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After years on the run across the multiverse, I'd genuinely hoped the quiet coastal town of Arkley would be the perfect place to settle down. I just wanted somewhere to take it easy on the morning school run, to pile the hot chocolate high with marshmallows, and to enjoy a few high-stakes games of Keepy Uppy with my daughter, Edie. Oh, and being able to keep my Supremacy-grade magic strictly hidden away wouldn't go amiss either. But the powers-that-be had to go and make life complicated, didn't they? You see, our new backyard sits right on top of a dimensional tear.

Varian Farm—a place shrouded in mystery. Led by an iron-fisted noble, its fields bear endless fruit. Its animals produce the finest wools, milks, and cheeses. But prosperity comes at a price. Deep beneath the manor house, a secret slumbers. For hundreds of years, it’s sat dormant, controlled by the noble House of Varian. The world is changing though. A recent earthquake has unearthed treasure in the valley. Hidden from view, a chain reaction is underway. The valley is evolving. Life will never be the same.

Braxton Smith has never caught a break. Orphaned at eighteen after losing his single mother, he aged out of foster care and into a dead-end job as a pool boy at the exclusive Straitford Country Club in Oyster Bay, New York — a world away from his childhood in nearby Hicksville. When wealthy, lonely divorcée Cynthia Ryan takes an interest in him and offers him her guest house, Braxton discovers that generosity comes with unexpected benefits.

The iron-clad Reality of the world cannot be denied, nor Existence diminished. The many true threats to Zeme remain hidden for a fleeting moment, allowing Humanity to thrive within their shelters as Mages and Archons devote their lives to give their people that chance.

His solution to all of it: throw a Zone Faire. Games, monster trucks, a joust, friendly competition, and absolutely zero drama. That last part is not going to happen. Mrs. McGillicuddy has declared war on Jolene the Wasp Queen, the assassin is not going to wait for the pie-eating contest, and someone is apparently getting married. The harem keeps growing. The LitRPG progression keeps delivering. The chaos has fully committed to being unhinged, and this installment is the most bonkers one yet—which is saying something.

One minute, Maya was staring at a spreadsheet and nursing a lukewarm coffee; the next, she was staring down the mandibles of a cannibalistic beetle in a pitch-black cavern. Death was supposed to be a release, not a lateral move into a nightmare. But when the universe reincarnates you as a Void-Insectoid Queen in the middle of a battle royale, you don’t file a complaint. You organize. Prepare to be dragged into the bioluminescent depths of the Underdark, where the air smells of ozone and old blood.

The iron-clad Reality of the world cannot be denied, and the Void cannot be filled. The many true threats to Zeme remain hidden for the moment, allowing all of humanity to thrive in their various shelters. Those who wield Magic devote themselves to their people, giving them a chance to exist.

Level 1: the most dangerous level of all. Levin wakes up six weeks ago with a Level 1 mage class that can’t level up with all the social baggage that came with it…Except there was something no one else knows. His mana pool grows with every kill. Endlessly. With Every. Single. Kill. Follow Levin Kai as he navigates a world of fantasy, mythical creatures, a broken down inn with only three tenants and twenty empty rooms, a tiny cozy town, and gets an apprentice without intending to while walking down the road. Adventure and absurdity collide in a LitRPG comedy.

He came to Mosswhistle for a dry meal. The village gave him a class, a ledger, and a very smug job board. Oren Vale used to break siege walls for the crown. Now he wants nothing more than a quiet road, a cracked campaign mug, and the freedom to be nobody important. Then the Mosswhistle Helpful Board rings. One failing roof beam later, Oren is accidentally bound to the village as an Unlisted Helper, a civic class that rewards repairs, restraint, and public usefulness instead of combat. No kill credit. No heroic loot drops.

James's great adventure begins with a simple thing — a rustic cabin in the countryside. Charmed by the prospect, he decides to leave his stressful city life behind and move into the woods. But country living isn't boring. There's a quaint town nearby with kind folks who still help each other out. Maybe the bubbly blonde storekeeper has a job or two for James? And let's not forget the magical legacy waiting for James, tracing back through the history of his family.

Jordan Cash woke up in the heart of a Pinnacle Dungeon with no memories, a dead adventurer at his feet, and a Legendary Tablet fused to his hand. The Dungeon Core offered him a deal: take the fallen warrior's power, rescue the low-level adventurers trapped in its depths, and destroy the Demon Core threatening the Fae Wilds. In exchange, Jordan gained the Battle Scholar class—a team-management specialization that lets him control the skill trees and class abilities of every party member under his command.

Anika DuPont just knows she's bound for stardom. As Magical Girl Understudy, she's already a big deal in her hometown, and now that she's eighteen, she's heading to Tokyexico University, where the real action is. Every superhero on Earth is jockeying for better roles in a global reality show created for the amusement of alien children, and Annie's trying to keep her secret identity hidden while she makes her way out of dead-end Little League roles.

Featuring A Prelude to War, an Iron Druid novella A Prelude to War by Kevin Hearne: After an old friend is murdered in retaliation for his mercenary strikes against the oldest vampires in the world, Atticus O'Sullivan must solicit the aid of another old friend in Ethiopia if he's going to have a...

I can’t say for sure that I adopted my rescue dog so I had an excuse to see Bettie at the dog park again. But if I’m being honest with you, or myself, that was definitely part of the reason I did. So when I ran into her after just a week of trekking uptown to our old haunt with my new mutt, I was thrilled to see her again. Even better, she seemed happy to see me, too.

Fourdock is home to elves, scions, and the world-famous sapient dungeon—but notoriety has a cost—in the thrilling continuation of this isekai fantasy. Once human, the dungeon known as Thedeim has since evolved into a near-divine power. After the literally groundbreaking reveal of his very...

Jonas Schwartz isn't just good at playing football. He's also good at playing hearts, and four years ago, he played mine like it was the easiest game of his life. Brokenhearted, I ran off to art school, swearing to forget about my one-off secret weekend with the star quarterback.

Alden is drained. A dead-end job in a grey city is sucking the life out of him, and he’s a breath away from snapping. So when a mysterious letter arrives with a hundred-year-old deed to a magical farm, the choice is easy. He’s trading the city's grime and grind for a fresh start. But Starshine Farm is a wreck. The fields are barren, the buildings are collapsing, and the nearby villagers are openly suspicious.

Most people would probably be embarrassed to land themselves back in their hometown and working at a pizzeria after an ugly divorce. Not me. It's home, and I have one last shot to make Wren Daniels see me as more than just her brother's best friend. When the opportunity to show her what's been right in front of her this whole time presents itself, I take it, holding nothing back this time. Wren thinks we're pretending, but there's nothing fake about the way I feel. After all, she's always had...a pizza my heart.

After the death of my uncle, I inherited his bookstore. It's in Marywill, a quaint little town that neighbors a women's college. The all-female students are my primary clientele, and they hold a secret. They're witches. Every last one of them. Turns out they want magical books for their lessons in the arcane. It's a good thing I'm a Bibliomancer, capable of reading people like books and finding exactly the tome they're seeking.

Lightning should have killed Marcus Shaw. Instead, it wakes something inside him. A hum in his chest. A power that amplifies every mage he touches, turning wards into weapons and sparks into infernos. Fenwick Academy calls him a Class-Five Amplifier — the first in sixty years. The Department of Magical Affairs calls him a threat. Four strangers call him family.