The Land of Elyon - Patrick Carman

Vol I: The Dark Hills Divide
Inquisitive twelve-year-old Alexa Daley is spending another summer in the walled town of Bridewell. This year, she is set on solving the mystery of what lies beyond the walls. Legend says the walls were built to keep out an unnamed evil that lurks in the forests and The Dark Hills. But what exactly is it that the townspeople are so afraid of?
As Alexa begins to unravel the truth, pushing beyond the protective barrier she’s lived behind all her life, she discovers a strange and ancient enchantment. Armed with an unexpected new power, Alexa exposes a danger that could destroy everything she holds dear – and change The Land of Elyon forever.

Vol II: Beyond the Valley of Thorns
Alexa thought her troubles were over when she defeated the man who threatened to bring down Bridwell from within. But now that the walls around her have fallen, a new, unexpected threat has risen from outside. Suddenly, Alexa is involved in a battle much, much larger than her own life-a battle in which she is destined to play a key role.
In order to help good defeat evil, Alexa and her friends must venture father that they’ve ever gone before-confronting giants, bats, ravenous dogs, and a particularly ghoulish mastermind in order to bring peace to The Land of Elyon.

Vol III: The Tenth City
The Land of Elyon has begun to fail, poisoned by the evil that creeps across the Dark Hills and into Bridewell.
As she moves toward a thrilling conclusion, Alexa must find a way to overcome the Lonely Sea, rescue Yipes from the clutches of Victor Grindall, and unlock the mystery of the Tenth City.
But can she find the answers she needs in time to save The Land of Elyon?

Vol IV: Stargazer
When last we saw Alexa Daley, she had defeated a threat in her homeland and was sailing with Roland Warvold across the Lonely Sea. She had no idea what adventures awaited her…until now.
After a tragic attack by an evil force, Alexa and her friend Yipes are stranded in a strange community known as The Five Stone Pillars. Each pillar of rock has its own secrets…and its own challenges. As darkness descends, Alexa must risk everything to defeat it—even if it means taking to the skies.

Vol V: Into the Mist - Prequel
Before the walls went up, Thomas Warvold and his brother Roland traveled freely throughout the Land of Elyon. Join them as they discover new mysteries, new challenges, and new magical creatures that will change the fate of the Elyon world.

Inventia lui Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick

Orfan, ceasornicar si hot de nevoie, Hugo traieste în cotloanele întunecate ale unei gari aglomerate din Paris, unde, pentru a supravietui, trebuie sa-si pastreze secretele si sa ramâna nevazut.
Dar când lumea lui se încruciseaza, asemenea mecanismelor ceasurilor de care are grija, cu o fata ciudata, care iubeste cartile, si un batrân aspru, care are o pravalie cu jucarii în gara, viata ascunsa a lui Hugo si cel mai pretios secret al lui sunt în primejdie.
Un desen ciudat, un carnetel nepretuit, o cheie furata, un om mecanic si un mesaj ascuns, de la tatal mort al lui Hugo, alcatuiesc firul calauzitor al acestei povesti complicate, pline de mister, si emotionante.

The Floating Island - Rachel Neumeier

When Trei loses his family in a tragic disaster, he must search out distant relatives in a new land. The Floating Islands are unlike anything Trei has ever seen: stunning, majestic, and graced with kajurai, men who soar the skies with wings. Trei is instantly sky-mad, and desperate to be a kajurai himself.  The only one who fully understands his passion is Araene, his newfound cousin.  Prickly, sarcastic, and gifted, Araenehas a secret of her own . . . a dream a girl cannot attain. Trei and Araene quickly become conspirators as they pursue their individual paths.  But neither suspects that their lives will be deeply entwined, and that the fate of the Floating Islands will lie in their hands.

Polly Shulman - The Grimm Legacy

Simtindu-se singura la noua ei scoala Elizabeth se angajeaza in New York la un depozit de carti si papetarie, in speranta de a-si face noi prieteni si bani de buzunar. Locul in care s-a angajat cu siguranta nu este o biblioteca obisnuita. In loc de carti sunt mai multe obiecte, de la seturi de ceai si echipamente de hochei la celebra peruca a Mariei Antoinette. Este de asemenea caminul unei colectii Grimm, amplasata intr-o camera secreta in beciul depozitului. Acolo bibliotecarii ascund si pun sub lacat obiectele magice scoase din povestile fratilor Grimm. Cand obiectele incep sa dispara, Elizabeth si noi ei prieteni se imbarca intr-o aventura periculoasa de recuperare a obiectelor si prinderea hotului, inainte ca cineva sa ii suspecteze chiar pe ei.

