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Meet Calcannis Illudere, a certified dungeon accountant (TM), who takes on failing dungeon cores, turning their lairs into the hero-slaying death traps of their dreams. On Fidotopia, a world full of otherwise happy puppies, a sudden shift in the Tree of Souls has flooded a cynical stink slime’s disorganized dungeon with new energy. Now that rubbish dungeon is the number one destination for powerful raiders looking to level up quickly.

Blood has always flown easily for Ian Kelly. He's spent a double life as part of a secret government program. Plucked from the foster care system at a young age for exhibiting a rare personality profile, he was trained to kill and then set loose on enemies of the free world. These days, blood is thicker. With two grown kids old enough to be asking too many questions, Ian travels the globe on official murder business. But Ian tells himself just one more mission because world peace means someone has to kill the killers.

After he’s fired from the Department of Domestic Counterterrorism, former agent Blake Jordan heads to DC for President-elect Keller’s inauguration. But there are men in power who won’t let that happen.

Despite its polarizing reception from critics at the time of its release, Sandinista! is often considered one of the greatest albums of all time. Nevertheless, critics and fans have spent over 40 years debating whether the album would be better as a 12-track LP. This book entertains that idea and considers what is lost or gained in the process.

As executioner within Verendal, Finn takes on more responsibility, especially now that he’s saved the kingdom from repeated attack. When protests erupt within Verendal, those from the poorer sections clashing with Archers, Finn finds himself investigating a very different kind of crime than he’s ever pursued, one that might involve witchcraft that he doesn’t understand. This time, his usual tactics might not be enough. Finn must find those responsible before the city falls into chaos, but it might be too late to keep the violence from spreading throughout the kingdom.

Infected by the powerful will of the Legend Zagamar, Hunter must stop the ancient being from taking over his body333and his soul. Only the power of the Deep can save him now. But unbeknownst to Hunter, something sinister has escaped the Crypt of Zagamar. For the Guild of Seekers has achieved their final mission: To carry out the resurrection of Zagamar himself! Transformed by his terrible power, a dark horde of vicious, ravenous beasts has risen, leaving devastation in its wake...and threatening the very existence of humanity and Ironclad alike.

After human and Maltaani forces cooperated to rescue the hostages being held by slavers on the icy planet of Menard-Kev, leaders on both sides agreed that peace between the races was desirable. A treaty was signed, and embassies were established.

In a not-so-distant future, Earth is at the mercy of a rogue quantum AI, with the power to manipulate time, space, and reality. This once-benign creation has gone off the rails, turning our world into a chaotic, dystopian landscape straight out of a video game. Amidst this madness, Liam, an ordinary man, is thrust into the role of Earth's unlikely savior. Tasked with rebooting the entire planet, he must navigate a world where the rules of physics are as malleable as the whims of the AI that controls it.

Joe and his team pushed themselves to their limits to stop a Komran invasion force from getting a foothold in their galaxy. But moments after the victory cheers were let out, they realize that the attack they routed was not the end game. This was only the beginning. Instead of retreating, the Komran launch an assault on Odin, one of the garden planets in the system that was blitzed in the surprise attack. While it started as simple revenge, the alien empire sees an opportunity to strike and sends an armada to reinforce their forces in the system.

Elves never use magic or leave the forest. They aren’t supposed to get sick either, but Drynn’s mother just died from a mysterious illness, which has targeted the elven queens for generations. With no female heir left, the symbol of the curse - a green stone called the Queen’s Opal - passes to Drynn. Unwilling to lose another family member, Drynn’s impulsive and overprotective brother drags him out of the forest to search for a cure. And the oft-diseased humans seem the most likely place to start. But the opal isn’t all that it seems.

Death is the one, true constant in the Shift. This is something Troias has learned in his journey to become Baron of Wisconsin, and most of that death has come from his hands. He's battled monsters spawned from legends and nightmares and slaughtered powerful guardians of energy-rich Vortices. Now, though, he faces a new sort of enemy: his fellow man.

Finn has grown into the role of executioner, taking on more responsibility with each passing year. After thwarting another plot against the kingdom, he’s developed a reputation - and the attention that comes with it. When attacked investigating missing women throughout the city, Finn finds his list of enemies growing. After another high profile abduction, Finn’s newfound skills are tested trying to find answers before it’s too late, but an imprisoned man speaking the strange language of the Alainsith forces Finn and Meyer to divide their work.

Ronan Renzo and his companions are exiled far from their native land, traveling on a desperate mission to unleash the might of dragons. From the stone streets of Saon City to the blasted glacial wastes of the northlands, the assassins must travel across the known world to hatch the dragons. But a deeper secret remains to be revealed. The assassins will find themselves embroiled in the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy that will lead them out of their world and into another.

Huon has won the Tournament of Grace. He has now received a high boon from each of the four Sentinels of Taloniar, but the gifts he receives won't be enough to protect him from the oncoming threat...

Chicago, sometime. Two people meet in the armory of the Art Institute by chance. Prior to their encounter, he is a doctoral student who manages his destructive thoughts with compulsive calculations about time travel; she is a bipolar counterfeit artist undergoing court-ordered psychotherapy. After their meeting, those things do not change. Everything else, however, is slightly different.

New age rituals plunge a local coffee shop into a night of torture. A house sitter must deal with a violent spirit’s caffeine craving. And a shipment of exotic coffee beans unleashes a deadly swarm on an unsuspecting town.... Scare Street is proud to present the best in spine-tingling supernatural horror. This volume contains three morbid new tales, filled to the brim with monsters, ghosts, and fear. Guaranteed to satisfy the most die-hard horror addiction.

Torian Ranth is no longer the struggling student he once was. Now a skilled sahir to be reckoned with, Torian arrives at the devastated university. It still stands amid the remnants of the Rusav onslaught.

To flee the Everlasting King, Huon, Liona and Gale sail away from the Harolan continent. They hope they'll find safety, somewhere they can advance without fearing for their lives. But no one has successfully made such a journey in over a thousand years. They'll soon find out why. In the spirit of progression fantasies like Cradle and Mage Errant, enter a realm with magical beasts, where surgecallers can cultivate essence to strengthen their weapons, enhance their bodies and wield elemental magic.

In Let’s Go Exploring, Michael Hingston mines the strip and traces the story of Calvin’s reclusive creator to demonstrate how imagination―its possibilities, its opportunities, and ultimately its limitations―helped make Calvin and Hobbes North America’s last great comic strip.

Who am I? What am I? These questions have plagued Joshua since childhood. Mysterious amplified senses and boosted reflexes have helped him survive and thrive in a brutal, lawless megacity, and he leads the notorious Epitaph gang with keen street instincts. When Joshua’s unexplained abilities draw the attention of a covert government entity, he finds himself on the run. Only his skills, street smarts, and a rogue hacker named Shelby keep him one step ahead of his relentless hunters. They know what he is. They know who he is, and they will tear apart a megacity to bring him in.