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The smallest of creatures often carry the sharpest of stings. Lydia Chapman is just such a vampire. Her small stature hides a mighty wit, a razor-edged tongue, and an implacable protector of the only natural-born vampire in existence. Here is the back story of the snarkiest hero on Team Gordon/Demidova, told in her own words, just for fans of the Demon Accords. Go ahead and underestimate her ... it'll be fun.

Colleen's life at Willsbury college is happily hectic between a math and music double major and her fledgling rock band. An after-gig celebration at Granite Top Mountain takes a turn toward chaos when she and her friends find they've been gifted or cursed with mind-bending abilities that defy the laws of nature and time. Unable to understand and unwilling to let loose of the mystery, she soon runs afoul of reclusive spirit-worshipping Hong Kong students with their own agenda and powers.

When divination fails, will disaster automatically follow? To take her place as a seer, Sibyl first has to pass an exam proving her ability. But not all exams end well. When Sibyl fails her seers exam, she escapes to a family farm to come to terms with her failure. Her stay doesn't bring the relief she expected; instead, she's reminded all over again how much hard work there is to do on a farm in rural Aotearoa New Zealand—and what dangers there are, too.

Es war einmal, vor langer Zeit, als eine bezaubernde Prinzessin das Licht der Welt erblickte. Ihr Haar war schwarz wie tiefstes Ebenholz, ihre Lippen leuchtend rot wie frisches Blut und ihre Haut so zart und weiß wie frisch gefallener Schnee. Nachdem der Jägersmann sie allein im dichten Wald zurückließ und lange bevor sie den Zwergen begegnete, kreuzte ein Dämon ihren Weg - ein Jäger der Einhörner.

Dante Perez knows what it's like to be an omega in an alpha's world. He's fought to make his company one of the best, and when he gets the opportunity to sponsor the summer's air and water show circuit, he's not going to let anything stand in his way, especially not alpha flyboy Dominic Pavone. Or his inconvenient attraction to the irritating man. For Dominic, being a stunt pilot for the summer is usually the best part of his year. Until Dante ruins everything by traveling with the show. Now Dom can't escape Dante no matter how hard he tries . . . and maybe he's not trying all that hard.

A competition for the fae prince to find his "one true love," hosted at a glamorous faerie palace and televised for the entire human world to watch. Honestly? It's ridiculous. I have zero interest in it. I may fit the "rags" part of the Cinderella mold—an ex-foster kid who literally came from nothing—but the heir to this faerie throne is no Prince Charming. From what I've heard, he's an arrogant a-hole just like the rest of the fae who stepped into our world a few years back and decided they were better than us.

Cal didn’t go to court for arson with the intention of finding a corpse outside the exit. Nor did he believe it could get any worse than the soul-crushing anxiety following him around due to being a walking time-bomb. That is, until his mentor’s motel turning into a confusing blood bath by a man in a black hat. Now his fingers tingle, his chest burns, and there are scorch marks on the concrete. He needs answers, and The Man in the Black Hat has them.

Найти Грааль было мечтой многих людей на протяжении долгих веков. И вот в один радостный день в сад семьи Марковых "Грааль" сам упал к ногам людей, даруя некоторым молодость и бессмертие, а многим скорую и мучительную гибель. Смогут ли ужиться вместе смертные люди и "нелюди"? Найдут ли три части человечества способ сосуществовать на одной планете или хотя бы в рамках одного семейства? Ведь люди не могут даже дышать одним воздухом с Вечными. Впереди боль и счастье, всеобщая Гражданская война по всей планете, блестящие научные прорывы и мрак надвигающегося Нового Средневековья.

Things have gone wonky around me most of my life. I often find dead or dying people, and if something freakish happens, I'm usually in the middle or nearby. My luck dumps me into the weirdest situations. College is expensive. Nothing is going to stop me. I will have a good life, I will be a great EMT, and I will keep looking for why my twin died. But with my luck, anything and everything might happen.

