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Someone is trying to control the population using the simplest means—drugs. To manipulate law abiding people, one uses legal ways. Dangerous prescription drugs are everywhere, eroding the minds of innocent citizens. Gen Beaufont thought she eradicated the drug problem when she went after the dealers on the streets. She had no idea that the problem was so widespread and going after the youth was only the beginning. Now the power-hungry criminals are using their drugs to take over the middle class.

Greta Green didn’t take the job at her local amusement park, Hyper Kid Magic Land, to be a star, she did it to reinvent herself. After the incident last year, Hyper Kid is her fresh start, and she is going to become the best employee they have ever had…whatever it takes. When fate pulls Greta into the orbit of Mercy Goodwin, star of the park’s most popular show, it feels like things are looking up. Beautiful and confident, Mercy dazzles audiences daily. And at the first party of the summer, she picks Greta to confide in.

В деревне Дивнозёрье бок о бок с людьми живут лешие, русалки, кикиморы — огромное количество неведомых людям таинственных существ. Волею судьбы шестнадцатилетняя Тайка становится ведьмой-хранительницей этого заповедного края. Её волшебные друзья — полусова-полукот, или просто маленький коловерша, по кличке Пушок и суровый обстоятельный домовой Никифор. Они помогают ей распутывать загадки Дивнозёрья и противостоять козням хитрой нечисти.

Helena no puede creerlo. Justo cuando tiene la felicidad junto a Jess al alcance de la mano, vuelven a arrebatársela. Después de que ambos decidieran plantarle cara a todo aquel que se opusiera a su amor, unos desconocidos atacan a Jess y lo dejan herido de gravedad. Pero ¿quién lo persigue? Y ¿por qué? Helena tendrá que volver a buscar respuestas que se entrelazan peligrosamente con las muertes de Valerie y Adam. Y, cuanto más se acerca a la verdad, más se pregunta si algún día Jess y ella podrán tener un futuro juntos... O si quizá su amor estuvo condenado desde el principio.

Seven teens arrive for a school retreat—only to find an abandoned motel and a sinister text message waiting for them: "I know what you did a year ago." Each of the seven buried a guilty secret about their tragic school fire. And now someone is out for revenge. Every hour they must choose the guiltiest one among them to cross over the white line that circles the motel and be killed. Otherwise, they all die. But who deserves to live, and who to die? Because only one of them can survive.

Summer on Mokani Island has always been the highlight of Avery Finch's year. It's a chance to hang out in paradise with other ultra rich families. But this summer, Avery brings along her college roommate Nora and everything feels off from the start. Her parents are desperately trying to cover up scandalous secrets. Her ex Hugo can't accept that their relationship is over. Her best friend Sidney is annoyed that Avery has brought Nora, especially as the newcomer keeps sticking her nose where it doesn't belong.

Chloe has always dreamed of becoming a bestselling writer. Then she meets enigmatic influencer Clara Holland, and at last, Chloe has something to write about. They bond instantly, and Chloe moves into Clara’s mansion. But as Clara’s fame skyrockets, she starts behaving strangely, hosting increasingly wild parties, complete with bonfire rituals and moonlit river baptisms. Clara opens up her home to other girls desperate to live like her. The media call it a cult, and soon Chloe begins to hear unsettling rumours from Clara's past.

When Dara Vance found out she’d been chosen for an exclusive opportunity to research a newly-discovered island in the south Pacific, she couldn’t believe her luck. She and her fellow interns traveled halfway across the world, arriving at the mysterious Wells Institute, thrilled at the prospect of spending the summer on an exotic beach and maybe discovering a new species that could bolster their chances for big-time college scholarships.

Escape through a maze of deception, betrayal, and death is the key to survival for 13 rebellious colonies that dare to fight tyranny and win their independence. Powerful forces seek to assassinate General George Washington as the unstoppable British fleet sails into New York Harbor. The Epic Order of the Seven must identify and stop the assassin, or the epic Battle of New York will be over before it even begins. The Declaration of Independence rallies patriots to tear down the statue of King George III, but will its words be worth dying for?

Sage and Oren are sent to investigate rising tensions between witches and werewolves in the Jura Mountains. After dealing with murder, this case feels tame – punishment for their undeniable connection. But neither expects to find evidence of worse – traces of old magic, tortured lost souls and a deadly fog that kills everything it touches.

