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A failed-actor-turned-drama teacher, Tristram Randolph, has greatness thrust upon him in the form of the top job as headmaster at a new school in the dysfunctional capital of a despotic post-Soviet state. Randolph and his motley crew of teachers, each of whom embodies one of the seven deadly sins, gradually fall victim to their own vices. Things come to a head when a revolution breaks out, the school is shut down, and Randolph is accused of aiding and abetting the rebellion. His only hope lies in winning a presidential pardon with the performance of a lifetime.

When Cisco Collins returns to his home town 30 years after saving it from being swallowed by a hell mouth opened by an ancient pirate ghost, he realizes that being a childhood hero isn't like it was in the movies. Especially when nobody remembers the heroic bits - even the friends who once fought alongside him.

Un inclasificable cóctel de fantasía, humor, infidelidades, aventuras, amoríos, terror, arte y fuego, sobre todo mucho fuego. La religión del fuego en todas sus vertientes salpica, o mejor dicho abrasa, a todos y cada uno de los protagonistas de esta obra coral, este génesis del mundo ígneo que está llamado a convertirse en un nuevo clásico del fantástico español.

An epic heist to overthrow the sexually conservative God Prudishia's theocratic rule over the Queendom. To prevail, the dwindling forces of Orgasmodan will need to perform cunning stunts with their stunning...intellects. The wildcard? A unique-to-the-world 6'4" half-orc barbarian girl. She steps into the conflict with wide eye awe, naïve of the havoc she'll wreak.

Apropos is a rogue, a rascal, a scoundrel, a cheat...and those are his good points. Lame of leg but fast of wit, the only reason Apropos doesn't consider chivalry dead is because he's not yet through with it. An orphan with a chip on his shoulder, Apropos, travels to the court of the good King Runcible, with three goals in mind: to find his father, seek retribution for the death of his mother, and to line his own pockets.

Vampires do not exist. Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping up around Manchester. Nobody is pleased about it. Not the Founders, the secret organisation for whom vampires were invented as an allegory, nor the Folk, the magical people hidden in plain sight who only want a quiet life. And definitely not the people of Manchester, because there is nothing more irksome than being murdered by an allegory run amok. Somebody needs to sort this out fast before all hell really breaks loose - step forward the staff of The Stranger Times.

What the streets don’t realize is that Mace can take a punch and doesn’t mind punching back. In fact, he prefers it that way! Along with Havervill, his irascible (but charming) virtual assistant; Tinsie, his sassy deputy; and Buddy his stoic golem, Mace will investigate several murders, the theft of a relic of mass destruction, and the kidnapping of the most famous woman in the game.

San Francisco, 1947. Bartender Sammy “Two Toes” Tiffin and the rest of the Cookie’s Coffee Irregulars—a ragtag bunch of working mugs last seen in Noir—are on the hustle: they’re trying to open a driving school; shanghai an abusive Swedish stevedore; get Mable, the local madam, and her girls to a Christmas party at the State Hospital without alerting the overzealous head of the S.F.P.D. vice squad.

Florence and Doug have big plans for their new home, but all is not well in the world of Aerkon. A bargain struck with the lich Berikoz may cost her more than she realized, and it seems like everyone wants to see her new home destroyed. Liches, dungeon pests, evil adventurers, and powerful guilds stand against her, and Florence’s allies are few and far between. Will Florence, Doug, and her kitty defenders be strong enough to protect everything they’ve built?

Germanie, 42 après J.-C. Rude, brutale et impitoyable : c'est la vie que découvre Cato, recrue de fraîche date de la deuxième légion romaine. Et malgré ses relations en haut lieu, il aurait bien besoin d'un allié parmi ses camarades - car il a été promu au-dessus de ses pairs sur ordre de l'Empereur, ce qui lui vaut l'inimitié de ses compagnons d'armes. Or il gagne vite le respect de son centurion, Macro, un soldat aguerri, aussi fruste que Cato est vif d'esprit et cultivé. Tout les sépare, pourtant ils comprennent bientôt qu'ils ont beaucoup à apprendre l'un de l'autre.

