December 1984. SIS field asset Heidi Sperling (codename Thistle) exfiltrates from East Berlin with the sole copy of a critical intelligence leak. A previously unidentified Soviet submarine, known only as TK-15, has been sitting motionless and undetected in the waters between Scotland and Iceland for three whole years. But here, in the crushing depths of the North Atlantic, it seems something darker has awoken - something that cannot be contained by any superpower.

Just before midnight, a car swerves to avoid something - or someone - mysteriously standing in the road, only to slam into a fallen tree instead. In the pitch black, four more cars follow in a pileup no one can seem to avoid. Stumbling out of the wreckage, soaked from the rain and nursing various injuries, five strangers find themselves in a backwoods dive bar, waiting for daybreak and hoping for cell service. They quickly learn that going outside - whether to assist another accident victim or to hike for help - is a very bad idea.

A number of writers made their reputations in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, which first appeared in 1922. This collection brings together many of the greatest stories published in that magazine, including 'The Call of Cthulhu' by H. P. Lovecraft, 'The Shadow Kingdom' by Robert E. Howard, 'The Dark Eidolon' by Clark Ashton Smith, 'The Hounds of Tindalos' by Frank Belknap Long, and 'The Graveyard Rats' by Henry Kuttner.

In the deadly, Tudor-inspired magical court power is determined by the stars - and the closer you are to the king, the more likely you are to die. Bianca, a moon-blessed magician, is summoned back to the court she thought she had escaped.

Seven years have passed since the events of A Christmas Carol. Those afflicted by spirits and hauntings know of Ebenezer Scrooge as a man who can help rid them of the unquiet dead. So when Louisa Fell invites him to investigate her family home on the coast of England, he is more than happy to oblige. But the mysteries at the Fell house are deep and terrifying, and the more Scrooge uncovers, the more he risks awakening the ghosts of his past, present, and of things yet to come.

The Sturm, a group of "species purists" intent on destroying any human with genetic or cybernetic enhancements, returned from the far reaches of Dark Space to wage a war against humanity. A small group of reluctant heroes managed to beat back the vastly superior invading force. But the Sturm weren't fully defeated, and their remaining forces are intent on ripping apart the crew that thwarted their original plans - even if it leads to the destruction of the galaxy.

Some people come to Destiny Park to make a bargain with the Arcana, the paranormal beings who rule the Isle of Wyrd, to change their fate. And some people come for dark purposes. When young Detective Beth Fahey is sent to Destiny Park to inquire about a "ghost gun," she will begin a strange journey on which she must learn to navigate the Arcana's unforgiving laws and dangerous attractions. Her search will draw her into seemingly impossible cases and the secrets of her own past as tensions rise between the Arcana and their human neighbours across the river.

The best of the year anthology includes contributions from Sarah Langan, Thomas Ha, Alix E. Harrow, Alex Irvine, Naomi Kanakia, Isabel J. Kim, Rich Larson, Ray Nayler, P. C. Verrone, and others.

Mornhavon the Black has reawakened and freed two undead wraiths from their imprisoning tombs to hunt Karigan down and bring her to him in Blackveil Forest. In a deadly confrontation with one of the wraiths amid the frivolity of the Harvest Ball, Karigan is left vulnerable to the intrigues of another old adversary she thought destroyed long ago. Haunted by the unceasing rhythm of the dance, she falls endlessly through the frigid dark of the heavens.

The night Tisaanah tries to buy her freedom, she barely escapes with her life. Desperate to save the best friend she left behind, Tisaanah journeys to the Orders, the most powerful organizations of magic wielders in the world. To join their ranks, she must complete an apprenticeship with fire-wielder Maxantarius Farlione and prove herself under the threat of looming war.

The life of professional thief and inveterate trickster Kinch Na Shannack depends on him deciphering a very bad book indeed; a stolen, sentient tome that tries to kill him every time he opens it - and often when it's closed. Galva, veteran of the goblin wars and death's sworn handmaiden, has vowed to protect Kinch while he mines the book for its dark magic and even darker secrets. Not for his sake, but because the book is the key to stopping the shadowy tyrants out to kill the queen she serves.

Ghouls are prowling Chicago and taking out innocent civilians. Harry's brother is dying, and Harry doesn't know how to help him. And last but certainly not least, the Winter Queen of the Fae has allied with the White Court of Vampires - and Harry's been betrothed to the seductive, deadly vampire Lara Raith to seal the deal. It's been a tough year.

When a magical illness begins to afflict children in Boston, junior Auditor Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby is tasked with uncovering the source and - together with his partner, the grizzled veteran Huntsman Mayflower - putting a stop to it by any means necessary. But their efforts to determine the origin of the spreading malady are soon complicated by the emergence of ancient and strange beings that Grimsby and Mayflower have never encountered before.

Our narrator's life includes several hallmarks of the typical trans girl sob story - conversion therapy, a string of shitty low-paying jobs, and even shittier exes - but she also regularly debates sleep paralysis demons. Stalked by a new, malevolent force through the streets of NYC, she takes refuge in an all-trans girl commune in the middle of the woods. But something isn't quite right at Herculine.

Hunted by dragonriders, Naila must seek sanctuary at the great library of Awasef. Perhaps here she will find some answers--if they don't kill her first. But the land of Dahran is on a knife edge. The Queen's advisor, the Wazira, is abducting mages and forcing them to join her cause. Worse still, Haelius Akana - Naila's friend and the greatest wizard of his age--is among them.

It's 1988 and two best friends - one departing for college, one destined for bad boy townie life - decide to have a final video night. They've got pizza and beer, and Tom even managed to convince his girlfriend, Darcy, to bring a friend, Billy's neighbor and crush, Rachel. But there's an invasion underway, and across the street, Rachel's sister, Rhonda, is one of the first to turn. A slithering, chitinous evil has overtaken her body and mind, and she'll do anything to spread the alien infection.

Welcome to Mercy House, a state-of-the-art retirement home that appears perfectly clean and orderly - but something is turning the residents into monsters.

An illustrated short story set in the world of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, in which the city of Durham is besieged by a fairy host.

As Caris journeys far from Torgrin and attempts to discover more about her power, Torgrin is tortured by the distance between them, even though he knows being with Caris is impossible. In trying to do the best by his people, he is forced to make a decision that feels like a betrayal.

In Hsien the company returns to their former base, An Abode of Ravens, where the Lady ages backwards in a return to force, shaking off the thrall, one breath at a time. At first, life in Hsien appears quiet, even boring, but it is quickly apparent that strange goings on are more than what they seem, and it's up to them to discover the truth hidden in the shadows of this strange land.

France, 1312. Though Queen Isabella's baby boy not only secures her ill-starred marriage but her own precarious future, a 13-generation curse hangs over her family. London, 1865. The corridors of Bedlam Lunatic Asylum move like white serpents around Lois. But if her memories are the manifestations of insanity, then who is the little boy who calls her Mama? Brittany, 2026. Emma is preparing to marry Sam, a financier from New York in a castle in the French countryside, when her 16-year-old daughter Ivy steals a diamond intended for the wedding and awakens a dark force.

Upon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island, Lon Haven, stands a lighthouse that has weathered more than storms. Mysterious and terrible events have happened on this island. It started with a witch hunt. Now, centuries later, islanders are vanishing without explanation. Liv Stay flees to the island with her three daughters, in search of a home. Within months, her daughter Luna will be the only one of them left.

Jenny Greenteeth prefers to keep her own company beneath the streets of Boston, where she's lived for hundreds of years. With a conviction that she is far superior to humans - who are petty, dangerous, and fragile - she has no qualms about satisfying her hunger with their flesh. That is, until she comes face to face with a human man who, for the first time, she doesn't want to eat (but also...she kind of does).

When her husband, Ben, takes on his first parish in the rural community of Hope-under-Barrow, Kate Greenwood feels like it could be a fresh start for the family. But from the moment they arrive, something just feels... off. It could be the locals, with their strange rituals and rites. Or it could be the yew tree which stands in a graveyard bordering their garden, whose presence brings headaches, visions and disturbing, unfamiliar memories that do not belong to Kate.

Spidena Kettle runs a quiet magic shop at the edge of town, selling just enough spells and potions to keep herself afloat - and out of trouble - when Benthrop Hozel enters her shop one day. On the run from the nefarious sort, he simply wishes to be forgotten by his pursuers. In exchange, he promises a favour. Such a deal could have dire consequences if Ben is unable to fulfill his end of the bargain.

Across the sprawling metropolis of Rome, children dream of an island that doesn't exist. An old god returns. Anarchy, destruction, and extreme emotions nourish it. A new god has emerged. Order and subjugation are its intentions. They fought once before. This time it will be to the death. Magic is returning to the world and in the skies above the city, children clash with pirates while deities old and new fight for dominance of Rome. And the people will learn Pan is coming, and it's coming for them.

When Eamon and his two closest friends, Caroline and Mark, journey to Addington Isle, they hope to explore the island that inspired their favorite book, Winterset Hollow - a timeless tale about a tribe of animals preparing for their yearly end-of-summer festival. But when the trio break into the author's apparently abandoned estate, they discover that much of what the world believes to be fantasy is real, and that the truth behind their beloved story is darker and more dangerous than they ever imagined.

Enter the decadent, deadly city of Tiliard, a metropolis carved into the stump of an ancient tree. In its canopy, the pampered elite warp minds with toxic perfume. In its roots, Guy Moulene, an exterminator, hunts a centipede the size of a dragon with a deadly venom and a ravenous taste for artwork. As it digests Tiliard from the sewers to the opera houses, its toxin reshapes the future of the city. No sane person would hunt it, if they had the choice. Guy doesn't have a choice.

[BC author]. Seeking to crush the revived cult of the Apocalyptic before it ignites the entire subcontinent, Fist Arenfall has only a few dozen squads of marines at his disposal, and many of those are already dispersed - endeavouring to stamp out multiple brush-fires of dissent. But his soldiers are exhausted, worn down by the grind of a simmering insurrection and the last thing Arenfall needs is the arrival of the new Adjunct, fresh from the capital and the Emperor's side.

After destroying the headquarters of an underground amputation cult, a burned and battered Kline finds himself in a holding cell. When he enlists the help of an ex-cop to commute his prison sentence, Kline inadvertently tangles with a schism of the very cult he sought to destroy. Can Kline investigate the sect's ritualistic murder spree without getting lured into their ranks?

The Demon Overlord just wants to retire in peace, but peace is hard to find in Lower Middleton, a quiet village full of gossip, feuds, and one dangerously charming succubus - who also happens to be his "cousin." Now Willem Porter (definitely not Galornus Prime, Destroyer of Worlds) must navigate enchanted pickles, noble politics, and the delicate art of staying out of trouble, all while pretending he's just a humble turnip farmer.

In the frigid west Texas desert, weary travelers converge at a lonely roadside motel nestled at the foot of a massive mountain. All of them are on the run from something. All of them are hiding something. And somehow, they're all connected to the motel's other guest, an enigmatic woman named Sarah Powers. Within hours, Sarah is dead. The strange twins who run the Brake Inn Motel inform the surviving guests that her murder demands justice. The guests are given an ultimatum: uncover the killer by midnight - or die when the protective lights around the motel go out.

A folk horror tale about six college friends who go on a weekend getaway in the woods - and the supernatural deals they make to survive.

Deidre, the daughter of a Ri, and Kylin, the son of a Northman who found peace and a home in Eire, have little in common, until they begin seeing visions of these fantastical gifts. The revelation that a traitor exists among the many Irish kings forces them to work together using their newfound powers in defense of their homeland. As all they hold dear comes under threat, it may be more than just dreams that the two begin to share...

