Joanne Harris

With his notorious reputation for trickery and deception, and an ability to cause as many problems as he solves, Loki is a Norse god like no other. Demon-born, he is viewed with deepest suspicion by his fellow gods who will never accept him as one of their own and for this he vows to take his revenge. But while Loki is planning the downfall of Asgard and the humiliation of his tormentors, greater powers are conspiring against the gods and a battle is brewing that will change the fate of the Worlds. From his recruitment by Odin from the realm of Chaos, through his years as the go-to man of Asgard, to his fall from grace in the build-up to Ragnarok, this is the unofficial history of the world's ultimate trickster.

The novel is a brilliant first-person narrative of the rise and fall of the Norse gods - retold from the point of view of the world''s ultimate trickster, Loki. It tells the story of Loki''s recruitment from the underworld of Chaos, his many exploits on behalf of his one-eyed master, Odin, through to his eventual betrayal of the gods and the fall of Asgard itself.Using her life-long passion for the Norse myths, Joanne Harris has created a vibrant and powerful fantasy novel.

Five past midnight, three years after the End of the World, and, as usual, there was nothing to be seen or heard in the catacombs except, of course , for the rats and (if you believed in them) the ghosts of the dead.Runelight is set in a world coming back to life, but it is also a world in conflict. For Maddy, born with the mark of magic on her hand, the return of the old gods and the overthrow of the brutal Order who suppressed them is a time of excitement. But for Maggie, raised as part of the Order, it is a time of chaos and desolation, as her family and values are wiped out.Like the two girls, the new world remains divided the old regime has gone but with nothing to take its place, anarchy is beginning to spreadJoanne Harris draws us back into the richly imagined world first introduced in Runemarks -a world not unlike our own, had it been shaped by the Vikings instead of the Romans. But if its inhabitants, including Maddy and Maggie, cant solve their differences soon, they will destroy their world altogether.

Seven oclock on a Monday morning, five hundred years after the End of the World, and goblins had been at the cellar again.Maddy Smith has always been an outsider. In a world ruled by the harsh and puritanical Order, she is shunned for the strange birthmark on her left hand. For this is no ordinary birthmark it is a runemark, a sign of the old gods.In fact, Maddy can do things that no-one else can, things that could be called magic. But not until she meets the old traveller One-Eye, an outsider like herself, does she learn what power she really has, and what she will be asked to do with it.In Runemarks, Joanne Harris creates a world not unlike our own - if it had been shaped by the Vikings instead of the Romans - and colours it with her familiar blend of rich imagery and gritty realism. A disenchanted world, where the gods died long ago. Can Maddy bring them back to life?

Seven o''clock, on a Monday morning, five hundred years after the end of the world, and goblins had been at the cellar again...Maddy Smith was born with a rusty-coloured runemark on her hand - a symbol of the old gods and definitely cause for suspicion. For magic is dangerous. Or so everyone thinks. But Maddy enjoys working magic. Even if it is just to control some pesky goblins. And every time her friend, One-Eye - a good-for-nowt Outlander - comes by, he teaches her more and more about the gods and the runes.Now he wants Maddy to open Red Horse Hill and descend into World Below to retrieve a relic of the old gods. Otherwise it is likely to be the End of Everything. Again . . .An epic romp into the heart of the old Norse tales: wild, dangerous, richly inventive and superbly imaginative.

"El viento llevó a París la carta de Armande y el viento trajo de vuelta a Vianne Rocher a Lansquenet. Pero casi todo ha cambiado: la chocolatería donde vendía sus “sueños, pequeños consuelos, dulces

Vianne Rocher llega al pueblo de Lansquenet para abrir una chocolatería frente a la iglesia. Para el cura Francis Reynaud, la presencia de esta singular mujer no puede ser sino el primer paso para caer en la tentacion y el pecado. Para Vianne, sin embargo, el chocolate es algo mas que un placer para los sentidos: gracias al chocolate, las penas se hacen mas llevaderas, los secretos mas intimos y los sueños, quizas, se vuelven reales.

Stories are like Russian dolls; open them up, and in each one you'll find another story. Come to the house where it is Christmas all year round; meet the ghost who lives on a Twitter timeline; be spooked by a newborn baby created with sugar, spice and lashings of cake. Conjured from a wickedly imaginative pen, here is a new collection of short stories that showcases Joanne Harris' exceptional talent as a teller of tales, a spinner of yarns. Sensuous, mischievous, uproarious and wry, here are tales that combine the everyday with the unexpected; wild fantasy with bittersweet reality.