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Scattered, Smothered, and Chunked collects the entire first season of Bubba the Monster Hunter from his first graveyard-splattering adventure in Voodoo Children to the stunning cliffhanger at the end of Final Countdown! Fans of the rollicking redneck monster hunter will find plenty of value in this massive collection of monsters, strippers, beer, and bullets!

A strange cry for help distracts Daniel from his boring study session. Curiosity gets the better of him and he is thrust through a portal where he emerges into a fantasy world of myth, magic, dragons and war. His arrival grants him a special opportunity. After stumbling upon a dying dragon, he discovers an egg that is about to hatch. Daniel knows a grand adventure awaits him and he seizes the moment to become a dragon rider.

Er stand nicht auf meinem Plan... Nachdem meine Mutter ihren brutalen Freund meinem Wohl vorgezogen hatte, blieb mir als Kind nur das kalte Zimmer eines alten Londoner Kinderheims. Aber nun, kurz vor meinem achtzehnten Geburtstag, winkt endlich die ersehnte Freiheit. Das dachte ich jedenfalls, bis ich durch den geklauten Sweater in meinem Rucksack vor dem Jugendrichter lande. Und sieh mal einer an, meine Mutter ist auch da. Am liebsten möchte ich tot umfallen, als mich der Richter zur Strafe mit ihr nach Süd-Frankreich schickt. Halt, ich nehme es zurück. Lieber soll sie tot umfallen!

Als Meister der Namen bringt Tharis seit Jahrhunderten der Bevölkerung eines gepeinigten Kontinents das Wissen um ihre wahre Identität. Doch als sein Orden sich unerwartet gegen ihn wendet, ist Tharis gezwungen zu fliehen und gerät in die Hände einer zwielichtigen Schar Zwerge. Und während seine Häscher näher kommen, muss er die letzte Order seines Meisters befolgen... und sich der brodelnden Finsternis in seinem Inneren stellen. Dunkler Name ist der Debütroman von Skyther Kell und bildet mit dem Schwesterwerk Dunkle Brut den Auftakt des Weltenbrecher-Zyklus.

Manchmal kann das Leben grausam und unberechenbar sein. Mit nur einem Wimpernschlag kann es einem alles nehmen, was von Bedeutung ist. Verraten von der meistgeliebten Person droht der Rest des Lebens durch die im Eifer des Gefechts begangenen Handlungen aus den Fugen zu geraten. Doch Geschehenes lässt sich nicht ungeschehen machen, und nun vereitelt eine unbestechliche KI jegliche Versuche, die Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen. Wirst du sie überzeugen können? Diese Gelegenheit bietet ein RPG-Spiel, das wie ein internationales Schiedsgericht funktioniert: eine unparteiische und unfehlbare Maschine

The angry drunk. The shameless womanizer. The coward who ran away and got his comrades killed. The ice-cold assassin for hire. And me, the girl with abandonment issues as deep and wide as the Southern Sea. The five us are all so different, we shouldn't work together. Most of the time, we don't. And yet, every once in a while, I get a glimpse of what might be, if we manage to move beyond our difficult pasts long enough to become the family our dragons need.

Dans le Désert des Pluies, les serpents géants se sont enfermés dans leurs cocons, sous la supervision de la dragonne Tintaglia, pour en émerger, transformés à leur tour en dragons, et assurer la pérennité de leur race. Mais, trop vieux, trop affaiblis, ils ne donnent que des créatures difformes, inachevées, incapables de survivre seules sans l'aide des humains, qu'ils mettent tant à contribution pour les nourrir que les Marchands du Désert des Pluies décident de s'en débarrasser.

Together for the first time, 14 action-packed tales of demons, monsters, vampires, and cosmic horrors too terrible to name - and the men and women who take them all down. Oh, and toss in an interdimensional insurance salesman for good measure.

Spanning the genres of fantasy and science fiction, this collection features stories from beyond the bounds of Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe. Along with the never-before-seen novella 'Moment Zero', Tailored Realities will include 'Snapshot', 'Perfect State', 'Defending Elysium' (a novella...

