Tracy Deonn Libri

Dopo la morte della madre in un incidente, Bree Matthews, sedicenne, vuole allontanarsi dai ricordi familiari e dalla casa d'infanzia. Un programma residenziale per studenti brillanti all'UNC–Chapel Hill sembra la fuga perfetta, finché Bree non assiste a un attacco magico la sua prima notte nel campus. Un demone volante si nutre di energie umane. Una società segreta di studenti chiamati "Legendborn" che dà la caccia a queste creature. E un misterioso mago adolescente che si fa chiamare "Merlin" e che tenta, senza successo, di cancellare dalla memoria di Bree tutto ciò che ha visto. Il fallimento del mago sblocca la magia unica di Bree e un ricordo sepolto con una connessione nascosta: la notte in cui sua madre è morta, un altro Merlin era in ospedale. Ora che Bree sa che c'è di più nella morte della madre di quanto riportato nel verbale della polizia, farà di tutto per scoprire la verità, anche infiltrandosi tra i Legendborn come una delle loro iniziande. Recluta Nick, un Legendborn autoesiliato con un risentimento personale contro il gruppo, e la loro partnership riluttante li trascina più a fondo nei segreti della società e più vicini l'uno all'altra. Ma quando i Legendborn si rivelano discendenti dei cavalieri di Re Artù e spiegano che una guerra magica si avvicina, Bree deve decidere fino a che punto è disposta a spingersi per la verità e se usare la sua magia per distruggere la società o unirsi alla lotta.

SOME LEGACIES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN. The powerful sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling and award-winning Legendborn. Perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare, Leigh Bardugo, Sarah J. Maas and Cinderella is Dead! The shadows have risen, and the line is law. All Bree wanted was to uncover the truth behind her mother's death. So she infiltrated the Legendborn Order, a secret society descended from King Arthur's knights - only to discover her own ancestral power. Now, Bree has become someone new: A Medium. A Bloodcrafter. A Scion. But the ancient war between demons and the Order is rising to a deadly peak. And Nick, the Legendborn boy Bree fell in love with, has been kidnapped. When the Regents reveal they will do whatever it takes to hide the war, Bree and her friends must go on the run to rescue Nick themselves. But enemies are everywhere, Bree's own powers are unpredictable and dangerous, and she can't escape her growing attraction to Selwyn, the mage sworn to protect Nick until death. If Bree has any hope of saving herself and the people she loves, she must learn to control her powers from the ancestors who wielded them first - without losing herself in the process. Praise for Legendborn: 'Tracy Deonn's Legendborn braids southern folk traditions and Black Girl Magic into a searing modern tale of grief, power and self-discovery.' - Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles

Severed from the Legendborn. Oathbound to a monster.Bree Matthews is alone. She exiled herself from the Legendborn Order, cut her ancestral connections, and turned away from the friends who can’t understand the impossible cost of her powers. This is the only way to keep herself—and those she loves—safe.But Bree’s decision has come with a terrible price: an unbreakable bargain with the Shadow King himself, a shapeshifter who can move between humanity, the demon underworld, and the Legendborn secret society. In exchange for training to wield her unprecedented abilities, Bree has put her future in the Shadow King’s hands—and unwittingly bound herself to do his bidding as his new protégé.Meanwhile, the other Scions must face war with their Round Table fractured, leaderless, and missing its Kingsmage, as Selwyn has also disappeared. When Nick is detained by the Order’s Merlins, he invokes an ancient law that requires the High Council of Regents to convene at the Northern Keep and grant him an audience. No one knows what he will demand of them...or what secrets he has kept hidden from the Table.As a string of mysterious kidnappings escalates and Merlins are found dead, it becomes clear that no matter how hard Bree runs from who she is, the past will always find her.

Um hinter das Geheimnis um den Unfalltod ihrer Mutter zu kommen, trat Bree Matthews einer Geheimgesellschaft bei: den Legendborn, die Nachfahren der Artusritter, die die Menschen seit Jahrhunderten vor den Dämonen beschützen. Durch die Legendborn entdeckte Bree, welche Macht in ihr schlummert – eine Macht, die sie für immer verändert hat. Im Krieg gegen die Dämonen bahnt sich ein blutiger Höhepunkt an: Nick, der Junge, in den sich Bree verliebt hat, wurde entführt. Um ihn zu retten, muss Bree lernen, ihre Kräfte zu kontrollieren, ohne sich selbst dabei zu verlieren ...

Bree je sama. Odešla od mýtonošů a odvrátila se od přátel, kteří nedokážou pochopit cenu, již platí za svoji moc. Jedině takhle může zůstat v bezpečí a ochránit své blízké. Ale za své rozhodnutí zaplatila příšernou cenu: uzavřela neporušitelnou dohodu se samotným Králem stínů. Výměnou za to, že ji naučí ovládat její schopnosti, vložila Bree svou budoucnost do jeho rukou. Ostatní dědicové zatím čelí válce. Kulatý stůl je rozlomen, nemají žádného vůdce a postrádají králomága. A aby toho nebylo málo, Nick požádá o slyšení u rady a skončí uvězněn. Nikdo neví, co bude požadovat a jaká tajemství ještě skrývá. Zatímco narůstá počet záhadných únosů a merlinové umírají, je jasné, že bez ohledu na to, jak rychle Bree utíká před svým osudem, minulost si ji vždycky najde.