Blood ​and Gold

Anne Rice - Blood ​Canticle
Lestat ​is back with a vengeance and in thrall to Rowan Mayfair. Both demon and angel, he is drawn to kill but tempted by goodness as he moves among the pantheon of Anne Rice's unforgettable characters: Julien Mayfair, his tormentor; Rowan, witch neurosurgeon, who attracts spirits to herself, casts spells on others and finds herself dangerously drawn to Lestat; Patsy, country and western singer, who was killed by Quinn Blackwood and dumped in a swamp; Ash Templeton, a 5,000-year-old Taltos whose genes live on in the Mayfairs. Now, Lestat fights to save Patsy's ghost from the dark realms of the Earthbound, to uncover the mystery of the Taltos and to decide the fate of Roan Mayfair. Anne Rice's irresistible dreams - the world of Blackwood Farm and the Mayfair Witches - collide as Lestat struggles between lust for blood and the quest for life, between gratification and redemption. 'There are times when Anne Rice seems like nothing less than a magician' - The New York Times Book Review

Neil Gaiman - Stardust
In ​the sleepy English countryside of decades past, there is a town that has stood on a jut of granite for six hundred years. And immediately to the east stands a high stone wall, for which the village is named. Here in the town of Wall, Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester. One crisp October night, as they watch, a star falls from the sky, and Victoria promises to marry Tristran if he'll retrieve that star and bring it back for her. It is this promise that sends Tristran through the only gap in the wall, across the meadow, and into the most unforgettable adventure of his life.

Anne Rice - Merrick ​(angol)
With ​the splendid Merrick, Rice is firing on all cylinders, and this latest volume in the best-selling Vampire Chronicles has all the elements that we expect from her: richly evocative use of locales; flesh-creeping horror (the squeamish should steer clear); rich, operatic characterisation and (most of all) that strange, overwrought prose style which is hers alone. The Vampire Armand ended with Lestat being revived in modern-day New Orleans. But the central character in this new volume is Lestat's friend Louis de Pointe du Lac (who first appeared in the 18th-century France of Interview with the Vampire ), another one of Rice's tortured vampires. Louis is dealing with the memory of the dead child vampire Claudia, to whom he was devoted. But when the Machiavellian organiser David Talbot joins Louis in appealing to the beautiful Merrick (mixed-race daughter of a New Orleans Mayfair clan) to invoke the ghost of Claudia, Merrick's very individual brand of black magic becomes the one thing that can save Louis' sanity. This tampering results in other malign spirits being released, and soon Rice's narrative is knee-deep in bloody mayhem and voodoo.

Anne Rice - Blackwood ​Farm (angol)
_Lestat ​is back, saviour and demon, presiding over a gothic story of family greed and hatred through generations, a terrifying drama of blood lust and betrayal, possession and matricide._ Blackwood Farm with its grand Southern mansion, set among dark cypress swamps in Louisiana, harbours terrible blood-stained secrets and family ghosts. Heir to them all is Quinn Blackwood, young, rash and handsome, whom Lestat takes under his wing. But Quinn is in thrall not only to the past and his own appetites but, even more dangerously, to a companion spirit, a 'goblin' succubus who could destroy him and others. Only the unearthly power of Lestat combined with the earthly powers of the Mayfair clan could hope to save Quinn from himself and his ghosts, or to rescue the doomed girl Quinn loves from her own mortality... Shocking, savage and richly erotic, this novel with a deceptively innocent title brings us Anne Rice at her most powerfully disturbing. Here are vampires witches, demons and doppelganger, men and women caught up in death and destruction, blood and fire, cruelty and fate.

Vavyan Fable - Álomhajsza
Amint ​tudomást szerzünk a KÉK KRISTÁLY létezéséről, azonnal szenvedélyesen érdekeltté válunk abban, hogy az el is juthasson rendeltetési helyére. Sok, nagyon sok függ ettől: talán nem kevesebb, mint az emberi élet szépsége. Fénylő és sötétlő birodalmak, szörnyecskék és monstrumok, tündérek és fenevadak, harcosok és filmesek között vezeti hőseit biztos, de gyengéd kézzel VAVYAN FABLE ebben a különös, egymásba illeszkedő, egymást tükröző, egymást kiegészítő ikerregényben. A Szerző, a tőle már jól ismert pazar játékossággal, plasztikus megjelenítő erővel, de a még tőle is szokatlan érzelmi komolysággal hívja meg olvasóját a szerteágazó, elbűvölően gazdag mese-álomvilágba. Varázsol, de nem csal. Hiszen az álom: igaz! Mi álmodjuk magunkról, egymásról. A varázsos, groteszk, fura-bájos, bizarr, pikáns, lebegő, súlyos, gyengéd, horrorszerű, kuncogtató, józan, szárnyaló, görnyesztő, trillázóan gunyorkás és szívmélyien komoly FANTASY-TÖRTÉNET minden ere, patakocskája és folyama - s velük az Olvasó is - eléri végül a Tengert. A szeretet tengerét.

