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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....

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....

The undead rise, day after day, century after century, and they are delivered back to their peaceful graves by one group: the Hunters of Noelictus.

Cassie Andrews works in a New York City bookshop, shelving books, making coffee for customers, and living an unassuming, ordinary life. Until the day one of her favorite customers—a lonely yet charming old man—dies right in front of her....

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

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....

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....

Harold is no naïve cultivator. He's an ancient lich with a single ambition: to slide back into his uninterrupted eternal slumber. But the cacophony of quarreling sects and smug martial artists seems determined to keep him awake....

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....

Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is Chicago's only openly practicing wizard. He is also dead broke....

A thrilling and original coming-of- age novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world....

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

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....

After being murdered by a mystery assailant and then brought back to the mortal world, Harry realizes that maybe death wasn’t all that bad....

Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, takes on a case as a favor to his friend Thomas, only to become the prime suspect in a series of ghastly murders.....

Welcome to Charon's Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through. When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead....

When a killer vampire threatens to destroy head of Special Investigations Karrin Murphy's reputation, unless Harry delivers the powerful Word of Kemmler to her, he has no choice.....

The Warden Morgan has been accused of treason against the Wizards of the White Council - and there's only one, final punishment for that crime....

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....

Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk....

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

I expected aging out of the foster care system to be hard. I wasn't expecting it to include finding out I was a Warlock, destined to be hunted by the most powerful Witch Families so they could bind me to a coven of thirteen witches and spend the rest of my life "harvesting mana". Add to that a set of magical resonants that made me an even bigger target to some of those Witch Families, some of which would rather kill me than let a rival get me.

Sometimes, letting go is the only way to hold on. In the heart of the small town of Orchard Grove stands a mysterious apple orchard, a place where time feels fluid and the past lingers like the sweet scent of ripe fruit. For generations, the orchard has been a quiet witness to the hopes, memories, and forgotten dreams of those who visit its ancient trees. Elise, a devoted mother and bookshop owner, has spent years surrounded by other people’s stories while setting aside her own. Drawn to the orchard during a season of restless change, she begins to rediscover a part of herself she thought...

“My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker.” When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I’m the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. I’m on the FBI’s wanted list. I have a werewolf for a pet, a Witch of a best friend, and have no need for anyone else in my life.

Denneka isn’t looking forward to eighth grade. Of course, since she has no friends and gets bullied at school, she never looks forward to any new school year. But this time it’s different. This year, there’s a very strange new boy who keeps hanging around her for some reason. He’s super cute, and even though he doesn’t talk much, he seems to like her. But he also chases birds and sits in boxes and talks about seeing their missing teacher in a grave.

Ancient grimoires. Deadly shadows. When magic calls, darkness answers... A pulsing blue grimoire hidden in the library stacks was never part of Vesper Ainsley's carefully ordered world. But when her friend Selene dies under mysterious circumstances, the ancient spellbook chooses Vesper as its new wielder, awakening a raw, untamed power within her that threatens to spiral beyond her control. Pursued by grotesque creatures and shadowy figures through London's supernatural underbelly, Vesper's only ally is the enigmatic mage Rafe. Together, they must navigate Nightreach—a shadow city that ...

Alexandra is a young woman intent on forging her own destiny. But the Princess of Karstares is not free to marry for love and her relationship with a lowly knight is doomed from the start. When her betrothal to the King of Saphyre is announced Alexandra becomes desperate to make her own life. After a spell goes awry, Alexandra finds herself married to the tyrannical Carlyle with no memory of her past or even her magical ability.

Als ein Attentäter Reynas Leben in Gefahr bringt, hat sie genug von ihrem Job als Leibwächterin der Königin. Kurzerhand beschließen sie und ihre Partnerin Kianthe, eine mächtige Magierin, ein Büchercafé mit besonderen Teesorten zu eröffnen. Doch die erhoffte Ruhe bleibt zunächst aus: Sie müssen sich nicht nur in ihrem neuen Leben zurechtfinden, sondern auch herausfinden, was es mit den Drachenangriffen auf sich hat, die ihr neues Zuhause immer wieder heimsuchen.

"Die Wüste kennt keine Gnade, und ich auch nicht." Der gefallene Chaosgott Seth ist mit dem Leben zufrieden, das er sich seit seinem Fall aufgebaut hat – Rock'n'Roll, sein Chopper und die Gesellschaft von Freunden. Doch dann taucht die verschmorte Leiche eines Immobilienmaklers auf, der es auf Seths Bar, das Heliopolis, abgesehen hatte. Schnell fällt der Verdacht auf den jähzornigen Barbesitzer und unter den Freunden wächst das Misstrauen.

