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Ethan tæller ned til den dag, hvor han afslutter Jackson High og kan flytte langt væk fra Gatlin, for én ting er sikkert: Der sker aldrig noget nyt i den lille, fordomsfulde sydstatsflække. Hans mor er for nyligt død i en ulykke, og hans far har buret sig inde på sit kontor i sorg, så hvad skulle holde ham tilbage? På det seneste er Ethan begyndt at have mærkelige drømme om en pige, han aldrig har mødt. Det er blevet en besættelse for ham, og han føler sig både forelsket og lettere sindssyg på en gang. Da skoleåret starter, og den smukke Lena Duchannes dukker op, bliver pigen fra hans drømme pludselig lyslevende. Lena er befriende anderledes end alle piger på Jackson High, men også skræmmende. Hun bor hos sin onkel, den besynderlige eneboer Macon Ravenwood, i byens ældste ejendom – spøgelseshuset – og hun er fra første dag dømt ude af det lille samfund. Ethan mærker øjeblikkeligt en stærk forbindelse imellem dem, som han ikke kan forklare eller modstå. De kan læse hinandens tanker og får stærke fortidssyner om en tragisk kærlighed under den amerikanske borgerkrig. Sammen afdækker de en verden i Gatlin, som er langt dybere og farligere, end Ethan i sin vildeste fantasi kunne have forestillet sig.Lena og Ethan er som skabt til hinanden, men der hviler en forbandelse over Lenas skæbne, som vil blive afgjort på hendes sekstenårs fødselsdag – og den nærmer sig. "Giv den her til fans af Stephenie Meyers Twilight […] eller HBO's True Blood-serie, og de vil sluge samtlige 600 sider af denne paranormale romance med gotiske træk." – SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

Ethan Wate plejede at hade sit liv i Gatlin, den begivenhedsløse lille by, som han er vokset op i. Det var før, han mødte Lena Duchannes, der flyttede til byen og afslørede en hemmelig verden lige under byens pæne facade. Gatlin er nemlig også stedet, hvor en forbandelse har plaget Lenas særprægede familie i mange generationer. Stedet, hvor der sker ufattelige magiske og livsændrende begivenheder.Sammen kan Lena og Ethan overvinde alt - troede de, men efter et tragisk dødsfald trækker Lena sig væk fra Ethan og begynder at have hemmeligheder, som belaster deres forhold. Hun er splittet mellem godt og ondt, og ingen ved, om hun bliver lys eller mørk, men hun er begyndt at hænge ud med sin mørke kusine, Ridley, og en mystisk fyr, som har en underlig magt over hende. Ethan vil kæmpe for Lena og deres kærlighed, men er samtidig hjemsøgt af besynderlige syner.Nu, hvor han for alvor har fået øjnene op for Gatlins mørke sider, er der ingen vej tilbage. Han bliver trukket dybere og dybere ind i byens sydstatsfortid og et netværk af underjordiske gange, der strækker sig milevidt – hvor intet er, hvad man tror. Undervejs indser Ethan, at hans egen baggrund også rummer hemmeligheder. Faktisk er han selv en afgørende brik i det store spil."... en fantastisk fortsættelse til ‘Stormvind‘. Faktisk er den på mange måder bedre end den første bog i serien, fordi man ser en helt anden side af mange af karaktererne, og så er der en del overraskelser, man på ingen måde kunne have regnet ud. Vi glæder os allerede til de næste to bøger i serien!" - Vi Unge"Det var fantastisk at blive suget med ind i Ethan og Lenas verden igen" - Kulturforunge.dkKami Garcia (f. 1972) og Margaret Stohl (f. 1967) har sammen skrevet de populære ungdomsbøger med serietitlen "Beautiful Creatures". De er begge succesfulde amerikanske forfattere, der primært skriver ungdomsbøger.

Der er undergangsstemning i ellers så idylliske Gatlin. Magtbalancen mellem mørke og lys blev ødelagt, efter at Lena nægtede at vælge side, og nu begynder konsekvenserne: Sindssyge hedebølger, ødelæggende storme og græshoppesværme hærger byen, og folk fabler om jordens undergang. Selv de stærkeste castere i Lenas familie oplever, at deres evner bliver påvirket, og det går op for Ethan og Lena, at deres kærlighed har sat gang i et kaos, der er hævet over liv og død. Som tiden går træder ét spørgsmål tydeligere og tydeligere frem: Hvad – eller hvem – må ofres for at redde Gatlin?Samtidig sker der mærkelige ting med Ethan. Pludselig skriver han med venstre hånd og afskyr mad, han ellers elskede. Endnu værre er, at han begynder at glemme ting – navne, telefonnumre og endda begivenheder i fortiden. Det er, som om hans sind er ved at forandre sig. Han ved ikke hvorfor og er også virkelig bange for at finde ud af det. Han hører hele tiden en indre stemme blive ved med at sige: "Jeg venter." Hvem er det, der venter på Ethan, og hvorfor?Nogle gange er der ikke kun ét svar og ét valg. Og nogle gange – denne gang – er der ikke nogen lykkelig slutning.

