When all the world is covered in darkness, the fate of one will change the world forever' It has been many years since the fall of Dansal Peak to the Necromancer and his armies. Dispelled from the world during its fall, the Necromancer is slowly recovering and grows in strength, and prepares an assault to cover the world in shadow once and for all. Elarin was only a small child when he saw his mother murdered before his eyes during the pillaging of his homeland that night. Now, the Necroma...

Developed in cooperation with the International Baccalaureate®Trust experienced and best-selling authors to navigate the new syllabuses confidently with these coursebooks that implement inquiry-based and conceptually-focused teaching and learning.- Ensure a continuum approach to concept-based learning through active student inquiry; our authors are not only IB Diploma experienced teachers but are also experienced in teaching the IB MYP and ...

When thieves find an abandoned child lying in a monster’s footprint, they have no idea that their wilderness discovery will change the course of history.Cloaked in mystery, Auralia grows up among criminals outside the walls of House Abascar, where vicious beastmen lurk in shadow. There, she discovers an unsettling--and forbidden--talent for crafting colors that enchant all who behold them, including Abascar’s hard-hearted king, an exiled wizard, and a prince who ke...

New York Timesbestselling author John Connolly's unique imagination takes readers through the end of innocence into adulthood and beyond in this dark and triumphantly creative novel of grief and loss, loyalty and love, and the redemptive power of stories.High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness. Angry and alone,...

A darkness threatens the land, and it falls to one young warrior woman to defend her people in this high fantasy adventure."A richly told tale of strange magic, dark treachery, and conflicting loyalties, set in a well realized world." — New York Times –bestselling author Robin HobbAn award-winning poet and acclaimed author of Young Adult fiction, Helen Lowe now brings us The Heir of Night—...

The Book of Deacon Saga is the epic tale of a world besieged by war and at the mercy of dark forces who would see the land and its people wither and die. First Published in 2010, the story has grown significantly, expanding the story into earlier and later eras, exploring the lives of characters both minor and major.The Book of Deacon Anthology is a collection of all currently published stories in the setting:The Book of Deacon - The tale of Myranda Celeste, a young woman o...

Bestselling author Kathryn Lasky's newest hit series-a stunning spin-off set among the wolves of Ga'hoole. Faolan has always been an outsider. Exiled as a pup, then shunned by his fellow wolves for his unusual connection to the bears, Faolan has struggled to earn a place in the pack. But a terrible danger is looming on the horizon, and Faolan is the only one who knows how to fight it. Will he be able to claim his rightful place as leader? Unless Faolan can inspire the pack to stand togethe...

Faolan, a wolf once doomed to die, struggles to fufill his destiny as the leader of the wolves of Beyond. No one ever saw Faolan as a leader. Banished as a pup, he survived and returned as a gnaw wolf-the lowest member of the wolf pack. But Faolan wasn't meant to be a gnaw wolf. It's not just his strange, splayed paw, or his uncanny connection with the bears. There's something about Faolan that inspires certain wolves . . . and leaves others deeply suspicious. Now, with a dangerous threat ...

The War of the Spider Queen explodes!From the burning sands of Anauroch to the limitless labyrinth of the Underdark, an epic quest for the very essence of the Spider Queen takes one startling turn after another. Powerful forces are at work to find answers to where Lolth has gone. She may return as something greater than she was, or she may have gone from her drow children forever, leaving them to their own devices in a chilling Condemnation...

OVER 23,000 BOOKS SOLD IN SERIES“Solomon’s epic fantasy is original and unique!” – Fantasia Reviews, Book of the Year ★★★★★“Characters dance in your head long after!” – Goodreads Reader ★★★★★"A mixture of the classic fantasy past with new ideas" - Bookwraiths ★★★★★Haunted by his past. Hunted in the present. Uncertain what is real.Athson’s pa...

The first in the fast-and-furious fantasy adventure The Legends of the Älfar: the worlds of the dark elves and the dwarves collide in what Malazan Empire calls 'Tolkien with a dash of Gemmell and a sprinkling of George R.R. Martin'.The elves, dwarves and humans all know the älfar to be dark, relentless warriors. This is their time.In Dson Faïmon, the realm of the älfar, the warriors are planning a military campaign. Caphalor and Sinthoras are looking to enl...

Persephone learns that it’s ok to stand up for herself in the second book in the Goddess Girls series!Persephone usually goes along with whatever everyone else wants instead of doing what makes her happy. So when she meets Mount Olympus Academy bad-boy Hades, she finally feels like she has found someone with whom she can be herself. But her mom (Ceres) and her friends don’t exactly approve. If Hades can make her feel so special, is he really that bad, or just misun...