Marcella might be a monster, but she's careful. After getting hired at Preston University, she intends to lay low and keep her meals discreet. Trapped in the rat race of academia, all Lacie wants is to make tenure. This will be her year, and nothing is going to stand in her way. That is, until bodies start dropping.Marcella swears it isn't her doing - as if she'd be that sloppy. Whatever's killing their coworkers is older, and far less restrained.

Hand in hand, Alaric and Talasyn vanquished the cataclysmic threat of the Moonless Dark - and started to hope for a future together. That hope is shattered when a devastating attack sets off a chain of events that tears them apart once more. Now, as two rival nations prepare for a final, decisive clash, the Master of the Shadowforged Legion and the last Lightweaver fight to find their way back to each other.

Toast was older than most changeling children when her goblin parents stole her back from her human family and returned her to the harsh, bustling world of the Goblin Market, where anything from your fondest dream to your strongest talent can be bought - or sold. Nearly a decade later, Toast has grudgingly cobbled together a life there as the Market's guide for mortal visitors. But when the next arrival is her long-lost sister and the ancient beast whose magic the Market depends on disappears under strange circumstances, everything starts falling apart.

Houston, 1975. A new Apollo mission launches into orbit, on course to dock with a Russian Soyuz craft: three NASA astronauts and three cosmonauts, joining to celebrate a new dawn of Soviet-American cooperation. But as NASA Flight Controller Kaz Zemeckis listens in from Earth, a deadly accident changes everything. Meanwhile, from a remote location in East Asia, the first Chinese spacecraft secretly launches. On board is China's first astronaut, Fang Guojun, whose mission puts him on a collision course with the Apollo crew. As Kaz races against an enemy on the ground and for answers beyond the sky, the safety of the remaining crew hangs in the balance...

For 19 years, Rowan has fought to survive: first on the streets scavenging for scraps, then bound by a decade-long contract to a corrupt master. She longs for freedom but spends her days stealing from the highborn to pay off her servitude. When a mysterious fae buys her contract, Rowan seizes her chance to escape. But her freedom comes at a price: uncover the assassin targeting Prince Dryden of the Ember Kingdom. To do so, she must pose as a princess among the royals competing for the prince's hand in marriage.

Mira and Kieran Carpenter are moving into their first home together, a run-down fixer-upper in a historic Pittsburgh neighborhood. Then a strange delivery is left by the front door, a package containing an old wooden box. They continue with their careers and house renovations, but then, the messages start arriving. Anonymous texts, late-night phone calls, and distorted voicemails: "Did you get the package?"

Phillip Tennent makes his living at the tideline, collecting artifacts that wash up from the Channel. It's been years since the crisis changed everything, but its exact nature remains obscure. Now Phillip has fished out of the water an object he can't keep. A creature that keeps changing. An artifact he must take inland, before it destroys everything he thinks he knows.

A collection of Harrow's best-known stories.

A collecton of twenty nightmarish horror tales featuring folkloric beasts, apocalyptic disasters, and psychological terrors, from the very best voices in contemporary Nordic fiction.

After the war, ex-healer Mira Winters swore she'd never touch magic again. And yet here she is attending the newly reopened Ivercrest University, enrolled in the wrong magic department, paired up with the absolute wrong partner - the infuriating Aidric Dawson. Mira attends demonology lessons, casts deadly spells...and is accidentally dragged into a murder investigation on campus - one with devastating ripples that bleed into the magical world far beyond the university.

Newly widowed Sandra accepts an invitation to Hautmond Hall, a dilapidated stately home, intending to gather her thoughts, face her grief and plan her next move. But why is she having such dreadful dreams? Why do visitors to the house keep suffering inexplicable accidents? What's hidden in the secret room buried deep in the lightless cellar? And who are the distant, shadowed figures she keeps glimpsing in the mirrors?

Sarah Fenn and her daughter Harper are at the heart of a witch hunt that's spreading across America. Now something new is coming. Government registration - and research that could destroy magical ability forever. Sarah and Harper must choose their allies carefully, and learn from the secrets of their family's past. They've tried running. They've tried hiding. But when Harper is kidnapped, the moment comes to fight - and to do it with all their power.

When a massive asteroid hurtles toward Earth, humanity braces for annihilation - but the end doesn't come. In fact, it isn't an asteroid but a three-mile-tall alien that drops down, seemingly dead, outside Little Springs, Nebraska. Dubbed "the giant," its arrival transforms the red-state farm town into a top-secret government research site and major metropolitan area, flooded with soldiers, scientists, bureaucrats, spies, criminals, conspiracy theorists - and a murderer.

Misanthropic ghost hunter Frank Pendleton claims that he can't feel fear, which makes him more sensitive to paranormal phenomena. Skeptical but intrigued, television producer Grace Wonderly gathers a film crew to shoot a proof-of-concept for her studio. What should be a straightforward shoot quickly spirals into a nightmare and Grace must confront some hard truths: ghosts are real; and though callous and distant, Frank is their only hope of getting out alive.

Five years after the massacre on the Blackfeet reservation, Nate Yellowtail steps up, again. This time it's into a camper van that is almost as run down as his broken body, filled with three older Blackfeet, to find the bones of the lone Blackfeet boy who died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, where many Indigenous children were abused, and repatriate this boy home. The problem is, when they get the bones, something terrible has escaped with them.

On a rain-soaked night in modern-day Paris, Larkspur Lee and her academic rivals find themselves at the center of an impossible crime-the murder of their university's headmistress, the immortal Petronelle Flamel. In the aftermath of Flamel's death, the school devolves into chaos.

Ford, Neuland and Tilda return home after the events of THE PALE HOUSE DEVIL to try and make peace with the NYC crime syndicates. But they must take on a job for free - hunting down, and killing the Flesh King, a gruesome killer who is stalking the city, leaving a macabre and bloody trail wherever he goes.

When her husband's job has them move abroad, Jessica thinks the remote island of Hasenhurst is her chance for a fresh start. The people there grow their own herbs, make their own jam, and mind their own business. They believe in folk tales and the power of dreams. Jessica is determined to be the right kind of person for a family - and a life - like this. But as she tries to befriend the townsfolk and learn their ways, she soon realizes that beneath the town's cozy idyll, something sickly-sweet and rotten lays buried...

Wedge Antilles tells his story, and those of the brave pilots he served with and elite enemies he fought against. Aided by unsealed archives from the New Republic, and unreleased interviews of Imperial and Alliance veterans, Antilles gives the definitive account of what it was to fight the Galactic Civil War from the cockpit of a starfighter.The ships, tactics, and weapons, but also the quiet times and camaraderie, the moments of fear and despair, the thrill of victory and the aching loss of friends.

Antigone is no stranger to death.For the women of her family, death always comes in the form of a black dog. When Antigone's own black dog arrives, she isn't afraid. She invites it inside, where it soon becomes a daily source of companionship and comfort. It also forces her to reflect on the life she's led.

Last seen rallying under Loran's banner, Emere survives an assassination attempt that will lead him to uncover sinister plots at the very heart of the Empire. Arienne has crossed the continent to learn more about the Star of Mersia, the famed weapon that wiped Mersia from the map. But when she arrives in the lifeless land, Arienne finds much more than ruins.

Jack Sawyer (of THE TALISMAN and BLACK HOUSE) must now stop a rampaging gang of infected teenagers from America-side, and the forces of the mysterious Gullet at the edge of Mid-World, before it destroys our world and all worlds. Jack is older now; his Ka-tet (echoing the world of Roland) is fraying; and his task, nearly impossible. Includes 36 exclusive black-and-white illustrations by artist Gabriel Rodriguez.

Alex Easton does not want to visit an abandoned coal mine in West Virginia with a reputation for being haunted. But when their old friend Dr. Denton summons them to help find his lost cousin - who went missing in that very mine - well, sometimes a sworn soldier has to do what a sworn soldier has to do...

Skipper, a skilled sailor and the youngest of three sisters, earns money skimming and reselling plastic from the ocean to care for her ailing grandmother. But then her eldest sister, Nora, goes missing. Nora left home a decade ago in pursuit of a cure for failing crops all over the world. When Skipper and her other sister, Carmen, receive a cryptic plea for help, they must put aside their differences and set out across the sea to find - and save - her.

When Saige and her fellow witch doctoral candidates depart for a conference, she's not prepared for the moment their bus turns off the highway and takes them to a remote mansion in the Appalachian Mountains, the gates sealing shut behind them. The mansion's owner, Arius Medea, issues a simple mandate: fix his injured, rotting leg or die. But it's no ordinary injury - the flesh melts off the bone, emitting waves of foul magic that set Saige's blood alight.

After his historianmother's death Jay finds in his possessions a partially burned newspaper bearing the name Gael Brogan. He sets out to learn more about Brogan, a prominent 19th-century actor whose last and most famous role was based on Bram Stoker's Dracula. With the help of a mysterious woman named Rhiannon, Jay uncovers the frightening story of a young actress who fell under Brogan's sway long ago. Before long, Jay and Rhiannon realize that something similarly implacable is pursuing them.

The Puppet priestess Rosalie Johns-10 is suffering increasingly powerful nightmares, revealing strange geometries. Belisarius's old lover Cassandra and the AI Saint Matthew eventually work out the nightmares are a signal, originating somewhere - and somewhen - in the 11-dimensional space of the Axis Mundi time gates. Cassandra, Rosalie and Saint Matthew, joined by their comrade Stills, head off on a hunt through time itself

Every day, millions watch Mia Wright, the "trad wife" queen, on her idyllic 300-acre farm. With her handsome husband, seven perfect children, and a life of from-scratch meals and pastoral bliss, she's an icon of modern femininity. Now journalist Jenny Kaplan arrives at Black Swan Farm to profile Mia. But there's something wrong at the farmhouse. Something slithers through Jenny's dreams, and at night, the children sing strange nursery rhymes.

A two-volume slipcased edition of all six volumes.

Married with a child and presiding over a period of peace and stability in Aquilonia, Conan's sword has been sheathed for too long. When Baht Tann arrives in Aquilonia, he is wounded, his wife has been murdered and his two children kidnapped. He asks Conan to save his children and avenge his wife. Soon Conan is beset by assassins and learns there is a price on his head. Violence and vengeance ensue as Conan takes on his mysterious foes and attempts to fulfil his promise.

The Cuban rainforest is a terrifying, hungry god with harsh rules and a ravenous appetite that must be fed. In this ruthless world mothers raise their children as food, a cannibalistic system of offerings and retribution from which there is no escape. For women, survival depends on becoming mothers. They must reproduce even as their children grow up trapped between life and death, heaven and hell.

Faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis, Helen Firthmakes the impulsive decision to return to Orkney after forty years to make peace with her past. Under the wintering solstice sun, she reconnects with the ungainly but affable Thorfinn Coffin, who helps her address the real reason she has returned to the islands: to die. As Helen draws closer to death and ever closer to Thorfinn, the Queen of the Underworld in turn is intrigued by Helen. She, too, has a past to confront and a lesson to learn: that perhaps who she thinks she is isn't who she is really meant to be.

Who was Glinda the Good Witch before she floated down in her bubble to greet Dorothy? Who was Glinda before she became Elphaba Thropp's magnetic and popular roommate at Shiz University? Well, before then, she was Galinda. With a "ga". The youngest of four children in a high-born family down on their luck, Galinda is both pampered and ignored.

In the oppressive heat of a small Tamil Nadu Town, strange happenings are common. And the local secondary school, run by the government, is teeming with supernatural entities. For Thamarai, an outsider considered strange by her peers, life is already a dreary existence. She endures verbal abuse from her classmates, and despises that her lecherous English teacher has aimed his flagrant lust against P. Yamuna, a beautiful girl in her grade. When a mysterious compendium about the supernatural entities allows Thamarai to cross into a terrifying surreal dimension, she embarks on a quest to understand the entities, as well as track their movements.

