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A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible. In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth - from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds - collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground. The buildings and all the people inside have all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot.

The ninth floor. Nine armies, each led by rich and powerful aliens from across the galaxy. Each team has one objective: to capture and hold the castle at the very center of the battlefield. Strategy, alliances, pitched battles, and, of course, betrayal ... It all makes for great fun and even greater television. After all, none of these powerful aliens really die when they’re playing war. Except this time. This time, winner takes all. Those who fall, stay in the ground.

The top 10 list is populated. The sponsorship program is open. The difficulty is ramping up. The first three floors were nothing compared to what Carl and Donut now face. The Iron Tangle. An impossibly complicated subway system built out of the world's subterranean railway systems, all combined and then tied together into a knot. Up is down.

The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. But in a grinder designed to chew up and spit out crawlers by the millions, Carl and Princess Donut need to work harder than ever just to survive. They call it the Over City. A sprawling, once-thriving metropolis devastated by a mysterious calamity. But these streets are far from abandoned. An undead circus trawls the ruins. Murdered prostitutes rain from the sky. An ancient spell is finally ready to reveal its dark purpose.

"No killing Goblins." So reads the sign outside of The Wandering Inn, a small building run by a young woman named Erin Solstice. She serves pasta with sausage, blue fruit juice, and dead acid flies on request. And she comes from another world. Ours. It's a bad day when Erin finds herself transported to a fantastical world and nearly gets eaten by a Dragon. She doesn't belong in a place where monster attacks are a fact of life, and where Humans are one species among many. But she must adapt to her new life. Or die.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A REAL SIMPLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From the author of Norwegian Wood and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World comes a love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable...

With the same deadpan mania and genius for dislocation that he brought to his internationally acclaimed novels A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami makes this collection of stories a determined assault on the normal. A man sees his favorite...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the acclaimed author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and one of the world’s greatest storytellers comes “an insistently metaphysical mind-bender” (The New Yorker) about a teenager on the run and a deceptively simple old man. Now with a new introduction by the...

Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit. One slip could bring doom not only for Feyre, but for everything-and everyone-she holds dear.

A "dreamlike and compelling” tour de force (Chicago Tribune)—an astonishingly imaginative detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets from Japan’s forgotten campaign in Manchuria during World War II. Now with a new introduction by the...

Finalist for the 2023 AUDIE AWARDS for Audio Drama and Fantasy A brand-new full-cast audio production of Good Omens, the internationally beloved novel and collaboration by bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Starring Michael Sheen as Aziraphale, David Tennant as Crowley and...

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, was an Irish writer known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. His book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, comprises two parts, the first being the "Kwaidan Proper" and the second, "Insect-Studies", which consists of an essay each on ants, butterflies and mosquitos. According to the author, most of the folk tales and ghost stories in the first part were translated from old Japanese texts. The themes encompass resurrection, sacrifice, magic, and the realm of dreams.

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the most revered voices in literature today gives us a story of love, friend­ship, and heartbreak for the ages. “Mesmerizing, immersive, hallucinogenic.”—Entertainment Weekly Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is the...

Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and not long after entering Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens. But Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 1Q84 and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle comes a relentlessly inventive novel that dives deep into the very nature of consciousness. “Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka.”—The...

It’s not easy making the career jump from office-supplies-store middle manager to heroic interdimensional adventurer. At least, Jason tries to be heroic, but it's hard to be good when all your powers are evil. He’ll face off against cannibals, cultists, wizards, monsters...and that’s just on the first day. He’s going to need courage, he’s going to need wit, and he’s going to need some magic powers of his own. But first, he’s going to need pants.

I never believed in the whole “light at the end of the tunnel” folly where people, after having a near-death experience, would startle awake in a cold sweat exclaiming, “I saw the light!” But there I was, in this so-called “tunnel” facing a glaring light, when the last thing I remembered was sleeping in my room - the royal bed-chamber, as others called it. Had I died? If so, how? King Grey once benefited from unrivaled strength, wealth, and prestige in a world governed by martial ability but now finds himself reborn in a society dominated by magic.

This is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.

