Lisa Maxwell

Bind the Book. Stop the Order. Save the Magic. Esta is no stranger to high-stakes heists; she is a seasoned thief with no reservations about using her time traveling abilities to give her an edge. But saving Harte—and magic itself—will put her skills to the test. The Book of Mysteriesthreatens to tear through the world and change the shape of magic forever, and only Esta and Harte stand in its way. They race through time and across the country to steal back the remaining elemental stones needed to bind the book’s power, stop the Order, and save the future of the Mageus.

In this spellbinding sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Last Magician, Esta and Harte set off on a cross-country chase through time to steal back the elemental stones they need to save the future of magic. Hunt the Stones.Beware the Thief.Avenge the Past. Esta's parents were murdered. Her life was stolen. And everything she knew about magic was a lie. She thought the Book of Mysteries held the key to freeing the Mageus from the Order's grasp, but the danger within its pages was greater than she ever imagined. Now the Book's furious power lives inside Harte. If he can't control it, it will rip apart the world to get its revenge, and it will use Esta to do it. To bind the power, Esta and Harte must track down four elemental stones scattered across the continent. But the world outside the city is like nothing they expected. There are Mageus beyond the Brink not willing to live in the shadows-and the Order isn't alone in its mission to crush them. In St. Louis, the extravagant World's Fair hides the first stone, but an old enemy is out for revenge and a new enemy is emerging. And back in New York, Viola and Jianyu must defeat a traitor in a city on the verge of chaos. As past and future collide, time is running out to rewrite history-even for a time-traveling thief.

Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows meets Alexandra Bracken’s Passenger in this spellbinding conclusion to the “vivid and compelling” (BCCB) New York Times bestselling Last Magician series.Unite the Stones Free the City Remake the World Once, Esta believed that she could change the fate of magic. She traveled to the past and stopped the Magician from destroying a mystical book that held the key to freeing her people from the Brink, an energy barrier that traps all Mageus who cross it. But the Book was more than she bargained for. So was the Magician she was tasked to steal it from. Hunted by an ancient evil, Esta and Harte have raced through time and across a continent to track down the powerful artifacts they need to bind the Book’s devastating power. They’ve lost family, betrayed friends, and done what they’d both vowed never to do: fallen in love with the one person who could truly destroy them. Now, with only one artifact left, their search has brought them back to New York, the city where it all began. But nothing in Manhattan is as they left it. Their friends have scattered, their enemies have grown more powerful, and as the deadly Brink beckons, their time is running out. If they can’t find a way to end the threat they’ve created, then the very heart of magic will die—and it will take the world down with it.

For as long as she can remember, Gwendolyn Allister has never had a place to call home—all because her mother believes that monsters are hunting them. Now these delusions have brought them to London, far from the life Gwen had finally started to build for herself. The only saving grace is her best friend, Olivia, who’s coming with them for the summer. But when Gwen and Olivia are kidnapped by shadowy creatures and taken to a world of flesh-eating sea hags and dangerous Fey, Gwen realizes her mom might have been sane all along. The world Gwen finds herself in is called Neverland, yet it’s nothing like the stories. Here, good and evil lose their meaning and memories slip like water through her fingers. As Gwen struggles to remember where she came from and find a way home, she must choose between trusting the charming fairy-tale hero who says all the right things and the roguish young pirate who promises to keep her safe. With time running out and her enemies closing in, Gwen is forced to face the truths she’s been hiding from all along. But will she be able to save Neverland without losing herself?

A heart-rending middle-grade debut steeped in magical realism about a bird-loving boy who moves to the countryside where he encounters an invasion of dangerous creatures Xavier T. Fletcher is an odd duck—at least that’s what everyone in his sleepy little suburb seems to think. Luckily, birds happen to be the aspiring naturalist’s favorite things, so he doesn’t mind the label. But when Xavier’s father loses his job, everything changes, and his family is forced to move to his Nana Susan’s farm. There he meets Clementine, a strange, messy girl who doesn’t see him as an odd duck at all. Too bad she has the unfortunate habit of using her slingshot to hunt the birds he loves. Xavier’s not sure what to think when Clem assures him they aren’t really birds. He’s even less sure when he discovers that Clem isn’t lying.

Lucy Aimes has always been practical. But try as she might, she can’t come up with a logical explanation for the recurring dreams that have always haunted her. Dark dreams. Dreams of a long-ago place filled with people she shouldn’t know…but does. When her family moves to a New Orleans plantation, Lucy’s dreams become more intense, and her search for answers draws her reluctantly into the old city’s world of Voodoo and mysticism. There, Lucy finds Alex, a mysterious boy who behaves as if they’ve known each other forever. Lucy knows Alex is hiding something, and her rational side doesn’t want to be drawn to him. But she is. As she tries to uncover Alex’s secrets, a killer strikes close to home, and Lucy finds herself ensnared in a century-old vendetta. With the lives of everyone she loves in danger, Lucy will have to unravel the mystery of her dreams before it all comes to a deadly finish.

