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When a new variant of Srack attacks in force, Jake leads the new Order of the Star Blade into battle. Even his Sotalorian allies show up to help. Then, right when everything is going his way, Corina's team disappears through an anomaly that shouldn't exist. Can Jake hold together an alliance of his most dangerous rivals long enough to save the day?

Greymane believed he'd outrun his past. With his school for swordsmanship in Falar, he was looking forward to a quiet life, although his colleague Kyle wasn't as enamored with life outside the mercenary company, the Crimson Guard. However, it seems it is not so easy for an ex-Fist of the Malazan Empire to disappear, especially one under sentence of death from that same Empire.

Rin a remporté la Troisième Guerre du pavot. Mais à quel prix ? Dévastée par ses actes, la jeune fille a développé une addiction à l'opium qui pourrait bien lui coûter la vie, en plus de la sécurité des membres de la Cike dont elle a récupéré le commandement. Pour assouvir sa vengeance, elle n'a plus qu'un objectif : tuer l'Impératrice. Celle qui a trahi son pays et provoqué le conflit qui lui a fait tout perdre. Pour y parvenir, Rin trouve un allié en l'impassible Chef de guerre Dragon qui désire fonder la première République du Nikan.

When three local bullies pick on Iron Hills dwarf Eiravel (Val) Stonehold, she naturally defends herself. Why is she the only one who gets thrown out of the tavern after the brawl? On her way home, two bumbling dragons in human form, Axl and Livius, accost her and hand her a letter. What can the new Eternal Queen Julie possibly want with her? As it turns out, the queen wants her body.

Kharl is the best cooper in Brysta, and his life has been as snug and regular as his barrels. But in the course of just a few days, it's all staved in. When a young blackstaffer from Recluce is mysteriously murdered in his cooperage, Kharl is summarily jailed. Then, in a shocking turnaround at the trial, his innocent consort is blamed for the killing and quickly executed. Kharl ends up destitute and on the run, but he does take the slain woman's black staff and the book "The Basis of Order", which explains the principles of its power.

Golconda, the secret underground military complex hidden away before Skydark and rediscovered by Trader, is a bounty of riches, filled with arms, ammunition, and wags. But having those things is not enough for the man called Trader. With this newfound wealth, he’s got a dream that’s burned within him. Determined to build a trade caravan strong enough to plow through the most inhospitable areas of the Deathlands, Trader gathers a new crew to face bandits, raiders, and mutie menaces spawned by the world destruction known as Skydark.

Boyd Knight, Marine turned Vigil, has been formally invited to join the Wyld Hunt. To refuse is a death sentence. Participating might not be any safer. As the Caller of the Hunt, it is up to the Queen of Oblivion to select targets worthy of the wrath of the Fae Court. Hunters from across the Wylds are unleashed like hounds to track down each target and exact bloody vengeance against those who have struck dark deals for money, fame, and power.

La Federación se valió de sus avances militares para ocupar Nikan durante décadas tras la primera Guerra de la Amapola, y aún se notan los estragos de la segunda. Mientras algunas personas tratan de seguir con sus vidas, unas pocas son conscientes de que la tercera Guerra de la Amapola está próxima… Los poderes chamánicos de Rin podrían ser la única forma de salvar a su gente.

It's time to set off for the lands of the Orcs in search of the fourth sword, but first Falk and his friends have to bring someone back from the dead—another friend, who recently died in the real world. Henceforth, Artyom will become the Emissary of the God of the Dead in Arkatnia, while the virtual God migrates over into the real world. To make this happen, though, Artyom's girlfriend (who's never played a computer game in her life) will need to search the coffins that fly over the capital until she finds the one that contains a copy of Artyom's character.

The year is 1989. America has just invaded Noriega's Panama. And Specialist Bennett's platoon of Cav Scouts are in country… with, frankly, not a whole lot to do. Until a freak rainstorm somehow transports the entire platoon—Humvees, weapons, and all—to another world. A world controlled by a wicked Aztec god. The Land of the Black Sun. In a heartbeat, the Scouts find themselves fighting for their lives against savage beasts, witches, zombies, subhuman tribes seeking sacrifices… and even themselves.

