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Our Story Begins In The Most Unlikely Of Places, At The Most Unlikely Of Times In History With Probably The Most Unlikely And Surprising Characters You Could Imagine. What's More, This Story Is Quite Unlike Any Traditional Fables. Our Hero Seems To Be The Most Questionable And Least Motivated Of Characters And Our Maiden Is Equally Unexpected, As She Seems To Be Entirely Normal For Her Age. Our Hero Is A Timid, Reclusive Boy; Our Maiden Is A Strong-Willed,...
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For a demon, finding a mate is a difficult, anxiety-inducing process. Or he might just accidentally bite his gaming buddy during a bout of experimental sex and bam-mate found! During a book club meeting where The Witcher is discussed in its entirety, meaning books, series and games, Barion again meets Jon, the zombie, who lives in Sammy's basement, and the two bond over their mutual love of the game. They begin gaming together, doing videos for Jon's...
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Kate Conner has incinerated hordes of demons, slow-danced with the devil, and has even saved the world from certain doom. But now she's facing her toughest opponent yet:
Her teenage daughter, Allie.
Allie wants to be a demon hunter just like her mom, and she refuses to take "no" for an answer. That all comes to a head, however, when they must face the truth about Allie's true nature.
Because this teen queen is fifty percent demon hunter, fifty...
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If you want something done, ask a busy person. Kate Conner could kill whoever first said that.
As if the full-time mom, part-time demon hunter didn't have enough to do, she's now been given a third job-as headmistress at a special academy for up-and-coming slayers.
Kate's first charge? Her own teenage daughter Allie, who thanks to her unique heritage, has more power than either she or Kate understands. And definitely more than either knows...
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On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson...
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Though he made only two horror films, veteran writer/director José Luis Merino here embraces the genre's classic elements and ravishes them to vivid extremes: When a beautiful biochemist (Erna Schurer) arrives at a foreboding castle to work for a sinister baron, she'll unlock a nightmare of dark romance, sexual violence, grisly family secrets and some of the most perverse moments in '70s gothic.
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Ice ruins permeated by death.
A deranged vampire and her pet demon.
Visions of Nightshade Academy on fire.
Just another chapter in the nightmare that has become the life of Nova Ray.
Helena, Nightshade's benefactor, wants me and my twin, Archer, to find some portal leading into another world, one full of angels and demons.
Kian, our clairvoyant tagalong, wants to stop Nightshade from burning to the ground, but he doesn't know who or what...
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Soledad, femme pirate redoutée et sauvage, parcourt les mers à la recherche de trésors. Jusqu'au jour ou, en échange d'une belle promesse de rançon, elle enlève un otage aveugle pour le compte du Régent d'Alep. Mais cette mission va se révéler bien plus compliquée qu'elle ne le semblait au départ, en raison de la personnalité de l'otage, mais aussi de l'histoire de Soledad elle-même…
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To escape the villainous scheming of Xue Yang, A-Qing is determined to flee, and take her companion Xiao Xingchen along with her. But Xiao Xingchen cannot shake his sense of responsibility-he resolves to stay behind and confront Xue Yang alone. That's when Xue Yang reveals the truth behind their Night Hunts, and all the horrible things he's tricked Xiao Xingchen into doing for so many years. Battle is joined between old friends and fated rivals! Back...
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"In Pinquickle's Folly, New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore returns to his signature world of Corona, introducing a dynamic new part of the southern coast never written of before as a great starting place for readers in the DemonWars Saga: The Buccaneers. The first adventure in the Buccaneers trilogy begins in the free sea outside of the control of the usurping Xoconai empire, where the dwarven powrie pirates and merchants sail. But...