Kresley Cole - Vámpíréhség
Lachlain, ​a klán félelmetes fejedelme több ezer éve keresi azt a nőt, aki a legenda szerint lecsillapítja forrongó dühét. Lachlain maga a tökéletes férfi: gyönyörű, okos, szenvedélyes, de elátkozott, aki minden teliholdkor vérfarkassá változik. Egy nap Párizsban rátalál egy diáklányra, aki szülei halálának ügyében nyomoz, és bár ösztönei azt súgják, hogy Emma az igazi, mégis minden porcikája tiltakozik ellene. A titokzatos lány ugyanis vámpír, a vérfarkasok ősi ellensége. Lachlain mégsem bírja legyőzni a vér szavát, elrabolja a lányt, és ősi birtokára viszi. Útjuk során nemcsak Emma szerelmét kell kivívnia, hanem az őket üldöző vámpírokat is le kell győznie, akik maguknak követelik a lányt mint fajtájának utolsó képviselőjét… KRESLEY COLE világhírű sorozata megérkezett. A számos országban bestseller regényeket fergeteges akciók, ördögien szenvedélyes szex és lenyűgöző szereplőgárda jellemzi. A Vámpírok alkonyat után sorozat az olvasókat egy varázslatos és démoni világba vezeti, ahonnan nincs visszaút.

Jennifer L. Armentrout - Obsidian
Starting ​over sucks. When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, outhouses, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring. Until I spotted my hot neighbor with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up. And then he opened his mouth. Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something…unexpected happens. The hot alien living next door marked me. You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and the mark he left on me has me lit up like Las Vegas strip to the bad guys. The only way I'm getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades. If I don't kill him first, that is. And then things got really bad…

Lisa Jane Smith - The ​Fury
A ​Love Triangle of Unspeakable Horror... Stefan: Tormented after losing Elena, he' s determined to end the feud with his brother, Damon--whatever the cost. Damon: Mocking Stefan and Elena, he laughs in the face of doom. Elena: Wild with her craving for blood, she confronts the ultimate evil. The terrifying story of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them.

Charlaine Harris - Por ​és hamu
A ​Katrina hurrikán borzalmas pusztításai és a vámpírtalálkozó felrobbantása után Sookie Stackhouse épségben van, bár kissé feldúlt. Szeretne visszatérni dolgos hétköznapjaihoz, de közben halálra aggódja magát eltűnt barátja, Quinn miatt. De az események most is váratlan fordulatot vesznek, és hősnőnk ismét egy véres ütközet közepén találja magát. De amikor már nem repked mindenfelé kitépett szőr és vér sem folyik többé, Sookie-nak rá kell jönnie, hogy már semmi sem lesz olyan, mint annak előtte...

Cassandra Clare - City ​of Ashes
Clary ​Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn't ready to let her go -- especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary's only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil -- and also her father. To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killings -- and if he is, what is he trying to do? When the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor arrives to investigate and zooms right in on Jace. How can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father? ;In this breathtaking sequel to City of Bones, Cassandra Clare lures her readers back into the dark grip of New York City's Downworld, where love is never safe and power becomes the deadliest temptation.

Anne Rice - Lestat, ​a vámpír
___Lestat ​érzéketlen, gonosz és méltatlan a vámpírok halhatatlanságára... legalábbis ilyennek mutatja be társa, Louis az Interjú a vámpírral c. regényben. Valóban igaza lenne? Nem lehet, hogy a kegyetlenség csak álarc, mely mögött őrizni való titkok rejtőznek? Honnan származnak a vámpírok? Miért isszák a halandók vérét? Ki a legöregebb vámpír a világon? ___Az Interjú a vámpírral folytatása fellebbenti a fátylat a vámpírok őstörténetéről, miközben belemerülhetünk az ősi egyiptomi és kelta misztériumokba, és pillantást vethetünk a nagy francia forradalom világára - egy vámpír szemével.

Cassandra Clare - City ​of Glass
To ​save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters -- never mind that enter-ing the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight. As Clary uncovers more about her family's past, she finds an ally in mysterious Shadow-hunter Sebastian. With Valentine mustering the full force of his power to destroy all Shadow-hunters forever, their only chance to defeat him is to fight alongside their eternal enemies. But can Downworlders and Shadowhunters put aside their hatred to work together? While Jace realizes exactly how much he's willing to risk for Clary, can she harness her newfound powers to help save the Glass City -- whatever the cost? Love is a mortal sin and the secrets of the past prove deadly as Clary and Jace face down Valentine in the final installment of the New York Times bestselling trilogy The Mortal Instruments.

