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The religion of the Tal is spreading its message of the Holy Kyandara and the Mother of the Perfect Creation across the face of Aurduin. A determined group of resistance fighters is gathering in Jeaniaurduin, ready to strike out against the invading Jolao Empire. As the Jolao ready their ultimate weapon, their leader, Rin Jao, is dreaming of a mysterious temple that houses an enigmatic egg.

Thirty-three years after his untimely death in 1983, Terry returns to the land of the living to discover the world has somewhat changed. Why is he back? And who is Deana, the old acquaintance suggesting he must atone … demon, angel, or diva? Humour, romance, suspense, the two most unlikely guardian angels, and a time leap from the 1980s.

Gods entered the game world and immediately began fighting among themselves. Which one will you choose as your patroness? The Goddess of War, the Patroness of Terror, or Death herself? What a stupid question. Of course, you'll choose the one who is the most beautiful! There are plenty of tempting offers out in meatspace too. Only why does each of them reek of a trap from a mile away?

Jake Perlman’s fate changed forever as a child when a dam broke on the way to school, washing his bus over a bridge. Before the Angel of Death could claim him, a Shepherd named Omiel stole Jake from his fate. Now as a Stolen in his adulthood, Jake uses his powers under Omiel’s guidance to assemble his coterie, a group of Stolen with abilities like his. Yael Taube learned in her youth she would become a Companion, the soulmate to a Stolen. After an unfortunate event finds Yael in the presence of her Stolen, Jake, things take motion.

Lorena narra a história de uma jovem que, depois de um acidente de carro, entra em coma. Consciente de sua condição mas sem conseguir despertar, seu espírito enfrenta uma jornada de autoconhecimento ao mesmo tempo em que descobre um novo amor inesperado.

The second book in The Edinburgh Files series.

Sixty thousand souls hurtling through the infinite darkness aboard a billion-year-old lump of rock, leaving behind them a dying world. Before them, a precipice, beyond which lies the end for all humankind. Only one is left who may save them all, and she is lost and forgotten. And the clock is ticking.

What do you do when Nature has decided the time for justice is now, and you’re the one who must pay the price for humanity’s crimes? That’s precisely what Artemisia, the last human alive on Earth, asks when she finds herself before the judge and jury, already found guilty. All that’s left is her sentence. Can Artemisia convince Nature’s denizens that she’s not to blame? Or will she suffer the consequences for the choices made by generations past?

Il primo romanzo di Valerio Di Stefano (1964, filologo, iberista e curatore di edizione elettroniche e audiolibri dei grandi classici della letteratura mondiale) ci trasporta nel mondo illusorio di Don Fiorentino, parroco di uno sconosciuto paese e grande appassionato di libri e sigari toscani, e dei suoi tormenti interiori. Tra manie, tic, ricordi e eterni riti quotidiani, il protagonista riceve i suoi fantasmi prima di presentarsi all'appuntamento più importante della propria vita, in un una girandola di eterni ritorni del passato.

The Harpers, once a heroic family of witches, are broken. The loss of Chris and Holly's daughter was the final straw in a series of heartbreaks, and now they've given up on fighting for the greater good. New secrets help point to the fate of their daughter. Working together again, they struggle to reclaim the life they once had, but ten years away from each other comes with consequences.

This is a story with a spiritual background. Sebastian, a Christian fisherman, sees a Hindu sage repeatedly in his dreams, where the sage seems to be coming to rescue him from the fury of lava flowing from a volcano. He comes to know that the sage indeed lives in a Chennai suburb. Out of...

Julia ist nach einer Fehlgeburt erneut schwanger. Gegen ihre Angst vor einem weiteren Verlust widmet sie sich im Paarurlaub dem kreativen Schreiben. Der Krieger und der Mönch begleiten sie als Urlaubslektüre: Die beiden Archetypen führen einen Dialog durch die metaphorische Nacht. Eine tiefe Heilung über Generationen hinweg beginnt.

Fabian: A Cubist Biography is a surreal venture into what happens when a novelist writes a biography...of someone who never existed. Unbeknownst to Fabian, the disillusioned, would-be filmmaker after whom this enigmatic novel is named, his inventor and biographer—a writer known as Tom Newton—has abandoned conventional authorial practice and conscious decision-making. Fabian, press-ganged into existence, is inspired or doomed to create his own fictive universe peopled with conquistadors, Aztec priests, a charlatan psychoanalyst, immortal alchemists, and more.

StairWell is the second volume of The English Cantos, where the Poet leaves the confines of Hell’s hospital ward and enters Purgatory. Following in the footsteps of Dante Alighieri, the Poet must climb the staircase to the Chapel of St. Luke, at once a real place of solace and sacredness in the midst of the blighted hospital, but also a metaphysical plane, accessible only to those who may pass the trials and tribulations of the purgatorial ascent.

Kathy and her sister, Samantha, have always been a team. Throughout their time as witches, they've taken out more than their share of bad guys. But after Kathy meets Will, who she learns is a demonic Dark Knight, her loyalties begin to change.

As Baneford edges closer to collapse, Evelyn and Adrian uncover the full scope of the forces shaping the town. Visions of past lives surface, revealing their own involvement in an ancient struggle that predates recorded history. What they learn challenges not only their understanding of Baneford, but of identity, responsibility, and choice itself. The discovery of long-hidden ruins and the reemergence of powerful entities force a reckoning with decisions made centuries ago. Business interests, political pressure, and supernatural threats converge, leaving little room for escape.

“When Lazarus rose from the grave, after three days and nights in the mysterious thraldom of death, and returned alive to his home, it was a long time before anyone noticed the evil peculiarities in him that were later to make his very name terrible.” One of Andreyev’s best-known short stories, Lazarus follows the Eastern Orthodox tradition that Lazarus never smiled again, and it explores what happened to the biblical figure after his resurrection from the dead. The unsettling coldness that exudes from the man who cheated death cannot be denied by anyone who meets him.

It turns out that this world is far from simple. The sharp-toothed rabbits around the village were thought to be the greatest enemy at first. But then came the squirrels . . . The humans dealt with them too and things seemed to be going well until—surprise!—the wolves appeared. As enemies grow in number, there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel. Another sapient race!

Coping with mental health challenges, Tony Golden is drawn to the positive spiritual energy of the Southwest. But when he becomes a victim of a murderous crime, he has to act fast. His soul arrives on the soul plane, where he faces a big decision to make regarding his future. Tony travels with his spirit guide to relive moments of his life at the Akashic record—the collection of past, present, and future life events—so he can decide whether he is ready to depart or must seek resolution on earth. Has Tony learned all of life’s lessons, or is he destined to return to his physical body?

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