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It's been six months since Widdershins and her own "personal god" Olgun fled the city of Davillon. During their travels, Widdershins unwittingly discovers that a noble house is preparing to move against the last surviving bastion of the Delacroix family. Determined to help the distant relatives of her deceased adopted father, Alexandre Delacroix, she travels to a small town at the edge of the nation.

With her name cleared and an impressive rep building around her, Mia thought things would get easier. No such luck. She can't even go shopping at her favorite used starship lot without assassins emerging from the woodwork.

An urban fantasy novel from the author of the All for the Game series.

The last time the racist dictator known as the Archon came to Arcadia, he mistook X for an old nemesis and beat him to within an inch of his life. Now the Archon is back, along with his actual nemesis, a mysterious figure called the Mark--and their ancient battle threatens to tear Arcadia to the ground! Even if X can halt a superpowered grudge match, can he rescue his beloved city from the scars it leaves?

Heidi Mattson successfully united sex and scholarship to realize a '90s version of the American Dream by becoming a smart, sassy, self-confident stripper while attending Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Intelligent and ambitious, she grew up in small-town Maine, and her whole town applauded when Brown accepted her. But school and living expenses carried a high price tag - one she couldn't meet by waiting tables and cleaning houses. A chance ad brought her to The Foxy Lady, a strip club in Providence not far from campus.

Leira Berens has split with the Feds and is hunting magical monsters with Correk and a certain troll by her side. Magic is on the loose and the shifters, Elves and Witches are causing trouble. But is Wolfstan Humphrey the most dangerous one of all? Harkin may hold the key to solving part of that riddle. Will it be in time to help Silver Griffins survive what's coming? There are whispers among the dark Wizarding families that Leira's a new kind of bounty hunter. They'd like to put a target on her back. Time to show them all how it's done. They'll never see her coming.

Amidst the swirling storm of danger, Mia remains unwavering. Betrayals, assassins, and extraterrestrial threats have forged Mia Verick into a fearless warrior, no stranger to perilous odds. Her father's legacy of unyielding strength propels her forward, propelling her on a relentless quest to expose the sinister depths of the Publius Draconis Protocol's infiltration into the KCAP.

Mia has been on the run before, but being named a traitor to her own species means the heat is turned up to max. The struggle to keep her ship among the stars and her fighters loaded when even the criminal class won't work with her becomes her main focus. When all else fails, Mia's only choice is to pivot and get creative.

Victor, ein brillanter Auftragskiller im Dienst der CIA, steht vor seinem bisher gefährlichsten Einsatz: Bei einem kürzlich ermordeten Berufskollegen Victors fand man Hinweise auf dessen bevorstehendes Treffen mit einem mysteriösen Schweizer. Victor soll nun in die Rolle des Getöteten schlüpfen und herausfinden, um was für einen Job es dabei gehen sollte. Nach Rom beordert, trifft Victor dort auf eine ganze Gruppe von Killern, die offensichtlich auf einen spektakulären Einsatz vorbereitet wird.

Mia escaped in one piece from the ice ball masquerading as a planet, but what now? To start, she's got a laundry list of questions about her father and her origins. It's just her luck that the answers to her questions have the potential to topple regimes. She has to tread carefully or make things worse. Before she can begin her search, she needs to make it through training. The pressure ratchets as the rivalries among the trainees become ferocious. A little bit of skullduggery can go a long way toward ending a career . . . or ending a life.

Journalists today are inundated with data about which stories attract the most clicks, likes, comments, and shares. These metrics influence what stories are written, how news is promoted, and even which journalists get hired and fired. Do metrics make journalists more accountable to the public? Or are these data tools the contemporary equivalent of a stopwatch wielded by a factory boss, worsening newsroom working conditions and journalism quality?

Part 2 of 2: Modesitt moves deep into Recluce's past to chronicle the founding of the Empire of the Legend, the almost mythological domain ruled by women warriors on the highland plateau of the continent of Candar. He tells the story from the point of view of Nylan, the engineer and builder whose job it is to raise a great tower on the plateau known as the Roof of the World. Here the exiled women warriors will live and survive to fulfill their destiny.

