Andrea Offermann Books

Her muzzle wrinkled, and Andrej saw a glimpse of teeth and pale tongue. 'They smell the same, ' the lioness murmured. 'My cubs smelt as she does. Like pollen.' She breathed deeply again, and Andrej saw the missing cubs returning to her on the wings of the baby's perfume. 'All young ones must come from the same place,' she said: then sat down on her haunches, seemingly satisfied. Under cover of darkness, two brothers cross a war-ravaged countryside carrying a secret bundle. One night they stumble across a deserted town reduced to smouldering ruins. But at the end of a blackened street they find a small green miracle: a zoo filled with animals in need of hope. A moving and ageless fable about war, and freedom.

Back in the Kingdom of Caux after her journey to its sisterland, Ivy wakes up in a dismal orphanage alongside her friend Rue. Accompanied by a strange woman named Lumpen—who looks suspiciously like a scarecrow—the girls make their way back to Templar to plan a massive battle against the Tasters Guild, where Vidal Verjouce is making ink out of the deadly Scourge Bracken weed. Rocamadour grows darker and more dangerous with every drop. With an army of scarecrows, a legion of birds, and her friends and uncle by her side, it's up to Ivy—the true "Shepherd of Weeds"—to wage war against the Guild, defeat her own father, and restore order to the plant world. Susannah Appelbaum's imagination soars in this stunning and utterly satisfying final volume of the Poisons of Caux trilogy. From the Hardcover edition.

Wenn die Eisdrachen davonfliegen, nehmen sie den Winter mit sich fort, der Frühling kann kommen. Darauf wartet das Mädchen voll Sehnsucht. Doch einer der Eisdrachen ist mit verletztem Flügel auf dem Dach des Hauses liegen geblieben. Der Winter wird immer grimmiger, der Hunger immer nagender, die Herzen erstarren in Zorn und Angst. Als die Not so groß wird, dass es keinen Ausweg zu geben scheint, besinnt sich das Mädchen. Mit Großmut und einer fantastischen Idee gelingt es ihr, sich und den Eisdrachen zu retten und den Frühling ins Land zu holen.Ein magisch schönes Märchen von Mitgefühl und Liebe, von Hoffnung und Erlösung. Troon Harrisons poetische Sprachbilder und Andrea Offermanns stimmungsvolle Farbkompositionen verzaubern.