In a fractured realm ruled by warring noble Houses and the tyrannical Prime, the most coveted power lies in god-shards - divine fragments that grant extraordinary abilities to those who possess them. Revel's brother was murdered in pursuit of one. To avenge her brother, Revel must compete in the Call - a bloody contest of heirs vying for the throne - on behalf of her enemies, and assassinate the realm's most formidable alchemist, the Warbringer.

Raysel, the estranged daughter of Toby's liege lord, is currently serving out a term of offense in Toby's home. It's time for Raysel's term of offense to end, and Luna Torquill very much wants her daughter back. But Raysel isn't ready to leave. Luna isn't taking no for an answer, and before anyone can realize what she's planning, she steals her own child away to Blind Michael's lands. Now Toby must race the clock to save Raysel - before it's too late for her to ever come home.

IN AN ABSENT DREAM, COME TUMBLING DOWN, and ACROSS THE GREEN GRASS FIELDS in a single, omnibus volume.

Eline is a mother, a wife, and a survivor. But following an act of horrific - if righteous - vengeance, Eline is blackmailed into the service of the Queen's Men. But the Queen's Men aren't just asking her to risk herself. They're asking her to risk everything she knows and loves. And if she fails - civil war and the deaths of everyone she loves will be just the beginning.

Three powerful witches, the last of their lineage, Brigid, Phoebe, and Sibyl, have been brought back from their homes across North America, back to Wild Hill at the tip of Long Island, to discover their family legacy. The Old One, furious at the path mankind has taken, has chosen three powerful witches to turn the tide. The Duncans will fulfill their destinies - but only if they can set aside their grievances and come together as a family.

For a dime a dance at the Palace Ballroom, Evelyn Pulaski plays into a cheap fantasy of romance. When a group of elfin bootleggers start to hang around the Palace, Evelyn and her friends grow wary. Several dancehall girls have disappeared, and the bootleggers are the prime suspects. But Raife, one of the bootleggers at the Palace, is part of an operation stealing dreams from humans and selling them in the elfinlands, and has taken a shine to Evelyn.

In the absence of a king, Horngard has been given over to bandits, its potential squandered, its people exploited. The powerful Dragon moves to install one of his own dragonkin there - breaking up families to do so. But there are other forces who covet Horngard. And they will not let it go without a fight. The fates of two pairs of siblings are the key to Horngard's future: Mikael and Camwyn, Gwenno and Aris. Will they have what it takes to triumph?

Biology graduate student Gardenpath, an amoeba - a slime mold to be exact, from an ancient civilization that dwells in a vast network of towers between the stars, heads to a remote, dangerous planet. There, they discover a strange, complicated ecosystem, including peculiar, multicellular animals who seem to have language and culture. To learn more about these animals, Gardenpath changes their shape to resemble one of them. And that's how they meet a creature named Murtis, who lives in a city she calls Pompeii and works in a brothel known to locals as "the lupanar."

When Cal meets a soldier of the French Revolution, he knows his lover is destined to die. A little paradox here, an alteration there--nothing Cal can't fix, to save the man he loves. When Fadimatu walks into a museum in 2018, she stumbles upon her own mummified corpse, setting her on the path to a betrayal that has already killed her, and a murder that has not yet come to pass.

In Lock Haven, a quiet little town in Washington State, Bird Street is a very special place. The residents of this pretty cul-de-sac are all successful, wealthy, healthy, and happy. Their children are high achievers, well-mannered and smart. But when November arrives a stranger appears to collect on a longstanding debt. A price must be paid for the good fortune the residents of Bird Street enjoy the other eleven months of the year. The devil is due. A sacrifice must be made.

When Sally-Mae Jenkins is violated and impregnated by the twin scions of a wealthy rancher, she's sent to join the African missionary ship as a widow. When Sally-Mae arrives in Africa her unborn twins become the focus of both the Python-Goddess, Asata, who wants the twins dead, and Aja-Mmo, who wants the twins alive in her service, just like Amara. And suddenly, Sally-Mae finds the boys, with their unearthly and fearsome powers, have become the weapons of her vengeance against the unsuspecting citizens of her home town back in Texas...

The gods of myth are alive and well. Once every century, they select a new ruler in a cutthroat competition, pushing mortal players to the limit. But this year, Hades is done sitting on the sidelines. And he's picking a champion no one expects - in this modern mythic romantasy, she'll fight for her life - for the god of Death. Deluxe edition available.

Abidemi Eniola has arrived in Bristol, England. She claims to be Nigerian, but her accent is wrong and she can do remarkable things with technology, things that Abi's new friend, Hollie Rogers, has never seen before. Abi is in possession of a number of heirlooms that need to be returned to their rightful owners and Hollie is more than happy to go along for the ride.But neither Abidemi Eniola nor her heirlooms are quite what they seem.

An illustrated flip volume with Chambers's THE KING IN YELLOW on one side, and a new tale of cosmic horror on the other. Sid Feelings, a successful children's entertainer, is trapped in a modern nightmare. She's canceled when a man with whom she shares a name commits a heinous crime. The trouble is only beginning when she hires a mysterious specialist to salvage what's left of her career.

The monster known as Skinner has been destroyed, but the battle still lingers for Erin. Even with so much death, life must go on, including Ryoka and Erin finding out they have one very important thing in common. They're both from the real world. Even more, they're not the only ones. But as much as they want to find others like them, they both also need to survive. The first thing they need is money, especially after the Wandering Inn, um...accidentally explodes.

As the first manned mission to Saturn's moon Titan is circling its destination, it is rocked by an unexplained series of explosions. The crew works together to get back on course, and they return to Earth as heroes. When the fanfare dies down, Ryan and his fellow astronauts notice that things are different. Some changes are good, such as lavish upgrades to their homes, but others are more disconcerting. Before the group can connect, mysterious figures start tailing them, and their communications are scrambled.

Kestrel has trained her whole life to compete in the Tarot Trials. Her mother won once, earning a place among the five ruling Cinque - then paid for it with her life, executed for alleged treason against the Minor Court. Now it falls to Kestrel to take up her mother's mantle as Champion of the Moon, enter the Trials, and face her fate. If she can master her new powers of shadow and illusion, navigate the poisonous game of alliances and lies, and corner the fellow Champion who dealt the killing blow to her mother years ago, she may uncover the truth she's seeking without losing her head...

Yuala longs to become a warrior or a healer or, if all else fails, to make a strategic marriage to cement an alliance that will help protect her village of Winter Haven. But in a world where her mother can rain down fire on their enemies and other fighters can move objects with their minds, Yuala's only gift is her ability to connect with creatures regarded as monsters: warlike Forest People, giant, flesh-eating octopuses, dog-sized cave worms and other abominations let in after warring sorcerers broke open the world.

Jon Hudson, investigator for a division of Homeland Security tasked with paranormal threats to national security, thinks his job is a joke. There have been zero such threats during his years at the DHS. But then after yet another Sasquatch sighting, Hudson and the local Sheriff, Ashley Collins, suddenly find themselves on the run from a ruthless ex-Special Forces security team. And that threat is soon replaced by another. Something very much not-human is headed for civilization, leaving behind only a name scrawled in blood: Nemesis.

Tam Becket has hated Lord Lyford since they were boys. The fact that he's also been sleeping with the man for the last ten years is irrelevant. When they were both nine years old, Lyford smashed Tam's entry into the village's vegetable competition. And now, the very last straw: Tam discovers that Lyford (of all people!) bears the divine favor of Angarat, the goddess Tam feels most betrayed and abandoned by.

Hidden safely beyond the borders of human space, Hadrian awaits the arrival of the one ally he has left, the Jaddian Prince Kaim-Olorin du Otranto. The armies of men have grown complacent, but Hadrian knows the truth. The inhuman Cielcin are gathering their strength, preparing for their final assault against the heart of all mankind. Only Hadrian possesses the power to stem the tide: an ancient war machine, forged by the daimon machines at the dawn of time.

Danger and desire clash in a Romeo and Juliet retelling set in modern-day Oxford, with enemy vampires on opposite sides of a brutal power struggle, where the couple are forced to choose between their families and each other. ____Sapkowski, Andrzej. CROSSROADS OF RAVENS. [THE WITCHER]. Orbit, 25.99 tp. Geralt of Rivia was a fresh graduate of Kaer Morhen, stepping into a world that neither understands nor welcomes his kind. And when an act of naive heroism goes gravely wrong, Geralt is only saved from the noose by Preston Holt, a grizzled witcher with a buried past and an agenda of his own. Under Holt's guiding hand, Geralt begins to learn what it truly means to walk the Path - to protect a world that fears him, and to survive in it on his own terms.

Series conclusion. Eli Ever. Victor Vale. Two men, first best friends, then mortal enemies, each destined to be the other's shadow. One is left standing--but the game isn't over yet. Against all the years (and the odds) a group of allies and arch rivals meet on a chess board set by an opponent they couldn't have predicted....to see who will be victorious. Signed copies available.

Freddie Burns just wants ten pints, a spot of football violence, and to take over his uncle's fading South London crime business. But when a gangland execution goes wrong, Freddie discovers a new kind of organized crime - one where vampires are spine-breakingly real and monsters hide just out of sight. Good thing Freddie has a supernatural gift for giving vampires a kicking - them and anyone else that looks at him funny.

Off the west coast of Ireland lies a lonely island, isolated and wilfully forgotten. Grace, adopted at four years old, has never known where she came from. A mysterious phone call leads her back to the island where she was born - and where a terrible evil has been disturbed. As the evil starts to spread, Grace finds herself dragged back into a living nightmare that threatens to engulf anyone who steps into its path.

1592. Cybil Harding is a First Daughter. Cursed to bring disaster to those around her, she is trapped in a house with a mother paralyzed by grief and a father willing to sacrifice everything in pursuit of magic. Miriam Richter is a creature of shadow, eternal, killing mortals and consuming their souls. She offers Cybil reincarnation in exchange for her soul. Thus begins a dance across centuries as Miriam seeks Cybil in every lifetime to claim her prize.

One morning in 1904, scientist Ada Franklin wakes up in her own grave. Clawing her way out, she discovers her lab abandoned and her research partner gone - along with her life's work: a prototype designed to enable human-angel communication. Ada's attempted murder suggests the ability to communicate with - and perhaps control - angels is a power worth killing for.

When sisters Chloe, Zoe and Dido were children, their father died and their mother could no longer care for them, so they were sent to live with the local doctor's family: mother, father and three sons. Soon after, however, Ashwood Farm burned to the ground, and only the three young girls survived. Now, years later, first Chloe, and then Zoe disappears. It's left to Dido to rake through their history and find out if her sisters are still in the world or paying the price for what happened that long ago summer night.

After Everly Bainbridge's husband takes their child to the supermarket one day and a lorry collides with their car, killing both, a lawyer appears on her doorstep and tells her her husband was not who he said he was and she is a very rich widow. She retreats to a lonely house in the countryside to recover. But there's a well in the cellar, a spectacularly cold room, and one night, Everly wakes up with a foot hanging over the emptiness of the well and the echo of her daughter's voice in her ears...

When her older brother appears in her clinic at the Vault and abducts her at gunpoint, Bones knows her time has finally run out, and the past she tried to escape has caught up to her. But the gods have taken notice of her - and her potential - and enemies new and old are circling. When her magic begins to evolve in mysterious ways, Bones is forced to decide who she wants to be in the face of the terrifying forces that threaten to alter the entire world.

