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Helena and the oracular bookstore Abernathy’s stopped an attack by the alien invaders’ human allies and destroyed their attempt at a second oracle, giving the Wardens much-needed victories. Now, after months of fighting a defensive war, the Wardens plan a direct assault on the enemy stronghold. But as the battle approaches, Abernathy’s has other plans. The oracle directs Helena to contact four ordinary people with extraordinary talents whose abilities will change the course of the war. If she fails, it will mean the deaths of thousands—including those Helena loves most.

In the state of Liberty, water is rationed, free speech is hardly without a cost, and Texas has just declared itself its own country. In this society, paranoia is well-suited because eyes and ears are all around, and they are judging. Always judging. This terrifying terrain is explored via Eleanor, a young woman eagerly learning about her magic through her coven. But being a white witch is not as easy as they portray it in the books, and she’s already been placed under "house arrest" with a letch named Stan, a coworker who wronged her in the past and now exists in the form of a cat.

When an earthquake shakes up Sage's night, his instinct is to forget about it. They live in California—quakes happen. But this one sends the consciousness that lives in the ley lines running to him in fear, so he and his gunslinger boyfriend set out to investigate. What they uncover is a century-old plot to destroy not only the ley lines, but the city of Junction itself. Now, they're in a race against an unknown adversary who wants to annihilate everything they love, and the only man with the answers is Sage's long-dead Uncle Jonathon.

Siege the castle? They open the door for me. Save the world? Let’s not talk about it. Create a bestiary business with a group of beautiful yet contrasting women? How about a second location? A last expedition. There’s just one problem. Coming with me is a wild, crazy jester, and a dark, brooding witch. They’re as different as different could be, but I’ve got to help them get along—and let’s be real, it's mostly Velvet who needs helping.

El mundo entero de Shae está de cabeza: todo aquello en lo que creía es un engaño. Más decidida que nunca, se dirige a la misteriosa tierra de Gondal, un lugar que está prohibido mencionar y que ha sido reducido a un simple mito, para buscar un peligroso libro mágico que podría alterar las bases de su mundo. Siguiendo el rastro de Ravod, quien traicionó su confianza al robarse el Libro de los días, Shae descubre que le falta mucho para realmente conocer a su excompañero.

Number six in The Eyes of Freya series, The Infamous Fairies of Fairystone is a prelude to The Eyes of Freya set in ancient North America when Asmodeus ruled the underworld. Lilith is fighting for her life as her baby is struggling to be born. The child's father, Aries the Archangel, has shunned her, so she ran right into the trap the evil Asmodeus set for her. The child is being cut from her, and this gives Asmodeus two children to carry on his evil, as Lilith is forever trapped to look on as her children grow eviler every day.

With years of planning and preparing to set himself to a seemingly impossible escapade, Michail was determined to get Aphrodite’s attention, the goddess of love and fertility. It was an almost impossible thing to have a goddess or a god show themselves to a mortal, but somehow, he was able to do it. Not only did he catch the goddess’ attention, but he also caught her heart, a love and adoration so strong that Aphrodite was willing to do anything just to have Michail for her, and it would almost be a good love story. Almost.

Michael London is a young man living with his fiancé Jeremy in Brooklyn, NY. When Jeremy dies unexpectedly, Michael finds himself alone, soon unemployed and homeless. Intending to return to his boyhood home in Tennessee, he instead finds himself in "Inside", a town populated by descendants of ancient druids, a place completely unknown to the outside world. Here he finds a new purpose, new hope, and in time, a new love, and at the same time, is able to help a troubled Insider find his own purpose in life.

I'm John Taylor. I work as a PI out of the Nightside, that secret center of London where clocks always read three AM, terrible things happen with predictable regularity, and the always-dark streets are full of people partying like Judgement Day will never come. Now it may have arrived. God's own enforcer, the righteous engine of destruction known as the Walking Man, has come to the Nightside. He's a being whose sole purpose is the elimination of the wicked—and given the nature of the Nightside, he'll just keep on until there's no one left. So the Authorities hired me to stop him.

Greta ha poco più di vent’anni e un buco nero nel proprio passato. Da piccola è apparsa dal niente sulla spiaggia di un paese della riviera spezzina e nessuno ha mai capito di chi fosse figlia. L’hanno trovata zuppa e arrabbiata che urlava al mare, poi niente, nessuno l’ha reclamata. Dopo qualche passo falso, ad adottarla e crescerla lontano nell’hinterland milanese è una famiglia con due genitori che sembrano quasi fratelli. Ha studiato, mollato gli studi, si è impiegata e ripiegata sui soliti lavori di chi una strada vera e propria non è riuscito a trovarla.

