Urban Myths

Ian Dex is a genetically engineered man who has abilities from all classes in the supernatural spectrum. He's also the chief of the Las Vegas Paranormal Police Department (PPD). His job is to monitor all supers and their involvement in the world of normals. A group of ubernaturals has recently descended on the city, forcing Ian and his crew have to put everything on the line to control the ensuing chaos. While the crew of the Las Vegas PPD aren't exactly strangers when it comes to dealing with death, destruction, and mayhem, fighting these new powerful beasts is admittedly taking its toll.

It's been centuries since mortals unlocked the secrets of the Fate System and overthrew Mount Olympus. Kairos, a young pirate with the ability to speak with animals, has an ambition: to ascend as the newest deity of a flooded world. But divine power is not given. It is taken. Now Kairos must sail the endless sea, tame fearsome monsters, and conquer new lands. The challenges are many, but he will face them all. For Kairos is a cunning [Rogue] indeed....

"Tales and Trails: Unraveling Asia's Urban Myths" is a delightful voyage through Asia's strangeness. This excellent book explores China, Korea, and Japan's cultures. It vibrantly blends folklore, history, and the human spirit. See the terrifying Gumiho, brave Chollima, mysterious Jade Rabbit, and Forbidden City whispers. Climb Kuchisake-Onna's terrifying peak in the dark Aokigahara Forest. From Beijing's hectic streets to China's calm farms, Japan's intriguing forests to Korea's wild beaches, these stories take listeners to many places.

War has come to Kairos' doorstep right as his dynasty seems secure. The Poison Emperor Mithridates has launched his conquest of the Sunsea, sowing death and destruction in his path. The vile Romulus feeds on the chaos in the hope of freeing his dreadful master, the wolf-god Lycaon. As his final battle approaches, Kairos gathers his many allies to face his foes once and for all. Two would-be pantheons will now clash to determine which of them will inherit the Olympians' throne. At the apex of the world, there is only enough space for one.

When the Dream starts answering back, truth is the first blade you draw. The veil is thinning, and Sia, the girl the Dream keeps finding, can feel it in her bones. Whispers turn to doorways. Maps she draws at midnight become wounds in the world by dawn. When their hidden sanctuary is attacked and the sky burns, Sia tears open a path into the Dream to save the people who have become her family, but gateways open both ways. On one side waits a liar who speaks in lullabies and offers a gentler world at the cost of her will.

All Dahlia wanted was her freedom. But first, she needed to buy out of her promised bonding—a promise that was made for her before she was even born. Almost a century of trying had taken its toll, and she did some things she isn’t proud of. She lost parts of herself along the way and flirted with the darkness inside her...and it flirted back. Everything in her life systematically blew up in her face one piece at a time. Blaming it all on the beautiful, egotistical vampire who showed up in her life would be easy, but it started long before he arrived.

Morganna and Arthur have returned—and Morganna’s lust for power leads my fairy tale ladies and me on a high stakes chase across the globe.

Hank Avery has spent his life mastering the art of being invisible. A talented photographer haunted by unspoken crushes on unattainable women like Millie, Tina, and the enigmatic Tiffany, he finds solace behind his camera lens, capturing the world while remaining unseen by it. His quiet existence is about to be shattered when he embarks on a trip to the chaotic wonderland of San Diego Comic-Con, hoping his photography skills might finally offer a path out of the shadows.

Everyone knows the Demon Lord is a villain, but what kind of villain he becomes depends on how his story ends. With a writing contest to finish his series underway, he refuses to leave that ending to chance. He's going to choose his own writer, one who will make his final act unforgettable. But Willow is definitely not interested. Her last book was rejected by the story gods, and that failure still stings. It's easier to bury herself in the family business than face disappointment again. She's an apothecary, not a writer.

Months ago, Nicole Cassidy's life was turned upside-down when she discovered that she was a witch descended from the Greek gods. Now the Elementals must stop Typhon - the most dangerous monster in the world - from rising, and seal the portal to the dangerous prison world of Kerberos. But they won't be able to do that without facing their hardest decision yet...a sacrifice so great that it may be one they're not willing to make.

A teenage girl is pulled into investigating the truth behind her new boarding school’s decades-old legend, in this debut speculative mystery by Tomi Oyemakinde. Just because they let you in . . . it doesn't mean they'll let you out. When Ife joins Nithercott School through its prestigious...

Aux yeux de tous, Zoya Osman est une humaine et une sorcière. Elle partage son temps entre les cours à l'université et l'entreprise familiale de voyance dans laquelle elle fait de la chiromancie. Elle tente de vivre une vie tout à fait normale. Toutefois, Zoya cache un gros secret, elle est un Djinn, l'une des seules races qui ne sont pas tolérées dans le monde dans lequel elle vit.

Daniel Lyoncourt, 21, has trained his entire life to join the Brotherhood of the Guardians, who protect Talents, the mortal descendants of the original nine Muses. Daniel is prepared to risk his life in order to keep his Talent safe, but when he's assigned to 19-year-old Anna Saint-James, he discovers that his life isn't the only thing he could lose. Anna has no idea how special she is and knows nothing about her abilities. He must teach her to control her gifts, keep her safe, and hope that he can find a place in her life as something more than just her bodyguard.

Ryan Bell is your typical millennial: surviving on a diet of wine and Netflix, woefully single enough to qualify for cat-lady membership, and renting from a 70-something Tinder-swiping landlord-turned-bestie