It isn't long before Dorothy encounters the dark side of Oz, stumbling on a man beaten and bloody, tied to a pole in a cornfield. Not unlike the scarecrows on the Kansas farm. With no memories, the mysterious stranger joins Dorothy. Rook is ridiculously handsome, endlessly charming, and somehow understands Dorothy in a way no one ever has. But when they cross paths with the infamous Tinman and his axe, Rook proves he may be hiding his own secrets.Nothing and no one is what they seem in the cursed land of Oz...maybe even Dorothy herself.

Margaret's rare autoimmune condition has destroyed her life. It has no cure, but she's making do as best she can - until she's offered a fully paid-for spot in an experimental medical trial at Graceview Memorial. She subjects herself to the near-total destruction of her immune system and its subsequent regeneration. But as the treatment progresses and her body begins to fail, she stumbles upon something sinister living and spreading within the hospital.

1934. British journalist Owen Crisp-Upjohn is dispatched to Moscow, where his assignments quickly escalate from cultural reporting to international espionage. He finds himself pulled into the orbit of the enigmatic Earl of Suffolk, a maverick aristocrat, and Aurora, a curiously compelling woman with a shadowy past rooted in Soviet intelligence. Their mission soon becomes clear: secure the earth's only supply of deuterium - "heavy water" - before it falls into Nazi hands.

A scientist in Austria, seeing the nuclear holocaust approaching, created a time machine, and filled a warehouse with low-tech survival gear. Too bad he didn't get to use it himself. Instead, a team of American grad students, led by their professor, is sent back to the late Roman Empire. Even though they are experts in this time and place, they are about to realize that books and actual experience are very different things.

Rome reaches for empire into the depths of the galaxy. A warlord coalition has decided to challenge Rome and with a surprise attack has seized a few border worlds. But the Roman space navy will deliver legions to two worlds the warlords have attacked, and keep the supply lines open as best they can. Rome's history is of victory, and they do not doubt it will continue... whatever the warlords' advantages.

A collection of brand-new stories of murder, myth, and misadventure including contributions from international bestsellers Garth Nix, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Tamsyn Muir, and two dozen other fantasy, science fiction, and horror icons, featuring stunning illustrations from Galen Dara.

If you want a story that will change your life, Chiron's bookshop is where you go, a world of powerful bargains and deadly ink magic. For Cassandra Fairfax, it's a reminder of everything she lost, when Chiron kicked her out and all but shuttered the shop. Now Chiron has died under mysterious circumstances - and if Cassandra knows anything, it's this: the bookshop must always have an owner. But she's not the only one interested.

[BC author]. Moments after signing the paper to have his head cryogenically frozen, Bob Johansson is killed crossing the street. A century later, Bob wakes up, not in a utopia but an Earth on the precipice of war. America is run by an extremist government that stripped his rights as a frozen head, uploaded his consciousness into an AI, and selected him to search space for habitable planets as a self-replicating von Neumann probe. Using his new abilities and the von Neuman technology he does what any engineer would do. He makes more Bobs - and a virtual cat - and sets to save humanity before it's too late.

Angilly, twelve-years-old, a child of Pal soldiers stationed in occupied Jarokir, does not know it yet, but a sequence of accidents and questionable life choices will lead her to Outreach, that part of the Pal machine responsible for diplomacy. As she travels from Jarrokir to Bracinta, Cazarkand, Lemas, the Holy Regalate of Stouk and finally, Usmai, she'll learn that the price of her nation's success is paid in compromise and lost chances, and that the falling rain will always be bitter.

The Isle of Stroma, 1896. Tom Torrance has been sent to oversee the completion of a new lighthouse. The construction so far has been plagued by difficulties, giving rise to superstitious whisperings amongst the men, but Tom will not be cowed by stories of hauntings and bad omens. Yet he is unprepared for the isolation and delirium of the endless summer nights. He soon learns that the real dangers on the island have nothing to do with the wild waves.

When Sergeant Nix Marr signed up as her ex's bodyguard for a trip to the domed city of Fall, she doubted she'd return alive. But neither woman could have predicted the cataclysmic event that stranded them both beneath the ocean. Worse, Fall has been completely abandoned, ruins of a once-grand city. Aside from the occasional infected citizen, there's no indicator where the rest of Fall's population went.

Five friends travel back to a 1990s shopping mall to solve the brutal murder and disappearance of two of their high school peers

13th-century Delhi. As court intrigue and fears of invading Mongol armies have plunged the empire into turmoil, a strange, luminous presence suddenly appears in the western sky. Strange, winged conquerors descend upon the city. The Avians, a half-man, half-bird race of beings claim to offer a purer and more peaceful order. But new cruelties slowly take root. Books are censored, memories rewritten, and those who question the new regime mysteriously vanish into the night.

Judith Ban, former convent girl, courtesan, and failed thief, is on the lookout for her next identity. The daughter of a Vietnamese adventuress and a French naval officer, she's no stranger to risk, but she's unprepared for the secrets of New York's legendary Four Hundred, or for the women who build their power at the city's heart through blood-soaked, gold-etched rituals of demonic marriage.

[Canadian author]. Amelia, the newly hired librarian, is shocked to discover the building is full of more than quiet stories and warm cups of tea. There are curious, talkative patrons, a shy, bespectacled head librarian who makes her heart skip a beat, and three quirky spirits causing paranormal havoc that endangers the future of the library.

A collection of all-original stories set in the world of Honor Harrington and Haven by David Weber, Marisa Wolf, Jacob Holo, Dan Butler, Thomas Pope, and Jane Lindskold.

Ten years ago, Jorie Stroud was the rising star of the October Film Haunt - a trio of horror enthusiasts who camped out at the filming locations of their favorite scary movies, sharing their love through their popular blog. But after a night in the graveyard from Proof of Demons - perhaps the most chilling cult film ever made, directed by the enigmatic Helene Enriquez - everything unraveled. Now, Jorie has built an isolated life with her young son in Vermont. Until a videotape arrives in the mail.

On a rainy night, Luke Oshel gets stood up halfway through a blind date. But before she walks off to the bathroom and never returns, she leaves an old photograph under her napkin - Luke as a child, a dead body in the shadows of his bedroom, and a terrifying masked man. He has no recollection of this event. Then more photos disrupt his life - Luke posing with murder victims, covered in blood - and he falls back into the deep paranoia and repressed memories he's tried to leave behind.

Taj has always fought. He's fought for survival from the gangs, for enough scrap metal and sigils to pay for his next meal, and to keep his sentient robot Star a secret. So far, they've managed to make enough money to get by and stay under the radar, but when Taj gambles big and loses, he's got to do something desperate to get back on his feet... like enter the most dangerous bot-fighting competition in the entire world.

Carrying on the legacy of On Spec magazine - Canada's home for new literature of the fantastic from 1989 to 2025 - On Spec 2026 collects twenty-eight original science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories by writers from coast to coast, including stories from Candas Jane Dorsey, Marcelle Dube etc.

300 years before the events of THE DRAGONBONE CHAIR. With the old King of Hernystir's health failing, warlords carve up the land and rival factions clash over the rightful heir. Into this chaos steps Flann, joined by allies both noble and common, to help the King's one legitimate heir claim his father's blessing and restore stability. But enemies, human and inhuman, stalk their every move, determined to end Flann's quest before it begins.

Cole and Lorraine play-test board games for extra cash. After a series of bizarre coincidences and signing a strange NDA, the couple finds on their porch a mysterious indie developer's tabletop role-playing game called the Ship of Death. Soon the boundary between the game and reality begins to dissolve, and the pair are instructed to possess a stranger's soul. Told entirely through game reports, emails, game forum posts, personal journals, and police reports.

The next book in the blockbuster Empyrean series contains thirteen stories starring your favorite characters and their dragons, including 16 original black-and-white illustrations by artist Joe Requeza.

Tapeesa is newly out of high school and working in a fish processing plant in the Inupiat village, Chukchi, where she's lived her whole life. The Kobuk River Valley of remote Alaska draws greedy white men time and time again. But whenever they come, death comes too. This time the white men are here for the long term, to create an open pit, a lead mine just north of the village. When her sister Esther goes missing, Tapeesa will do anything to get her back.

With Alice held captive in the Sorcerer's city, forced to spin the evil aimed at Halstett's heart, and Malin inside Halstett, rebuilding the army to protect their walls, Penny's only hope is to play the Sorcerer's games - and she needs Dante to win. As the veil unravels, Penny, Malin, and Alice each fight their own demons to face the end together, side-by-side.

Captain Grey and his crew of sky pirates have a reputation for doing the impossible. From breaking into high-security military research facilities to conning the iCity elite - there isn't a lock they can't pick, a safe they can't break, or a hidden treasure they can't find. Until now. Returning from a harrowing heist involving a neon battery and a trash chute, Grey and his crew are approached by Dalia, the immortal daughter of the infamous ArchGovernor - and she has an offer.

More than half a year has passed since the disappearance of Gemma Eakley and Teddy Ingram still has no clue as to whether she is alive, dead or something worse. With Gemma's young daughter left in his care, Teddy haunts the rural haven of Townsend like one of its many spirits. But then Aurelia - his beloved ex-rival - returns with the news that her own mother is dead, and a ghost forms from the pages of her farewell to give the would-be lovers a message: They won't let me rest.

Three years ago, Leena Al-Sayer awoke with the power to see the dead. When her beloved brother, Rami, falls fatally ill, Leena can only buy the expensive medicine that will save his life by bartering the only valuable thing she has - her secret. The Saint of Silence, a ruthless merchant who trades in confessions, accepts her bargain, but Leena must find the ghost of Percival Avon, the last lord of Weavingshaw - or lose her freedom to the Saint forever.

Raye is cursed. Living things crumble at her touch, drained by the demon who clings to her like a seductive, malevolent shadow. No wonder the townsfolk want her dead. Tormented and pursued, she seeks shelter in a mysterious castle at the heart of a forest. The castle is an eerie place. Its residents lie trapped in time like flies in amber, all save one. Mir has a demon of her own, a creature that forces her to seek and crave blood. When the two women begin to use the castle's trove of magic to unravel their curses, their demons unite.

It's been a while since Tara Selter was all alone in her repeating November day. It's been even longer since she was one half of a unit called T&T Selter, an antiquarian book dealership she ran with her beloved husband Thomas. Her hazy days of confusion are behind her, and so are her desperate and doomed attempts to reattach herself to linear time.

Thousands of years ago, a massive colony ship arrived at the Hearth - the celestial birthplace of millions of planets, ranging from habitable earth-like worlds to unimaginable hellscapes of pressure and heat. Using lightsails to navigate, humanity has spread itself across dozens of these worlds. But they have also forgotten their beginnings, where they came from... and a terrible secret is about to be unveiled. For Commander Ulla Breen, on her first tour of duty aboard a patrol sail-ship, the universe is about to change around her.

A collection of short stories set in Faerie, with full colour illustrations from Frostbite Studios.

Hereford, England 1881. With the help of her archeologist father, and the support of the redoubtable and loyal Inspector Winter, Hecate must take the fight to her enemies. But the numbers of Embodied Spirits are growing with terrifying speed, and an atmosphere of violence and danger has taken hold of the ancient city of Hereford.

In the North, with Faenir by her side, Calen's sister Ella arrives at the port of Antiquar. She holds no fear of the unknown. She will see this through, no matter what - or who - gets in her way. Meanwhile, at the embassy of the Circle of Magii in Al'Nasla, Rist Havel hones his newfound powers in preparation for the trials. Unbeknownst to Rist, he is being watched, measured, and judged.

17-year-old Nola Nislei has lived her entire life on a brutal mining world, orphaned by war and raised in servitude, and - trained, quietly, to fight. Then an escape pod falls from the sky. Within days, an Imperial strike force is hunting her across the stars. The Empress has issued a direct order: capture the girl alive. And a shattered Nexus prescient who has not been seen in 17 years has come to collect her first.

