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Ex, the youngest member of the Phi Hunters Order, has spent his life slaying the ghosts and demons of Suyoram Kingdom. While he takes great pride in his mystical trade, collecting dwindling bounties and peddling butchered spirit organs lacks the glory he craves. He's determined to hunt down Shar-Ala—a demon of nightmares, of madness—who has eluded even Ex's masters. In a provincial village along the way, Arinya, a charming muay-boran champion, manages to save Ex him from a brutal ass-kicking, despite being nine-months pregnant. In return, she asks him to escort her through the dangerous spirit-filled forest, where ghosts salivate over the scent of the unborn. Feeling responsible for Arinya's safety, Ex vows to help her return home. But as more of Arinya's secrets emerge and the elusive demon nears, Ex must face dangers from both men and monsters or lose not only the respect and sanctuary of his guild but also the woman he's trying not to fall in love with. The Last Phi Hunter is a mythic dark fantasy, equal parts smart, exhilarating, and delightfully fun.
Two people living in a world connected by an immense and mysterious library must fight for those they love in the second book in a new trilogy from the international bestselling author of The Book That Wouldn’t Burn. The Library spans worlds and times. It touches and joins distant places. It is memory and future. And amid its vastness Evar Eventari both found, and lost, Livira Page. Evar has been forced to flee the library, driven before an implacable foe. Livira, trapped in a ghost world, has to recover the book she wrote—one which is the only true threat to the library’s existence—if she's to return to her life. While Evar's journey leads him outside into a world he's never seen, Livira's path will taker her deep inside her own writing, where she must wrestle with her stories in order to reclaim the volume in which they were written. The secret war that defines the library has chosen its champions and set them on the board. The time has come when they must fight for what they believe, or lose everything.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age. A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024 by The Washington Post, NPR, Goodreads, LitHub, The Nerd Daily, Paste Magazine, Today.com, and so much more! "A must-read for those who are seeking a little magic in their lives." —Deborah Harkness, #1 bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to improve the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Pérez, the disgraced secretary to Spain's king. Still reeling from the defeat of his armada, the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England's heretic queen—and Pérez will stop at nothing to regain the king's favor. Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the lines between magic, science, and fraud are never certain. But as her notoriety grows, so does the danger that her Jewish blood will doom her to the Inquisition's wrath. She will have to use every bit of her wit and will to survive—even if that means enlisting the help of Guillén Santángel, an embittered immortal familiar whose own secrets could prove deadly for them both. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.
""A fantasy that hews uncomfortably close to today's reality, where facts and the truth are selectively recognized at increasingly subjective whims . . . . The specifics of Mania are the stuff of bleeding satire, but the novel's guiding concept cuts close to the bone with no anesthesia. Shriver isn't one to tip-toe around her subjects. She still knows how to poke the bear. In this case, the bear is us." — Boston Globe Set in a parallel yet all too familiar near past, a brilliant subversive novel about a lifelong friendship threatened by culture wars, from the New York Times bestselling author. In an alternative 2011, the Mental Parity movement takes hold. Americans now embrace the sacred, universal truth that there is no such thing as variable human intelligence. Because everyone is equally smart, discrimination against purportedly dumb people is ""the last great civil rights fight."" Tests, grades, and employment qualifications are all discarded. Children are expelled for saying the S-word ("stupid") and encouraged to report parents who use it at home. A college English instructor, the constitutionally rebellious Pearson Converse rejected her restrictive Jehovah's Witness upbringing as a teenager, and so has an aversion to dogma of any kind. Made impotent in the university classroom, she's also enraged by the crushing of her exceptionally bright children's spirits in primary school. Fortunately, she enjoys the confidence of a best friend, a media commentator with whom she can speak frankly about her socially unacceptable contempt for the MP movement. Or at least she thinks she can . . . until one day the political chasm between the two women becomes uncrossable, and a lifelong relationship implodes. With echoes of Philip Roth's The Human Stain, told in Lionel Shriver's inimitable and iconoclastic voice, Mania is a sharp, acerbic, and ruthlessly funny book about the road to a delusional, self-destructive egalitarianism that our society is already on.
