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When Soren is plucked from the streets and given a place at the prestigious academy of swordsmanship, he thinks his dream of being a great swordsman has become a possibility. However, with great intrigues unfolding all around him, Soren discovers that he is little more than a pawn to the ambitions of others.

Transported from Earth to an entirely new planet, filled with magic and monsters, Alice Verianna has not only had to figure out how to survive but to learn and grow while she's at it. But what's really driven her from the time of her arrival is the desire to investigate—and determine the true nature of—the seemingly omnipotent System that holds sway over all things in the world of Luliv.

After stealing a Magical girl from the Order of Grimm and failing to return her to the people who hired them, Samara and her crew have a target on their backs. Their narrow escape from the last job left them with two powerful enemies on their heels. As a brutal gang war erupts across the City-State, Samara finds herself trapped in the chaos, forced to navigate a city tearing itself apart. The streets they once knew are now battlegrounds, and every back alley is a potential trap. They’re cornered and running low on options. To survive, they’ll have to stop running and start fighting back.

In the summer of 1880, the death of Beth Stanley’s husband puts her life’s work in jeopardy. The magic of Arcane Taxonomy dictates that every natural thing in the world, from weather to animals, can be labeled, and doing so grants the practitioner some of that subject’s unique power. But only men are permitted to train in this philosophy. Losing her husband means that Beth loses the name they put on her work—and any influence she might have wielded.

The year is 1902, and the world is changing with the new century. Twenty-one-year-old Ava Stanley, the daughter of two celebrated Arcane Taxonomists, has much to live up to—however scarce her magical abilities may be. While her parents draw power from spectacular birds and megafauna, Ava’s connection to the natural world is much smaller, stemming from the microscopic. This is useful in her quest to become a doctor, as she studies the burgeoning links between bacteria and disease, but it means Ava’s power itself is also smaller.

Bryn’s earliest memory is of watching duels in the arena. His earliest dream is of taking his place there. Amero dal Moreno has no dreams. His life has been about fulfilling the expectations of others. In search of a path of his own, the dreams of others are too tempting to resist. After years of sacrifice and hard work, Bryn Pendollo is finally a professional duellist. Becoming the First Blade of Ostia no longer seems the childish fantasy it once did. To find the man standing in his way is also his best friend will test him in ways he would never have believed.

Tim's plan didn't include going toe to toe with one of the most powerful men in Promethia, but he had, and he won. Wasn't winning supposed to make things easier? Instead of getting to live on easy street, Tim's victory only increased his reputation as a man who could solve problems. This time those problems had teeth. Thankfully Tim hit level 10, and once he settled on his upgraded class their newest adventure could began in earnest.

Zoe’s petulant temperament erupts and Tom makes the decision to keep her in isolation while the other Emissaries set off in search of the final two keys of Light and Darkness on the island of Lundy. However, the Wiccan has other plans.

In the fantasy novel "The Male Hierarchy," the kingdom of Thalasia is governed by a social order divided into three clubs: the Alpha's, the Sigma's, and the Beta's. Chad, an Alpha male, is determined to maintain his power and authority, while Jacob, a Sigma male, challenges him and proves his own worth. Jack, a Beta male, takes a different approach and uses his intelligence and alliances to climb the ranks.

Après quelques années où tout le monde le croyait mort, Sherlock Holmes, le brillant détective, revient à Londres. Son frère Mycroft le mandate aussitôt pour une affaire plus qu'étrange : toute la population d'un village nommé Keelodge, a été transformée en zombies ! Les habitants y sont confinés et personne ne peut en sortir. Les gens semblent être devenus fous, sanguinaires et cannibales. Jusqu'où la raison peut-elle expliquer le surnaturel ?

Complete the adventure as Veronica “Roni” Rider learns to lead her team against Yal-hara, a creature imprisoned in our universe and desperate to get out. With the help of Gram, Elliot, and Sully, Roni will battle monsters and man alike all in her quest to bring peace to our universe. Luckily, they are not alone. Along the way, new team members will join the fight. And, of course, new villains will emerge.

Veronica “Roni” Rider works in her family bookstore when she discovers that her grandma’s two seventy-year-old friends have been saving the universe for decades. But it’s hard to defend your world with a bad back and arthritis. They have a solution. They want Roni to take over.

It all began with Dragon Weather: a wave of incredible heat, oppressive humidity, dark angry clouds . . . and dragons. Dragons with no remorse, no sympathy, no use for humans. Dragons who destroyed an entire village and everyone in it. Everyone, that is, except the young boy, Arlian. Orphaned and alone, Arlian was captured by looters and sold as a mining slave. Years later he escaped, fueled by years of hatred for the dragons, bandits, and slavers that took away his youth - and a personal vow to exact retribution from those who have wronged him.

Following a tragic event, The Herb Society, along with Lukas and Taylor are unwittingly pulled into Baptiste’s twisted plan to not only find a lost continent but unlock the secrets to a precious material that is only found near an archipelago he believes to be the remainder of this sunken world. Baptiste knows this material is more precious than all the gold in the world and he has big plans for it.

“Tchaikovsky nimbly takes the narration from horrific to humorous to epic and back again.”—Library Journal This program is read by the author. Spiderlight is an exhilarating fantasy quest from Adrian Tchaikovsky, the author of Guns at Dawn and the Shadows of the Apt series. The path to...