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He’s killed three men in the few days she’s known him. Yes, it was self-defense, but when he tried to kill her, it wasn’t. Her peaceful mountain refuge has been invaded, her inexplicable nausea linked to his physical presence. She’s captive in his house for her “protection,” with a churning stomach, his bad attitude, and no safe way home. All that changed the night the stars aligned. Now he’s talking about ancient bloodlines and celestial alignments…and other things she only believes because of what she’s seen him do.

Did I always believe in magic? Not until today. Sure, I had seen my mother's ghost, but I'd managed to rationalize that. It wasn't until I was taken to some strange museum in Oregon and inducted into a supernatural agency that I truly believed. Then, something happened to the agency, and I was one of the last mages left in America. Now, I have to learn my peculiar magic all by myself. Well, not entirely by myself. I have a few beautiful women and a disgraced mage genius to help me figure out why my powers are so unique.

Cassie Palmer is the Pythia, chief seer of the supernatural world. John Pritkin is a half demon and a legendary war mage. Mircea Basarab is a first-level master vampire and the general of the World Vampire Senate. Each is formidable enough alone. But they recently discovered that, together, they are far more than the sum of their parts. With their power combined through a perilous spell, they are the closest thing left on Earth to one of the ancient gods. That comes in handy, considering that the old gods are exactly what the supernatural community is currently fighting.

Holden Bairifay, a published author, denied the world he created ever really existed. His book is simply a work of fiction, except for one small thing, it’s not. It’s a world he had visited as a young boy, a world opened to him through the pages of a magical book.

Herne - the hunter, mischief-maker, spirit of the forest, leader of the wild hunt - hurtles through the centuries pursued by his creator. A shape-shifter, Herne dons many guises as he slips and ripples through time - at candlelit Twelfth Night revels, at the spectacular burning of the Crystal Palace, at an acid-laced '60s party. Wherever he goes, transgression, debauch and enchantment always follow in his wake. But as the forest is increasingly encroached upon by urban sprawl and gentrification and the world slides into crisis, Herne must find a way to survive.

For a millennium and a half, through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Industrial Revolution, and Victorian Era, keeping their identities secret, living through the centuries, making their mark subtly on human history until 1921, when this duo decide to come to America following the First World War and H1N1 pandemic, landing on Ellis Island and beginning a 100-year period of new and sometimes rather unusual adventures, navigating American society of the 20th and 21st centuries, dealing with all sorts of controversies and complexities, and at times having a lot of fun.

Working as a quality-assurance grunt in the gaming industry sounds like fun, right? You get to play the coolest new games before anyone else. And all you have to do is to find, reproduce, and report bugs before the last pixel is locked in and the games are launched to an eager public. Sure, there’s the unpaid overtime, the office politics, and the ever-present threat of layoffs. But you get to game!

Das epische Finale des Fantasyepos vom Erfolgsautor B. Vogt. Endlich stellt sich Wayan dem Unvermeidlichen, dem offenen Kampf mit seinem ehemaligen Meister. Doch die Frage aller Fragen bleibt! Wer ist der EINE?

Все перемешалось в мире, где живет Гаррет. Гоблины и тролли здесь соседствуют с гномами и людьми, а огнедышащий дракон в небе такое же обыденное явление, как самолет над городами Европы.

Quinlan used to have dreams about Queen Fand. She watched, unable to help, as the goddess was defeated, imprisoned, and finally enslaved to the Veilman. Now, those dreams don't just come to her at night. She doesn't know why it's happening, but things have begun to change for her again. Now, awake or asleep, she sees scenes from other people's lives. She needs to find out what's going on, while still working as an air marshal, and supporting her boyfriend. This is the next step in Quinlan's journey toward the truth. Get ready.

Billie Nickerson debe aceptar su propia mortalidad como la única manera de que su hijo reciba los dones intuitivos que nació para heredar, para salvar a su familia, y quizás al mundo, de un destino desastroso. Pero enterarse de que ha muerto demasiado pronto crea una crisis kármica, ya que Billie intenta escapar del más allá y volver a sus seres queridos. Aunque la vida de Billie está llena de peligros y espíritus oscuros, la historia es una ilustración del amor y la devoción de una madre que trasciende los límites del aquí y el más allá.

