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Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before The audiobook of Reaper Man is narrated by the BAFTA award-winning actor Sian Clifford (Fleabag; Vanity Fair; Quiz). BAFTA and Golden...

The stunning debut fantasy novel from author Peter V. Brett. The Painted Man, book one of the Demon Cycle, is a captivating and thrilling fantasy adventure, pulling the reader into a world of demons, darkness and heroes. Sometimes there is very good reason to be afraid of the dark…...

Even after the bombs fell, even after countries unleashed weapons beyond imagination on one another, even after lawlessness became the norm, people still expect their mail. As a deadman, I'm uniquely suited to deliver it.

Three standalone monster-girl mono-romances for men, collected in one volume!

Tief unter den eisernen Ebenen von Eterra, in der hungernden Dunkelheit unterhalb der polierten Höhen der Stadt, ist Überleben kein Recht, sondern eine Ration.

'Death has to happen. Tha'ts what bein' alive is all about. You're alive, and then you're dead. It can't just stop happening.' But it can. And it has. So what happens after death is now less of a philosophical question than a question of actual reality. On the disc, as here, they need Death. If...

Sakamori Kagami was one of the top players in the VRMMO Ark Earth Online as Danblf, a veteran summoner with the gravitas to match his elite status. When he falls asleep playing one day, he's transported to a world where the game is reality—but instead of his all-powerful avatar, he's stuck in the body of a cute young girl! He can't let anyone know that this little cutie is really Danblf, so he takes the name "Mira" and claims to be Danblf's disciple. If this gets out, he'll never live it down!

Zaria was just a normal woman, living a simple life—until demons burst through her door and ate her heart. Reborn from tragedy, Zaria rises from the ashes as a Core, but with a twist. A rare mutation has turned her into a Mutant Core, destined to explode unless she forms a bond with a human witch to become a Striga. Her mutation? Legs. With the power of a full dungeon compressed into a walking house that is her body, Zaria sets out on a journey to find her Striga and avoid detonation. Along the way, she battles demons, builds her dungeon, and feeds her mimic mobs.

The first in a gripping new historical fantasy series that intertwines Irish mythology with real-life history, The Children of Gods and Fighting Men is the thrilling debut novel by Shauna Lawless. They think they've killed the last of us... 981 AD. The Viking King of Dublin is dead. His young...

Not everyone gets a second chance at life. Thrust into the body of a dying man, I fought to break free, made a few friends along the way, and started down the long and treacherous path of revenge. But things aren’t what I’d expected. Not all of the bad guys I’d set my sights on were actually bad, and the good guys…well, let’s just say it is complicated. The emperor, in his tyrannical quest for immortality and power, has sent his agents to the City of Bones. Why? Simple. The local lord, Tairon, had accumulated too much power, so it was time to clip his wings.

Arthur Ward survived becoming the impossible—the first male Empowered. Now he must survive being a hero-in-training. By day, Arthur learns to control his volatile powers. By night, he hunts weapons traffickers and drug dealers through the neon-soaked streets of Neo Elysium. With Solaris's warmth and Blitz's lightning-fast grin at his side, he finally believes he might have a place in this world. Until a mission spirals into disaster and a choice results in unthinkable tragedy.

Arthur Cain was a hero to his city, the most accomplished and respected of the firefighters in his entire district. But when a call comes in from the so-called "Halfbreed Heights", the monsterfolk part of the city, Arthur's life gets flip-turned upside down. Though he saved the life of a matronly lamia that day, he was also partially crippled and forced into early retirement. Now unable to fit the image of her personal superman, Arthur's wife divorces him and leaves him to move into a cheaper home in the same monsterfolk slum that caused his current situation.

Allister lost the love of his life once. He refuses to allow it again. The only problem is…to save her, he must become a monster. A real monster. But she isn’t the only one in danger. She isn’t the only one desperate for help. And he…isn’t the only monster. He isn’t the only monster hiding in plain sight. But he also doesn’t have to fight alone, not when his monster girl companion is always at his side. Not when she is there to teach him how to hunt, even as he teaches her to seem more human. But the craving to hunt is powerful, and he…has a lot of enemies to hunt.

Suspecting the oni princess who ruled over the defeated Chimera Clausen was the offspring of a high-level demon, Mira entrusts Kagura with the investigation. Meanwhile, the pint-sized summoner returns to Solomon to make her report...and get a little R&R with Mariana! But when the investigation reveals the demon mastermind is now after the Oni's Sealed Casket, Mira, along with three other Wise Men, must rush to thwart the enemy's schemes once again...

My quest to slay the betrayers and free myself from the mad game has taken me deep under the earth and to the peak of storm-tossed castles. But in order to find the truth behind the kingdom’s destruction, I will need to fight my way to the edge of reality and straight into the mouth of madness.

Ulysses Gwent didn't ask for a second chance, but he got one. Reborn into the world of Thyrsaea, he finds himself standing at the gates of the Endless Labyrinth, a fifty floor dungeon that all heroes attempt. But Ulysses isn't a hero like the rest of them. Gifted with Anti-Magic and Limitless Potential, he'll climb fast. He won't be climbing alone. Joined by Kianna, a possessive wolf-girl bounty hunter, Ansabel, a knight sworn to his service, and Tessa, an ancient elf whose taken an interest in him,

Ulysses Gwent cleared the first nine floors of the Endless Labyrinth. Now he's going deeper, with his wolf at his side and his knight at his back. Kianna has declared him her Alpha. Ansabel has sworn herself to his service. Together, they'll face what waits in the darkness: Dendros the Ancient, a grove guardian in isolation and Cyrus the Ruined Lord, a headless knight who has claimed the Lost City as his domain. But victory comes with a price. The gods have noticed. Ares has put out a call for a champion. And Ulysses's Black Fire is only getting stronger.

In the tradition of his renowned father, James J. Butcher’s debut novel is a brilliant urban fantasy about a young man who must throw out the magical rule book to solve the murder of his former mentor. On the streets of Boston, the world is divided into the ordinary Usuals, and the paranormal...

Montana Coggeshall, freshly returned from the high society world of galas, birthrights, and the odd doomsday cult, doesn't have much time to settle back into normal life. He's promised to protect everyone who calls Coggeshall home, and one terrified family is caught in the wrong place at the worst time. But what starts as a simple rescue mission quickly unravels into a web of strange disappearances, secret tunnels, and whispered warnings. A new monster may be stalking the valley. And it’s one that doesn’t just kill—it plays with its food.

Now a knight of Tortall, with her gender no longer a secret, Alanna embarks on her next adventure to the edge of the realm. Captured for the crime of trespassing, Alanna is sentenced to a duel to the death. But the Woman Who Rides Like a Man is not so easy to kill. Though the duel is won, the battle is just beginning. When Alanna is named the Bazhir people’s first female shaman, she is tasked with training her successors. But first, she must overcome their fears of magic, for the sake of all Tortall.