When a fortieth birthday celebration leads to a ghostly visitor, four friends find themselves navigating surprising mysteries and spiritual hijinks, in this clever debut from Melissa Holtz. Alyssa Mann isn’t adventurous, not since her husband died and she found herself the single mom of a teenage daughter. But there’s no way to avoid celebrating the big 4-0, so when her best friends drag her out for drinks and a tarot reading, she throws caution to the wind and decides to see what the spirits have to say. It’s all fun and games, until she wakes up the next morning with a wicked hangover—and a ghost perched on the edge of her bed. Sheer panic sends her running to get help from Nick West, the (very attractive) detective who lives next door. When he finds no one inside, Alyssa has to accept that she really did see a ghost. As the dearly departed keep appearing, Alyssa and her friends do their best to learn how to control her newfound power. Trading insults with ghosts, tracking down family heirlooms, and getting closer to the skeptical but helpful Nick is more fun than Alyssa imagined. But when looking into one ghost’s past reveals unexpected—and unwelcome—facts about Alyssa’s late husband’s death, she discovers she just may be in over her head.
Two elven sisters become imprisoned in the intoxicating world of the fae, where danger and love lie in wait. Faebound is the first book in an enchanting new trilogy from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Final Strife . “A romantic fantasy of epic proportions, crackling with magic and passion.”—Samantha Shannon, bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree Yeeran was born on the battlefield, has lived on the battlefield, and one day, she knows, she’ll die on the battlefield. As a warrior in the elven army, Yeeran has known nothing but violence her whole life. Her sister, Lettle, is trying to make a living as a diviner, seeking prophecies of a better future. When a fatal mistake leads to Yeeran’s exile from the Elven Lands, both sisters are forced into the terrifying wilderness beyond their borders. There they encounter the impossible: the fae court. The fae haven’t been seen for a millennium. But now Yeeran and Lettle are thrust into their seductive world, torn among their loyalties to each other, their elven homeland, and their hearts. * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF that contains a map and journal from the book.
The Shadowhunter Chronicles meets Chinese diaspora folklore in Darker by Four, the first in an epic contemporary fantasy duology from Jade Fire Gold author June Tan. A vengeful girl. A hollow boy. A missing god. Rui has one goal in mind—honing her magic to avenge her mother's death. Yiran is the black sheep of an illustrious family. The world would be at his feet—had he been born with magic. Nikai is a Reaper, serving the Fourth King of Hell. When his master disappears, the underworld begins to crumble...and the human world will be next if the King is not found. When an accident causes Rui's power to transfer to Yiran, everything turns upside down. Without her magic, Rui has no tool for vengeance. With it, Yiran finally feels like he belongs. That is, until Rui discovers she might hold the key to the missing death god and strikes a dangerous bargain with another King. As darkness takes over, three paths intersect in the shadows. And three lives bound by fate must rise against destiny before the barrier between worlds falls and all Hell breaks loose—literally. Perfect for fans of This Savage Song and Only a Monster, Darker by Four will pull readers into a world of love and desperation and revenge—a world where every deal has a catch, no secret stays buried, and no one is exactly who they say they are.
Fibs and squabbles and spells . . . oh my! A small, magical town tucked away in rural Ohio, Moonville is the perfect place for floral witch Romina Tempest to use the language of flowers to help the hopeful manifest love in their lives. After giving up on her own big romance eleven years ago, at least she can bask in others' happily ever afters. When the shop’s potential financier shares news of his wedding, Romina jumps at the opportunity to discuss the business . . . even if it means she has to fake-date her chaotic colleague Trevor to get an invitation. But all hell breaks loose when she discovers Trevor’s soon-to-be stepbrother is none other than Alex King: her high school sweetheart. Her greatest love. The boy who broke her heart. What starts as an innocent misunderstanding becomes a weeklong fake-dating scheme, as Romina quickly finds out she can’t deny her connection with Alex. Caught between her livelihood and her heart, Romina must decide if taking a second chance on first love is worth the risk.
