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A city teeters on the edge of chaos. A society lies fractured along fault lines of faith and ideology. A playground becomes a battleground. A looming silence grips the public.First published in Hindi in 1998, Our City That Year is a novel that defies easy categorization―it's a time capsule, a...

*SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BSETSELLER * AN AUDIBLE BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF 2017 * A GOODREADS CHOICE BEST BOOK OF 2017 * AN AMAZON BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF 2017 * The sweeping, and highly-anticipated sequel to the Sunday Times bestselling magical fantasy...

You think you know how the world works? Think again. 21st Century America Magic has faded from the minds of mankind, until an encounter between Melisande Stokes, linguistics expert at Harvard, and Tristan Lyons, shadowy agent of government, leads to the uncovering of a distant past. After...

Berlin 1897 Der Hilfsarbeiter Eduard Krause erlebt den schlimmsten Samstag seines Lebens. Erst verlässt ihn Grete, seine Angebetete. Dann bricht er nach einem kapitalen Besäufnis zusammen und erwacht als neugeborener Vampir. Sein neues Leben eröffnet ungeahnte Möglichkeiten. Doch seine verflixte Blutgier bringt Grete in Gefahr, die er um jeden Preis wiedersehen will.

Leonard Dunning wakes up in a home he doesn't remember—and to a face in the mirror he doesn't recognize. He soon discovers he attends Blue Cherry High with his best friend, Josh Bernstein, who seems to be the most popular boy in school, with several girls competing for his attention. As the girls collide and clash over the oblivious Josh, Leo realizes each of them displays quirks of characters found in an anime harem comedy. So if Josh is the story's protagonist, what does that make Leo?

Por essa Bryce Quinlan realmente não esperava. Ela nunca imaginou que fosse sair de Midgard, mas os malditos asteri a forçaram a literalmente procurar pelas portas do Inferno. Mas o Inferno está... diferente? Uma grama imaculada e uma linda cidade não eram exatamente o que ela estava esperando encontrar por lá. Isso sem falar dos habitantes do lugar, que são tão belos quanto letais. Onde Bryce foi parar?

Bryce Quinlan e Hunt Athalar fizeram um pacto. Enquanto processam os eventos da última primavera, eles irão manter as coisas... platônicas... até o solstício. Eles salvaram a Cidade da Lua Crescente, mas com tanto frenesi acontecendo ultimamente, eles desejam, mais do que qualquer coisa, uma oportunidade de relaxar. Desacelerar. E descobrir o que o futuro lhes reserva. Mas quando a tensão suspensa entre os dois alcançar um nível insustentável, prestes a incendiar a Cidade da Lua Crescente, eles serão capazes de resistir?

My life changed dramatically ever since I found out that I’m a long-lost lion shifter, complete with awesome magic and special abilities. Being the only male lion shifter in Thornveil City comes with a few perks of its own, and my new celebrity status means that everyone wants to know what I’ll do next.

After a near death experience out in the tunnels that cross the depths of a dead world, Ethan is back on his feet and ready for more. When he arrived in Wayport less than a month ago, he had nothing but the clothes on his back. Now, everything has changed. He has a place to live, coin in his pocket, and the best job security in the bastion. It comes at a cost though, as that job is about to get a lot more dangerous.

Wynn Hygeort is stunned when Magiere and Leesil, along with the elven wolf Chap, show up at the Guild of Sagecraft. But Wynn cannot leave with her friends - she still must access the texts within the Guild’s archives, which may help her divine the locations of the last two Orbs sought by the Ancient Enemy. To complete her task - and protect the Orbs - Wynn must remain sequestered from her friends. But she’s essentially a prisoner.

Julie Meadows is down on her luck when she receives an e-mail drafting her into the Official Para-Military Agency. She didn't expect "para" to mean paranormal. Her partner is an Aether Elf prince, her boss is a Were . . . something, and the IT department is staffed by literal trolls. The prospect of a steady job and financial security draws her into a world filled with every myth and legend she's ever read about. Julie dives into the magical, mystical, and downright fantastic when she and her partner, Taylor, are tasked with finding new recruits for the Agency.

