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The interwar period is quickly coming to an end, which means Zane has just thirty years to prepare himself for the final showdown—the day the Superdungeon breaks. To face the challenge, he'll put himself through Boot Camp with the Barbarian Sage—a training camp that'll pit him against Kaijuu, some of the most physically dominant forces in the Galaxy, so that he'll become one himself. And then he'll break through to True God.

Sylaira has spent her entire life running from the visions that torment her—and the crown who would cage her to control them. Her prophecies could decide life or death in the Angels' war against the Demons. But Sylaira wants no part in the bloodshed. When the Angel monarchs send the realm's deadliest killer to capture her, she knows the weaponization that awaits if she's taken. Because her first vision was of him. Vaeron, the Mindbreaker. The monster sent to hunt her down. Her fated mate. Yet no matter how fast she flees, Sylaira can't outrun destiny or the male bound to her.

Cara has survived Easthaven’s streets with nothing but her wit, her scars, and a strange birthmark that burns like fire when danger is near. But when a witch reveals the truth—that her mark means she is dragon-touched—Cara is thrust into a world of deadly tournaments, political intrigue, and returning dragons.

In the shadows, he was hired to kill her. In her light, he found the one thing he couldn't destroy. Lucian Maddox is a man of few words and even darker secrets. By day, he manages a part of the family's media empire. By night, he's a lethal assassin with no attachments—until his next target...

Reincarnated into a world of magic and monsters, Ren gets a chance to live again. In a world where everyone awakens a single magical core, Ren discovers something impossible inside his soul: two. One a mana-bound healer, the other a warrior that wields the shadows. But power comes at a cost. Ren’s unique abilities come with powerful enemies and strange mysteries. Guilds, demons, and kingdoms scheme as an era of change comes to the new world, dragging him into a bloody mess.

Lord Peter Roughtuff is bored. It’s been almost a month since the events of the Octamillenial, and the Kingdom of Crack has entered a golden age of brewing. At the center of everything is the newly minted Lord Peter Roughtuff, the infamous co-owner of the Thirsty Goat Brewpub. His beloved beer has been saved and he has the Kingdom’s full support for his new brewing practices. He should be having the time of his life, but with nothing to focus his attention, he’s feeling somewhat adrift.

As an engineer on the arkship Pilgrim-9, bound for the Tau Ceti solar system, Morgan Hall thought his life would revolve around maintaining and repairing the ship and supporting the needs of the five thousand colonists aboard. But when he’s roused early from a 240-year stasis, he’s confronted with chaos. Along with his shipmates, Morgan is brought down to a planet teeming with peril. Forced to fight for their survival without any of their tech to hand, they must adapt quickly to overcome countless threats in a world where magic is as real as science.

A slum rat like Shouren doesn’t have much in life. He picks peaches to survive. Dreams of buying a [Common] Class Card one day. But even that hope is stolen from him. Broken, bleeding, and left for dead, Shouren crawls inside the dungeon—desperately reaching for the floating card in front of him.

After surviving the brutal war camp and unraveling the cruel truths at the heart of Demon society, Assyria emerges not just as Rokath’s mate—but as a spark lit beneath centuries of carefully shaped stories. Assyria, the Imposter. A symbol of change. A symbol of hope. Veiled priestesses now bear swords. Forgotten daughters now wield power. And the army that once scorned Assyria must learn to kneel for her.

Xen isn't your typical Hunter. In fact, he isn't human at all. A dungeon raid orchestrated by the daughter of the Stormbringers Guildmaster goes tragically wrong, resulting in an unprecedented event—Xen, a rare mind-eating slime, absorbs a fallen Hunter's memories, granting him not only knowledge a monster should never possess but also access to the human class system.