Neste segundo volume da série best-seller O Último dos Magos, passado e futuro colidem. Reinventar a História é uma batalha contra as horas – até mesmo para uma ladra viajante do tempo. Os pais de Esta foram assassinados. Sua vida, roubada. E tudo que ela sabia a respeito da magia era mentira. Ela acreditara que o Ars Arcana, o Livro que contém a origem da magia, guardaria a chave para libertar os Mageus do domínio da Ordem. Mas o perigo contido em suas páginas é muito maior do que imaginara. Agora, o imensurável poder do Livro está em Harte. E se ele não for capaz de controlá-lo, a força do Ars Arcana destruirá o mundo para vingar-se, utilizando-se de Esta para tal. A fim de sintetizar o poder, Esta e Harte precisam localizar quatro pedras elementais espalhadas pelo continente. Porém, o mundo fora da cidade não é bem como eles esperam. Há Mageus além da Beira nem um pouco dispostos a viver nas sombras – e a Ordem não está sozinha em sua missão de destruí-los. Na extravagante Feira Mundial de St. Louis está escondida a primeira pedra. E um velho inimigo está à espreita enquanto emerge um novo… Em Nova York, no limiar do caos, Viola e Jianyu devem enfrentar um traidor.

Best-seller do New York Times, O último dos magos tem como elementos principais a magia, o romance, a aventura e uma generosa porção de surpresas. Uma alquimia ímpar elaborada pela aclamada autora Lisa Maxwell – e esse é só o começo de uma história que já nasce atemporal. Na Nova York dos dias atuais, a magia antiga e natural está quase extinta. Os poucos que ainda têm afinidade com ela – os Mageus – vivem nas sombras, escondendo o que são. Além disso, qualquer Mageus que adentre Manhattan é capturado por uma armadilha: a Beira, uma barreira invisível que os deixa permanentemente presos à ilha. Atravessar a fronteira estabelecida pela Beira significa perder os poderes – e, frequentemente, a própria vida. A jovem Esta é uma ladra talentosa e cresceu sendo treinada para roubar artefatos mágicos da Ordem, organização misteriosa criadora da Beira. Esta também tem uma habilidade inata: manipular o tempo. A jovem é capaz de furtar objetos do passado, coletando-os antes mesmo que a Ordem perceba que ela está lá. Mas todo o treinamento de Esta tem sido para uma tarefa maior: viajar até o ano de 1902 para roubar um livro antigo. Acredita-se que o Livro contém todos os segredos da Ordem – e da Beira. A missão de Esta é furtá-lo antes que o Mago o destrua, garantindo assim um futuro melhor a todos os que têm afinidade com magia. Mas a Nova York do início do século XX em que Esta deve mergulhar é perigosa e sem leis, comandada por gangues e sociedades secretas. Um lugar em que é possível sentir magia até no ar que se respira. Nada é o que parece, nem mesmo o Mago. E, para salvar o próprio futuro, Esta deve trair a todos no passado – sem exceção.

When Chloe Sabourin wakes in a dark, New Orleans cemetery with no memory of the previous days, she can hardly believe the story her friends tell her. They say Chloe was possessed by a witch named Thisbe, who had used the darkest magic to keep herself alive for over a century. They tell her that the witch is the one responsible for the unspeakable murders that nearly claimed the life of Chloe's friend, Lucy. Most unbelievable of all, they say that Thisbe is Chloe’s own mother. As she struggles with this devastating revelation and tries to rebuilt her life, Chloe wants nothing to do with the magic that corrupted her mother…especially since she feels drawn to it. Now, a new series of ritualistic killings suggests that Thisbe is plotting again, and Chloe is drawn unwillingly back into the mystical underworld of the French Quarter. To stop Thisbe before she kills again, Chloe and her friends must learn what they can from the mysterious Mama Legba. But when her boyfriend Piers vanishes, Chloe will have to risk everything and embrace her own power to save the one person she has left… even if that means bringing down her mother.

