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A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible....

The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. But in a grinder designed to chew up and spit out crawlers by the millions, Carl and Princess Donut need to work harder than ever just to survive.,,,

The ninth floor. Nine armies, each led by rich and powerful aliens from across the galaxy. Each team has one objective: to capture and hold the castle at the very center of the battlefield. Strategy, alliances, pitched battles, and, of course, betrayal.

Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world....

What happened to young Elphaba before her witchy powers took hold in Wicked? Almost 30 years after the publication of the original novel, for the first time Gregory Maguire reveals the story of prickly young Elphie, the future Wicked Witch of the West.

When I left my old life behind, I thought I’d seen the worst of it. Turns out, I was wrong.

Arthur Parnassus lives a good life built on the ashes of a bad one. He’s the headmaster of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six dangerous and magical children who live there.

With rent past due and a decent meal becoming an issue of some importance, Harry needs work, and soon....

War threatens the Kingdom of Shades. Undead rise around Menorome, the City of Repose, and there is corruption in the Hunter's Guild.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs’s Mercy Thompson series has been hailed as “one of the best” (Fiction Vixen). Now, Mercy must deal with an unwanted guest—one that brings a threat unlike anything she’s ever known.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes the story of three siblings who, upon the death of their father, are forced to reckon with their long-festering rivalries, dangerous abilities, and the crushing weight of all their unrealized adolescent potential.

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves....

Something is stirring up angry apparitions all over town. Something that can break all the laws of supernatural physics. Something that doesnt like Harry....

On a brisk autumn day, a 13-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a silent amusement park....

Bringing the magic and suspense of the All Souls Trilogy to a deeply satisfying conclusion, this highly anticipated finale went straight to number one on the New York Times best seller list. In The Book of Life, Diana and Matthew time-travel back from Elizabethan London....

As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don’t mingle and draw attention....

Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana....

The White Council of Wizards has drafted Harry Dresden as a Warden and assigned him to look into rumors of black magic in Chicago....

Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end....

Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a very powerful wizard and a dedicated private eye. He is also a wise cracking trouble magnet....

Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change....

Long ago, Susan Rodriguez was Harry Dresden's lover-until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving her torn between her own humanity and the bloodlust of the vampiric Red Court....

Grimsby, a junior Auditor in the magical Department of Unorthodox Affairs, finds himself on the other side of the law in this spellbinding urban fantasy.

Once peaceful and prosperous, the spectacular Land of Oz is knotted with social unrest....

In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than 100 years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee - the chance to travel back in time....

Young Elphie is shaped and molded by the behaviors of her promiscuous mother, Melena, and her pious father, Frex. She suffers ordinary childhood jealousies when her sister, saintly Nessarose, and brother, junior felon Shell, arrive. She first encounters the mistreatment of the Animal populations of Oz, which live adjacent to but not intertwined with human settlements, haunted by a Monkey and receiving aid from Dwarf Bears. She thrashes through her first bruising attempts at friendship, a possible lifeline from her tricky family life.

In the small town of Gold Springs, Calliope Petridi and her two sisters carefully guard the secret of their magic and the price they must pay to practice it: memories. Luckily, all Calliope wants to do is forget: the mother who left without a trace, the sisters from whom she feels increasingly distant, and most of all, the way the love of her life shattered her heart two years ago. But when a mysterious evil awakens, the fragile thread that holds the sisters together breaks.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes the story of three siblings who, upon the death of their father, are forced to reckon with their long-festering rivalries, dangerous abilities, and the crushing weight of all their unrealized adolescent potential.

The Krysfelt Academy for Girls is the most prestigious academy in the Magocracy, and it’s about to get its first male student… Like most guys, I never expected to see the inside of that fabled place. But when I’m assigned the Enchanter class—previously reserved for girls—an invitation to Krysfelt is part of the deal. To earn my place, I’ll have to win over the fiery headmistress and the monster girl students—catgirls, orcs, wolfgirls, dryads, goblins—you name it… And that’s not even mentioning the pretty (but slightly insane) tiefling girl who believes she and I are destined to bond…

War on the mainland is draining Reykjavík. For some, the remote islands off Hrímland's coast are their only hope of survival. Elka, a recovering addict, has fled there with her son Sölvi. In their village they find a new life—all thanks to the Deep, a peculiar power their neighbours praise for the booming fishing industry. Everything seems perfect, but Sölvi does not trust the people who take his mother in.