Adam Gidwitz - A Tale Dark and Grimm

Cititor pazeste-te! Vrajitori cu puteri intunecate, vanatori cu tinta mortala si brutari pregatiti cu mirodeni si cuptoare incinse pentru copt te asteapta sa-i desoperi. Dar daca indraznesti atunci urmeaza-i pe Hansel si Gretel pasind pe taramul diferitelor povesti in zone pline de salbaticie, unde magia, teroarea presarate cu umor stralucesc ca firimiturile pe carare.
Cu siguranta o sa fie infricosator si sangeros dar spre deosebire de celalalte basme pe care le sti, aceasta poveste este reala. A fost o data ca nicodata....vei vedea, ca basmele au fost minunate.

Michelle Harrison - The Thirteen Treasures

Vol I: The 13 Treasures

Tanya in varsta de 13 ani este chinuita de zane pe care doar ea poate sa le vada. Satula de comportamentul bizar al Tanyei mama acesteia o trimite sa locuiasca cu bunica ei, care traieste in interiorul unei paduri interzise. Atunci cand copii incep sa dispara, aceasta realizeasa ca in ea sta puterea de a-i ajuta si impreuna cu baiatul ingrijitorului, Fabian acestia se aventureaza in padure pentru a afla adevarul. Acestia intalnesc o fata disparuta de mai bine de 50 de ani si responsabil de moartea ei se presupune a fi bunicul lui Fabian.

Vol II: The 13 Curses

Vol III: The 13 Secrets

Jonathan Auxier - Peter Nimble

Peter Nimble si ochii lui fantastici este povestea absolut seducatoare a unui orfan de 10 ani orb, care a fost instruit intr-o viata de furt. Intr-o dupa-amiaza fatidica, acesta fura o cutie de la un misterios calator care contine trei perechi de ochi magici. Cand incearca prima pereche, el este instantaneu transportat pe o insula ascunsa unde ii este prezentata o sarcina speciala: sa calatoreasca pana la periculoasele regate disparute si sa salveze in popor in nevoie. Impreuna cu camaradul lui se imbarca intr-o aventura de neuitat pentru a-si descoperii destinul.

Jacqueline West - The books of elsewhere

 The Shadows

Familia Dunwoody abia s-a mutat in vechea casa a doamne McMartin si cu siguranta ceva ciudat se petrece aici. Toate lucrurile batranei sunt inca aici, pivnita este foarte intunecata dar cel mai ciudat este ca tablourile sunt lipite de perete si se misca. Curand Olive fetita de 11 ani a familiei Dunwoody descopera ca poate calatori prin tablouri pe un taram numit Elsewhere.




Spellbound

Olive incepe sa isi faca griji ca nu mai poate calatori prin nici o metoda in Elsewhere. Amicul ei Morton este inca prins in interiorul tablourilor si cele trei pisici protectoate a casei, ramase in urma decedatei McMartin nu vor sa ajute deloc. Dar atunci cand baiatul de peste drum mentioneaza existenta unei carti de magie Olive simte ca asta e metoda prin care il va ajuta pe Morton. Daca va gasi cartea de magie il poate salva asta daca nu cartea o gaseste prima pe Olive.

The Unwanteds - Lisa McMann

Vol I: The Unwanteds

Lisa McMann descrie o lume in care creativitatea este interzisa si la varsta de 13 ani copii sunt sortati in trei categorii care le va decide rostul in viata: cei inteligenti, lucrul manual si creativi. Aceasta ultima categorie ii condamna pe alesi la moarte.
Gemenii Aaron si Alex sunt separati de alegerea destinelor in tara Quill. Alex un nedorit care a fost prins desenand pe pamant cu un bat isi asteapta soarta, dar in loc sa fie eliminat el si toti cei nedoriti descopera un loc magic numit Artime, in care statuile vorbesc si creativitatea este considerata un cadou.



