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A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible. In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth - from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds - collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground. The buildings and all the people inside have all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A REAL SIMPLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From the author of Norwegian Wood and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World comes a love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable...

As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon. Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple.

A "dreamlike and compelling” tour de force (Chicago Tribune)—an astonishingly imaginative detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets from Japan’s forgotten campaign in Manchuria during World War II. Now with a new introduction by the...

Finalist for the 2023 AUDIE AWARDS for Audio Drama and Fantasy A brand-new full-cast audio production of Good Omens, the internationally beloved novel and collaboration by bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Starring Michael Sheen as Aziraphale, David Tennant as Crowley and...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the acclaimed author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and one of the world’s greatest storytellers comes “an insistently metaphysical mind-bender” (The New Yorker) about a teenager on the run and a deceptively simple old man. Now with a new introduction by the...

Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and not long after entering Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens. But Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere.

A full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman’s celebrated apocalyptic comic novel. According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday in fact. Just after Any Answers on Radio 4…. Events have been set...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 1Q84 and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle comes a relentlessly inventive novel that dives deep into the very nature of consciousness. “Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka.”—The...

Eizo is a middle-aged, overworked software engineer who loves cats. One night after working late, he saves an injured cat from a speeding truck. The cat survives, but Eizo does not... Luckily, that cat turns out to be a god-like being who offers him a second chance in another world! Eizo decides that he wants a slower life, one where he can live off the things he creates with his own hands. So, why not become a blacksmith? He does have one other stipulation: a cat companion for his quiet life.

The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. But in a grinder designed to chew up and spit out crawlers by the millions, Carl and Princess Donut need to work harder than ever just to survive. They call it the Over City. A sprawling, once-thriving metropolis devastated by a mysterious calamity. But these streets are far from abandoned. An undead circus trawls the ruins. Murdered prostitutes rain from the sky. An ancient spell is finally ready to reveal its dark purpose.

Mage Against the Machine, a new HarperCollins book, full description to follow when available...

The ninth floor. Nine armies, each led by rich and powerful aliens from across the galaxy. Each team has one objective: to capture and hold the castle at the very center of the battlefield. Strategy, alliances, pitched battles, and, of course, betrayal ... It all makes for great fun and even greater television. After all, none of these powerful aliens really die when they’re playing war. Except this time. This time, winner takes all. Those who fall, stay in the ground.

The "Social Group" training camp has been announced, and this year it's going to focus on social interaction between grades and hands-on educational activities with no expulsion penalties or effect on class points at all. Pretty cool, huh? Well, not really, because behind the scenes of this relaxed atmosphere, Horikita is planning a grudge match against Amasawa—and she's not the only one cooking up some trouble! With the end of the school year quickly approaching, every class is making their move to come out on top!

Eros Takes A Bow is a modern fantasy drawn from the Greek myth of Eros and Psyche. It is the story of Callie Bowen a divorced software engineer with a teenage daughter. It's the story how she fell in love with love, The story of how love fell in love with her And the story of a great many other beings who sought to complicate what should have been a simple story But wasn't.

Ren wird immer reicher, Herald mischt mit, und die Historische Gesellschaft des Distrikts hat sich gerade die falsche Kombination aus Alchemist und Professor ausgesucht, mit der sie sich anlegen will. Erwarte noch mehr Worldbuilding, fiesere Politik und Antworten auf Fragen, die niemand gestellt haben wollte – zum Beispiel, wo zur Hölle ein Düstergreif überhaupt herkommt.

Découvrez le grand final de la saga Dette de Sang d'Hailey Turner. Les mensonges rattrapent désormais l'agent spécial Patrick Collins, dont le temps est compté s'il veut empêcher la secte du Dominion de transformer son père en dieu. Jonothon de Vere est prêt à tout pour protéger Patrick face à un avenir incertain. C'est la raison pour laquelle il le suit à Salem, où un amer secret refait surface.

NORSE GODS. LOVE TRIANGLE. SPICE. YOU'LL WANT TO READ THIS IN 2026!! Two gods. One mortal heart. A storm is coming … Althea Leos came to Oslo to study – not for a love triangle with a hot activist and an arrogant professor. But one night, after a quarrel spirals out of control, she stumbles...

Toi. Oui, toi. Laisse-moi t'expliquer un truc: je ne suis pas l'héroïne de ton conte préféré. Je mens, je vole, je triche… et j'ai pris l'identité d'une magicienne pour mettre la main sur la Potion d'Amour, ce miracle qui peut exaucer un unique vœu. Pourquoi? On ne se connaît pas, je ne vais pas tout te dire! Le problème, c'est que pour atteindre cette foutue Potion, je dois séduire Kill, l'héritier Loup dont tout le monde murmure qu'il est fou, instable, et probablement meurtrier.

Le pardon est une prière silencieuse que vous n'entendez que dans vos rêves. L'agent Patrick Collins travaille pour l'Agence des Opérations Surnaturelles depuis des années. Alors que sa liaison avec Jonothon de Vere fait de lui le co-leader de la meute de seigneurs de New York, il se rend compte que, peut-être, il aurait dû informer ses supérieurs de ce conflit d'intérêts. Victime d'un complot, accusé de meurtre, la secte du Dominion s'acharne sur Patrick, le contraignant à faire face à un passé qu'il préférerait oublier.