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A call from a distraught wife, and another from Lt. Murphy of the Chicago PD Special Investigation Unit makes Harry believe things are looking up, but they are about to get worse, much worse. Someone is harnessing immense supernatural forces to commit a series of grisly murders. Someone has violated the first law of magic: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Tracking that someone takes Harry into the dangerous underbelly of Chicago, from mobsters to vampires....

Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden has had a rough couple of weeks. As the only openly practicing professional wizard in the Chicago area, he has squared off against a multitude of supernatural bad guys. Harry has won the day against demons, poltergeists, sorcerers, trolls, vampires, werewolves, and even an evil faerie godmother. You might think nothing could spook him. You would be wrong.

For well over a century, Monster Hunter International has kept the world safe from supernatural threats small and large - and, in some cases, very, very large. Now, join us as MHI opens their archives for the first time. From experienced hunters on their toughest cases, to total newbies' initial encounters with the supernatural, The Monster Hunter Files reveals the secret history of the world's most elite monster fighting force.

After losing her partner in the line of duty, Agent Sidney Shaw is forced to team up with a renegade bounty hunter. And she doesn’t like it. John Smoke—an incarcerated wild card—is released into her custody, only to push her vaunted training to the limits and toss the FBI playbook out. But a vast hidden network of criminals with the terrifying ability to shape-shift into monsters is spreading its supernatural sickness in the very fabric of human society. Innocents end up dead or missing.

Not every danger comes in the form of a mega-threat like a Titan. Some predators are a lot cozier...more personal. When one such creature threatens an independent tutor, Harry Dresden must shake off the blood and dirt of his most recent battles and rise to the occasion, even when it turns out that the new predator is far more dangerous and connected than first appearances would suggest.

In a valley deep in the highlands of New Guinea lives a small colony of Europeans. One of them is Kurt Sonderfield, a doctor with a shady past who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. N’Daria is a hauntingly beautiful native girl whom Sonderfield has trained in the art of seduction. Kumo is a young sorcerer who has fallen under Sonderfield’s sway. Only two dare oppose Sonderfield: the old French missionary Père Louis, and Gerda, the wife Sonderfield has betrayed.

Legend has it that the Alleluia Files contain the truth about the god of Samaria. Now, a child raised in captivity among the angels will journey the length and breadth of her world to seek the documents that will alter the face of Samaria forever.

This bundle includes books 1-3 in the Hex Files series, a fast-paced paranormal mystery series with a kicka-s heroine, hilarious sidekicks, and an immersive world that will pull you in faster than you can say pizza: Wicked Never Sleeps, Wicked Long Nights, and Wicked State of Mind....

Bailed out by a mysterious wizard, John Smoke, an ex-con turned bounty hunter, is returned to his home with his life hanging by a thread. Aided by his sharpshooting wife, Sid, they set out on an explosive mission against dragon invaders sent to enslave mankind. Through inter-dimensional portals, savage winged dragon men, ferocious dragons and shapeshifting monstrosities wielding otherworldly magical powers threaten the very existence of humanity. And it will take more than flesh and blood to stop them before they seal the world's fate.

Une terrible malédiction affaiblit depuis des années le royaume de Saylok où plus aucune fille ne naît. Alors quand une orpheline, Ghisla, échoue sur ces terres maudites, elle devient l'objet de toutes les convoitises. Hod, le jeune homme aveugle qui l'a recueillie, sait qu'il ne pourra pas la protéger, aussi lui propose-t-il de rejoindre la Colline du Temple où les dernières filles de l'île ont été rassemblées. Lié à Ghisla par une mystérieuse prophétie, il a l'intime conviction qu'ils ne seront jamais vraiment loin l'un de l'autre.

