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There is no escape. There never was. Freddy Bills is retired. Back in the day, he was fishing people out of unreality tanks and pulling needles from their heads. That was when it was against the law. Now everyone is doing it, including him...His plans were to fade into retirement, just him and his dog. That was before someone from his past appeared. There’s no escaping his past or future. He was destined to solve the Maze. He just has to figure out why.

Nine-year-old Thelonious Monk DeCay lives in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward with his grandmother. His mother dead and his father missing, Monk is determined to find his father. With their harmonicas and bottle-cap taps, Monk and his best friend entertain the tourists in Jackson Square under the watchful eyes of eccentric historian Quinton Toussaint, who knows where to find Monk's father. Hurricane Katrina changes everything.

Sunny Grimm finds a strap around her son's head with an embossed symbol between his eyes. This is the mark of awareness leaping, where players launch into alternate realities and anything goes. Investors make millions. Critics, however, refuse to call it a game. They argue that reality confusion will end humanity. Labels aside, there are many who play. And many who lose. Sunny Grimm goes on a mad search for her son and the people responsible for allowing him to play. The only way she will find him is to not lose herself in the search. The Maze is more than a game.

Shinowe, the legendary mercenary, is literally bathing in the blood of her enemies alongside Dixie, the Texan, who is about to use more weapons than some nations use in a year. The battlefield? Facing off against the boys in a peeping war at the hot springs, with the princess about to be the first one to breach the dividing wall, taking revenge on Sparky, the foul-mouthed forklift operator whose insults don't just hurt emotionally, they hurt physically, thanks to special powers from the Goddess.

Back when the universe was young, Loki, the Trickster, and Thor, the Thunderer, journeyed to Jötunheimr to confront giants—and nothing was ever the same again. Clash of the Tricksters is a retelling of the myth of Útgarða-Loki, set in the Timelessness Universe, where truth lies in deception and reality is an illusion.

When the red rains ended the world, the undead weren’t the only monsters left behind. Zoe McCallister and her found family have built a fragile refuge in the well-stocked farmhouse of Benson Meyer, a man as enigmatic as the plague consuming the world outside. But as Zoe and Oliver begin to unravel the truth about Ben, they realize he’s hiding more than they ever imagined. Meanwhile, in River City, a new threat is gathering. A gang of violent ex-convicts sets its sights on Unsicker Road, seeing the farmhouse as their kingdom and Zoe’s people as nothing more than an obstacle in their path.

Four forklift operators and their unbearable, self-important boss are transported to another world and each given a power from the Goddess for unknown reasons. Why Dixie, the gamer girl from Texas needs the divine gift of weapons mastery if the Goddess wanted them to run a freight transportation company raises a lot of questions. In book 3, Dixie goes berserk, Sparky saves a princess and Thomas now has two catgirls competing for his affection. If only he wasn't such a terrible, no-personality boss, that might've actually been something he'd like!

Four forklift operators and their unbearable, self-important boss are transported to another world and each given a power from the Goddess for unknown reasons. Why Dixie, the gamer girl from Texas needs the divine gift of weapons mastery if the Goddess wanted them to run a freight transportation company raises a lot of questions. In book 2, Alyxa, the boss's catgirl purrsonal assistant finds out that she's joined the "FreightCo family", not the "FreightCo family". Shinowe, the mercenary assassin, finds out about Rocket's power to turn anything into an alcoholic beverage.

Aimed to deliver laughs a fork-ton at a time, this series aims to surprise and entertain. Although if you think cat-girls are awesome...prepare to be disappointed. They shed fur everywhere, have terrible puns, and bring dead animals home, among other things. Buckle up, because this forklift-certified isekai is a wild ride!

I didn’t expect to be kidnapped by Keeran’s father—or tortured for his pleasure. When the she-wolf that stole my pack unites with my mate’s sworn enemy, everything seems dire. I’m not getting out of this one alive … not unless someone saves me that I don’t expect to. Someone with ties to Keeran’s past.

A she-wolf who's been outcast. A warlock with a dark destiny. And a journey that will unite them—or break them apart forever.

Rosemary and Noah are madly in love. In the small town of Lousdale, the two lovers make their own refuge away from the harsh demands of their families, and the broken bonds that plague both of their lives. Both of them wish to run away together and be free, until the past returns with a vengeance. Rosemary is taken in the middle of the night, kidnapped by a dangerous man. Noah must risk everything to track Rosemary down and bring her home, putting himself at risk so his girlfriend can live.

A fallen disciple. A kingdom in chaos. A destiny that cannot be escaped. Faro was once a loyal warrior, fighting to free Evania from the grip of a tyrant. Now, he is something else—something not quite human. Betrayed by Eli, the fallen chosen one of Evania, Faro was struck down and left for dead as dark magic reshaped the land. Stripped of his past and hunted as an enemy, he wanders a kingdom on the brink of ruin—where ancient powers stir and war looms on the horizon.

Within a few short hours, rising floodwaters force next-door neighbors into a desperate fight for survival. Before Hurricane Katrina, neighbors Doreen Williams, an African American single mother, and Richard Girard, a reclusive gay man, were aloof and even suspicious of each other. But when the levees in New Orleans burst, these two are sent scrambling into a cramped attic where, together, they face tests of grueling heat, dwindling supplies, worries about loved ones, and the struggle to keep living.

X, the cursed reaper, wrestles with the growing darkness within him. Haunted by his mother’s death and his father’s betrayal, he navigates the undercity in search of answers about his mark—a mysterious symbol pulsing with dark energy. Guided by fragmented memories and cryptic warnings, X is drawn deeper into a web of conspiracies where survival demands more than strength—it demands sacrifice.

As a bartender in Las Vegas, Curtis seems to have the dream life. He’s single, lives close to the Strip, and only has to worry about when to pick up the next extra shift. No one knows the truth about what happened ten years ago, and no one knows how he spends three months every year: as a part-time elf for Santa Claus. When Curtis went to the Arctic Circle the first time, he thought he could escape the unthinkable. Now, the anniversary of the worst day of his life is coming up, and he’s been asked to do the unbelievable.

In a world where the lines between the living and the dead blur, a young boy named X witnesses his mother's brutal murder at the hands of his own father. Consumed by a thirst for revenge, X dedicates his life to finding and confronting the man who shattered his world. This dystopian reality is forever altered by the emergence of magical beings. Governed by the O-7 Council—ancient deities who oversee the delicate balance of life and death—the world is inhabited by reapers and demons enforcing celestial laws.

Gregory finds himself walking out of them as the sun sets with no memory of his time there. If the task masters catch him in the woods, there will be violent consequences. So, why does he keep going back? And why can’t he remember anything about the inside?

The Minotaur himself relates to a mysterious listener the events that led to his death in the Labyrinth as he reflects upon the meaning of good versus evil, right versus wrong and monsters versus heroes.