Vol II: Island of Silence

Julia Golding

 Dragonfly

Printesa Taoshira nu este incantata deloc cand i se impune casatoria cu printul Ramil dar nici printul nu e incantat deloc. Acestia se urasc. Dar atunci cand printesa si Ramil sunt rapiti acestia se tem ca nu mai au nici o scapare.

Daca ar reusi sa isi puna deoparte ura si diferentele atunci exista o sansa de supravietuire pentru amandoi.

The Glass Swallow

Nu este o continuare a cartii Dragonfly ci este o noua poveste luata din aceeasi lume, cu personaje noi si multa aventura.

Ursula Le Guin - Earthsea

 Vol I: Un vrajitor din Terramare

Un Vrajitor din Terramare este prima carte din seria Terramare, in care Ursula K Le Guin imagineaza un arhipelag fantastic, teritoriu guvernat de vrajitori, singurul loc unde mai pot fi intalniti dragoni zburatori.

Vol II: Mormintele din Atuan

Tenar devine din fetita de sase ani, Mare Preoteasa Renascuta a Mormintelor din Atuan, Mare Preoteasa a Celor Nenumiti cu titulatura Cea Devorata. Creste aici fara sa stie altceva decât ritualurile Mormintelor, întunericul din labirinturile de sub ele, pâna într-o zi când un vrajitor din Tinuturile Interioare ajunge la morminte.

Vol III: Cel mai indepartat tarm

O promisiune învaluie lumea insulelor si a marii. Este o promisiune a vietii vesnice pe care o aud magicienii, cântaretii, oamenii înzestrati cu putere.

Vol IV: Tehanu

Tenar, sosită cu ani în urmă în Gont, e cunoscută acum sub numele Goha și s-a măritat cu fermierul Flint, căruia i-a făcut doi copii, Apple și Spark. Soțul a murit, copiii au crescut, iar Tenar a rămas singură în Ferma Stejarilor, neștiind cine este: o simplă soție de fermier pe nume Goha, sau fosta preoteasă kargă, Tenar. Ea adoptă copila unor vagabonzi după ce aceasta este abuzată de tatăl ei și aruncată în foc, lucru care lasă urme vizibile: jumătate din fața ei rămâne cicatrizată, e oarbă de un ochi și una dintre mâini aduce mai mult cu un clește. Tenar o numește pe fată Therru, nume însemnând 'foc' în limba nativă a lui Tenar.

Vol V: The Other Wind

Vol VI: Tales from Earthsea

 Editura: Alexandria

Ursula Le Guin - Cronicile tinuturilor din apus

Vol I: Daruri

Orrec este fiul brantorului de Caspromant, iar Gry este fiica brantorilor de Barre si Rodd. Au crescut împreuna în Tarâmurile de Sus, unde domeniile lor se învecinau.

Oamenii acelor tinuturi sunt precum pamânturile pe care traiesc: aspri, salbatici si mândri. Se razboiesc permanent cu unul sau altul dintre vecinii lor, îsi mâna vitele, îi iau prizonieri pe servi, îsi sporesc averile. Doar darurile mai pot mentine fragila pace dintre ei.

Darurile sunt puteri date pentru a fi folosite la protejarea domeniilor: ele sunt lasate mostenire de catre tata fiilor sai si de catre mama fiicelor sale.

În Barre, darul consta în chemarea animalelor.

Femeile din Cordemant au puterea de a lasa pe cineva orb, surd sau mut.

Darul celor din Rodd este puterea de a trimite un jungher vrajit în inima unui barbat sau de a-i taia beregata cu el, ori sa-l schilodeasca, dupa cum le este placul, daca este în raza lor vizuala.

Callemii pot misca lucruri grele folosind numai cuvântul si gestul – chiar si cladiri, chiar si dealuri.

Darul brantorului de Drummant este irosirea înceata.

Casprii au cel mai bun si cel mai rau dintre daruri: des-fiintarea… unei insecte, unui animal, unui loc.

Orrec si Gry sunt mostenitorii domeniilor Caspro si Barre.

Darul lui Gry se adevereste, însa, spre deosebire de mama ei, ea nu va chema animalele pentru a le vâna.

Si Orrec are o problema: darul lui este neîmblânzit – nu-l poate controla si de-aceea ajunge sa fie cel mai periculos dar posibil…

Vol II: Voci

În chiar anul nasterii lui Memer, frumosul oras Ansul a fost cucerit de o armata si, de atunci, preotii acesteia i-au prigonit pe toti cei care îndrazneau sa iubeasca scrisul si cititul. Toti cei care erau prinsi având carti asupra lor erau degraba condamnati la moarte.

