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Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a prophecy to take down an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc across North America. He was known as the Dark One, and his weapon of choice - catastrophic events known as Drains - leveled cities and claimed thousands of lives. Chosen Ones, as the teens were known, gave everything they had to defeat him. After the Dark One fell, the world went back to normal...for everyone but them. Of the five, Sloane has had the hardest time adjusting.

Syrah Carthan doesn’t know why she accepted a job as the first female fire chief at Sequoia National Park, where, decades earlier, a forest fire killed her parents. That day, her brother, Romelo, disappeared, as if pulled into the scorched earth itself. Syrah has always had an uncanny affinity for the natural wonders of the park she protects, but after she sanctions a prescribed burn that goes terribly wrong, she quits her position in disgrace.

I’ve been betrayed. I spent years hiding my magic from the world, but now I've got new powers I can’t control. Everyone around me is at risk, and if my secret is revealed, I’ll be hunted. But I don’t have time to worry about the monster I might become. Someone has stolen a dangerous artifact that could turn my world upside down. It could get me and my friends killed and bring destruction down on my city.

I was about to be promoted to Deputy Manager, when a strange voice—coming from a glowing gem I found in the stationery drawer—told me I was meant for more. Before my boss' eyes, I was transported to a fantasy world of mana and monsters. When I felled the foul beasts, the gem embedded in my hand absorbed their essence—a light that made me more adept with weapons. With a sword on my hip and an adorable apothecarist at my side, I’ll trek to the mysterious towers built by the evil witch king. We don’t know why he built them, but we think they’re the source of his power.

Roland Deschain y su ka-tet viajan hacia el sudeste a través de los bosques del Mundo Medio. El camino les lleva a él y sus compañeros hasta el Calla Bryn Sturgis, una tranquila comunidad de granjeros y renaceros en las fronteras del Mundo Medio. Más allá de este pueblo se encuentra Tronido, de donde procede la más terrible de las amenazas: los lobos. Los lobos de Tronido se están acercando y por primera vez los habiantes del Calla Bryn Sturgis, entrenados e inspirados por el coraje de Roland y su ka-tet, van a luchar.

I was about to be promoted to Deputy Manager, when a strange voice—coming from a glowing gem I found in the stationery drawer—told me I was meant for more. I was thinking the same thing. Before my boss' eyes, I was transported to a fantasy world of mana and monsters. When I felled the foul beasts, the gem embedded in my hand absorbed their essence—a light that made me more adept with weapons, and able to wield increasingly better ones. It even grew my body. It turned me into the man I was supposed to be.

In questo gioco nulla è come sembra e neppure la morte è la fine di tutto. Il tempo scorre inesorabile. Chi farà la prossima mossa? È la vigilia del nuovo anno e, dopo settimane passate in casa con la figlia appena nata, Kembral Thorne, membro in congedo della gilda dei Segugi, si prende una serata libera per andare a uno sfarzoso ballo, a cui parteciperanno tutte le personalità più in vista della città di Acantis. Nonostante la stanchezza per le notti insonni, Kem tenta di godersi la festa e di ignorare la presenza di Rika, attraente spia dagli occhi grigi e penetranti e sua acerrima nemica.

When we rescued the first fluffy-eared princess, I didn't realize how lucky we’d been. She was a kind soul, and gentle—everything you’d imagine a sweet princess to be. Though atop the second tower, the next stripey-tailed princess bore a rage as wild as the sun. Her body burned hot like a furnace. But it was our job to help her return to normal—well, not our main job. Our journey took us from cold mountains to wild seas on a pirate ship. Our quest? To save the third—and last—princess, so we could halt The Witch King in his tracks.

Madrid lleva siglos atestada de vampiros sin que los ciudadanos de a pie lo sepan. Al investigar una serie de crímenes extraños, el policía Miguel Aguirre cae en las garras de la oscuridad y se ve obligado a abandonar a su hijo con tal de protegerlo. Con una gran sed de venganza, combatirá contra los vampiros que se extienden por toda Europa, hasta descubrir que una antigua profecía puede cambiar su destino y el del mundo al completo.

Vic Wilde's gotten in more than a little trouble for operating outside the lines when it comes to hunting ancient treasure. But when he discovers that the clandestine Order of the Golden Dawn is looking for the Lost City, he knows he has to find it first. And he has the perfect team to help him do it. A fiery Brit who's quick with a pistol, and even quicker with her sharp tongue. An adorable blonde grad student with perfect curves and a willingness to learn. And a mysterious figure with golden eyes, watching from the shadows.

A mysterious force has separated Kayleigh Reese and her battle unicorn Majherri, who now find themselves on opposite sides of a war, each fighting to survive without the other. For Majherri, the unicorn is now controlled by his deranged first rider, and must find a way to free her mind in the hopes of bringing the woman back to the light. Majherri is forced to pick and choose his battles, both physical and mental, if he is to succeed.

When the war ends, all I want to do is go home and rest. But when I find out that my sister has died at the hands of a serial killer, I know my work isn’t over. I need to find him. I need to kill him. I need to stop him before he strikes again. But getting Cortez is trickier than I anticipate, and before I know it, I’m embroiled in a hidden shadow world full of stunning women that have crafted their lives around surviving. Luckily, they all seem to want Cortez dead just as much as I do. And they’re all happy to help. A little too happy to help.