Die Fronten verhärten sich. Jaydees Tat in Phoenix bleibt nicht vergessen und Tashi zerbricht fast an einem weiteren Verlust aus ihrer Familie. Lilija zieht ihre Pläne dennoch vehement durch und entschließt sich zu einem gewaltigen Schritt, um Jaydee von seiner Geschichte zu lösen. Auch Jess forscht weiter und findet in der Vergangenheit eine Antwort, mit der sie nicht gerechnet hätte. Vielleicht stehen die Chancen doch nicht so schlecht, wie sie glaubte, um Jaydee wieder zurückzuholen.

Das Lager der Seelenwächter bleibt gespalten. Auf der einen Seite rüstet Lilija Jaydee für weitere Kämpfe gegen die Schattendämonen, auf der anderen wollen die Seelenwächter nicht länger warten und greifen Tashis Anwesen an. Ein unerbittlicher Kampf bricht aus, bei dem Jaydee seine Stärke ein weiteres Mal unter Beweis stellen muss. Mit verheerenden Folgen. Anna und Will finden sich langsam wieder in der Gegenwart zurecht und unterstützen Akil in seinem Vorhaben, Jaydee zu retten. Auch Jess verfolgt weiter ihren Plan, Hilfe bei Sophia zu finden.

For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for the staff of The Stranger Times. 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.

La suerte no siempre está echada a este lado del espejo.El día en el que su pareja, Roger, finalmente se dispone a asesinarla, Alicia no duda en defenderse y asestarle diecisiete profundas puñaladas. Sin embargo, cuando acude a comisaría para confesar, se sorprende enormemente al recibir la noticia de que Roger no solo está vivo, sino que está indemne y afirma no haber sufrido agresión alguna. Por si eso no fuera poco, su apartamento, donde los hechos han ocurrido, no presenta ningún indicio de haber sido el escenario de un crimen.

Мир накрыло ядерным взрывом, и меня вместе с ним. По идее я должен был погибнуть, но вдруг очнулся… Где? Темно перед глазами! Не видно ничего. Оп — видно! Мне снова четырнадцать, на дворе — начало девяностых. В холодильнике — маргарин "Рама" и суп из сизых макарон, в телевизоре — "Санта-Барбара", сестра собирается ступить на скользкую дорожку, мать выгнали с работы, а отец завел другую семью. Отныне глава семьи — я, и все у нас будет замечательно. Потому что возраст — мое преимущество, а в это лихое время выгодно, когда тебя недооценивает враг.

In this ordinary North Carolina suburb, family secrets are always in bloom. Samantha Montgomery pulls into the driveway of her family home to find a massive black vulture perched on the mailbox, staring at the house. Inside, everything has changed. Gone is the eclectic warmth Sam expects; instead the walls are a sterile white. Now, it's very important to say grace before dinner, and her mother won't hear a word against Sam's long-dead and little-missed grandmother, who was the first to put down roots in this small Southern town.

Zander is in an auction house for the sole purpose of getting someone to sign a contract. He doesn't have any interest in owning a blood slave—until he lays eyes on Max. That, he must have. Max is there for reasons of his own, mostly desperate reasons, and he's braced himself for a year of hell, which doesn't seem to be forthcoming. Someone needs to explain to this vampire that he's supposed to use Max, not spoil him. Zander doesn't seem to get it.

When a strange man with unexplainable strength and reflexes attacks Cam's client in the streets of Berlin, Cam is thrown headfirst into the veiled world—a magical world hidden from humans.

After 30 years, Matti has learned that the dwarven mother she believed dead might only be missing—kidnapped by those who want to control her ability to enchant powerful world-changing artifacts. But where is she now? And why is the elf assassin Sarrlevi so invested in helping find her?

La historia nunca antes vista sobre el origen de los titanes y de los semidioses, y el aparente exterminio de ellos en el universo de la Gran Cruzada Universal, con páginas de nuevos contenidos para quienes desean conocer el verdadero origen de todas las cosas. En las voces Encontrarás voces reconocidas del universo Marvel, y voces reconocidas del mundo de doblaje. No te lo pierdas.

Desperate inhabitants kneel before Baelor, imprisoning themselves within a system of magic and sorcery. A remnant who choose Aleph find themselves scattered across the entire world, following the narrow path set before them.