Wenn die Nacht stiller wird, Wälder ihre Schattenseiten zeigen und vertraute Orte plötzlich nicht mehr vertraut wirken, beginnt die Welt von Jana Oltersdorff. »Nachtschwarz – Die große Sammlung unheimlicher Geschichten von Jana Oltersdorff« vereint drei vollständige Sammlungen unheimlicher Kurzgeschichten und dunkler Märchen in einer großen Themenedition der Hörbuchmanufaktur Berlin. Mal leise und beklemmend, mal märchenhaft düster, mal unmittelbar unheimlich: Jana Oltersdorff erzählt von Begegnungen, Orten und Momenten, in denen die Wirklichkeit einen Riss bekommt.

Terry Pratchett joins up with a leading folklorist to reveal the legends, myths and customs of Discworld, together with helpful hints from Planet Earth. Most of us grew up having always known when to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a...

Bradley receives a second chance on a steampunk planet where the wondrous sights captivate, the gizmos fascinate, and it is all possible with steam. Attempting the wilds, Bradley experiences a dash of heart-pumping adventure that unlocks new opportunities and brings unwanted problems. With proper application, a bit of wit, and a dash of luck, he might achieve greatness.

While humans lost their knowledge of magic and monsters, the Ironwoods have been fighting against evil for centuries. While gods, fae, and magicians turned into tall tales and ghost stories, the Ironwoods became the stuff of legends themselves. Now, with Morrigan’s Generals free again in the world, the Ironwoods are going to need all their training—and their new fae brothers—to stop them. This box set collects all four stories of the Ironwood women as they get into plenty of trouble, slay their enemies, and find true love.

Some truths are carefully concealed; others merely forgotten. In this spellbinding collection, seven acclaimed fantasy authors create characters who venture into the depths where others fear to tread. But when forbidden knowledge is the ultimate power, how far can they go before the darkness...

After years of service in the Imperial Expeditionary Force, Jol Rivers has found a tentative home in Littlereach, where he makes a living as a blacksmith. One day, however, a beautiful mage arrives and tells him that he has a mysterious magical power hidden within the items he forges, one that could defeat the malignant forces threatening the Second Empire. She invites him to the Lyceum, an institute for mages where he can develop this power. Little does Jol know that he has his own knowledge to impart to the other students, the kind of forbidden talents that binds them to him…

With a foreword by Neil Gaiman, this comprehensive, entertaining, and authentic collection of English folktales is perfect for fans of Madeline Miller, Philip Pullman, and the Brothers Grimm. This is a golden treasury of over one hundred English folktales captured in the form they were first collected in past centuries. Listen to these classic tales as they would have been told when storytelling was a living art—when the audience believed in boggarts and hobgoblins, local witches and will-o'-the-wisps, ghosts and giants, cunning foxes and royal frogs.

Finney ha tredici anni, è solo e in un terribile guaio. Da due anni a questa parte, qualcuno perseguita i ragazzi di Galesburg, li porta via, facendoli sparire per sempre. E ora, Finney rischia di fare la stessa fine: è rinchiuso nel seminterrato di uno psicopatico, un luogo macchiato dal sangue di una mezza dozzina di bambini uccisi. Con lui, in quella cella sotterranea, c'è un telefono antico, nero e da tempo disconnesso. Eppure, di notte squilla, e all'altro capo dell'apparecchio si sentono le voci delle precedenti vittime.

In a Post-Apocalyptic world of Magic and Machinery, Jack Knight is an orphan who finds himself caught between a life-altering decision. Join the military and fight the demon hordes or sell his soul to the Corpos. Both options having minimal appeal to a shut-in like Jack. Thanks to the high cost of living, and his sister’s medical expenses, Jack has never given much thought to what he’d want to do with life, always living paycheck to paycheck, scrounging just enough to keep the lights on and his sister safe. However, an Angel presents him with a third option.

Chad Stone's life took a dramatic turn when he was laid off from his job and forced to move back in with his parents. But little did he know, his struggles were just the beginning of a culinary adventure unlike any other. After finding solace in a popular MMORPG, Chad suddenly finds himself transported to a strange new world where players of the game are mysteriously vanishing. With the guidance of a purple kangaroo named Fozzy, Chad learns that he has been ranked a powerful S-class barbarian in this new world.

The Unreal and the Real is a major event not to be missed. In this two-volume selection of Ursula K. Le Guin's best short stories--as selected by the National Book Award winning author herself--the reader will be delighted, provoked, amused, and faced with the sharp, satirical voice of one of the best short story writers of the present day. Where on Earth explores Le Guin's earthbound stories which range around the world, from small town Oregon to middle Europe in the middle of revolution to summer camp.