Sarah Prineas

A prince. A ball. A glass slipper left behind at the stroke of midnight. The tale is told and retold, twisted and tweaked, snipped and stretched, as it leads to happily ever after. But it is not the true Story. A dark fortress. A past forgotten. A life of servitude. No one has ever broken free of the Godmother’s terrible stone prison until a girl named Pin attempts a breathless, daring escape. But she discovers that what seems to be freedom is a prison of another kind, one that entangles her in a story that leads to a prince, a kiss, and a clock striking midnight. To unravel herself from this new life, Pin must choose between a prince and another—the one who helped her before and who would give his life for her. Torn, the only thing for her to do is trade in the glass slipper for a sword and find her own destiny.

In een vervallen stad, die wel wat wegheeft van het Londen ten tijde van Dickens, leidt de jonge Conn een armoedig bestaan. Op een regenachtige avond rolt hij de zakken van tovenaar Nevery. Zijn buit is een locus magicalicus, een steen met magische krachten die alleen door zijn wettige eigenaar beroerd kan worden. Verrassend genoeg blijft Conn in leven en dat intrigeert Nevery dusdanig dat hij Conn aanneemt als zijn leerling. Voorwaarde is wel dat Conn zijn eigen locus vindt. Conn is ervan overtuigd dat hem dat zal lukken, als hij tenminste uit de problemen weet te blijven...

From Sarah Prineas, author of The Lost Books: The Scroll of Kings and the acclaimed Magic Thief series, comes a stunning new middle grade fantasy stand-alone novel that pits magic against modernity as factories and industry weaken the once-majestic dragons, whose fate rests in the hands of two independent young heroes. Fly with the dragons in this new middle grade fantasy stand-alone novel from Sarah Prineas, author of the acclaimed Magic Thief series, where the fate of these once-majestic beasts rests in the hands of two independent young heroes. Rafi Bywater is unlike anyone else. The people in his village don’t trust him because he spends too much time in an abandoned dragon lair. When a stranger, Mister Flitch, accuses Rafi of being “dragon-touched,” Rafi sets off to discover the truth about dragons—and about himself. On his journey, Rafi befriends a brilliant scientist, Maud, who has secrets of her own. Together they search for dragons, all while escaping from a dangerous dragon hunter, engaging in a steam-engine car chase, and figuring out what Mister Flitch really wants with Rafi. And, oh yes, they do find the dragons.

Never turn your back on a dragon! Sneaking out of prison isn't easy, unless you are a thief, or a wizard. Luckily, Conn is both! Trouble is, once he's out, where does he go? His home is a pile of rubble since he blew it up doing magic. His master, the wizard Nevery, is not happy with him. Worst of all, Conn's been exiled, and staying in the city will mean his death. But Wellmet is in danger from an evil predator coming to destroy the city, and Conn must set off on a quest to fight it. Suddenly, a huge shadow looms over him and he is swept away by something more awesome than his wildest imaginings. Is Conn brave enough to answer magic's call, or is he really just a thief at heart? Sarah Prineas's incredible world explodes with adventure—a place where cities run on living magic and heroes come from the most surprising places.

Het laatste deel in de spannende fantasy-serie 'De dief en de magiër' Ontsnappen uit een gevangenis is niet gemakkelijk, tenzij je een dief bent, of een magiër. Gelukkig is Rafi dat allebei! Het probleem is alleen: waar moet hij na zijn ontsnapping naartoe? Van zijn huis staat geen muur meer overeind sinds hij de boel heeft laten ontploffen. Zijn leermeester, de oude tovenaar Nimmeral, is niet blij met hem, dus daar kan hij ook niet terecht. Maar het ergste van alles is de banvloek die over Rafi is uitgesproken. Als hij in de stad blijft, leidt dat zeker tot zijn dood. Er dreigt ook nog steeds een ander, groter gevaar: een duister iets is erop uit om Wellekom te vernietigen. Rafi gaat op pad om het te bestrijden. Is hij dapper en machtig genoeg om het kwaad af te wenden? Of is hij eigenlijk maar een gewoon straatschoffie dat wat trucjes heeft geleerd?

