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The Rift Saga reaches its thundering conclusion. Kase, Brell, and Rumcole have survived betrayal, battled across fractured realms, and forged impossible alliances. Now the dark mage Kregryn moves to resurrect an ancient evil and only these three unlikely heroes stand against the coming storm. With time itself unraveling and monsters pouring through unsealed portals, the final confrontation awaits on a cursed island where a black tower pierces the sky. Friendships will be tested. Sacrifices will be demanded. And the fate of every realm hangs upon a single desperate gambit.

Camille Ellis is the Earthen Conclave's golden girl. Her peculiar talent solves cases with a touch. She isn't afraid of getting her hands dirty, but every bright star casts a shadow, and her deepest scars lurk just beneath the skin. A routine consultation goes sideways when a victim's brother gets involved in the investigation. Riding the edge of grief, the warg will go to any lengths to avenge his sister's death. Even if it means ensuring Cam's cooperation at the jaws of his wolf.

What happens when a society decides that survival depends on narrowing the truth? In the towering prison-city of Eterra, order is maintained not through spectacle or open brutality, but through clean hands, quiet rooms, and the careful rationing of reality. Truth is never simply forbidden. It is measured, softened, corrected, and distributed only in forms the population can survive. Seran has been raised to believe in that system. A rising young doctrinal officer, Seran is disciplined, intelligent, and disturbingly good at his work.

The gods are gone. Magic is lost. Vengeance is nigh. There is death in the north; entire settlements slaughtered in the night by unknown hands. But dead things do not rest. Mages and scholars from across Breitho search for answers, to no avail. The church clings to a whispered prophecy to bring back the gods and end the horrors in the dark. But none of them understands what is truly at stake. In her tiny village, Sarah Brandt has her own problems. She has witnessed her friend’s murder and is now running for her life.

17th Century Bavaria. At the end of the Adventurer’s Road, deep in the Hexental - the Valley of Witches - lies the town of Reimersberg. Beautiful but insulated, its residents are proud of their traditions and hostile to change and anyone who might bring it. Not for nothing do people say that you have to be strange to take the road to Reimersberg, but even stranger to live there.

Grimm. More ancient than any human can fathom, finds himself drawn to a human woman for the first time in as long as he can remember. There have been others over the centuries but this woman is different, elusive and with a depth that calls out to his dark soul.

From Amazon bestselling author Harmon Cooper comes a standalone post-apocalyptic neo-western: a brutal, strange, and beautiful story of two damned men and the blind Goddess between them. Strider has three days to kidnap the Goddess of the South and drag her across the Canyon, or his family dies. The job should be simple: grab the blind woman, deliver her to the man who owns his debt, walk away. But the Goddess won't stop talking inside his head and the Canyon is tearing itself apart around him.

Eine Gruppe von Gästen ist auf dem Jagdgut Orceval versammelt. Das Gut liegt in einem Park, der von einer undurchdringlichen Dornenhecke umgeben ist. Der einzige Weg hinein und hinaus ist ein Tor in der Hecke, bewacht von einem geheimnisvollen Torwächter. Draußen erstrecken sich große Wälder, in denen ein Biest umherstreift und unschuldige Hirten tötet. Alle auf Orceval hüten Geheimnisse, einige dunkler als andere.

Eryk Ragnar went to a Renaissance fair expecting foam swords and cheap turkey legs, not a portal to another world. Dragged into Zakar, a brutal cultivation realm where spiritual affinities determine everything, Eryk is declared worthless almost immediately. Bound to a power connected to the god of death, Eryk discovers he can steal affinities from the dead through a forbidden gamble. Armed with dark humor, stubborn determination, and abilities he was never supposed to possess, Eryk must survive a world obsessed with strength while hiding the terrifying truth of what he's becoming.

A prophecy. A world of witches. The Witches of Raechester. A Detective trying to save his city, his world. A mother, a witch, is she a savior or destroyer, hero or villain? Socially, we all fall into many categories. Some of us have hills we will die on and some of us hate confrontation. David is the latter. We also all have lines. Lines that we ourselves will cross and won’t cross, for ourselves and for others. But what about family? How far is too far for family? Especially when it comes down to your freedom, your livelihood or even your life. How far would you go?

