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This collection contains all of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian stories published during his lifetime, contextualized with biographical details of their author.

As multiple worlds and dimensions converged, humanity was met with the Unknown. A mysterious System forces it to play its part in a death game, and through the workings of a higher power teleports every human to a deadly Tutorial Zone. In order to save himself and others, Liam must reach his full potential as the last hope. This is the story of a man's desperate attempts to save humanity from certain extinction, as well as find out who's behind it all. He dreams of creating a fairer, more just reality and through the System, finds a ray of hope.

My family has run Sugarville’s one and only B&B for years. Sure, it's a little rundown and the gardens are overgrown, but it’s still got what I like to call rustic charm. If things go my way, it’ll become a cozy shelter for Hellhounds, Alicorns, Kobolds, and more! Yup – I’ve just become the manager of a government-run home for monster girls. Not only will I need to patch the roof, fix the barn, and master my burgeoning magic, but I’ll also need to help our guests adapt to living on Earth! However, unscrupulous forces are prowling about, trying to exploit monster girls for their arcane power.

When Anna Marshall is transported from her boring and frustrating life in Ames, Iowa, to the very different world of Erde, she's angry and confused. But she soon finds out that for the first time in her life she's uniquely powerful. In Iowa, Anna was a music teacher and small-time opera singer, but on Erde, her musical ability makes her a big-time sorceress-potentially. First, though, she must figure out how to use her ability before the rulers kill her.

As the threat of the livahti grows and her enemies regroup, Jael Furyck knows she cannot stop. Escaping Hallow Wood at the head of the Brekkan army, she must find her way to Oss. Her chilling encounter with the Mistress leaves her in no doubt that Eadmund is in grave danger. But facing days on the road and a journey across the Nebbar Straights, will she arrive in time to save him?

A young man must face dangers from without and within—and question everything he believes to be true. Since boyhood, Druadaen expected he'd ascend to the command of an elite legion and become the leader his father predicted he would be. However, fate had something different in store. Assigned instead to a small group of outriders tasked with watching nearby kingdoms, Druadaen discovers that the world beyond his homeland is riddled with impossibilities. How do humanoid raiders, known as the Bent, suffer staggering losses and yet return as a vast horde every decade?

My name is Danny Abbott. I went to bed thinking I had just another day at the office waiting for me. Instead, I find myself in Dungeon World, a planet-wide RPG-themed amusement park. The monsters are real, the perils are deadly, and the people in charge are long gone. Sure, maintenance worker sounds like a weird job to be stuck with—until I find out that it lets me reroll chests, disable traps, and access the park's hidden paths and back halls. Then I realize that the world is my oyster.

Young Lerris is dissatisfied with his life and trade, and yearns to find a place in the world better suited to his skills and temperament. But in Recluce a change in circumstances means taking one of two options: permanent exile from Recluce or braving the dangergeld, a complex, rule-laden wanderjahr in the lands beyond Recluce, with the aim of learning how the world works and what his place in it might be. Many do not survive. Lerris chooses the dangergeld.

All that was settled must be remade. Every path that appeared certain is now darkened with shadow. Oren Storgard is gone, Mutt Storman has vanished, and Gunnhild, the dreamer? Surrounded by enemies, uncertain who will strike next, Jael must choose a way forward, though can she find the strength to overcome her broken heart? The resolve to keep fighting?

Bryce Quinlan e Hunt Athalar hanno stretto un patto e stanno lentamente cercando di tornare alla normalità. Hanno sì salvato Crescent City, ma le loro vite sono così stravolte che l'unica cosa che vogliono è del tempo per rilassarsi. Rallentare. Capire cosa riserva il futuro. Gli Asteri finora hanno mantenuto la parola, lasciando Bryce e Hunt in pace. Ma con il tentativo dei ribelli di Ophion, in gran parte umani e Vanir, di intaccarne il potere, la minaccia che i governanti rappresentano sta diventando sempre più concreta.