The Magic Home, the fourth book in the acclaimed Magic Thief series, finds new wizard Conn back where he started—accused of being a thief. Despite successfully securing a balance between the competing magics of Wellmet, Conn is not happy. Duchess Rowan has promoted him to ducal magister, but the other wizards see him only as a thief. But something sinister is brewing, as magicians' locus stones are being stolen and magical spells are going awry. As Conn faces old enemies and powerful magical forces, is he strong enough to save the city he calls home? Diana Wynne Jones, author of Howl's Moving Castle, praised this middle grade fantasy series filled with magic and wonder, saying of the first "I couldn't put it down. Wonderful, exciting stuff."

Never mix fire with magic!Conn may only be a wizard's apprentice, but even he knows it's dangerous to play with fire . . . especially around magic. His master, Nevery, warns him that it could all blow up in his face. Besides, they have bigger problems to deal with. There is evil afoot in the city of Wellmet, an evil that isn't human.But Conn is drawn to the murmurs he hears every time he sets off an explosion—something is trying to talk to him, to warn him. When none of the wizards listen, Conn takes matters into his own hands. His quest to protect everything he loves brings him face-to-face with a powerful sorcerer-king and a treachery beyond even his vivid imagination.Sarah Prineas works her own spells as she transports us to an extraordinary world where cities are run on living magic and even a thief can become a wizard's apprentice.

Fer must save her realm from the Forsworn, a group destroying the land with their broken oaths, in Moonkind, the conclusion to award-winning author Sarah Prineas's fantasy-adventure series, which includes Winterling, Summerkin, and the short story Thrice Sworn. As the Lady of the Summerlands, Fer has vowed to serve her people without the deception of the glamorie, and she had trusted other leaders to fulfill the same promise. But not all of the Lords and Ladies want to keep their oaths, and they've unleashed the consequences of their betrayal onto the lands. Only Fer, with the help of the puck-boy Rook, can fight the stillness invading the realm. But can she trust Rook? And can she protect her people before it's too late? Sarah Prineas combines a brave and resourceful young heroine with a richly detailed fantasy world and beloved folklore into a story that will delight middle-grade fans of Diana Wynne Jones, Ingrid Law, and Rick Riordan.

This beauty isn’t sleeping! Discover the true story of Sleeping Beauty in Sarah Prineas’s bold YA fairy-tale retelling filled with thrilling adventure and romance, perfect for fans of The Lunar Chronicles and The Girl of Fire & Thorns trilogy. After the spell protecting her is destroyed, Rose seeks safety in the world outside the valley she had called home. She’s been kept hidden all her life to delay the three curses she was born with—curses that will put her into her own fairy tale and a century-long slumber. Accompanied by the handsome and mysterious Watcher, Griff, and his witty and warmhearted partner, Quirk, Rose tries to escape from the ties that bind her to her story. But will the path they take lead them to freedom, or will it bring them straight into the fairy tale they are trying to avoid? Set in the world of Sarah Prineas’s Ash & Bramble fifty years later, Rose & Thorn is a powerful retelling of the classic Sleeping Beauty tale where the characters fight to find their own Happy Ever After.

Discover the fantasy and wonder of The Magic Thief , the first book in Sarah Prineas’s acclaimed middle grade fantasy series! Diana Wynne Jones, author of Howl's Moving Castle , "I couldn't put it down. Wonderful, exciting stuff." In a city that runs on a dwindling supply of magic, a young boy is drawn into a life of wizardry and adventure. Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked Nevery's pocket and touched the wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone used to focus magic and work spells. But for some reason he did not. Nevery finds that interesting, and he takes Conn as his apprentice on the provision that the boy find a locus stone of his own. But Conn has little time to search for his stone between wizard lessons and helping Nevery discover who—or what—is stealing the city of Wellmet's magic.

"Down through the Way she fell, feeling the wind and the pressing darkness, the dizzy thump when she landed on the bank. She was through. The air felt softer here, the shadows deeper—and the pull of her connection to the land settled into her bones." In the Summerlands, time moves slowly, roots grow deeply, and change is not welcomed. But change is needed. After defeating the wicked Mor and freeing her kin from deadly oaths made to this false ruler, Fer is now the rightful Lady of the land. Yet her people don't know what to make of their new Lady's strange ways, and neither do the High Ones, the rulers of the magical realm, for Fer is an outsider—half human. To prove herself worthy of the Summerlands crown, Fer is summoned to compete in an epic contest where her strengths and skills will be tested and her loyalties challenged. Can she trust Rook, the puck she calls friend? Can she trust herself? If Fer fails, she will lose her land and the Way will be closed to her forever.