Diese fesselnde Biografie blickt hinter die wohlgehütete Maske des dunklen Magiers, der zum meistgefürchteten Zauberer aller Zeiten werden wollte. Sie enthüllt mit scharfem Blick fürs Detail, wie aus einem vernachlässigten Waisenkind »Der-dessen-Name-nicht-genannt-werden-darf« wurde – und lädt dazu ein, die Menschlichkeit in einem Mann zu entdecken, der alles daransetzte, sie zu vernichten.

Es ist Ferienzeit in London und Abigail, Peter Grants lästige Cousine, kann mehr oder weniger tun und lassen, was sie will. In der Gegend von Hampstead Heath verschwinden immer wieder Teenager. Nach kurzer Zeit tauchen sie wieder auf, unverletzt, aber ohne eine Erinnerung, wo sie waren. Wer hat sie fortgelockt – und warum? Unterstützt von einer Bande sprechender (und ziemlich eingebildeter) Füchse stürzt sich Abigail ins magische Abenteuer.

Als Grace die Büchse der Pandora geöffnet hat, war sie überzeugt, etwas Gutes zu tun. Da bietet Zeus eine einmalige Gelegenheit: Wenn sie Prometheus einen magischen Gegenstand stiehlt, bekommt sie die verloren geglaubte Büchse wieder. Trotz ihrer gegenseitigen Abneigung kommen Prometheus und Grace sich näher. Je greifbarer Graces Ziel ist, desto schwerer lasten die Schuldgefühle. Was anfänglich nur eine Taktik war, wird schnell zu einem wahrhaften Gefühlschaos. Schon bald muss sie sich entscheiden: Liebe oder Verrat.

Aurelie Chantelune ist eine Kämpferin. Seit ihrer Geburt ist sie dazu bestimmt, die Dämonen zu bekämpfen, die ihre Familie zerstört haben und nun das Königreich unterdrücken. Ein uraltes Vermächtnis könnte jedoch das Blatt wenden und führt sie zu dem mächtigen – und sehr attraktiven – Engel Yuriel. Ein Band, das stärker ist als alles, was Aurelie je gekannt hat, verbindet die beiden. Doch als sich plötzlich ihre engsten Vertrauten in jene Monster verwandeln, die sie zerstören soll, ist Aurelie zu einer verzweifelten Entscheidung gezwungen.

Velvets Herz wurde gebrochen. Erneut. Doch diesmal bebt die ganze Welt. Während die Grenzen zu Ataxía zerfallen und eine Macht erwacht, die selbst das Pantheon nervös macht, entstehen unerwartete Bündnisse: Göttersöhne treffen auf die Mafia, Hexen auf Dämonenreiter – und auch die Familien von Velvet und Kashmere werden hineingezogen. Velvet weiß, dass sie diesen Kampf nicht allein gewinnen kann. Und sie weiß auch, wer der Einzige ist, der an ihrer Seite bestehen könnte: Kashmere. Der Mann, der ihr Herz hielt. Der es zerstört hat. Der ihr näher ist, als sie erträgt.

The name is Drood, Eddie Drood - and yes, I'm now the last. Recently, my family was wiped out, but I will get them back. Eddie recently suffered a slight case of death, but thanks for Molly, his best girl (who also happens to be a powerful witch), he managed to get over that right quick...

Un petit village gallois se met soudain à bouillonner de magie, phénomène qui inquiète autant qu'il enthousiasme les universitaires d'Oxford. Ni une ni deux, on fait appel au Pr Tarrant, spécialiste des catastrophes thaumaturgiques, pour étudier...

Stories aus dem »Flüsse von London«-Kosmos: Freuen Sie sich auf originelle, witzige, unheimliche Geschichten über Peter, Nightingale, Abigail, Agent Reynolds und Tobias Winter.

Le premier roman de Nathalie Marquay-Pernaut Angèle, influenceuse issue d’une famille célèbre, voit sa vie basculer lorsqu’elle perd ses parents dans un supposé accident de voiture au retour d’un gala de charité. Rapidement, des zones d’ombre émergent et une enquête remet en cause...

»Magical Wedding Planner Inc.« steht auf der Visitenkarte von Cariya Milennia. Ihre Familie liebt Tüll, Torten und Trauung. Für Cariya ist der Job ein notwendiges Übel. Bis ihre wichtigste Feier samt ihrem guten Namen spektakulär in Flammen aufgeht und Cariya dringend Geld braucht. Zu allem bereit, lässt sie sich auf einen dubiosen Auftrag ein, der sie zu Gildenführer Nathan führt. Der berüchtigte Bad Guy ist leider ebenso attraktiv wie schwer zu fassen, und Cariya beschließt – rein strategisch –, ihn zu verführen.