This time, the murder Kembral must solve is her own. Her first warning: Watch out above you. It won't be her last. The cryptic messages give Kem an edge against her would-be murderer - but there's more at stake than her own survival. Rips in the very fabric of reality are spreading through the Echoes, and Kem's blood is the only thing that can close them.

Life on Fortune is hard. The atmosphere is poisonous, the planet hardly fit for life. But for its inhabitants, it's home. Pilot Cora suffers from a rare and dangerous condition, brought about by her bond with Colibri, the alien animal she pilots to quarry vital water for the colony. If Cora seeks treatment, she risks losing her license - and her connection to Colibri forever. Then she meets Signy, a brilliant but reclusive botanist, whose bio-printed medicine is the only thing that can save her. But to do so, Signy must break the rules that govern their lives, risking her livelihood and the other colonists who rely on her for survival.

Prequel to STAR WARS OUTLAWS. Jaylen Barsha's power and wealth were stripped away when the Empire trumped-up charges of conspiracy against his family. Before he can reach Sliro for help redeeming the Barsha name, a battle droid arrives at the family compound with a mission to kill every last member of the Barsha clan. Jaylen manages to fend off the attack as the sole survivor, but realizes the droid, who he reprograms, is his only chance to stay alive. But he can no longer be Jaylen Barsha - he'll have to live now as Jaylen Vrax.

From the bestselling author of The Invisible Library, a quirky occult fantasy, in which a former Cambridge scholar takes a teaching post at an all-girls school in the remote Yorkshire Moors, only to discover the students are summoning demons in the cellar.

Short novel. Swanson, a mutated man struggling to maintain his sanity, is civilization's last hope. Our world has been decimated after a messianic alien unleashes hell on Earth during its failed attempt to "uplift" humanity. But Swanson may have figured out how to fight back, even if his plan forces him to leave the only planet he's ever known.

Something dark and dangerous is brewing on Hsien, with powerful forces making moves against the Black Company that would change the balance of power on this plane and beyond. And the only ones who could stand in their way are a distracted demigod and the self-proclaimed "Wild Witches" and their shadowy friends.

Ten military sf stories that all tell a tale of a single moment of chaos, an image built within each author's tapestry. Featuring such bright new lights as Sarah A. Hoyt, Melissa Olthoff, Kevin Ikenberry, Jacob Holo, Patrick Chiles, and more.

Following the directions of a demon with whom he made a pact, Vokkan travels to seek the treasure he most desires: immortality. None stand in his way - or so he thinks. But Ashok Vadal is not dead. The shard of the Black Sword embedded in his heart - the sword that called him to wield it - is not done with Vadal yet. Now, wielding another Black Sword, Vadal sets out to rescue the prophetess Thera Vane, find the Sons of the Black Sword, defeat the wicked Capitol - and throw down the Law forever, bringing for the first time, freedom to all the people of Lok.

Wahala (noun, Nigerian): Trouble; inconvenience; problem, bother. In Kamalu Lane, Nneka is a witch grappling with an ancient family curse: find her soulmate or risk all the witches of Kamalu Lane losing their powers forever. In a desperate attempt to force fate's hand, Nneka brews a love potion, but chaos erupts when the potion is accidentally added to Nneka's famous puff puffs, causing every man who eats them to fall in love with her, except Dakoru, the handsome architect determined to reshape Kamalu Lane.

The next iteration of the definitive collection of the best horror stories of the previous year.

Cade Ombra, former Glorian Justiciar and current guy-sick-to-death-of-saving-the-world, is forced to reunite his infamous crew of war mages known as the Malevolent Seven in a last-ditch effort to eliminate the threat of every single living spellcaster - including themselves. But can seven emotionally unstable wonderists protect the entire mortal realm from rogue bands of avaricious wizards, previously unimaginable horrors creeping through the veil, and their own dark impulses?

[Canadian author]. Three years have passed since the undead killer known as the Hungry Hare massacred the counselors at Camp Summer Fun. Each night, Sheriff Tom Bailey stands guard, ever watchful for its return. And then the night once again fills with screams. A family slaughtered in their home. A crime scene that looks horrifyingly familiar. Tom will need every ally he can call on to fight the Hare - most important of all Deputy Laura Turner, Summer Fun's only survivor.

Talia Atwater had no choice but to become a reaper, a blade for hire who uses her looks, her charms, and her rare ability to sense lies to rid clients of their sworn enemy: the person destined to kill their soulmate. Cain Hawthorne's mandate from the Brotherhood is to track down and kill rogue reapers. When a dangerous client demands that Talia make a shameful kill, the Brotherhood sends Cain to ensure she doesn't succeed.

Musical magicians compete for the once-in-a-lifetime role as the King's Mage, but only if their magic--or fellow contestants--don't destroy them first.

In the shattered ruins of the Cathedral of the Enduring Flame, Lys grapples with the fallout from the latest divine conflict. The Whisperer has returned. Nolan is enthralled. Tempestra is still alive, with Lys as their newest avatar...which was definitely not part of the plan. As the goddess worms deeper into her mind as well as her body, Lys is determined to keep control. If not for herself, then for Nolan who is at risk of succumbing to his own divine possession.

As a new holy war starts sparked in the fire-blackened cauldron of Seven Cities, the Fifth and Sixth squads are about to embark on a mission they don't want for a cause they don't care about. Not that anybody asked their opinion. They can only hope that their objective isn't as hopeless as it seems, and that they aren't simply being used as pawns - a strategic sacrifice, if you will, in the machinations of their betters.

When a master thief attempts to steal a world-changing relic, she is forced to confront her forbidden power - and the man determined to kill her for it.

[BC author]. 1920s Montreal. When Agnes Aubert is forced to move her cat shelter, she learns that her new landlord is using her charity as a front for an internationally renowned and thoroughly disreputable magic shop owned by irritating but handsome Havelock Renard, magician and failed Dark Lord. She couldn't care less about the shop - until an enemy from Havelock's past surfaces, and the magic shop--and more importantly, the cat shelter--are suddenly in jeopardy.

In a reimagined Byzantine empire, a runaway courtesan and her disgraced suitor are on the hunt for ancient treasure. But what they find will be far more troublesome...

Rose is in her late 70s, living out her golden years at the Autumn Springs Retirement Home. When one of her friends dies alone in her apartment, Rose isn't too concerned. But then the bodies start stacking up and Rose can't help but wonder. Together with her best friend Miller, Rose begins to investigate. The further she digs, the more convinced she becomes that there's a killer on the loose at Autumn Springs, and if she isn't careful, Rose may be the next victim.

Conan returns to Shadizar the Wicked, the world's cruelest city, after learning an old ally has been executed for daring to speak up against the cabal of nobles who rule the city. He's come to ensure the tutelage of his dead comrade's son. Conan's first lesson to the boy - take revenge! And there is only one way to make them pay - rob them blind.

A lineage of sorcerous wayfinders work to keep godlike monstrosities locked behind the crumbling walls of cursed cities by allowing the vengeful ghosts of forest gods to inhabit their living flesh.

The Ironbound will rise in the newest installment, third in an adrenaline-fueled Progression Fantasy Epic.

The idyllic lunar colony of Boaterra means everything to its perfect, dutiful Princess Lyrii Thana - and she's prepared to marry the austere Commander of their Sisterworld, Chinov, in order to protect it. After an assassination attempt goes awry, Lyrii is saved by Kade, a mysterious space pilot. He promises to transport her safely to Chinov so her wedding can proceed as planned - for a price.

For a decade, Killian has sailed between the Strait Kingdoms and the Crown Isles - enough time to run up debts, break promises, and make enemies in every port. Now, foes and bad luck are quickly outnumbering his fortune and friends. With the seas blazing with war, gods and mages clash to keep their heads above the rising tide. Killian must sail into the storm - and repay the biggest debt he owes, no matter the cost.

Halia has been trapped in her own body since birth, yet at night she has dreams of running with wolves and speaking with fae creatures of the forest. Many in the Clans believe her cursed, but Halia's awakening powers may be the only way she and her family can survive the coming storm. Two princes have become mortal enemies, and an iron-toothed witch haunts the shadows. Halia must master her strange magic to protect those she loves. To do so, she must accept a terrifying truth. Sometimes, the only way through the darkness is to embrace it.

Helm is a ferocious, mischievous wind, part elemental god, part aerial demon blasting through the sublime landscape of Northern England since the dawn of time. Through the stories of those who have obsessed over Helm, an extraordinary history is formed: the Neolithic tribe, the Dark Age wizard priest, the Victorian steam engineer, and the farmer's daughter who fiercely loved Helm. But now Dr. Selima Sutar, surrounded by infinite clouds and measuring instruments in her observation hut, fears human pollution is killing Helm.

London, 1849. Irene Shallcross Haley has dedicated her life to necromancy, a forbidden, reviled art that is passed along through sentient grimoires bound in human skin. With her undead husband St. John - a marriage of kindred spirits and platonic convenience - she has been protecting the knowledge of generations of witches that came before her. When Irene's love, Agnes, is hanged for witchcraft, Irene refuses to let Agnes be one more thing that is taken from her. A true resurrection has not been achieved in two thousand years, but Irene is determined.

With a family and a court to support back home, Merry can't say no to a job investigating a string of magical attacks against up-and-coming Hollywood actresses. But affairs in the land of faerie keep interrupting her hunt. Aisling is supposed to be the next king of the Seelie Court, but he is doubly cursed once by beauty and once by despair. If they cannot cure him, her uncle Taranis, former King of Light and Illusion, may regain the throne. And if he does he will destroy Merry and everyone she cares about.

Hugo Award Winner. Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion's greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children's books and recruiting posters - but her life as it truly happened has been forgotten. Centuries later, Owen Mallory - failed soldier, struggling scholar - falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Her story takes him to war, to the archives - and then into the past itself..

Kenna Heron is still reeling from her lover's betrayal and the threat of an impending civil war. With only a sentient dagger and her two closest - and most powerless - friends by her side, she must navigate the treacherous politics of Mistei while coming to terms with her new identity as not just Fae, but princess of the reborn Blood House.

Federal agent Grant Lukather works for an unknown department of Homeland Security called Predictive Analytics. They look for patterns in tips and chatter to prevent a terrorist event before it happens. A possible explosion in New Mexico leads Grant to a case with unimaginable consequences. He meets Sarah Newcomb, a past-life hypnosis therapist who has recently stumbled upon a phenomenon that seems to defy logic. Grant follows this thread to another crime: a copycat killer case in Colorado.

Jules is tired of running low-stakes errands with their five magically mismatched sisters, whose skills include killing plants, inducing sneezing, and making smaller windows ... slightly larger. Blessed with a poorly controlled ability to make flowers bloom, Jules longs for a mission where they can actually prove themself. And when the siblings stumble upon a rival kingdom's plot to overthrow their royal family, Jules sees an opportunity. What follows is a whirlwind of botched disguises, accidental heroics, talking animals with surprisingly strong opinions, and one very inconvenient crush on the most sought-after princess in the land.

It's September, and the teachers at the High School for Magical Arts are gearing up for another school year, and hoping it will be a quiet one. Teach students some magic, help them learn their craft, and get out in one piece. Unfortunately, by the end of the first day, it's become obvious that they have a potential Hero. All the signs are there. By the end of fourth period, Bex Olynyk has stood up to a bully, turned out to be more powerful than anticipated, and acquired a smart frenemy and a nerdy, loyal roommate. The problem? Where there's a Hero, there's bound to be a Villain.

