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Kai's growing in power and skill, but his grand ambitions face grim reality, in the thrilling third installment of this xianxia adventure series. Thrust into a world rooted in familiar RPG conventions, Kai immediately set out to be something he never could have been back on Earth: a cool...

At ten years old, Lilah meets a strange boy in the woods near her village after fleeing her mother’s wrath. They share a meal together, but then he surprises her when he asks her to marry him when they are older. He makes a solemn promise that in the future, when he is older, he will return for her and whisk her away. But she has to agree. Lilah accepts, but as the years pass, she never sees him again, causing her to believe that their promise was nothing more than a childhood fantasy.

From the author of The Three-Body Problem, a collection of award-winning short stories – a breath-taking selection of diamond-hard science fiction. Stories included are: 1. The Village Teacher. 2. The Time Migration. 3. 2018-04-01. 4. Fire in the Earth. 5. Contraction. 6. Mirror. 7. Ode to Joy...

The city is lost, but the new king lives. After rescuing Prince Thal from certain death, I am one of his few trusted servants. I am his blade in the night and his sworn assassin. Killing is my only skill, and killing has little use when we run from Veylan’s forces and search for a safe refuge. All the friendly doors are shut to us, and the Wandering King is losing support. Those who know he lives wait for a good moment to betray him. He must hide and build his strength, but he cannot do it alone.

Marcus believed the game was over, but it had an extra life. Suddenly, he's thrown into a strange new world, playing a game designed to test every aspect of who he is. Fortunately, he's not alone. He'll fight alongside old friends and new ones to complete the quest. The only way out is to collect all eight Daggers of Power, but it isn't going to be easy. The King is throwing everything he has at them, from dragons to drop bears, golems to geese, and rangers to rock bands.

Listen to the exciting new rendition of Bring Up the Bodies, read by Ben Miles who was personally cast by the author and played Thomas Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies. With an historic win for Bring Up the Bodies, the second book in the...

Jessie is well on her way to learning her new life and settling in. The tough alpha, Austin, has joined her team, and she has painstakingly learned to fly. At the moment, life couldn’t get any better. But it can get a whole lot…more irritating. Her parents have decided to visit. They don’t know anything about magic, about Jessie’s new digs, or about the crazy crew living in and around Jessie’s house. She must do everything in her power to keep the truth away from them. Which would be much easier without the unfelt presence lurking within Ivy House’s borders.

Cole finally became an [Adventurer]. He’s died a couple of times already. So that’s going great. Now his party is breaking apart, a deadly dungeon is swallowing trade routes, and an ancient evil is seconds away from destroying the city. And the only one who understands what’s happening—A fanged banana slug. That’s… not ideal. Join [Your Mom’s Party] as they stumble through monster-filled dungeons, gain levels they barely understand, and make increasingly catastrophic decisions—all while trying to survive a world that keeps trying to kill them. Saving the city would be easier…

"Happily Ever After" wasn't supposed to come with a do-over option. But when my husband of twenty years packs up and heads for greener pastures and my son leaves for college, that's exactly what my life becomes. Do-over. This time, though, I plan to do things differently. Age is just a number, after all, and at forty I'm ready to carve my own path. Eager for a fresh start, I make a somewhat unorthodox decision and move to a tiny town in the Sierra foothills. I'll be taking care of a centuries old house that called to me when I was a kid.

The Ivy House team is shaping up, but there are still holes to be filled, and a magical summons outstanding. Jessie needs a teacher. Someone who can fit in with the whacky Ivy House crew. And that was going just fine...until she gets a request to host a powerful, neighboring mage. A teacher isn't going to be enough.

Lately, life has been unnaturally calm for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband Bones. They should have known better than to relax their guard, because a shocking revelation sends them back into action to stop an all-out war... A rogue CIA agent is involved in horrifying secret activities that threaten to raise tensions between humans and the undead to dangerous heights. Now Cat and Bones are in a race against time to save their friends from a fate worse than death...because the more secrets they unravel, the deadlier the consequences.

The decision has been made. Jessie has taken the magic, and all the weird that goes with it. Including wings. There's only one problem - she can't figure out how to access them. Through a series of terrible decisions, Jessie realizes she must ask for help. Gargoyle help. But she could've never predicted who answers her call - he's an excellent flier, incredibly patient, and a good trainer. He's also incredibly handsome. And interested. Maybe flying isn't the only thing she needs help with. Maybe she needs help getting back on that saddle, too, emerging into the dating pool.

Rise Up Babylon is a mythic memoir and immersive musical journey about family, grief, forgiveness, and the healing power of music. Blending lyrical storytelling with original songs, the work follows Maeley, a young pianist raised within the privilege and pressure of a powerful family shaped by...

Elorion has just finished a VR gaming session to find a monster waiting for him. With 19 other students who have also been kidnapped, he is now subject to the whims of a thousand year old succubus, and he must survive deep under the Earth in the lost realm of the Underworld. Gifted with the ability to use magic and advance in power, he is given an ultimatum: Level up or die!

After a disappointing return from the basajaunak lands, it's clear that Jessie and her crew need to form an alliance and fast! A massive battle is materializing, targeting Kingsley. Without more help, they'll never be enough to save Austin's brother from total annihilation. The good news is...

In a near future, the air pollution is so bad that everyone wears gas masks. The infant mortality rate is soaring, and birth defects, new diseases, and physical ailments of all kinds abound. The water is undrinkable - unless you're poor and have no choice. Large corporations fighting over profits from gas masks, drinking water, and clean food tower over an ineffectual, corrupt government.

Step into the visionary worlds that defined a genre. *Golden Age Science Fiction Short Stories Anthology* brings together unforgettable tales from Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, E. E. Smith, and Robert Sheckley—masters who shaped modern science fiction with bold ideas, cosmic adventure, and thought-provoking storytelling. From distant planets and advanced civilizations to sharp social commentary and mind-bending twists, this collection captures the imagination, innovation, and timeless wonder of classic sci-fi at its very best.

'Nostalgic, clever, and joyful to the point of effervescence, The Mash Up is the romance I've been dying for.' -Annabel Monaghan, New York Times bestselling author of It's a Love Story MANSION * APARTMENT * SHACK * HOUSE Ruby Wynne is a staunch rule-follower who lives by the numbers. So when a...

It’s 2059 and Jud Elliott—former law clerk and failed Harvard history student—is at loose ends. Having left his previous job out of boredom, he finally takes a position as a Time Courier showing tourists around medieval and ancient Byzantium. Maybe that unfinished Masters degree will come in handy after all … Jud is careful and he (mostly) plays by the rules, not wanting to get on the wrong side of the Time Patrol. But, on one trip up the line, he meets and falls in love with his great-great-multi-great grandmother and suddenly the rules don’t seem as important anymore.

After our survivors escape the ambush of the Casper Free Militia, they look for a place to lick their wounds... and there are a lot of them. After kicking out the previous occupants, they settle on a majestic 100-acre farm. Surrounded by enemies, they attempt to catch their breath. Will they come together as a group, or will they be torn apart by the dead? You can plan for the end of the world, but when the apocalypse hits, all your plans will go Up in Flames.