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Zane was driving home from work when the world changed. Thousands of dungeons spawned at once, taking up every inch of Earth—including the road he’s driving on. He wakes up to a totaled car and a broken leg, facing down a goblin trying to spear him through the guts. And that's just the start of it. But to Zane’s surprise, he finds himself enjoying this brutal new world. While others cower and hide, he goes on the hunt. He unlocks a unique Berserker skill—the more damage he takes, the stronger he gets.

If waking up in a new world isn't bad enough, Hestia starts her new life as a small, newborn dragon in a hostile forest filled with vicious monsters. With status screens obscuring her vision, her first task is to escape two hungry kobolds wanting some grilled lizard for breakfast. Equipped with fragmented memories from her past life and the gamelike mechanics of her new reality, Hestia must face trials, beasts, bosses, and more as she grows in size and power.

Draconic blood burns in his veins. After an aimless life, he found himself reborn in a new world of monsters and magic as the Heir of a Kingdom. Now, as Sol Dragona Luxuria, the Sol heir of Lustburg, he will one day rise to be Humanity's leader. His first task is to Awaken, then prove his strength during the coming of age ceremony. However, while he has many supporters, enemies lurk in the shadows. Follow Sol as he ascends in power. There'll be Love, there'll be Lust, but there'll also be Blood.

Ethan has spent his entire life hiding violent urges from his family. They think he’s just antisocial; what they don’t know is he struggles every day against his growing desire to kill. Hoping a change of scenery will help, he escapes to Bermuda to join Isabelle and Stefan. He’s not expecting Emma to walk into his life and give him the first peace he’s known in years. However, the solace he finds with her is soon shattered when someone from Emma’s past returns to claim her.

With only a month left in college, Ian is busy enjoying the remaining time with his friends. Since reaching maturity, his life hasn’t been as carefree as it once was, but he’s found a way to fight the destructive urges growing within him by losing himself in women. But that all changes when Paige falls, half dead, into his arms. Driven by the need to keep her safe, Ian flees with her. Paige spent the past four years of her life training to fight—and kill—vampires. When she’s forced into hiding with Ian, she’s determined to believe he’s just another monster in need of beheading.

Despite knowing Aida was his mate, Julian left her behind to live her dreams. Now that he’s a fully matured vampire, he’s as good as dead without her. Deciding it’s time to say goodbye to his family, he returns to the States. He wasn’t expecting to run into Aida again, but now that he has, he’s not sure he can let her go a second time. It’s been four and a half years since Julian walked out of her life. Living in Boston and struggling to pay her bills, the last thing Aida expects is Julian’s sudden return. She worked hard to overcome the hurt his abandonment caused…

Determined not to live her parents’ fate as a mated vampire, Isabelle locks herself away from society. Despite her resolve to avoid anyone outside her family, her world is rocked when Stefan arrives. The powerful, stunning vampire is everything she never wanted. Stefan isn't expecting to walk into a nest full of vampires, but he’s immediately drawn to the vibrant, defiant, and willful Isabelle who goes out of her way to avoid him. No matter how hard she tries to fight it, Isabelle can’t deny the pull she feels toward Stefan.

It has been thousands of years since beast-kind were united under one banner. The empire encompasses most of the known world, driving out or enslaving the lesser races without mercy. In a state of constant war and conquest, they have perfected the art of battle. For commoner wolf-kind Valian, being accepted and trained in a noble house's army was a dream come true. Without wealth or a family, it was his best shot at attaining honor and glory. Until fate intervened. When Valian discovers he's descended from an ancient and long-thought-extinct line, everything changes.

In the realm of Ishreedin, humans and elves have a deep animosity for each other that spans centuries. Though fragile peace now exists through a treaty, fate is not often kind to those caught in the middle. Born of a secret marriage between the human king and the elven princess, five half-elven daughters understand—better than anyone—that their fate was signed away long before they were born. After their mother mysteriously disappears, the sisters find themselves at the center of a millennia-old curse, which becomes the catalyst for a whirlwind of events.

Desperation drives Abigail Byrne to contact the man she’s determined to forget... even if it might leave her with a broken heart. It’s been six years since she laid eyes on Brian, but she’s been unable to get him out of her thoughts and dreams. However, when her twin sister disappears, Abby’s forced to ask him to help find Vicky. Brian’s life as a vampire has consisted of little more than killing and death for the last two hundred years. He’s convinced kindness and love have no place in his world until he hears Abby’s frantic plea for help.