Intoleranta alzilor, care cred într-un singur Zeu al Focului, fata de cultura politeista a celor din Ansul sta la baza acestui nou roman din seria Cronicile tinuturilor din Apus.

Voci este povestea maturizarii lui Memer, o fata de saptesprezece ani, dar este si mult mai mult decât atât. Îi veti cunoaste pe locuitorii orasului Ansul, care iubesc învatatura, pacea si egalitatea.

În casa fostului Lord-al-cailor, Memer descopera o biblioteca secreta, în care sunt pastrate ultimele carti. Alaturi de Lordul-cailor, Memer va învata sa descifreze cuvintele, sa le patrunda întelesul si sa îsi accepte darul de a fi vocea Oracolului.

Când marele povestitor si poet Orrec, alaturi de sotia lui, îmblânzitoarea de animale Gry, sosesc în Ansul, la invitatia Gandului (conducatorul fortelor cotropitoare ale orasului), soarta li-i scoate în cale pe Memer si pe Lordul-cailor.

Vol III: Puteri
In curs de aparitie

Editura: Corint Junior

Robin Hobb / Megan Lindholm - The Inheritance

The Inheritance

Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm are one and the same person; but they are very different writers. The Inheritance is a collection of short novels, novellas and stories which showcases some of the very best fiction she has written under either name.
Bingtown heiresses rub shoulders in this wonderful collection with vampires and alien musicians, tramps and feral cats. The collection includes Hugo and Nebula finalists and stories that are seeing print for the very first time.

Robin Hobb - The Rain Wild Chronicles

Vol I: Dragon Keeper

For years, the Trader cities valiantly battled their enemies, the Chalcedeans. But they could not have staved off invasion without the powerful dragon Tintaglia. In return, the Traders promised to help her serpents migrate up the Rain Wild River after a long exile at sea—to find a safe haven and, Tintaglia hopes, to restore her species. But too much time has passed, and the newly hatched dragons are damaged and weak, and many die. The few who survive cannot use their wings; earthbound, they are powerless to hunt and vulnerable to human predators willing to kill them for the fabled healing powers of dragon flesh.

But Tintaglia has vanished and the Traders are weary of the labor and expense of tending useless dragons. The Trader leadership fears that if it stops providing for the young dragons, the hungry and neglected creatures will rampage—or die along the river’s acidic muddy banks. To avert catastrophe, the dragons decree a move even farther up the treacherous river to Kelsingra, their ancient, mythical homeland whose mysterious location is locked deep within the dragons’ uncertain ancestral memories.

To ensure their safe passage, the Traders recruit a disparate group of young people to care for the damaged creatures and escort them to their new home. Among them is Thymara, an unschooled forest girl of sixteen, and Alise, a wealthy Trader’s wife trapped in a loveless marriage, who attaches herself to the expedition as a dragon expert. The two women share a deep kinship with the dragons: Thymara can instinctively communicate with them, and Alise, captivated by their beauty and majesty, has devoted her life to studying them.

Vol II: Dragon Haven
There is a shadow of a legend of a city, a fireside tale of a place where dragons and Elderlings once lived side by side in harmony and comfort. Kelsingra. To the final remnant of the dragon population and the human outcasts of the Rain Wild settlement, it seems a dream too good to be true. Does a haven exist for them? As they continue their trek up the uncharted Rain Wild River, fate and hardship will gnaw at their numbers and their determination. And the legends of the ancient beings called Elderlings will intrude into their adventure in a destiny beyond human control.

Robin Hobb - Soldier Son Trilogy

Vol I: Shaman's Crossing
Nevare Burvelle was destined from birth to be a soldier. The second son of a newly anointed nobleman, he must endure the rigors of military training at the elite King’s Cavella Academy—and survive the hatred, cruelty, and derision of his aristocratic classmates—before joining the King of Gernia’s brutal campaign of territorial expansion. The life chosen for him will be fraught with hardship, for he must ultimately face a forest-dwelling folk who will not submit easily to a king’s tyranny. And they possess an ancient magic their would-be conquerors have long discounted—a powerful sorcery that threatens to claim Nevare Burvelle’s soul and devastate his world once the Dark Evening brings the carnival to Old Thares.

Vol II: Forest Mage
Plague has ravaged the prestigious King’s Cavalla of Gernia, decimating the ranks of both cadets and instructors. Yet Nevare Burvelle has made an astonishingly robust recovery, defeating his sworn nemesis while in the throes of the disease and freeing himself—he believes—from the Speck magic that infected him. And now he is journeying home to Widevale, anticipating a tender reunion with his beautiful fiancée, Carsina, and a bright future as a commissioned officer.
But there is no haven in the bosom of his kinfolk, for his nights are haunted by grim visions of treachery—and his days are tormented by a strange side-effect of the plague that shames his family and repulses the lady of his heart. And as the still-potent magic in his blood roars to life, Nevare realizes a terrible truth: that the enemy who seeks to destroy everything he loves dwells perhaps not without but within him.

Vol III: Renegade's Magic
Loyal, privileged, and brave, Nevare Burvelle proudly embraced his preordained role as soldier in the service of the King of Gernia—unaware of the strange turns his life would ultimately take. Exposed to a plague of enemy sorcery that felled many of his compatriots, he prevailed, but at a terrible cost to his soul, body, and heart. Now he stands wrongly accused of unspeakable crimes—including murder, the most heinous of them all.
Condemned by his brother soldiers and sentenced to death, Nevare has no option but to escape. Suddenly he is an outcast and a fugitive—a hostage to the Speck magic that shackles him to a savage alter ego who would destroy everything Nevare holds dear. With nowhere to turn—except, perhaps, to the Speck woman Lisana, the enemy whom he loves—he is mired in soul-rending despair. But from out of the darkness comes a bright spark of hope.
Perhaps, somehow, the hated magic that has long abused Nevare can be used by him instead. Could he not learn to wield this mighty weapon for his own purposes rather than be enslaved by it? But down what perilous road will this desperate new quest lead him? And what will be the outcome and the ultimate new incarnation of Nevare Burvelle?

Robin Hobb - The Tawny Man Trilogy

Vol I: Fool's Errand
For fifteen years, since the events that shattered his old life, FitzChivalry Farseer has lived in a self-imposed exile, assumed to be dead by almost all who once cared about him.
A bastard with royal Farseer blood, he has retreated to an isolated cottage far from the intrigues and dangers of the capital. Now he believes himself content to exist in obscurity, raising his adopted son, Hap, and sharing his solitude with his faithful wolf bondmate, Nighteyes.
Despite the rumors he hears of savage reprisals against those posssessing the Wit magic, he is determined to remain aloof from the conflict. After all he has served his kingdom, sacrificed what was dearest to him, and he deserves his peace.
But all that is about to change when destiny comes seeking him once again. High summer brings visitors to his door, and with them his past. Jinna, a hedge-witch, foresees that a long-lost love will return to him. Chade ? court assassin and Fitz?s mentor from his own assassin days, now growing infirm ? has reasons of his own for desiring Fitz to return to Buckkeep Castle.
And when the Fool, the former White Prophet, reappears as the wealthy and charming Lord Golden, he beckons Fitz to take up his duties as Catalyst, the one who enables others to be heroes and change forever the path of time.
To all of them Fitz says no. He has done his duty ? more than one man should be expected to do. But then comes the summons he cannot ignore.
Prince Dutiful, the young heir to the Farseer throne, has vanished from Buckkeep Castle without a trace. Whether Dutiful has been kidnapped or has fled his impending arranged betrothal is unclear. What is clear is that the Prince is rumored to be Witted at a time when public superstition is running high against those possessing that ?beast magic.?
Endowed with both the royal Skill magic and the despised Wit, FitzChivalry may be the only one who can retrieve the Prince before his betrothal ceremony ? thus sparing the Six Duchies profound political embarrassment … or worse.
But even Fitz does not suspect the web of treachery that awaits him. Everyone seems to have an agenda for the young Prince, and soon FitzChivalry is plunged into a situation where his loyalties to his Queen, his Wit partner Nighteyes, and those who share his magic will be tested to the breaking point.

