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Desil has spent his life training, but a promise to his mother has kept him from using his abilities for anything worthwhile. Now all he does is help his mother manage her tavern as his father rests in a grave. Desil knows there's at least one other mage somewhere in this territory who can do what he can; they share a connection through their magic, although they've never met. He stays up nights wondering what they might be able to accomplish together.

The world of Awaken Online has been reborn. Ancient avatars and their cities have returned, unleashing chaos and armies from the game world's savage past. Jason and his allies are beset on all sides—by the original avatars, an unrelenting tide of travelers, and even their own secrets. However, Jason is done playing defense; he’s done reacting. It’s time to take the fight to his enemies in both worlds. And that starts by using their own weapons against them, including the relics Jason stole from the ancient avatars.

After the collapse of the known world, Rowan Wilder opened his eyes and found himself on the first floor of the Tower. With a flawless memory and a mere eight cards to his name, he must venture out and prepare himself for the coming calamity.

Everyone has a purpose… and sometimes that purpose will take us to places we never imagined existed. Alayna has a lucky charm—a copper spiral maze pendant given to her by her mother—so of course, she’s wearing it on the first archaeological dig she’s had a chance to lead herself. She’s in Mexico with her team, set to lead an important excavation… but she’s only one day into the dig when she realizes that she’s on the cusp of a much bigger discovery—and she isn’t in Mexico anymore… In fact, she might not even be on the planet.

A great evil has awakened in the land of Corona, a terrible demon determined to spread death and misery. His goblin armies and fearsome giants ravage the settlements of the frontier, and in the small village of Dundallis their merciless attack leaves behind two shattered orphans: Pony and her lifelong friend, the youth Elbryan. Taken in by elves, Elbryan is raised to become a formidable ranger - a fateful role that will lead him into harrowing confrontation.

I woke up in a game I never played, stripped of choice, doomed to die. They gave me the Soldier class and threw me into a barracks ruled by elves. No tutorial. No way out. Just drills, bruises, and the creeping realization that I’m not playing. I’m being played. My masters are NPCs who think they’re real. The system says I’m here to fight their wars. But a hunting accident changed everything.

The story of The First Formic War continues in Earth Awakens. Nearly 100 years before the events of Orson Scott Card's bestselling novel Ender's Game, humans were just beginning to step off Earth and out into the Solar System. A thin web of ships in both asteroid belts; a few stations; a...

A year on from those fateful Fifteen Days in May that left carnage throughout the world, Johnson and Wallis find themselves unwillingly drawn back into the race to find the sphere. The sphere, now classified as the most valuable asset on the planet, has disappeared, and if falls into the wrong hands, it could be catastrophic for everyone. The pair embark on a journey that takes them to their very limits both mentally and physically. With so much more at stake, Johnson finds herself yet again in the most unimaginable of situations.

The Earth barely survived the Third World War. It isn’t ready for the War of the Worlds. A beam of pure Chaos has descended on the Earth connecting it to the Labyrinth Universe. Monsters will spawn, heroes will level and nations will fall. Chaos will Awaken!

After an eon of dormancy, the hideous winged demon Dactyl awakens and calls forth an army of darkness to bring horror and devastation to the land of Corona. The only survivors of the ravaged village of Dundalis, young friends Elbryan Wyndon and Jilseponie Ault, are separated in the carnage and, unknown to each other, struggle through lives that will lead to a shared destiny. Avelyn Desbris, a pious young monk, also finds himself on a course that will intersect with the fates of Elbryan and Jilseponie and lead to a fateful confrontation with the monstrous dactyl.

Death and reincarnation. Kuroe Makoto, the tomboyish ace of her high school track-and-field club, never spared a thought for these things before. However, when she falls asleep in her Tokyo home after an exhausting marathon and wakes up in a fantasy world, those concepts become her reality. Unlike common light novel settings, she isn't reincarnated as the naturally good-looking and talented human hero who gathers a harem effortlessly. In fact, she isn't reincarnated as a human at all. She is reborn as "Chaos", child of the demon queen and heir to a kingdom at war with humanity.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The official novelization of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the blockbuster film directed by J. J. Abrams. More than thirty years ago, Star Wars burst onto the big screen and became a cultural phenomenon. Now the next adventures in this blockbuster saga are...

As a 3,000-year-old threat reemerges, only one man has the power to awaken the world’s greatest protectors and restore order to the realm. He just doesn’t know it yet. When Jerrol Haven, a captain in the King’s Rangers, discovers treason at the highest level, he knows immediately that the knowledge puts his life at risk. And indeed, though he expected the ailing King to shield him, the ambitious Crown Prince sentences Jerrol to death. What hold does the Prince have over his weakened father, and who or what is he protecting?

The threat of living shadows still lies on the land of Turadorsa, but those sent to combat the darkness have made it to the legendary Winter Lands and learned the secret of the mysterious Bhaltair. Taking their knowledge with them, the chosen few must travel to even more dangerous places if they hope to thwart the plans of the trapped Shadow King and end his reign of darkness once and for all. Suffering loss, gaining knowledge, and meeting new faces along the way, the journey picks up just where the first book left off in this exciting addition to the Shadow Slayer Saga.

Paris journalist Natalie O’Rourke has always known she’s a witch. The wolf was never part of the plan. Called back to Ireland, a family curse awakens alongside an ancient pendant—and with it, a powerful wolf bound to her blood. As rival alphas and dark magic close in, Natalie is pulled toward Declan McCarthy, a warrior whose presence ignites her magic and awakens a bond neither of them can escape.

Tasha Salen is a loving wife and mother. She is trained as a medical professional, but secretly awaits the next phone call for her other career. A call that will mark her next target.

The star of truTV’s hit show Impractical Jokers—alongside veteran sci-fi and horror writer Darren Wearmouth—delivers a chilling and wickedly fun supernatural novel in the vein of The Strain, in which a beautiful new subway line in New York City unearths an ancient dark horror that...

Deep beneath the ancient mountains, a secret stirs. The Heartstone of Drakdur, a powerful artifact forged by dwarves long ago, has awakened. This legendary relic, capable of reshaping the earth itself, calls out to Thrain Deepdelve—a sixteen-year-old dwarf hiding his extraordinary power to manipulate stone. Burdened by a prophecy linking him to the artifact, Thrain embarks on a perilous journey to the lost city of Balgrum, the Heartstone’s hidden sanctuary.

It has been two years since the brutal attack on the Nerrisian Kingdom left a princess and her subjects without a place to call home. After months of roaming the harsh wilderness, life goes on and a strong alliance has been forged. Princess Consolla is queen now. A girl is now a woman. An alliance with the Giants has been forged through marriage. The alliance is forged with a promise. The promise of a child. A child forged through magic. A promise is made to a king. It is a promise of an heir. Promises made through magic often have a price.

Eleanor sees fragments of the future, but despite her efforts, she can’t alter destiny. Even as a young woman surviving in 1943, she believes the visions are a curse from the devil himself. But when she finds a grifter with the ability to read her mind, she realizes she is not alone. A killer stalks those with gifts. Eleanor tempts fate and sets out to stop the murders. But in her quest to protect those like her, Eleanor discovers something darker than murder living in the souls of men. To be victorious, she only needs to unwrite the future.