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Liam begrudgingly travels to another lord's domain to receive a noble education, and the Guide makes sure to muck up his reputation. When Liam attempts to bribe the reigning lord in exchange for a cushy life on the planet, he's deemed destitute and given the cold shoulder! Thinking the man is just far too upstanding for his "incentives", Liam decides that other nobles who got the same treatment must be just as wicked as he is! Will his pretty boy roommates, Kurt, and the gorgeous yet surprisingly friendly girl, Eila, become his new evil besties?

On a diplomatic mission, Brax and his rider, Carmen the assassin, encounter a ghostly vision of the Nameless Goddess. She's a part leopard, part crocodile deity, who warns them she is coming to conquer their world. Brax, in his usual snarky way, makes fun of her hairy legs and, after she vanishes, dismisses this threat. But things soon get a lot worse... When the duo arrives at the capital of the Akkad empire, they discover the emperor has been horrifically murdered by what looks to be an astral servant of that goddess, and his young nephew ascends to the throne.

Noel longs to be a Seeker like his heroic grandfather, slaying the beasts that emerge from Abysses and exploring far-off lands. Unfortunately, it turns out he's nothing but a measly Talker--a job with no combat skills whatsoever.

As the last of his kind in a gryfon pride ruled by the conquering Red Kings, Shard has always known his destiny is merely to survive. He must strive to keep up with larger, stronger, crueler gryfons in order to earn his place as a warrior, or face exile. While on the dangerous initiation hunt that will either make or ruin him, Shard desperately takes the unexpected advice of a strange she-wolf who seeks him out, and hints that Shard’s past is not all that it seems.

The story he knew is basically over, and new unscripted chapters are the future. With the original plot of the book left behind, Samson now faces a world filled with endless possibilities and dangers. The question of returning to his old life has become a distant thought as Samson embraces his role in this new world. He's built deeper connections more real than anything he's ever experienced. But nothing is without a cost. Sampson soon finds that his actions have consequences that ripple across the world of My Royal Academia.

Samson's journey at the Royal Academy takes an unexpected turn when a shocking kidnapping occurs, throwing the academy into chaos. As he grapples with this new challenge, a mysterious dragon egg emerges, holding secrets that could be key to saving "My Royal Academia." Torn between his duty to the narrative and the predictability of academy life, Samson has no choice but to keep moving forward. The changes he's made to the story of "My Royal Academia" are starting to unravel, and the world he's come to love is at risk.

Can Samson rally his friends and forge new alliances to protect the Royal Academy and the magical nexus that sustains it? Or will Narathara's wrath consume Norvindor in a fiery apocalypse? Will Samson find his way back to the real world, or embrace his new life as a hero in this epic finale and live happily ever after?

Bound by a name, driven by a desire to become more, Cecily and Frost have survived their first battle and come out stronger for it. However, the bond they share comes with more than a way to communicate and a life long friendship; it comes with a death sentence should anyone discover the taboo magic they've undertaken. No one knows yet, but a single moment's mistake can lead to dire consequences for both dragon and mage.

When Ren Sharpe was 14, she was kidnapped by a shadowy organization called FATE and trained to be a human weapon. Now, four years later, she receives her assignment: protect Gareth Young at all costs. Currently a student at Texas A&M, Gareth will someday change the world. FATE calls people like Gareth "FIPs" - future important people - and they're everywhere, each with a FATE-trained shadow.

When the mixed-reality of the Autonoma Resort collapses, Alex plummets into the depths of lies, cover-ups, and corporate manslaughter. With little brother Michael’s life on the line, can Alex overcome the demands of the machines or has their fate already been decided? As H.E.N.R.I, an unreliable hoverbot, leads the way, it’s clear there’s more to contend with than dubious technology and rogue bots. With the foundations of a megacorporation blown open, there’s nowhere to hide from an unsettling past or the nagging feeling of déjà vu.

Què passaria si un mag misteriós t’enredés en una trama diabòlica ordida per una certa Muriel? I si aquesta Muriel t’observés des que has dit el seu nom, disposada a fer-te regals que no has demanat, regals que podrien capgirar la teva vida? Només cal que recordis una cosa: per més que tanquis la porta, la Muriel té totes les claus. Totes.

Londres, año 2015. Hiro Nagako, un joven japonés de 17 años, es un chico sano, quinto Dan en aikido, de mente equilibrada, que tiene unos padres amorosos, un amigo del alma y el amor correspondido de una chica fantástica. Sin embargo, noche tras noche sufre unas horribles y repetitivas pesadillas. En estos insólitos sueños el maestro de ceremonias es el Hombre Sin Rostro, un ser terrorífico que lo tortura con espantosas pruebas. Hiro hará lo posible para descubrir la verdad tras sus pesadillas y las pistas lo llevarán de Londres a la Barcelona de Gaudí y, finalmente, a Tokio.

Espen Vetsby ist zutiefst beunruhigt. Seine Zwillingsschwester Pernille ist spurlos verschwunden, und die einzige Spur ist ein erschreckendes TikTok-Video, in dem sie sich unkontrolliert verhält und von der »brennenden Braut« spricht, einem alten Familienfluch. Was hat sie an den Rand des Wahnsinns getrieben? Seine Nachforschungen führen ihn in ein Sanatorium in Weston, um das sich düstere Gerüchte ranken. Er stößt auf die Geschichte von der Roten Tür, einem angeblichen Tor zu einer fremden Welt, aus der noch kein Mensch zurückgekehrt ist.