She has the wrong kind of magic but the right kind of heart. In the Winged Empire, magic comes on swift wings. Literally. It manifests from its bearers as a bird, granting its skills to those who wield it. But this year, things are different. Aella is the fiercely determined daughter of settlers on the far edge of the Winged Empire. Her huge family means everything to her and when the Empire strips them of their weapons, leaving them defenseless against the deadly magic that surrounds their settlement, she feels powerless to help. Unfortunately, her frustration comes out in the worst way possible - as aberrant magic. When Aella's magic manifests, it doesn't come as a bird. It comes as an angry swarm of bees. And that aberration will threaten her life and everything she loves. Can Aella keep her family safe by learning to control a magic born of frustration and fear before it masters her instead?

When Yasmin vacations to the islands for a paranormal mixer, she hopes for daiquiris and muscled surfer dudes. What she doesn’t anticipate is for her oldest childhood friend to be one of them, grown from an awkward and gangly teen to an adult dragon hottie. Javier lacks ambition, and his wealthy dragon shifter father reminds him every day. No job on the resort interests him, until he meets a girl from his past with her entire future planned. Then an incident on the island thrusts him headfirst into his calling. They’re polar opposites, but Javier knows Yasmin belongs by his side. He’ll just have to convince her that he deserves a chance.

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Return to the fabled Netherese Empire, a land of dangerous magical intrigue where mortals must fight to claim their own destinies In the empire of Netheril, where citadels float, magic runs wild, and mages dabble in games better left for the gods, Sunbright Steelshanks and Candlemas have just escaped the Lower Planes. Caught up in the games of the gods, the adventurers have their own concerns. As Sunbright seeks to rescue his lover AND Candlemas searches for a cure for the disease afflicting the Netherese grain crops, the two encounter a fallen star and Karsus, the arcanist who has transported himself through time to find it. Traveling through Faerûn and time itself, Sunbright becomes an unwilling pawn in a lethal match of wits, wiles, and powers.

Clear waters, pristine beaches, and the bones of human sacrifices… Of all the places to be transported by magic against my will, a tropical island doesn’t seem too bad. Unfortunately it’s teeming with blood casters who want me dead. On the bright side, I’m not alone; my friends are here too and we’ve faced tougher odds together before. But the dangerous magic on this island isn’t like some of our other foes and there are places some of us can’t even go without triggering deadly blood magic spells. To make matters worse, the leader of the blood casters is here and she is a witch to be reckoned with. If the rumors are true, she has rediscovered arcanism – an ancient magic even more deadly than blood magic. If she really is an arcanist, she’s the most powerful magical being in the world and she has made it clear she’s willing to kill anyone who gets in her way. And of course, we are very much in her way. “Part fantasy, part mystery, all awesomeness!” – five-star review from award-winning book blog, 2 Girls and a Book Magic Vanished is Book Five in the Urban Fantasy series, More than Magic, featuring witches, vampires, werewolves, and more. If you like your paranormal mixed with a little mystery and true friendship, dive into your copy today.

This volume, published in honour of Egyptologist Professor Rosalie David OBE, presents the latest research on three of the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian civilisation: mummies, magic and medical practice. Drawing on recent archaeological fieldwork, new research on human remains, reassessments of ancient texts and modern experimental archaeology, it attempts to answer some of Egyptology's biggest questions: how did Tutankhamun die? How were the Pyramids built? How were mummies made? Leading experts in their fields combine traditional Egyptology and innovative scientific approaches to ancient material. The result is a cutting-edge overview of the discipline, showing how it has developed over the last forty years and yet how many of its big questions remain the same.