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Oralia Solis hasn't felt the touch of another in 245 years. Not without them crumbling to ash at her feet. Cursed by the bite of a daemoni, she has been sequestered away for the greater good of Aethera by her adopted father, King Typhon. King Renwick rules the rival kingdom of Infernis, the land of the dead. When Oralia flees the palace of Aethera after her power is let loose with deadly results, he recognizes her potential as a weapon and aids her escape.

The ninth floor. Nine armies, each led by rich and powerful aliens from across the galaxy. Each team has one objective: to capture and hold the castle at the very center of the battlefield. Strategy, alliances, pitched battles, and, of course, betrayal ... It all makes for great fun and even greater television. After all, none of these powerful aliens really die when they’re playing war. Except this time. This time, winner takes all. Those who fall, stay in the ground.

Rezkin lives—a secret known only to a chosen few. Now, Azeria is one of them. Joining forces, they avoid discovery while seeking the power to stand against Caydean's demons. A tale of ancient technology draws them to the land of a forgotten people. Can the secret treasure of the infamous Demon War help the rebels turn the tide?

Bennett Sharp is on the run. Wanted for piracy, she fears neither God nor death nor man. Except Priest Farrell.

As secrets of Castle Ravenspire come to light, Elise and Valen discover their enemies hold more power than they ever imagined. It will take more than blades to defeat them: fulfilling a dangerous request from Valen’s imprisoned brother, destroying a prophecy of fate kept in the hands of Elise's brutal sister, and an unwilling alliance with a shadowed thief from a neighboring kingdom that might end in victory or more death. Blood is calling. War will answer.

After singlehandedly destroying the warbeast that besieged her city, Willow finds herself on the run from the very people she fought to save. Now that she's revealed the extent of her inhuman power, there is no telling what the city-states will do to get her under their control. The only person she can trust is Annabelle, her enigmatic nurse. But as her strength grows and her humanity frays, she starts to wonder what Annabelle is hiding, and why she was sent to help her at all.

A year ago, on the land’s biggest stage, Sable’s voice nearly burned down the carefully constructed lies of the Kalesh Empire. Now, Sable’s skills are merely tools in High Prioress Vivaine’s desperate negotiations with the new Kalesh ambassador, who’s denounced Sable as a zabat. A rebel. A firestarter. Sable would love nothing more than to burn down the empire. But with threats against her sisters looming, the acting troupe driven away, and no news of Reese for a year, she’s too chained and alone to even light a spark.

I might be blind, but I still should have seen that he was trouble. He's a scheming billionaire perched on the brink of dominance. Cold. Calculating. Ruthless. A king. Roman Kincaid is everything I'm not… a titan of real estate. A god among men. A man who owns the entire world. Almost… Despite being handicapped and the caretaker of every wounded animal that comes my way, I am not exempt from catching his attention. I can't make out the color of his eyes, but I can still feel their heat.

Exile to the miserable world of Sedh, the disgraced Necron Lord Oltyx is consumed with bitterness. Once heir to the throne of a dynasty, he now commands nothing but a dwindling garrison of warriors, in a never-ending struggle against Ork invaders. Oltyx can think of nothing but the prospect of vengeance against his betrayers, and the reclamation of his birthright. But the Orks are merely the harbingers of a truly unstoppable force. Unless Oltyx acts to save his dynasty, revenge will win him only ashes.

A realm long believed to be nothing more than legend now holds me captive, its cruel king whispering secrets of my lineage, of power buried deep in my bones—power he intends to steal for himself. King Helroth claims to know who I truly am…what I truly am. The longer I remain in his grasp, the more my memories fracture. The more the shadows whisper. And the more I wonder, what if he's right?

Cast aside since birth and denied my true heritage, they know me as the bastard prince. For years I played their game, doing allI could to assist my half-brothers shuffle refugees from the castle, while keeping them and the dying Nobles safe in the old mine tunnels. The Prince of Rats, one girl called me.

Willow, a teen sick with the Wasting, isn't supposed to be alive. Her body is weak and her skills are lackluster, but she's determined to become a mage. Tired of being a burden, Willow secures a spot at the world's most prestigious magic academy led by the finest arcane minds in history. But when magic unravels and instruments fail in her presence, it becomes clear she's not just a student. She's an anomaly that could ignite a magical war.

Together we fly, divided we fall. All Harper Tavros ever wanted was to be a dragon rider. But after a prank goes wrong, she ends up soul-bonded to a griffin. Now, she'll have to learn an entirely new skillset before she ends up on the front lines of a war her country is slowly losing. If she's going to make a difference, she'll need to rise up from the ruin of her dreams and embrace a new path. One that includes her accidental bondmate, an utterly ridiculous, insanely brave griffin.

I shouldn't have been there when Teo Vitale was announced as The Guild's new Don. They dragged me before him. In a private room. On my knees. I grew up despising him. But the way he wielded power made my breath hitch—made my body beg. And what he took as payment? My total submission. Raw. Merciless. Ruinous. Now, he's everywhere. Watching. Waiting. Lurking in the shadows just to remind me that I belong to him. He won't stop until I'm locked in his gilded cage, a prisoner to the darkness I stir inside him—something he can't control.

Reincarnated into a world eerily similar to his favorite 4x strategy game, Takuto is ready to take his evil empire of Mynoghra to the next level. To do that, he’ll need to make contact with the outside world. With Atou and the Dark Elves at his side, there’s nothing this normal-teenager-turned-evil-god can’t do.

I was abducted as a teenager. Abused and broken beyond repair before I was saved. I was never saved. Not really. I will never have the kind of life and love normal people do. And I don't even want it. But then I met Ruin. A guy just as lost and broken as me. But can two wrongs make a right? I don't want to try and find out that the answer is no.

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Die Kämpferin. Mir gehört keine Krone. Kein Königreich. Alles, was mir gehört, ist das Blut, das ich vergieße. Ich bin Schwester. Rebellin. Miststück. Allen voran jedoch bin ich eine Waffe. Nein, ich fühle keine Reue. Das ist der Lauf der Natur. Der eine ist Jäger, der andere die Beute. Die Jäger. Du bist unsere Beute, kleine Fee. Ist dir das nicht bewusst? Ich will, dass du läufst. Er will, dass du für uns blutest. Doch wir beide wollen, dass du schreist. Vor Schmerz. Vor Ekstase. Du denkst, du seist das Monster? Wir zeigen dir, was wahre Bestien sind. Elli hat nur ein Ziel.

I thought I could trust my allies. I was wrong. Now we all have to pay the price. A new, seemingly impossible quest from the Oracle has seared itself into my brain. Enemies are watching our every move. NIX is experimenting on my brother. And my new power is eating me alive. Literally.

The God Wars destroyed the city of Alikand. Now, a century and a half and a great many construction contracts later, Agdel Lex rises in its place. Dead deities litter the surrounding desert, streets shift when people aren't looking, a squidlike tower dominates the skyline, and the foreign Iskari Rectification Authority keeps strict order in this once-independent city - while treasure seekers, criminals, combat librarians, nightmare artists, angels, demons, dispossessed knights, grad students, and other fools gather in its ever-changing alleys, hungry for the next big score.