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High school senior Silas Bruer is at his last licks of patience with his terrible and painfully underwhelming life. He is pummeled at school, his girlfriend dumps him, and his p--s-poor excuse of a father sends him out on an errand late at night that gets him a stalker on his tail. To make matters worse, the stalker has a vendetta against him, one that leaves Silas mutilated in an alleyway by a dumpster and a half-eaten pizza from Antonio's Pizza Parlor. Death by a mysterious skull-faced titan was inevitable but only temporary. When he wakes up again, he is isekai'd to a fantasy world.

A tale of dark secrets, deep love, and dangerous magic! Since childhood, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the random power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who refuse to stay dead. But now her father, the Charter-Mage Abhorsen, is missing, and to find him...

As the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home 17-year-old Fable has ever known. It s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. The next day, her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little food. To survive, she must keep to herself, learn to trust no one and rely on the unique skills her mother taught her. The only thing that keeps her going is the goal of getting off the island, finding her father and demanding her rightful place beside him and his crew.

In the highly anticipated finale to the New York Times best-selling trilogy, dictators, prophets, and tensions rise. In a world that’s conquered death, will humanity finally be torn asunder by the immortal beings it created? Citra and Rowan have disappeared. Endura is gone. It seems like nothing stands between Scythe Goddard and absolute dominion over the world scythedom. With the silence of the Thunderhead and the reverberations of the Great Resonance still shaking the earth to its core, the question remains: Is there anyone left who can stop him?

For two years, Nathan has been a failure. Cursed with an abysmal energy absorption rate, he's the weakest disciple in the Verdant Spire Sect and faces certain expulsion. His dream of returning to Earth to save his ailing mother is about to die. He's a talentless cultivator at the bottom of the food chain, with one day left to change his fate.

Wenn ich meine Ausbildung zur Walküre überleben will, muss ich mir meine Flügel verdienen. Wenn ich Kain überleben will, muss ich eine Entscheidung treffen, die unsere Welt in Schutt und Asche legen könnte. Ich bin kaputt. Meine Fae-Magie funktioniert nicht, und niemand weiß, dass ich existiere. Meine Schwester hingegen ist auf dem Weg zu großem Ruhm. Sie wurde ausgewählt, in den mythischen Federklingenhallen zur Walküre ausgebildet zu werden. Ich bin dazu verdammt, allein in meinem Turm zu sterben. Doch als die Walküren kommen, um meine Schwester abzuholen, nehmen sie mich mit.

There are Seekers of tigers, lions, monkeys–all the creatures under the sun. But a Seeker of the Dragon? Such hasn’t been seen for centuries. Until Jaden of Lessertown. Jaden dreamt of his Legendary Beast on the morning his life changed forever. Enlisted to become an Imperial Seeker and serve the cruel Emperor, he is thrown into an initiation ceremony that is brutal beyond comprehension. But it doesn’t last for long, because there are others who wish to train Seekers, rebels from within the mysterious Hidden City.

Everson is brilliant, ingenious, and yet, he feels broken. Cursed with a disability, he dreams of nothing more than being useful. Quinn is bold, defiant, and will do anything to protect her brother. When Everson is sent to an academy of magic and engineering, Quinn joins a military school to remain near her brother. However, things within the fabled institutions are not what they seem. Beneath a mantra of good intentions and the objective of a better future, spies and conspiracies lurk.

A young woman with a dangerous power she barely understands. A smuggler with secrets of his own. A country torn between a merciless colonial army, a terrifying tyrant, and a feared rebel leader. The first book in a new trilogy from the acclaimed Heidi Heilig blends traditional storytelling with...

Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter—but did you know he really lived? And his secrets aren't safe! Discover the truth in book six of Michael Scott’s New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. The Location: The home of the Elders. The...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Young Elites by Marie Lu, read by Carla Corvo and Lannon Killea. I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation...

