Shou Takahata is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Facing imminent death having stumbled across the world of magician's, she's struck a bargain with one such magician: to befriend his apprentice and become "dear" to him. The main problem with this arrangement? The apprentice in question can only feel emotion when he slaughters those he holds "dear"!

Shou Takahata is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Facing imminent death having stumbled across the world of magician's, she's struck a bargain with one such magician: to befriend his apprentice and become "dear" to him. The main problem with this arrangement? The apprentice in question can only feel emotion when he slaughters those he holds "dear"!

Ouka Namae, a magician's pupil, is incapable of feeling emotion. That is...he's almost incapable. There is one particular circumstance when his feelings rise to the surface, but the scenario that unleashes them is too dark to even contemplate...

Ouka Namae, a magician's pupil, is incapable of feeling emotion. That is...he's almost incapable. One circumstance in particular does bring his feelings to the surface, but the result of such an occasion is unimaginably sinister...Ouka's complete story of deadly affection unfolds in this new deluxe omnibus!

Shou and Namae have been taken hostage by Saki's childhood rival. Even if they survive the encounter, though, Shou's life is very much in danger now that Namae has concluded that she is someone "dear" to him. Is there any conclusion to this tale that doesn't end in tragedy...?

In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world. In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England - until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers and becomes an overnight celebrity. Another practicing magician then emerges: the young and daring Jonathan Strange. He becomes Norrell's pupil, and the two join forces in the war against France. But Strange is increasingly drawn to the wild, most perilous forms of magic, and he soon risks sacrificing his partnership with Norrell and everything else he holds dear. Susanna Clarke's brilliant first novel is an utterly compelling epic tale of nineteenth-century England and the two magicians who, first as teacher and pupil and then as rivals, emerge to change its history.

An orphan and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy train station. He desperately believes a broken automaton will make his dreams come true. But when his world collides with an eccentric girl and a bitter old man, Hugo's undercover life are put in jeopardy. Turn the pages, follow the illustrations and enter an unforgettable new world!