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Magic has been outlawed for almost a century, and anyone caught wielding it or bearing its mark is executed. Which is why I know every day could be my last. I'm marked for death. My skin bears the branding of the moon. I just thank the stars that it's not somewhere visible. For one night, I willingly put myself in danger, picking a stranger to lose myself in before I begin my life of servitude to the crown as a member of the King's Guard. But the man I thought was a stranger turns out to be the Blade of the King, Thorn, my new boss.

READ THE NOVEL THAT IGNITED THE PHENOMENON!It’s back to the drawing board as the kidnapper just barely slips from Kirito’s grasp. The new plan calls for a visit to the scene of the crime so that Asuna can use her scrying art to peek into the past, though what she learns is troubling to say...

When a high-value scientist is taken hostage inside the galaxy's most dangerous prison, Halek Cain is the only man for the job. The last remaining survivor of the Reaper program, Hal is an unstoppable force of fuel and madness. A veteran amputee-turned-cyborg, he has a history of violence and a talent for killing that is unmatched by any soldier. With the promise of freedom as his only incentive, he'll stop at nothing to earn back his life from the people who made him, imprisoned him, and were too afraid to let him die.

For some it’s an opportunity. For others it’s a moment to question their faith: In God, in science, in everything. Still others try to keep the world running in the face of absurdity and uncertainty. And then there are the billions looking to the sky and wondering how a thing that was always just there is now... something absolutely impossible.

A monstrous apparatus has been found on the surface of the moon. It devours and destroys in ways so incomprehensible to humans that a new language must be invented to describe it and a new kind of thinking to understand it. So far, the human guinea pigs sent there in hopes of unraveling the murderous maze have all died terrible deaths - except the last, now on suicide watch. The ideal candidate won't go insane, even as he feels the end approaching. And now they think they've found their man. Al Barker has already stared into the face of death - he can handle it again.

Sigfrid roams the aftermath of a war-torn kingdom in the wake of a brutal battle against disciples of the Dark Flame. He’s one of the world’s last holy warriors—a Spellsword—and he’s tasked with upholding justice and keeping the Bright Flame burning. He slays monsters by contract, upholding morality despite being jaded to the world, and is summoned to answer a challenge by a Duke—pull the giant sword of stone from the vines of the Ancient Grove and win a small fortune along with his daughter’s hand in marriage.

Welcome to the Five Isles, where war has come in the name of the invading army of Sor Sevier, a merciless host driven by the prophetic fervor of the Angel Prince, Aeros, toward the last unconquered kingdom of Gul Kana. Yet Gault, one of the elite Knights Archaic of Sor Sevier, is growing disillusioned by the crusade he is at the vanguard of just as it embarks on his Lord Aeros' greatest triumph. While the eldest son of the fallen king of Gul Kana now reigns in ever increasing paranoid isolationism, his two sisters seek their own paths.

Rupert didn't especially want to be a prince. And he certainly never asked to be the second son of a royal line that really didn't need a spare. So he was sent out to slay a dragon and prove himself - a quest straight out of legend. But he also discovered the kinds of things legends tend to leave out, as well as the usual demons, goblins, the dreaded Night Witch - and even worse terrors hidden in the shadows of Darkwood. Rupert did find a fiery dragon - and a beautiful princess to rescue.

Read the novel that ignited the phenomenon!After three hundred years of conflict, a new era begins for the Underworld. The Lost Child of Vecta, who seemed to appear out of nowhere, has defeated the Dark God and given the world its first taste of peace. The human realm and dark realm have begun...

Jake Fox and his ragtag band of heroes must come together, work to their strengths, and face overwhelming odds. Not even Foo Kin Great can predict the outcome of the greatest faceoff in Star Blade history. Will they usher in a new era of galactic greatness or watch society crumble into the stars?

The Russians and Chinese need our crops. They believe America is broken and attack it. In Wyoming, they will find out what unbreakable means. General Lance Bear Wolf and his team form the Wyoming Army of Resistance. The very survival of America is at stake… and Wolf will not let it die. From the windswept plains with their ICBM silos to the blood-soaked snow of occupied Cheyenne, Wolf ignites a rebellion that spreads across the Rockies. Every strike risks annihilation. Every decision is a fight between his principles and a primeval need to avenge the staggering losses America has suffered.

