A runaway queen. A reluctant prince. And a quest that may destroy them both. Eight years have passed since the Battle of the Serpent. But in the icy north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel. There, she is using an ancient relic to create monsters of stick and snow who will do her bidding and exact her revenge. Suren, child queen of the Court of Teeth, and the one person with power over her mother, fled to the human world. There, she lives feral in the woods. Lonely, and still haunted by the merciless torments she endured in the Court of Teeth, she bides her time by releasing mortals from foolish bargains. She believes herself forgotten until the storm hag, Bogdana chases her through the night streets. Suren is saved by none other than Prince Oak, heir to Elfhame, to whom she was once promised in marriage and who she has resented for years. Now seventeen, Oak is charming, beautiful, and manipulative. He’s on a mission that will lead him into the north, and he wants Suren’s help. But if she agrees, it will mean guarding her heart against the boy she once knew and a prince she cannot trust, as well as confronting all the horrors she thought she left behind. #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black returns to the opulent world of Elfhame in the first book in a thrilling new duology, following Jude's brother Oak, and the changeling queen, Suren.

He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne. Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold on to. Jude learned that lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power. Now, as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is left reeling from Cardan's betrayal. She bides her time, determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her deceptive twin sister, Taryn, whose mortal life is in peril. Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines, she becomes ensnared in the conflict's bloody politics. And when a terrible curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity.... From #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black comes the highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to the Folk of the Air series.

Eine zwielichtige Sekte mit dem viel sagenden Namen "Die aufgeklärten Brüder der völlig schwarzen Nacht" beschwört einen gewaltigen Drachen über Ankh-Morpork herauf, der die ganze Stadt in Schutt und Asche zu verwandeln droht. Wie soll es anders sein -- der Drache gerät außer Kontrolle und nur die mutige Stadtwache kann Ankh-Morpork vor dem Untergang bewahren. Mumm und seine Männer haben alle Hände voll zu tun, bis plötzlich von unvermuteter Seite Hilfe naht. Zugleich erzählt Wachen! Wachen! die Geschichte des von Zwergen adoptierten Findelkindes Karotte, das die heimatliche Mine verlässt, um sein Glück bei der Stadtwache zu versuchen. Lord Vetinari erfreut den Leser mit tiefsinnigen Gedanken über das Geheimnis des Herrschens. Und nicht zuletzt nimmt die Romanze zwischen Hauptmann Mumm und der Drachen züchtenden Lady Käsedick ihren stürmischen Anfang.

He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne. Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold on to. Jude learned that lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power. Now, as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is left reeling from Cardan's betrayal. She bides her time, determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her deceptive twin sister, Taryn, whose mortal life is in peril. Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines, she becomes ensnared in the conflict's bloody politics. And when a terrible curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity.... From #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black comes the highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to the Folk of the Air series.

You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. The first lesson is to make yourself that strong. Jude has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were biddable. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undiminished. When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a faerie world.

Norddeutsche Fantasy, bei der nur der Humor trocken bleibt. Magnus Knut Hansen führt ein entspanntes Leben als Deichgraf von Dagebüll. Aber als zwei Gestalten auftauchen und sein Schaf Dörte in eine fremde Welt entführen, zögert er keine Sekunde, eilt hinterher und findet sich schnell in einem Abenteuer wieder. Schon bald muss er sich nicht nur mit Raufbolden, Rittern und fantastischen Wesen herumschlagen, sondern auch mit einer viel zu gesprächigen Möwe und einer Prinzessin, die sich – warum auch immer – ausgerechnet in ihn verschossen hat. Nichts liegt Magnus ferner als Abenteuer oder Romanzen. Er will seinen Leuchtturm, seine Ruhe und sein Schaf – und er wird nicht aufgeben, bis er Dörte gerettet hat.