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My capital lies in ruins after the Gray Prince's assault, aided by the treacherous Lucius Trante. With war on the horizon, my legions take the field, ready to punish those standing in our way. But Prince Ashur is no ordinary foe. With three powerful talismans, he hopes to outlast my army while unleashing his will across Trastevere. To strike back, I must tame an ancient and dangerous creature, where any wrong move could be my last.

Ever since magic stormed the world, the price for human survival is surrendering your firstborn to the monsters. But this year it's Nova's turn, and the monsters better watch their backs. 

What peace Helo had hoped for by defeating King on the Tempest is short-lived. Evil doesn’t go quietly, and it’s always hungry for revenge. After his parents are murdered, Helo rejoins the Ash Angel Organization ready to hunt creatures of evil and obliterate the six remaining Dread Loremasters. But terrifying portents from Tela Mirren’s dreams and dire warnings from Aclima hint that crossing darkness incurs a terrible price, and Helo will be the one who pays.

Conquering dungeons and using them to grow has long been the most efficient way to become a powerful adventurer. The only thing keeping the process from being easy is the Beasts that inhabit these places. Questions plague those entering this particular place of power: Where do the ‘rewards’ of weapons, armor, and heavy gold coins come from? Why is a fluffy bunny charging at me? For abyss-sake, why are there so many monsters? Cal has all of the answers to these age-old questions for a very simple reason. He is a Dungeon Core, a soul forced against his will into a magical stone.

Her beginning may be our end.... Deep in the humid Mississippi bayou, a half-wild child is dragged from the murky waters. She has no memories and no family and is covered in mysterious markings. Adopted by the policeman who rescued her, Luce Boudreau follows him onto the force, determined to prove herself in the eyes of those who are still suspicious.

American Cavalry Scout Nephi Bennett and the survivors of Crazy Horse Platoon now possess the key to returning home to Earth—a mystic artifact—but its secrets continue to elude even the wisest among them. Fate twists when Bennett's wife, Xochi, is snatched by their old foe Colonel Dietrich, propelling Bennett and his comrades to use the artifact to alter destiny itself in an effort to rescue her. Bennett vanishes into the depths of time, and Captain Brown faces an agonizing decision—unleash an all-out assault on the colonel with his dwindling forces, or succumb to the darkness that encroaches.

Jake Ramsey - an unassuming yet talented archaeologist - has been given the chance of a lifetime. Hired to investigate a recently unearthed Xel'Naga temple, he knows this latest assignment will open up whole new possibilities for his career. Yet when Jake discovers the remains of a long-dead protoss mystic, his hopes and dreams are irrevocably drowned in a flood of alien memories. Bonded to the spirit of the dead protoss, Jake has become the sole inheritor of the protoss' total history - every event, every thought - every feeling.

Swordfighters Tiger and Del return in this all-new swashbuckling adventure-filled with all the dramatic action, danger, magic, and the crackling repartee and verbal fireworks that characterize the national bestselling Sword series.

Nick was going to make something of himself. He was not going to be just another guy drifting through life. Then he died. Lucky for him he caught the attention of an eccentric god and gets to choose. Reincarnation or travel beyond. Nick is reborn as a champion of Ki’darth people. He must learn their ways, stay alive, and work to understand the Titan system one level at a time. Join Nick and his trusty talking book, Neako as they complete quests, learn new abilities, and gain levels! This is a LitRPG book with a ‘game system’-levels, stats, and cool abilities.

Nick was going to make something of himself. He was not going to be just another guy drifting through life. Then he died. Lucky for him he caught the attention of an eccentric god and gets to choose: reincarnation or travel beyond. Nick is reborn as a champion of Ki’darth people. He must learn their ways, stay alive, and work to understand the Titan system, one level at a time.

