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The Witcher meets October Daye with a splash of John Wick in this dark, gritty, and sexy urban fantasy-noir.Kai Donovan has always had sharp teeth.Earning his keep as an underground fighter in South Boston, he revels in well-earned notoriety. Wild. Irreverent. Vicious. His secret: he's the monster from a fable.But when Kai loses a match against a mysterious opponent whose ferocity rivals his own, he finds himself beholden to the underworld. What he owes isn't money, but the recovery of an elusive prize coveted by the city's most dangerous criminals.His partner Miya-burdened with the ability to traverse dreams-spends her days investigating supernatural phenomena. When she receives a shadowy proposal to find a missing teenager, she's confronted with the possibility that another like her exists.As Kai and Miya chase ghosts, the threads of their pursuits weave into a menacing tapestry. Kai's dark past returns to haunt him, threatening the bonds he believed to be ironclad. Unhealed wounds fester as he's faced with a ruinous choice: unravel his blood-soaked history or lose himself and the life he's scavenged together.Bare your teeth. The nightmares are at your door.-------Wildblood is a companion novel to The Chaos Cycle Duology. It can be enjoyed as a standalone, though familiarity with the duology may enrich reader experience.

The Black Castle was only the beginning...Having narrowly escaped enslavement at the hands of the Black Castle, Taryn and Emmett find themselves houseguests of the strangely familiar Lord Erikkson. His claims of benevolence, however, ring hollow amid suspicions of an ulterior motive. Lord Erikkson calls Taryn "Sedition" and says she was built to lead a biomaton rebellion, yet she has no desire to fulfill this role.But rumors of a mysterious assassin biomaton abound, and with the treatment of biomatons laid bare, Taryn must choose between enslavement and risking her life to become the leader her creator intended. Further complicating matters, Emmett is grappling with sightlessness, and Ace has gone missing, leaving Taryn to juggle caring for her friends with an impossible choice. When Lord Erikkson offers to help one of them in return, she is hard-pressed to refuse to pick up his sword.Becoming Sedition will mean Taryn must fight to earn every scrap of respect and power needed to achieve her goals. And indeed, the price of freedom is very steep.

Arthur Crazy was drunk and seeing ghosts. Now he's just drunk. The dead are silent, and Arthur is worried he might be living up to the family name. But after going back to where the Crazy people live and spending months sleeping off hangovers in his childhood bed, it's finally time to return to the land of the living. Unfortunately, the dead are not done with Arthur. The hounds are stirring.The guardians are moving.The Shadowmen are watching.And the sword in Arthur's possession is calling them all.They're on their way, but you know what Britain is like-public transport is a joke. Especially at Christmas, it could take some time. Some people have skeletons in their closet. Arthur has ghosts in his dreams and a sword under his bed... and everyone wants it! The dead, the living, and those dancing on the edge. Evil stirs in Yorkshire.Britain needs a hero.Arthur needs a coffee. On the moors, the devil rises. The Arthur Crazy Series is best enjoyed in this order: Book 1: The Book and the Blade Book 2: The Sword and the Hounds

"Economics professor Clay West has always explained the world through the lens of his profession. But after his girlfriend Karla takes Dying Wish-a drug that supposedly reveals the nature of reality moments before it claims your life-Clay is devastated. No amount of rationalization can explain Karla's actions. Distraught, Clay joins a mission into the dark emptiness of space where answers are promised to reside. But when the ship begins to malfunction, Clay and the surviving crew members suspect there's more to the mission than they've been told. They've been lied to, and they're drifting into dead space. Clay's memories of Karla haunt him even more than the ship's chaos, and there's something wrong with his memories: he has too many. The ship's Al tells Clay his false memories are a normal side-effect of the hibernation, but to Clay, the memories suggest something far more insidious. He's been on this ship before..." --

The long-anticipated third installment of the Unspoken Trilogy is finally here, with more teeth, more claws, and more grit. Fans of Maggie Stiefvater's Mercy Falls Series and Sarah J Maas' Throne of Glass will howl for this grand finale. "I will claim my victory with claws and teeth and steel." In the wake of her battle to protect the Den, Izzy crosses back into Stormwall, ready to enact her plan to retake the kingdom from within. However, when things go wrong, Izzy must confront yet another betrayal. The world has always bent at odd angles for the wolf princess, and Izzy finds herself fighting for her life and friends once again. She embarks on a journey that will take her deeper into Mirosa to save innocent lives and continue her brother Henry's task of breaking the Gwylis curse. While battling her own demons, her friends pursue their own destinies, and their paths weave together for one final battle. With the Uncanny's power growing stronger, there is more at stake than ever before. Amidst demons and gods, Izzy must aim to break apart the world she knew, and to build something even better in its place-a kingdom without demons or wolves.

