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When she was a child, Astrid heard stories about how her mother served on the walls of Humanity's Bulwark to protect their country from their inhuman enemies on every side. With terrifying stories about their many foes, she quickly decided to become a delver in the Dungeon. There, she could gain enough levels and experience to serve as one of Humanity's elites, to protect her borders and countrymen. To do that, she'd need a party, and she had a plan.

Le royaume de Kandala est en proie au chaos. Les consuls ont pris le pouvoir. Le roi Harristan, poursuivi, se cache dans le Secteur Sauvage et cherche désespérément de l'aide pour récupérer son trône. Au royaume d'Ostriary, Corrick et Tessa sont séparés, sans nouvelles l'un de l'autre. Lorsque Tessa fait une découverte bouleversante sur l'épidémie qui ravage Kandala, tout pourrait bien basculer. Encore faut-il qu'elle retrouve Corrick et qu'ils parviennent à rentrer chez eux. Tandis que les difficultés s'accumulent, le temps est compté pour faire éclater la vérité et sauver leur royaume.

On Fathom Fall’s leaderboard, player Wyatt “DoctorDoctor” Docherty ranks at number three. In real life, he’s seen only as the privileged kid of head engineers at Hydrexo, the company that supplies 75% of North America’s water. He has easy access while others must line up to pay exorbitant prices at public water taps, and he feels totally useless. To prove he’s more than a spoiled Water Baby, Wyatt wants to win the upcoming Fathom Fall competition and finally make a name for himself.

New York, 1931. The manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by law, but behind this prohibition, organized crime flourishes-so, too, do bank robbers, bootleggers, assassins, and homunculi. Some want money, some are chasing the secret to immortality, and others just want to have...

With the arrival of winter, Lu Jie’s workload has continued to increase. Now in charge of an entire sect, and mired in politics, he’d been expecting constant pushback from demonic beasts and yet … the demons seem to have vanished without a trace. Left with a foreboding feeling, Lu Jie’s problems still haven’t solved themselves. The Alchemy Halls continue to put pressure and threaten him, all the while an invite has arrived from the Jade Court, calling him to Azure city. But Lu Jie has a plan, one that can not only protect him, but change the very course of history forever.

Orfana, cresciuta in una remota provincia, la giovane Rin ha superato senza battere ciglio il difficile esame per entrare nella più selettiva accademia militare dell'Impero. Per lei significa essere finalmente libera dalla condizione di schiavitù in cui è cresciuta. Ma l'aspetta un difficile cammino: dovrà superare ostilità e pregiudizi, affidandosi al dono letale che ha scoperto di possedere, l'antica e semileggendaria arte sciamanica. È forse l'unico modo per evitare una Terza guerra dei papaveri.

Kiar, royal daughter of a human father and swanfolk mother, is devastated when her sisters are able to take swan form and she is not. As next in line to the throne, Kiar is responsible for protecting the human kingdom of Valenia; but when three young swanfolk arrive to be fostered in the royal family, her friendship with spirited Willow and growing feelings for tall, thoughtful Tuan make her feel even more different.

Joshuas kleine Schwester stirbt an Leukämie, seine Eltern trennen sich und in der Schule wird er gemobbt. Als Joshua glaubt, dass es nicht mehr schlimmer werden kann, erwacht er eines Tages in Orasyen, einer vollkommen fremden Welt, wo er von seinem Schicksal als letzter Torwächter erfährt. Daraufhin begibt sich Joshua auf die gefahrenvolle Suche nach der Aufgabe, die nur er erfüllen kann. Während er immer weiter ins Herz Orasyens vordringt, sind ihm bösartige Kreaturen auf den Fersen, die ein einziges Ziel verfolgen: ihn zu vernichten, um dem Bösen den Weg zu ebnen.

Problems are like hydra heads these days—the moment I solve one, three more seem to spring up in its place. All I want to do is make it to graduation and spend unfettered time with my hot nephilim boyfriend, but life has other plans. When a town in the mortal realm is laid to waste, it's a race against the clock to figure out who's responsible and why. With every step I take, more secrets are revealed and I discover I'm a pawn in a game I didn't even know I was playing. If I hope to survive, I'll need the support of my friends now more than ever.

On my last trip outside of the academy, I found my caretaker's killer, but my trials and tribulations are far from over. The Book of Admissions is still missing and at risk of falling into the wrong hands. Even worse, a student has been murdered, which reunites me with the Watchers, including the one that turned my heart inside out. Our search for the book may just lead us to the killer—and a shocking truth that's been eluding me for seventeen years. Unfortunately, this isn't a truth that will set me free. In fact, it might just kill me.

