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Liora has long hidden her magic to avoid falling prey to the king's power-hungry warlock, Darius. But when he takes her younger sister instead, Liora must embrace the power she has always feared.

Heroes and villains of a long-forgotten war are reborn and begin to draw new battle lines. Sixteen-year-old dock boy Will is on the run, pursued by the men who killed his mother. Then an old servant tells him of his destiny to fight beside the Stewards, who have sworn to protect humanity if the Dark King ever returns. Will is thrust into a world of magic, where he starts training for a vital role in the oncoming battle against the Dark.

The pandas of the Bamboo Kingdom have never forgotten the great flood that ended the peaceful life they'd always known. But for three young creatures born that day, the flood marks not an end, but the beginning of their struggles to find a place in very different worlds. None of them know that the others are out there, but thanks to a mysterious tiger that's been threatening the Kingdom, they will soon find each other and fulfill a prophecy that had been made long before they were born.

I didn't want to come live in the castle beside the Darkwood, and I especially didn't want to become enemies with my stepsister Neeve. But how could I help it? She has magic, while I'm an ordinary girl. She's the heir to the throne, while I'm an annoying afterthought since my mother married the king. But everything changes the day I uncover the secrets the castle has been hiding.

The story of the sprawling metropolis of Ambergris is collected into a single volume.

Ahn has no past and no family. Altan is a lost heir, his future stolen as a child. When they meet, Altan sees in Ahn a path to reclaim the throne. Ahn sees a way to unlock her past. But both come with a deadly price.

Maggie's powers are especially fickle. With no one to help her learn to control her magic, the life debt that she owes stretches eternally over her head, with no way to repay it. Until she meets Griffin, the king's champion infamous for hunting down the draignochs that plague their kingdom. Neither has any idea of the destiny that they both carry or that their meeting will set off a chain of events that will alter every aspect of the life they know, and all of history thereafter.

Lira and Reyker face off as enemies, confront their worst nightmares, and make their last stand against the Dragon. But can a god be killed? And if so, at what cost?

The last Lei saw of the girl she loved, Wren was fighting in a furious battle to the death. With the two girls torn apart and each in peril, will they find each other again or have their destinies diverged forever?

The realm of Azenor is plagued by a curse that brings nightmares to life. Only magicians protect them. When Clementine Madigan is ready to serve as warden, two magicians draw her into a century-old conflict.