From the authors of the bestselling DRAGON MOUNTAIN comes the Dragon Force series! Leap into the second title in this edge-of-your-seat, dragon-obsessed adventure series for 8+ readers. WHEN DANGER CALLS, THE DRAGON FORCE ANSWER... It's a dream come true for Lance Lo and his sister Zoe to be at Camp Claw, training for the elite Dragon Force to help protect the world. But with the core members captured by the evil Devourer, they soon find themselves taking on their most dangerous mission yet. Can they rescue the rest of the team from a creature who will do anything to feed his appetite for magic. . . ? Praise for DRAGON MOUNTAIN: 'Splendidly addictive' – Guardian 'Rollicking, escapist storytelling with a dragon-sized heart' – Kiran Millwood Hargrave , author of THE GIRL OF INK AND STARS 'A soaring, sizzling, fire-breathing gem of an adventure story' – Abi Elphinstone , bestselling author of SKY SONG 'Packed full of fun, heart and imagination, it will make you wish you had your own dragon bond' – Anna James , author of the PAGES & CO. series 'A wonderful warm-hearted and action-packed adventure' – Katherine Woodfine , author of THE SINCLAIR'S MYSTERIES 'Brimming with warmth and originality, DRAGON MOUNTAIN combines edge-of-your-seat adventure, laugh-out-loud humour and hugely exciting dragons to create a sweeping fantasy that will captivate readers of all ages.' – Catherine Doyle , author of THE STORM KEEPER'S ISLAND 'DRAGON MOUNTAIN has all of my favourite things! A rich mythology and a tale of friendship, snarky dragons and daring deeds...this is the kind of breathless tale that leaves you hungry for the next instalment' – Roshani Chokshi, author of the ARU SHAH series 'DRAGON MOUNTAIN is a joy to read – adventurous and enchanting, with a heart of gold. It will make you re-live the moment you first looked at the sky and longed to see a dragon looking back' – Samantha Shannon , author of THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE and THE BONE SEASON series.
Get ready to be swept away. An irresistible YA romantasy – perfect for fans of Alexandra Christo, Sarah Underwood and Shelby Mahurin Romance. Betrayal. Magic. The YA debut of 2024. Mira is a wrecker, one of the seven chosen to swim out and plunder the wrecked ships beyond the Isle of Rosevear. The waves sing to her soul, the call of the sea beckoning her into deeper waters. But Rosevear needs her, and she could never abandon her home. Until one evening when lightning splits the sky and the Watch descend, taking Mira's father away. Mira must set off on a journey to win back her father's freedom. She will encounter two strangers along the way – enigmatic Seth and smouldering Elijah – and learning who to trust will not be easy. When she discovers a dark family secret, buried deep in the ocean, Mira finds that securing her future – and that of her island – will come at a high price . . . 'A magical tale with a lot of heart' Alexandra Christo, author of To Kill a Kingdom 'Brimming with wild magic, adventure and dreamy romance' Catherine Doyle, co-author of Twin Crowns 'Greenlaw's immersive voice and skilful world-building shine' Adrienne Young, author of Fable 'An addictive blend of lyrical prose, shimmering magic and whip-sharp pacing' Laura Steven, author of The Society for Soulless Girls.
"You'll gasp, you'll scream, you'll cry, and you'll be begging for the next book." — Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times- bestselling author of These Violent Delights "Smart, lush, and utterly compelling." — Marie Lu, #1 New York Times- bestselling author of Legend Nhika is a bloodcarver. A coldhearted, ruthless being who can alter human biology with just a touch. In the industrial city of Theumas, Nhika is seen not as a healer, but a monster that kills for pleasure. And in the city's criminal underbelly, the rarest of monsters are traded for gold. When Nhika is finally caught by the infamous Butchers, she's forced to heal the last witness to a high-profile murder. As Nhika delves into the investigation, all signs point to Ven Kochin, an alluring yet entitled physician's aide. Despite his relentless attempts to push her out of his opulent world, something inexplicable draws Nhika to him. But when she discovers Kochin is not who he claims to be, Nhika will be faced with a greater, more terrifying evil lurking in the city's center... Her only chance to survive lies in a terrible choice—become the dreaded monster the city fears, or risk jeopardizing the future of her kind. Praise for The Last Bloodcarver *Three starred reviews* ★ "An entrancingly well-written debut." — Kirkus Reviews , starred review ★ "Visceral and exquisitely rendered prose, intertwining a murder investigation with themes of unresolved grief, medical ethics, and lost heritage." — Publishers Weekly , starred review ★ "Deeply romantic, and darkly biological." — Booklist , starred review "The perfect blend of sci-fi, fantasy, and romance." — Axie Oh, New York Times- bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea "Obsession-worthy characters." — Joan He, New York Times- bestselling author of The Ones We're Meant to Find "Absolutely captivating. This is one to be savored." — Grace D. Li, New York Times -bestselling author of Portrait of a Thief A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press.
