Wesley Chu

 Cassandra Clare

From #1 New York Times bestseller Cassandra Clare and award-winner Wesley Chu comes the first book in a new series that follows High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood as they tour the world after the Mortal War. The Red Scrolls of Magic is a Shadowhunters novel. All Magnus Bane wanted was a vacation—a lavish trip across Europe with Alec Lightwood, the Shadowhunter who against all odds is finally his boyfriend. But as soon as the pair settles in Paris, an old friend arrives with news about a demon-worshipping cult called the Crimson Hand that is bent on causing chaos around the world. A cult that was apparently founded by Magnus himself. Years ago. As a joke. Now Magnus and Alec must race across Europe to track down the Crimson Hand and its elusive new leader before the cult can cause any more damage. As if it wasn’t bad enough that their romantic getaway has been sidetracked, demons are now dogging their every step, and it is becoming harder to tell friend from foe. As their quest for answers becomes increasingly dire, Magnus and Alec will have to trust each other more than ever—even if it means revealing the secrets they’ve both been keeping.

The Red Scrolls of Magic

A “superb fantasy saga” (Helene Wecker) of martial arts and magic, about what happens when a prophesied hero is not the chosen one after all—but has to work with a band of unlikely allies to save the kingdom anyway, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lives of Tao
 
“An ambitious and touching exploration of disillusionment in faith, tradition, and family—a glorious reinvention of fantasy and wuxia tropes.”—Naomi Novik, New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education

So many stories begin the same way: With a prophecy. A chosen one. And the inevitable quest to slay a villain, save the kingdom, and fulfill a grand destiny.
 
But this is not that kind of story. 
 
It does begin with a prophecy: A child will rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, a cruel immortal god-king, and save the kingdom. 
 
And that prophecy did anoint a hero, Jian, raised since birth in luxury and splendor, and celebrated before he has won a single battle. 
 
But that’s when the story hits its first twist: The prophecy is wrong. 
 
What follows is a story more wondrous than any prophecy could foresee, and with many unexpected heroes: Taishi, an older woman who is the greatest grandmaster of magical martial arts in the kingdom but who thought her adventuring days were all behind her; Sali, a straitlaced warrior who learns the rules may no longer apply when the leader to whom she pledged her life is gone; and Qisami, a chaotic assassin who takes a little too much pleasure in the kill.
 
And Jian himself, who has to find a way to become what he no longer believes he can be—a hero after all.

The War Arts Saga #1

The Art of Prophecy

From #1 New York Times bestselling authors Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu comes the second book in the Eldest Curses series and a thrilling new adventure for High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood, for whom a death-defying mission into the heart of evil is not just a job, it’s also a romantic getaway. The Lost Book of the White is a Shadowhunters novel. Life is good for Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. They’re living together in a fabulous loft, their warlock son, Max, has started learning to walk, and the streets of New York are peaceful and quiet—as peaceful and quiet as they ever are, anyway. Until the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnus’s apartment and steal the powerful Book of the White. Now Magnus and Alec will have to drop everything to get it back. They need to follow the thieves to Shanghai, they need to call some backup to accompany them, and they need a babysitter. Also, someone has stabbed Magnus with a strange magical weapon and the wound is glowing, so they have that to worry about too. Fortunately, their backup consists of Clary, Jace, Isabelle, and newly minted Shadowhunter Simon. In Shanghai, they learn that a much darker threat awaits them. Magnus’s magic is growing unstable, and if they can’t stop the demons flooding into the city, they might have to follow them all the way back to the source—the realm of the dead. Can they stop the threat to the world? Will they make it back home before their kid completely wears out Alec’s mom?

The Lost Book of the White

"Convicted criminal James Griffin-Mars is no one's hero. In his time, Earth is a toxic, abandoned world, and humans have fled into the outer solar system to survive, eking out a fragile, doomed existence among the other planets and their moons. Those responsible for delaying humanity's demise believe time travel holds the key, and they have identified James, troubled though he is, as one of a select and expendable few ideally suited for the most dangerous job in history"--Amazon.com.

Time Salvager

When an alien civil war threatens the entire human race, IT technician Roen, who has a passenger in his brain, must train to become an agent.

