In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie’s works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first, Lo’s stay is nothing but pleasant: the cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are elegant. But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for—and so, the ship sails on as if nothing has happened, despite Lo’s desperate attempts to convey that something (or someone) has gone terribly, terribly wrong…

In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie’s works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first, Lo’s stay is nothing but pleasant: the cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are elegant. But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for—and so, the ship sails on as if nothing has happened, despite Lo’s desperate attempts to convey that something (or someone) has gone terribly, terribly wrong…

« N’importe quand, n’importe où, nous sommes faites pour être ensemble. » Emilie est une ballerine qui rêve de devenir étoile pour satisfaire les exigences de ses parents, mais qui s'oublie en chemin. Maëve est une jeune femme sans filtre qui se démène pour aider son père à payer les soins de sa mère. Les deux jeunes femmes que tout semble opposer ont pourtant un point commun : sans le savoir, elles partagent le même petit ami. Lorsqu’elles découvrent le pot aux roses, elles choisissent la meilleure des vengeances : devenir amies.Un coup de foudre amical et un billet d’avion plus tard, les voilà parties pour des vacances saveur sarcasme et crème solaire, afin d’échapper à leurs vies grises et monotones. À l’île Maurice, elles vont apprendre à lâcher prise et revoir leurs convictions afin de s’ouvrir à une nouvelle vision du bonheur... et de l’amour.

On les appelle les Porteurs de Sabres Sacrés et on raconte qu’ils servent la volonté des kami. Ils ne sont pas immortels, mais vieillissent différemment, s’éloignant peu à peu de l’humanité. Maître Shiro, le Héron Blanc, est l’un d’eux. Il porte le Sabre de Neige, qui se nourrit du sang de ses victimes et procure cette extraordinaire longévité convoitée par l’empereur en personne. Isao, 19 ans, est son unique disciple. Quand leur ermitage secret est découvert, le jeune élève et son maître se voient obligés de fuir. Mais sur leur route, le Sabre de Neige est volé. Pour maître Shiro qu’il aime éperdument, Isao part à sa recherche… sans avoir aucune idée des dangers et des créatures qu’il devra affronter. À commencer par ses semblables, les hommes.

In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the virtues they embody, one young boy will become a walking enigma. Born on the wrong side of the sheets, Fitz, son of Chivalry Farseer, is a royal bastard, cast out into the world, friendless and lonely. Only his magical link with animals - the old art known as the Wit - gives him solace and companionship. But the Wit, if used too often, is a perilous magic, and one abhorred by the nobility. So when Fitz is finally adopted into the royal household, he must give up his old ways and embrace a new life of weaponry, scribing, courtly manners; and how to kill a man secretly, as he trains to become a royal assassin.