[Canadian author]. Lirien is ready to strike against the tyrant who rules the Dawnrider when she is violently abducted by Vox, the king of the feralists. Vox gives her two choices: Fight the creatures that hunt the night or be fed to them. Lirien agrees to join his ranks, but embarks on a strategy of seduction that will return her to Dawnrider.Yet as Vox pushes the limits of her magic, Lirien begins to question whether defying the dusk is the true path to salvation.

In fifth grade, Julian is bullied and alienated until Marcy befriends him and learns the strange boy's dark secret: he sees visions of death in his own blood. Visions that turn out to be eerily accurate. When Julian becomes a famous artist, he inadvertently pulls Marcy and her son into a world of secret government programs, murder, blood soaked canvas, and a terrifying version of the future that's barreling toward them with all the force of a nuclear weapon.

James Stark, aka Sandman Slim, just wants to be left alone to watch old movies, but when a madman named Dixie Midnight starts cutting a bloody path through Heaven, he's dragged back into the fray. He uncovers a conspiracy that goes deeper than he could have ever imagined. Death is not the worst thing that can happen to Stark--dealing with bureaucratic assholes, renegade angels, and homicidal sociopaths is. Stark thought he was done with being the monster killer...done with being the monster. He was wrong.

Asher has always sworn loyalty to Jory, the princess he's loved from afar - but now the King of Incendar has claimed a place in his heart too. Someone wants them both dead, and only Asher's blade can keep them safe. Yet his past won't let him go, and he must decide if he can break free - or remain prisoner to his old scars.

The Lovecraftian horror series collected into one volume, containing the novellas HAMMERS ON BONE and A SONG FOR QUIET, and a brand-new story, 'You Were Always Mine'.

Chaos reigns after the fateful decision to unleash the weapon known as the Star of Mersia, and a pervasive, deadly new magic wreaks devastation across the Empire. When Arienne discovers the origin of this sinister magic, her sole purpose becomes to stop its spread. But this mission will bring her into the very heart of the Empire.

When a confrontation with an evil wizard lands a troop of nine goblins deep behind enemy lines, goblin sergeant Nessilka must figure out how to keep her hapless band together and get them home in one piece. Unfortunately, between them and safety lies a forest full of elves, trolls, monsters, and that most terrifying of creatures...a human being.

A young knight, his head full of his grandfather's tales of chivalry and dragonslaying, single-handedly defeats the rebel Baron Reynald of Gorstone. The king rewards his courage with a fief of his own in the borderlands. The new Lord of Blackthorne is struggling to rebuild a life from the ruins and forge key alliances when he receives a cryptic warning. A warlord is gathering outlaws to his banner in the west...

Mike wakes up in the idyllic 1954 town of Amorea. Mike works his dream job at the local bookstore. At the diner, the walls are plastered with beaming photos of the residents, and all the staff know his order - especially Sean, the waiter who has a special smile just for Mike. Everything is perfect. But the edges of the town are beginning to fray.

Prudence Marsh sets out with her violin to audition to perform at the royal wedding. But when she collides with bandit Callum and his crew in a roadside robbery that leaves her beloved violin in splinters along with her dreams, she demands to travel with the bandits until they replace it. As Pru finds herself growing close to the motley bunch, especially Callum, the bandits stumble upon a heist that could make all their dreams come true - breaking into the mystical Lune Vault at the palace on the same night as the royal wedding.

Joan Greenwood has been adjusting nicely to her life away from her powerful family of witches. But then her best friend gets possessed. There's a god wearing his skin, a new cult springing up around him, magic is going haywire, and things go from bad to worse when Joan's rival-turned-crush Astoria Wardwell arrives from California with the news that her best friend is also possessed.

Set in the beloved Valdemar high fantasy universe featuring tales by debut and established authors and a brand-new short story from Mercedes Lackey herself.

22-year-old Vera is at a crossroads: waiting tables, grieving her previous relationship, and jogging aimlessly each morning as if toward an uncertain future. Then an odd man shows up at her workplace, insisting that she was once the legendary Queen Guinevere of Camelot, and that her lost memories hold the key to changing both the past and the present.

The most fantastical cases of the celebrated consulting detective Havelock Harper must never reach the public eye, and nor must the love he shares with his stalwart companion, the formidable Major Sebastian Wright. The Duke of Farleigh has been killed, and Havelock Harper summoned to the secluded Farleigh Forest to solve his murder. When he and Sebastian arrive, they discover a greater mystery. The trees of Farleigh have begun to speak, writing words into their leaves and bark. The victim, the Duke, is one of those trees: an ancient chestnut, cruelly chopped down.

As the daughter of a foreign ambassador, Rissa hoped living abroad would protect her from home's puritanical customs where women are forbidden to walk at night or use magic except to support a necromancer's dual identity. Alek, the youngest prince of the Memric Isle, hasn't yet taken his Second body. Fearing he'll be accused of sin and his body claimed as a Second himself, Alek lives piously while studying abroad, even though he's distracted by magic - and his handsome roommate, Gable.

For Frederick "Red" Archer, a young man hanging on at the edge of society, a bookshop he wanders into will be the place that changes his life. Rose Penrose is watching the world from the other side of the page, transported by an act of awful violence into a book her mother wrote. When a terrifying pursuer has Rose cornered, she is somehow able to leap from the book she inhabits into another - one that happens to be in the very bookshop where Red is standing.

From the author of NINEFOX GAMBIT. In the stars-spanning Censorate, languages other than the Republic's own lingua rubra, which has reality-altering properties, are forbidden. It is ruled by its Peacock, Aurelia, who can look through anyone's eyes, and whose mastery of lingua rubra lets her force anyone who can understand her to follow her orders. She wants to control and deploy the Basilisk, a man whose lethal gaze destroyed the Censorate's fleet of old through camera feeds. Unfortunately for her, the Basilisk gave himself a form of aphasia that makes him immune to her commands.

Years ago, the god of War took everything from aging mercenary Mordrena Halfheart - her homeland, her family, her god, even her magic. So when offered a place in the coalition of mages who aim to kill the War, she digs her nails and teeth into the chance at revenge. But the War is not the only god whose path is intertwined with Halfheart's. Another has been lurking in her shadow for years, desperate to manipulate her fate to serve his own purpose.

China in the age of brilliance, where gods freely wander the three realms. Amongst them is the cruel and beautiful Death God, who has never failed to collect a soul on time. Until now. For when he seeks out Rujia, the noble god of healing - and the only god he is fated to kill with his own hands - she makes him an offer he can't refuse: she will help lift the excruciating, century-old curse placed upon him if he gives her a one-month reprieve.

Julia Z, a young woman who gained notoriety at 14 as the "orphan hacker," must leave her life of digital obscurity when a lawyer named Piers - whose famous dream artist wife, Elli, has been kidnapped by dangerous criminals - barges into her life. Julia discovers that Elli was dreaming one-on-one with the head of an international criminal enterprise, and he's demanding the return of his dreams in exchange for Elli.

Deep in the heart of the continent, Koschei the Deathless is stirring. The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked. But with Prythian still piecing itself together in the wake of the devastating Hybern War, the task of uniting is proving more difficult by the day. To make matters worse, those who rule and protect the Night Court are reeling from recent betrayals and revealed truths. The rifts dividing them seem insurmountable.

When Ben, a suburban family man, takes a business trip to rural Pennsylvania, he decides to spend the afternoon before his dinner meeting on a short hike. Once he sets out into the woods behind his hotel, he quickly comes to realize that the path he has chosen cannot be given up easily. With no choice but to move forward, Ben finds himself falling deeper and deeper into a world of man-eating giants, bizarre demons, and colossal insects. On a quest of epic, life-or-death proportions, Ben finds help comes in some of the most unexpected forms, including a profane crustacean and a variety of magical objects, tools, and potions.

Novella. 1920s Appalachia. Leslie Bruin is assigned to the backwoods township of Spar Creek by the Frontier Nursing Service, under its usual mandate: vaccinate the flock, birth babies, and weather the judgements of churchy locals who look at him and see a failed woman. Forged in the fires of the Western Front and reborn in the cafes of Paris, Leslie believes he can handle whatever is thrown at him - but Spar Creek holds a darkness beyond his nightmares.

Deep in the woods, on the side of a mountain, there sits an old, sprawling manor. Only those who truly need it will find it. Mara and Soren are the latest residents. The two are broke, deeply in love, and desperate for a home. But something is wrong with the house. Soren begins to receive messages from a nameless entity that he has dubbed The Great Other. The first direction is simple: Invite more to this home. The second: Relieve them of their sorrow.

11th century Taiwan. Yu'er decides to strike a bargain with a jing, a shape-shifting demon: she will have all the agency and riches she desires. She just has to leave Xiaozhu and their home together, forever - a price that will cost her more than she then understands. Her choice sets off a saga that will lead her to the heart of the royal court, and bring her more power than she ever dreamed of, but may kill her humanity along the way.

The coalition Jai has painstakingly built is threatened from within by betrayal and from without by the overwhelming might of Emperor Titus. As armies clash and dragons and gryphons fight tooth and claw for dominance of the skies, Jai must navigate a treacherous landscape of political intrigue where a single misstep could mean the end of his world.

22nd century. Join with three strangers in a replica station wagon making their way from Baltnomore to San Fiasco on America's most dangerous highway. One is a professor at a prestigious university; one is an entrepreneur whose work straddles two worlds; one is a freelance reporter seeking fame, glory, and a way off the Allotment.

Jake Sisko accepts an invitation to an arts festival on Cardassia Prime, but even here, the past won't leave him alone. Jake flees into the Cardassian desert, joining a tour of ancient archeological sites. And then, when the party is isolated from the rest of the world, the murders begin...

While a book club meeting ending in a triple murder isn't unprecedented, it is at least noteworthy. It quickly emerges that this is no ordinary book-club-triple-murder either, as it features a librarian possessed by a chaotic entity who has broken through from another dimension and is hellbent on vengeance.

Living at the center of the universe, Mr. Mendlebee's Pandimensional Literary Repository (and Yarn) is home to lost things, forgotten objects, and dark and dangerous items best left unseen. With help from the Yeti-like Book Keeper, wizened Yarn Weaver, fish-out-of-water clerk, and Muriel the cat, the seaside store keeps the universe spinning as it should while opening its doors only to those who need it most, with one caveat: once you've visited, you may never return.

Struck down by lightning on a hunting trip, King Venais leaves the Kingdom of Arafaze with no clear successor. And soon enough the nobility are shedding loyalty in favour of ambition as two princesses with competing claims to the empty throne seek alliances and favours and the realm teeters on the brink of war. Away from high counsels, two wives, traders on the rivers that are the Realm's life blood, an agent, a priest and a priestess are drawn into the brutal tangle.

Thanks to her training as a librarian and her newfound magical abilities, Zoe Ziakas thinks she has a handle on her job at the Museum of Literature safeguarding the secret collection of enchanted tomes known as the Books of Dubious Origin. But when Jasper Griffin - the colleague she's been crushing on - reports that their most volatile acquisition, The Book of Shadows, has been stolen, Zoe's carefully catalogued world unravels.

From a dying Earth, ten pioneers launch into the void, racing against extinction. Their destination is a fragile Martian settlement clinging to life. But space is merciless. A meteor storm strikes without warning, forcing a desperate, heart-stopping maneuver. When they finally land, a darker horror awaits: a colony gripped by a wave of suicides, and whispers of a deadly conspiracy - addictive substances, corporate sabotage, and a looming coup from Earth itself.

Michael's life has turned out nothing like the intergalactic pulp heroes of his youth. But these are pedestrian concerns - he has a greater calling, and that is to preserve for all posterity the greatest series in the history of the written word: The Star Rot Chronicles, written collectively by Michael's best (and perhaps only) friend Taras K. Castle and his misfit sci-fi writing group, the Orb 4. These are not just the stories of Captain Baldwin and his fearless crew, but also of the members of Orb 4.

