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Duologie THE CHOSEN d’Emily Bähr

Her beautiful sister was meant to be the one competing for the crown prince’s hand – but now shy girl Iris is forced to take her place. Yet if she wants to be queen, she must first survive a deadly contest… Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Blood and Ash, Sarah J. Maas’ Throne of Glass and Tracy Wolff’s Crave

THE CHOSEN DUOLOGY
by Emily Bähr
Heyne/PRH Germany, 2025

• The Hunger Games meets The Royals

Book 1: TRÄUME AUS GOLD (February 2025)

This is the day the daughters of Vesmon’s aristocracy have been preparing for all their lives: the day of the Royal Games, whose winner will marry the crown prince. Without her training in magic, Iris would never have qualified for the contest, but now that her sister Hyacinth is suddenly out of the running, she has no choice.

The moment Iris arrives at the royal court, she is drawn into a web of intrigue. Her mentor Cylus is her only hope of survival – but despite his stand-offish ways, he soon makes her lose sight of her original goal…

Book 2: HAUS AUS ASCHE (June 2025)

Young noblewoman Iris fights for her life – and true love.
After the assassination of Prince Cilian and the revelation that Prince Cylus is the true crown prince, the king will do anything to preserve the integrity of the Royal Games. Iris is faced with a cruel choice: continue to take part in this fatal contest, or be executed. Only the top three will survive, but victory – and thus a chance at happiness with Cylus – is impossible. While Iris keeps up her tough fighter’s façade in front of the cameras, deep down she’s finding it increasingly harder to hide her true feelings for Cylus. But ever since his cousin Cilian’s assassination, the prince is convinced he can’t trust her. Will she be able to win his heart – and survive the Royal Games?

Emily Bähr and her cats live in magical Northern Ireland, somewhere between Narnia and Westeros. She makes a living as a graphic designer, while also being a self-confessed nerd who loves sci-fi, the cinema and Pokémon. Bähr would jump at the chance to move to Mars – but since that’s unlikely to happen, she instead travels to the fantastic realms inside her own mind. At night, under cover of darkness, she combs Wikipedia for useless knowledge.

THE TWELVE de Liz Hyder

From the award-winning author of Bearmouth, a haunting and captivating teen fantasy that explores the power of love and friendship in the face of ecological turmoil.

THE TWELVE
by Liz Hyder
Pushkin Children’s Books, October 2024

WINNER OF THE NERO PRIZE FOR CHILDREN’S FICTION

It’s supposed to be a treat for Kit, a winter holiday by the coast with her sister Libby and their mum. But when Libby vanishes into thin air, and no one else remembers her, Kit is faced with a new reality – one in which her sister never existed.

Then she meets Story, a local boy who remembers Libby perfectly. Together they embark on a journey beyond their wildest imagination into a world steeped in ancient folklore. Can Kit and Story uncover the secret of the Twelve and rescue Libby before Time runs out?

‘Channelling the dark menace of classic British fantasy writers such as Susan Cooper and Alan Garner, this is a beguiling tale of ancient magic, good and evil, deeply rooted in the Welsh landscape. Haunting illustrations by Tom de Freston add to the eerie atmosphere.’ — The Guardian

‘The ancient past is rendered vividly in this book that is ideal for tweens and teens who love beachcombing for fossils’ — The Times Children’s Book of the Week

Liz Hyder has been making up stories ever since she can remember. She has a BA in drama from the University of Bristol and, in early 2018, won the Bridge Award/Moniack Mhor’s Emerging Writer Award. Her first novel, Bearmouth, won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Older Readers, the Branford Boase Award, and was The Times‘s Children’s Book of The Year.

Tom De Freston is an artist based in Oxford with his wife, Kiran Millwood Hargrave. His practice is dedicated to the construction of multimedia worlds, combining paintings, film and performance into immersive visceral narratives.

THE SUN AND THE STARMAKER de Rachel Griffin

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bring Me Your Midnight, The Nature of Witches and Wild Is the Witch comes a lush romantic fantasy about love, immortality, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.

