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Inside the Dragon's Tower, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. To win, climbers from all corners must brave the harrowing floors one by one. Each floor is tougher and the higher the floor, the less success there is. After a hundred floors filled with unique challenges, a prize awaits—a dragon's egg. To Tem, the Dragon's Tower seems simple from his distant farmland on the frontier. The harsh truth of the situation involves politics, personal sacrifices, and unfathomable struggles to keep advancing.

For all his twenty-one years, Zephyr has been a cultivator of the Carefree Path and a martial artist. He always assumed he would take the vows and become a monk, but his plans are thrown to the wind when he receives a letter from the Grand Sage to attend the Schools of Elemental Magic. Gifted with the system known as the Codex of Ascension, Zephyr intends to master the various elements in record-breaking time. Alongside two other students who bear mysteriously similar origins, his school year promises to be more than he could have ever imagined.

Nachdem er Katrine gerettet, sich in einen manalosen Zustand versiegelt und gegen die gefährlichste Bestienflut verteidigt hat, die die Welt je gesehen hat, hat John nur eines im Sinn. Zu heiraten und in die Flitterwochen zu gehen. Ach ja, und einen Weg zu finden, die Welt zusammenzuhalten.

The New Mythic: the new voice of 21st century speculative fiction. An all-new anthology of chilling horror, apocalyptic science fiction and awe-inspiring fantasy, by an award winning ensemble of international writers.

Willkommen in Stallen, der elitären Magierschule! Ich bin Ashkana (16 Jahre alt) und bis vor kurzem wusste ich noch nichts von ihrer Existenz. Hier treffen Magier, Werwölfe und Vampire aufeinander. Und was ist mit den Menschen? Die wissen nichts. Kaum bin ich dort angekommen, werde ich angegriffen! Nachdem ich mich von all dem erholt habe, beginne ich sofort damit, meine Kräfte zu trainieren, meinen Vertrauten zu erziehen, die Akademie zu erkunden und mich gegen die grundlosen Angriffe meiner Mitschüler und Lehrer zu wehren.

The last thing I remember was being cryogenically frozen, but now I was in a strange room, surrounded by advanced technology I had never seen before. My confusion only grew as I explored this new world–a future that was nothing like I ever could have imagined. It didn't take long for me to learn that humanity was extinct and that I was now in the hands of a stunning AI, a siren with camouflaging powers, and a monster girl who happens to be a great engineer–beings that are as fascinating as they are strange.

Nichts ist so, wie es scheint...Nach dem Hackerangriff, bei dem Kai und sein gesamtes Team fast ums Leben gekommen wären, ist jeder bei Helltek nervös. Schlimmer noch, alle Beweise deuten darauf hin, dass der Saboteur ein Mitarbeiter des Unternehmens ist. Kai fürchtet nicht nur um seine Sicherheit sondern auch um die seiner Freunde. Der Verdacht, dass jemand, der ihm nahe steht, dafür verantwortlich sein könnte, ist beunruhigend. Und das ist nur eines von Kais Problemen.

Mit eingezogenem Kopf windet sich Tim durchs Leben. Selbstzweifel nagen an ihm und Snacks sind die Endgegner seiner persönlichen Kettenquest. Dann jedoch erhält er eine Gabe, die alles verändert. Nach der Fehlfunktion von Lenas VR-Pod erscheint ihm sein eigener Charakterbogen. Die pinke Drohne Starlet weicht ihm nicht mehr von der Seite und eine fremde Entität kommuniziert mit ihm. Tim beschließt, lange genug ein Feigling gewesen zu sein. Er will Lena nicht nur retten, sondern auch rächen.

Die Reisenden erreichen ihr Ziel. Der Kreis schließt sich. Und die Welt endet. Heute // Hier. Professor Chomskys Probleme nehmen neue Dimensionen an, als die Welt auf ihr Ende zutaumelt. Sarah Barrett hat einen ungewöhnlichen, nächtlichen Besucher. Morrow erfährt endlich, wer sie ist und was alles zu bedeuten hat, und sie muss eine schwierige Entscheidung treffen. Doch dazu muss sie zunächst lernen, Wahrheit von Lüge zu unterscheiden, und Freund von Feind. Heute // Dort. Ein zynischer Fremder taucht vor den Toren von Morgans Burg auf und fordert den König zu einem Duell auf Leben und Tod heraus.

