together might be their last.

Witches guard the way. The Fae hold all the secrets. And a woman from another world has three days to stop a devastating war… Elspeth Quarrie has embraced her powers and her new name, Odhweine, and defeated the greatest threat the Druids have ever faced. They are safe for now, but the fanatical Chimera are destined to return as long as Elspeth’s prophecy holds power. The only way to ensure her new family’s safety, is to travel to another world and end the threat once and for all. To reach the Fae Realm, Elspeth and Rory need to win over the Witches, and once they do, they need to win ...

Humans have no idea what lurks in the shadows. After discovering his estranged father is a demon king, Quinn Carter is embroiled in a new world—a world where things of legend are real. His newfound friends have secrets too—demons aren’t the only paranormal creatures to exist. Stranded spirits, evil, stab-worthy demons, black witchcraft, vampire hunters and a cunning vampire ministry are just the tip of the iceberg.

Die wolfsähnlichen Canim sind in Alera eingefallen. Doch sie sind selbst Vertriebene, seit die schrecklichen Vord unaufhaltsam immer mehr von ihrer Heimat erobern. Tavi von Calderon, der neu ernannte Erbe des Throns von Alera, fasst einen verzweifelten Plan: Gemeinsam mit den Canim führt er sein Heer über das Meer, um die Vord zurückzudrängen und den Canim so eine Rückkehr nach Hause zu ermöglichen.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Grey Ghost by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell, read by Scott Brick. In 1906, a groundbreaking Rolls-Royce prototype known as the Grey Ghost vanishes from the streets of Manchester, England, and it is only the lucky intervention of an American detective named Isaac Bell that prevents it from being lost forever. Not even he can save the good name of Marcus Peyton, however, the man wrongly blamed for the theft, and more than a hundred years later, it is his grandson who turns to Sam and Remi Fargo to help prove his grandfather's innocence.