Zwar ist Hüterin Rylees letztes Abenteuer glimpflich verlaufen, doch es bleibt etwas zurück: Nachts spürt sie noch immer, dass etwas Böses den Wald um Securus Refugium durchstreift und auf sie lauert. Aber nicht nur das lässt sie unruhig schlafen, auch über Vlads Verrat ist sie noch lange nicht hinweg. Da wundert es nicht, dass sie das Angebot der Hexe Evanora, ihr zu helfen, annimmt. Endlich kann sie sich wieder auf anderes konzentrieren. Zum Beispiel darauf, dem jungen Hüter Percival ein neues Heim zu verschaffen.

When a rich mundane shows up to harass the local magicals, everyone in town knows he’s a menace. There’s nothing they can do, though, at least not magically. Not with the worst snowstorm in decades about to bury Alfheim - and the Alfheim Pack’s full moon run. With natural threats occupying the elves, unraveling the danger the interloper poses to the town falls to Frank Victorsson and Sheriff Ed Martinez. But Frank is consumed with finding his mystery woman, and things quickly spiral out of control…

Kenna and Meegan are college students dealing with upcoming finals, needy parents, boy drama, and what to do with their lives after they graduate in a few weeks. What they weren't expecting was for Kenna to receive a powerful stone necklace that ultimately changes their plans for a relaxing summer. Strange things begin to happen to Kenna, like being the only one who can see and talk to the mysterious old woman with a golden aura. Or how in her dreams, a man with vibrant orange eyes keeps appearing who may or may not be real.

I did it: I've graduated, and there's no more pressure. And I've got a house - me, a house! Road-trip time for Jo, Sable, and I up to Albany, New York. The house both is and isn't what I expected. Beautiful - yes. Locked rooms with mysterious stuff - yes. But it also seems alive, which isn't possible. This isn't a movie, houses aren't alive. But before I get to finish exploring the house, the draft office has decided I need another trial run, and of course Agent Steven Alixant is their errand boy.

Ferris wakes on the Sea Queen, an enchanted cruise ship sailing on a chocolate sea. He has no idea how he got here, but he desperately wants to go home to his boyfriend. The alchemist is the only person who can help Ferris, but he’s been kidnapped. The ransom is high tea, with scones, and jam. Meanwhile, the passengers are gearing up for the Winter Masquerade, a ball where love and magic reign. With a murderous musician, an absent boyfriend, and a mystical party, Ferris soon learns that Wednesday is not the day to fall in love.

Elmer Robbins was turned into a dungeon core after an untimely death back on Earth, and he had a heck of time learning how to survive in the new, strange world of Bershia. However, by adopting “Holidays” as a theme and creating the first few rooms of his dungeon focused on Christmas, he learned how to protect his Core from being destroyed by Adventurers. While Elmer was steadily increasing his core level - the eventual goal of which was to break down the barrier in his core separating him from the soul of his wife, Mary - there is trouble brewing in his dungeon.

Lysander is an angel who has just arrived to Heaven for the first time, and he's unsure of what to think of his new home. Angels bicker over the absence of God, and an Archangel named Lucifer is stirring up controversy. As Lysander struggles to master his responsibilities, a war breaks out in Heaven, and Lysander must now choose: between God and his followers, or Lucifer and his army.

L'apocalypse a eu lieu et l'avenir s'annonce sombre pour les survivants. L'humanité est en voie d'extinction. Alanna n'est plus. El Maliki est née. Elle existe pour semer le chaos et la désolation. Personne ne peut l'arrêter. Elle n'a ni conscience ni âme. Alors que tout semble perdu, qui pourrait s'opposer à elle et permettre au monde de se libérer de l'emprise d'Apophis ? Dans un monde où il n'y a aucun espoir, que reste-t-il à sauver ?

The Adventurer. The Great Snurkab. The Caretaker. Constance Verity returns, having accepted and secured her place in the universe while juggling her expanded life. Until she comes up against The Caretaker's nemesis, a foe she can't just beat the hell out of, Connie must defeat the idea of inevitable entropy, the end of everything. Impossible you may think, but Connie always has an angle, and this time it's by upping her game, by stopping enough calamities, by answering every tug at her innate sense of adventure, she can build up enough power to counteract the end of the universe.