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After recovering from the effects of a Core shard taking over her mind, Sandra had developed a way to bond with nearby Dungeon Cores, “pacifying” them in the process. Consistent culling of the Monsters within their dungeons would still be required, but no longer would the surrounding areas be dangerous with wandering Monsters sent out by those Cores. Accomplishing all of that will inevitably lead to a greater responsibility that Sandra wouldn’t be able to handle on her own. Fortunately, the surrounding races are more than willing to step up.

All that Tacca GloomLily ever wanted to be since she was very little was a fairy assistant to a Dungeon Core. After her negatively portentous birth, however, she was never fully accepted by her superstitious peers and instructors at the Dungeon Assistant Preparatory School. Nevertheless, she persisted in her studies and graduated at the top of her class. Unfortunately for her, the “hands-on” training she was supposed to receive from a mentor and his bonded Dungeon Core didn’t go the way she would’ve hoped.

"A dynamic and heart-pounding thriller . . . Up In Smoke has the highest of stakes and a tender love story at its core. Nick Brooks is a force." —Jessica Goodman, NYT-bestselling author of The Meadowbrook Murders and The Legacies A girl determined to clear her brother's name. A boy determined...

Fresh off her victory in the Verdant Forest, the Greater Temporal Fox-turned-Dungeon Core discovers that the next stop in her journey to free her family (and save the world) is the Charwell Desert, located south of the Kingdom. This barren region is a far cry from the lush forest she had just left, as there is nothing living amongst the endless sand dunes that sweep across the landscape.

Throughout the Kingdom, Defenders constantly fight against incursions of dungeon monsters rampaging over the border the Kingdom shares with the Wildlands. To keep the danger to their citizens low, they periodically sweep through these untamed areas filled with natural beasts and roaming dungeon monsters, destroying as many Dungeon Cores as they can find. Tempara was practically a newborn when Defenders from the Kingdom snatched her away, only to be forced to watch in horror as tragedy fell upon the rest of her pack.

High-school senior Riley Ozment is desperate to change her reality after making a fool of herself on social media. She needs to do something drastic to repair her social standing - like trying out for a Survivor-style reality TV show. Suddenly, Riley's dropped onto a deserted tropical island with 19 other teens competing for a million dollars and a rumored treasure lost on the island. But that treasure has a history: A local curse says that seven people need to die before the treasure can be found.

Der vernetzte Superheld. Was tust du, wenn du alle Macht der Welt hast? Wenn du alles weißt und alles kannst? Versuchst du, die Welt vor dem Bösen zu bewahren? Oder willst du einfach nur die retten, die du liebst? Eben war Tom noch ein ganz normaler Junge. Jetzt ist er iBoy - ein Superheld, allwissend und unbesiegbar. Ein iPhone hat seinen Schädel zertrümmert und ist mit seinem Gehirn eine Verbindung eingegangen, die es Tom erlaubt, jede Sekunde online zu sein und sich in alle Datenbanken der Welt zu hacken.

Verschiedener als Cole und Ruben können Brüder kaum sein: Der eine schweigsam, stoisch und rauflustig, der andere umsichtig, sensibel und mäßigend. Aber eines eint die beiden: Sie wollen den Mörder ihrer Schwester finden. Ihre Suche führt Cole und Ruben ins abgelegene Dartmoor und in einen Strudel aus Hass und Skrupellosigkeit. Cole scheint zu wissen, wie er in diesem Hexenkessel etwas bewirken kann: mit Gewalt.