UNCAGED is the stunning sequel to Celia McMahon's debut UNSPOKEN, the first in her fantasy trilogy set in a world of curses, wolves, and war. Perfect for fans of Maggie Stiefvater's Mercy Falls Series and Sarah J Maas' Throne of Glass.Not every queen needs a crown. After escaping Stormwall, Izzy and Fray have finally crossed through the Archway and into the Old Kingdom in search of allies. But finding a place within Fray's former pack is harder than they imagined. When Izzy's father warred with the Gwylis, he made a lifelong enemy of the Rowan name. Fray's betrayal-siding with Aquarius in the war-makes him no less an enemy to the pack. Meanwhile, Izzy struggles to understand her newfound magic and build a relationship with her found family, but when the new king's soldiers arrive in the Old Kingdom, Izzy must fight to protect her new home. With war looming once again, Izzy is thrust back into the life she tried to leave behind. As danger mounts, the past, present, and future collide as historical wounds are reopened, and the lines of allegiances are drawn. Izzy must decide who she is willing to fight for, and where her loyalties truly lie.

Set in a kingdom of warring lands, demon curses, and hidden magic, UNSPOKEN is the perfect shifter fantasy for fans of Maggie Stiefvater's Mercy Falls Series and Sarah J Maas' Throne of Glass."I cleared my entire reading schedule for this book. I stayed up well beyond when an exhausted parent of extremely energetic triplets should stay up to read this book. I used the few quiet seconds I get during the day to read this book. I declined a call from my mother to read this book. I kept my spouse up with the light from my kindle screen reading this book.It was all worth it."- Verified Reviewer"You are unbroken."Princess Isabelle of the New Kingdom has lived her entire life in the confines of her palace. In her spare time, she hunts and feeds the poverty-stricken Voiceless-people of the Old Kingdom who warred with the New Kingdom and lost. Yet she remains unfulfilled; she dreams of a world beyond the walls of her home. As the only remaining child of the king and queen, she is to be married off by her eighteenth birthday-a prospect she'd rather not think about."My father said that magic died long ago. It was evil, cursed, and wicked. My father is a liar."When Izzy witnesses the use of forbidden magic in the woods outside the palace, she is attacked and saved by Fray, a Voiceless servant from the castle. As the two become friends, they seek out the magic users who tried to kill her, determined to get to uncover the truth. Little does Isabelle know, the servant boy harbors a secret about his people that the king has tried to bury-a dark ability that the Voiceless can no longer evoke. Yet something more sinister is brewing, and to save her family, Izzy must reverse what was done to Fray and his people. She must give them their voices back, even if it unleashes a terrifying power."I am fearless.""Are you fearless?"

A devious doomsday cult is leading civilization to the brink of extinction. Now when they are needed most, Lilly and Quincy Swansong are worlds apart-both physically and mentally. However, they must set aside their personal struggles for one last time to deal with an ancient evil corrupting the hearts of mankind. Or they'll die trying.Luckily, the twins are not alone. Across the entire globe, those too strong for Haven's brainwashing and too fond of the Earth are stoking the flames of rebellion. Unlikely alliances are made, and help arrives from distant places: from beneath the sea, from inside the earth, from the afterlife, and from the spaces between worlds. As Lilly, Quincy, and their friends dive into Europe's darkest corners in search of answers, four individuals rise to lead the Apocalypse Rebellion. But who are these mysterious four, and can they be trusted? Yet even greater mysteries are afoot. Why is the resurrected corpse of Witchfynder General Matthew Hopkins possessed? And what supernatural event did the late Emily and Tobias Swansong really experience years ago? Lilly and Quincy must piece the puzzle together before it's too late.

Step back in the world of the Eldritch Twins in this darker, more personal tale of remembrance and revenge with a hint of voodoo and a dash of existential dread. LOVECRAFT meets THE X-FILES in the sequel to the SWANSONG CONSPIRACY. The nights grow ever darker and longer for Lilly and Quincy Swansong.Uncovering the mysterious Swansong family secret and thwarting the apocalyptic plans of the wretched Haven organization has left the world in a state of confusion. Regular people have stopped responding to the horrors around them. The Global Defense Force has disbanded. Shadowy figures of Haven looming in the distance, ever-present.And yet no one remembers. The twins try to learn what they can, but mostly, they try to survive, ever on the run from revenge-seeking Haven agents. When a mysterious affliction possibly linked to Haven interventions rears its ugly head, it leads the twins to new friends and a terrifying new foe. It also, unfortunately, leads to their deaths. But death is only a minor setback for those who know their way around. Quincy and Lilly traverse the afterlife, determined to find a way home, but it doesn't take long for them to realize they can't simply escape the Realm of the Nearly Departed--a dark and foreboding world of neon lights. Not without a few dodgy deals and a Corgi leading the way.