In einer Welt, die von unerbittlichen Stürmen gezeichnet ist, findet die junge Speerfischerin Tavi etwas Unvorstellbares: ein Seeglas – sagenumwoben und zutiefst gefährlich. Denn dieser Fund entfesselt nicht nur magische Kräfte in ihr, sondern bringt sie auch noch in tödliche Gefahr. Auf der Flucht vor Meeresbestien und anderen Feinden wird ausgerechnet der schweigsame Eero zu ihrem Verbündeten. Als Nachfahre der mystischen und von den Menschen zutiefst verachteten Mervolks verkörpert er alles, was Tavi zu verabscheuen gelernt hat.

The epic Chinese classic and phenomenon published in the US for the first time! Featured in iO9's 2019 Fall Preview. A fantastical generational saga and kung fu epic, Jin Yong's A Hero Born is the classic novel of its time, stretching from the Song Empire (China 1200 AD) to the appearance of a...

Magic is power. Power has a cost. And Joseph Hunter is drowning in debt. Once, he was a legendary monster hunter. Now, he’s just a washed-up drunk with a past he can’t outrun and a daughter he can’t protect. When she’s kidnapped by creatures that shouldn’t exist, Joseph has no choice but to return to the life he left behind—a world of magic, blood, and impossible deals. The problem? His power isn’t his own. He made a pact with a Nephilim, and magic like his always comes with strings.

Quantum Range: Echo Born plunges listeners into a world shaped by the mysterious Quantum Source, an energy that connects every living thing—and tempts those who dare to wield it. When the quiet mining town of Dustville is torn apart by a sudden Krokonian invasion, apprentice Ankin and his master Ryoshi are forced into the heart of a conflict that will test loyalty, courage, and the fragile line between light and shadow.

Jewel ATerafin has never wanted to be a power, but to protect what she built, to protect what she values above all else, she has accepted that power is necessary. But with power comes responsibility. Jewel has forced herself to do what would have once been unthinkable: She has surrendered her den-kin, Carver, to the wilderness, because she must if she is to have any hope of saving the rest of her family, and the city in which they dwell. But she cannot leave him with nothing. Into his hands, she has placed the single, blue leaf that came from the wilderness and the dreaming combined.

Ami Hobbs always thought she was just an ordinary girl—until she wasn’t. When Ami is sent to live with her father in a strange new world, she imprints with a dangerous power. Feared by those around her and sentenced to death for being deemed an abomination, she’s forced to flee into the unknown. On the run, Ami trains to control her new abilities and uncovers secrets about a corrupt government that threatens the balance of three worlds.

Beneath the veneer of everyday life, a clandestine world thrives in the shadows, filled with powerful telepaths who call themselves adepts. These superbeings have guarded their secrets for millennia, but when a brilliant scientist, Joe Martin, maps and prepares to publish their genome in a famous medical journal, the adepts realize they can’t hide forever and further exposure to the human world threatens their existence.

I'm sixteen this year, and my mother says I should marry soon. Loki. I already would be married if any chieftains' sons were man enough to have me. When I do find a husband though, I'll inherit the village of Borg, which as the Princess of Lofoten is my birthright. We'll have several farms and command a fleet of viking ships. I'll give birth to mighty warrior sons or a fierce shieldmaiden like myself.

It is the age of Kings. In the grand city of K’andoria, King Trimidian rules with a fair hand. The great evil sleeps. The Midlands are in a state of tranquility, yet beneath the surface, trouble roils. Fissures have appeared across the kingdom. The savage Crow rebels terrorize villages across Rislaan. The haughty Far-Seer Priesthood of Epis Kopol has ignited a trade war; and then there is Uth Becca, the White City, once glorious, now plagued by decay and unrest.

After a short return to visit her mother in her rural hometown of Black Oak Grove, Lily Brennanfalk quickly feels the Pull, an insistent demand that she return to the Vale. She had planned on going back anyway, since the Vale would not allow Rannoch—or any other Fae from the Vale—to leave its boundary. Lily knew she wanted a future with Rannoch, and to be together, that meant saying goodbye to her human life.