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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. They call it the Over City. A sprawling, once-thriving metropolis devastated by a mysterious calamity. But these streets are far from abandoned. An undead circus trawls the ruins. Murdered prostitutes rain from the sky. An ancient spell is finally ready to reveal its dark purpose.

Eizo is a middle-aged, overworked software engineer who loves cats. One night after working late, he saves an injured cat from a speeding truck. The cat survives, but Eizo does not... Luckily, that cat turns out to be a god-like being who offers him a second chance in another world! Eizo decides that he wants a slower life, one where he can live off the things he creates with his own hands. So, why not become a blacksmith? He does have one other stipulation: a cat companion for his quiet life.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A whimsical and heartwarming novel about a witch who has a second chance to get her magical powers—and her life—back on track, from the national bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. Sera Swan used to be one of the most...

Nyssa Blacksea is eager to silence her doubters. As the only warrior in her guild without magick, she's forced to rely solely on her martial arts mastery, unwavering confidence, and charisma. When given the chance to hunt down a mysterious woman named Quinn and earn the coveted title of Ashcloak, Nyssa seizes the opportunity. Track down a fugitive? An easy task. There's just one problem—Quinn isn't receptive to Nyssa's charms and refuses to go down without a fight. Dangerous secrets swirl around Quinn and a treacherous guild leader, rattling Nyssa's faith in the very system that raised her.

In Charlie Halls Welt können Schatten manipuliert werden, zur Unterhaltung, aber auch um Macht zu gewinnen. Und manchmal haben sie ein Eigenleben. Charlie ist eine gewöhnliche Betrügerin, die als Barkeeperin arbeitet und versucht, sich von der Untergrundwelt des Schattenhandels zu distanzieren. Doch als eine Gestalt aus ihrer Vergangenheit zurückkehrt, wird Charlies Leben ins Chaos gestürzt.

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.

A call from a distraught wife, and another from Lt. Murphy of the Chicago PD Special Investigation Unit makes Harry believe things are looking up, but they are about to get worse, much worse. Someone is harnessing immense supernatural forces to commit a series of grisly murders. Someone has violated the first law of magic: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Tracking that someone takes Harry into the dangerous underbelly of Chicago, from mobsters to vampires....

Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is Chicago's only openly practicing wizard. He is also dead broke. His vast knowledge and magical skills are unfortunately matched by his talent for making powerful enemies and alienating friends. With little more than his integrity left, he accepts an offer of work from Lt. Karin Murphy of Chicago's Special Investigations Unit. He wants to redeem himself in Murphy's eyes and make enough money to quiet his rumbling stomach.

Crafting the first-ever Mythic-Grade piece of equipment should have made Sal a Legend. Instead, it might end up getting him killed. That's what happens when you use the most coveted demonic material known to man… to build an attack drone. Secrets are piling up, and Sal is tired of hiding his abilities. If he wants to live without fear, individual power won't be enough. It's time to establish the guild. Sal has the headquarters and the funds. All he needs are the right people to bring them up the rankings.

Ich war ein Jäger und habe den Kodex geehrt. Für meine Verdienste um die Menschheit und dafür, ein „angemessenes Leben“ zu führen, wurde ich belohnt. Mit einem Leben nach dem Tod und einer neuen Welt, in der ich wohlverdienten Frieden finden sollte. Doch irgendetwas lief schief und erneut finde ich mich dem Kampf ausgesetzt. Die Ungeheuer, die mich hier erwarten, sind weitaus furchteinflößender als jene aus meinem vergangenen Leben. Sie sind klüger, grausamer und unberechenbarer.

Auf dem gesamten Planeten erwachen die Epizentren zum Leben und die Erdspalten verhalten sich unberechenbar. Es scheint an der Zeit, dass sich die Menschheit angesichts dieser gemeinsamen Bedrohung zusammenschließt. Doch es gibt zu viele Menschen, die ihre eigenen Interessen über das Allgemeinwohl stellen. Für die adeligen Familien mag dies kein Problem sein, doch für einen Jäger, für den seit jeher das Wohl der Menschheit an erster Stelle stand, ist diese Geisteshaltung nicht vertretbar.

Team Hades, genetically modified to be the best, lost one of their own a long time ago. Losing her changed them since they no longer had a heart to protect, turning them into deadly weapons. When I show up, Team Hades is thrown into a spin of mixed emotions, ones they were never trained to master. None of them can understand why they are drawn to me, why the memories of their heart are resurfacing, and it's tearing them apart. Could I be the one they lost? Or is this just another test?

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the acclaimed author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and one of the world’s greatest storytellers comes “an insistently metaphysical mind-bender” (The New Yorker) about a teenager on the run and a deceptively simple old man. Now with a new introduction by the...

Adam Binder has the Sight. It’s a power that runs in his bloodline: the ability to see beyond this world and into another, a realm of magic populated by elves, gnomes, and spirits of every kind. Years after his brother Bobby had him committed to a psych ward, Adam is ready to come to grips with who he is, to live his life on his terms, to find love, and maybe even use his magic to do some good. Hoping to track down his missing father, Adam follows a trail of cursed artifacts to Denver, only to discover that an ancient and horrifying spirit has taken possession of Bobby’s wife.

I’m Indie Valentine: cupid by trade, sarcasm specialist by nature, and currently one step away from a matchmaking meltdown. For the past year, I’ve been assigned to Mesmer—a stoic, endearingly sweet gargoyle who’s spent his whole life waiting for his mate.

Einmal Königin sein im Reich der Feen – Traum oder Albtraum? Im dritten Band in der Sunday-Times-Bestsellerserie findet die Feenforscherin Emily Wilde es heraus. Emily Wilde hat ihr Leben dem Studium der Feen gewidmet. Als renommierte Dryadologin hat sie in ihrer Enzyklopädie der Feen Hunderte von Arten dokumentiert. Jetzt steht sie kurz davor, ihr bisher gefährlichstes akademisches Projekt in Angriff zu nehmen: die Erforschung des Innenlebens eines Feenreichs – als dessen Königin.

Aber wie sollte ich schnell zu Geld und Ansehen kommen? Nicht durch Raub und Mord, schließlich war ich ein Baumeister. Handwerk und Baukunst – das war unser Ding! Und es war Zeit, mein Imperium wiederaufzubauen. Okay, ganz ohne Raub und Mord würde das vielleicht nicht vonstattengehen, schließlich hatte ich immer noch Feinde.

Brought to you by Penguin. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for the staff of The Stranger Times. While a book club meeting ending in a triple murder isn’t unprecedented, it is at least...

Ich, Monsterschlächter der fünften Klasse, bin Baron Alexander Galaxius. Nach wie vor wird mir als Baron die Freiherrnwürde, der Landbesitz oder ein Familienring jedoch verwehrt. Wie auch in meinem früheren Leben wird mir in diesem nichts auf einem silbernen Tablett serviert. Ich bin gezwungen aus eigener Kraft die Welt zu erschaffen, die meinen Ansprüchen genügt. Nicht zum ersten Mal.

“This is one of my coziest reads of the last year, and I find myself thinking about its enchanted setting all the time.”−Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author USA TODAY BESTSELLER A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new...