“Murray and Wearmouth’s latest THE BRINK is a white-knuckled rollercoaster. This novel is chocked full of everything I love: strange creatures, a world teetering on the edge, and heroes who I’d want at my side during any firefight. This isn’t just a story hopped on steroids—but one...

“This impressively bleak vision of the near future is as grotesquely amusing as it is grim.” ― Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW “A gripping tour-de-force torn from tomorrow’s headlines.” ― David Demchuk, author of Red X and The Bone Mother “A bold dystopian novel that...

After a journey across the Low Seas to rank up her Sailing skill, an epic quest drops into Kyra Bishop's lap. It could aid in her quest to avenge the death of her companion's sister and dig deeper into the mystery of the Bonchu in Lau. But many have traveled to the notorious Foggy Vale Island, and none have returned to tell the tale. Kyra must rally her allies and push herself to her limits to uncover the mysteries surrounding a missing sailor while learning more about the evil surrounding the disappearance of ships on the mysterious island instance.

Dead, dead, dead. Say it enough times and it becomes just another word. What would you do? Could you kill a killer? Does the death of one appease the deaths of a hundred? What about that hundred against a thousand? What if you had no choice? Meet Sin. No, not that sort of sin, but Sin, crazy as a loon (you ask Sister Moon), and proud of it. Sin locks himself away in an asylum and, every so often, gets violent. That's only so they'll give him those nice drugs, though. The ones that help him forget. It's a pity they don't work.

A woman meets her next-door neighbor and loans her a spatula, then starts suffering horrific gaps in her memory. A man, feeling jilted by an unrequited love, becomes obsessed with sorting through his neighbors' garbage in the belief that it will teach him how to better relate to people. A landlord decides to raise the rent, and his tenants hatch a plan to kill him at a team-building retreat. In 10 captivating, unnerving stories, Flowers of Mold presents a range of ordinary individuals who have found themselves left behind by an increasingly urbanized and fragmented world.

Dicen que cuanto más oscuro está el cielo, más brillan las estrellas. La isla de Jeju es el polo opuesto de la deslumbrante Seúl... y también el hogar natal de Jaehwa, que se arrepiente de haber invitado a Hyunsoo a pasar allí el verano. Aunque se preparan juntos para convertirse en ídolos del K-pop, su amigo no está acostumbrado a la vida en una aldea de pescadores. Pero esa preocupación desaparece al reencontrarse con Yuna y Siwon, sus antiguos compañeros de clase, y conocer a Riley, una recién llegada que parece perseguida por los recuerdos.

Varghunden är en av Jack Londons mest älskade klassiker. I norra Kanadas råa vildmarker kämpar valpen Vittand för att överleva i den bitande kylan. Som korsning mellan hund och varg dras han mellan två inre begär – vargens lockelse till friheten i naturen, och hundens inneboende längtan efter närhet och gemenskap. När Vittand blir bortförd av människor kastas han rakt in i en mardröm. Men bland svårigheterna han tvingas gå igenom, upplever Vittand också glimtar av mänsklig värme. Dessa ögonblick får honom att drömma om ett annat liv, ett liv där han kan leva i harmoni med människorna och deras gåtfulla värld.

For Brielle, survival isn’t just a fight—it’s a promise she’s made to herself, to find her way back to Lincoln. Taken by the prince of darkness, Brielle faces an existence in the depths of his dominion that is meant to crush all hope. But hope is the one thing she refuses to lose. With every grueling day, she discovers new strength and finds an unlikely ally who reminds her that surrender isn’t an option.

Lisette is a professional, and she gets paid well for her services. Wives pay her to ruin their marriages. Some are looking to get out of abusive situations, and others are looking to get even and get half. Then there are Lisette’s favorite clients, the wives who don’t want a divorce, but instead want control - something Lisette knows all about. These clients pay large sums of money to have their cake and eat it too. That’s exactly what Kyra Rogers wants. Lisette turns her down, but Kyra doesn’t want to take no for an answer. Life for this home wrecker will never be the same.