Nicholas Bowling Bücher

Deiner Gabe kannst du nicht entkommen! England 1577 Die Hexenjagd hält das Land in Atem und auch die 14-jährige Alyce wird zur Zielscheibe. Nur knapp kann sie den Jägern entkommen, die auch ihre Mutter ermordet haben. Seitdem ist Alyce auf der Flucht und versucht ihre magischen Kräfte zu verstehen und zu beherrschen. Und obwohl sie ihre Verfolger nicht abschütteln kann, kommt sie einem gefährlichen Geheimnis auf die Spur: Sie soll zum Spielball einer königlichen Intrige zwischen Elizabeth I. und Maria Stuart werden. Und dabei trifft weiße Magie auf die dunkelste, die man sich vorstellen kann. Gejagt vom Tod, getrieben von dunkler Magie, getäuscht von rivalisierenden Königinnen!

When the Duchess arrives on the isle of Little Drum, she brings orders of silence, threatening the very soul of Oran's musical community. But then Oran hears of a mythical instrument with the power to manipulate hearts; she must find it and play it to change the Duchess's mind ...

Stranger Things meets Black Mirror and Ready Player One in this unsettling, near-future SF standalone.

The newest novel from the critically-acclaimed author of WITCHBORN ... Fourteen-year-old Cadmus has been scholar Tullus's slave since he was a baby - his master is the only family he knows. But when Tullus disappears and a taciturn slave called Tog - daughter of a British chieftain - arrives with a secret message, Cadmus's life is turned upside down. The pair follow a trail that leads to Emperor Nero himself, and his crazed determination to possess the Golden Fleece of Greek mythology. This quest will push Cadmus to the edge of the Roman Empire - and reveal unexpected truths about his past ...

Twin Peaks meets Welcome to Night Vale in this surreal, supernatural thriller by a Costa-shortlisted author When her twin brother goes missing in Northern California, Vivian Owens follows his trail to the town of Mount Hookey, home to the followers of Telos: a mountain-worshipping cult that offers spiritual fulfilment to those who seek it.While trying to navigate the town’s bizarre inhabitants and the seductive preaching of the initiates of Telos, Vivian will have to confront questions about herself, her family, and everything she thinks she knows about the world. She quickly realises that her search is about far more than her missing brother – it is a quest for the secret of happiness itself.To that end, there is only one question she needs to answer: what is really at the top of Mount Hookey?

Ned works as a gravekeeper with his grandfather. Ned's odd lifeis disrupted when graves are disturbed and an attractive youngwoman, Obedience Wellrest, starts visiting the cemetery. A mysteryof science and magic unravels - and no- one is quite as they seem...