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Well, he's the last elf standing. It's confusing not being human anymore. But being the only living member of the Biscuit's Union has its benefits. No need to take on shifts baking cookies, for one. No one telling Clyde what to do. No one.... You have been offered a quest by the Biscuit's Union: Rebuild the Guild. Reform the guild by having at least eight members in good standing by the end of one week.

When Ginger Mitchell finds out her mother committed suicide, she drives her cherry-red SUV straight home to Portland. Murders are being passed off as suicides. College-aged women keep going missing. And then there's the troubling spate of mobsters who keep inviting her out to eat. Includes the first six novellas in the Roseland series, Home Is Where the Start Is, The Ruth Is Out There, The Body in the Pool, Amber Alert, Jane Dead, and Welcome to Roseland.

"Has your life here been so difficult? You seem to fail upward at every opportunity." So says Careena, the hag teaching Clyde Hatchett how to use magic. It certainly doesn't feel like that to Clyde, who's still got a day job scraping mud (at least he hopes it's mud) out of monster pits. And yet, Clyde's found himself at the center of a massive conspiracy to kill the Emperor. He's the only one with proof that could save the man, and take down an entire network of corrupt nobles, evil slavers, and power-hungry despots.

We join Montana, recently returned from an impromptu study abroad trip, a bit wiser, a bit broader in perspective, and a lot freaked out by the once-dead person who's currently in his bedroom. Possible zombie sightings aside, he's finally ready to take his job as Duke seriously. And just in time too - not only are the politics of the capital rapidly closing in on Montana's little valley holding, but there are also goblins to negotiate with. Plus, that cult threatening to take the lives of his citizens.

No one is more shocked than Ginger Mitchell, former call girl, current PI, at how well this whole crime-fighting thing is going. In the short time since she returned home to Portland, she’s taken down an entire crime ring and exposed a corrupt police department. Not bad for her first year on the job. But it’s not like all that success made Ginger’s life easier. Hired hit men are after her. Darlene, the boss who killed her mother, is still at large. Ginger’s brother is missing.

Up until now, Montana's gotten by pretending he's a regular guy. Well, a regular, overpowered, god-defeating guy who maybe just learned his hair is in all the wrong places. But the big city is calling, and in order to succeed there, Montana must actually prove himself a deserving duke. If Glaton finds him lacking, Coggeshall could be forced into even further isolation. But if Glaton falls in love with him, the regular guy from Motor City could end up with limitless power, in charge of it all. And just like that, the fate of the entire Empire is in Montana's hands.

Clyde Hatchett has known he's had a corpse-king inside him, slowly trying to take over his body and raise an army of undead for a while now. And while that may seem like a rather, um, urgent matter to attend to, it's only now, after being forced out of Glaton by his best friends and then having to rescue someone's sister from a bad marriage, that he's actually in a place to deal with it. And he better deal with it quickly, since his entire left hand is starting to look like it belongs to the Crypt-Keeper.

Clyde Hatchett, Glaton's prodigal son, is finally home. Sure, he's got a whole new body and face, so nobody recognizes him. And technically he's not from Glaton—he's really only spent a few months there. But they say home is wherever your love resides, and since Nadya lives in Glaton . . . wait, does Clyde actually love Nadya? This is getting complicated. That, on top of all the problems Clyde left behind, which haven't gotten any less knotty while he was gone. The Senate is heating up, with numerous noble idiots vying for the throne.

Say hello to the new and improved Clyde Hatchett...who's only a level-four nothing. He's on a (seemingly never-ending) quest to get back to his life in Glaton. And now, all that stands in his way are the Empire-hating Carchedonians, a death cult, and a traitorous party member. Oh, and a mythical city that very probably doesn't exist.

So, remember that whole 'send Montana to the capital—he's ready for prime time' plan? Yeah. That might've been a little bit hasty. Our hirsute hero really stepped in it. Like, is on the verge of losing his dukedom and everything he's worked for stepped in it. The only way out? A little-known technicality that stops Senate proceedings and sends Montana off on what's most likely an insurmountable quest. One where odds are good that he'll either die without a respawn or accidentally commit treason against the Empire.

Ginger Mitchell accomplished the impossible; the former call girl and now sort-of private investigator got into all of this to bring her mother’s killer to justice. But Darlene is still on the loose. It was bad enough when the woman was manipulating Ginger from afar, but now Darlene is in Portland wreaking up-close-and-personal havoc under the assumed identity of Isabelle Dunkirk.

Del Roosevelt, Champion of the Midden. The first creature smart enough, strong enough, fast enough to advance in who knows how long, immediately finds himself in jail. Well, technically, it's a dungeon, but he's spent enough time putting people behind bars to recognize when he ends up there, too. Now, our little furry force needs to work the system and escape to Ratopolis with the one ally he has left.