Ventitré anni, mezza Fae e mezza umana, Bryce Quinlan ha una vita perfetta: di giorno lavora in una galleria d'arte e di notte passa da una festa all'altra, senza problemi e senza preoccupazioni. Quando però una brutale strage scuote profondamente Crescent City, la città in cui vive, e Bryce perde una persona a lei molto cara, il suo mondo crolla in mille pezzi lasciandola disperata, ferita e molto sola. Adesso non cerca più il divertimento, ma un oblio in grado di farle dimenticare i terribili fatti che hanno cambiato la sua vita per sempre.

When I bound myself to a rundown magical manor, I never expected I’d become a mighty hearthomancer, warden of an imprisoned demon and protector of Earth. Still, it worked out pretty well. I’ve got a few side hustles opening up, rent income is steady, and wedding bells are in the air. But now, some jerk who calls him Damnation’s Architect is trying to ruin everything. He’s been conspiring for centuries to destroy my home and bring about the apocalypse. It’s up to me and my brides-to-be to save the day.

Bryce Quinlan non si sarebbe mai aspettata di vedere un mondo diverso da Midgard ma, ora che è successo, l'unica cosa che vuole è tornare indietro. Tutto ciò che ama è lì: la sua famiglia, i suoi amici, il suo compagno. Bloccata in un luogo spaventoso e a lei sconosciuto, avrà bisogno di tutto il suo ingegno per riuscire a tornare a casa. E non è un'impresa facile dal momento che Bryce non ha la più pallida idea di chi potersi fidare.

Nylan, the only man among the matriarchal band of “angels” marooned on the high plateau of Candar. Forced to seek a life elsewhere, Nylan decends into a world of warring kingdoms and strange magics in search of a peaceful life with his wife and infant son. His talents, however, make him a valuable weapon - and so the war between chaos and order begins anew.

In Contrarian, protests against unemployment and poor harvests have become armed riots as the people sink deeper into poverty. They look to a government struggling to emerge from corruption and conspiracy. Recently elected to the Council of Sixty-Six, Steffan Dekkard is the first Councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empaths—but not the recent bombing of the Council Office Building by insurrectionists.

Every thirty years, an ancient god hosts a very dangerous game. After Ryder Copeland wakes in a hospital after a suicide attempt, two people immediately try to murder him. A woman named Juliet saves his life and then reveals that he succeeded in his suicide after all. They’re both dead, but a mad god has granted them five more days of life... if they’re willing to kill for it.

Continued poor harvests and the steam-powered industrialization displace and impoverish thousands. Protests grow and gather followers. Against this rising tide of social unrest, Steffan Dekkard, newly appointed to the Council of 66, is the first councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empaths. This makes him dangerous. As unknown entities seek to assassinate him, Dekkard struggles to master political intrigue and infighting, while introducing radical reforms that threaten entrenched political and corporate interests.

Steffan Dekkard is an isolate, one of the small percentage of people who are immune to the projections of empaths. As an isolate, he has been trained as a security specialist, and he and his security partner Avraal Ysella, a highly trained empath, are employed by Axel Obreduur, a senior Craft Minister and the de facto political strategist of his party. When a respected Landor Councilor dies of “heart failure” at a social event, because of his political friendship with Obreduur, Dekkard and Ysella find that not only is their employer a target, but so are they.

Il diciottenne Farin vive nel villaggio medievale di Haufen, Il ragazzo è un emarginato, perché come figlio del becchino è deriso e maltrattato dagli altri abitanti del villaggio. Eppure, la sua unica scelta è apprendere il mestiere del padre, sempre più vittima dell'alcol. Le cose cambiano senza preavviso per Farin quando muore la strega del villaggio e lui la prepara per il funerale. Perché la strega porta un misterioso amuleto al collo e Farin non riesce a resistere alla tentazione di indossare il gioiello... Tiene per sé il suo segreto... tanto non gli crederebbe nessuno.

My name is Mal, and ever since I was a boy I've been treated as a malcontent because of my ability to see magic. For everyone else, magic is proof of the Goddess's love. To me, it is just a colorful spread of enchantments, cantrips, blessings, and hexes. And any spell I can see, I can break. I had always expected to grow up to be a ditch-digger. Instead, I was dubbed a hero. Heroes are sent out in the wasteland, to slay monsters and to challenge the Demon Lord. It's a suicide mission. But once I was exiled, I found that the outside world was drastically different than I had thought.