Anne Rice - Pandora, ​a vámpír
Anne ​Rice regényének főhőse Pandora, a vámpír- istennő, aki két évezred távlatából meséli el halandó, majd halhatatlan sorsát. Miközben Pandora a kelta Mariusszal, a legősibb vámpírok őrzőjével rója az évszázadokat, történelmi korok és helyszínek kaleidoszkópja tárul szemünk elé: Augustus császár Rómája, a hellenisztikus Antiokheia és a Közel-Kelet pezsgő birodalma, majd az első keresztények világa . Az élettől lüktető helyszínek jól ellenpontozzák a halhatatlanság mérhetetlen magányát, melyet a vámpíroknak újra és újra meg kell élniük, amíg az idő szele mai világunk nyüzsgésébe nem sodorja őket...

Beth Fantaskey - Jessica's ​Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
The ​undead can really screw up your senior year . . . Marrying a vampire definitely doesn't fit into Jessica Packwood's senior year "get-a-life" plan. But then a bizarre (and incredibly hot) new exchange student named Lucius Vladescu shows up, claiming that Jessica is a Romanian vampire princess by birth - and he's her long-lost fiancé. Armed with newfound confidence and a copy of Growing Up Undead: A Teen Vampire's Guide to Dating, Health, and Emotions, Jessica makes a dramatic transition from average American teenager to glam European vampire princess. But when a devious cheerleader sets her sights on Lucius, Jess finds herself fighting to win back her wayward prince, stop a global vampire war - and save Lucius's soul from eternal destruction.

Lisa Jane Smith - The ​Struggle
A ​Love Triangle of Unspeakable Horror... Damon: Determined to make Elena his queen of darkness, he'd kill his own brother to possess her. Stefan: Desperate for the power to destroy Damon, he succumbs to his thirst for human blood. Elena: Irresistibly drawn to both brothers, her choice will decide their fate. The terrifying story of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them.

Patricia Briggs - Megszólít ​a hold
Mercedes ​Thompson autószerelő Tri-Citiesben, műhelyében lepukkant verdák helyrepofozásával keresi kenyerét, és kedvtelésből Volkswagen Bogarakat ment meg az enyészettől. Időnként kisétál a sivatagba, ruháit egy bokor alá rejti, és átváltozik prérifarkassá, hogy nyulakat meg pockokat kergessen. Mercy ugyanis „járó” – az Észak-Amerikai kontinens ősi természetfeletti népeinek leszármazottja, akit vérfarkasok neveltek fel. Amikor Mercy egy fiatal vérfarkas tetemébe botlik házának ajtaja előtt, valamint a szomszédjában lakó alfahímet is kis híján megölik, lányát pedig elrabolják, nevelőapjához, valamint fiatalkori szerelméhez fordul segítségért. Vérfarkasok, vámpírok, boszorkányok és egyéb mágikus lények között vezet Mercy útja ebben a fantasztikus regényben, amely nem mentes sem haláltól, sem szerelemtől.

Anne Rice - Memnoch ​the Devil
The ​fifth volume of Rice's Vampire Chronicles is one of her most controversial books. The tale begins in New York, where Lestat, the coolest of Rice's vampire heroes, is stalking a big-time cocaine dealer and religious-art smuggler--this guy should get it in the neck. Lestat is also growing fascinated with the dealer's lovely daughter, a TV evangelist who's not a fraud. Lestat is also being stalked himself, by some shadowy guy who turns out to be Memnoch, the devil, who spirits him away. From here on, the book might have been called Interview with the Devil (by a Vampire). It's a rousing story interrupted by a long debate with the devil. Memnoch isn't the devil as ordinarily conceived: he got the boot from God because he objected to God's heartless indifference to human misery. Memnoch takes Lestat to heaven, hell, and throughout history. Some readers are appalled by the scene in which Lestat sinks his fangs into the throat of Christ on the cross, but the scene is not a mere shock tactic: Jesus is giving Lestat a bloody taste in order to win him over to God's side, and Rice is dead serious about the battle for his soul. Rice is really doing what she did as a devout young Catholic girl asked to imagine in detail what Christ's suffering felt like--it's just that her imagination ran away with her.

Cassandra Clare - City ​of Bones
When ​fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy? This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know. . . . Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.

J. K. Rowling - Harry ​Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry ​Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He's never worn a Cloak of Invisibility, befriended a giant, or helped hatch a dragon. All Harry knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. Harry's room is a tiny cupboard under the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in ten years. But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to a wonderful place he never dreamed existed. There he finds not only friends, aerial sports, and magic around every corner, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him... if Harry can survive the encounter.

Stephenie Meyer - New ​Moon
For ​Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of an evil vampire but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realise their troubles may just be beginning ...