Armies have risen, the great machines of war are prepared, and the battle beasts are straining at their leashes. Despite Arcaena’s every attempt to prevent it, the full might of three kingdoms have gathered at her borders. From all outward appearances, Brin is finally on the stronger side.

Identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth are super excited about Halloween, again. This time, the new girl Piper leads them to a mysterious new store that has all the coolest costumes. As Elizabeth gets to know Piper, spooky things happen to her. She sees the moon turn blood red. Meanwhile, Jessica falls in love with a cute boy at the store, who has a terrible secret. Soon Jessica starts to act strangely and Elizabeth is worried that something awful is happening to her. Can Elizabeth stop her twin from turning into a vampire, or will that just make Jessica more interesting?

The official novelization of the 1987 supernatural horror film, written by Michael Nankin. Based on his original, darker screenplay, this novel expands on the film’s practical-effects-driven horror, eerie atmosphere, and unforgettable 80s adventure. Best friends Glen and Terry stumble upon a mysterious hole in Glen’s backyard. At first, it seems harmless. Then, strange things begin happening. Terrifying visions, shadowy creatures, and unexplainable events escalate quickly. By the time they realize the truth, it’s too late. They’ve opened a portal to a demonic realm.

Since birth, 20-year-old Dessa has been trained by her mother to hunt creatures called Soulless, who sacrifice humans for other-worldly powers. Instead of having a normal life with friends and school and dates, she’s stuck killing creatures for money to support herself. But then Dessa wakes from the dead. Her mother killed her, and her deadbeat dad has appeared out of nowhere to resurrect Dessa. But he didn’t do it out of the kindness of his heart: he wants Dessa to kill her mom’s new arm candy, a Soulless more powerful than any creature Dessa has hunted before.

A snowstorm brings a wild and dangerous visitor. A journalist encounters more Indians than he bargained for. A widow is chosen as a companion by a ghost cat. A package is left on a doorstep, a door to alternate universes. These are things you can't predict. They come from places unknown. And the endings. Who knows how it will end? But when the unexpected happens, what choice do we havebut to walk toward it headfirst? Whatever we discover,life moves forward. If it feels strange, so be it.

Bloody Scarlet, the skull collector of the Crimson Forest, is just a cautionary tale to keep children from wandering in and getting lost—isn’t she? Well something’s out there. In a world dominated by a cruel Inquisition that sees demons and witches everywhere it turns, Keely just wants to make a dishonest living convincing the obscenely wealthy to part with their excess riches through guile and trickery. When the Inquisition shows up to destroy her life anyway, Keely goes on the offensive rather than scurry back into the shadows.

In Kaila Nike’s debut novel, Mystique, Octavia, a young and dedicated mother, has worked hard to create the life she has with her two little boys after their father abandoned them years ago. She’s given up hope on finding love until one night she meets Chad, a tall, handsome, and mysterious cowboy. Right away she knows she wants to get to know this man or forever wonder what if.

Eine legendäre Crew, vor der keine Geheimnisse sicher sind – nicht einmal die der Unterwelt! Der Job: Stiehl eine Seele aus dem Jenseits. Elle Fields stammt aus einer Familie von Dieben, die ins Jenseits einbrechen, um Geheimnisse von den Toten zu stehlen. Doch seit die Seele ihres Bruders bei einem schiefgelaufenen Raubzug ausgelöscht wurde, hat sie nur noch ein Ziel: Sie muss wissen, wer für seinen Tod verantwortlich ist.

A pioneering work of gothic horror, The Vampyre introduced the elegant, aristocratic vampire to English literature and forever changed the course of the genre. The story follows the young Aubrey as he falls under the spell of the enigmatic Lord Ruthven, whose charm conceals a sinister secret. As their paths cross across Europe, Aubrey uncovers a terrifying truth that tests his courage and threatens those he loves.

In a world fractured by Rifts—tears in reality that grant power through sacrifice--two lives unravel in opposite directions. A sheltered boy clings to what he’s lost, turning to forbidden knowledge, unable to accept the finality of death. A girl, born from tragedy, walks blindly forward—haunted by what she cannot undo.