Weirdness is in their blood.After a near cataclysmic worldwide event shook the foundations of society and unleashed numerous supernatural hazards onto the Earth, twins Quincy and Lilly just want to lead their lives as normally as possible. However, this proves to be quite difficult. The twins are the heirs of legendary horror writer and occultist W.A. Swansong, who has been declared a prophet now that many of his gruesome creations appear to really exist.When a mysterious inheritance falls into the twins' hands, a strange and violent secret organization becomes hell-bent on finding them. Quincy and Lilly are forced to flee their hometown of New Orleans, leading them on a wild, supernatural chase throughout the southern United States. With only a handful of allies and a trapped Fire Vampire named Tim, the twins uncover a great mystery tied to their inheritance, the source of all pandemonium, and even the true origins of mankind.

The adventure continues in the dark and exciting sequel to Nicole Knapp's reimagined fairy tale, Hook & Crown. Fans of Aiden Thomas' Peter Pan retelling, Lost in the Never Woods, won't be able to resist following Elena and Will back into the deadly world of Neverland.After escaping Neverland, Elena and Will are looking forward to starting over. Plagued by nightmares and the harsh realities of the real world, moving on turns out to be easier said than done. And just when they think it couldn't possibly get worse, an all too familiar fairy appears to burn what remains of their lives to the ground.Fully aware that they are flying straight into a trap, Elena and Will set off on a rescue mission to the last place they ever thought they would see again: Neverland.Just as deadly as before, the island awaits, ready to rip them apart and destroy everything they love. Boundaries are pushed, relationships are tested, and survival is not a guarantee. How can they stop a villain who does not die?When it comes to Neverland, everything begins and ends with stars and steel.

You've heard of Neverland and its inhabitants... fairies, pirates, mermaids, and a boy who didn't want to grow up. But you can't always believe the stories. In the vein of Aiden Thomas' Peter Pan retelling, Lost in the Never Woods, Hook & Crown is perfect for readers who crave fresh, modern twists on classic tales. "Where do I even begin with this book?! As a lifelong fan of Peter Pan I am a sucker for retellings and this one blew my mind. This book took me on a rollercoaster of emotions that I can only hope to share with the world. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a dark and gritty retelling with some plot twists that will leave you breathless!"- Verified ReviewerElena Hart arrives in London, bound for a new boarding school operated by her estranged uncle. A fresh start is exactly what she needs. But when strange things begin happening, things she can't explain, she begins to wonder if she's losing her senses. Then, a strange girl appears in her room one night, claiming to be a fairy tasked with bringing Elena to Neverland at the request of its ruler.Skeptical, Elena refuses, until a young man with strange green eyes appears. Although she tries to resist his charm, something about him allays her doubts, and Elena is whisked away from the world she knows to one she always thought was make-believe. But Neverland is nothing like the stories Elena grew up hearing, and she quickly learns that the boundary between the righteous and the wicked is hardly clear-cut. She must decide for herself who the heroes and villains are, or if there are truly any at all.

A perfect comedic fantasy for fans of Gaiman and Pratchett's GOOD OMENS, SHAUN OF THE DEAD and THE WORLD'S END.Arthur Crazy is drunk and seeing ghosts.This is not a metaphor. The dead are walking and talking, and it doesn't matter that Arthur doesn't believe in them. They believe in him.Too drunk to recall how he stumbled upon his nascent power, Arthur is burdened with newfound responsibility: he's the only one who can hear the unfinished business of every dead guy in York, and he's the only one who can help.As forgotten legends and lost demons stir all over the cobbled streets and snickelways, Arthur finds himself at the centre of an unfolding mystery-a light in the desert, a fart at a funeral-and he is about to discover that an unfortunate surname isn't the only thing that makes him stand out.Arthur just wants to sober up, have a kebab, and go home, but his conscience is knocking loud and clear, demanding he open the damn door. He may not be the hero the dead need, but he's the one they're stuck with. Besides, one of those ghosts seems kind of cute.