Leonardo und seine treue Sciotilus waren zur richtigen Zeit an der richtigen Stelle. Doch die Rettung ist nur der Anfang eines neuen Abenteuers für Tib, Amon und Saphira. Gemeinsam begeben sie sich auf die Suche nach dem sagenumwobenen Nocturnerz, einem magischen Metall mit ungeahnter Macht. Ihre Reise führt sie tief in das Reich des gewaltigen Lavawurms.

Alex domine le marché des flèches à New York et se prépare à lier son âme à celle de son meilleur ami corgi. Louie apprend des sorts et savoure le plaisir ultime de la vie : le bacon. Rory fabrique des objets à sa guise, économisant pour racheter sa maison ancestrale. Ils laissent tout tomber pour venir en aide à leur ami Leo, pris en otage. Leur ennemi juré l'utilise comme moyen de pression pour récupérer un livre aussi puissant que mystérieux.

Die Suche nach ihrem leiblichen Vater führt Christie in die zwielichtigsten Viertel von Shousa, der Stadt der Drachen-Triade. Ausgerechnet ihre verhassten Drachenschuppen erwecken die Aufmerksamkeit zweier niederträchtiger Jäger, die Drachenwandler wie Ware verkaufen und Christie auf offener Straße entführen. In Gefangenschaft wird Christie vor eine schwere Entscheidung gestellt. Soll sie das Risiko eingehen, ihre geheime Identität zu verraten, in der Hoffnung dadurch Hilfe zu erlangen?

Kenna ist dem Obsidianpalast nur knapp entkommen – doch dafür opferte Drystan seine Freiheit. Alles in ihr schreit danach, ihn aus den Fängen des Südkönigs zu befreien. Aber bevor sie sich Merikh erneut stellen kann, muss sie den Fluch brechen, der sie an ihn bindet. Ihre Suche nach einem Ausweg führt sie und ihre Freunde in den glänzenden Marmorpalast der Nordfae, wo sie schon bald lernt, dass Worte ebenso gefährlich sind wie ihre Klingen – und dass ihr Vertrauen in die falsche Person alles zerstören kann, was sie zu schützen versucht.

Tib, Amon und Saphira sind in den finsteren Kerkern der Morlocks in der unterirdischen Stadt Gremgall gefangen. Während sie ihre Flucht planen, treffen sie auf einen alten Feind: Frederic, den verdorbenen Meister. Eingesperrt in einer Zelle neben ihnen, beginnt der Magier, die düstere Wahrheit hinter seinem Verrat zu enthüllen.

Nate didn't want to die. But after years of battling a sickness that had left him a mere shell of what he once was, he wasn't exactly clinging to life either. Then everything changed. His final breath was just a new beginning, one that led to him waking up in a world almost identical to his own. He has the same parents, the same name, and even the same face in the mirror. But this Earth is different. Stranger. Better in some ways, and so much more dangerous in others.

Getting kidnapped by the System and dumped into a fantasy world wasn't on Elias Critchley's to-do list. Still, he's managed to stay alive, level up, and keep most of his insides on the inside. Now the System's sent him and his party to a crumbling estate with a haunted past, a grieving lord, and a boy only Elias can see—one who isn't quite alive, but may not be dead either. The task? Fix it all. Quietly. Preferably without being eaten by anything with too many teeth.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Superman: Dawnbreaker written by Matt de la Pena and read by Andrew Eiden. The blockbuster DC Icons series that began with Leigh Bardugo's Wonder Woman, Marie Lu's Batman, and Sarah J. Maas's Catwoman continues with the story of the world's first super...

Immer wieder verschwinden Menschen aus Dust City. Niemand weiß, was mit ihnen passiert und wer der nächste sein wird. Als Fynns Bruder verschwindet, hat Fynn nur noch ein Ziel: ihn zu befreien. Erst als er das Sklavenmädchen Ania kennenlernt, merkt er, dass er dabei einen schrecklichen Fehler gemacht hat.