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Melvin Murphy is your average everyday teen... until he finds the System. Melvin has normal problems. High School. Tests. Trying to find a girlfriend (and failing... miserably). But one day he awakens with access to a System that governs all magic. In his attempt to summon a teacher to show him the ropes, he botches the ritual and accidentally summons a magic-wielding girl named Kalliphae. Sure, she's powerful and deadly. A femme fatale who's more intimidating than even the most popular girls at school.

Fresh off the tragic events at Calamity's End, Alex sets off with a new group to reclaim what was lost. All he has to handle are a few tiny quests for the Goddess of Love. Sound easy? It won't be.

Before Michael Kosta was performing stand-up comedy specials and hosting The Daily Show, he was a professional tennis “star,” reaching the lofty heights of the #864 ranked men’s singles player in the world. Stop laughing. That’s better than your world ranking. As a tennis pro, Kosta traveled across the globe, competing in such exotic locales as the Netherlands, Tokyo, and even rural Illinois before deciding to put down his racket and pursue a more stable and predictable career: comedy.

Melvin has normal problems. High school. Tests. Trying to find a girlfriend (and failing...miserably). But one day he awakens with access to a System that governs all magic. In his attempt to summon a teacher to show him the ropes, he botches the ritual and accidentally summons a magic-wielding girl named Kalliphae. Sure, she's powerful and deadly. A femme fatale who's more intimidating than even the most popular girls at school.

Ken finds himself trapped in a strange world while asleep in a coma. Different from his endless dreams, he awakens inside a next-generation MMO. In desperation, this game’s governing AI somehow dragged him into this world. It offers Ken a bargain: it will grant him an escape from his coma, but he must improve the game’s content in exchange. With seemingly no downsides, Ken eagerly accepts the offer. Things might not be as simple as he initially thought, though.

Meet Alexander Krup, your average high school graduate turned video game beta tester. Working for a strange company nobody has ever heard of, he earns his pay by the achievement. After a string of bad luck, including his girlfriend dumping him, he wakes up one seemingly average day and is suddenly faced with blue boxes of text that float in the air. While coming to grips with the fact that he might by hallucinating, a representative of his mysterious employer communicates through the menu boxes to offer a fresh life in another world.

From The Best-Selling Author Kostas Krommydas [Over 200 000 Copies Sold in Greece Alone] “Had me gripped from start to finish.” Lesley Willsher The best journeys are the ones we never make. Some trips start with a suitcase in hand. Other, after a fight. And some when a new job forces you to drop everything and leave. Some journeys have been engraved in our souls. Because they hurt us. Because they made us hurt our loved ones. And some trips are governed by a crazy love. They make us forget what it’s like to live and cause the pain of unrequited love. But the thing you may only realize...

Die Fortsetzung der ungewöhnlichsten Coming-Out-Geschichte aller Zeiten. Heimlich ein Sextoy auf einer Secondhand-Plattform zu kaufen, war Damians schlechteste und beste Idee zugleich. Denn obwohl die Aktion ihn seine Beziehung gekostet hat, fand er so heraus, was er wirklich will: Emil. Der hatte das Toy zwar nur als Scherz eingestellt, aber die Online-Chats zwischen ihnen haben Damian endgültig klar gemacht: Ich stehe auf Jungs!

Melvin is lost when Kalli returns to Gaia. After pushing his friends away, he turns to his newfound skills as a healer for some much-needed solace. Paired with an unlikely partner in crime, Melvin must once again rise to the occasion when an ominous message comes from another world. Kalli is dying.

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Hidden in the basement of the Los Angeles Times, there Melvin will learn wonderful things like interdimensional astronomy, mana fencing, and how to get a girlfriend. Dragons, Gods, and bullies thrive in the Magical World hidden right beneath our eyes. Does Melvin have what it takes to pass?

Liebeskomödie und Must-Read für alle Fans von darkviktory und Kostas Kind. Wenn der 17-jährige Damian ganz ehrlich zu sich ist, macht seine Beziehung ihn nur so semi-glücklich. Vor allem seit Freundin Emma Druck macht, weil sie endlich mit ihm schlafen möchte. Das Problem ist nur, körperlich fühlt er sich so gar nicht zu ihr hingezogen. Ganz anders sieht es allerdings aus, wenn er an Jungs denkt. Aber ist er wirklich schwul? Und wie soll er das herausfinden, ohne Emma zu betrügen? Ein Sextoy muss her – am besten anonym verpackt, damit seine Mutter nichts davon mitbekommt.

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In a desperate attempt to return to Kalli’s side, Melvin finds himself on a mysterious new planet. There he meets his father, the all-powerful wizard behind the M bloodline. Grounded by powerful magic that prevents him from leaving the planet, Melvin must piece together clues about his family’s past before it’s too late.

Das Universum liefert nicht? Dann darfst du dieses Buch nicht verpassen! Es geht um "Synchronizität" - die geheime Zutat für fortgeschrittenes und beschleunigtes Manifestieren! Du hast noch nichts von Synchronizität gehört? Lies unbedingt weiter! Als Synchronizität bezeichnet man eine Aneinanderreihung glücklicher Zufälle. Eine Abfolge scheinbar zufälliger Ereignisse, die auf den ersten Blick in keinem Zusammenhang stehen, dich aber ans gewünschte Ziel katapultieren.

The mystery deepens as more clues come to light about Melvin’s bloodline in the form of long-lost half-siblings. Not all of them are nice. To top it all off, Melvin quickly discovers there is something wrong with his mana. Everything he touches, he corrupts.

Temptations can be dangerous. But this one is downright deadly. My sisters and I were experiments. An attempt of our beloved power-hungry mother to create offspring of both demonic and witch DNA to solidify her throne. I never wanted to be a part of that world. So going against everything I was supposed to represent, I use my rare material empathy skills to help people in need. I was doing just great—until a stranger who most definitely does not belong in the mortal realm walks into my antique shop and shatters the save haven I’ve built. Because not only is Cian a member of a demon-...

Ken and Anna settle into their new family life and take an active part in the Celestean royal succession, all while continuing his work to make Eternal Legacy Online a better place. While Ken travels overseas to explore Al’Katrap, the home of the Gnomes, Eleanor finds herself caught between two worlds in her attempt to upload into the game. With the Queendom up for grabs, it’s a cutthroat battle for the throne.

Red Dirt DnD mashes together fantasy with the Wild West. The third campaign of Red Dirt Dnd takes us to the steampunk metropolis of Ironspire. The characters August E. Greymoor, a Human Fighter; Sable, a Half-elf Rogue; Dr. Elias Stone, a Human Cleric and Moxie, a Tiefling Bard as they work to uncover the Curse of the Clockwork City.

[Contains explicit content] Featuring sets from Michael Kosta, Kendra Cunningham, Brian Babylon, Ian Abramson and Alingon Mitra.