In the world of Recluce, powerful mages can wield two kinds of magic - the white of Chaos or the black of Order. Beltur, however, has talents no one dreamed of, talents not seen in hundreds of years that blend both magics. On the run from a power-hungry white mage, Beltur is taken in by Order mages who set him on the path to discover and hone his own unique gifts and in the process find a home. However, when the white mage he fled attempts to invade his new home, Beltur must hope his newfound power will be enough to save them all.

Sono passati ventisette lunghi anni dall'ultima alba. I vampiri hanno costruito il loro impero eterno. Gabriel de León, metà uomo, metà mostro e ultimo dei Santi d'argento, è tutto ciò che si frappone tra il mondo e la sua fine. Imprigionato dai mostri che ha giurato di distruggere, è costretto a raccontare la sua storia. Una storia di battaglie leggendarie e amore proibito, di fede perduta e amicizie trovate, della guerra del Re Sempiterno e della ricerca dell'ultima speranza rimasta all'umanità: il Sacro Graal.

After the hunt for the vampire, Conor McCall’s Recon Platoon and their Tuacha allies can turn their attention to unfinished business. The Marines lost men in the Land of Ice and Monsters. They only know that those men are missing. Without a body, ain’t nobody dead. In search of their missing comrades—and Mathghaman Mag Cathal’s old nemesis—they return to the north only to stumble into a bigger war. Their only allies in that harsh, frozen, haunted land are besieged by forces wielding powers they’ve only seen once before. Will they accomplish their mission...or die trying?

A traitor is executed, his name ripped away from history. Now the kingdom stands on the brink of a succession war that could bring the country to its knees. Forces stalk the darkness, moving pawns into place in a deadly game. Gehrin and his brothers were not meant to witness the execution, but now they find themselves trapped in the center of a political quagmire. When Gehrin faces the loss of everything he knows, will he also lose himself?

We've all seen stories about parallel worlds where history has taken a somewhat different turn. In The Doctor from Nowhere, Russian army doctor Igor Ivanov finds himself in just such an alternate universe. After a fatal mine explosion, he awakens in late 1914 where World War I is raging and his home country is on the brink of destruction.

Danzen Ravja’s life has never been easy, not when he was an orphan at the Diyu Brotherhood, not since he retired from the blood trade, and certainly not since he began cultivating his echo, which has unlocked an entirely new level of enemies. Nomtoi, Danzen’s demon half-brother, has unleashed the Seven Evils, the most vile hellspawns that Diyu has to offer. While Danzen and his companions have been able to stop some of them already, Uchi and Kitazawa prove to be challenges that they may not be able to overcome.

Ben has set his sights to the north, where a tower reaches to the heavens. But first, he will need to gain the favor of a master deep within the dungeons outside his own tower. With this new master’s training and his new children, Ben is ready to venture north and claim what is rightfully his. Inevitably, things prove more difficult than he could have ever imagined, and The One Who Rules All could be Ben’s undoing.

The Trial Worlds do not forgive mistakes, and Kai will learn this through firsthand experience. He escaped death, but he lost a part of himself along the way. To get it back, he will have to overcome pain and suffering. But he knows it will be worth it. He is no longer a pawn in the world of cultivation. So far, he has been but one of the many participants in the unfolding events, but now it is time for him to become the ringleader.

Cultivation is a struggle through which the weak are forged into Masters. If you want to ascend, you need to heed the teachings of the ancient warriors and the wars that raged across the worlds. The best place for an Exorcist to develop in the world of Nikrim is the Cloud Abode. Millions of cultivators dream of getting there, devoting their youth to the path of cultivation. Those who have already proved to be worthy and have become Abode students continue to strive for more, trying to overcome their limits, and reach the very peak of their development.

The Great Tournament had brought out the strongest and most promising cultivators of the younger generation. However, fate, as always, cared not for the affairs of the mortal world and continued on its business. The Indestructible Tower was opened soon after the Tournament, and the pursuit for power turned into a massacre of the Celestial Plateau's elite. But, a small group of six people still managed to escape. Unfortunately, they ended up in a completely new world.