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As Zarian gains greater power during the tournament, he realizes this is the perfect opportunity to make his way to the top. But with every decision and decisive battle, chaos follows at Zarian's heels, especially that orchestrated by the only person who could truly challenge him, his own family.

Brought to you by Penguin. Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black and white, a wizard cautiously entered a smoky tavern in the evil, ancient, foggy city of Morpork... A truly unmissable set of unearthed stories from the pen of Sir Terry...

His family left him four dragon eggs, a mountain, and no instructions. Time to figure it out. Soren Stormchaser is a dragonless C-rank Skybreaker, leading a party of eight while secretly building a sanctuary on the inherited mountain. Faye, his sharp-shooting ranch-girl girlfriend, builds coops and commits petty felonies with equal enthusiasm. Nova, his arena-star girlfriend and the highest-ranked fighter in Crimson Wing, keeps them funded, organized, and sane.

To the crack of rifles and the acrid stench of sorcery, a sudden invasion sweeps through the highlands of the Confederation, and Sayat's peaceful village life breaks with the dawn.

Aaron Hueber survived what should have been the end of Isyndor, and Cassandra’s Reformation finally gave the Saints structure: factions, missions, and a growing sense of shared awareness. But this stability is an illusion. To secure allies and legitimacy, Aaron is forced into brutal Ascended politics, taking on new squires as the Swords Faction becomes official. Yet even as the Saints consolidate, Evermarch rots from below as something dark and hungry gorges itself on its foundations.

Un giovane principe destinato a grandi imprese e il ragazzo che gli deve la vita: un fantasy epico ricco di passione e azione, tra campi di battaglia e amori proibiti, intrighi politici e amicizie profonde messe a dura prova. Nell'arcipelago di Talassia, il re Doukas sta conquistando con forza brutale un'isola dopo l'altra, ma secondo una profezia non sarà lui a unire queste terre in un unico impero, bensì Aetherios, la Giovane Chimera, principe dell'isola di Corezia, carismatico e ambizioso.

Thane is dying. His body is failing, his mind is fraying, and the world feels like a cruel joke. When a cutting-edge VR game promises an escape, Thane logs in to lose himself in its fantasy world, Arbelon—a land of fractured beauty, prophecies, and dangerous magic. But what begins as a way to vent his bitterness soon spirals into something he can’t explain. Arbelon feels real. Too real. The people call him the Chosen One, a savior sent to heal their breaking world. Thane dismisses them—just NPCs in a game.

Aaro defended the kingdom against the Horde, but now the peace between the pantheons shattered. Enemies from below prepare to strike the kingdoms and temples across the surface. But defending his land won't be enough. The enemy cities lie hidden beneath the earth, and finding them means venturing into darkness where his magic and his family will face their greatest test.

What if happily ever after is too good to be true? No longer locked in isolation, Princess Rhea Maxwell has been given everything she’s ever dreamed of, yet her newfound freedom has come at a cost that she isn’t prepared to pay. Now thrown into a new world, Rhea’s limits will be tested as she grapples with the shadows of her past, the magic writhing within her, and a broken heart that demands to be mended by the very man who fractured it. Princess Bahira Daxel’s fixation with repairing her kingdom’s declining magic has been interrupted by a deal made with the surly shifter king.

After four months of training, Party Zero is ready to join up with the Stone Raiders and test out their newfound power. Forces have their eyes on the Stone Raiders for their own reasons. The Stone Raiders and Party Zero will be vital to the plans of higher powers and the future of Emerilia. They just have to survive long enough to make it there. A series of events are set into motion that will change the world, and just maybe the universe.

As Maldev and Istobarra journey forth to investigate new dark elf activity, Maldev reminisces about his past. The highly chaotic dark elf explains his background and Istobarra finds that there is more to him that meets the eye. They both discover how their lives have intertwined and how they now share the same fate. Only learning about the past can they hope to survive the present and prepare for the future. Matron Mother Elg’caress Barrindar prepares for her accessions to the first house, but finds that her attempts have been thwarted time and again.

Wins and losses, there is no time to celebrate or mourn. The Pantheon in the chaos has once again risen to power, some trying to take power from one another, others supporting the people of Emerilia.

The emperor has spoken, and the portals are opening. The Event is larger than anyone anticipated with Emerilia’s people needing to band together to survive. The creatures of nightmares and children’s stories might roam Emerilia, but this isn’t their land - it isn’t their home. The Terra Alliance will use everything at their disposal to gain strength and push back the forces that roam Emerilia. The Pantheon moves in the shadows, the forests, and across Markolm. Light, Earth, and dark’s forces only grow as they recruit those from The Event into their ranks.

She worked for them, bled for them, and nearly died for them humans in the Conglomerate of Free Citizens. For her entire life, they refused to let her forget that she was the inferior species, but things have changed. With the alliance of the two strongest nations on the continent — which she leads — her former country needs her help. They just don't know how to ask. They demand that she brings her army to assist them. But Salryc Luxx isn't the same downtrodden slave she used to be.

Warships now move in the stars, made of soul-gem constructs, built by mages and engineers, crewed by those who lived on Emerilia or within Earth’s simulation. The Deq’ual system stands with Emerilia, their brothers and sisters, and their family and fellow human descendants. The Jukal Empire will not let Emerilia rise peacefully. As empires grow, so, too, can they be toppled. Only one can remain; in their biggest gamble yet, they must pass through the fires of war, empire against empire.

The event of myths and legends has started. The first spawn points have started to open, issuing forth creatures and people that were banished from Emerilia long ago. Dave and the Pandora’s Box group are advancing their plans and building projects as fast as possible. When an opportunity arises to take their projects to the next level, they’re going to have to use all of their tricks and crafting abilities in order to seize it. The Stone Raiders and the Terra Alliance that they have formed will undergo its first baptism. The time of peace has ended.

Quintasia stands on the razor's edge of oblivion. Jez has claimed control—and with it, the shattering truth: this academy of stone and shadow is their reality, its fate in her fragile grip. Beyond the dungeon's membrane, the elves are coming. An ancient, ravenous tide of starlight and spite, they will consume every soul, every memory, every last spark of defiance. Geraint and Eve crawl from the battle with the Horrors, broken but burning with venomous purpose.

They call me mad, but I don’t see anything wrong with using science to create the perfect monster girl. They call me insane, but I just want to live my life with a harem of beautiful cat-girls, bear-girls, fox-girls, snake-girls, and...well, pretty much any type of monster girl. They call me a megalomaniac, but why wouldn’t any red blooded man want to make cute babies with all these beautiful monster girls? They call me evil, but they just don’t realize that I’d destroy anyone who tries to harm my monster girls.

In Azoria, sanctioned heists were once a city-wide spectacle, until the year-long ban scattered Lars Harrow’s crew and left their legend in ruins. Now the ban is over, and a single daring job could restore their place among the greats. But the streets have changed. A masked thiefcatcher hunts the city’s former stars with ruthless precision, and when one of Lars’s own vanishes, the comeback turns into a fight for survival.

In Elizabeth Bear's All the Windwracked Stars the last of the Valkyries has come to the last city at the end of time, to reclaim the ancient swords of her dead brothers and sisters It all began with Ragnarok, with the Children of the Light and the Tarnished ones battling to the death in the ice...