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Brought to you by Penguin. One mission. One curse. No escape. Zaira doesn’t want a hero. She needs a weapon. To save her sister from a soul-devouring curse, she has to cross The Shallows?a nightmare landscape of ruined magic, shifting paths, and vicious creatures that eat people alive. Her...

Bastion Boldridge has spent his life filing receipts, avoiding excitement, and fainting at the mere suggestion of adventure. So when a clerical error appoints him Knight of Unfiled Forms, guardian of lost paperwork and defender of proper stamping, the kingdom’s bureaucracy begins to unravel in spectacular fashion. Thrust into palace corridors where drawers sulk, forms run away, and shelves have opinions, Bastion must navigate a world where paperwork isn’t just powerful—it’s alive.

Eliot Podmore will sich auf Malford Manor in aller Ruhe der Durchsicht alter Briefe widmen, die ein Forscher vor über hundert Jahren hinterlassen hat. Das bringt ihn in Kontakt mit magischen Riten und haarsträubenden Aufzeichnungen. Womit er nicht rechnet, ist ein Mord.

After 17 isekai tours, Kaito D. Smith takes the most dangerous job yet: HR for gods. At DIP, a planet-sized office at the center of everything, his days are a blur of cosmic request forms, compliance rituals, and simulation chambers where "orientation" involves dodging meteorites in business casual.

As Adam copes with fresh trauma, he must investigate how banshees are getting into our world, and who is trying to erase history from the books … Adam, Vic, and their friends are attending a concert, enjoying a rare moment of peace, when a man suddenly rushes the stage and screams, killing the...

Sono passati sei anni di calma, ma una guerra incombente spinge la mano di spada in una nuova e avventurosa missione. Deve occuparsi dei suoi problemi. A modo suo. E proprio allora la banda di Karek le si mette di traverso. A lei non importa chi si proclami re al di sopra della sua testa. Alla fine ci sarà un solo vincitore. Logico.

For months, Arcangelo has evaded capture in World of Chains. He's outwitted his real-life adversaries at every turn, made them look like fumbling amateurs, and built a foundation to protect himself and his found family. But the web is tightening. From every direction, hunters are closing in. For now, it's only whispers. Shadows at the edge of the Dawnlight Forest. Yet even as Arcangelo forges alliances and strengthens his defenses, the threat never sleeps.

Supernatural comedy capturing the feel of, and nostalgia for, the 1990s, while looking forward to a world where everyone can share a laugh and even the dead are enjoying life... Springtime, 1994. Grunge. The Kremlin Accords. Cool Britannia is on the way! For Gary Stone, Rookstone Castle is just another lucrative restoration project, and a welcome one, until its owner shows him a sixty-year-old photograph of his own brand-new van. Unsettled, he gets to work, but is soon terrorised at 02: 17 each morning by an ancient spirit with an urgent message.

Eben war das Leben von Torstens Frau „Sahne" noch völlig in Ordnung. Jetzt spielt ihre komplette Welt verrückt: Fledermäuse, die durch die Wohnung sausen, ein Radio, das ganz von selbst auf dem Kühlschrank anspringt, ein Eichhörnchen, das Lebensmittellisten klaut sowie unerklärlich schnell wachsende Fettpolster auf den Hüften. Da kann doch was nicht mit rechten Dingen zugehen. Ob die merkwürdigen Vorgänge etwas mit dieser unheimlichen Speckröllchen-Frau zu tun haben, die eines Tages wie aus heiterem Himmel vor ihrer Tür steht?

Orrin and Daniel need some serious power to get home, the kind usually found in dungeons. But someone has been clearing the hidden places of power ahead of them for reasons unknown. And unless Orrin and Daniel can beat the baddie to the punch—or rather, the stab, slash, and hack—they aren't going anywhere.

A lonely librarian finds love, friends, and a few ghosts between the shelves in this cozy, paranormal tale from beloved bestselling author Auralee Wallace. It’s a dark and stormy night…and Amelia Bates is caught in the rain. Life hasn’t always been kind to her, and being a ghostseer...

