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Kirk Jensen always chased his dreams. He even left home and chased them across the country. He expected that hard work, training, and determination would make his dreams a reality. Afterall, people always say that if you work hard, you can achieve your goals. He did not expect to be a short order cook working long shifts for minimum wage. He certainly didn't expect to take the garbage out one night and find himself confronted by a thousand pounds of fury armed with fangs and claws. He did not expect to survive.

Nel branco, amare ha sempre un prezzo. Il posto che Ness Clark si è guadagnata nel branco di Boulder, al fianco di Liam, è a rischio. Nuovi pericoli sono in agguato, vecchi amici stanno per tornare, ed entrambi rischiano di far scoppiare una guerra. Ness è stanca di lottare e di doversi dimostrare degna della fiducia del proprio branco e dell'affetto del suo Alfa.

An alpha is dead. With the death of Brianna's father, Kirk and company have no choice but to return to Kodiak Island. They need to be with the Ahnah pack to help them heal... and seek vengeance. But there's one problem: Kirk is a federal agent now and doesn't get to gallivant around the country...

Per gli Eredi di Atlas un'intera vita è trascorsa in una sola notte: la seconda linea temporale corrotta creata dall'Eletto è stata annullata ma non tutti sono riusciti a tornare indenni dalla SacraScozia e la minaccia rappresentata da Desmond e la Guida grava ancora su OgniDove e su tutto il pianeta. Mentre Dominique e gli abitanti dell'isola cercano di trovare alleati in vista dello scontro imminente, gli Eredi seguiranno le orme dell'ultimo Custode di Atlas alla ricerca dell'unica arma in grado di battere il nemico: i Manoscritti del Destino.

Bloomsbury presents I Hear A New World by Alan Moore, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. 'Extraordinary' Susanna Clarke, bestselling author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell A continuation of The Great When; a dark and beguiling tour through the streets of London - fictional and real -...

You meet the most interesting men in medieval prisons. This one time, I met a guy who offered me immortality for the low, low price of changing my diet. I didn’t read the fine print. Because, he wasn’t talking about a gluten-free diet. More like hemoglobin-full. And now, I’m a friggin’ vampire with five centuries of pop culture references.

Accidentally murdered by a cleric in another universe during a botched resurrection, Arnold, a semi-pro gamer, wakes upon an altar to find himself incarnated into the overweight body of a farmer who could have been his fatter twin. He’s not the hero. He’s not the villain. He’s certainly not the chosen one who is there to save the world. He’s a clerical error. It could be a bad joke, but apparently, it happens so often that they have a standard procedure for returning you.

Berlin ist in einem schlechten Zustand: Die ganze Stadt versinkt in Untoten. Die Hexe Violet steht kurz vor einem Burn-out. Gerade als sie den Entschluss fasst, ihre Wassermagie endlich einmal zum Löschen der eigenen Brände zu nutzen, geht die Welt ihrer besten Freundin in Flammen auf. Gegen jede Regel bittet Violet die Göttlichen um Hilfe – und schmiedet ausgerechnet mit dem Totengott Thanatos einen Pakt. Während sie versucht, das Schicksal ihrer Freundin zum Guten zu wenden, geraten die Untoten Berlins endgültig außer Kontrolle.

He wasn't the slightly fat, fast-food-slinging new guy anymore. His whole existence changed that night he was attacked by a bear and joined the ranks of Kodiak Island's shifter community. He even managed to land his dream job on the island's police force. But Kirk is so much more than just another werewolf shifter. He's an alpha bear, the most powerful shifter on the island, and wanted by both of the dueling packs as an ally to settle their centuries-long feud.

I should have died - but instead, in true me form, I fell in love with the mysterious wolf that nearly tore me to shreds. Now I feel myself changing, experiencing urges like never before. Maybe I should run for my life, but suddenly a dark bond is pulling me in closer. Am I making a terrible mistake? Could they be luring me in to finish what we started? Or could becoming a werewolf be the best thing that ever happened to me?

Der Busausflug nach Prag und ins Banat läuft anders, als der junge Len sich je hätte ausmalen können. Auch wenn seine Großmutter immer behauptet hatte, er sei ein Drăculești und der letzte Nachfahre von Vlad II, hat er selbst nie daran geglaubt. Bis er in Prag von Vampiren gejagt wird – denn Vlad und seine Familie galten als erbitterte Feinde der Blutsauger. Nun fürchten sie, dass Len ein Vorbote ist: für die Rückkehr der Schwarzen Königin! Sie wollen über ihn an die alten magisch-alchemistischen Aufzeichnungen der geheimnisvollen Herrscherin. Dumm nur, dass Len nicht den blassesten Schimmer hat.

