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I was just a normal guy making his way in the big city—until I found myself transported to another world to train at the Alpha Warlock Academy. Not only do they want me among their ranks, but they want me to train among the most powerful of warlocks at the Academy. I've got a lot on my plate: cramming spells, training for combat, and trying not to get myself killed during my initial challenges. Fortunately, I've also got plenty of friends to help me out, including my hobgoblin neighbor and the smooth-talking genie across the hall.

*** The Instant Sunday Times Number One Bestseller!*** Welcome to Harker Academy for Deviant Defense. Keep your daggers sharp, and your wits even sharper. Viv Abbot is an average twenty-one-year-old girl. She lives in an expensive city where the rent is too high, works long hours at a thankless...

Crafting the first-ever Mythic-Grade piece of equipment should have made Sal a Legend. Instead, it might end up getting him killed. That's what happens when you use the most coveted demonic material known to man… to build an attack drone. Secrets are piling up, and Sal is tired of hiding his abilities. If he wants to live without fear, individual power won't be enough. It's time to establish the guild. Sal has the headquarters and the funds. All he needs are the right people to bring them up the rankings.

Brought to you by Penguin. Lennon Carter’s life is falling apart. Until she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to sit the entrance exam for somewhere few have heard of – Drayton College, a school of magic hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah. Lennon doesn’t know it yet, but she is...

In a realm where magical professions tend to align within family trees, Lyra Treble is an unusual ingredient. Everyone expected her to follow in her parents' footsteps and become a bard, but she's gained entrance to the Royal Academy of Magical Baking, the most exclusive, prestigious institution of its kind in all the land. The academy is everything Lyra dreamed of and more. She loves the rigorous curriculum, the strict but fair professors, and her new friends-turned-family. But with a limited number of slots open for next year, her culinary future isn't guaranteed.

Bea’s back! But life at the Academy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Being the only fairy is bad enough, but then the rumours of a ghost spread, setting everybody on edge. And when people are afraid, it’s never a good time to be the odd one out. So Bea is determined to keep her head down and not, absolutely not, draw attention to herself. That is, until she comes face to face with the so-called ghost. Bea realises that things at the Academy are a lot more complicated than they first appear - and that's before an unwelcome face turns up begging a favour.

To boost waning interest in interstellar travel, a mission is sent into deep space to learn the truth about "moonriders," the strange lights supposedly being seen in nearby systems. But Academy pilot Valentina Kouros and the team of the starship Salvator will soon discover that their odyssey is no mere public-relations ploy, for the moonriders are not a harmless phenomenon. They are very, very dangerous-in a way that no one could possibly have imagined.

A new Prism has appeared, but the monster waves are coming faster than ever. Will humanity's hope prove to be too little, too late? Meanwhile, Aden has too many voices to listen to. This is his life, but it turns out much of what he thought he knew about his past may be false.

Ever since magic stormed the world, the price for human survival is surrendering your firstborn to the monsters. But this year it's Nova's turn, and the monsters better watch their backs. 

The Krysfelt Academy for Girls is the most prestigious academy in the Magocracy, and it’s about to get its first male student… Like most guys, I never expected to see the inside of that fabled place. But when I’m assigned the Enchanter class—previously reserved for girls—an invitation to Krysfelt is part of the deal. To earn my place, I’ll have to win over the fiery headmistress and the monster girl students—catgirls, orcs, wolfgirls, dryads, goblins—you name it… And that’s not even mentioning the pretty (but slightly insane) tiefling girl who believes she and I are destined to bond…

When a truck ran down Tyler, he didn't think he'd wake back up...but he did. Now he's in a fantastical world filled with wonder, adventure, and battling monsters tamed by humans like one of his favorite video games.

Robin Sullivan doesn't remember how she died. Just that she crawled out of Lady Bird Lake wearing someone else's Sunday best and no pulse. Welcome to Hellhound Academy—Austin's secret training ground for the recently resurrected, where cadets like her protect the living from supernatural threats...or get recalled to the underworld.

