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The perma players' new reality gains depth and color. The virtual world has seen its first birth - and its first death. The invisible umbilical cord connecting AlterWorld to Earth grows thinner, and even the Fallen One cannot prevent the looming catastrophe. Could Max have ignored the Russian girl who'd just escaped slavery in a virtual China? Could he have turned a deaf ear to her pleas as the desperate fugitive clutched at straws on hearing her native tongue?

The Russian cluster. The ground shakes as the enemy approaches. The angered gods frown as they look down from the sky. Intelligence agencies are locked in a brutal fight. Hundreds of thousands of sentient beings happily slaughter each other. This is no longer a game quest nor a petty fight between clans over some land rich in resources. This is war! A war of civilizations, religions, and all the dimensions of the world.

Once a seasoned gamer, Max has cheated fate, swapping his dying body for an immortal avatar in the world of sword and sorcery MMORPGs. He joins the ranks of a new race of people: perma players, forever stuck in the virtual castles and cities of AlterWorld. Now they have to obey the ever-changing rules of their new home while learning to live together in peace, love, and justice. But freedom and immortality are a poisoned chalice. Some of Max's new friends crave power; others become traitors and spies.

The fabric of reality is bursting at the seams. The gnolls' negotiators are knocking at the gates of the Kremlin. Ancient half-forgotten gods take on a new lease on life as AlterWorld's avatars. A spark of the Creator's almighty will is still alive in the hearts of millions of players, obeying the impulses of their faith and knowledge while reshaping the Universe to suit their unspoken needs. Initially AlterWorld came complete with infernal planes. So how about confronting a few demons?

The magic flames are raging. Blades are melting. Souls are reduced to ashes in the fury of battle. The grand finale of the war for the First Temple is upon us. The last trump cards have been played, the reserves are all exhausted, and even the gods have engaged in the plebeian fight. The universe is on the point of collapse. Broken are the chains that hold the worlds together. The icy waters of the Baltic cool the scorching sands of the Frontier.

I'm Cisco Suarez, and a week ago I was dead. Cursed into serving a clandestine shadow group, I have a lot of blood on my hands. Good thing I also have a juvenile problem with authority. I'm not taking orders anymore, and the first thing on my bucket list is bringing them down. If I'm good at anything, it's looking in dark places. But I've got shadows of my own. Horrific deeds coming back to haunt me, and not the metaphorical kind of haunting, either. I'm talking ghosts, mages, and that thing with the glowing red eyes.

The magic flames are raging. Blades are melting. Souls are reduced to ashes in the fury of battle. The grand finale of the war for the First Temple is upon us. The last trump cards have been played, the reserves are all exhausted, and even the gods have engaged in the plebeian fight. The universe is on the point of collapse. Broken are the chains that held the worlds together. The icy waters of the Baltic cool the scorching sands of the Frontier.

The Queen of Witches has just given birth to her first child, a stunning baby girl destined to be the new princess and future leader of all witches of Alstromia. As Alexis instinctively uses power plays—including murder—to conquer her enemies and betrayal, she uses those around her as pawns. Driven by her blatant disregard for others, Alexis cleverly and selfishly pushes forward to meet her own agenda, all while a mysterious and frightening chain of events unfolds that will test her perseverance.

Amalina's dark adventure continues. Now, helplessly folded into the creature's plans, Amalina struggles to remain above suspicion as she works against him, serving as an agent for the commander of a growing counterforce intent on bringing him down. All while trying to keep her friend, a guileless princess from the west, entertained, unaware of her peril, and out of harm's way.

Tommy Turtello served 10 years for a bloody crime he doesn’t regret. He, in fact, used his time behind bars to hone his skills, learning new methods for making himself a more effective “maintenance man,” one self-appointed to rid the world of those he deems as soulless. He has spent his first year of freedom putting his new talents to use, leaving a trail of bodies, and earning a heroic status in his community as a nameless, faceless avenger. But when he seeks to expand his activities beyond familiar territory, he finds that others have their own bizarre methods for maintaining order.

Ein Funke des allmächtigen Willens des Schöpfers ist noch immer in den Herzen von Millionen von Spielern lebendig, die den Eingebungen ihres Glaubens und ihres Wissens gehorchen und das Universum nach ihren eigenen Bedürfnissen umgestalten. Ursprünglich war die AlterWorld sogar mit Ebenen der Hölle ausgestattet worden.

Abducted by an ancient, evil entity to his castle and into his service, what is one to do? Amalina is about to find out. The darkest, most dangerous time in her life begins. With dark humor, suspense, and new takes on genre tropes, this dark fantasy series quickly grows to surprising, epic proportions, but it starts here in the first novel: Amalina and the Secrets of the Wailing Castle.

The villainous Mr. Hyde plans to tear down the pillars of society, but first he must devise a way to get rid of his consciousness.

Utterson has sent Mr. Enfield to find out what Hyde was doing at the lab, Meanwhile Mr. Poole and Mr. Guest find that they have been robbed and receive a strange thank-you letter addressed to a man named Mr. Jekyll.

A dark romance novella trilogy from the bestselling author of the Cradled Common series, in which a young woman and BookTokker named Vallie encounters several men who will fulfill her darkest fantasies, and leave her questioning her own sanity and desires. The novella trilogy that has captivated...

"Für wen ist der Sarg?" -- "Es ist Dein Sarg, Andrea." Jelena und Clodomir stoßen schweren Herzens den Sarg mit Andrea in das eisige Wasser. Es ist der einzige Weg sie zu retten, sie und vor allem ihr ungeborenes Kind, das Kind, das nicht zum Statthalter des Bösen auf Erden werden darf. Und so liegt die Hoffnung im ewigen Eis, in der letzten Festung des Guten, beim Alten.

Im Jahre 1962 entdeckt eine Gruppe von Tauchern im Pazifik ein geheimnisvolles deutsches U-Boot aus dem 2. Weltkrieg. Die Gruppe beschliesst, das Boot zu heben um das Geheimnis zu lüften. Sie begeben sich auf eine Tauchfahrt des Grauens.