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“Hoffman’s characters are always moving back and forth, challenging our perceptions, daring us to judge them.”—New York Times Book Review The Red Garden introduces us to the luminous and haunting world of Blackwell, Massachusetts. Hoffman offers a transforming glimpse of small-town...

Bianca is a talented thief with a very special gift that allows her to get in and out of places undetected. A risky job to steal a book from the King’s vault turns unexpectedly when Bianca finds herself trapped amidst a brewing rebellion and the Crown’s frantic efforts to maintain order.

In Jos, Nigeria, Dareng Pamson is slowly winning back the trust of his pregnant wife after his infidelity shook their marriage. When a young Muslim woman comes in out of the rain looking for work in Dareng’s auto repair shop, Dareng cautiously agrees—against his better judgment. She’s passionate and willing to learn. Besides, it’s time he started doing things differently. After being back in her hometown for only a week, Murmula Denge finds who she’s looking for: Dareng, the Christian man whose coldhearted ambition and greed shattered her family.

Prepare to be bewitched by Iceland and the book that has enchanted readers for decades – and imprisoned one of them. Longlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2024 Elva loves Iceland for many reasons – the epic landscape of gods and volcanoes, weather that’s the polar opposite of her home in...

This bold and genre-defying prose debut by the prizewinning poet incorporates social, historical, and supernatural elements to create a collection that is both contemporary and timeless, communal and deeply intimate Kimberly Blaeser's singular stories center Anishinaabe characters who bring...

Louise Erdrich ( The Plague of Doves) talks about her latest collection of stories with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! The book features skillfully woven, multigenerational stories of family entanglements, desperate passions, and dangerous choices. Sonia Manzano performs an excerpt.

Der Monsterjäger Sebastian Grave ist ein Mann vieler Talente und Geheimnisse und war in mehr als einem Jahrhundert zuhause. Nun reist er in die abgelegene französische Provinz Gévaudan. Der Baron hat Freiwillige zur Jagd auf die Bestie aufgerufen, die für das Abschlachten von Vieh und Menschen verantwortlich sein soll. Zusammen mit dem Dämon Sarmodel und dem jungen Adligen Antoine d'Ocerne macht sich Sebastian auf die Jagd.

After the birth of the Red Sulphur Twins, the forces of the Subtle Realm conjure a whirlwind of destruction. The Sun King and Prince William of Orange battle over the future of Europe shaping the fate of modernity. In their laboratory our family of alchemists closes in on the ultimate source of the magical red sulphur while struggling with unbearable jealousies.

When the raging feud between the Red Bloods and Blue Bloods spills into her home, Kallie is forced in the middle of it. Torn between love and family loyalty, she must find the courage to fight what she fears the most and risk everything, even if it means losing herself in the process.

The discovery of a portal that allows travel to other worlds (in Demon’s Postern, book two of this series) proved exciting and dangerous. The explorers now face questions. Can they continue to explore strange worlds while remaining safe? Should they even try? What about the problems left unresolved in their world?

The astral plane is closer to the physical world than people realize, and Red Souls of the astral underworld have found a way into LA through a back door. They are flying through the streets attacking humans who don’t even know they are being attacked. The goal: to manipulate the emotions of every man, woman, and child in the city and drive them to fear, insanity, and despair.

Mucha gente experimenta irse a un lugar o conocer a alguien por primera vez, sintiéndose como si los reconociera como familiares desde siempre. La indagación científica y la neurociencia ahora exploran en serio el fenómeno de memorias de vidas pasadas, y están descubriendo evidencia cada vez más convincente de que nuestra consciencia no se limita al presente.

In the pitch-black abyss of an unfamiliar world, Oisin awakens to a nightmare of darkness and disorientation. With only the stench of decay and the taste of blood lingering in his senses, he stumbles through the suffocating blackness, haunted by the echoes of his own voice. Each step is fraught with fear, the oppressive silence occasionally shattered by the unsettling drip of water and the ominous clatter of distant objects.

Red Night: A Vampire's Voyage to Realization is a story of a millennial vampire just coming into her own vampiric tale. By a vampire, for a vampire. Going into detail about the beginning of the experience in 2016 lasting unto the year 2021, Eule Hagen leaves a mark on the vampire scene.

Shining Red tells the story of a magic totem, the Shining Red Parrot, and its strength in drawing the main character to its Tongan Fafa Island habitat. Richard, despite a delusional episode, manages to travel to exotic places, indirectly inspiring two other characters within the story.

Condemned by day to the dark side of red, a lonely, magically talented, and horribly breathtaking vampire spends his nights slipping over the veil. There, he revels in terrorizing young adults to their deaths. But for one girl, who's melted his heart: Emily Hunts. But when the world threatens to take her away, when he learns of her true loyalties, his mask is unveiled, and he must take her to the other side of red.