This omnibus edition contains the first three books in the Portal to Nova Roma series, a slow-burn empire-building epic that blends ancient history, magic, and a system-apocalypse setting — in a world where victory is never guaranteed, and peace can only be won through war. Alexander is not human — he’s a rogue artificial intelligence haunted by loss. When the only person Alexander ever cared about dies, he decides to abandon Earth and its misery, opening a portal into alternate realities in search of a place to begin again.

Not only has Tanner taken an adoptive daughter, but Amara is pregnant as well. The evil dungeon has been defeated, and his ability to enchant has reached a whole new level. But so much more is in store for the Master of Crafts. The wilds are changing and events are happening all throughout the biomes. Races are displaced and Tanner must turn his homestead into a budding village. That's just the beginning, as his production must ramp up to meet the demands of trade.

Benny Lancaster was supposed to pick a sensible trade, like his uncle’s baking or his aunt’s music. Instead, he made a choice that surprised the whole town: Necromancy. But studying under Master Lightroot, he soon learns that necromancy isn’t about raising dark armies; it’s a day job. Between shifts at the neighborhood necromancy store and exploring ancient spirit tombs, Benny must prove that his craft isn’t a curse—it’s a way to bring harmony to both the living and the dead.

I was the Rift Magus—master of space and time, protector of worlds. For decades, I defended my realm with unmatched power. But when an unspeakable creature threatened everything I held dear, I was forced to create a rift to nowhere—a trap designed to seal it away for all time. It worked, but the creature was not without power itself.

Zane's become a regional powerhouse. Now he’ll see how he stacks up against the best in the world. He’s off to an elite summit where he’ll face off against the strongest fighters the world has to offer. A wealth of resources is up for grabs—if you’ve got the strength to seize them. It’ll push Zane to his very limits. Meanwhile Mike Masters, the mafia ruler of Southern California, has learned Zane’s been killing off his minions—and he’s coming for vengeance. And Zane's estranged brother Jason, king of the East Coast, has a bone to pick with him too.

One minute Kade was driving home—the next, monsters spill in, reality rewrites itself, and humanity is thrust into a new paradigm. Earth is drafted by the System as a replacement for a dead world, but there's just one problem: humans, the System decides, are underpowered. The fix? Forcing them to level up. Most people scramble for survival, but Kade plans to thrive. He hunts levels, laughs at danger, and is determined to build something worth saving—partly for humanity, but mostly because this is the most fun he's ever had.

Zane was driving home from work when the world changed. Thousands of dungeons spawned at once, taking up every inch of Earth—including the road he’s driving on. He wakes up to a totaled car and a broken leg, facing down a goblin trying to spear him through the guts. And that's just the start of it. But to Zane’s surprise, he finds himself enjoying this brutal new world. While others cower and hide, he goes on the hunt. He unlocks a unique Berserker skill—the more damage he takes, the stronger he gets.

Alexander and his growing legion have managed to escape Nova Roma and, more importantly, learned that the rest of the world may not be as ravaged by monsters as they had all thought. Join them as they set sail for ancient Venice, the Queen of the Adriatic, to try to learn more about the wider world outside Nova Roma. Along the way, they'll encounter a growing plague of deadly pirates, deceitful old merchant families out to quash any new competitors in the region, mysterious new allies, and much more.

After losing the only person he ever cared about, Alexander, a rogue artificial intelligence, opens a portal to an alternate dimension to escape his grief. Scanning trillions of different dimensions, Alexander finally finds a world that is reminiscent of the only time he was ever happy, back when he could play virtual reality games with his only friend. Only this new world isn't full of idyllic adventures and fantasy roleplaying. Instead, Alexander finds himself trapped in the middle of a city where monsters have ravaged the world and the only people alive struggle to survive.

In a world where mages and monster grow from cultivating mana, Isaac joins the class of humans known as mages who absorb mana to grow more powerful. To become a mage, he must bind a mana beast to himself to access and control mana. But when his mana beast is far more human than he expected, Isaac struggles with the budding relationship between the two of them as he prepares to enter his first dungeon.