Vol II: Golden Fool
Prince Dutiful has been rescued from his Piebald kidnappers and the court has resumed its normal rhythms. But for FitzChivalry Farseer, a return to isolation is impossible. Though gutted by the loss of his wolf bondmate, Nighteyes, Fitz must take up residence at Buckkeep and resume his tasks as Chade’s apprentice assassin. Posing as Tom Badgerlock, bodyguard to Lord Golden, FitzChivalry becomes the eyes and ears behind the walls. And with his old mentor failing visibly, Fitz is forced to take on more burdens as he attempts to guide a kingdom straying closer to civil strife each day.
The problems are legion. Prince Dutiful’s betrothal to the Narcheska Elliania of the Out Islands is fraught with tension, and the Narcheska herself appears to be hiding an array of secrets. Then, amid Piebald threats and the increasing persecution of the Witted, FitzChivalry must ensure that no one betrays the Prince’s secret—a secret that could topple the Farseer throne: that he, like Fitz, possesses the dread “beast magic.”
Meanwhile, FitzChivalry must impart to the Prince his limited knowledge of the Skill: the hereditary and addictive magic of the Farseers. In the process, they discover within Buckkeep one who has a wild and powerful talent for it, and whose enmity for Fitz may have disastrous consequences for all.
Only Fitz’s enduring friendship with the Fool brings him any solace. But even that is shattered when unexpected visitors from Bingtown reveal devastating secrets from the Fool’s past. Now, bereft of support and adrift in intrigue, Fitz’s biggest challenge may be simply to survive the inescapable and violent path that fate has laid out for him.

Vol III: Fool's Fate
Assassin, spy, and Skillmaster, FitzChivalry Farseer, now known only as man-at-arms Tom Badgerlock, has become firmly ensconced in the queen’s court at Buckkeep. Only a few are aware of his fabled, tangled past—and the sacrifices he made to survive it. And fewer know of his possession of the Skill magic. With Prince Dutiful, his assassin-mentor Chade, and the simpleminded yet strongly Skilled Thick, FitzChivalry strives to aid the prince on a quest that could ultimately secure peace between the Six Duchies and the Outislands—and win Dutiful the hand of the Narcheska Elliania.
For the Narcheska has set the prince on an unfathomable task: to behead a dragon trapped in ice—the legendary Icefyre, on the island of Aslevjal. Yet not all the clans of the Outislands support the prince’s effort to behead their legendary defender. Are there darker forces at work behind the Narcheska’s imperious demand? As the prince and his coterie set sail, FitzChivalry works behind the scenes, playing nursemaid to the ailing Thick, while striving to strengthen their Skill—ultimately bringing his unacknowledged daughter into the web of the Skill magic, where the truth must finally unfold.
The quest emerges amid riddles that must be unraveled, a clash of cultures, and the ultimate betrayal. For knowing that the Fool has foretold he will die on the island of ice, FitzChivalry has plotted with Chade to leave his dearest friend behind. But fate cannot so easily be defied.

Robin Hobb - Liveship Traders

Vol I: Ship of Magic

Bingtown is a hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships–rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness. The fortunes of one of Bingtown’s oldest families rest on the newly awakened liveship Vivacia.

For Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy unjustly denied her–a legacy she will risk anything to reclaim. For Althea’s young nephew Wintrow, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard ship, Vivacia is a life sentence.

But the fate of the Vestrit family–and the ship–may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider. The ruthless pirate Kennit seeks a way to seize power over all the denizens of the Pirate Isles…and the first step of his plan requires him to capture his own liveship and bend it to his will….

Vol II: The Mad Ship

In the second breathtaking volume of Robin Hobb’s Liveship Traders trilogy, a new tide of glory and terror sweeps forward the story of the Vestrit clan, their liveship Vivacia, and all who strive to possess her.
As the ancient tradition of Bingtown’s Old Traders slowly erodes under the cold new order of a corrupt ruler, the Vestrits anxiously await the return of their liveship–a rare magic ship carved from sentient wizardwood, which bonds the ships mystically with those who sail them. And Althea Vestrit waits even more avidly, living only to reclaim the ship as her lost inheritance and captain her on the high seas. But the Vivacia has been seized by the ruthless pirate captain Kennit, who holds Althea’s nephew and his father hostage. Althea and her onetime sea mate Brashen resolve to liberate the liveship–but their plan may prove more dangerous than leaving the Vivacia in Kennit’s ambitious grasp….

