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After years of war, the necromancer Zaroth Karn finally lies dead at my feet, and I am one of the most powerful mages left standing. Now it’s time for peace—and to keep a promise to a fallen friend. He left me his quiet farmstead in the elven town of Aerenvale. With most men lost to the war, the women there could use a hand…or more.

After years of grinding away, making little indie games and releasing them into the void with relatively little success while struggling to sustain himself on minimum wage nightmare jobs, he has finally produced a hit. And after nine solid months of work, Atticus is burned out. In a fit of spontaneity, he books a lakehouse on the shores of Lakeside, the quiet little town he used to visit over summer break with his family. Unsure of what he's actually going to do when he gets there, Atticus get settled and hopes that his life will at last calm down.

I expected aging out of the foster care system to be hard. I wasn't expecting it to include finding out I was a Warlock, destined to be hunted by the most powerful Witch Families so they could bind me to a coven of thirteen witches and spend the rest of my life "harvesting mana". Add to that a set of magical resonants that made me an even bigger target to some of those Witch Families, some of which would rather kill me than let a rival get me.

The price for saving the world is the right to rule it. After saving a faraway world, Lyn Rivers was cast back to Earth. Wanting the admiration, prestige, and glory of saving that world, she forced her way back. But she was forgotten, and someone else claimed credit for her deeds. Now, with the power of a deity of destruction, she desires nothing more than to claim her place in history. To do that she will conquer dungeons, make alliances, destroy kingdoms, and build an empire.

Earth is doomed and mankind has been exiled to Overworld, a strange world ruled by the Trials. Jamie Sinclair is a young man with unique gifts, and it falls to him to find a way for humanity to survive Earth’s destruction and build a new home in Overworld. Can Jamie save mankind? The Trials is no game. Join Jamie as he struggles through its brutal challenges while wrestling with his new magics and Overworld’s game-like dynamics.

Humanity has inherited a contested Dominion and a Patron intent on enslaving it. Others, too, gather, sensing weakness. Can Jamie and Sierra defy the odds? Can they save humanity? And at what cost? Enter the world of the Trials again and join Jamie on his journey to gather power and save humanity. Along the way, he will gather friends and allies, encounter old enemies, find new ones, and make surprising discoveries about himself, his power, and the dragons who started it all.

Freed from the dungeon, Tad now has a wider world to explore, even as he is pursued by an enemy intent on using Tad's power for his own ends. More of his forgotten past will be revealed even as he finds out more about his place in the multiverse. New allies and new enemies will appear.

Legacy and duty, or the freedom to carve your own path? It’s a difficult choice that Charles “Chance” Jameson must reckon with. He has reached eighteen Summers, the age of majority for humans who call the Wassirian Republic home. Like all the other newly minted adults, he faces a once in a lifetime choice. Service in the legions for five years, which brings both hardship and duty. Or the path of a commoner, living on the outskirts of accepted society. One that comes with no responsibilities to the state, and none of its benefits either.

Jake Anders never expected the latest VR game to transport him to a real-life fantasy world. It's the first thing he must come to terms with in Eldoria: this is no game. The stakes are real. Death is real. The women are real. And so is the magic. Jake is a Monster Master, a powerful mage capable of taming and commanding monsters in battle. Jake must use his newfound magic and Earth-smarts to bring peace and prosperity to the land—and he's not afraid to take down a tyrant or two in the process, bond with an elf or three, and tame a horde of monsters.

An Unprecedented Prospect Omnibus tells the story of Blair Blackenskiff as he dives into a new world and the fierce competition he was dropped into. The challenges, the allies, the enemies, the mysteries—Blair will get a taste of them in this Isekai Gamelit adventure.

Mark McGuiness has been working hard. As the number one firefighter on the Hot Shot Heroes calendar, he's always had his pick when it came to the dating scene, too. But there comes a time in every man's life where the allure of casual encounters starts to dim. Enter Zuzu, quirky catgirl on the run, bamboozled, sort of, into a contract with Maid For You. She's a whole bag of nerves and cuteness and questionable competency when it comes to maid duties—and now she's Mark's problem.

Arthur Cain was a hero to his city, the most accomplished and respected of the firefighters in his entire district. But when a call comes in from the so-called "Halfbreed Heights", the monsterfolk part of the city, Arthur's life gets flip-turned upside down.

Barrett Bradshaw was always a bookworm, but no amount of reading would prepare him for his childhood crush turning him into a vampire. Even more absurd, it turns out that he was never fully human at all.

Growing up on modern day Earth, I had no idea I’d been selected from birth to help a dying race save their population. So when a starship abducts me for a royal wedding with galactic consequences, my only option is to help its crew of beautiful officers complete their mission. The catch? I have to protect my gorgeous bride and new allies from an alluring enemy who wants my immunity to a fertility-killing plague for herself, even if it means I have to take command.

Everything has changed for Atticus Archer. He's moved to the idyllic Lakeside. He's dating a millionaire author. And a divorced mother with too much time and energy on her hands. And his best friend. And a curvaceous forty year old looking to become a mother. And now it seems he's caught the attention of yet another cougar: the mysterious and exotic Vetra. As he begins a cautious romance with the mature woman, Atticus has to also tackle the new task of balancing his life of making indie games and dating four (five?) women simultaneously...

Triumphing in the Guild Tournament, despite outside interferences, Nate has gained entry to the Etruan Royal University. With his System Challenge over and a path to learning more about magic and the System he exists within, he is hoping for a quiet year or two during which he can grow. That growth however is drawing attention to him and unknown enemies lurk in the shadows, waiting for the opportunity to pounce. Can Nate rise to the challenge, or will he finally meet his end at the hands of those that covet his gifts?

Craig is the best he is at what he does, even if what he does isn't very nice. Being a mob hit man isn't a glamorous life, but he enjoys it. He finds it...serene. But his world is turned upside down when a phone call alerts him that he has an infant daughter, and due to the unexpected passing of her mother, Craig is thrust into fatherhood more or less against his will... Because his Boss takes family very seriously. But the rising star company Maid For You has come to the rescue.

In the magic lands of the Fae Wild, the Goblin King's virility is the lifeblood of the realm. But an insidious curse has put the kingdom on the precipice of a population panic. Enter Thomas Stone: architect, engineer, and unknowing half-blood heir to the goblin throne. Whisked away to a world where baby-making makes the world go round, Thomas finds himself in a pickle thicker than goblin stew. Birth rates are dropping faster than a fairy on a bad flight path, and it’s up to Thomas to save the fae from themselves.

The Darkwood is ancient, filled to bursting with secrets: talking animals, trees with names and titles, and more magic than a mortal can possibly fathom, just for starters. It is but one of many such places. But the Big Bad Wolf only terrorizes the Darkwood these days. When a prophecy comes along that is grave enough to garner the Wolf's notice, he and his new companions set out on a quest—to wake, wed and dominate the Three Perfect Princesses, Snow White, Rapunzel, and Briar Rose—but he must face off against Prince Charming and his brothers in order to do so.

Silas may have won the crown... but now he has to keep it. Silas has done the impossible: he has overcome the gods of the Dragon Dungeon and claimed their powers for his own. But the Dungeon is a wild and fractured place, and it does not take kindly to a single master. In the shadows, a rebellion is festering... and with the goddess Patience gone, the feral dragons she left behind are growing ever more unhinged. If that weren't enough to deal with, Silas must also survive a mystery assassin and track down a portal into the deeper world of the Virtues.