Ethan Wate har brugt det meste af sit liv på at længes væk fra den stillestående sydstatsflække Gatlin. Men han havde aldrig forestillet sig, at han ville blive tvunget til at forlade byen og venner og familie uden at sige farvel. Da han kommer til bevidsthed efter springet fra vandtårnet, befinder han sig i en åndelig parallelverden til Gatlin, hvor han møder sin afdøde mor. Han er glad for at kunne være sammen med hende, men ulykkelig over at være adskilt fra Lena. Han har derfor kun ét mål: at finde en vej tilbage til Lena og den dødelige verden. For at kunne det må han have adgang til Casterkrøniken hos Det Fjerne Førerskab og destruere den side, hvorpå hans skæbne allerede står nedskrevet. Det medfører en lang farefuld rejse, der bringer ham tæt på ondskabens væsen. Hjemme i Gatlin venter Lena på en slags tegn fra Ethan, så hun ved, at han ikke er borte for altid, og hun er klar til at gøre, hvad der end kræves for at få ham tilbage – også at sætte venner og families liv på spil. Da hun finder ud af, at Ethan har brug for Månebogen, som Abraham Ravenwood er i besiddelse af, går hun i forhandling med Abraham, vel vidende at prisen er høj. Nu hvor Lena og Ethan befinder sig i hver deres verden, må de have blind tillid til hinanden og samarbejde imod alle odds for at ændre på skæbnen. Men intet er uden omkostninger i mødet mellem Gatlins og casternes verden.

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, read by the actor Kevin T. Collins with Eve Bianco. Featuring original music by Michele McGonigle. Is falling in love the beginning . . . Or the end? In Ethan Wates hometown there lies the darkest of secrets. There is a girl. Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head. Green eyes, black hair. Lena Duchannes. There is a curse. On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what its been promised. And no one can stop it. In the end, there is a grave. Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. But Lena is cursed and on her sixteenth birthday, her fate will be decided. Ethan never even saw it coming.

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Beautiful Chaos, the next instalment in Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohls bestselling Caster Chronicles series, read by Kevin T. Collins. Is falling in love the beginning . . . Or the end? In Ethan Wates hometown there lies the darkest of secrets. ETHAN WATE IS IN LOVE WITH A CASTER GIRL. When he looks at Lena, its like theres no one else in the world. But Ethan is mortal, and on her seventeenth birthday Lena made a choice that changed everything. The girl Ethan loves has broken the world with the supernatural powers she is struggling to control . . . Now, if they are to fix the chaos Lena has caused, one of them must make a terrible sacrifice. Sometimes there isnt just one answer. Sometimes theres no going back. And this time there wont be a happy ending. The third instalment of the spellbinding love story that began with Beautiful Creatures

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Beautiful Redemption, the fourth and final instalment in Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohls bestselling Caster Chronicles series. Read by the actor Kevin T. Collins. Is death the end . . . or only the beginning? Ethan Wate always dreamed of leaving the stifling Southern town of Gatlin. But he never dreamt that finding love with Lena Duchannes would drive him away. Lena is a Caster girl whose supernatural powers unveiled a secretive and cursed side of Gatlin, so powerful it forced him to make a terrible sacrifice. Now Ethan must find a way to return to Lena - and Gatlin - as she vows to do whatever it takes to get him back. Even if it means trusting old enemies or risking their loved ones lives. Can Ethan and Lena rewrite their fate and their spellbinding love story in this stunning finale to the Beautiful Creatures series?

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohls Beautiful Darkness, the bewitching second instalment of Ethan and Lenas epic love story. Read by the actor Kevin T. Collins and feauturing original music by Michele McGonigle. Is death the end . . . or only the beginning? Ethan Wate always dreamed of leaving the stifling Southern town of Gatlin. But he never dreamt that finding love with Lena Duchannes would drive him away. Lena is a Caster girl whose supernatural powers unveiled a secretive and cursed side of Gatlin, so powerful it forced him to make a terrible sacrifice. Now Ethan must find a way to return to Lena - and Gatlin - as she vows to do whatever it takes to get him back. Even if it means trusting old enemies or risking their loved ones lives. Can Ethan and Lena rewrite their fate and their spellbinding love story in this stunning finale to the Beautiful Creatures series?

The second book in the New York Times bestselling series, perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and Maggie Stiefvater! Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world that had been hidden in plain sight all along. A Gatlin that harbored ancient secrets beneath its moss-covered oaks and cracked sidewalks. A Gatlin where a curse has marked Lena's family of powerful Supernaturals for generations. A Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen.Sometimes life-ending.Together they can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic loss, Lena starts to pull away, keeping secrets that test their relationship. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.

The instant New York Times bestseller! The first book in a lush gothic fantasy series perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and Maggie Stiefvater.Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

The third book in the New York Times bestselling series, perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and Maggie Stiefvater!Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home from the Great Barrier, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand the impact of Lena's Claiming. Even Lena's family of powerful Supernaturals is affected -- and their abilities begin to dangerously misfire. As time passes, one question becomes clear: What -- or who -- will need to be sacrificed to save Gatlin?For Ethan, the chaos is a frightening but welcome distraction. He's being haunted in his dreams again, but this time it's not Lena -- and the mysterious figure is following him out of his dreams and into his everyday life. Worse, Ethan is gradually losing pieces of himself -- forgetting names, phone numbers, even memories. He doesn't know why, and he's afraid to ask. Sometimes there's no going back. And this time there won't be a happy ending.

The stunning conclusion to the New York Times bestselling series, perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and Maggie Stiefvater!Is death the end . . . or only the beginning?Ethan Wate has spent most of his life longing to escape the stiflingly small Southern town of Gatlin. He never thought he would meet the girl of his dreams, Lena Duchannes, who unveiled a secretive, powerful, and cursed side of Gatlin, hidden in plain sight. And he never could have expected that he would be forced to leave behind everyone and everything he cares about. So when Ethan awakes after the chilling events of the Eighteenth Moon, he has only one goal: to find a way to return to Lena and the ones he loves.Back in Gatlin, Lena is making her own bargains for Ethan's return, vowing to do whatever it takes -- even if that means trusting old enemies or risking the lives of the family and friends Ethan left to protect. Worlds apart, Ethan and Lena must once again work together to rewrite their fate, in this stunning finale to the Beautiful Creatures series.