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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.

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...

As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon. Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Eizo is a middle-aged, overworked software engineer who loves cats. One night after working late, he saves an injured cat from a speeding truck. The cat survives, but Eizo does not... Luckily, that cat turns out to be a god-like being who offers him a second chance in another world! Eizo decides that he wants a slower life, one where he can live off the things he creates with his own hands. So, why not become a blacksmith? He does have one other stipulation: a cat companion for his quiet life.

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...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Some people hide their pain behind silence. William Renner hides his behind a smile. Known as the boy who can make anyone laugh, William has spent years believing that keeping everyone happy is enough. Then he meets Freya Solveig, the quiet transfer...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When despair leaves no path forward, even another world cannot erase the weight of goodbye. Liora and Elias have reached the end of their strength. Crushed by grief, hardship, and a future that seems beyond saving, they make one final decision together...

Christopher Cross has spent years blaming women for his problems. Surrounded by an online community that reinforces his beliefs, he's convinced women enjoy a life of privilege while men do all the hard work. Women have life on easy mode while men are punished for being honest. At least, that's what he believes. When something unusual happens, he expects to prove himself right; it seems like a dream come true.

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. El amor y la magia se unen en esta historia de segundas oportunidades y nuevos comienzos. Colin y Marie comparten una cita a ciegas en la que todo parece ir mal. Él es demasiado serio y ella es demasiado… esotérica. Colin se burla de ella...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. —Como me enfades, puedo invocar a las malvas del jardín para que te estrangulen. —Yo no hago caso a los rumores, Criadora de malvas. Bretaña, Francia Cuando Gael Tremille vuelve a casa de sus padres con el fracaso a cuestas y sin saber...

What if magic is real—and you’ve been quietly training for it your whole life? Eighteen-year-old Liam Russo has always planned to become a doctor, healing one patient at a time. When a mysterious surgeon offers him a place at Dawnspire Academy, a hidden school nestled in the jagged Rocky Mountains of Banff, Liam’s path changes forever. The key is the Infantilis—a groundbreaking ring that sparks magic in ordinary people. At Dawnspire, plainfolk students like Liam train alongside legacy mages. Here they learn to awaken their magical spark through earthly passions and personal purpose.

Jeder Stein, so klein er auch sein mag, zieht Wellen im Wasser. Jede Handlung, so unbedeutend sie auch erscheinen mag, hinterlässt Spuren, die früher oder später zu Konsequenzen führen. Und so endet eine scheinbar gewöhnliche Reise in einem Kampf gegen einen Ghul mit einer Vorliebe für junges Fleisch. Zufall? Vielleicht. Einer von vielen.

Around midnight, under a lonely street lamp in a provincial town in Japan, lies a white woman, a blonde, alone, robbed of all four limbs, yet undead. Indeed, a rumor's been circulating among the local girls that a vampire has come to their backwater, of all places. Koyomi Araragi, who prefers to...