Les brumes règnent sur la nuit, le Seigneur Maître sur le monde. Vin ne connaît de l'Empire Ultime que les brumes de Luthadel, les pluies de cendres et le regard d'acier des Grands Inquisiteurs. Depuis plus de 1000 ans, le Seigneur Maître gouverne les hommes par la terreur. Seuls les nobles pratiquent l'allomancie, la précieuse magie des métaux. Mais Vin n'est pas une adolescente comme les autres. Et le jour où sa route croise celle de Kelsier, le plus célèbre voleur de l'Empire, elle est entraînée dans un combat sans merci.

Detective Aldicus Vescard knows all too well the monsters and madmen who prowl the fog-veiled streets of Corradon. He is, after all, a monster himself. Cursed in his errant past, his body now harbors an infernal fiend of pure elemental chaos. Yet none are more suited to investigate those sinister deeds of criminal sorcery than the city’s greatest detective magus. Aided by his loyal apprentice and the science of forensic alchemy, Aldicus must unravel a deadly string of sorcerous crimes menacing the Clockwork City.

Qui sera le Héros des Siècles ? Pour mettre fin à la tyrannie, Vin a tué le Seigneur Maître. Mais en essayant de fermer le Puits de l'Ascension, elle a laissé s'échapper une des formes maléfiques de l'Insondable. Depuis, les Inquisiteurs et les brumes font toujours plus de victimes, tandis que les cendres qui tombent du ciel menacent d'affamer les hommes et d'ensevelir le pays. Vin et Elend tentent de sauver ce qui peut encore l'être.

This bundle includes books 4-6 in the Hex Files series, a fast-paced paranormal mystery series with a kicka-s heroine, hilarious sidekicks, and an immersive world that will pull you in faster than you can say pizza: Wicked Moon Rising, Wicked All The Way, and Wicked Twist of Fate.

Métropole d’Elendel. Wax Ladrian, l’ancien justicier revenu des Rocailles, prépare son mariage avec Steris. C’est compter sans la révolte qui gronde partout dans la ville : conditions de travail pénibles, industrialisation effrénée, corruption des élus... Le chaos domine bientôt le territoire et, lors d’une réunion, tous les barons du crime, dont le propre frère du gouverneur, sont massacrés. Malgré le danger, Wax, aidé de Wayne, son fidèle acolyte, et de Marasi, la brillante demi-sœur de Steris, qui a intégré la police, est bien décidé à découvrir ce qui se cache derrière ces événements.

Fuyant le royaume d'Helion où leur tête est mise à prix, Nils, Karib et Olen s’embarquent pour Woltan, sur les traces de leur identité. Pourquoi ont-ils assassiné le plus puissant roi du monde ? Dans leur quête de vérité, ils vont découvrir un royaume fascinant, colossal, aux frontières des terres barbares.

For decades, Marnie Baranuik has been the vigilant but often frustrated daytime guardian for Lord Harry Dreppenstedt, undead aristocrat and all around sass-mouth. As a DaySitter, witch, and psychic detective working closely with the Preternatural Crimes Unit of the FBI, Marnie battles a wild assortment of crimes and monsters, but none so formidable as her own flaws and the poor judgement of her heart.

The Canarviers are the premier performance thieves in New Washington, blending astonishing acrobatics, clever misdirection, and daring escapes to entertain their rich patrons. As King Canarvier has always told his children, their work is art. Who else could titillate audiences with illicit history lessons and tease them through the gaps in their much-prized security?

When witches Jessica Campbell and David Hunter are pulled into a chilling investigation involving an all-knowing AI, they uncover far more than a rogue algorithm. What begins with code soon spirals into time travel, political mind control, and the awakening of magick long buried beneath Scotland’s capital.

World-famous “consulting detective” Sherlock Holmes faces a terrible crisis: a ring of criminal masterminds has threatened to loose thousands of plague-infected rats into the streets of London. But the Black Death isn’t Holmes’ only problem. A lone killer haunts the city. His calling card is a trail of corpses, drained of blood to the last drop.The key to solving both crimes rests in the hands of a mysterious nobleman recently returned to London on a personal matter. His name is Dracula.