He’s her biggest rival in The Moon Run. And the reason her co-pilot is dead. Now they’re being forced to race together. Finley Clarke swore off racing after a fatal crash cost her first place and her teammate. As she comes around to the idea of entering again, she finds out the only person who is willing to be her new co-pilot is the man named Garis who caused the crash. As Finley and Garis enter The Moon Run, they realize there’s more than just the harsh desert out to get them. The other racers will stop at nothing to win. Even if it means they have to kill.

For 40 years, Colony 3245.12 has been Ofelia’s home. On this planet far away in space and time from the world of her youth, she has lived and loved, weathered the death of her husband, raised her one surviving child, lovingly tended her garden, and grown placidly old. And it is here that she fully expects to finish out her days - until the shifting corporate fortunes of the Sims Bancorp Company dictates that Colony 3245.12 is to be disbanded, its residents shipped off, deep in cryo-sleep, to somewhere new and strange and not of their choosing.

A bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all goes downhill from there. Guet Imm, a young votary of the Order of the Pure Moon, joins up with an eclectic group of thieves (whether they like it or not) in order to protect a sacred object, and finds herself in a far more complicated situation than she could have ever imagined.

Evie Gillies non è più la ragazza ingenua e spensierata di un tempo. Le rivelazioni che hanno sconvolto la sua vita hanno lasciato un segno profondo: ora sa di non potersi più fidare di nessuno, nemmeno di chi le ha sempre detto di proteggerla. Spotlight, la piattaforma informatica ideata da suo padre, è diventata una rete intricata di segreti e tradimenti che la trascina in una fuga continua, tra minacce e verità troppo pericolose per essere affrontate da sola. Anche se Evie non lo è mai davvero. Con lei c'è Axel Whitman, la sua guardia del corpo.

Er ist das lodernde Feuer, sie das undurchdringliche Eis. Ihre Liebe ist stärker als jede Magie. Und könnte sie beide zerstören! Raeve kennt nur ein Ziel: Als Mitglied der Rebellion hat sie geschworen, bis zu ihrem letzten Atemzug zu kämpfen. Für diejenigen, die es selbst nicht können. Und gegen jene machthungrigen Thronerben, die ihr Land in Chaos und Finsternis stürzen. Als ihre beste Freundin bei einem grausamen Attentat stirbt, dessen Opfer eigentlich Raeve werden sollte, ist Vergeltung alles, woran sie noch denken kann. Stärker als das Feuer der Drachen lodert der Zorn in ihr.

Elaine's adventures continue at Ranger Academy! Will she pass and validate Julius' trust in her? Or will she fail out and need to find a new career?

Crossroads, der kleine Ort im malerischen, wilden Ransom Canyon, ist der perfekte Ort für einen Neuanfang. Und wenn es für Angela Harold einen Mann gibt, mit dem sie sich das gemeinsam vorstellen kann, dann ist es Wilkes Wagner. Bei dem schweigsamen Rancher fühlt sie sich sicher. Wilkes' Träume, die texanische Kleinstadt zu verlassen, sind längst an der harten Realität gescheitert. Alles, was er vorweisen kann, ist die Devil's Fork Ranch. Doch dass er sich zu der stillen Angela hingezogen fühlt, kann er nicht leugnen.

Still mourning Bêlit, Conan attempts to drink away his sorrows. In his tavern-hopping journey he meets and befriends married couple Hunwulf and Gudrun and their son, Bjørn. A decade ago, Hunwulf eloped with Gudrun after killing her betrothed, they live on the run from her tribe, who are desperate for revenge. Bjørn has the makings of a shaman, while Hunwulf is prone to having strange fits which bring him visions of past and future lives. When a descendant warns Hunwulf of imminent danger, he and his wife ride out to ambush the tribe, leaving Bjørn with Conan.

In the third exhilarating novel in this dazzling epic fantasy series, a young outcast will fight against staggering odds to save her world. On the planet Abeth, a narrow Corridor of green land is surrounded on all sides by ice plains where only the strong survive. Ice triber Yaz has completed a...