This series follows young protagonists who discover the extraordinary ability to travel to parallel worlds, often inspired by specific historical eras. Each journey plunges them into a new, vibrant setting filled with unique challenges and hidden dangers. They must navigate political intrigue, solve mysteries, and confront threats while uncovering secrets about these alternate realities. It's an adventure blending historical fantasy with compelling personal growth.
Lucien ist ein Stravaganti - er kann durch Raum und Zeit reisen. Eines Tages landet er in Bellezza, einer wunderschönen, schillernden Wasserstadt im 16. Jahrhundert. Doch der Schein trügt: In den engen und verworrenen Gassen der Stadt treiben politische Spione und Auftragsmörder ihr Unwesen. Schneller, als ihm lieb ist, wird Lucien in diese Intrigen verwickelt - und selbst zur Zielscheibe der Verschwörer
Georgia has a love of horses. She is desperate to buy a little, dusty winged horse that has appeared in a local antique shop. This tiny, winged horse proves to be the talisman that transports Georgia right into the rivalries and the high-octane excitement of the hugely competitive Stellata horse race.
Sky's talisman is an ornate and delicate blue glass bottle. Sky is propelled right into the midst of a deadly feud between the di Chimici and Nucci families, who think nothing of sliding a knife between a man's ribs for revenge.
Matt, a dyslexic but highly intelligent boy, finds himself in the Scriptorium of Padavia University, where he learns he is a Stravagante with the ability to time travel using a leather-bound book as his talisman.
The acclaimed Stravaganza series delivers a thrilling story packed with action, drama—and pirates!The new instalment in the critically acclaimed Stravaganza series transports readers to a world much like our own — but where magic and piracy come to life in the Italian town of Classe. The new Stravagante is Isabel, a visitor from our world who befriends Flavia, a successful female merchant of spices, silks, and tapestries. But Flavia soon finds herself an outcast and a pirate, while Isabel learns that Classe is under threat of attack by the fierce Gate people. What can she do to help save the city?Fans of fantasy and historical fiction alike who have flocked to the Stravaganza series will welcome this action-packed adventure, which can be read alone or as a companion to the previous novels.
Desperately unhappy, Laura has resorted to self-harming. But Laura is a Stravagante, somebody who can travel in time and space. When she finds her talisman, a small silver dagger, she stravagates to 16th-century Fortezza, a town similar to Lucca in Italy, where she meets her Stravagante, who is a swordsmith.