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After a decisive victory against the forces of Darkness, I made a terrible discovery. The capital of the Empire has fallen to Kraelkor, and his foul monsters and traitor mages dwarf us in number. With this knowledge, I must turn my sights across the seas to the strange realm known as Kanjen. There, I hope to find allies who will join me against Kraelkor and his evil multitudes.

Now that the dark elves have come to the hamlet, there's a lot of work to do. Firstly, I'm going to turn my magic to bolstering the defenses. Then we'll need to work on expanding the hamlet into a full-fledged town that's capable of taking on the Ogre King. For that, we'll need to find more elves to join us.

Our time of initiation at the Jade Bastion is coming to an end. After two more weeks of grueling training, we will be sent out beyond the walls and into the Wilderlands. There, we will face monsters unlike anything we’ve seen before.

Can a bold woman outsmart a mobster to marry the man of her dreams? Guarding ancient Miwok ceremonial grounds on her remote California property thrusts Vanessa Barrett into a world of danger. While she works to protect her assets from her cheating ex-husband, Vanessa runs into Quinn Grant — her old high school crush. But rekindling their old flame leads to complications when Quinn's longtime girlfriend and his powerful grandfather threaten more than their relationship. Can she trust that Quinn's not using her as part of Grandfather's scheme to increase the Grant power?

The final fight between Leo Flint and Kraelkor, Emperor of Darkness, is here!

War has come to my world. Now that Kraelkor has been reborn in the world of the living, it is only a matter of time until I face him. I'm not ready yet. But if I can stop him before he reaches his full power, I might not need to be.

After graduating from the Jade Bastion as full-fledged battle mages, my women and I venture to the capital of the empire: Malamar. There, we will meet the emperor of the world. My suspicion is that Kraelkor has infiltrated the palace and the most powerful man in the empire.

After many years of praying for a son, Old Man Oscar loses hope. But the potter's prayers are answered, and his faith is restored when the lump of clay that was meant to be a vase miraculously forms into a little boy. This story teaches children about the power of obedience, consequences, and repentance while delivering the message of faith, patience, and inheritance. Elijah and the Potter has something for the entire family.

Leider haben wir keine Zeit, ihm zu Ehren ein Fest zu feiern – die ganze Welt ist verrückt geworden und wird von korumpierten Monstern bedroht. Borealis war unglaublich wütend, dass Chester sie vergessen hat und in einem Anfall von Trotz hat er unsere Welten miteinander verschmolzen. Jetzt stecken wir alle in einer bizarren und gefährlichen Höllenlandschaft fest, in der die Verderbnis aus jedem Dungeon strömt. Die Kraft, die ich gesammelt habe, reicht nicht aus, um dieser Katastrophe Herr zu werden.

113 years after the Titanic sank, some passengers never truly leave. Finn goes to a Halloween party at Mortlake Rowing Club and meets Hugh, an Irishman dressed as if he just stepped off a 1912 London street. He knows the city, the rowing clubs, even the details of the Titanic as if he lived it. His touch is too vivid, his charm too old-fashioned. Finn begins to wonder if Hugh is real or a ghost of a rower lost on that doomed voyage. That night spins into something impossible, a romance that bends time and memory.

Der junge Ornithologe Lino Troll findet bei einem Forschungsaufenthalt in Philadelphia durch Zufall zwei Kisten mit Tonbandaufnahmen im Keller der Academy of Natural Sciences. Während Troll tagsüber in einem Naturkundemuseum seiner Arbeit als Präparator nachgeht, widmet er sich nachts dem mysteriösen Vogelstimmenarchiv, von dem außer ihm niemand weiß. Eines Tages wird er beauftragt, einen Ziegenmelker, Caprimulgus Europaeus, zu präparieren und sieht darin einen unheilvollen Zusammenhang mit Bonds Vermächtnis.

Guadalcanal, the largest island in the Solomons, is being occupied by the Imperial Japanese Navy. As a new airfield nears construction, the United States Navy and Marine Corps know they must act quickly or the entire course of the war could swing in Japan’s favor. As a massive invasion force gathers, Art Turner and the decorated crew of USS Bull Shark are once again sent on a secret mission. The clock is ticking, and Turner, his Marine Raiders, and the Bull Shark herself must face aircraft carriers, marauding Japanese soldiers, and a deadly jungle before time runs out!

The novel follows the adventures of Jack Levitt, an orphaned teenager living off his wits in the fleabag hotels and seedy pool halls of Portland, Oregon. Jack befriends Billy Lancing, a young black runaway and pool hustler extraordinaire. A heist gone wrong gets Jack sent to reform school, from which he emerges embittered by abuse and solitary connement. In the meantime Billy has joined the middle class - married, fathered a son, acquired a business and a mistress. But they will meet again....

With his secret out, Miles’ life has changed irrevocably. He is the center of a wave from the media that he had not anticipated. Both good and bad, Miles must now navigate the political structure of Point City.

A young Swedish immigrant finds himself penniless and alone in California. The boy travels east in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great current of emigrants pushing west. Driven back again and again, he meets criminals, naturalists, religious fanatics, swindlers, American Indians, and lawmen, and his exploits turn him into a legend. Diaz defies the conventions of historical fiction and genre, offering a probing look at the stereotypes that populate our past and a portrait of radical foreignness.

Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. Neurosurgeon Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress. Then, Dr. Alexander’s own brain was attacked by a rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion shut down completely. For seven days he lay in a coma. Then Alexander’s eyes popped open. He had come back. Alexander’s recovery is a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere.

I moved home to take care of my grandmother. Instead, I got caught up with the worst kind of people in town, and now, I'm the personal punching bag for a member of the mafia who has no intention of ever letting me go. He doesn't care about me. He cares about what he owns. I used to care about things like staying alive or trying to be a good man, but the longer this goes on, the harder it is to see a future different from this. I don't even have friends in this town.

The first time you meet someone, you make eye contact. You smile, say hello. Should be simple, if you're anyone but me. The first time I met Dylan Reed, I found myself making eye contact with a different part of his body. You see, I'm very good at being shy, not to mention extremely well-versed in rambling nonsense and, unfortunately, rather highly skilled at making a fool of myself in front of a guy I'm attracted to. At the time, I knew nothing about him and thought none of what I said would matter since I'd never speak to him again. Turns out, I was very wrong.

He's big. He's sexy. And he's hung. The first time I met Pick Revere I tried to bash his head in with a baseball bat. The second time, I kissed the ever-loving daylights out of him on a dare. For a girl who's on the lam and hiding from her cop ex, I'm failing miserably at laying low. Instead, I'm going up in delicious flames - because Pick's the hottest, roughest, toughest bad boy firefighter I've ever laid eyes (or lips) on.

Using a dating app to find someone willing to sell their tools for cheap might be unconventional, but it wasn't like I was having any luck finding my person on them. I'm about to give up on my search for love and tools when Hayden messages me. Not only is my stolen tool problem solved, but it turns out he's a great guy, and we quickly become friends. But the more time we spend together, the more I notice something between us. Something that doesn't just feel like friendship. Something that makes me want more. Makes me want him.