Is there truth to the rumors about the huge man-apes of the Nepalese Himalayas—and are the fabled yetis truly as gentle and enlightened as the local monks claim? Can the creature that pretty Cousin Olivia and her friends glimpsed in Sherwood Forest actually be a unicorn, as described in biblical texts and the work of Galileo? Can the Germanic myth of kobolds—house spirits—and especially the Klaubautermann, which lives onboard ships, hold any truth? Is it really dangerous for one of them to be seen by its ship’s crew? And what really causes earthquakes in remote Iceland?

The time has come to pay Sawyer back for all of his support and hard work. For taking a chance on Sean when no one else would. For getting Sean the needed supplies for the war back when no one else was able to. Sawyer has always been in Sean's court and has gone above and beyond more than once. And let's not even mention the help he's provided to Mihalis and Troy!

Preparations are underway for the society wedding of the year and Perrin gets the unenviable task of checking the kitchens for illegal magic. In the midst of the frantic preparations, Frida, his most experienced magic sniffer, gets upset. If a magic sniffer is upset, there is magic.

Paug Blumpkin is smart for an Orc (rather like saying he's smart for a box of hair). He's bored of training with the rest of the Horde for a war that will never come, and he's definitely tired of polishing his helmet. So he decides to set off in search of adventure, bringing along his cheerfully idiotic brother Milph, who has a regular habit of forgetting his pants.

Um die Zukunft zu retten, muss Alex die Geheimnisse der Vergangenheit lüften. Nach einem schrecklichen Kampf hat Alex Roth mehr Fragen als Antworten. Während der Ravener immer aggressiver wird, müssen Alex und seine Begleiter unter großen Schwierigkeiten die Wahrheit über Thamelands Zyklus herausfinden. Dank eines alten Feindes haben sie jedoch eine Spur, der sie folgen können, die sie aber in die Tiefen der dunkelsten Höllen führen wird. Um sich vorzubereiten, muss Alex den anderen Helden von Thameland gegenüber enthüllen, wer er wirklich ist, und die Konsequenzen tragen.

Chelby Duncan wusste nie, wer ihre Eltern waren oder warum sie sie weggegeben haben. Sie ist gut darin, zu erkennen, welche Menschen zusammengehören, aber ihr Erfolg als Kupplerin ist nicht gerade etwas, woraus man eine Karriere machen kann. Chelbys Pflegevater ist ein General im Ruhestand, der für den Senat kandidiert, und so ist der Eintritt in die Army der natürliche Weg für sie, als sie achtzehn wird. In der Aufnahmestation des Militärs wird sie einem Bluttest unterzogen und stellt fest, dass sie kein Mensch ist.

Sandman Slim returns in a stunning, high-octane thriller filled with the intense kick-ass action and inventive fantasy that are the hallmarks of New York Times best-selling author Richard Kadrey. The request from Thomas Abbot, the Augur of the Sub Rosa council, couldn't come at a better time for James Stark, aka Sandman Slim. For a man who's most recently met Death - and death's killer - a few months of normal life is more than he can handle. He needs a little action, and now Abbott wants Stark and Candy to investigate the disappearance of a young boy.

Being a half-human, half-angel nephilim with a bad rep and a worse attitude - not to mention temporarily playing Lucifer - James Stark aka Sandman Slim has made a few enemies. None, though, are as fearsome as the vindictive Angra Om Ya - the old gods. But their imminent invasion is only one of Stark's problems right now. LA is descending into chaos, and a new evil - the Wildfire Ripper - is stalking the city. No ordinary killer, The Ripper takes Stark deep into a conspiracy that stretches from Earth to Heaven and Hell.

There is another 1985, somewhere in the could-have-been, where the Crimean war still rages, dodos are regenerated in home-cloning kits and everyone is deeply disappointed by the ending of 'Jane Eyre'. In this world there are no jet-liners or computers, but there are policemen who can travel...