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Not too long ago, Max Best was stuck in a dead-end job, trudging from one day to the next and mourning the fact that his burning love of soccer was getting buried in a landslide of cold statistics and intangible tactics. Then, after saving an old man from a mugging, he was "cursed" with the ability to instantly ascertain a soccer player's attributes on sight and use that knowledge to upgrade his own skills. Now he's making a name for himself as an amateur team manager, but it's not enough for him to ditch his dud of a job.

Recovered from a near-fatal assault and rearmed with his embedded football scouting skills, former nobody Max Best has led his Chester men's team up in the rankings and ratings both on the pitch and in the front office. But there's no rest to be had with what's ahead: the FA Cup. Now, they're playing against big-money teams with big talent and even bigger attitudes. And the elite aren't about to let some smart-aleck, fast-talking upstart and his underdog lads make the powerhouse clubs look like fools. Unfortunately for them, that's precisely what Max lives for.

Born into riches, Probator Symeon Noctis attempts to atone for his past sins by championing the powerless of Nearsteel district. But the sprawling city of Varangantua is uncaring of its masses, and when a bisected corpse is discovered in the neutral zone between Nearsteel and the Adeptus Mechanicus enclave of Steelmound, Noctis finds himself cast into his most dangerous case yet. Partnering with the tech-priest Rho-1 Lux of the Collegiate Extremis, Noctis is drawn into a murky world of tech-heresy, illegal servitors, and exploitation that could end his career, or his life.

Thrust into a new world full of magic and monsters, Layla has finally come to terms with her supernatural powers - and left her old life behind. But her enemies are relentless. Sixteen months after her life changed forever, Layla and her team are besieged during a rescue attempt gone awry and must fight their way through to freedom. It turns out that Avalon has only grown since their last encounter, adding fresh villains to its horde. Meanwhile, revelations abound as Layla confronts twists and betrayals in her own life, with each new detail adding to the shadow that looms over her.

DiGriz is caught during one of his crimes and recruited into the Special Corps. Boring, routine desk work during his probationary period results in his discovering that someone is building a battleship, thinly disguised as an industrial vessel. In the peaceful League no one has battleships anymore, so the builder of this one would be unstoppable. DiGriz' hunt for the guilty becomes a personal battle between himself and the beautiful but deadly Angelina, who his planning a coup on one of the feudal worlds.

Max Best was on a roll. After climbing the ranks at Chester FC with his burning desire, innate talent, and the "curse" of a sentient heads-up display with knowledge of all things footie, he was named the club's electrifying new director of football. Seizing the opportunity, he saved the day and led the team out of relegation. But that's when someone tried to murder him . . .

Football is a game of steps: Quick steps. Trick steps. Even sneaky, slick steps. Whether you're on or off the pitch, you best know your footing. And for Max Best, that's no problem at all. He has the ability to read players to a T—thanks to the sentient stat-tracking display he received after saving an elderly man in the streets. Now, as director of football for Chester FC, everything's falling into place for Max. His team is climbing the ranks. He's executing great transfers and hired a literal old hand for his brand-new women's team. What could go wrong?

Eleazar Starson, prince of Splendour and heir to the Great Throne of Honor, is living his worst nightmare. Betrayed and grievously injured, he has been cast from a world of light and beauty to suffer in the Below, a world of darkness and despair populated with demonic ghouls and vile creatures. It is a terrible world, a human world. It is an awful place for a god, especially one as beautiful and brilliant as Eleazar.

Das Finale zum 1. Zyklus! Grayson Steel und seine Quadriga haben es endlich geschafft. Nach drei Anschlägen auf die magische Gemeinschaft der Nebula Convicto ist das internationale Netzwerk der Verschwörer, die die Enttarnung der Magie erreichen wollen, endlich zerschlagen. Nur der Kern jener Hintermänner existiert noch. Nach einem folgenschweren Verhör unter dem Tower von London bringt das Team auch endlich deren Hauptsitz in Erfahrung: Rom, die ewige Stadt.

Jack Beastly: "All die Jahre habe ich dich beobachtet und gewusst: Irgendwann würdest du die Bestimmung erfüllen müssen und ganz mir gehören; eines Tages würde ich dich holen! - Und dieser Tag ist heute." Heather O'Hara: "Schon als Kind wusste ich, dass man dem verfluchten Anwesen von Jack Beastly besser nicht zu nahe kam. Und auch heute noch mache ich um das düstere Gemäuer einen großen Bogen. Umso fassungsloser bin ich deswegen, als ich nach einem schmerzhaften Schlag in den Nacken am Tag meiner Hochzeit ausgerechnet in Jack Beastlys Haus aufwache.

Zwei Schwestern, geboren aus Eis und Feuer, um die Dunkelheit zu bannen. ... um jeden Preis! Maya ist Ritterin in Süd, Herrscherin von weißen Sandstränden, blauem Meer und üppigen Palmenwäldern. - Zumindestens war sie das, bevor sie beim Versuch die dunkle Auferstehung abzuwenden von einem finsteren Sumpf buchstäblich verschluckt und in die Tiefe gezerrt wurde. Jetzt befindet sie sich an einem Ort, der jeglichen physikalischen Gesetzen widerspricht. Felsbrocken schweben scheinbar in der Luft, Wasser perlt nach oben und seltsam rotes Licht dringt durch die Felsen.

Your neighbor is just as likely to be a vampire as they are to be a troll, human, elf, or a werewolf. Amber's parents never forgave her after her brother died. They were young and careless, but Amber left all that guilt in Texas when she fled to the pacific northwest to be a nurse. But when she decides to play hero, her life as a nurse is cut short. Newly turned wolves aren't easily trusted.