A beautiful fantasy about the notorious magician Larmanilla hiring the warm cook Romiard! Following a fairy tale path his mother entrusted him with, Romiard wanders off to Larmanilla's ice castle. Its notorious magician hires Romiard as a chef after he successfully passes his cooking test for a magic soup. Larmanilla though, fickle and spoiled as he is, starts criticizing Romiard's cooking skills one day. Scared of a cold and piercing punishment, Romiard works out a plan to escape. When he gets caught by Larmanilla, he admits that he has also been feeling lonely. Larmanilla, who is actually fond of Romiard, refrains from punishing him, what is very unlike him. Will the warm chef sooner or later be able to melt the cold magician?

A beautiful fantasy about the notorious magician Larmanilla hiring the warm cook Romiard! Following a fairy tale path his mother entrusted him with, Romiard wanders off to Larmanilla's ice castle. Its notorious magician hires Romiard as a chef after he successfully passes his cooking test for a magic soup. Larmanilla though, fickle and spoiled as he is, starts criticizing Romiard's cooking skills one day. Scared of a cold and piercing punishment, Romiard works out a plan to escape. When he gets caught by Larmanilla, he admits that he has also been feeling lonely. Larmanilla, who is actually fond of Romiard, refrains from punishing him, what is very unlike him. Will the warm chef sooner or later be able to melt the cold magician?

A beautiful fantasy about the notorious magician Larmanilla hiring the warm cook Romiard! Following a fairy tale path his mother entrusted him with, Romiard wanders off to Larmanilla's ice castle. Its notorious magician hires Romiard as a chef after he successfully passes his cooking test for a magic soup. Larmanilla though, fickle and spoiled as he is, starts criticizing Romiard's cooking skills one day. Scared of a cold and piercing punishment, Romiard works out a plan to escape. When he gets caught by Larmanilla, he admits that he has also been feeling lonely. Larmanilla, who is actually fond of Romiard, refrains from punishing him, what is very unlike him. Will the warm chef sooner or later be able to melt the cold magician?

Imagine facing the Dragon King or picking the leaves of the Wonder Tree and having the intelligence of a genius. What if you had a secret underground laboratory in your back yard? This collection of fun and engaging short stories for kids aged seven to twelve-years (and grown ups) features children who gain magical powers, meet dragons, enter a parallel universe, meet their future self, foresee the future and much more. There are new myths and legends, science fiction stories, gentle fantasy worlds, some more Magic Soup stories, the chance to be Cleopatra, Santa, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Rabbit, meet Confucius, aliens and even save a whale!

Professional wizard Harry Dresden is approached by the Winter Queen of Faerieto find out who murdered the Summer Queen's right-hand man. Soon, Harry findsout that the fate of the entire world rests on his solving this case.

"The next part of a very well written saga that cost me another night because it captured my heart so much that I drank more coffee and had to read on... Signy feels like a sister by now." ~ Graureiher Part Two: Signy's saga continues A freedom sought. A fear seeded. A fate steered. In her new life in Birka, Signy finds that not everyone is how she thought they were. Her search for freedom and a way home goes on, but the Norns want more from her. They use every choice she makes to bring her closer to knowing her true strength. Harsh lessons await her. At the gathering of the Thing in Uppsala, Signy has more than one strange experience, and horror both haunts and hunts her. In Viking Scandinavia in the ninth century, life is a matter of both fate and will. The gods smile on the brave, but the world holds plenty to fear. Heroes choose to be bold, and this is the story of a heroine. Please note: This is the second part of a novel told in three installments. You need to begin with Part One and read all three to get the full story. Signy Kráka is a story of völva magic, fortitude, friends and foes, survival and betrayal. This is historical fiction with a twist of Norse mysticism and will also appeal to fantasy fans. "A story that keeps you coming back for more." ~ zyffyr "I have nothing but praise for this book. I have finished all three in less than a day. You can feel the world of the story in every page." ~ Miranda M. " I loved how the history and belief system was woven into these books and learned quite a bit by reading this book." ~ M.Hodgin "These books walk the tight rope of historical reality and magical story telling, while making it look easy. The storyline grabs you from the beginning and keeps you wanting to know more. The author's understanding of the period and gift for words submerges you in a realistic picture of the pre-christian viking world that leaves you with all the sights, sounds and smells even after the last word is read." ~ naomi If you find the mystical world of the Vikings fascinating, you will enjoy this story. Written with attention to historical detail and sweeping imagination, this atmospheric story transports the reader into the culture and beliefs of Viking-Age Scandinavia. Dive into a deep and different world Let the saga of Signy Kráka whisk you away to pagan Scandinavia

Harrow the Ninth, an Amazon pick for Best SFF of 2020 and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling sequel to Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor's haunted space station. The Locked Tomb is a 2023 Hugo Award Finalist for Best Series! “Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Decadent nobles vie to serve the deathless emperor! Skeletons!” —Charles Stross on Gideon the Ninth “Unlike anything I've ever read.” —V.E. Schwab on Gideon the Ninth “Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original.” —The New York Times on Gideon the Ninth She answered the Emperor's call. She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend. In victory, her world has turned to ash. After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House in Harrow the Ninth, a mind-twisting puzzle box of mystery, murder, magic, and mayhem. Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor, and the fate of the galaxy rests on one woman's shoulders. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her Emperor to fight an unwinnable war. Side-by-side with a detested rival, Harrow must perfect her skills and become an angel of undeath — but her health is failing, her sword makes her nauseous, and even her mind is threatening to betray her. Sealed in the gothic gloom of the Emperor's Mithraeum with three unfriendly teachers, hunted by the mad ghost of a murdered planet, Harrow must confront two unwelcome questions: is somebody trying to kill her? And if they succeeded, would the universe be better off? THE LOCKED TOMB SERIES BOOK 1: Gideon the Ninth BOOK 2: Harrow the Ninth BOOK 3: Nona the Ninth BOOK 4: Alecto the Ninth At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.