Conquering the Federation has turned Nathan into a national hero, but also earned him countless enemies. The peace he has won looks short-lived. The Empire is fracturing around him as nobles fight over the throne. Civil war looms. Further north, the dark elves investigate the incident that nearly destroyed their ancient metropolis. Nathan finds himself dragged into dark elf politics, and sandwiched between Nurevia and Astra, two beautiful dark elf Champions who are old friends and rivals.

Captain Sass Collier got her crew to Denali. Can she bring them home again? Marooned 35 million miles from their home moon. Not enough fuel to reach orbit again, let alone Mahina. The locals seem friendly. But the planet Denali itself is hostile, from volcanoes to microbes. Thrive has 6 months until their launch window opens - and closes. The prizes Denali offers are jewels beyond price. An actual starship awaits on the sea bottom. The greatest nanite scientist of the system can finally tell Sass how she came to be immortal. Be careful what you ask for.

The devil has always been an expert in marketing, but the old-fashioned way of recruiting souls just won’t work in a modern technological age. Have you ever been invited to a guest event for one of those courses? One that promises you everything? Well, you haven't been invited to this one yet. Here's the ultimate deal with the devil story - sacrilegious, disturbing, and ultimately poignant.

Invitation in hand, it’s time for Eve and friends to travel north in search of the legendary Dragonwrought. With a single-minded focus, they’ll trek deep into the mountains, willfully ignoring the onslaught of side quests threatening to derail their journey. The only things anybody knows about the illusive Dragonwrought, greatest of all the adventuring companies in Leshk, are their deep connections to the dragons that roam the skies beyond their keep, and that they haven’t deemed take a new recruit in decades. But nobody’s sure exactly how many decades.

Lucien, auteur prolifique du IIe siècle apr. J.-C., est né à Samosate, aux confins orientaux de l'Empire romain. Dans les "Histoires vraies", un de ses ouvrages les plus célèbres, il invite le lecteur à un voyage extraordinaire sur la Lune, dans le ventre d'une baleine, sur une île peuplée des grands héros du passé et sur des récifs défendus par des monstres effrayants. Entre fantaisie et pastiche des grandes références littéraires et mythologiques, on peut voir dans les "Histoires vraies" le premier récit de science-fiction de la littérature occidentale.

"Wahre Helden" ist ein ganz besonderer Scheibenwelt-Roman - als Buch erschienen mit zahlreichen Illustrationen von Paul Kidby und inhaltlich voller Feuer. Alle sind dabei: Hauptmann Karotte, Rincewind, Mustrum Ridcully, der Bibliothekar, Ponder Stibbons, Tod, der Patrizier, der genial-verrückte Erfinder Leonard von Quirm - und im Zentrum des Feuersturms: Cohen, der Barbar und seine Graue Horde. Alt, schwerhörig, ein bisschen klapprig und ein bisschen müde will Cohen eine letzte Heldentat vollbringen, um unsterblich zu werden.

In an attempt to take down the resistance, I became their target. Now I have no MET, no home, and the entire world thinks I'm dead. Hidden, I need to find a way to flush out the mole who has wormed his way into AMIA. That's the only way I'll have my life and freedom back. If only things were so easy. To make things even more complicated, the Arcane heirs keep popping up left and right with their sexy good looks and hard abs. They're a distraction I should try to avoid, but can't quite resist.

They call him Kradak, but his friends call him Steve. He's big and strong, an actor who plays a hero named Kradak in a series of B-movies. When Rista and Grint come through the portal from Arkana, they don't understand what a movie is. They think Steve truly is Kradak the Champion. They kidnap him and take him back to Arkana to help them save their world. Once they discover the truth, it is too late. The portal is closed. Steve needs to become a hero. The fate of two worlds hangs in the balance.

Auch in ihrem neuen Roman sorgt Lynsay Sands dafür, dass ein weiteres Familienmitglied der Argeneaus seinen Seelenpartner findet. Und das mit viel Käsekuchen, vampirischem Charme und einer ordentlich Portion Drama.

Featured in this spellbinding anthology are the first four works of the Macy Blush Collection, making up all of the half-succubus Na’amah’s story arc. It includes the novelettes The Wizard’s Staff and The Wizard’s Tower, as well as the short stories “The Succubus’s Chest” and “The Succubus’s Pink Pearl".