For as long as he can remember, Liam Hunter has been on the road hunting monsters with his family. But after meeting the Davis family, everything he’s ever known about monsters has been destroyed as well as the walls around his heart. Can Liam find out who or what is killing teachers in Falkville Falls before the next murder, or will this vicious cycle of deaths have no end?

Sixteen-year-old Emily Keller, known by the media as Keller the Killer, is accused of causing the deaths of four family members, including young children. Emily is one of the youngest females to be accused of a crime so heinous, making this the nation’s biggest trial of the year. But what really happened that fateful night—and who’s responsible—is anything but straightforward.

The night Fei was born, a prophecy was made: she would one day become the Empress of All Empresses. Torn from her family as a child and raised in the palace to one day marry the Crown Prince of the most powerful empire in the land, Fei has only ever known loneliness. When the opportunity arises to seize her own destiny for the first time in her life, Fei sets out to hunt a legendary tiger, knowing it might cost her everything. What she doesn't expect is to fall under the mercy of Yexue, the beautiful runaway prince from a rival kingdom.

Mercury’s Crypt is a hero's journey about a young necromancer named Mika. She is chosen to become the next Channeler in her lineage, to take up a ritual that opens the veil between the world of the living and the dead. When Mika performs the ritual, the spirits of the dead begin to possess those from her village. Mika must discover the cause of the possessions. She will have to use the powers of her birthright and journey through the Land of the Dead to save her village.

Some clocks tick forward. This one remembers backward. Fourteen-year-old Eli Grant doesn’t believe in haunted clocks or secret auctions. He just wants to survive another shift at his family’s fading antique business without getting yelled at by his sister or disappointing his grandfather again. But when a strange children’s clock—Lot 27—is sold to a bidder who doesn’t blink, time starts pulling him sideways. Eli’s sketches change on their own. Time ticks in reverse. And the spirals in his drawings don’t feel like art—they feel like memories trying to escape. Then he finds the invitation.

A city in chaos! The theft of a Confederate memorial plunges a once-sleepy Southern town into a dystopian nightmare. The mayor has unleashed a campaign of terror, tanks are roaming the streets, and gangsters have taken over the schools. Can 14-year-old Ignatius, his brilliant 8-year-old sister Dolly, and their misfit friends solve the mystery and save the day? Gazoon Heist is a darkly funny and thrilling tale about a society on the brink and how children pay the price for adults' ridiculous behavior.

Für Nai steht alles auf dem Spiel: das Band zu ihrem Schicksalsgefährten, die Sicherheit ihrer Familie und ihre eigene Freiheit. Die Akademie der Hochmagier ist völlig anders, als sie es sich vorgestellt hat, und Nai wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher, als zurück an Rage' Seite zu kehren. Doch als dunkle Mächte nicht nur Shifter Island, sondern auch High Mage Island bedrohen, müssen sich die Magier und Gestaltwandler zusammenraufen, um nicht jede Hoffnung auf Frieden zu verlieren. Nai muss sich fragen, wer wirklich auf der Seite des Bösen und des Guten steht - und wem sie vertrauen kann.

If you like Rivers of London, The Dresden Files, and The King's Watch, this is for you. The second book in the Black Museum series is an urban fantasy featuring the most unlikely hero, DCI Judas Iscariot. DCI Judas Iscariot of Scotland Yard’s occult division, the Black Museum, is heading into harm’s way—again. The Order of the Black Sun, a secret Nazi society of evil magical practitioners, has stolen a book so powerful that it once resided in the Library of the Heavens, guarded by angels and far from the meddling hand of man.

Johnny Kessler’s life is anything but child’s play. It’s the ’90s, and while his classmates rollerblade and listen to Walkmans, 12-year-old Johnny hides a devastating secret. As the weight of keeping his secret grows, his imagination offers a refuge, bringing his Lego men to life and conjuring a giant golfing bee whose wayward tee shot lands him in detention. Johnny’s irreverent humor and cynical wit are his only defense as he tries to make sense of the adult world that betrayed him. But when the truth threatens to come out, Johnny has to decide who to trust, before it’s too late.

It seems that vampire killers get no respect. One would think that protecting people from a race that would suck them dry and throw the desiccated husks on the street would earn some respect. One would think that converting large mythological beasts from enemies to allies would earn some gratitude. One would think that healers who use more than medicine along with their medical training, could practice without fear of exposure. Such is not the case. The book Cowgirls and Dragons explores the lives of people who do these things and who are forced into hiding because of it.