A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction – but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he?

FOR RIGETS SIKKERHED er en spændingsroman om mennesker hvirvlet ind i et magtspil i en hemmelig verden, hvor nationale interesser vogtes. Det er en fortælling om en arbejdsplads, om venskaber og om prisen for loyalitet, inspireret af virkelige handelser i Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste. For Anna Hartmann er arbejdet for Danmarks sikkerhed et kald. Hun er føringsofficer i FE og står foran sin karrieres største operation, da en skandale ryster hendes verden. En whistleblower beskylder FE for at aflytte danskerne, og ledelsen hjemsendes. Sagen eksploderer i medierne, statshemmeligheder afsløres, og bag murene i tjenesten går en klapjagt på de skyldige bag lækagerne i gang. Under et ophold i Wien opsøges Anna samtidig af en gammel fjende, en russisk topspion. Han ønsker hendes hjælp til at hoppe af, men snart møder den farlige operation uventet modstand. For at redde russerens liv skal Anna navigere i en mulig sammensværgelse og giftige magtkampe og må gøre op med sig selv, hvor langt hun vil gåfor at forblive loyal.

Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light. The House in the Cerulean Sea is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours.

“Det er langt ud på natten, da jeg hører nogen kalde nede fra stranden ...”En efterårsnat i det Herrens år 1839 finder den islandske landslæge en dreng på stranden ved fjeldet Hjörleifshøfde. Ingen kender noget til barnet, der kun kan nogle få genkendelige ord: Syrasøn, Sandsindet og Humørhest. Sammen med sin ven Mister Undertaker beslutter landslægen sig for at finde drengens ophav. Derfor tager de ud på en lang og farefuld rejse på hesteryg nordpå til Skagafjord, hvor et handelsskib venter. Men vinteren nærmer sig, vejret er barskt, og stierne er svært fremkommelige i det øde landskab. Da de undervejs finder et hvalkadaver på stranden, kravler Mister Undertaker ind i hvalens bug for at lede efter umbra, havets guld, som han vil bruge til at starte en parfumeproduktion på Island. Landslægen må udføre sin lægegerning flere gange undervejs, og rejsen genforener ham med en elsket person, han aldrig havde troet, han skulle møde igen. Rejsen bliver skelsættende for dem alle. SALT er en hyldest til den islandske natur og det frirum, som vi alle leder efter. Det er en gribende roman fuld af mindeværdige personer og eventyrlige optrin, hvor dele af handlingen foregår i datidens København. Romanen genopfinder den islandske sagatradition og er skrevet i den finurlige sprogtone, som kendetegner Sölvi Björn Sigurðsson, en af Islands mest originale forfattere.

In the beloved tradition of Howl’s Moving Castle, a whimsical and unforgettable story of fantastic adventure, common sense, and the power of love to overcome the greatest of obstacles . . . Before Foss Butcher was Snagged, she thought no more of the magic-users than did anyone else in her tiny village. Sometimes gorgeous women in impossible carriages rolled into town and took bits of people’s hearts. Everyone knew hearts fueled their magic. But Foss, plain, clumsy, and practical as a boot, never expected anyone would want hers. True enough, when the only sorcerer in the kingdom stepped from his glossy carriage, he didn’t intend to hook Foss. Sylvester’s riot of black curls and perfectly etched cheekbones caught her eye a moment too long, that was all. Suddenly, Foss is cursed and finds herself stomping toward the grand City to keep his enchanted House, where her only friend is a talking cat and the walls themselves have moods. But as Foss learns the ways of magic, she realizes she’s far from its only unwilling captive. Even Sylvester is hemmed in by spells and threats. It’s said this sorcery protects king, country, and order for thousands. If Foss wants to free herself—and, perhaps, Sylvester—she’ll have to confront it all . . . and uncover the blight nestled in the heart of the kingdom itself.

Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill one another until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan - where it then proceeded to become a runaway bestseller - Battle Royale is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, Battle Royale is already a contemporary Japanese pulp classic, now available for the first time in the English language.

It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, the lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.