von Derek Landy

First edition, first printing hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket, both in very good condition. Signed and dedicated by author on title page. Light shelf and handling wear, including sticker residue on FEP, and light creasing to DJ edges, corners and folds. Minor creasing to board's spine and foot, small bump noted, pageblock lightly tanned. Boards are very clean, pages tightly bound and content unmarked. CN

von Anna James

A magical adventure to delight the imagination. The curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a series from a uniquely talented author.After solving the mystery of Tilly’s mother’s disappearance, the bookwandering community is at risk. An extreme group of Librarians have taken over the British Underlibrary and they want to restrict bookwandering.Tilly and Oskar believe that The Archivists are the key to restoring balance – but nobody has seen them for thousands of years, and most people think they never really existed anyway. Is a journey to the French Underlibrary and a peculiar book of fairytales, the key to discovering their whereabouts?But wandering into fairytales is dangerous and unpredictable, and the characters aren’t as they seem. Soon, Tilly and Oskar realise that villains don’t just live inside the pages of books. Sometimes, you don’t get to live happily ever after…A captivating, curl-up-on-the-sofa series about the magic of books and the power of the imagination.

von Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain's whole world is turning upside down. With Valkyrie struggling to protect her dark secret, Skulduggery and the gang are more vulnerable than ever, just as a plague of bodysnatching Remnants are released upon the world.

von Lian Tanner

Twelve-year-old Goldie, impulsive and bold, relies on her skills as a liar and a thief to try to rescue her captured friends from the child-stealers running rampant in the City of Spoke.

von Benedict Jacka

The super-rich control everything-including magic-in this thrilling and brilliant, contemporary fantasy series from the author of the Alex Verus novels.Stephen Oakwood's ambitions used to be simple. Pay his bills, track down his father, and take care of his cat. Maybe study a little magic after work, if he had time.Now it's a year later and he's got everything he wanted. But it's come with a price.The Winged, a mysterious group involved with his father, have noticed Stephen, and they want him to join them or else. His career as a corporate locator has hit a dead end. And his new job as bodyguard to Calhoun Ashford is proving a lot more lethal than expected due to assassination attempts from outside the House, and possibly also from within.To survive, Stephen's going to need allies of his own. And along the way, he's going to have to figure out the secret of his own gift, and what it means. The cults, Houses, and corporations of the magical world are locked in an endless battle for dominance, and Stephen is beginning to realize that he's going to have to pick a side . . . before someone else picks it for him.In this series:AN INHERITANCE OF MAGICAN INSTRUCTION IN SHADOWA JUDGEMENT OF POWERS

von Harriet Muncaster

The third entry in a glittering, gothic middle-grade series from the bestselling author of Isadora Moon books. Victoria Stitch will stop at nothing in her quest for power . . . It had been so long since Victoria Stitch had done anything dangerous . . . And she would need dangerous and forbidden magic for an adventure like this . . .' Victoria Stitch is finally Queen of Wiskling Wood, along with her sister Celestine. She is also proud aunt to Princess Minnie Stitch-diamond baby and next in line to the throne. When old enemies resurface and kidnap Minnie, Victoria Stitch is intent on revenge. It's time for her to ride again and remind these Wisklings that Victoria Stitch is undeniable, incredible, and almost certainly unstoppable. Victoria Stitch is a glamorous, glittering, wiskling - a miniature-sized fairy-like creature - and the series is perfect for fans of Tim Burton, Disney's Descendants, and TheSchool for Good and Evil.

von Patricia C. Wrede

This witty and charming collection of ten short fantasies includes a story, set in the Enchanted Forest, about Queen Cimorene's Frying Pan of Doom; a zany yarn about a magical blue chipmunk with a passion for chestnuts; and an eerie tale of a caliph who turns his vizier's daughter into a wolf.

von Luke Arnold

The world has lost its magic - literally - and Fetch is done being a hero. Once a detective, all he wants now is to run his café in peace. Sunder City is still recovering from the sudden and violent end of magic, and if one man can't solve all its problems, he can at least stop some people going hungry. But when a kid on the run shelters in Fetch's café, and a chain of gruesome murders begins among Sunder's high and mighty, trouble is brought to Fetch's door. There's a word whispered on the wind, and that word is revolution... A brand new fantasy adventure from Luke Arnold; a private detective solves cases in a fantasy world where magic has disappeared. Praise for this series: 'An effortlessly readable series that could be the illegitimate love child of Terry Pratchett and Dashiell Hammett' Kirkus 'Sure to have readers coming back for more' Publishers Weekly 'A marvellous noir voice; Luke Arnold has captured the spirit of the genre perfectly' Peter McLean 'Sunder City [is] an evocative creation, it has echoes of Ankh-Morpork, but also a broken melancholy all of its own' SFX

von Josiah Bancroft

From one of the most exciting and original voices in fantasy comes the second book following the adventures of the Hexologists, Iz and Warren Wilby, as they tackle a case that could redefine the nature of magic itself. As the nation's foremost investigators of the paranormal, Isolde and Warren Wilby are accustomed to bumping up against things that go bump in the night. They have made quite a name for themselves as the Hexologists: detectives of the uncanny, the monstrous, the strange. After a decade of wedded bliss and dozens of fantastical adventures, there is little in the world that can still surprise them. But when a famous artist dies under suspicious circumstances, Isolde finds herself investigating a murder that may not have happened, and a crime scene that seems to shift beneath her feet. Not one to be easily thwarted, Isolde is compelled to take greater and greater risks in pursuit of her elusive answers. Meanwhile, the laws that govern magic appear to be breaking, and those cracks are spreading to the everyday world. The mystery will carry the devoted duo to seedy underworlds, enchanted gardens, and subterranean military zoos. Old friends will come to the Wilbies' aid as they infiltrate secret societies, battle vicious imps, and flee from a pack of venomous wolves. Equipped with Isolde's hexes, Warren's muscle, and an enchanted bag full of magical relics, the Hexologists will have to risk life and limb to unravel the riddle at the heart of A Tangle of Time. For more from Josiah Bancroft, check out: The Books of Babel Senlin Ascends The Arm of the Sphinx The Hod King The Fall of Babel The Hexologists The Hexologists

von Gwyneth Rees

More from Cosmo the witch-cat, up to his paws in magical mischiefCosmo the witch-cat is back, and he has his paws full with his new brothers and sisters--especially when the kittens accidentally fall under the kindly frog-witch's spell and are turned into frogs themselves. Luckily, the clever witch says she knows how to turn them back. But before the frog-witch can even wiggle her wand, she and all of Cosmo's kitten siblings are kidnapped by a mysterious stranger with a sinister plan for the witch's special frog spells. Can Cosmo come up with the purr-fect way to stop him before it's too late? Gigglesome, spooky fun and an utterly ribbeting read!