En la Nueva York actual, la magia prácticamente se ha extinguido. Las pocas personas que quedan con afinidad para ella —los mageus— viven en las sombras, ocultando lo que son. Todo aquel mageus que entra en Manhattan queda atrapado por el Umbral, una barrera de energía oscura que los confina en la isla. Cruzar el Umbral significa perder sus poderes… y, a menudo, también la vida. Estrella es una ladrona a la que han adiestrado desde niña para robar artefactos mágicos en poder de la siniestra Orden que creó el Umbral. Gracias a su habilidad innata para manipular el tiempo, es capaz de viajar al pasado para hurtar dichos artefactos antes de que la Orden se dé cuenta siquiera de su presencia. No obstante, Estrella tendrá que recurrir a todos sus años de entrenamiento para llevar a cabo una última misión: retroceder hasta 1902 para robar un antiguo libro que contiene los secretos de la Orden —y del Umbral— antes de que el mago pueda destruirlo y condenar a los mageus a un futuro sin esperanza. Pero la viejo Nueva York es una ciudad peligrosa controlada por despiadadas bandas criminales y sociedades secretas, un mundo en el que el propio aire está cargado de magia. Allí nada es lo que parece, incluido el mago. Además, si Estrella pretende salvar su futuro, tal vez deba traicionar a todos en el pasado.

Buscad las gemas. Cuidaos de la Ladrona. Vengad el pasado. Los padres de Estrella han sido asesinados. Le han robado su vida. Y todo lo que sabía sobre la magia era mentira. Creyó que el Libro de los Misterios era la clave para liberar a los mageus de las garras de la Orden, pero el peligro que contenían sus páginas era mayor de lo que jamás hubiera imaginado. Ahora, el violento poder del Libro vive en el interior de Harte. Si no consigue controlarlo, destruirá al mundo para cobrarse su venganza, y usará a Estrella para lograrlo. Para limitar el poder, Estrella y Harte deben rastrear cuatro gemas elementales dispersas a lo largo del continente. Pero el mundo fuera de la ciudad no es en absoluto como lo imaginaban. Hay mageus al otro lado del Umbral que no están dispuestos a vivir en las sombras… y la Orden no es la única que se ha propuesto someterlos. En St. Louis la extravagante feria mundial oculta la primera gema. Pero un viejo enemigo busca cobrarse venganza al tiempo que empieza a surgir un enemigo nuevo. Y en Nueva York, Viola y Jianyu deben derrotar a un traidor en una ciudad al borde del caos. Mientras el pasado y el futuro colisionan, el tiempo se agota para reescribir la historia… incluso para una ladrona que viaja en el tiempo.

En la Nueva York moderna, la magia está extinta. Las pocas personas que tienen algo de afinidad con ella -los Mageus- viven en las sombras. Cualquier Mageus que ingrese en Manhattan queda atrapado por la Brecha, una barrera de energía oscura que los confina. Cruzar la Brecha implica perder sus poderes y, casi inevitablemente, sus vidas. Estrella es una ladrona muy talentosa, y entrenada para robar artefactos mágicos de la Orden, los creadores de la Brecha. Con su habilidad innata para manipular el tiempo, ella puede saltar al pasado para conseguir esos artefactos antes de que la Orden lo note. Pero todo su entrenamiento tiene un objetivo final: viajar a 1902 para robar un libro muy importante, antes de que el Mago, un joven astuto que hará hasta lo imposible por sobrevivir, lo destruya y así condene a los Mageus por el resto de sus vidas. La vieja Nueva York es un lugar peligroso, gobernado por pandillas implacables y sociedades secretas. Un lugar en donde el mismísimo aire emana magia. Allí, nada es lo que parece, ni siquiera el Mago. Y para que Estrella pueda salvar su futuro, tendrá que traicionar a todos en el pasado.

Stop the Magician. Steal the book. Save the future. In modern-day New York, magic is all but extinct. The remaining few who have an affinity for magic—the Mageus—live in the shadows, hiding who they are. Any Mageus who enters Manhattan becomes trapped by the Brink, a dark energy barrier that confines them to the island. Crossing it means losing their power—and often their lives. Esta is a talented thief, and she’s been raised to steal magical artifacts from the sinister Order that created the Brink. With her innate ability to manipulate time, Esta can pilfer from the past, collecting these artifacts before the Order even realizes she’s there. And all of Esta’s training has been for one final job: traveling back to 1902 to steal an ancient book containing the secrets of the Order—and the Brink—before the Magician can destroy it and doom the Mageus to a hopeless future. But Old New York is a dangerous world ruled by ruthless gangs and secret societies, a world where the very air crackles with magic. Nothing is as it seems, including the Magician himself. And for Esta to save her future, she may have to betray everyone in the past.

Le pouvoir du Livre vit en Harte désormais. Non contrôlé, il risque d’entraîner le monde vers une terrible destruction. Seules quatre pierres ancestrales peuvent domestiquer cette incroyable force. Esta et Harte partent alors à leur recherche. Mais il faudra voyager dans le passé pour les retrouver intactes. Sans compter que les pierres attisent non seulement la convoitise de l’Ordre mais aussi l’intérêt de nouveaux ennemis comme les Antistasi et JackGrew... Malgré ses immenses pouvoirs, Esta parviendra-t-elle à sauver Harte et à protéger l’humanité ?