Monster Adventure

Echoing a narrative line that includes Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller, William Giraldi’s Busy Monsters has been hailed as one of the most exciting fiction debuts in years. Penned with a linguistic bravado that explores the diaphanous line between fiction and fact, this "very funny, very inventive dbut novel" ( The New Yorker) has at last revived the great American picaresque tradition.

Dr. Goodwin is on a botanical expedition in the Himalayas. There he meets Dick Drake, the son of one of his old science acquaintances, and other friends. They are witnesses of a strange aurora-like effect, but seemingly a deliberate one. The group is saved from death in the mountains by a magnificent woman they get to know as Norhala. They are led to a hidden valley occupied by what they name "The Metal Monster", a strange metal city occupied by the metal animate "Things" Norhala commands.

A heartbreaking betrayal cost Sam Wentworth a beloved member of her monster team, and she’s determined it won’t happen again. Humans suck. All Sam wants is to grieve alone with the surviving members of her team, but she has information people will kill for. Now she’s stuck between a delusional girl obsessed with an imaginary monster, an overbearing descendent of the game’s creator, and a violent hate group determined to end Maiyamon for good.

Sam Wentworth grew up with nothing. She’s worked tirelessly just to get through college and earn her first monster. Bankrupt and exhausted, she sets her sights on fame and fortune in Maiyamon arenas. Instead, Sam’s caught between battling the rampaging elemental creatures abandoned by their owners and standing up to a toxic group intent on ending the game forever. With her flame fox cub, Finn, at her side, Sam sets out to build a team capable of protecting both innocent people’s lives and the creatures she loves. That’s the easy part.

Opal desperately wants to fall in love and have a whirlwind romance, preferably with a human. So when he's rescued by a dashing knight, he thinks his day has finally come. There's just one problem: Tristan hates dragons. Opal isn't going to let something silly like that get in the way of his true love, though. Surely with a bit of wooing, some aphrodisiac dragon fluids, and an epic journey together, Tristan will see the error of his ways, and they can have their happily ever after.

Minutes after being drawn into the Monsters, Maces and Magic world as their characters, the unsuspecting players fell under attack. Kim, having become the warrior monk Byeol, didn’t survive, thanks to a rampaging ogre. But the party’s quest to obtain a Revive the Dead Spell for Kim proved futile. Fortunately, rather than departing, her soul entered the party’s vacant soul gem.

Was Gu Mang auf der Dämonen-Insel im Zeitspiegel erlebt hat, hat ihn verändert: Zwar hat er seine verlorenen Erinnerungen zurückerlangt. Trotzdem scheint er sich nun erst recht von Mo Xi zu distanzieren – dem Mann, den er doch über alles liebt. Mo Xi steht der neuen Grausamkeit seines Freundes hilflos gegenüber. Mehr und mehr ist er davon überzeugt, dass sich hinter Gu Mangs Verrat vor acht Jahren noch immer einige Geheimnisse verbergen. Doch um ihre Mission zu beenden und nach Chonghua zurückzukehren, müssen Mo Xi und Gu Mang zusammenarbeiten.

Gu Mang will unbedingt beweisen, dass er nicht mehr der skrupellose Mann ist, der er einst war. Doch als seine Erinnerungen langsam zurückkehren, scheint ihn der Schatten seiner verräterischen Vergangenheit zu verfolgen. Während Mo Xi und Gu Mang noch darum ringen, auf den Trümmern ihrer Vergangenheit etwas Neues aufzubauen, werden sie auf eine Rettungsmission geschickt. Ihr Ziel ist eine von Dämonen heimgesuchte Insel, die so manches düstere Geheimnis birgt.

Malem has joined the forces of good and wages war against the vast host of Vorgon, the Balor who has come to destroy the world. Malem has four beautiful women fighting at his side, one of them a former general of Vorgon's army - a night elf tamed by his unique skill. He also has a few hill giants and other monsters ready to follow him to the gates of hell itself.

Monster, Monster, klein und groß, werden dich packen und lassen nicht los. Der Gesang der Kinder in den Straßen ist verklungen. Verity City ist zerstört. Jede Nacht werden weitere Monster geboren. Aber Kate und August kämpfen unerbittlich. Sie haben beschlossen, keine Angst mehr zu haben. Da erhebt sich eine mächtige Kreatur: Sie ernährt sich von den verdunkelten Herzen der Menschen. Und sie wächst und wächst.

Terra is Graia's most powerful goddess—after all, her domain is the whole world. But when her apprentice, Typhon, betrays her, the fate of the world is at stake. Typhon launches a siege to subjugate the Kosmos, and the only thing standing between him and total dominion is Terra. She and a motley crew of dissidents come together to reestablish order, but just when peace is within reach, Zeus, their new leader, reveals his true colors. On the surface, he's a benevolent leader—but beneath his glimmering facade, he's just as bad as the tyrannical titans that came before him.

Als de boom van Thalia vergiftigd raakt, vervagen de magische grenzen die Kamp Halfbloed beschermen tegen woeste monsters. Percy onderneemt samen met zijn vrienden een gevaarlijke reis over de Zee van Monsters op zoek naar het tegengif, maar de klok tikt en Percy heeft maar enkele dagen de tijd.

Victor Hobbs spent most of his young life just trying to get by, helping others where he could and lead a quiet, serene life. When a normal day turns tragic, Victor finds himself half dead and speaking to a goddess who has been dead for centuries. She gives Victor a chance to do great things in exchange for resurrecting her from her celestial grave. Unable to say no to such unearthly beauty, the young man finds himself transported to a part of the universe filled with realms ranging from fantastical to technologically advanced, to the stuff of nightmares.

When 10-year-old Cathy meets a magical talking diamond, she and her orphaned siblings excitedly agree to help “Lucky” get home to the Rock of Diamonds…before its powers die. What the five children don’t know is that, far from their rundown home, on the other side of the monster-infested Great Forest, the evil Queen Rose is waiting.

Four spicy hot adventures with the monster-hunting Van Helsing sisters!

Meet Ashton Luke Jones, a 23-year-old game designer grappling with the recent loss of his parents. Consumed by grief and searching for purpose, Ashton finds himself inexplicably transported into Neon-City, a fantastical digital world of his own creation. This sprawling metropolis, vibrant with life and teeming with mythical creatures, is on the brink of chaos, and only Ashton holds the key to its salvation.

As Elio lies stricken under a powerful curse, the only way his friends Thanis, Alish, Kiri and Kaspar can cure him is to venture into the Forest of the Ancients. Rumour tells of a race of healers who dwell there, the mysterious tree-folk known as the Sylvaneth, but are they allies or enemies...?

Beneath the tranquil sea, terror lurks.... Its tentacles are strong enough to crush steel. Its beak can reduce a whale to mulch. It knows no fear - only fury. Now, it has risen from the abyss and seeks to feed on anything in this bright new world above. On the island of Diamond Green, it has discovered new prey.... Humans.

Xander Miyamoto would rather do almost anything than listen to his sixth grade teacher, Mr. Stedman, drone on about weather disasters happening around the globe. When spring break begins at last, Xander plans to spend it playing computer games with his best friend, Peyton. Xander's father briefly distracts him with a comic book about some samurai warrior who pops out of a peach pit. Little does either boy know that the comic is a warning that they are about to be thrust into the biggest adventure of their lives.

Journey through luminescent underwater cities, whispering coral gardens, and moonlit coves where serenity awaits at every turn. Whether you’re battling sleepless nights, overwhelmed by the stresses of life, or simply craving a gentle escape before bed, these soothing stories promise to be your perfect companion for relaxation.