Richard MacBlair has all the answers Idina Moorfield needs and is finally willing to share them. Well, most of them. Who knew there was a whole special forces division? Dedicated to people exhibiting magical powers to deal with unique challenges? Things are starting to make a lot more sense to Idina. But a lot more changes may be coming her way. She has to face new challenges. A series of tests to determine if she's good enough for a new special forces group.

È passato un anno da quando Penny è stata assunta dal signor Dollagut per lavorare al Grande Magazzino dei Sogni: con determinazione ha portato avanti il suo incarico, alle prese con le richieste più disparate dei clienti, i prodotti in esaurimento, le bottiglie piene di emozioni e le bilance Pesa-Palpebre. Il signor Dollagut è molto soddisfatto del suo impegno e le comunica che può finalmente ricevere il badge di ingresso al centro aziendale: un'area esclusiva, a cui solo i lavoratori dell'industria dei sogni con almeno un anno di esperienza possono accedere.

A new case throws Leonie back into the arms of the man who broke her heart. While she'd rather stab him and get on with her life, her professional principles demand that she hunt down her client's fiendish assailant before innocent humans get caught in the crossfire. But when things take a sinister turn, Leonie finds herself in a deadly fight not just for her heart, but for her very soul.

Tom si sveglia in un vicolo con le mani e i vestiti imbrattati di sangue. Adele, una giovane donna affetta da una rara allergia all’acqua, è costretta a uscire di casa durante un temporale e lungo il tragitto ha la malaugurata idea di fermarsi ad aiutare un uomo. Rocco lavora come commesso in una stazione di servizio. Pensa al suo amore per Giada, la ragazza che lo ha salvato. Nessuno di loro è chi sembra o chi crede di essere. Almeno non del tutto.

Ein queerer Urban Fantasy Roman. Vampire sind Monster. Dessen wird sich der 2000 Jahre alte Boris erneut bewusst, als er für die Ausbildung zum Kriminalbeamten gezwungen wird, wieder frisches Blut zu trinken. Ambrosia hat ihn für viele Jahrzehnte menschlich gemacht, ihm ermöglicht zu atmen – aber Menschlichkeit hilft ihm im Kampf gegen Untote, Werwesen und Dämonen nicht weiter. Es ist vor allem seine eigene Art, gegen die es zu kämpfen gilt. Ein Vampirclan verbreitet Angst und Terror in der Stadt.

The threat of dark gods has passed. The forest is safe. The deadlands have stopped expanding. Now, all Tess really wants is a vacation. Unfortunately for her, fate has other plans. Quickly discovering that she's in far more danger than she ever knew, Tess will have to train, level up, and protect herself at all costs. So when an unexpected benefactor shows up with an unlikely solution to her problems, how can she refuse? Follow Tess as she battles monsters, explores new cities, delves into dungeons, and builds up her settlement, all while meeting a strange new cast of characters along the way.

After avenging himself on the mythical monster that killed his sister, Kal Hakela is back at the Bureau of Supernatural Investigation. But, with only a few months left on his contract, he's tempted to retire along with his new love, former MI-7 agent Jeanie. When a friend and former BSI agent in San Francisco kills himself, he leaves Kal a clue, one he cannot ignore. The city is full of bad memories for Kal. In his last mission there, he killed a deranged serial rapist who used magic to murder his victims.

Die Ewigkeit ist eine Lüge. Der Rattenfänger hinterlässt Tod und Zerstörung, und stellt den Illusionisten Ryuk vor die Wahl: Begibt er sich auf die Jagd nach Konstantins Seelensplittern oder rettet er die spurlos verschwundene Alexis? Seine Verzweiflung wächst ins Unermessliche, und die schaurige Melodie des Rattenfängers naht. Doch die Ewigen bekommen Hilfe von einer unerwarteten Person, während die Intrigen des Rates die Loyalität der Schatten auf eine enorme Probe stellen.

Wer entscheidet über Gut und Böse? Die russische Stadt Čzernoc ist gezeichnet von Verfall, Hoffnungslosigkeit und Gefallenen - Menschen mit gespaltenen Seelen, die ihren Abgründen und Trieben verfallen sind –, die zu jagen sich eine Gruppe von Seelenjägern verpflichtet hat. Diese sogenannten Schatten sorgen für das Gleichgewicht zwischen Gut und Böse. Doch als eine Nebelwandlerin gesichtet wird, eine gefährliche Art der Gefallenen, verschwimmen die Grenzen zwischen Verbündeten und Feinden und Liam, ein Seelenjäger, wird mit einem Fehler konfrontiert, den er vor Jahren begangen hat.