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An untested Castellan-Colonel of Cadia is forced to step up when he's assigned to lead a motley collection of abhumans. Hated by most, including a ruthless commissar, they are nevertheless thrust into service in the middle of a brutal civil war. A young and brash Cadian, Castellan-Colonel Orysian Roane, was always content to leave the true burdens of leadership to others – that is, until his chain of command was suddenly shattered. Now, he is forced to take charge of a ragtag auxilia built around a clan of despised abhumans.

The Pirates destroyed the enemy, cut off their access to the Milky Way. Against all odds, Joe, Skippy, and the Merry Band of Pirates pulled off yet another impossible mission. They should be celebrating. Unfortunately, the dying enemy had one final act of spite. Now an unstoppable force is...

From the Number 1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a standalone Cosmere novel of demons and destiny. In a forgotten land sustained by colorful rivers of demon blood, a child was born in the last cold hour of the last cold day of the last cold month. Let us call her...

Helbrecht sees a future of the Imperium renewed and free of the Ruinous Powers. Yet when he must form an unpalatable alliance with the Leagues of Votann, he questions if it is worth the sacrifice to heal what damage has been done to the Imperium. Driven by duty and faith, Helbrecht glimpses what might yet be: an Imperium wholly renewed.

BOBIVERSE TO-DO LIST: Determine who built a vast wormhole network–and why; Crack faster-than-light travel; Help tens of thousands of refugees find a new planet; Confront a new threat from an old enemy; Figure out how to save the known universe from certain destruction.

The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. But in a grinder designed to chew up and spit out crawlers by the millions, Carl and Princess Donut need to work harder than ever just to survive. They call it the Over City. A sprawling, once-thriving metropolis devastated by a mysterious calamity. But these streets are far from abandoned. An undead circus trawls the ruins. Murdered prostitutes rain from the sky. An ancient spell is finally ready to reveal its dark purpose.

The aftermath of the confrontation with Yip of Yore and Ell’Hakan still lingers as the fight for the Milky Way Galaxy approaches its end. With the biggest threats dealt with, only the Holy Church and its schemes, as well as whatever remnants of Ell’Hakan’s faction, remain active threats before the galaxy is truly claimed. Once everything is concluded and the galaxy is in a (relatively) stable state, Jake looks beyond his own galaxy, as he has many places in the universe he’s been looking forward to visiting.

Legion Varus was promised a garrison rotation. Six months of easy duty on a quiet, compliant world where nobody has broken a rule in years. Halfway there, something clamps onto Scorpio's hull and drills a hole into her guts. It isn't trying to destroy her. It's a needle, and the ship has just...

A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, and the man they shattered along the way. A rapidly deteriorating AI system. An inconvenient tiara upon the head of a friend.

A floating fortress occupied by warrior gnomes. A castle made of sand. A derelict submarine guarded by malfunctioning machines. A haunted crypt surrounded by lethal traps. It was supposed to be easy. One bubble. Four castles. Fifteen days. Capture each one, and the stairwell is unlocked.

'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time... a swashbuckling joyride through History' C. K. MCDONNELL Did you miss them? St Mary's is back - new and improved. More pods. More staff. And an ambitious programme of jumps from Ancient Egypt to the death of a medieval king. Surely, this can only...

A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible. In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth - from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds - collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground. The buildings and all the people inside have all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot.

A lush jungle teeming with danger. Savage dinosaurs seeking blood. A fallen princess intent on vengeance. A mysterious, end-of-floor celebration for the top crawlers, dubbed “The Butcher’s Masquerade”. The sixth floor. The Hunting Grounds. As the remaining crawlers battle for their lives, a new, terrible threat looms. Outside, tourists are finally allowed to enter the game, and they are here and ready to hunt. Among them is Vrah, a famed and veteran hunter, intent on collecting the biggest trophy of her career.

Huron Blackheart is Master of the Maelstrom by his own will, not that of the gods he spurns. Driven from Chogoris, Huron continues to bait the White Scars throughout the burning ruins of the Yasan Sector, hungry for the victory he believes he deserves. Yet as his schemes and insults threaten to ensnare the sons of Jaghatai, a new threat emerges. Out of the tumult of the Cicatrix Maledictum, the Great Devourer pours into Huron's domain.

Locked away in her own home for 12 years by a mother hiding dark secrets, 17-year-old Sienna Nealon has never known the outside world. That changes when she wakes to two intruders in her house, forcing her to break every rule she's lived by.

Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar have made a pact. As they process the events of the spring, they will keep things platonic until the solstice. But can they resist when the crackling tension between them is enough to set the whole of Crescent City aflame? And they are not out of danger yet. Dragged into a rebel movement they want no part of, Bryce, Hunt and their friends find themselves pitted against the terrifying Asteri - whose notice they must avoid at all costs. But as they learn more about the rebel cause, they face a choice: stay silent while others are oppressed or fight.

The ninth floor. Nine armies, each led by rich and powerful aliens from across the galaxy. Each team has one objective: to capture and hold the castle at the very center of the battlefield. Strategy, alliances, pitched battles, and, of course, betrayal ... It all makes for great fun and even greater television. After all, none of these powerful aliens really die when they’re playing war. Except this time. This time, winner takes all. Those who fall, stay in the ground.

Trazyn the Infinite and Orikan the Diviner return, continuing their rivalry for better or worse. Fate has given them a gift – an ancient world from the necrons' past has returned, but uncovering its secrets may prove more difficult than they anticipated. When the opening of the Great Rift delivers a mysterious world from the necrons' past back into realspace, Trazyn sees an opportunity – this is his chance to not only mend his quarrel with the embittered Orikan, but to uncover the fate of the last expedition to the Chaos-corrupted planet of Amenthis.

Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, epic-length adventure by Audible number one best seller Dennis E. Taylor. More than a hundred years ago, Bender set out for the stars and was never heard from again. There has been no trace of him despite numerous searches by his clone-mates. Now Bob is determined to organize an expedition to learn Bender’s fate - whatever the cost. But nothing is ever simple in the Bobiverse. Bob’s descendants are out to the 24th generation now, and replicative drift has produced individuals who can barely be considered Bobs anymore.

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet.