Bücher von Amy Laurens

Evil Overlord in training? Check. Successfully hidden the true depths of her powers for four years so no one kills her? Check. Graduating at the top of her class from the Evil Overlord Academy so she can acquire her castle? ...Uncertain. And Mercury loathes uncertainty. If that smarmy git Deviran beats her for first place, Mercury needs to rethink her plans. Because the Tumul Tuos castle belongs to her. No matter what it takes to convince everyone else. Comic fantasy for fans of Terry Pratchett that will leave you laughing, crying-and questioning everything you ever thought you knew about ferrets.

Her ears buzz, day and night, like a wasp has taken up residence in her brain. The solution? Call whoever it takes to get rid of it. No matter what the cost. If you love stories that leave you glancing over your shoulder with a chill down your spine, don't miss The Wasporcist. 1500 / Horror (Lite) (No Gore) Welcome to Inklets, a series of short (and sometimes short-short) stories ranging from sci-fi to fantasy to lingering just on the edge of normal. One thing's for sure: you won't look at the world the same way again.

Abbi the Labrador loves her people-but she loves her bunny friend Zac even more. So when he pleads with her to let him out of his cage one night, she does.Even though it's the wrong thing to do. Even though the consequences will be worse than she ever imagined. A tragic short tale about the true meaning of friendship-and guilt. 1300 words / Tragic Animal Tale Welcome to Inklets, a series of short (and sometimes short-short) stories ranging from sci-fi to fantasy to lingering just on the edge of normal. One thing's for sure: you won't look at the world the same way again.

From the Darkness and Good blog comes a collection of fans' favourite stories, all in one convenient volume. Come read about gods and monsters, unicorns and shapeshifters, magical worlds and galaxies far, far away!

Nearly one in four people in the western world own a dog. Chances are, you're one of them-or you'd like to be. But is everything you think you know about dogs correct? How much conventional wisdom can you really trust? Welcome to thirty-two of the more common mistakes that people make about dogs. Learn the truth about ideas you didn't even realise were wrong, and become even closer to humanity's very best friend.

Welcome to a land where ignorance kills. The only way to survive is to walk the difficult road and stand against the dark.In The Wasporcist, Lily grows tired of everyone thinking she's mad. She knows the buzzing in her ears is more than her imagination, and calls in a Wasporcist. In Certified, Anna is a Raiser, able to raise from the dead anyone she doesn't know. So what can she do when her best friend murders her boyfriend?The maliche are devouring Imber's world, and in To Dust, the only tool she has to stop them is a magic box. Shame the only ones who can work the magic are the terrifying fae in their forest home. And speaking of terrifying magic, Natalia needs all the help she can get to fight the shadows of depression in The Day The Dog First Called. A Final Request For Mercyincludes another canine, this time with a hard choice to make, while in The Chaos Shark, Ellie rescues a stray shark and saves her family.In Not Fantasy, Beth knows that the fairy world exists; her best friends are a pink tortoise and a talking pen, after all. Her creative writing professor strongly disagrees - perhaps too strongly, Beth thinks, when strange rifts appear in his office. Meanwhile, in Shoe, Jenna learns the hard way not to take home stray shoes from the side of the road.Finally, terminally-ill Adelaide finds an unexpected cure in the Pegasus myth come to life in Sea Foam and Blood.A collection of YA fantasy stories with just a touch of darkness.

**Winner 2019 ACT Writing & Publishing Awards - Children's Division**This is what the fairies never wanted you to know…Edge Tanning gets things done. She vanquished the shadows that threatened Sanctuary, magical home of the fairies, and saved her best friend from the clutches of the Valley-and called the power of Sanctuary to life. All well and good… except that calling the power of Sanctuary kind of broke the whole of the fairies' land. None of her friends want to help. Someone needs to fix it-before Sanctuary fractures forever. But a problem this big? Way too much for one teen girl to handle alone.Brace yourself for the exciting conclusion to the Sanctuary series: this is what the fairies have been hiding.