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When Pyresouls released, it was a brutal new virtual reality game with a twist: The first to beat the game would win billions of dollars. But after the Burgon Beast couldn’t be defeated, Pyresouls turned very real and unleashed an apocalypse of undead, monsters, and a system of levels and stats onto the world. For many years since, Jacob Windsor has fought with sword and shield to survive Post-Collapse Earth where only ancient, guilt-soaked weaponry can harm the monsters from Pyresouls.

'[Lemon] is a poet with knives for teeth' —Roshani Chokshi 'Reads like a grimoire for overcoming' —Hannah Whitten 'A gorgeously gothic fairy tale' —Ava Reid I must warn you first: This tale is not a romance. Ever since she was a child, Salomé has been plagued by visions of spirits and...

As the months in the time loop seem to add up without end, Zorian forms alliances with acquaintances old and new in an effort to solve the mystery of the loop and save his city—maybe even the world—from destruction. But while his mage skills develop and he pursues more advanced and unusual forms of magic, Zorian must battle necromancers, fanatical cultists, and vicious creatures—all while avoiding the attention of the lich who could kill him...permanently.

In a treacherous world filled with deception and distrust, Fiadh the Crow had plied her trade ridding the people of the Seann Àite of spirits and monsters. Beneath it all lies whispers in the dark leading men astray, whispers from a world beyond her own. Dark pacts are struck, and innocent...

Cleveland, été 1980. Phoebe et sa cousine Jacqueline, inséparables depuis l'enfance, viennent de terminer le lycée. Mais l'avenir s'annonce incertain, et elles rêvent de fuir leur quartier rongé par la misère. Alors que les usines ferment, une étrange maladie défigure les jeunes filles de Denton Street. Tout débute par de simples empreintes de pas mouillés sur le trottoir. Puis, lentement, leurs corps se transforment. La rouille ronge leur chair, du verre brisé pousse de leurs doigts et leurs os se changent en métal corrodé.

They say guilt makes monsters of men. But what if the monster was always there—waiting for permission? The Sanctuary burned. Kain returned to find his friends gone, Mira dead, and the Red Sun's forces claiming his territory. One month ago, he had power. He had people worth protecting. He had hope. Now he has only vengeance. While Vex's armies march on the Commonwealth, consuming faction after faction with cult-like fervor, Kain walks a darker path. Alone in the wilderness, he hunts. He evolves. And he listens to the corrupted voice in his head that whispers we are inevitable.

One land, three curses. One quest for freedom… She was searching for the sea – but found a war. Arianwen has a private hunger: to stand on the shore and listen to the music of water she has only ever imagined. When a bone harp falls into her hands, its song draws her out of the forest she...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The Legend of Gaia: Echoes of the Lost Guardians One spark is all it takes to ignite a legend. An epic fantasy adventure set in a world where the line between ancient magic and lost technology blurs, and where the echoes of legends are beginning to wake...

Audiolibro narrado en castellano. Jervas Dudley un hombre recluido en un manicomio nos narra la obsesión que marcó toda su vida; un antiguo mausoleo familiar oculto entre los árboles de un bosque cercano. Lo que comienza como una simple curiosidad se transforma en una atracción cada vez más...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. "The Isle of the Torturers" is a dark fantasy story by Clark Ashton Smith, part of his Zothique cycle–set on the last continent of a dying, far-future Earth. King Fulbra of Yoros flees his plague-ravaged kingdom (devastated by the Silver Death)...

"The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a distraught lover who is paid a visit by a mysterious raven that repeatedly speaks a single word. The lover, often identified as a student, is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven seems to further antagonize the protagonist with its repetition of the word "nevermore".

Eric Carter has a lot on his plate. He's hunting the Oracle of Las Vegas, a literal talking head that manipulates the future to make its prophecies come true. But it has a new trick. It can change the past, too. Now Jazz Age Los Angeles is invading the present. Long gone buildings suddenly restored, decommissioned Red Car trains appearing on paved over tracks, miles of the city changing back to orange groves.

Bon retour à Uspia, pays où vivent des sorciers, des fées, des loups-garous, des vampires, ainsi que des hybrides ! Chers lecteurs de ce tome 2, La curiosité est un vilain défaut.

The battle for the emperor's throne grows ever fiercer. The City of Countless Souls cowers behind locked doors as the whims of the downtrodden and the powerful bring the great game of Araxes to its chaotic conclusion. With the soulblade at his hip and magic in his soul, Caltro's freedom is almost within reach. But as Temsa reign of murder clashes with Widow Horix's plans, the locksmith's fate becomes all the more entwined with the needs of dead gods, the Cult, and vengeful royals. 

Contains books three and four of Master of Monsters.

Nicolai Attano finally has everything he's ever wanted: control over the Iron Saint Railway, safety for his family, and not a single rival syndicate to stand in his way. Never could he have imagined he'd want anything more than power—not until Camilla Marchese. Six weeks have passed since the disaster on the train and his wife was kidnapped. To get her back, he'll need help. Nico struggles to work with a city poisoned against him and is instead forced to seek the aid of a disreputable black-market dealer. A simple bargain to ensure her rescue, Nico doesn't think twice.

Eskara Helsene is missing. She left her queendom, her friends, her children, even her own name behind. No one has seen the Corpse Queen for a decade. Someone is murdering Sourcerers, forcing them to reject their magic and opening scars in reality, and monsters from the Other World are pouring through. When an old acquaintance turns up out of the blue, Eska has no choice but to investigate the murders and the holes in reality. Can she stop the murderer before the entire world is consumed? And will the conflict reveal her true nature?

Magic is coming more into the public realm. The dark families intend to control it, and relentlessly pursue dominance over Earth’s magic users. But their path is littered with personal vendettas, and an unyielding thirst for revenge consumes Winston Blackwell. Danger looms as formidable adversaries target Matt and Natalia, hell-bent on their destruction. Will the duo realize the danger before it’s too late?

Joel Barker is a small town vet and licensed pet groomer, and he used to own his own pet supply store. He's a bit of a renaissance man like that. He's always been good with cats and dogs and things like that, but imagine his reaction when a pale little girl with a pair of suspiciously sharp fangs visits his shop with her big brother, the Grim Reaper. The pet they ask him to help? A three-headed fire-breathing dog from the line of Cerberus.

A desperate mother asks Watch Officer Thea March for help. Her daughter has gone missing. No one else at Thea's Watch Station will help the mother. More bad news follows when a body is found. A young man who had gone missing some time before and whose death her superior officer wants to write off as natural causes. Thea realises that there is something else going on. Something dark and ugly and far more wide-spread than she could have imagined. There is corruption at the heart of the Watch.