Vol III: Ship of Destiny
In the powerful conclusion to the Liveship Traders trilogy, Robin Hobb weaves the spellbinding story of a once-thriving city on the brink of ruin, a glorious and mythic species on the edge of extinction, and the Vestrit clan, whose destiny is intertwined with both….
As Bingtown slides toward disaster, clan matriarch Ronica Vestrit, branded a traitor, searches for a way to bring the city’s inhabitants together against the Chalcedean threat. Meanwhile, Althea Vestrit, unaware of what has befallen Bingtown and her family, continues her perilous quest to track down and recover her liveship Vivacia from the ruthless pirate Kennit.
Bold though it is, her scheme may be in vain. For her beloved Vivacia will face the most terrible confrontation of all as the secret of the liveships is revealed. It is a truth so shattering, it may destroy Vivacia and all who love her, including the boy-priest Wintrow Vestrit, whose life already hangs in the balance….

Robin Hobb - trilogia Farseer

Vol I: Ucenicul Asasinului
Povestea din Ucenicul Asasinului de Robin Hobb incepe cand Fitz este abandonat de familia sa la castelul Printului Adevar. Baiatul descopera foarte rapid ca poseda anumite puteri magice, obscure prin care este capabil sa comunice telepatic cu un caine pe nume Fouinot.
Vol II: Asasinul Regal
Fitz a supravietuit pe muchie de cutit primei provocari de a fi un asasin. Otrava folosita de ambitiosul print l-a lasat pe Fitz lipsit de puteri si predispus la crize imprevizibile. Acesta promite sa nu se mai intoarca la rege in Buckkeep dar cand are o viziune cu femeia iubita aflandu-se in pericol, promisiunea facuta nu mai exista. Fitz se grabeste sa ajunga din nou la curtea regala a celor sase ducate pentru a schimba cursul previziuni.

Vol III: Razbunarea Asasinului
Adus din nou la viata prin magie, Fitz este acum mai mult lup decat om. Dupa ce isi recapata umanitatea acesta se aventureaza din nou in misiuni periculoase care ii pun viata in pericol.






Editura: Nemira; Colectia: Nautilus SF

Leah Cypess - Mistwood

Mistwood
Shifter este o creatura imortala care este legata prin vraja pentru a proteja regii din Samorna. Cand taramul este linistit, se retrage in Mistwood. Dar cand este nevoie de creatura intotdeauna este acolo.
Isabel nu isi aminteste nimic, inainte ca printul sa apara in padure si sa o aduca inapoi la castel. Nu isi aminteste cine e sau de puterile pe care se presupune ca le are. Printul Rokan are nevoie de Isabel pentru a fi propriul lui Shifter, are nevoie de abiliatile ei de a se transforma in orice, are nevoie de viteza ei letala si puterea supraomeneasca. Dar mai presus de tot are nevoie de loialitatea ei, pentru ca fara loialitate ea poate deveni cea mai mare amenintare.
Isabel stie ca printul in tot acest timp a mintit-o dar nu se poate abtine in a vrea sa il protejeze de pericole si intrigi de la curtea regelui asta pana cand un adevar mortal iese la suprafata si zdruncina legatura dintre cei doi.
Acum Isabel are de facut o alegere care ameninta loialitatea, inima si tot ce a crezut ca stie.

 Nightspell
Atunci cand Darri ajunge in Ghostland, o tara unde vii traiesc alaturi de morti, aceasta are un singur scop: sa o salveze pe sora ei mai mica Callie, care a fost trimisa in Ghostland ca ostatic acum patru ani. Dar in toti acesti ani Callie nu mai este acceasi persoana si acum este inconjurata de propriile ei secrete. In incercarea de a-si salva sora de propriai persoana, Darri va fi nevoita sa descopere si sa intreaca planurile unui print chipes, unui vrajitor antic si cele ale unui luptator tribal care se intampla sa fie fratele ei. Cand Darri descopera sursa vrajilor care ii tine pe cei morti legai de pamant, aceasta se confrunta cu o decizie ce o va forta sa isi reexamineze convingerile in care credea cu tarie si care au condus-o in inima unei conspiratii care ameninta balanta puterii dintre vii si morti.