THE SUN AND THE STARMAKER
by Rachel Griffin
Sourcebooks, Fall 2025
(via Park, Fine & Brower)

Deep in the mountains of the Lost Range, the small village of Reverie is beyond the reach of the sun. Every morning, the Starmaker—the village’s protector and only sorcerer—trudges across a vast glacier and pulls in sunlight over the peaks, providing Reverie with the light it needs to survive.

Aurora Finch has always loved the stories of the mysterious Starmaker, but on the day of her wedding, a chance encounter with him in the frostbitten woods changes everything. He immediately detects magic inside her, and Aurora is forced to move to his ice-covered castle far up the mountain’s peak.

The Starmaker is cold and reserved, leaving Aurora to wander his enchanted castle with only an immortal rabbit for company. But as Aurora discovers more about the power inside her, she suspects that the Starmaker is hiding something, and as her magic strengthens and her attraction to the Starmaker grows, she must uncover his secrets before they destroy them both.

Rachel Griffin is the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Witches, Wild is the Witch, and Bring Me Your Midnight. When she isn’t writing, you can find her wandering the Pacific Northwest, reading by the fire, or drinking copious amounts of coffee and tea. She lives in the Seattle area with her husband, dog, and growing collection of houseplants.

RIVERS OF LONDON de Ben Aaronovitch bientôt adapté en série TV

Les studios de la chaîne de télévision britannique Sky ont rejoint la société de production Pure Fiction dans le projet de développement d’une série TV adaptée du roman de Ben Aaronovitch, RIVERS OF LONDON. L’auteur sera producteur exécutif de la série. Aucune date n’a encore été confirmée. (Pour plus de détails, lire l’article de Deadline.)

Auteur prolifique, Ben Aaronovitch a vendu plus de huit millions de livres à travers le monde, et aussi travaillé en tant que scénariste pour la série culte britannique Doctor Who.

Le livre, publié en 2011 chez Gollancz/Orion, est le premier volume d’une quinzaines de romans et novellas d’urban fantasy dont le protagoniste, Peter Grant, est un jeune officier de la police londonienne. Après avoir travaillé sur une affaire de meurtre avec un témoin qui s’avère être un fantôme, il est engagé dans une unité de la police spécialisée dans la magie et le surnaturel. Il devient alors le premier apprenti sorcier anglais depuis plus de soixante-dix ans, et les affaires dont il s’occupe ensuite le mettent en contact avec des dieux, des déesses et toutes sortes d’activités fantastiques.

THEY WISH ON US A SECOND DEATH de Jiyoung Han

A daughter disappears and returns as a tiger. A mother’s voice compels those who hear it to speak only the truth. A granddaughter can see the dreams of others, revealing their deepest-held memories and desires. These women are all part of the same lineage, a Korean family whose lives are upended under Japanese imperialism, which unfolds on the pages of Jiyoung Han’s powerful and sweeping debut novel.

THEY WISH ON US A SECOND DEATH
by Jiyoung Han
Avid Reader, Spring 2026
(via The Friedrich Agency)

While the novel spans ninety years as one family is displaced across Asia, its beating heart is Young-Ja, who finds herself adrift and struggling to survive after her family is killed by Japanese soldiers. The gift that once brought her comfort and joy—the ability to infuse her cooking with her feelings: love, peace, delight—transforms into something more complex as she encounters the ravages of colonialism and can’t keep the tang of her sorrow from seeping into her confections. When her talent is noticed by a Korean resistance fighter, she’s taken to Manchuria where she becomes enmeshed in a network of spies at a teahouse favored by Japanese officials.

With the intergenerational sweep of Pachinko, the atmospheric magical realism of How Much of These Hills Is Gold?, and the episodic vignettes of Homegoing, THEY WISH ON US A SECOND DEATH uses elements of folklore to explore the ways colonialism forces one family—whose identity it is determined to subsume—to transform, and ultimately survive.

In Jiyoung Han‘s own words: “I am a Korean American woman who only learned as an adult about my grandparents’ experience under Japanese rule. I’ve since committed to studying this history, in part for my BA at UChicago and Master’s at Harvard. My first novel is an attempt to bring this history to life for more readers and to make amends for the ignorance of my youth.”