The spicy and hilarious new paranormal romance featuring a sassy witch, grumpy vampire, and guaranteed HEA ending. Perfect for fans of Kresley Cole, Deborah Harkness, and Nalini Singh! Sometimes the vampire next door needs a little magical persuasion... ROWAN As a modern-day witch living in a cozy small town, I've dealt with my share of supernatural drama. But nothing prepared me for the devastatingly handsome vampire who just moved in next door. He's tall, dark, and brooding—everything a vampire should be. There's just one problem: he won't cross my threshold without an invitation. Like,...

Born on the same day and raised as siblings. Now they must fight to the death.After the crushing defeat in the valley, Demi and her allies are forced to regroup while Malik grows stronger every day. But when a trusted ally succumbs to wounds suffered in the battle, Demi is left to wonder if she can even continue on in her quest to reunite with her daughter and stop Malik from ending up like his father. Meanwhile, Aurora is struggling with a decision of her own. She can see that Malik is not the same as he used to be. That there is a growing darkness in him. She must decide whether to remain...

Bethany Parker is falling apart. Stunned on her fiftieth birthday to discover her stepchildren hate her and her husband wants a divorce, the devastated homemaker is suddenly and unexpectedly on her own. Taking a job as caretaker for a mysterious estate, Bethany fears she's lost her mind when she learns the house is cursed . . . and she holds the power to break it. Teaming with a pushy medium, a hard-drinking housekeeper, and a sarcastic talking cat, the discombobulated divorcée struggles to master the magic she never knew she had.

En una ranchería aislada en la sierra, rodeado de miseria y supersticiones, nace Azul, un niño con la habilidad de escuchar la otra voz de las personas, es decir, de conectar con su alma. Azul crece aislado y temeroso del mundo, hasta el día en que se ve forzado a alejarse de lo único que le importa; su hermano Nicolás. Mucho tiempo después, cansado de vivir con la culpa y el miedo de una amenaza incierta, Azul decide regresar para enfrentar un destino que casi con seguridad lo llevará a la muerte. Rodeado de fantasmas y misterio, Azul buscará la redención sin importar el precio.

Blood burns hotter than hatred. Love cuts deeper than fangs. I thought the hardest part of college would be hiding my vampire-hunting past from my classmates. That was before I found him prowling my library, researching demons—and looking at me like I was his next meal. Liam may be devastatingly seductive, but it's his connection to the dark forces stalking our city that makes him impossible to ignore—and even harder to resist, especially when his sinful mouth claims mine in the shadows between bookshelves. My weak magic makes me an easy target. His ancient blood makes him my sworn ...

She was stolen as a child. Raised as a human. Now, the truth could cost her everything—including her fated mate. Tess lived an ordinary life, until her mother’s dying confession shattered it. She was never meant to be human.

Self exiled from her family of traders in mystical goods and services on her 23rd birthday, the Friendship Magician must make her way in the world: meeting a Scandinavian werewolf, a business minded minotaur, an air elemental with a taste for smutty stories, Canadian elves, an incompetent valkyrie, and the one creature she was always told to never deal with. Blending an economic view of the value of friendships with a coming-of-age story in an urban fantasy setting, this book will appeal to fans of Jim Butcher, Charles de Lint, and Neil Gaiman.

Eine Hexe ohne Kräfte. Ein Hexer, dessen Magie explodiert. Ein mysteriöses Spiel, das nicht nach den Regeln spielt. Als magisch unbegabte Hexe hat Caro es schwer genug. Dazu ist sie seit Langem heimlich in Leon, den Ex-Freund ihrer Schwester Virginie, verliebt. Doch es kommt noch schlimmer: Leon und Caro werden durch ein schwarz-magisches Spiel in eine Parallelwelt katapultiert. Dort müssen sie sich gemeinsam auf die Suche nach Virginie machen, die von dem Spiel entführt wurde. Eine Spielanleitung ist unauffindbar und die Regeln ändert das Spiel nach Belieben.

Uka Buka is a grippingly raw original story that provides a different strategical outlook on how to deal with our world’s industrial boom of wasteful consumption. Investigate with a team of vigilante environmentalists the scarring decisions that are transforming the face of the planet. Witness how good guys can teeter into doing bad things so unapologetically. Dive deep into the philosophy of planetary morals while enjoying the broad arch of quirky human mannerisms and vital natural spirits working together for the sake of Mother Earth.

Humans are making my life complicated. First, my booty call-boy falls in love with me, then a John Doe shows up, pinned to our office wall. Then a paranoid Doomsday Prepper starts stalking me. Ugh. As if being a vampire in the city isn’t complicated enough.