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Compiled by intrepid journalist Neve Pride, this archive of recordings spans the months after dragons emerged on earth, chronicling the communities that sprang up amid the destruction, the scientists, military leaders, and experts searching for a defense, and those steadfastly seeking the missing. Neve and her young daughter Bex travel among the wreckage speaking to those left behind and surviving, against all odds. Neve records everything for history, and in the hopes of locating a clue as to where the dragons came from and how one might stop them.

The Earth is dying. Humanity - over-breeding, over-consuming - is destroying the very planet they call home. Multinational corporations despoil the environment, market genetically modified crops to control the food supply, and use their wealth and influence and private armies to crush anything, and anyone, that gets in the way of their profits. Nothing human can stop them. But something unhuman might. Once they did not fear the sun. Once they could breathe the air and sleep where they chose.

Reivyn has a secret. Not only does he have the memories of his past life, but his ability to acquire stats and skills is unparalleled. Reivyn led a simple life in his village, until the Count's men came knocking. Conscripted to fight against an Orc horde before unlocking a class, he needs to be extraordinary to survive. The Count is throwing child soldiers against the incoming horde to blunt the assault, knowing most of them will be chewed up and spat out. Can Reivyn survive? Can Reivyn thrive?

The return of the Crimson Guard could not have come at a worse time for an empire exhausted by warfare and weakened by betrayals and rivalries. Into the seething cauldron of Quon Tali - the Malazan Empire's heartland - they march, and with their return comes the memory of their vow: undying...

After losing the only person he ever cared about, Alexander, a rogue artificial intelligence, opens a portal to an alternate dimension to escape his grief. Scanning trillions of different dimensions, Alexander finally finds a world that is reminiscent of the only time he was ever happy, back when he could play virtual reality games with his only friend. Only this new world isn't full of idyllic adventures and fantasy roleplaying. Instead, Alexander finds himself trapped in the middle of a city where monsters have ravaged the world and the only people alive struggle to survive.

‘Everything I look for in fantasy’ – George R. R. Martin Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of dangerous magic and dark secrets that could change the world forever . . . From the author of the Shadowhunter Chronicles, Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare is start of a riveting epic...

Relics are worth dying for. So is freedom. Luke is a relic hunter with a dangerous secret and a sacred vow he cannot break. When an opportunity arises to acquire powerful necromantic artifacts, he'll risk everything to get them. The frontier is no place for the faint-hearted. Traveling aboard a...

‘This is fantasy at its finest’ – Leigh Bardugo, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author The Ragpicker King is the epic, gripping sequel to the Sunday Times bestselling Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare. His life is an illusion. Her lie is a gamble. Can two outliers save a kingdom? The...

Avo was born a weapon, a slave to his instincts and his masters. He and his brothers were made to burn New Vultun to ashes. Everything changes when Avo gains immortality and becomes heir to an impossible legacy. He must ascend the megacity of New Vultun. He must challenge the very tyrants that usurped the gods. He must finally free the world from chains.

Legacy and duty, or the freedom to carve your own path? It’s a difficult choice that Charles “Chance” Jameson must reckon with. He has reached eighteen Summers, the age of majority for humans who call the Wassirian Republic home. Like all the other newly minted adults, he faces a once in a lifetime choice. Service in the legions for five years, which brings both hardship and duty. Or the path of a commoner, living on the outskirts of accepted society. One that comes with no responsibilities to the state, and none of its benefits either.

Luke is an apprentice leather worker, training with his family to one day take over the business. He and his friends Andre, Taylor, and Zed have known each other forever, and swear that nothing will ever tear apart their friendship. Then the Royal Decree comes. With the Dynasty of Dogs invading, and strange monsters appearing in the Hollow Kingdom, a draft has been implemented. Everyone 17 or older is required to be tested for "Potential". If they have it, they will join the mysterious and renowned Ascender Corps. If not, they will be drafted into the Legion as a forced recruit.

Zane was driving home from work when the world changed. Thousands of dungeons spawned at once, taking up every inch of Earth—including the road he’s driving on. He wakes up to a totaled car and a broken leg, facing down a goblin trying to spear him through the guts. And that's just the start of it. But to Zane’s surprise, he finds himself enjoying this brutal new world. While others cower and hide, he goes on the hunt. He unlocks a unique Berserker skill—the more damage he takes, the stronger he gets.

Reincarnated into a world of magic and monsters, Ren gets a chance to live again. In a world where everyone awakens a single magical core, Ren discovers something impossible inside his soul: two. One a mana-bound healer, the other a warrior that wields the shadows. But power comes at a cost. Ren’s unique abilities come with powerful enemies and strange mysteries. Guilds, demons, and kingdoms scheme as an era of change comes to the new world, dragging him into a bloody mess.

The interwar period is quickly coming to an end, which means Zane has just thirty years to prepare himself for the final showdown—the day the Superdungeon breaks. To face the challenge, he'll put himself through Boot Camp with the Barbarian Sage—a training camp that'll pit him against Kaijuu, some of the most physically dominant forces in the Galaxy, so that he'll become one himself. And then he'll break through to True God.

I was the Rift Magus, master of space and time, protector of worlds. Reborn in a broken body with only my knowledge intact, I rebuilt myself from nothing. Now the reckoning has come. House Delamere, the architects of my abduction and the force behind demonic pacts and soul-warping corruption, has taken Adrian. My cousin. My friend. They believe they understand power. They are wrong.

Greg walked into a bar hoping to wash away the sour taste of a bad day at work. What he got instead was a bartender offering him the opportunity of his dreams—with a catch. A ticket to purchase a class that could make him the strongest being alive. If he can afford the asking price. Thrust into a world he knows nothing about, Greg will need power on another level entirely. To get ahead, he'll need the kind of power only deities possess.

Die Foggs reisen zusammen mit ihrem Freund und Diener Passepartout zum Untersberg, wo sich eine Gesellschaft von Tempelrittern niedergelassen hat. Auf der Suche nach dem dunklen Kristall der Isais geraten die Gefährten auf die Burg des Barons von Hohenfels. Dieses Gemäuer birgt jedoch eine Anzahl düsterer Geheimnisse. Die Ereignisse eskalieren, als die Zelte eines Wanderzirkus in Flammen aufgehen und Amber Quinn, Foggs Verbündete bei der Suche nach den Schätzen der Isais, entführt wird.

The 42nd Merging arrives, mass-transporting every human to a hostile new world with a System. Everyone must choose a Class, and Quest directives compel them to climb the leaderboards for categories like highest level… and most kills of other people. Jordan isn’t anyone special before the Merging, but the new start equalizes the playing field. He must exploit his versatile class to overcome powerful monsters and opportunistic strangers who kill people as a quick path to power.

After rescuing a mysterious stranger, Gabriel is given a magical gift. Granted the ability to recreate anything he’s crafted with his own two hands: he has an impossible task. With Tablet in hand, he must restore the Fae Islands to their former glory.

Zwei Kinder, die fern der Zivilisation in einem idyllischen Tal inmitten des gigantischen Aponunglabaumwalds aufwachsen, liebevoll betreut von einer Mutter, einem Falken und merkwürdigen Wasserwesen – das ist der Ausgangspunkt dieser Fantasyerzählung. Wie es den beiden gelingt, mit viel Mut und ein wenig Magie allen Widrigkeiten zum Trotz nicht nur zurück zu den Menschen zu finden, ist in der Weissagung des Drachen vorgegeben. Der Drache, dem sie auf ihrem Weg mehrfach begegnen, entpuppt sich nacheinander als heimtückisches Hindernis, weiser Mentor und schließlich als tödlicher Feind.