Hay trece palabras para "venganza" en el lenguaje Hada. Una docena de veces asesinos Hadas intentaron matarnos a mis cachorros no-natos y a mí. Cada vez, pagaron la multa con su vida. Cada vez, se acercaron más a lograr su cometido. Pero eran tan solo herramientas de un poder superior, eran peligrosos pero descartables. Ahora acecho a la cabeza del Gremio de Asesinos, armada con garras y dientes y todas las fuerzas de una licántropa. Soy Luna White, alfa, futura mamá, y maga. Hay trece palabras para "venganza" en el lenguaje Hada. Y yo tendré la última palabra.

Indigo Watson gets serotonin from sticking to her plans. She has a long list of to-do’s, including grading midterms, and the list only grows longer when she meets a sexy half-orc at the bar. After spending a weekend with the woman, Indigo is beside herself with feelings, and for once, it’s not anxiety: it’s lust.

Fragments is the story of Father Curtis, Priest of the Order of the Eternal, who seeks solace in the serenity of his secluded parish, sheltered from the oppressive regime’s grasp. But when he is unjustly branded a heretic, he is forced to embark on a harrowing journey for survival. In the process, he discovers that the very foundation of his beliefs has been built upon falsehoods. Amidst the chaos of his escape, he is confronted with the stark realization that the world he once trusted is a labyrinth of deception, orchestrated by the tyrannical forces of the Order.

Wer wirst du sein, wenn dir die Nacht zu Füßen liegt? Die Hamburger Medizinstudentin Sina ist ebenso geschockt wie fasziniert, als sie herausfindet, wer der Mann wirklich ist, in den sie verliebt hat: Denn Lazar ist ein Vampir und seine Unsterblichkeit ein Fluch, der bald auch Sinas Leben überschattet.

В самом сердце Подлунного королевства, укрытая сенью серебряных сосен, обитает мрачная тайна. Это тайна о колдуне в старой лесной башне и о заколдованном принце, что живет у озера, тайна об обиде, могуществе и безумии. Их почти забытая история оживает, когда однажды в ночной лес забредает девушка с волосами цвета пламени и соглашается развеять проклятие. Сила приходит к каждому, кто ищет достаточно усердно, однако цена за колдовство будет высока. Сердце юной принцессы не знает поражений. Она верит, что справится, но что, если нет?

Alone, broken and desperate in New York, Amanda thought life couldn’t get worse—until a werewolf drags her into a dark alley. Facing certain death, she unleashes a blast of magical lightning that saves her life and changes everything. Magic is real, monsters are everywhere, and Amanda is one of the Magi—a secretive group battling supernatural threats in the shadows.

Wenn dein Herz sich nicht verlieben darf, würdest du dennoch auf seinen Takt hören? Seit Licht und Schatten sich vereint haben, ist das Gleichgewicht ...

Sophie is a victim of spousal abuse, but her husband hadn't always been like that. She still loves him and refuses to give up on her marriage, despite his treatment of her.

Когда Михаил переехал в США для того, чтобы начать профессионально заниматься бокcом, он думал, что его ждёт блистательная карьера на ринге, вот только там он оказался никому не нужен, и пришлось довольствоваться случайными боями. После одного такого боя он и попал в параллельную вселенную, где такого вида спорта, как бокс, нет, зато есть магия и кланы... И огромное жирное тело, с которым теперь надо как-то жить.

Ее жизнь стихла, едва затеплившись, задолго до рождения. Оборванная чужой рукой, стала лишь существованием среди таких же потерянных душ. Долей ему уготована была судьба целителя, способного справиться с любой болезнью. Но плавную линию прервал узелок, завязанный той, кто не должна была касаться его нити. Постоянно оступаясь и сбиваясь с начертанного пути, Карин встретил ту самую душу, которая не должна была выйти из леса. Однако он ее нашел, вывел, согрел и, поступая вопреки тому, чему его учили, дал ей второй шанс. Привлекая внимание к своему дару и притягивая к себе беду.

1893 год. Генри Джеймс, классик американской литературы, остро переживает творческий кризис. Он приезжает в Париж и промозглой мартовской ночью пытается утопиться в Сене, но его спасает эксцентричный незнакомец, назвавшийся Шерлоком Холмсом. Он увлекает Джеймса в путешествие по Америке, чтобы распутать загадочное самоубийство давней знакомой Джеймса, одной из основательниц аристократического клуба Пяти сердец.

Als ihre Familie aus hochbegabten Magiern sie - die Blindgängerin – vor neun Jahren aus dem Haus warf, tippte Jordan mit dem Finger auf die Landkarte und landete so in South Orleans. Wütend und verletzt beschloss sie, ihre Familie und die Magie hinter sich zu lassen und als Mensch zu leben. Kopfgeldjägerin zu werden, war nicht geplant. Aber es war der einzige Job, den man ihr anbot und für den sie ein Talent zu haben schien. Heute kann sie sich nichts anderes mehr vorstellen. Sie liebt es, die Bösen zu fangen, ins Gefängnis zu verfrachten und dafür auch noch bezahlt zu werden.