This collection of short stories is a love letter to all of my wonderful fans. You asked for more stories outside of the regular Doc and Andrew narratives, and this is it!

Tara has returned to Thomas, but she is no longer the person he remembers. She has now spent twelve years in the eighteenth of November, while Thomas has endlessly repeated his identical day. He struggles to reconcile Tara as she is now with the Tara he loves. And so she rejoins her friends, with whom she finds companionship and understanding. They set off for Val Benoît, where other time-stranded people have created a community built on curiosity, conversation and even optimism.

When Hobart Detective Douglas Sawyer chases someone along Constitution Dock, the last thing he expects to see is the guy change shape and disappear into the freezing cold water. He also doesn’t expect a government suit to intervene on the case and offer him a job in a remote town in the wilds of the Southwest Coast to report on things that may or may not be weird. As the leader of his consortium, Ciaran Brenner takes protecting his town of Tenebrae Cove, and his family, very seriously.

Varg hätte es nicht für möglich gehalten, sich noch mehr zu verändern. Der Einfluss, den seine Umgebung bisher auf ihn gehabt hat, grenzt bereits an ein Wunder. Doch in einer Welt, in der das System regiert, sind Wunder keine Seltenheit. Selbst ein Soziopath kann sich nach und nach ändern. Zugegeben, um das zu erreichen, muss er mehrmals den Tod auf sich nehmen … oder etwa doch nicht? Es ist schwierig, etwas zu erklären, das man selbst nicht versteht.

A Mahingan Falls, i coniugi Spencer credono di aver trovato il luogo perfetto per ricominciare. La quiete sembra spezzarsi una notte, quando Olivia, mentre il resto della famiglia dorme, sente un rumore provenire dal corridoio: forse un pianto lontano, o un gemito soffocato. Quando si alza per controllare non trova nessuno, eppure si sente osservata, come se nel buio della casa ci fosse qualcun altro.

In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She has no love for the vicious king who rules from his throne of glass, but she has not come to kill him. She has come to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three murderers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she will be released from prison to serve as the King’s Champion.

A teenage mage of humble birth and slightly above-average skill, Zorian is attending his third year of education at Cyoria's magical academy. A driven and quiet young man, he is consumed by a desire to ensure his own future and free himself of the influence of his family, resenting the Kazinskis for favoring his brothers over him. Consequently, Zorian has no time for pointless distractions, much less other people's problems.

The struggle for the security of London’s hidden underbelly didn’t end at Golden Square. In this high-stakes continuation of the LineFolk of London saga, Hannah Chadwick finds that being an apprentice to the legendary Wayworthy legacy is less about ancient books and more about surviving the "Edge". While Axton Flynn struggles to master the centuries of inherited memories now locked in his mind, the sanctuary of the clynic is under threat.

It’s 1958. A time of Rock and Roll, of protest, riot and change… and London is full of danger. Dennis Knuckleyard is finally growing up, and above all he wants to leave the Great When in the past. For nine years, he’s avoided so much as thinking about the magical shadow version of London, managing even to palm off what should’ve been his last souvenir of that experience – an iron key he secretly brought back.

This is the story of Stan, a brilliant young graduate student, his girlfriend, and his AI companion united by a daring mission: to change the world, one act of Virtual Justice at a time. At the heart of their work is Stan’s groundbreaking invention: a neural patch. Placed at the base of the neck, it allows thoughts to flow in and out of the brain and true telecommunication between minds. Stan and his team intend to use this device in a radical way: to confront killers with the memories of their victims.

Bonded by Friendship and Fate is a Simi-cozy, contemporary, paranormal fantasy novel with a helping of spice. When a man from her past seeks refuge, Kate's quiet supernatural life is thrown into chaos. Protecting him means defying a powerful vampire, testing her newfound strength, and rallying the House she’s begun to call home. As romance blooms between her best friend and a wolf shifter, Kate must decide what kind of leader—and what kind of legacy—she’s ready to create.

Mind your secrets... Samantha and Steven’s wedding day has finally arrived! As the bride and groom and their wedding party prepare for the big day, Talia, the officiant of the wedding who is a witch herself, collapses and is taken to the hospital.