A Secret Service operative and dedicated survivalist, Special Agent Del Roosevelt had a plan for every world-ending scenario and regularly trained for them all. He was even ready for a date with the hottest woman in his office next Friday. At least he hoped so. But all that training, all those rations, all that prepping? Useless for the apocalypse that actually played out. Del wakes up half-buried in a giant trash pile, missing his thumbs. And, um, covered in red fur. He's stuck in a world of fuzzy monsters, senseless violence, and cult-like crusaders.

Contained within this audiobook are the first 11 Chronicles of Underrealm, short stories penned in this expansive world. Written by a wide array of incredible authors, these tales will reveal secrets of Underrealm that avid listeners won’t find anywhere else—and introduce new arrivals to a world that’s every bit as intricate and interesting as our own.

"Ist dein Leben hier übermäßig schwierig gewesen? Du scheinst bei jedem Scheitern dennoch nach oben zu fallen." Das sagt Careena, die Hexe, die Clyde Hatchett den Umgang mit der Magie lehrt. Für Clyde fühlt es sich auf jeden Fall nicht so an. Er hat immer noch einen Tagesjob, bei dem er Schlamm (zumindest hofft er, dass es Schlamm ist) aus Monstergruben kratzt, und dessen "Diebesgilde" sich mehr um das Backen von Keksen kümmert, als darum, ihn vor einer rivalisierenden Bande zu schützen.

Clyde Hatchett: der letzte Überlebende. Nun, er ist der letzte überlebende Elf. Es ist verwirrend, kein Mensch mehr zu sein. Aber das einzige lebende Mitglied der Keksgewerkschaft zu sein, hat seine Vorteile. Zum Beispiel muss er keine Schichten beim Keksebacken übernehmen. Niemand sagt Clyde, was er zu tun hat. Keiner... Die Keksgewerkschaft hat dir eine QUEST angeboten: Die Gilde wieder aufbauen Baue die Gilde wieder auf, indem du bis zum Ablauf von einer (1) Woche mindestens acht (8) Mitglieder in gutem Ansehen hast.

Was tust du, wenn sich das Spiel um dich herum zurücksetzt? Gerade als Montana dachte, er hätte das Leben in Vuldranni durchschaut, wird ihm der Boden unter den Füßen weggezogen. Er ist wieder einmal allein, aber jetzt ist er im Fadenkreuz des Mannes, der Kaiser werden will, und eine ganze Reihe von Menschen zählt auf Montana, um für sie einen sicheren Hafen zu schaffen. Montana hat nur eine Möglichkeit, sein Ziel, ein Herzogtum zu gründen, tatsächlich zu erreichen: Er muss Nikolai aus dem Gefängnis befreien. Einem Gefängnis, aus dem noch nie jemand lebend entkommen ist.

Montanas neues Leben in Vuldranni, der mittelalterlichen Fantasy-Spielwelt, in die er hineingeraten ist, ist nicht ganz der ruhige, ausgedehnte Angelausflug, den er sich erhofft hatte. Aber man muss zugeben, dass es ihm ziemlich gut geht. Jetzt ist er Montana Coggeshall, Erbe eines Herzogtums. Wenn er seine Leute rechtzeitig nach Osterstadt bringen und es einfordern kann. "Heute Erbe, morgen Schachfigur" ist ein herzerfrischendes LitRPG-Abenteuer durch unerforschtes Gebiet.

Gestern noch war Ben ein Kleinkrimineller, der die New Yorker Oberschicht ausgenommen hat. Heute hat er ein neues Gesicht, einen neuen Namen und eine neue Welt, in der er sich zurechtfinden muss. Und Ben denkt, dass er dieses Mal vielleicht seine Fähigkeiten zur Entwaffnung und Täuschung nutzen kann, um anderen Menschen zu helfen. Vielleicht. Einem mittelalterlichen Stadtwächter dabei zuzusehen, wie er einen zehn Meter großen empfindungsfähigen Schleimbrocken abwehrt, der aus der Kanalisation hochgekrochen ist, bringt einen dazu, seine Lebensentscheidungen zweimal zu überdenken.

Ein ruiniertes Leben. Ein gebrochenes Herz. Er dachte, es sei das Ende, und seine Waffe war bereit, um dies sicherzustellen. Aber ein merkwürdiges Angebot seines einzigen Freundes kommt in buchstäblich letzter Sekunde. Die Neugier holt ihn ein, und er findet sich in iNcarn8 wieder, ein Spiel, das behauptet, ein ganz neues Leben zu sein. Als Montana, der überlebensgroße Krieger, hat er nun noch ein letztes Mal Gelegenheit, sein Leben in Ordnung zu bringen.