Le royaume de Kandala a évité de justesse la catastrophe. Mais la fièvre qui ravage la population continue de sévir et le remède reste une ressource rare. Lorsqu'un émissaire du royaume d'Ostriary débarque avec une surprenante proposition, Tessa et Corrick le suivent dans une aventure périlleuse en mer. Ce pourrait être leur seule chance de maintenir la paix et de venir en aide au peuple de Kandala. Entre mensonges, loyautés mises en doute, divisions et trahisons, ni Harristan, resté seul pour diriger le royaume, ni Tessa et Corrick ne sont à l'abri du danger.

Final grandiose pour une saga envoûtante : une dernière quête intense et inoubliable...

THE BIG BAD WOLF IS DEAD! And what's worse, he was murdered! Alarick was a sporting superstar, top wolf in the Tooth & Claw games, and his death in the middle of the championship game against the Reds is a huge scandal. When his rival Ruby of the Reds realizes she has been framed for the crime, she goes on the run, determined to clear her name. But with a dogged detective and a wolf assassin on her tail, she's going to need more than a little help from her new wolf-cub friend Fillan. Only her Tooth & Claw skills will help her evade capture and nail the real murderer.

After a devastating loss and the discovery of a dark conspiracy, Klarke Ascher is determined to uncover the truth, no matter the cost. Her mission: to find the prince's missing twin and the elusive Ramanata, who hold the key to exposing the king's deceit and forcing his abdication. To advance her cause, Klarke cleverly convinces the king to allow the Ascenditures to join Ainar's team for a peace climb aimed at healing the rift between their lands.

عندما يتوفى مؤسس إمبراطورية بالينجر، يتولى ابنه جيس زمام الأمور ويصبح الزعيم الجديد للإمبراطورية. حتى الممالك المجاورة تخضع لسلطة هذه العائلة الخارجة عن القانون، التي لطالما حكمت وفقًا لقواعدها الخاصة. لكن عصرًا جديدًا يبدأ بقيادة ملكة شابة، مما يجعلها هدفًا لغضب وعداء هذه السلالة. في الوقت نفسه، ترسل الملكة كازي، اللصة الأسطورية السابقة من شوارع الفقر، للتحقيق في الانتهاكات المرتكبة ضد المستوطنات الجديدة. عندما تصل كازي إلى أرض بالينجر القاسية، تكتشف أن جيس ليس كما توقعت.

Scientist Rayne Ryder has dedicated her life to studying Kaiju—the colossal beasts hell-bent on destroying the rest of humanity's twenty-one remaining cities. She just thinks they’re neat! When her company discovers that she has an uncanny talent for piloting Machina, the giant robots used to fight the monsters one-on-one, her life is completely upended. Instead of staying in the comfort of the lab, she has to earn her place in the Crew of the best Machina operators Anchorage Protectorate has to offer.

Getting dragged into an alien world was not high on Elias Critchley's to-do list. One moment, he's trying to avoid eye contact with people on the school bus. The next, he's suspended mid-air in a bizarre tutorial and dumped—naked—into a dangerous, System-bound world where survival is far from guaranteed. With nothing but his sarcasm, stubborn streak, dry wit and a few skills from his old life, Elias must navigate a world that feels like the games he used to play… only now, dying doesn't come with a respawn.

Ihr Leben lang hat Kiana treu den Göttern gedient, die das Land Anima regieren, doch seit der Begegnung mit den Schicksalsbrecher Tyron und Nevin gerät ihr Glaube an die Lehren der Götter immer mehr ins Wanken. Zugleich erlebt sie mit Tyron und Nevin zum ersten Mal das Gefühl von Zusammengehörigkeit und Glück. Und sie verliebt sich – obwohl das ohne eine Verknüpfung der Seelenbänder angeblich gar nicht möglich ist ...

Immer wieder verschwinden Menschen aus Dust City. Niemand weiß, was mit ihnen passiert und wer der nächste sein wird. Als Fynns Bruder verschwindet, hat Fynn nur noch ein Ziel: ihn zu befreien. Erst als er das Sklavenmädchen Ania kennenlernt, merkt er, dass er dabei einen schrecklichen Fehler gemacht hat.

Mother Nature struggles to maintain equilibrium in a changing world while fire, disease, logging, human displacement, and war repeatedly destroy forests of centuries-old trees. Split Toe, a deer chosen at birth for a unique education, travels through time to understand the interconnected workings of a Michigan forest. He meets humans along the way: Ice Age hunters who trap and kill a mastodon; Mukwoh, a young Ojibwe hunter who stalks Split Toe through swamp and forest; loggers clear-cutting Michigan’s white pines; Edra, a woman advocating for the trees…