My name is Eva McRayne, and you don't know me yet, but you will. I am the cohost of a paranormal documentary show called Grave Messages. I am also the Sibyl. What's the Sibyl? Apollo's messenger for the dead. Yeah, that Apollo. The same god from the Greek mythology stories we were all forced to read in high school. Except, the stories aren't stories. The gods are real. The ghosts are real. And my choice is a simple one: Use my new immortality to bring followers to Apollo, or commit the suicide I had so desperately wanted before the gods and ghosts invaded my life.

Llewyn Glass, a former Catholic priest, was deceived into making a deal with the Devil. Now, with Halloween looming, he must find a way to break the pact or be condemned to an eternity in Hell. Guided by the enigmatic and powerful Sister Abigail, Llewyn embarks on a perilous journey across the globe, confronting gods and monsters at every turn. Each step toward salvation demands a sacrifice, and the cost may be more than just his soul - but all of humanity.

What do you do when you follow a strange girl through a wall into a world where alchemy is real? You move in with her cousin, become a magic barista, and try your hand at higher education one more time. Only instead of biochemistry and physics, you're taking elixirs and searching the school grounds for secret chambers and long-lost spells. How do you go from someone who was never supposed to wind up here in the first place to becoming the greatest alchemist that ever lived?

The demon of madness is dead. Daltaro is saved. And Raven suddenly found something that he had long considered lost. But there are still many secrets and unexpected meetings in his future, as well as the first event in the history of the "game." The test that was prepared for hundreds of millions of players has begun. But are things truly as simple as they seem? The rewards are Influence Points. Once as rare as hen's teeth, they are now being given out like hotcakes. Just like the Teleportation Scrolls that lead to the Tablets. Why the sudden change?

No princess is guaranteed a happy ending. We have to fight for it. The Blood Fae infiltrate my lands, seeking to take over the Four Kingdoms. Their high leader wants my brother dead...and because her body is decaying, she wants to wear me as her new second skin. I'm not in the mood to be turned into a coat, or to bury my brother. I just saved him and united my males. I intend to enjoy this new life of mine and these four handsome, exasperating Fae kings. Time for me to teach these males of mine how to kick some vampire tushy. It's a nice kingdom we've got here...if we can keep it.

Geltheriel's Cleansing Quest is an impossible task, one set by a treacherous elven elder who wants Aranos to fail. To complete it, he has to travel to the lands of humans and dwarves, where he'll find new enemies and have to build new alliances, all while rediscovering powers lost for centuries. His enemies aren't idle, though, and now the dark god Morx has taken a hand in the Sorcerer Ascendant's defeat. Restoring the Arcane Doors is impossible. Freeing the lands of Darkness is impossible. Facing the Lord of Nightmares is impossible. But Aranos is determined to do the impossible.

Kennst du schon die Geschichte von Ani und Chris? Anna arbeitet in einem Baumarkt in der Gartenabteilung und findet nichts schöner, als sich tagtäglich um die Pflanzen zu kümmern. Eines Nachts wird sie von Piraten aus ihrer Wohnung entführt und landet in einem verborgenen Land, in dem Magie zum Leben dazugehört. Plötzlich ist sie nicht mehr eine Entführte, sondern die einzige Hoffnung, die magische Welt zu retten. Wird ihr das gelingen? Und was hat es mit dem Käpt’n der Piraten auf sich, vor dem sie alle warnen?

Reagan is on the brink of her life finally coming together. Safe and loved, and living with her long-term partner, she’s looking forward to landing her dream job. But then, all around her, people start dying. Soon, she finds herself battling an ancient demon while fighting to keep hold of her sanity. Are the nightmares she’s having actually memories? And why does she keep finding strange objects inside her house?

Vince and Stu's road trip through Texas is cut short when Stu's ancient Honda breaks down in the quiet town of Rambling. Nearby is Bubba's used-car lot, containing a collection of classic American cars. Following a bizarre encounter with a talking crow, and a deal signed in blood, Stu trades in his Honda for a powder-blue 1952 Cadillac convertible. Back on the road, the two buddies continue their journey in style, until a series of Burma Shave road signs and an encounter in a cemetery changes things forever.

When Katy and Malcolm discover a secret stash of Springside ghosts, they can't tell if they're on a rescue mission, walking into a trap—or dealing with something far more sinister.