Firmly rooted in the modern American West, this story collection follows women and families who feel the instinctual, inexplicable pull of a home they must work to protect from the effects of economic inequity and climate catastrophe. A 74-year-old nun turns to eco-sabotage to stop a fracking project. A woman delivers her own baby in a Nevada ghost town. A young farmer hides her chicken flock from the government during a bird-flu epidemic. An ornithologist returns home to care for her rancher father and gets caught up trying to protect a breeding group of endangered sage grouse.

Ein Mann kommt in eine Stadt. Unscheinbar. Schweigsam. Nach einem Job taucht der Auftragsmörder Victor in einem kleinen Motel in Kanada jenseits der Grenze unter. Ein paar Tage, dann wird er wie ein Geist verschwinden – doch eine Begegnung ändert alles. Victor lernt eine Mutter und ihren Sohn kennen, die ihn an seine schmerzvolle Kindheit erinnern … und als die beiden plötzlich wie vom Erdboden verschluckt sind, scheint nur ihn das zu interessieren.

Gemeinsam unaufhaltsam! Gabriels zweites Schuljahr in Crookhaven beginnt mit einer verblüffenden Entdeckung: tief unter dem See liegt ein vergessenes Labyrinth, das einst für die schwierigsten Schulprüfungen genutzt wurde. Längst wurde das Labyrinth stillgelegt - doch Penelope hat einen Hinweis darauf gefunden, dass sich dies wohl die Namenlosen zunutze gemacht haben! Gabriel und seine Bande folgen der Spur, die sie auf verschlungenen Wegen, voller Hindernisse, ins Zentrum des Labyrinths führt. Dort befindet sich etwas, das sie alle verzweifelt suchen.

L. E. Modesitt, Jr. moves deep into Recluce's past to chronicle the founding of the Empire of the Legend, the almost mythological domain ruled by women warriors on the highland plateau of the continent of Candar. He tells the story from the point of view of Nylan, the engineer and builder whose job it is to raise a great tower on the plateau known as the Roof of the World. Here the exiled women warriors will live and survive to fulfill their destiny.

Der Profikiller, den selbst seine Klienten nur als "Victor" kennen, ist auf der Flucht. Nach einem Auftrag, der ihn nach Bulgarien geführt hat, muss er das Land schnellstens verlassen. Blutend und geschwächt versucht er, seinen Verfolgern bis zur Morgendämmerung zu entkommen. Doch als er einer jungen Frau begegnet, deren Freundlichkeit ihn berührt, kommt sein Plan ins Stocken. In einem kleinen Ort kurz vor der Grenze geraten die beiden in tödliche Gefahr - am Ende gibt es für Victor nur einen Weg, der Unbekannten für ihre Hilfe zu danken.

In the year 2058, if you want someone to do the hands-on investigative work that requires a little finesse and sensitivity, not to mention the ability to shrug off a good beating in the process, then Zachary Nixon Johnson, the last freelance private eye on earth, is your man. What starts out as a simple missing-persons case for Zach quickly turns into a convoluted and desperate chase for the most unlikely weapon of unimaginable power ever conceived: the Bionic Bikini.

Idina Moorfield isn’t the only one on her team with unusual powers. Her buddy, Stop remembers everything he sees, and Cake is a new kind of man of steel. That’s the last two, which means everyone in Idina’s unit has a unique talent. Why would the Army want to bring them all together? Her commander, Hines is still refusing to answer her questions. She’s on a need-to-know basis, and right now, she doesn’t need to know. But Idina’s untapped powers are getting stronger and more aggressive.

Unserem Freund, Chiefinspektor Tanner, war es gelungen einen sadistischen vierfachen Frauenmörder zu stellen und ihn vor Gericht zu stellen, wo er verurteilt wurde und bis zu seinem Lebensende in der Psychiatrie einsitzen würde. Für die Menschen war es Buße genug. Nicht aber für die Geister oder Seelen der toten Frauen. Sie wollten Rache und machten Tanner zu ihrem Spielball.