The Lives of Tao

A hero once believed to be the chosen one must find a new path with the help of a band of unlikely allies in the sequel to The Art of Prophecy, an epic fantasy ode to martial arts and magic from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Wesley Chu. Once there was a prophecy that a chosen one would rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, an immortal god-king. But the prophecy was wrong. Now Jian, the former chosen hero, is just an ordinary young man trying to find his own way. But he may yet have an extraordinary destiny, because he joins forces with Taishi, his grumpy grandmaster, who instructs him in the ways of her family’s powerful war art. Jian still has a long way to go before he can become her heir, so she recruits a band of elderly grandmasters who come out of retirement to whip him into shape and help with this one last job. And there are others who are also seeking their own destiny, like Qisami, an assassin on a secret mission to protect a powerful noblewoman from her enemies. But as Qisami goes undercover to complete her mission, she takes on a new identity that gives her something she never had before: friendship, found family, and new purpose. Sali also thought her fate was laid before her. She was supposed to be looking for the next Eternal Khan and now finds her clan exiled from everything she’s ever known. As she leads the survivors in search of a new home, Sali discovers that she’s something she never thought she could be: a leader and a revolutionary. Because sometimes destiny is grander than any prophecy can foresee. And the greatest destiny of all is the one you choose for yourself.

A Novel

The Art of Destiny

La mano scarlatta. Shadowhunters. The eldest curses

Il libro bianco perduto. Shadowhunters. The eldest curses

Art of Prophecy

Die Ältesten Flüche 2 - Roman

Das verlorene Buch

Ella Patel – thief, con-artist and smuggler – is in the wrong place at the wrong time. One night, on the border of a demilitarized zone run by the body-swapping alien invaders, she happens upon a man and woman being chased by a group of assailants. The man freezes, leaving the woman to fight off five attackers at once, before succumbing. As she dies, to both Ella and the man’s surprise, the sparkling light that rises from the woman enters Ella, instead of the man. She soon realizes she’s been inhabited by Io, a low-ranking Quasing who was involved in some of the worst decisions in history. Now Ella must now help the alien presence to complete her mission and investigate a rash of murders in the border states that maintain the frail peace. With the Prophus assigned to help her seemingly wanting to stab her in the back, and the enemy Genjix hunting her, Ella must also deal with Io’s annoying inferiority complex. To top it all off, Ella thinks the damn alien voice in her head is trying to get her killed. And if you can’t trust the voices in your head, who can you trust? File Under: Science Fiction

The Rise of Io

Having been haunted by the past and enslaved by the present, James Griffin-Mars is taking control of the future. Earth is a toxic, sparsely inhabited wasteland – the perfect hiding place for a fugitive ex-chronman to hide from the authorities. James has allies, scientists he rescued from previous centuries: Elise Kim, who believes she can renew Earth, given time; Grace Priestly, the venerated inventor of time travel herself; Levin, James’s mentor and former pursuer, now disgraced; and the Elfreth, a population of downtrodden humans who want desperately to believe that James and his friends will heal their ailing home world. James also has enemies. They include the full military might of benighted solar system ruled by corporate greed and a desperate fear of what James will do next. At the forefront of their efforts to stop him is Kuo, the ruthless security head, who wants James’s head on a pike and will stop at nothing to obtain it.

Time Siege

The Eldest Curses 1: The Red Scrolls of Magic

Die ältesten Flüche 1 - Roman

Die roten Schriftrollen

In this white-knuckled and high-stakes thriller, set in the expansive world of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead series, three different people in China—a rural farmer, an urban military veteran, and an American student—are caught in the typhoon of undead as chaos sweeps over the most populous country in Asia. In the aftermath of a horrifying outbreak, the last remnants of the Chinese government have estimated that one billion walkers (called jiangshi) are currently roaming the country. Across this desolate landscape, large groups of survivors have clustered together for safety in settlements that have been built to protect against the unceasing wave of jiangshi. In one of these settlements, Beacon of Light, scavengers of vastly different backgrounds struggle to provide supplies for the survival of thousands. Before this devastation, Zhu was one of the millions of poor farmers who left their rural roots for the promise of consistent employment in one of China’s booming factory towns. Elena was an American teaching English in China while on a gap year before beginning law school. Hengyen was a grizzled military officer of some renown, and a passionate believer in his nation’s ability to surmount any obstacle. But with the settlement’s 3,000 mouths to feed and the scavengers having to travel further and further in search of food, Zhu ends up at his home village, where he is shocked to find survivors. Does he force them to join the settlement or keep their existence a secret? Meanwhile, a veritable typhoon of walkers is headed towards the Beacon of Light. When the conniving leader of the Beacon, Secretary Guo, tasks Hengyen with rounding up all survivors in the area for a desperate last stand, the military man sees it for the foolish, futile directive that it is. Ever the patriot, though, he will stand with his compatriots to the very last. But Zhu finds himself caught between his love for Elena, his duty to the Beacon, and his desire to flee with the villagers. With time running out and the stakes higher than ever, these three survivors must figure out how to live with the overwhelming odds against them.

Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Typhoon

High Warlock Magnus Bane and his new lover, the mortal Alec Lightwood, are celebrating their survival and victory in the Mortal War by touring the world. But the world won't leave them alone-- Magnus learns that a demon-worshipping cult, the Crimson Hand, is wreaking havoc across Europe. When he takes possession of a powerful spell book of dark magic known as The Book of the White, there are many who want to claim it for themselves. --

Los manuscritos rojos de la magia

Czerwone zwoje magii

The Days of Tao

Nesta edição de O Livro Branco perdido, a aguardada sequência de Os pergaminhos vermelhos da magia, acompanhe Magnus Bane, Alec Lightwood e seus amigos em uma nova e eletrizante jornada – dessa vez, em Xangai. Contém capa metalizada e o conto de Jim e Tessa como conteúdo extra. Magnus Bane e Alec Lightwood estão desfrutando da companhia um do outro enquanto aprendem a cuidar do filho, Max, uma criança feiticeira – o que não é, na verdade, tão simples assim. A vida está, finalmente, tranquila para os dois. Até que Shinyun Jung e Ragnor Fell invadem o apartamento de Magnus no Brooklyn e roubam o poderoso Livro Branco de magias e feitiços. Percebendo que Shinyun e Ragnor estão sob controle de uma força sinistra, até então desconhecida, Magnus e Alec precisarão unir forças com seus amigos Caçadores de Sombras e atravessar o mundo para impedir que os dois causem ainda mais danos. Mas, antes de tudo, eles precisam de uma babá para cuidar de Max. Em Xangai, eles descobrem que uma ameaça muito mais sombria os aguarda. A magia de Magnus está ficando instável, e se eles não conseguirem impedir a inundação de demônios na cidade, precisarão segui-los até sua fonte – até o reino dos mortos. Mas, conforme o tempo passa e a situação se torna ainda mais perigosa e arriscada, será que eles conseguirão impedir essa iminente ameaça ao mundo? E será que conseguirão voltar para casa antes que Max esgote completamente a mãe de Alec? Os pergaminhos vermelhos da magia, dos autores best-sellers Cassandra Clare e Wesley Chu, traz uma nova e emocionante aventura para o Alto Feiticeiro do Brooklyn, Magnus Bane, e Alec Lightwood – e, para eles, uma desafiadora e potencialmente fatal missão não é apenas uma tarefa de trabalho, mas, também, uma fuga romântica. Esta edição de colecionador vem com capa metalizada e um conto extra, com Tessa e Jem. "Apenas para fãs de Magnus Bane – mas quem não é fã de Magnus Bane?" – Kirkus para As crônicas de Bane "Uma fantasia tão boa que chega a ser perigosa." – Holly Black para Os Instrumentos Mortais

O Livro Branco perdido (Vol. 2 As Maldições Ancestrais)

A nova série que acompanha o feiticeiro Magnus Bane e o caçador de sombras Alec Lightwood enquanto viajam pelo mundo após a Guerra Mortal. Primeira edição com capa metálica e capítulo extra. Tudo o que Magnus Bane queria era aproveitar suas férias pela Europa com Alec Lightwood, o Caçador de Sombras que, contra todas as probabilidades, finalmente é seu namorado. Mas assim que os dois se instalam em Paris, uma velha amiga chega com notícias sobre um culto de adoração a demônios chamado A Mão Escarlate, que está empenhado em causar o caos em todo o mundo – um culto que, aparentemente, foi fundado pelo próprio Magnus, anos atrás. Agora, Magnus e Alec vão percorrer o continente europeu para rastrear A Mão Escarlate e seu novo e ilusório líder antes que o culto cause ainda mais danos. Como se não fosse suficientemente ruim que suas férias românticas tivessem sido desviadas do trajeto original, os demônios agora estão perseguindo todos os seus passos, e está se tornando cada vez mais difícil distinguir amigos de inimigos. À medida que sua busca por respostas se torna cada vez mais complexa, Magnus e Alec precisarão confiar um no outro mais do que nunca - mesmo que isso signifique revelar os segredos que ambos mantêm.

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