墨点儿,一个美丽如画的名字,却也是一个女孩心中不愿触碰的伤痛。拥有完美无瑕的面容,这想必是世间最幸福的事吧!"狐狸面具"的古老传说为她燃起希望,带来勇气......夜色沉沉,当独自进山的墨点儿遇上爱恶作剧的小狐狸,当光怪陆离的面具作坊迎来妙笔生花的小画家,一场关于美的奇迹,正在发生。.
孩子们发现山里有狸猫搭台唱戏,觉得有趣极了。更神奇的是,它们的导演是一位年纪很大的白发山妖。山妖喜欢孩子,把自己珍藏的礼物都送给了孩子,大人们不敢相信天下竟然有这样的好事......
长缨,一个突然降临戏班子的神秘少年。台下,他少言寡语;台上,他的刀马旦倾倒众生。那令人惊艳的大红戏服如同一团火。戏,就是点燃他的火。古老的戏台,皑皑的白雪,一路欢歌的戏班子,深林里的神秘生灵,传说中的艾草阵......一幕幕画面直入人心。故事文字含蓄优美,却足以掀起内心万千波澜。.
熙谷村的少年为了学习降妖除怪的本领,按照传统要到山中寻找自己的搭档——辟晦犬。木岁就这样找到了小犬板凳,并驯养了它。但随着时间的流逝,板凳具有破坏性的一面渐渐显露,村民们纷纷声讨,要将板凳处理掉。就在村里的长老要将板凳抓走时,木岁悄悄带着它离开了。他们要前往传说中的仙境——长生池,板凳可以在那里无忧无虑地生活......然而,在一片蒲公英田里,让人惊愕的一幕发生了。.
杏花村旁有一个神秘的小院,传说里面住着一个小偷。杏花绽放的时候,村里的女孩小瓶子循着杏花瓣来到院子里,遇见了神秘的黑爷爷。黑爷爷种了满院子的花,还会做各种好吃的甜食,可是村里的人却对他充满敌意。渐渐地,小瓶子知道了黑爷爷的秘密......
男孩阿凡米是沙漠村庄胡杨湾的小向导,在一次做向导的途中与河神相遇,河神这时被邪恶的大巫医变成了拴在自己水囊上的一枚银质小兽。阿凡米这才明白自己家乡河水断流的原因,为了救河神,为了家乡的河重新流淌起来,阿凡米决定做件大事情......
一位不寻常的客人来到山脚下的小银匠铺,要给儿子打造银镯作礼物。银匠看到他额角上有杜鹃花的印记,而门上没有铃芯的铜铃铛突然响起。一次次,以三天为期,银匠和客人在银铺见面,商量银镯究竟该怎样打造——花样、配饰、工艺,一丝不苟,银匠使出浑身解数,一副完美的百岁镯即将成形;与此同时,工作间里药壶里的药酒也就要熬好了......在理智和亲情的天平上,本没有对错,一直在等杜鹃狐狸现身的银匠和一心为儿子治病的杜鹃狐狸,他们究竟会何去何从?.
这是一个关于亲情、母爱与救赎的故事。雪山脚下有一个小小的村落,每年过年,村民们都会把祈福的福袋挂到一只从山上下来接福的白鹿的角上,作为感谢山神的礼物。这一年,小女孩绿萝偷偷跟着白鹿攀上雪山,想求山神帮她找到五年前失踪的哥哥冬青......这个家里到底发生了什么,让小姑娘敢于去冒生命的危险?在山神的木屋、白鹿的鹿舍和雪峰的尖顶,谜题渐渐解开......
This audiobook includes a bonus conversation between the author and actor/director Joseph Morgan ( The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Halo ). From the New York Times bestselling author of the Nevernight Chronicle, Jay Kristoff, comes the much-anticipated sequel to the #1 international bestselling sensation EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE. From holy cup comes holy light; The faithful hands sets world aright. And in the Seven Martyrs' sight, Mere man shall end this endless night. Gabriel de León has saved the Holy Grail from death, but his chance to end the endless night is lost. Drawn into an uneasy alliance with the mysterious vampire Liathe, Gabriel must now deliver the Grail to ancients of the Blood Esani, and learn the truth of how Daysdeath might be finally undone. But the Last Silversaint faces peril, within and without. Pursued by terrors of the Blood Voss, drawn into warfare between the Blood Dyvok and duskdancers of the frozen Highlands, and ravaged by his own rising bloodlust, Gabriel may not survive to see the Grail learn her truth. And that truth may be too awful for any to imagine. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.