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Ryan's biggest problem wasn't that he'd almost died on a routine convoy run in the service. It honestly wasn't even the fact that he could see ghosts. Less so that his best friend happened to be an undead kid named Carl who had turned Ryan's life into a video game. Character sheet, perks...

Have you ever woken up, rolled over, and thought to yourself, "I'm pretty sure I'm working for a supervillain?" If you haven't, then maybe you're not the type of person to work for a global corporation. Edmund, however, is exactly that kind of person. He had worked for Legion and for his mentor and savior, Felix Campbell. Now, though, Edmund is working for himself—and for the universe as a whole. He's leaving everything he knew, everyone he knows, to set out into the literal unknown.

Have you ever woken up, rolled over, and thought to yourself, "I'm pretty sure I'm working for a Super Villain?" If you haven't, then maybe you're not the type of person to work for a global corporation. Edmund, however, is just such an individual. He had worked for Legion and his mentor and savior, Felix Campbell. Now, though, Edmund is swapping employers.

Ash's life is anything but normal these days. Having understood his Dao, he's grown in power. In this world of martial arts, only the strong and the ruthless survive. Utilizing the Hall, the voice in his head that calls itself Locke, those who have aligned with his faction, and all the powers available to him, Ash has begun his own journey of Cultivation. Except that as a Fated One, his journey is a narrow and winding path between two cosmic forces. Arriving at a world similar to his own, Ash has found a modern realm filled with all the things one would expect.

Dominic's world had been a fairly simple life. To live his life to the best of his abilities, gain experience, level up, and strive to enjoy himself as best as he could in a backwater. Which, while tough on its own, was made infinitely harder by his father being the local executioner. All of that becomes infinitely worse when his entire family is murdered. Now, he's the Prince-in-Hiding for a nearly non-existent royal family.

Dominic's world had been a fairly simple life. To live his life to the best of his abilities, gain experience, level up, and strive to enjoy himself as best he could in a backwater. Which, while tough on its own, was made infinitely harder by his father being the local executioner. All of that becomes infinitely worse when his entire family is murdered. Dominic is then thrust into a war between noble houses that had been put on hold for generations. A war that the royal family lost, and now only had one true heir and claimant: Dominic Randolph.

Ash's life is anything but normal these days. Having discovered his Dao, he's grown in power. Grown to the point that others are now aware of him and that he could be a danger. In this world of martial arts, only the strong and the ruthless survive. Everyone else is merely a stepping stone on their path of Cultivation or an obstacle to be overcome. Or knocked down. It's a world where the strong rule, and the weak die.

Ash’s life is anything but normal these days. Having discovered his Dao, he’s grown in power. Grown to the point that others are now aware of him and that he could be a danger. In this world of martial arts, only the strong and the ruthless survive. Everyone else is merely a stepping stone on their path of Cultivation or an obstacle to be overcome—or knocked down. It’s a world where the strong rule and the weak die.

Have you ever woken up, rolled over, and thought to yourself, “I’m pretty sure I’m working for a Super Villain.” If you haven’t, then maybe you’re not the type of person to work for a global corporation. Edmund, however, is just such an individual. He works for Legion: a corporation of unimaginable reach that he barely understands, a corporation that seems determined to put itself smack dab in the middle of a brewing civil war between Super Heroes and Super Villains.

Stefford Hopmead and our surviving band of heroes return to the war ravaged city of Benrakos to rebuild and seek shelter before winter takes hold. There are those in the Eastern Council who seek to strike the city at its weakest and claim the fertile jewel of the Midlands as their own. But unknown to all of them, an insidious undead force is gathering in the shadows, readying to make their move. Tensions run high amongst the factions of those returned to Benrakos as Stefford seeks answers about Torik’s mysterious blade.

"The Wood Beyond the World" is perhaps the first modern fantasy novel to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural and is thus the precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature. The protagonist, (Golden Walter), gets married when he is a young man. His wife betrays him with another, so in his sorrow and to avoid a feud with her family, he sets off to sea.

When Luke Bennet wakes in a world where time flows differently than it does on Earth, he discovers his family, gone missing over the last year, has been dead for a hundred years here. Left to survive in the wilderness as marmots, murderous goblins, giant spiders, and a two-ton raccoon all try to kill him, Aros's latest off-worlder must depend on his newly acquired system to help him level up and live to fight another day.

The moles of Duncton Wood live in the shadow of Mandrake, a cruel tyrant corrupted by absolute power. A solitary young mole, Bracken, is thrown into leading the fight to free Duncton Wood. Only by putting his trust in the ancient Stone, forgotten symbol of a great spiritual past, can he find the strength to challenge Mandrake's darkness.

William Oh’s party has completed the third floor. They have conquered many dangers, made enemies, and — more importantly — found friends. And it is time to beg those friends for money. The crew makes their way outside the Tower, looking for sponsors to help them get past the deadly fourth floor and allow them to reach the City of Akul — the largest, richest city in the world. But beneath its prosperous facade, Akul is a powder keg, where a single spark could set off tensions between powerful Lords and result in an explosion that will engulf the city in chaos.

A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman’s first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times bestseller Anansi Boys. This bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival, and memory...

The raid on Sinskrill was a success, but the battle is only just beginning. William realizes the stakes at hand. He still has to find a way to prevent Lord Shet, the god of the mahavans, from returning to Earth from the faraway world of Seminal. If he doesn’t, Arylyn will be destroyed. But strange visions plague his mind: an albino monster who infects William with anger. It is Sapient Dormant, the Overward of the necrosed and tasked by Shet to recover a long lost talisman of power.

Meet Z—a genetically enhanced planet scout with a secret. His disgraced, deceased father didn’t just pioneer the tech used on other scouts; he created the nanites flowing through Z’s veins, granting him near-immortality. Z’s mission was simple: land on his assigned planet, declare it unfit for colonization, and disappear into a peaceful exile—alone and far from the mess humanity left behind. But the universe, as usual, didn’t care about his plans. Instead of a barren world, Z crash-lands on a lush, seemingly primitive one—populated by humans.

Dans une cité façonnée par l’Angérium—ressource convoitée, dogme et poison—l’ordre se maintient au rythme de procédures que tous appellent, à voix basse, les éliminations. À l’ouverture de la saison des purges, les guildes se réarment, les clochers mentent, et la plus simple mission devient un piège: livrer un message, effacer une trace, choisir son camp. Au croisement des magistrats masqués, des chasseurs d’ombres et des savants aux secrets interdits, un esprit curieux comprend que chaque nom rayé coûte plus qu’une vie.

Silluka, Ichu, Cosquella and the other refugees from their destroyed village have discovered the world is much bigger than they thought. Now they scrape by in Chimor, a huge city populated by multiple species, gods, and magic. But all is not well. Ichu has been tainted by the mysterious god of the Eztli Mecatl, and his magic no longer works as it should. Elder Quilqi pushes Silluka to hone her intent before she's ready, in order to test for Mental Adept, then fight in the Chimor arena. And Lugopo is channeling ever stranger inventions from their eldritch gods . . .

In the secluded paradise of the Valley, life is eternal. Guarded by unbreachable mists and ruled by a reclusive Emperor, this floating world of salt and lilies brims with beauty, ritual, and endless rebirth. And then prince Soh’shoro discovers his power to kill. Stolen from the courts, trained in martial and magical arts by enigmatic warrior monks, Soh’shoro is reborn as an assassin, ready to defend against the mythical Outside. But echoes of his lost mother and the ethereal allure of a doomed princess lead him on a path to discover the Valley’s dark secrets …