Offenbar können auch Mädchen Alphawölfe werden ... Obwohl Raven ihren Wolf kaum kontrollieren kann, beneiden alle Frauen in ihrem Rudel sie. Denn Raven ist die Freundin von Greg, dem zukünftigen Alpha ihres Rudels. Was mehr könnte eine junge Werwölfin wollen? Raven weiß es nicht, aber sie will mehr. Als dann ein Scout der Bloodshed Academy auftaucht, scheint die Sache klar. Nur die stärksten und mächtigsten Alphas werden an die Akademie eingeladen. Greg ist einer von ihnen und Raven soll auf ihn warten.

Mina hatte gehofft, die dunklen Zeiten wären vorbei. Der Winterkönig ist besiegt, die Eisdämonen sind verschwunden – alles könnte perfekt sein. Doch Ethan, ihr Lehrer für Eismagie und ihre große Liebe, verhält sich plötzlich kühl und distanziert, als hätte er etwas zu verbergen. Als erneut Eisdämonen die Winter Academy bedrohen, keimt in Mina ein schrecklicher Verdacht: War ihr Sieg vielleicht doch nicht endgültig? Gibt es einen neuen Winterkönig? Und wie ist Ethan in all das verwickelt?

Du wirst einen der sieben Prinzen heiraten. Und du wirst die nächste Königin. Das bist du deiner Familie schuldig. Neah muss auf die Venturi Academy gehen. Aber nicht, um Magie zu studieren, sie soll dort ihren zukünftigen Mann auswählen. Als Tochter des Königs hat sie keine Wahl. Ihr Vater sitzt am längeren Hebel. Jeder der sieben Prinzen gibt alles, um Neah von sich zu überzeugen und der künftige König zu werden.

Most kids at the Colorado branch of Mythos Academy know me as Rory Forseti, the daughter of Reaper assassins. Secretly, I'm a member of Team Midgard, a group of students and adults tasked with stopping Covington, the evil leader of the Reapers of Chaos. For me, the mission is a deeply personal one, since Covington is also the man who murdered my parents. When my friends and I get a lead on a powerful artifact that Covington wants to steal, we think we finally have a chance to thwart the Reapers and stop them for good.

My name is Rory Forseti, and I attend the Colorado branch of Mythos Academy, a school of warrior kids, powerful artifacts, and mythological monsters. I'm a student, a fierce Spartan warrior, and a member of Team Midgard, a group of kids and adults tasked with stopping the evil Reapers of Chaos. There is one Reaper I'm determined to hunt down above all others: Covington, the man who murdered my parents. So when the Midgard gets a tip that Covington is going to try to steal a dangerous artifact, I'm ready to fight. But the situation is far more complicated than it seems.

My secret is out, yet I'm still welcome at the academy, training for a future as a warden for the Agency of Magical Forces. For the first time in my life, I feel like I belong. Until one of my roommates goes missing and it's all my fault. I lead the charge to find her, testing the limits of my magical abilities in the process and resisting the allure of the sexy vampire Gray. The clock is ticking as we race to one of the most dangerous underworlds in an effort to rescue my roommate before it's too late.

Wie aus dem Nichts tauchen unbekannte Dämonen in London auf - so bestialisch und grausam, dass selbst Staysy, Jack, Hassan und Sachiko das Blut in den Adern gefriert. Die neuen Dämonen scheinen urbanen Legenden und harmlosen Internet-Scherzen entsprungen zu sein. Aber wie konnten sie sich materialisieren und in der realen Welt Menschen töten? Während die Dämonenseuche weltweit um sich greift, jagen die Trainees der Sinclair Academy dem Ursprung hinterher.

In London scheint es ein bestialischer Mörder auf ahnungslose Touristen abgesehen zu haben. Achtzehn Tote werden innerhalb weniger Wochen in verlassenen U-Bahn-Schächten gefunden. Den Opfern wurden die Kehlen zerrissen, die Körper sind mit Bisswunden übersät. Zur gleichen Zeit müssen die Trainees der Sinclair-Academy einer Prophezeiung nachgehen, der zufolge sich unterhalb Londons eine Armee von Nicht-Leben versammelt und an die Oberfläche drängt.