Eine rätselhafte Gestalt taucht in den nächtlichen Straßen Londons auf – und ist ebenso schnell wieder verschwunden. Sie erscheint als Verkörperung all der dunklen Leidenschaften, die in den Tiefen der menschlichen Seele schlummern, eine Ausgeburt des Bösen, die auch vor einem Mord nicht zurückschreckt. Alles, was man über sie weiß, ist ihr Name: Mr. Hyde. Robert Louis Stevensons 1886 entstandene Novelle, die zu den berühmtesten Schauergeschichten der Weltliteratur zählt, ist eine faszinierende Kombination aus packendem Thriller und psychologischer Studie über die duale Natur des Menschen. Sie liegt hier in der meisterhaften Neuübersetzung von Mirko Bonné vor. – Mit einem Nachwort von Dieter Hamblock sowie einer kompakten Biographie des Autors.

At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets in this new fantasy series by internationally bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington. AUDI. VIDE. TACE. The Catenan Republic – the Hierarchy – may rule the world now, but they do not know everything. I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the rest of civilised society in allowing my strength, my drive and my focus – what they call Will – to be leeched away and added to the power of those above me, as millions already do. As all must eventually do. I tell them that I belong, and they believe me. But the truth is that I have been sent to the Academy to find answers. To solve a murder. To search for an ancient weapon. To uncover secrets that may tear the Republic apart. And that I will never, ever cede my Will to the empire that executed my family. To survive, though, I will still have to rise through the Academy’s ranks. I will have to smile, and make friends, and pretend to be one of them and win. Because if I cannot, then those who want to control me, who know my real name, will no longer have any use for me. And if the Hierarchy finds out who I truly am, they will kill me.

Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals from its war wounds, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julian Carax. But when he sets out to find the author's other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax's books in existence. Soon Daniel's seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.