Included in this collection are books 6-9 of the Unstoppable Liv Beaufont paranormal fantasy series. Book 6, The Stubborn Advocate: While trying to take down evil beasts, Liv also tries to uncover why mortals cant see magic. Her journey takes her to the last place she wants to go: where her...

After 130+ years as a vampire, Mercy returns to her hometown of Exeter where she joins Prince Ladinas and his team of underground vampires to stop a host of ancient vampires who've returned from vampire hell.

My career as a realtor bored me, except for when I got to test my handyman skills. So, when I finally saved enough, I purchased the most rundown manor I could find. The problem? A few guests rest within its walls. Repairing the mansion is the challenge I craved, but a string of vandalisms keeps us on edge. Someone, or something, doesn’t want us living here. It turns out Sunnyside won’t be as peaceful as I expected.

Ian Dex is a genetically engineered man who has abilities from all classes in the supernatural spectrum. He's also the chief of the Las Vegas Paranormal Police Department (PPD). His job is to monitor all supers and their involvement in the world of normals. A group of ubernaturals has recently descended on the city, forcing Ian and his crew have to put everything on the line to control the ensuing chaos. While the crew of the Las Vegas PPD aren't exactly strangers when it comes to dealing with death, destruction, and mayhem, fighting these new powerful beasts is admittedly taking its toll.

Meet Piper Shaw. She's one of the Netherworld Paranormal Police Department's toughest. She's also an immortal, and she's got one hell of a chip on her shoulder. Meet Reaper Payne. He's an actual reaper. Yes, one of those guys who ferries the dead. Unfortunately, he broke a rule of his order, and it was a doozy. His punishment is to dwell alongside the living for one hundred years.

Billy the Barbarian is an Isekai adventure story about a normal man from our Earth whose destiny changes when he gets snatched up by the gods of a magical world. He then wakes up to find himself in a strange, cruel land known as Thune to the locals. It turns out the gods of Thune have pretty big plans for Billy, and before he knows it he's swept up into an adventure the likes of which you've never seen before.

Crazy wizards, toothless vampires, business-savvy orcs, caring zombies, and a halfling mafia make up only a small cast of oddities that define the land of Ononokin! There's an Upperworld, an Underworld, an Afterlife, Twelve Gods and the Fates who created them, and there are even hints of a Middleworld (though this is yet to be verified).

She summoned him to a desperate world. Pulled from a mundane life by a beautiful stranger, Michael is offered what he’s always wanted: something to believe in, to care about, to fight for. But he’s no warrior. The people of Vendira have been oppressed by dark magic for centuries, any spark of resistance long since extinguished. They need a symbol of hope to push back against the malevolent forces that rule the world. Could he be what this world so desperately needs?

Sage thought working in a magical library was already the stuff of fairytales. When a gargoyle named Freddy is your coworker, you know your job is anything but ordinary. But even Sage couldn't have predicted the chaos that ensues when The Charming Four come knocking. With their leader, Prince Finn, cursed and Sage in need of a place to stay, she can't help but get involved in his quest for a cure.

"¿Dónde está mi cabeza?" es un breve cuento fantástico de Benito Pérez Galdós en el que con fina ironía y humor, nos presenta la historia de un académico que despierta sin cabeza... y debe enfrentarse a tan sorprendente situación. Si alguna vez pensó que Benito Pérez Galdós era un autor muy serio y antiguo, sus cuentos le sorprenderán.

LOCUS AWARD FINALIST A thrilling collection of thirteen short stories that span the worlds of the New York Times bestselling author of the Scholomance trilogy, including a sneak peek at the land where her next novel will be set. From the dragon-filled Temeraire series and the gothic magical...