Darkness calls to Aiden, and he’s fighting a losing battle. Since the day he stopped aging, it’s threatened to consume him. He only hopes someone kills him before he gives in to the savage nature fighting for control. Just when he believes he’ll lose the battle, he encounters Maggie, and for the first time in years, he has hope for his future. After growing up without a stable home, Maggie enjoys the security she’s worked so hard to attain. Everything changes the night Aiden lands in her ambulance.

When Jack escapes the vampires holding him captive, he thinks his biggest worries are finding his friends and avoiding the Savages pursuing him... until he stumbles across Charlie. He’s not sure what’s more dangerous, the vampires hunting him or the woman who harbors more secrets than the island where he’s trapped. Charlie wasn’t expecting Jack to fall into her life, but now that he has, she doesn’t know what to do with him. She can’t leave him behind to be hunted, but her growing attraction to him frightens her more than the Savages.

When Mollie awakens to find herself in a cage, she doesn’t remember how she or her sister got there, but she discovers they are not alone in their nightmare. Mollie vows to do whatever it takes to rescue Aida when their captors take her sister from her cage. She just needs to figure out how to escape first. Mike and his friends discover themselves imprisoned by Savages in the aftermath of an attack they never saw coming. Unsure of how to break free, he’s surprised to learn the human next to him is the key to his freedom... and his future.

Mia may be free of the chains and vampires who held her captive, but the aftermath of what she endured lingers. Survival came with a price, and she can no longer stand the touch of another. David never expected to find his mate, but now that he has, he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her. Knowing she’s traumatized by the abuse she endured, he’s determined to help Mia trust him, even if it means resisting his growing urge to claim his mate. As Mia’s faith in him increases, their bond deepens.

To young trainee Rain Barynd, becoming a Council Guard in bucolic New Haven will secure a positive future that involves neither farming nor any real fighting. Impressing his girlfriend’s skeptical parents and overcoming a handful of bullies among the trainees—along with the inexplicable intensity of his trainer, a decorated warrior from the East—are his greatest challenges. Or so he believes. A rare and ruthless bandit attack marks the beginning of the mayhem that engulfs Rain’s childhood home and sets him on an unimaginable path that includes … his own magic?

The quaint town of Stonebrook becomes the stage for an ancient curse's return. For centuries, the stone gargoyles have stood watch over the town, their sinister eyes seemingly peering into the souls of passersby. But when a group of adventurous archaeologists arrives seeking the truth behind the legends, they unknowingly unleash a malevolence that threatens to engulf the entire town. As the archaeologists delve into Stonebrook's forgotten past, they unearth an artifact that should have remained hidden, disrupting the long-slumbering curse.

Today is Alec-Ryuu’s thirteenth birthday. And he takes his final test in preparation for joining the resistance against the dreaded and powerful Black Dragon. Nonmagical beings have been forced into hiding by the dragon’s rule, and Alec-Ryuu’s small village lives under the constant threat of exposure and enslavement. Alec-Ryuu, or Ryuu as he prefers to be called, is not your average human. He is the son of a being of great power—stronger, smarter, and faster than friends and rivals alike.

It has been 20 years since Alkarrien and his dark army were defeated. Matara and Padicum who were young boys during the war are now men grown each having followed the footsteps of the family they were raised in. Despite peace reigning throughout the Land of Marrapassa there is an unrest amongst certain factions who are not happy with the post mage wars environment. Poverty is on the rise and so to are pockets of renegades out to pillage, cause mischief and bring back forbidden practices such as slavery.

Street rat Del used to only rely on himself, but since being stranded on a desert island with Lathan, Etenia, and a pair of newly hatched dragons, he’s learned about the importance of friendship. Which is why he’ll do anything to prevent them from being hurt, even if it means leaving his homeland Pothena vulnerable to a threat that lurks deep off the coast; something even deadlier than a kraken.

For Amanda, there's nothing like the peace and tranquility of flying among the clouds at 10,000 feet. The crowds and the politics of the city far behind. The packs of zombies and marauders far below. But the Necromancer has other ideas. Shot down on an emergency delivery, Amanda's mission and her life are both put in jeopardy. Threats surround her, and not just from the living dead. It's a race against her hunters, against time, against the wilds themselves......And something in the wilds is waking up!