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Schemes are afoot, both grand and wretched alike. But all plots come to light, even the ones buried deepest... and once again, The Wandering Inn connects to these great events. In Chandrar, the King of Destruction's war with the faltering kingdom of Jecrass has reached a turning point, and a...

Terry needed a weapon. He got a sidekick. After he discovers a few hundred monster soldiers camping out in easy striking distance of his house…oh, and the town…Terry realizes that the trash swords he took from dead enemies won’t cut it. Figuratively or literally. Those monsters have armor! Unfortunately, fixing that problem requires him to face the ultimate horror. Talking to people.

Crypt currency is the future. The enchantments are reliable. The aethernet infrastructure is sound. And despite the fact the currency is stored in something called a pocket crypt, relies on phantoms of the dead, and often involves a worrying green glow, experts agree it has nothing to do with necromancy. All of the big crypt magnates say so.

Lord Peter Roughtuff is bored. It’s been almost a month since the events of the Octamillenial, and the Kingdom of Crack has entered a golden age of brewing. At the center of everything is the newly minted Lord Peter Roughtuff, the infamous co-owner of the Thirsty Goat Brewpub. His beloved beer has been saved and he has the Kingdom’s full support for his new brewing practices. He should be having the time of his life, but with nothing to focus his attention, he’s feeling somewhat adrift.

The adventure continues as Leon and the crew leave the frozen wastes for somewhere quite a bit warmer but no less dangerous. Finding themselves in a mighty Ziggurat as the playthings of a mysterious god, will Leon be strong enough to get through with his mind intact? As he completes floor after...

Roverpowered features a lovable pair of heroes out on their first adventure, learning about both magic and life in a progression fantasy suitable for all ages!

Spicy, snarky, and full of heart, I Accidentally Locked Down a Witch is a magical rom-com for anyone who believes strength comes in all sizes. And that love might just be the strongest magic of all. Who has time for crazy ex-girlfriends and witches from new worlds when you’re trying to build...

All Hail Chaos is Sarah Rees Brennan’s wicked, unmissable sequel to Long Live Evil. "Delicious, subversive." —Leigh Bardugo, NYT bestselling author of The Ninth House One of the New York Times "Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2024" THE EMPEROR IS HERE. AND SHE MADE HIM WORSE. Rae is a...

SHE RAISES HELL. HE RAISES THE DEAD. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? When new recruit Helspira takes on the doomed mission that no other soldier wants, life—and death—start to get a little complicated. Helspira must play escort to Sikras—a frustratingly handsome necromancer with the power to...

Morgan Blackwater's mother is a kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying Shadow Council wizard. As for Morgan? Morgan's a junior salesperson at a tech startup. But with magic dyslexia and a disinclination to kick ass, Morgan is doing her best carving out a niche for herself in the mundane world...

ORDER THE BRILLIANTLY IMAGINATIVE NEW NOVEL FROM FRANCES WHITE, THE USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED. -- How far will you go to open The Bone Door? When Hop awakens in an ancient labyrinth, he has no memory of his life, or how he got here. He does not recognise the mysterious...

I stopped a demon-possessed warship and saved a kingdom. Surely a quiet semester at magic school isn't too much to ask? Apparently it is. A demon queen from my war days has started haunting my dreams, and she's got plans for the portal to hell sitting right under Stoneway Academy. The paladins say everything's fine. The headmistress says the ancient tree keeping the demons sealed is perfectly healthy. Meanwhile, I'm waking up smelling like brimstone and watching corruption spread through the school's roots.

When Tempest Michaels opened a paranormal investigation agency, it was to corner a niche of the market where gullible people believe they are being haunted or that their Great Aunt Hilda is a witch …… what he gets is unparalleled mayhem as cases with far more teeth and claw than he expected start lining up at his door. Having invited chaos into his life, it’s not long before he needs to call in help, but are his mates from the pub, an ex-army buddy, his dogs, and his mum (why are there no grandchildren, Tempest?) really the back-up he needs?

"The Duc de L'Omelette" is a humorous short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the Philadelphia Saturday Courier on March 3, 1832, and was subsequently revised a number of times by the author. The Duc de L'Omelette dies while dining on an ortolan and finds himself in hell: an apartment filled with various works of art that has a window overlooking a fiery landscape. Face to face with Satan, the Duc manages to avoid damnation by cheating him at a game of cards.

When a catastrophe at Mogor's imperial palace threatens the citizens' lives, Cale miraculously swoops in to save them. Little do they know that this display of heroism slots perfectly into his plans. The next leg of his journey takes him north, where he braves a killer storm to converse with the nigh omniscient World Tree—but the tree's insights come at a cost. With the northern armies gearing up to march on the continent, Cale is eager to cash in on his exploits and alliances. The long-awaited war has finally arrived, and Cale's fate hangs in the balance!