As chairman of the powerful Security Committee, tasked with investigating threats to the Council and Imperium, Dekkard faces growing anger from powerful corporations, having restricted their efforts to avoid the laws of Guldor and revealed their continuing corruption. The murder of a government witness involved in a corruption case reveals a conspiracy that reaches into the Council of Sixty-Six.

In the winding, perilous corridors of Jurgen Leitner's private library, you never know what you'll find. Free, these books are more than simply unnerving - they're deadly. For two of his employees, the risks are worth it. Though their tenures at the library were years apart, Hugh and Sebastian's stories unfold in parallel, and their footsteps echo down the same eerie aisles. Will they find a way out - or will the library consume them before it's too late?

After almost 70 years of constant struggle and a thousand adventures in a million worlds the Eternal Champion returns to London to find absolution! For his great crime against the human race he was doomed to become many men and women, inhabiting alien worlds, none stranger than our own. He was Elric, Erekose, Cornelius, Corum, Hawkmoon. He was Pyat, Una Persson, Joseph Kiss and Mary Gasalee, Danny Dover and The Rose - Jack Karaquazian, von Bek, Gloriana and Captain Quire. He was John Daker and so many more.

Millennia ago, an advanced civilization sent its entombed king hurtling through the stars to a supermassive black hole. His riches were buried with him. Now, a ragtag group of five treasure hunters and thieves comprising various species must find and break into this tomb, while navigating their complicated relationships with each other. Their mission? Survive its deadly defenses, and get out with the treasure, all without dying.

Briar Marriel, once the heir of the Golden Court, is now a prisoner in the heart of enemy territory. But when her ex-lover Maez - now a dark sorceress - comes to "rescue" her, Briar must decide if she's willing to trust the twisted version of the woman she once loved or remain under the rule of the cruel King Nero. In a war where enemies wear familiar faces, escape might come at a terrible cost. But if she can harness Maez's newfound magic, could it mean winning the war?

Tanas has risen, seemingly from nowhere, to become the modern dictator of a great western nation. Now he is sweeping across the world, subjugating all in his wake. His armies are powerful and fearful, his crocodile-headed commanders conquering with force and with magic. Then he meets a small band of people. They have no weapons, no money, no power, yet together, they form the beginnings of a resistance. But what will happen when the greatest army in the world meets the smallest?

To reclaim the powers that are rightfully his, the King of the Underworld must compete against the gods of Olympus--and survive a contest designed to bring even immortals to their knees. As ancient deception spreads across Olympus, the foundations begin to fracture from within.

Archimedes has been en route to Tau Ceti for more than a century, a fifth-generation bubble of humanity. Discipline is tight, so when a junior officer claims they've been abducted from outside one of the ship's bars and released 24 hours later with no memory of what happened, officer Faisal Vasconcelos suspects drunkenness rather than crime. The seemingly routine investigation soon plunges Faisal into a dark mix of politics, terrorism and murder.

A massive, sticky pile of severed human limbs suddenly appears in the parking lot of a vacant department store in a desolate small town. The cops soon find that no one seems to be missing the limbs. This sounds like a case for local weirdos John, David, and Amy, partly because the cops don't want the headache and partly because David's own arm is in the pile, despite an identical copy of it still being attached to his body.

After Bristol Keats nearly loses her beloved King Tyghan to the monsters her mother had unleashed, their love deepens to a whole new level. Together, Bristol and Tyghan work to understand and reconcile their differences, moving forward with their common goal of saving Elphame. But when a daring rescue attempt turns into a disaster, and a beloved knight dies, Bristol is forced to confront the fact that her mother is more powerful than she could have ever imagined - and more dangerous.

When aimless twenty-something Mara lands a job as the night-shift production assistant on her cousin's ghost hunting/home makeover reality TV show Haunt Sweet Home, she quickly learns to hide fog machines in the woods and improvise scares to spook new homeowners. But a series of unnerving incidents on set and a creepy new coworker force Mara to confront whether the person she's truly been deceiving and hiding from all along - is herself. 176 pages.

When Rabbit was ten, she was abducted by aliens. Then again when she was twenty. Now thirty, she's ready for their next visit. What she isn't prepared for is her boyfriend callously ending their long-term relationship and ejecting her from their shared home. As her birthday approaches and the aliens still haven't arrived, Rabbit descends into a spiral of growing paranoia and bizarre bodily transformations.

In theory, Erin and Ryoka know that King Flos returning is bad. The problem is, what are they supposed to do about it? He is a figure of legend, and they've already encountered one of his mostly deadly vassals, Gazi. And while they didn't exactly defeat her, they did send her packing...and minus an eye. So maybe a concert at the Wandering Inn isn't out of the question?

Step into the weird and wonderful world of Sir Terry Pratchett's iconic Discworld universe with this fully illustrated guide to its most curious, dangerous, and downright baffling creatures. Illustrated by Paul Kidbey.

Delmira Torres takes a posting at a lighthouse in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay, a small town where time doesn't seem to move quite right.There, she has only a month until her husband and her secrets catch up to her. But the position comes marred by the legend of La Loba, who stalks the lighthouse and the nearby fishing village, and by the spiraling visions that begin to plague Delmira.

Evnie Treedle makes magical things, and for the last few years she has been selling them in a magical knickknacks shop, the Magpie Nest. But everything changes when one day Evnie's crafting abilities catch the attention of the nearby Reignclowd Palace. Evnie is soon put to work making and mending magical objects. Yet, problems start to appear when she realises there's much more at stake than friendship or romance; a dragon looms over the kingdom...

Michael Edwards is back in New York City, looking for vengeance - for what was done to his mother, but he also seeks the inheritance that is his due. Blocking the path to Michael's inheritance is the Society, a secret organization which runs most of the world and can best be described as pure evil. No teenage boy alive could possibly hope to bring down the Society on his own. Except, perhaps, for one Michael Edwards, aka Stone Tactical, aka Boogie Knight.

Teenage superhero Mike Edwards, aka Stone Tactical, has been working hard to prepare for the Storm, but with one major problem - no one knows what the Storm actually is. All doubt is removed when a horde of city-sized sea creatures spontaneously appear throughout the world's oceans to wreak death and destruction across all of the coasts. Mike rushes into action to save as many people as possible and find some way to deal with the legions of Kraken.

Thirteen tales from the universe of the bestselling Sun Eater series, compiled for the first time. Plus a never-before-seen novelette set after the series' conclusion!

As the climate breaks down across the globe and inexplicable comets appear in the sky, artist Lyra Darkwood chats by hologram every night with her genius older sister, Arda. It's comforting. Arda is a world-renowned scientist. She'd know if anything were really wrong. Wouldn't she? But as time passes, the hologram starts to feel uncanny. Lyra finally comes to a horrifying realization: she's been talking to a deepfake for seven years.

Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only ten days to prepare--and the sudden ascension of the crafty and ruthless Taravangian to take Odium's place has thrown everything into disarray. Desperate fighting continues simultaneously worldwide--Adolin in Azir, Sigzil and Venli at the Shattered Plains, and Jasnah in Thaylenah.

Welcome to Richland, Ohio. Things aren't great. The town's biggest employer is closing shop, and Richland's on the brink. It's where Mike Boyd, with his own set of problems, finds himself returning to after decades away. He's not planning to stay. But Richland has other plans for Mike, his old friend Dave, and a newcomer Andi. They're caught in a swirl of local troubles, private equity, executive theft... and something extremely weird involving Jeremy Keller's prize cow.

A mysterious realm on the other side of our screens. A dark force that draws victims into its static. The unlikely hero called to save them and herself from this electric hell It begins at 5:35pm on September 3rd, 1988, when Dallas weatherman Ray "CanYouSaySunshine" Davino makes passing reference to Public Access Afterworld during a rambling monologue, right before he puts a gun to his head on live television and pulls the trigger.

In the shocking aftermath of the battle in Solara, the heirs arrive at the chilling conclusion that killing the gods will be trickier than they thought. The heirs must return to their respective worlds to find each fulcrum and confront their ancestral deities. Meanwhile, Orsus, the long dead fifth god, seeks to return to full strength. Their journeys all lead to the Meridian Forge, the cradle of creation. There, the heirs will determine the fate of every realm as they face their strongest demons yet.

Joshua Tatterskein's life has been strange. He's become a werewolf, lives with a three-hundred-year-old vampire named Silas Decker and a ginger kitten called Trouble. Then things get even weirder when he encounters a talking penguin who wants to hire him for a job. Joshua just wants to graduate from his new high school. The school is owned by Boston's werewolf pack, and while the teachers might not realize the owners are wolves, all the kids with special abilities - the Goths - know. The good news is the Goths are happy to help Joshua, but the bad news is one of them has gone missing.

Rasha once served Kluehnn as a Godkiller. Now she just wants to be free. To escape his influence, she must kill his aspect - a fight she knows she can't win. Her only chance is to convince her acolytes to side with her and turn their blades on their beloved god. As Sheuan navigates the treacherous politics of Bian, trying to balance Ayaz's demands against her own growing ambitions, Mullayne seeks an answer to the greatest question of all - how to slay a god and save the world.

[Canadian author]. Dr. Cassandra Barlowe's research on plastic-dissolving fungi is undervalued and underfunded, thanks to the invention of deleria, a drug that allows glimpses into different timelines. But when Yana - the world's leading expert on deleria and Cassandra's ex-lover - is killed in a mysterious explosion in the hub of deleria research, taking the hope of reversing climate change with her, Cas is arrested on charges of domestic terrorism.

When a non-communicative alien spacecraft suddenly appears in the sky, global powers are thrown into turmoil. Tope, a principled Nigerian assassin with a talent for lethality in the employ of the mysterious witchdoctor known as "Baba," and Itumeleng, a South African astronomer plagued by mysterious dreams, must learn how they, and all of humanity, are connected to the alien craft before it lands and the world changes forever.

In a future London, the rich hoard wealth and Waiters do the menial jobs no one else has time for. The city is being swallowed into the ground by maws, gaping holes that appear and disappear without explanation. Occasionally, a maw will leave behind a person: someone who wakes up without memories or any understanding of how they came to be swallowed up by the darkness. You are one of them. As an unnamed Waiter, you must select your jobs carefully or risk losing work credits, while also trying to keep your humanity intact.

Lady Amelia Smallhope and Pennyroyal learn they've been targeted. By someone all-too familiar with Pennyroyal's murky past. But who would dare? There's only one way to find out - and the road ahead is dangerous. But as Smallhope likes to say... When things are bad - make them worse.

Laurie is 65 and living with Alzheimer's. Her daughter Amelia, a once fiery and strong-willed activist, can't bear to see her mother's mind fade. Faced with the reality of losing her forever, Amelia signs them up to take part in the world's first experimental merging process for Alzheimer's patients, in which Laurie's ailing mind will be transferred into Amelia's healthy body and their consciousness will be blended as one.

Ethical hacker Alex Webster and her colleague, Jay Morton, stumble across a mysterious game created by a shadowy figure known as the Helmsman. As they solve increasingly bizarre puzzles and uncover the Helmsman's deranged manifesto, they are pursued by a sinister group who will do anything to stop them uncovering the Basilisk, a cognitive weapon which makes anyone who understands it lose their mind.

Ree is at war. Determined to free the townships from the Guild's larcenous rule, she can't take her eyes off victory. Not now, with the scent of blood in the air. Not for her consort, not even for her kid. Javani is ready for her own adventures. She's no longer a child and determined to blaze her own trail, even if that means leaving Ree behind. With rebellion stirring, the past Ree's been running from and the future Javani's striving for will collide.

