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Sakamori Kagami was one of the top players in the VRMMO Ark Earth Online as Danblf, a veteran summoner with the gravitas to match his elite status. When he falls asleep playing one day, he's transported to a world where the game is reality—but instead of his all-powerful avatar, he's stuck in the body of a cute young girl! He can't let anyone know that this little cutie is really Danblf, so he takes the name "Mira" and claims to be Danblf's disciple. If this gets out, he'll never live it down!

Brought to you by Penguin. The audiobook of Reaper Man is narrated by the BAFTA award-winning actor Sian Clifford (Fleabag; Vanity Fair; Quiz). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the...

With the noble clans destroyed and the city lord missing, things were finally looking up for us. Or so I thought until the emperor's hunters starting poking around to see what had happened to the city and the surrounding crystal-rich deposits. Not someone to back away from a fight, we answered in turn by...taking care of the issue.

The stunning debut fantasy novel from author Peter V. Brett. The Painted Man, book one of the Demon Cycle, is a captivating and thrilling fantasy adventure, pulling the reader into a world of demons, darkness and heroes. Voted one of the top ten fantasy novels of 2008 by amazon.co.uk. Sometimes there is very good reason to be afraid of the dark…Eleven-year-old Arlen lives with his parents on their small farmstead, half a day's ride from the isolated hamlet of Tibbet's Brook.

When Malachi Baker stumbles into an offer of apprenticeship from the esteemed and powerful Occultist Orykson, he's left in shock and jumps at the chance to learn... Even if it means taking out a few loans. Unfortunately, his new teacher sees him more as a tool than a student. He has set Malachi near-impossible goals before he becomes worthy of Orykson's full attention, and Malachi's innate power is only somewhat above average. Worse, it turns out that Orykson has enemies more powerful than Malachi had ever imagined—and now their attention has landed solidly on him.

Not everyone gets a second chance at life. Thrust into the body of a dying man, I fought to break free, made a few friends along the way, and started down the long and treacherous path of revenge. But things aren’t what I’d expected. Not all of the bad guys I’d set my sights on were actually bad, and the good guys…well, let’s just say it is complicated. The emperor, in his tyrannical quest for immortality and power, has sent his agents to the City of Bones. Why? Simple. The local lord, Tairon, had accumulated too much power, so it was time to clip his wings.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson―creator of The Stormlight Archive, the Mistborn Saga, and countless bestselling works of science fiction and fantasy―comes this standalone novel showing a rare glimpse of a future Cosmere universe. Running. Putting distance between...

Thrust into a new world, Reed must act fast to survive and secure his place. He helps a few villagers, defeats a feral goblin, and then somehow absorbs mana from a legendary scroll. Reed can now learn magic—blazing fireballs, shield wards, and more. But it comes with a cost—a mission leading him to dangerous dungeons and treacherous mountains, to take the artifact to its tower and defeat a centuries-old demonic threat.

The world summoned a hero. It got an eighty-two-year-old Villager with a failing heart. When a forty-one-year-old retirement-home orderly, fearful of aging, dies performing one final act of kindness, he expects oblivion. Instead, a divine mistake drops him into the body of a sickly old...

In the tradition of his renowned father, James J. Butcher’s debut novel is a brilliant urban fantasy about a young man who must throw out the magical rule book to solve the murder of his former mentor. On the streets of Boston, the world is divided into the ordinary Usuals, and the paranormal...

Fugitive Kára, the bastard daughter of a legendary hero, builds a new life on the mountain frontier, until bounty hunters find her, shattering her family’s cherished peace. To earn a pardon, she joins a hunting party sent to retrieve a wampus cat’s hide for the High King. It’s a perilous...

Montana Coggeshall, freshly returned from the high society world of galas, birthrights, and the odd doomsday cult, doesn't have much time to settle back into normal life. He's promised to protect everyone who calls Coggeshall home, and one terrified family is caught in the wrong place at the worst time. But what starts as a simple rescue mission quickly unravels into a web of strange disappearances, secret tunnels, and whispered warnings. A new monster may be stalking the valley. And it’s one that doesn’t just kill—it plays with its food.

The Idyll-Flume, an eight-story-tall trial created by a long-dead sage and guarded by a worldspirit, is now open, and the rush is on to explore the hidden realm, undergo the trials, and absorb the mysterious drops of destiny that can be found within. Malachi, Dusk, Kene, and new companions must fight from the resources of this mysterious land, all while other competitors continue to advance and push themselves forward.

Malachi has made a choice. Meadow, the enigmatic magi and mentor in plant magic, is now Malachi's full-time teacher. Under her guidance, Malachi is ready to advance his magic and begin learning the spells to help himself transition. As he works to grow his power and achieve this goal, he finds himself facing off against opposition arranged by a mysterious force. Old enemies and rivals raise their heads, while new ones rise up, and Malachi finds himself facing new challenges. All the while, the Idyll-Flume, a competition for the best of the best young mages, looms on the horizon.

Imagine my luck when I'm transported to a fantasy world where magic is real, beautiful women are bountiful, and the Blessing of a Goddess creates endless opportunities. Yeah, it is one hell of a way to arrive. Unfortunately, I've got some work to do because my heroic actions just triggered the End of an Age. With the help of some lovely new allies, we might just save the day or die trying.

Peter Brookes should be dead. Instead, he's been abducted by aliens, tasered awake by a condescending robot, and offered the chance to earn a place in a galaxy-wide game show watched by trillions. The rules to qualify are simple: grow stronger and gain one of the top spots on the leaderboard. Given a cabin, a few tools, a stat system, and no useful skills whatsoever, Pete's solution is obvious: chop trees until he's an absolute monster.

I was shredding a monster guitar solo then died on stage in a freak accident. Reborn, I discovered I was a mage with the power to control metal and kick ass! The Goddess of Chaos has set me loose in the Shimmerlands, a magic world under threat by a total buzzkill named Lord Manageer. He's banned magic, music, and everything that brings pleasure to the people. He must be stopped.

Magic is for cowards. Real power is forged in rage, blood, and paranoia! A relic of the past, Conrad Barbarus finds himself in a world he doesn't understand. Magic runs unchecked, demons wander at will, and, worse yet, floating text is forcing him to read. Horrific. But what's supposed to be a series of casual [Quests] quickly becomes personal. His companions more than strangers. The land around him more than just a passing place. Conrad will be pushed to his limit as he rips paradise out of the mouth of a dragon.

Danblf, stuck in a girl's body and claiming to be Danblf's disciple Mira, has been sent on a journey to find the nine sages. But when she makes it to her first destination, she finds a horrifying surprise--a city overrun by zombies! Deducing that one of the sages—the necromancer Soul Howl—must be nearby, Mira leads her growing party into the depths of a mazelike ancient temple for an all-out assault!

The Ferguson Clan has a problem. A couple thousand years ago, one of their ancestors uttered a curse with complete sincerity. In that curse, a woman named Srine offered all of herself for retribution on the world that had tortured her. The curse was so sincere that it echoed into places distant. In the darkness of the universe, something even darker than her words accepted her offer. Despite her being too old, and her husband incapable of siring a child, she became pregnant. This child was filled with dark potential. Unchecked, he could destroy the world. Join the fight!