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In the shadowed streets of Portsmouth, Detective Nicholas Cain, a vampire with a haunted past, faces his most dangerous challenge yet. Recently, Cain transformed his partner, Marcus Brown, into a vampire to save his life, and now the two are thrust into a deadly conflict with the ancient vampire council that governs their kind. Facing the council's wrath, Cain and Marcus must navigate a labyrinth of dark secrets, political intrigue, and treacherous trials designed to test their loyalty, strength, and resolve.

Uka Buka is a grippingly raw original story that provides a different strategical outlook on how to deal with our world's industrial boom of wasteful consumption. Investigate with a team of vigilante environmentalists the scarring decisions that are transforming the face of the planet. Witness how good guys can teeter into doing bad things so unapologetically. Dive deep into the philosophy of planetary morals while enjoying the broad arch of quirky human mannerisms and vital natural spirits working together for the sake of Mother Earth.

Mercy's life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the mate of Alpha werewolf Adam Hauptman has made her a stepmother to his daughter Jesse, a relationship that brings moments of blissful normalcy to Mercy's life. But on the edges of humanity, what passes for a minor mishap on an ordinary day can turn into so much more....

Edgar does not cheat in flower shows. He might use a magically enhanced serum, but anyone could do that. It's not his fault the other competitors don’t know magic exists! But when the Ivy House crew goes to the pre-show to support him, it becomes clear that someone should've been watching Edgar much more carefully. What he's done is way worse than overgrown flora.

It's not just boba now. Together with his friends, Arthur is at the frontier of the Demon World, building a brand-new town, one stone at a time. After one particularly stubborn owl won an argument with the system, Arthur blazed a trail with the rest of his friends toward the frontiers of the demon world. All around him is a world untouched by demons. Now, he needs to tame the wilderness into the shape of a town. Luckily, he has help.

Some people's midlife crisis involves chopping off their hair or buying a convertible. Not me. I get to see demons, and even more traumatizing, I'm supposed to get rid of them. A secret society of reapers and witches who've been keeping our planet demon free for generations has taken me under their wing. It's nice to feel like I'm a part of something important, but will they have the time—and patience—to teach me how to wield my power before the biggest and baddest demon escapes his prison?

Jessamyn Teoh is closeted, broke, and moving back to Malaysia, a country she left when she was a toddler. So when Jess starts hearing voices, she chalks it up to stress. But there's only one voice in her head, and it claims to be the ghost of her estranged grandmother, Ah Ma. In life Ah Ma was a spirit medium, the avatar of a mysterious deity called the Black Water Sister. Now she's determined to settle a score against a gang boss who has offended the god - and she's decided Jess is going to help her do it. 

Rimasta orfana, Opal ha lasciato la scuola e ora lavora come commessa part time, sperando di guadagnare abbastanza per garantire al fratello Jasper una vita migliore. Una vita lontano da Eden, nel Kentucky, un luogo celebre solo per due cose: la sua sfortuna e la scrittrice E. Starling, autrice del romanzo Il Sottomondo, misteriosamente scomparsa cent'anni prima lasciando dietro di sé solo chiacchiere e un'antica dimora nascosta tra gli alberi. Tutti concordano su un fatto: meglio ignorare quella casa e il suo bizzarro, misantropo proprietario, Arthur Starling. Quasi tutti, a dire il vero.

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.

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.

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 l'affaire. Les Pr Élodie et Gabriel Tarrant...

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.

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.

Unbound doesn’t mean unbroken. It just means she’s got a lot less to lose. After the trauma (and drama) of Beloved’s Eve, sixteen-year-old witch Affinity Blending would really like a nap—and maybe five minutes to figure out her new gifts without accidentally blowing a hole in the roof. But when a catastrophic run-in with Hell’s nastiest ændemon costs her nearly everything and everyone she loves, she’s left reeling. And okay, yes—it was pretty much her fault.

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.

AN EPIC STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE NOVELLA FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON BEHIND THE COSMERE Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older--a wish she believed was granted. Now, in Edgedancer, the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one...

The streets of New York are hungry tonight...Carlos Delacruz straddles the line between the living and the not-so alive. As an agent for the Council of the Dead, he eliminates New York's ghostlier problems. This time it's a string of gruesome paranormal accidents in Brooklyn's Von King Park that has already taken the lives of several locals - and is bound to take more. The incidents in the park have put Kia on edge. When she first met Carlos, he was the weird guy who came to Baba Eddie's botánica, where she worked.

Something with a weird sense of humor is stranding mythical creatures in Tiffany's courtyard. Renowned psychiatrist, klutz, and Arkansas hillbilly with her feet firmly rooted in reality, she isn't quite ready for a one hundred twenty pound fairy godmother sporting dragonfly wings, nor a unicorn to come waltzing into her life. Especially when the unicorn starts talking and farting rainbows and her new fairy godmother insists she's been sent because happily-single Tiffany made a wish to find her one true love.