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"The competition to become the new city Representative--a magician who serves the magistration and protects the people from monstrous husks--is fierce. Eight young apprentices and their animal familiars are vying for the role, while behind the scenes, corrupt officials work to ensure their favored contestants make it to the next round. Lucy Marlowe wants the job more than anything. A win would show their master that they aren't a worthless waste of...
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A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" in which Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, uses his skill at controlling natural forces to cause the shipwreck of his old opponents, forcing them to seek refuge on the island where he and his daughter, Miranda, have been living in exile, and setting the stage for Miranda to fall in love with Ferdinand, the prince of Naples.
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Returning from a royal wedding, the ships carrying the King of Naples and his crew are caught in a violent storm. Traveling through treacherous and turbulent waters, they all arrive on the same nearby island. Not only does each believe that the others did not make it out alive, they are also completely unaware that the storm was no accident.
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"The discovery of a mysterious powder and a very special show ticket leads Sherlock Holmes to believe a patient isn't the only victim of a grand conspiracy. Indeed, it seems the strange disappearance of Londoners can be explained by the performances of a Chinese magician. When other tickets are found, the detective's suspicions are confirmed..."--
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"Pug and Tomas are two kitchen boys who dream of being heroes one day in the medieval fantasy world of Midkemia. But as the boys start on the path to manhood and begin their apprenticeships to their respective masters, they one day stumble upon a strange shipwreck and learn that invaders from a strange and distant world have found a way to invade Midkemia through portals known as 'rifts' and are preparing for a full-scale assault. As Tomas learns...
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"Roman Black is the moribund patriarch of a family of powerful sorcerers. As his wicked and corrupt children fight over who will take the reins of Manor Black and representative of the black arts, Roman adopts a young mage who he gifts his powers to with the hope that someone good will take his place against the evil forces out to bring down his family and legacy." -- Amazon.com.
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"The dark adventures of DC's foremost occult detective continue in an all-new series as he investigates the cruelest case he's ever come across--his own dark history! Writer Ming Doyle (THE KITCHEN, Quantum and Woody) relaunches John Constantine's solo series with more horrifying roots than ever before"--
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"Long after Quentin and his friends have graduated from Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, Dean Fogg invites a historic new group of students to enroll -- the first ever class of hedge magicians, rogue practitioners of unsanctioned magic. But the traditional magicians aren't too thrilled to have the rule-breaking outcasts in their hallowed halls, and tempers flare as the student bodies clash to prove their superiority -- not realizing a new...
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"Spencer Dales was born into a world of magic. His father belongs to the Aegis, a secret society of black magicians tasked with bettering the lives of others--with higher potential--but never themselves. Now, Spencer Dales has one purpose: tear down the Aegis and free everyone under their 'protection.' However, with his closest ally in prison and The Tenth looking to put Spence in an adjoining cell, creating a better future won’t easy. But it needs...