Benny Lancaster was supposed to pick a sensible trade, like his uncle’s baking or his aunt’s music. Instead, he made a choice that surprised the whole town: Necromancy. But studying under Master Lightroot, he soon learns that necromancy isn’t about raising dark armies; it’s a day job. Between shifts at the neighborhood necromancy store and exploring ancient spirit tombs, Benny must prove that his craft isn’t a curse—it’s a way to bring harmony to both the living and the dead.

Upgrade Available: Protagonist. Goblin Peon No. 49 is a level-one nobody. A disposable NPC at the very bottom of the dungeon food chain. Then his script glitches. He gets a character class, attributes, a user interface—and even a name: “Rook." Stalked by the godlike System and guided (sort of) by a giant rat who talks like a corrupted tutorial prompt, Rook stumbles into a quest that could change everything: recover three memory shards with the power to turn an NPC into a player character. Unfortunately, this dungeon isn’t especially supportive of personal growth.

I met a werewolf in a hospital and somehow ended up mated to him. I never believed werewolves were real, but now I'm face-to-face with the truth. They exist. And this one has decided I belong to him. Or at least his wolf has. The man doesn't actually seem to want me. Which makes me want him, however ridiculous or unhealthy that is. He thinks we should just be friends, even though the monster within him disagrees. So I decide to seduce him to prove that we could work out, because honestly? Just friends isn't going to work for me.

If there's one rule Hester learned during her country upbringing, it's never accept a gift: that's how the Folk get you. Although she's left her farm behind, she can't leave her superstitions. She's looking for loopholes, and the king's annual Commoners Ball seems like the perfect way to get a free meal that's not technically a gift—and it would have been, too, except a pesky prince took a shine to her.

Thankfully, the divine judgment passed by the heavenly virtue Justice herself went my way, and I avoided being incinerated! Now I can get back to a simple life as a magical first-grader, right? Yeah, right. While monsters in search of a ruler are stirring in the forests, a mysterious prowler...

Chelby und ihr Team glauben, dass ihre Probleme mit Sektor Neun hinter ihnen liegen. Sie liegen falsch. Chelby erhält eine mysteriöse SMS von jemandem namens Moon, der behauptet, in Sektor Neun als Spion tätig zu sein. Moon behauptet, es gäbe einen Spion bei den Paranormal Söldnerkorps…… jemand, den sie am wenigsten vermuten würden. Der Spion könnte einer von Chelbys engsten Freunden sein. Jetzt weiß sie nicht, wem sie vertrauen soll, obwohl Vertrauen das ist, was sie braucht, um den nächsten Schritt von Sektor Neun abzuwehren. Was ist im Geheimlabor in Schottland passiert?

Agnes Aubert führt ein akribisch organisiertes Leben, und das muss sie auch. Denn als Chefin einer dringend benötigten Katzenzuflucht ist sie oft die Einzige, die zwischen ihren geliebten Katzen und dem sicheren Tod steht. Als sie umziehen muss, erfährt Agnes, dass ihr neuer Vermieter der Dunkle Lord Havelock Renard ist, der das Heim nur als Fassade für seinen völlig illegalen Zauberladen benutzt. Dass Renard mit seiner verbotenen Magie einmal beinahe die Apokalypse herbeigeführt hat, macht ihn nicht sympathischer.

The Drift Condition follows a collection of very nearly ordinary people living in a world that has an unfortunate habit of coming loose at the metaphysical seams. Luck—normally a polite, unobtrusive force—has developed a wobble. Civic systems misbehave like bored deities. And somewhere beneath everything, the machinery that keeps reality pointing mostly in the right direction has begun to rattle like an ageing boiler with Opinions.

Cozy romantic fantasy in a magical world with Regency vibes. Jewel theft, ghost-hunting and high society scandals are rife in this magical Austen-inspired fantasy world. This collection contains Books 4-6 in the Teacup Magic cozy fantasy series about Mneme Seabourne's friends: Liesl, Juno and Metis.

Tesni Anderson's biggest problem used to be microwaved fish in the office break room. Then she choked on ramen noodles and woke up as a dungeon core. The system expects her to create a murder maze filled with traps and monsters. Instead, Tesni has three months to build something unprecedented: a dungeon that doesn't kill people. With the help of her gruff Scottish advisor Threk (who thinks she's completely mad) and a growing family of goblins who just want to belong somewhere, she's determined to create the world's first dungeon inn.