The enchanting Alix of Wanthwaite returns in a suspenseful and richly textured adventure in which nothing less than the future of England is at stake. Alix is home at her beloved estate on the Scottish border when King Richard's soldiers march into her castle and demand to take her to the Continent with them. King Richard has been captured while on Crusade, and Alix is among the nobles whose lives will be collateral for the king's ransom. But when she's delivered to Queen...

Jack Chatwin has visions. When the glimpses of this strange realm affect him, his body shimmers and the distant sounds of the lost world can just be heard. But is he witnessing events from the past, from the future, or from a world in parallel to his own?

Michael Peinkofer brought the orcs to live and Middle-earth describes wildest creatures more vivid and alive than JRR Tolkien himself that Orcs are indeed ugly and cruel, but also inventive, witty, and sometimes even higher calling - as demonstrated by the young bestselling author with this novel. It draws upon not only to the overwhelming success of his model, but weaves the history of the burly monster continued also. A secret mission Balbok and Rammar break, two very different brothers, to...

Mit Die magische Insel schließt Stan Nicholls seine atemberaubende Trilogie um die Gefährten des magischen Bundes ab. Und stellt – nach seinem Bestseller Die Orks – damit endgültig unter Beweis, dass er seinen Platz in der Riege der Stars der modernen Fantasy mehr als verdient: Wie Robert Jordan oder George R. R. Martin gelingt es ihm, auf Tolkiens Spuren ein Millionenpublikum in seinen Bann zu schlagen.

After many perilous adventures, Simon Braithwaite and his companions have reached the wild and lonely land of the Nine Gods, to find themselves at the mercy of its fierce and xenophobic people.