A fantasy where books literally come to life! The powerful Lost Books at the palace library are infecting the rest with an evil magic, and two unlikely friends must figure out who, or what, is controlling the books and their power. If they can't, the entire kingdom could be at risk.

In this short-story follow-up to The Magic Thief: Home, Verent is sent to Wellmet to learn from a great and powerful wizard, and when he arrives he comes face-to-face with Conn. While he isn’t exactly what Verent expected, Conn may be exactly what he needs. The Magic Thief: A Proper Wizard by Sarah Prineas has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

In a city that runs on a dwindling supply of magic, a young boy is drawn into a life of wizardry and adventure. Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked Nevery's pocket and touched the wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone used to focus magic and work spells. But for some reason he did not. Nevery finds that interesting, and he takes Conn as his apprentice on the provision that the boy find a locus stone of his own. But Conn has little time to search for his stone between wizard lessons and helping Nevery discover who or what is stealing the city of Wellmet's magic.

An outer-space adventure about a troublesome little shape-shifter on the run from the law. Trouble knows two things: they are a shapeshifter, and they are running from something--but they don't know what. So when the government--the StarLeague--shows up, Trouble figures it's time to flee. Changing from blob of goo form, to adorable puppy form, to human boy form, Trouble stows away on the Hindsight, a ship crewed by the best navigators and engineers in the galaxy, led by the fearsome Captain Astra. When Trouble is discovered, the captain decides to be nice--instead of tossing them out an airlock, she'll drop Trouble off at the next space station. As the ship travels, Trouble uses the time to figure out how to be a good human boy, and starts to feel safe. But when a young StarLeague cadet shows up to capture Trouble, things get complicated, especially when Trouble reveals a shapeshifter form that none of them could have expected. Soon a chase across the galaxy begins. Safety, freedom, and home are at stake, and not just for Trouble.

Rafi, het hulpje van Nimmeral dat we al kennen uit deel 1 van De dief en de magiër, weet dondersgoed dat spelen met vuur gevaarlijk is, zeker in de werkplaats van een magiër. Nimmeral waarschuwt hem, maar Rafi is gebiologeerd door de stemmen die hij hoort zodra hij iets laat ontploffen, en dus kan hij niet stoppen. Iemand probeert hem iets te vertellen, dat weet hij zeker. En als geen van de magiërs naar hem luistert, neemt hij het heft in eigen hand. Al gauw blijkt dat zijn explosieve experimenten in het niet vallen bij de duistere krachten die Wellekom teisteren. Rafi wil de mensen om hem heen beschermen en komt daardoor oog in oog te staan met een supermachtige tovenaar. Het duivelse spelletje dat met hem gespeeld wordt gaat zelfs Rafis levendige voorstellingsvermogen te boven... Het tweede deel in de spannende fantasy-serie De dief en de magiër, waarin actie, magie en een groot geheim de boventoon voeren.

“We live here, my girl, because it is close to the Way, and echoes of its magic are felt in our world. The Way is a path leading to another place, where the people are governed by different rules. Magic runs through them and their land.”With her boundless curiosity and wild spirit, Fer has always felt that she doesn’t belong. Not when the forest is calling to her, when the rush of wind through branches feels more real than school or the quiet farms near her house. Then she saves an injured creature—he looks like a boy, but he’s really something else. He knows who Fer truly is, and invites her through the Way, a passage to a strange, dangerous land.Fer feels an instant attachment to this realm, where magic is real and oaths forge bonds stronger than iron. But a powerful huntress named the Mór rules here, and Fer can sense that the land is perilously out of balance. Fer must unlock the secrets about the parents she never knew and claim her true place before the worlds on both sides of the Way descend into endless winter.Sarah Prineas captivates in this fantasy-adventure about a girl who must find within herself the power to set right a terrible evil.