"Fast-paced, clever, and allegorical, this novel considers what makes people human after all. Sedition is powerful because of its social commentary, compelling setting, and unexpected heroine." - FOREWORD REVIEWSShe was created for more than slavery; she was built for rebellion.In an alternate Victorian England, clockwork cyborgs provide the primary source of labor for the upper class. Known as biomatons, they are property by law and have been manipulated and mind-controlled into subservience.Taryn Roft, a 17-year-old girl, attending classes at Grafton's School of Mechanicks in London has a secret. What's even worse-she cannot remember anything before her twelfth birthday.When a mysterious privateer discovers her secret, he offers her an ultimatum: accompany him to his airship, or her secret will be revealed to everyone. For Taryn, it's not much of a choice. Facing prejudice and cruelty may be nothing new to the only girl at an all-boys' school, but the further from home she gets, the darker her situation becomes.With danger around every corner and holes in her mind, can Taryn uncover the truth and prevent her own destruction before she can sow the seeds of sedition?"It's a story of horror, of nightmares brought to life. But it is also a story about love, hope and trust. A story about making horrible mistakes and having to live with them. It is a story about redemption but also, of course, of Sedition." - Hanna Palm, Goodreads & Bookstagrammer (librarianofterrasen)"Sedition is definitely a book for fans of introspective, deep characters who are enraged by the injustice of the world." - Cat Rector, author of The Goddess of Nothing at All"A good steampunk story ought to say something about society. Seditiondoes this."- Chris Patrick Carolan, author of The Nightshade Cabal"Sedition is one of the most creative and innovative books that I've read this year!...One highlight of this book is that the world-building is amazing, full of automatons and gas lamps. I felt like I was transported back in time to an alternative Victorian London, and I loved it." - Leighton, Layton's Book Reviews

While landscaping his backyard, ever-conscientious Paul Prentice discovers an iron door buried in the soil. His childhood friend and perpetual source of mischief, Jay Lightsey, pushes them to explore what's beneath. When the door slams shut above them, Paul and Jay are trapped in a between-worlds place of Escher-like rooms and horror story monsters, all with a mysterious connection to a command-line, dungeon explorer computer game from the early '80s called The Between.Paul and Jay find themselves filling roles in a story that seems to play out over and over again. But in this world, where their roles warp their minds, the biggest threat to survival may not be the Kömaro, risen from the Between's depths to hunt them; the biggest danger may be each other."I found The Between dark, super creepy, and pushing the limits of my limited amounts of courage to explore-but I couldn't stop myself from coming back for more because it's propulsive, addictive, and scary good fun." - Sean Gibson, author of The Stuff About the Dragon Was (Mostly) True"...an incredibly intricate novel that skillfully blends aspects of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and cyberpunk." - Nicole Willson, author of Tidepool."While in the first third of this book, I mentioned that the atmosphere reminded me of one of my favorite horror novels, SL Grey's The Mall. There's a surreal, not-right quality to that book that touched off a nerve in me that I just adored....I don't at all mean this as an insult, as that's a damn fun book- and so is this one! ....It's almost like a grown up, more gory and violent horror version of Heir Apparent." - Alexandra, Goodreads"This debut novel by author Ryan Leslie combines elements of science fiction and horror that at times reminded me of The Hike by Drew Magary and Off To Be The Wizard by Scott Meyer, all while being something distinctly different." - Matt, Goodreads"It was a great mix of horror, sci-fi and adventure gaming!" - Stephanie, Goodreads

Featured in Writer's Digest, Kirkus Reviews, Hypable, and MuggleNet."A spunky and jubilant love letter to superhero fans."-Kirkus ReviewsPower. Courage. Invincibility. The marks of a true hero. Meg Sawyer has none of these things. Meg has never stopped a moving bus with her bare hands, been bitten by a radioactive insect, or done anything moderately resembling saving the world. She doesn't have to. She's a background citizen, a nobody, one of the swarms of faceless civilians of Lunar City--where genetically enhanced superhumans straight out of the comics have thwarted evil for years. For as long as the Supers have existed, Meg has had one goal: to not become a casualty in their near-daily battles for justice. And for the last seventeen years, she's managed to do just that. Sure, her minimum-wage job at the local coffee shop isn't great, she can't even leave her apartment without loading herself up with protective gear, and her car was just hijacked to throw at a supervillain (again), but she's not dead yet. But when Meg accidentally finds one of the city's perfect, invincible protectors murdered under extremely suspicious circumstances, her whole "innocent bystander" strategy falls apart. After being coerced by his determined girlfriend into a mission to help prevent the deaths of the remaining Supers, Meg finds herself forced into the foreground of a story she never wanted to be part of-one that challenges everything she thought she knew about both her city and herself."Simonds writes smart and sassy characters but takes the time to give them emotional depth..."-MuggleNet

A perfect story for fans of Sarah J. Maas' THRONE OF GLASS. An orphan bent on revenge. A monster searching for freedom. A forbidden pact that binds their fates. Lyss had heard her father's screams, smelled the iron-tang of his blood. She witnessed his execution. And plotted her revenge. Then, a violent encounter traps Lyss in a blood-pact with a rarkyn from the otherworld, imbuing her with the monster's forbidden magic-a magic that will erode her sanity. To break the pact, she and the rarkyn must journey to the heart of the Empire. All that stands in their way are the mountains, the Empire's soldiers, and Lyss' uneasy alliance with the rarkyn. But horrors await them on the road-horrors even rarkyns fear. The most terrifying monster isn't the one Lyss travels with. It's the one that's awoken inside her. Monsters of a feather flock together.