In the great walled city of Isara, political turmoil ignites a rebellion one hundred years in the making. But when a legionnaire falls in love with a Magistrate's daughter, their love will threaten the fate of the city and the will of the gods.

With Luca trapped behind the gates of Isara, Maris makes a choice that will change her life forever: to don the armour of the enemy and march back into the heart of the city she was forced to flee. Every step brings her closer to Luca, but also deeper into the blood-soaked machine of war. And inside Isara's walls, Luca wrestles with a truth more dangerous than any sword.

A haunting sci-fi fantasy about a world where women are hidden away, men cultivate living statues, and a there is a mysterious rebellion on the rise, now in English for the first time.

Lola Callendar's life is a hot mess on a good day. She has forty-three dollars to her name, a failing natural-hair salon, and not enough rose quartz to fix the selfish boyfriend she fears is her last chance. Then when she and her found-family of three ride-or-die besties pull forbidden African goddess oracle cards, everything changes. She draws one name: Oshun. An Orisha. A goddess of love, beauty, and abundance. Now bees follow her, honey calls to her, and men stare.

When a betrayal tears apart Ara, Max and Tisaanah are pushed into an even bloodier conflict. Tisaanah must gamble with Reshaye's power to claim an impossible victory. And Max, forced into leadership, must confront everything he hoped to forget: his past, and his own mysterious magic. All the while, darker forces loom - far darker, even, than the Orders' secrets.

Pepper Montgomery is a mortal woman on a desperate quest to save her dying sister. When a trail of cryptic breadcrumbs leads her to the elusive Night Market - a hidden bazaar where the supernatural thrives - she discovers a world of vampires, ancient relics, and dark bargains - and a battleground for power among the vampire families. As Pepper navigates this treacherous underworld, she finds herself entwined with Laik Hewer, a brooding Enforcer cursed with a monstrous secret of his own.

Lieutenant Astra "Blue" Eliassen proved herself ready for command in the skies of Aurora, earning her Raven wings and a promotion to aircraft commander of Bronze Raven Four. But everything has a cost, and rescuing 4th Squad carried a steep bill - one Sir Percival Norwood is determined to collect. With political games interfering with her military career, Blue will have to lean hard on the lessons of her legendary grandmother or risk losing everything she's worked so hard for . . . including her dreams of joining the Survey Corps.

Peter Peterson thought his most dangerous job was reverse-engineering foreign missiles for the U.S. government - until the lady of Grayson Lake tried to turn him into a late-night snack. Now he is recruited by Monster Hunter International. It's mission: protect humanity from alien invaders. Armed with his engineering brain, a stack of dog-eared case files from retiring alien-hunter Martin Dreyfus, and a squad of eclectic and very dangerous hunters, Pete Peterson is about to discover just how deep the rabbit hole of flying saucers, cover stories, and government turf wars really goes.

In the midst of World War Two, Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing discovers a way to send a message back into the recent past. But when his invention successfully averts disaster on D-Day, the danger it poses in the wrong hands becomes terrifyingly clear. Nautilus must be kept hidden from the world, safe in the care of the only person he can trust. Seventy-five years later, Annabelle McIntosh's life is upended when she learns she will become the latest custodian of the greatest secret of the modern age - Turing's Nautilus machine.

The immortal Sariel flees a city whose buildings breathe and whose people have transformed beyond recognition. With him is Queen Isabelle, who bears her own trauma after the ancient Tower Majestic's awakening. Together, Sariel and Isabelle flee west, to the tattered remains of her protectorate. After them, the creatures of Racliffe give chase, led by the rest of Sariel's ever-living siblings. But there is one sibling none have accounted for, Eist the Prophet. Eist has vowed to create a new reality - one with no crowns. No thrones. No gods.

A celebration of J.R.R. Tolkien's son and literary executor, illuminated by essays from academics, colleagues, friends and family. Divided into three parts, the book covers Christopher's role in publishing his father's work, his work as a writer and artist himself, and finally essays from those who worked with him.

2121 AD. After the failed invasion of Earth, word arrives that the Arat Kur have been defeated in their home system. But rather than bringing relief, the news of victory releases a hot surge of suppressed conflicts, grudges, and greed which, together, might accomplish what an alien invasion could not: the destruction of the fledgling Consolidated Terran Republic. Two old war heroes - Ira Silverstein and David Weber - grudgingly answer the call to prevent that outcome. The first item on their agenda is to investigate and defang the militant factions using post-war resentments and bigotry to advance their own agendas.

The final book in the epic space opera sees Hazel and her crew fight to regain control of their beloved ship, the Daedelus. Their enemy, the Yi, have invaded the human habitat, and now it's up to Hazel's team to bomb the Yi and destroy the aliens completely.But when things don't go quite as planned, Hazel has to adapt quickly, or else risk the many lives on the Daedalus before humanity is lost.

Elena, having lost her father, must rescue herself from her evil stepmother, a Master of Water, who has bespelled her brothers into swans. She is left without home or protection by her father's villainous widow, who plans to regain her wealth by selling Elena to the highest bidder. Alone, Elena must not only find a way to save herself, but to reverse the spell that has transformed her brothers.

Someone is possibly coordinating attacks both physical and magical across the border between Valdemar and with Rethwellan, but the attacks are seemingly at random. Discovering what is truly going on will take as much spycraft as magic, and will need someone who will be welcome without question outside of Valdemar. So Herald-Mage Vanyel asks Healer Vixen for help. Even prickly-tempered Healers are welcome everywhere. But can their friendship handle that much close contact?

In the crown city of Helmspire, the Last True Vigilant, Enelda Drake, has returned. Enelda and her loyal guard Hawley are tasked with solving all manner of crime in the kingdom's capital. Now, after three years of simple cases, Enelda faces the impossible. An important noble has been strangled to death in a windowless vault. The only door was locked from the inside. Guards monitored the doors at all times. No weapons were left behind; nothing was stolen. And yet, the noble is dead.

En is a weapon. Battle spells are carved into her skin, she's trained to work through pain, and she's magically compelled with loyalty to the archmagi. When she's sent on a mission to retrieve a group of infamous traitors from exile in a land of unpredictable and deadly magic, she's forced to team up with a common soldier. But Tamol is a disaster. En isn't fooled by her silver tongue and good looks; Tamol is flighty, cowardly and the worst soldier En has ever met. But she's also brilliant at magic and kinder than En has any right to expect.

Elric, along with his companion Moonglum return, in this story set within the early days of Elric's wanderings, in order to investigate the history of Melnibone and its dragons, known as the Phroon, in this exciting new addition to the Elric Saga, taking place between the first and second book in the Elric Saga.

Acolyte Praer Dundariff is only one year away from her ascension to the dream world, but when her friend dies with a chilling warning, Praer's world fractures. Praer seeks comfort in the one place she can be her true self: her dreams. Inspired by a beautiful statue in the temple gallery, Praer imagines being in the arms of a dream warrior named Reverie. But instead of the normal sleepy comfort of Reverie's embrace, Praer loses control of her dream and Reverie gives her a violent warning never to return.

Even by Sister Svangerd and her slightly wayward priest's own standards, recent events have been ... unusual. A tree bursting into flame in the desert. A voice booming down from on high. A walker saving their life, instead of killing them. If they didn't know any better, they might be considered miracles heralding the Chosen One. And with the Loyal Opposition bringing their great design to bear, the Chosen One is needed more than ever. Even if this particular Chosen One doesn't believe a word of it.

A book was published a few years after Scott's disastrous 1911-1912 attempt at the South Pole by zoological assistant Apsley Cherry-Garrard, entitled THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD, that chronicled the expedition. Kim Stanley Robinson, when he visited Antarctica in 1995 to research his Mars trilogy, tried to follow in the ill-fated footsteps of the expedition members. Replete with gorgeous photographs taken in a place many will never set foot.

A new short fiction collection. Along with the never-before-seen novella "Moment Zero," the collection includes "Snapshot", "Perfect State", "Defending Elysium" (a novella set within the world of Skyward), and five other stories that were originally published individually elsewhere. Each story will have a B&W illustration.

COSMERE standalone. Hoid has an epic tale to share. In a forgotten land sustained by colourful rivers of demon blood, a young woman named December learns a devastating plague is on its way. But who will believe her? Against impossible odds, she sets sail up the River Violet to warn the king's court, determination - and wisdom beyond her years - burning in her eyes. With a chatty priestess and a fledgling fashion designer at her side, she must navigate incredulous royal officials, twisted court intrigue, and a roguish count who might hold the key to her quest - and her heart.

Brand-new stories of murder, myth, and misadventure including contributions from Paolo Bacigalupi, Elizabeth Bear, K J Parker, Cassandra Khaw, Premee Mohamed, Garth Nix, Paul Tremblay, Vajra Chandrasekera, Angela Slatter, Stephen Graham Jones, Catherynne Valente, Tamsyn Muir, and Nghi Vo.

Hildegard College, high in the Rockies, is known for its scientific innovation and its sprawling botanical gardens. Historian Robin Quain has been awarded a residency to examine Hildegard's impressive collection of ancient manuscripts, but she's actually on the hunt for an artifact - one she must find before her former best friend turned professional rival gets his hands on it first. But Hildegard has secrets of its own.

Struggling writer Riccardo learns that his grandmother Perihan has died and left him her villa in Milan along with her famed butterfly collection. The struggling writer is out of options. But Perihan's house isn't as opulent as he remembers. The butterflies pinned in their glass cases seem more ominous than artful. Perihan's group of mysterious old friends is constantly lurking. And there's something wrong in the greenhouse.

Logris is a land torn asunder, plagued by invasions, assassinations, and anarchy. Rulers rise and fall, and so the tide turns. The land lies in wait for one strong enough to truly bear the crown, one who will pull a sword from a rock. But there is another being, rumoured to be half-demon and half-man, who braids together these threads of destiny. He goes by the name of Merlin, and he shapes kingdoms like clay, only to destroy them between his fingers.

Anneke has a complicated relationship with her father, Abraham Van Helsing--doctor, scientist, and madman devoted to studying vampires--up until the night she comes home to find him murdered, with a surreally beautiful woman looming over his body. A woman who leaves no trace behind, other than the dreams and nightmares that plague Anneke every night. Spurred by her desire for vengeance and armed with the latest in forensic and investigatory techniques, Anneke puts together a team of detectives to catch her mysterious serial killer.

Aeola St. James is no ordinary CEO. While navigating boardroom politics and the chaos of motherhood, she harbors a secret: she is Keeper of the Winds, an elemental being who can read the landscape and harness the wind. The planet is warming faster than it should and Aeola senses catastrophe. To ward off disaster, Aeola must gather "Daughters of the Wind" from every epoch and corner of the globe

Is she the Swallow, the face of the rebellion against the corrupt government and invading Bulgarian dragons? Is she a brasstongue, a translator on the cusp of discovering a new dragon language? Or is she just Viv, the girl who lost the love of her life after playing spy? Armed with a machine that allows her to listen to dragons' thoughts, a diary with the clues of a never-before translated dragon tongue, and her own need to avenge her lost love, Viv seeks out the elusive Hebridean Wyverns. If she can find them and convince them to join the war, the rebellion might have a chance.

Novella. Megan and her mom are on the run after narrowly escaping the clutches of an abusive man who dragged them from Portland to Beijing. With few options, Megan's mom turns to an old friend who offers them room and board in Huihuang Opera Theater in exchange for cleaning the ancient building.Between her rusty Mandarin and constant reminders that she's an outsider, Megan struggles with loneliness - until she meets Kristy, the glamorous young lead in the operatic adaptation of "The Monkey King and the White Bone Demon".