Lauren Kate - seria Damnare

Vol I: Damnare
Unii îngeri sunt sortiţi căderii!
Există ceva dureros de familiar la Daniel Grigori.
Misterios şi distant, el îi atrage atenţia Lucindei Price încă din prima ei zi la internatul Sword & Cross, din înăbuşitorul Savannah. Ajunsă aici după ce prietenul ei moare într-un accident misterios, Lucinda, o adolescentă de şaptesprezece ani, se îndrăgosteşte de Daniel, dar descoperă un adevăr incredibil de  tulburător: el este un înger căzut, iar iubirea lor este veche de secole şi sfârşeşte tragic de fiecare dată când se întâlnesca.
Într-un decor apăsător şi opresiv, în care îngerii nu se deosebesc de muritori şi unde umbrele veghează ameninţător orice mişcare, povestea lor evocă un romantism diafan şi angelic

Vol II: Ratacire
La Shoreline, o scoală privată exclusivistă de pe coasta de nord a Californiei, Luce are parte de experiente inedite, dar se află de fapt, în mijlocul unui război în care sunt implicate toate fortele  răului. Într-un decor cu totul nou, dar la fel de periculos, ea învată să folosească umbrele ca fereastră către vietile anterioare si descoperă cu ajutorul lor că Daniel nu i-a dezvăluit adevărul întreg. Îi ascunde ceva- ceva extrem de periculos.
E oare posibil ca Daniel s-o fi mintit?
E oare posibil ca destinul ei să fie, de fapt, cu totul altul?
Câte vieti trebuie să trăiesti pentru a găsi pe cineva pentru care merită să mori?
Aventura celor doi îndrăgostiti va continua în volumul al treilea, Pasiune.

Vol III: Pasiune

Editura: Litera

Roderick Gordon si Brian Williams Tunele - Tunnels

Vol I: Tunele

Tunele este primul roman dintr-o serie plina de suspans, în care personajul principal este Will Burrows, un băiat de paisprezece ani care locuieşte în Londra.

Are puţine lucruri în comun cu restul familiei sale, cu excepţia pasiunii mistuitoare pentru săpături arheologice, pe care o împărtăşeşte cu tatăl său. Când tatăl său dispare brusc,
într-un tunel necunoscut, Will decide să investigheze această dispariţie împreună cu prietenul lui, Chester.
Curând, se trezesc în adâncul pământului, unde descoperă un secret întunecat şi înfricoşător, un secret care i-ar putea costa chiar viaţa.

Vol II: Tunele - In adancuri

Pe fata simti o pala de vant cald, iscata de bataia unor aripi intunecate. A fost cat pe-aci! Ramase in patru labe si incepu sa isi roteasca innebunit capul, pentru a vedea ce anume il ataca.
Era convins ca faptura se invartea in cerc, undeva deasupra lui, dar nu foarte departe, si ca avea sa atace din nou, pentru a-l ucide.
Aventura din Tunele e departe de a se fi incheiat pentru Will Burrows. In incercarea de a-si gasi tatal, Will coboara si mai adanc sub pamant. De parca situatia n-ar fi fost deja destul de rea, descopera si un complot al organizatiei Styx, cu implicatii catastrofale pentru lumea de la suprafata.

Vol III: Tunele - In cadere libera
Dupa In adancuri…, se poate oare ca aventura din Tunele sa devina si mai primejdioasa?
Si unde se va sfarsi?
Will Burrows si gasca sa sunt departe de final, dupa ce au cazut printr-un por subteran. Simtind efectele gravitatiei reduse, misterele întunecate ale adancurilor li se dezvaluie si descopera un straniu recif de fungi care da la iveala nu doar vestigii ale unor civilizatii antice, ci si indicii ale unui taram pierdut de la capatul Pamantului.

Vol IV: Tunele - Mai aproape

Capatul tunelului este doar începutul…

În centrul Pamântului, într-o lume despre care nimeni nu stie ca exista, Will a dat de necaz. Dusmanii sai, Styx, se apropie si îl vor urmari pâna la capatul lumii – al oricarei lumi.
 Între timp, Drake – ajutat de cel mai neverosimil aliat – se pregateste sa lupte cu Styx de la suprafata. Planul sau nebunesc îl va aduce oare mai aproape de victorie… sau va însemna moarte sigura?

Vol V: Tunele - Spirala
In curs de aparitie

Editura: Corint Junior