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Welcome to the City of Monsters. That's the nickname for Elysium City, a city defined by clashes between powerful villains and celebrity superheroes. It's a place Ryan, like many small-time villains, avoided. All that changed when chilling visions of the apocalypse drove him to Elysium City and straight into a war zone. A powerful syndicate alliance is murdering rookie superheroes from Pelion Academy, and Ryan finds himself in the middle of it.

A letter in silver on black, courting the crown princess, and a moonlit dance in the dark. I came to the academy to follow a dream. My world was my wife, my daughter, and the simple life I knew. Now, I'm courting Lucretia, the crown princess, all while my devoted wife supports me. I've only made it through half a semester, and the second half looms, yet my studies are the least of my problems. Courting the future queen is a dream I never imagined, but the dark and beautiful heiress, Juliet Bellafleur, only grows more volatile the longer we're together.

From her unique childhood to her all-consuming fascination with Thomas Cromwell that grew into the Wolf Hall Trilogy, Hilary Mantel had a celebrated career as a novelist. Alongside this, she long contributed to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she found it. This strand of Hilary's writing was an integral part of how she thought of herself. 'Ink is a generative fluid,' she explains. 'If you don't mean your words to breed consequences, don't write at all.' A Memoir of My Former Self collects the finest of this writing over four decades.

Captain Hawke never dreamed his first command would be like this. The perfect genetics. That's what they said: that he was somehow a serendipitous match for the highly experimental serum that Star Force's most distinguished, top secret science team had developed. Even Admiral Markus Sloss signed off on the report. The goal is a noble one: to establish biological compatibility between Terrans and the many aliens that compose the ranks of Star Force and the member worlds of the Allied Planetary Confederation.

Ethan Harper made his choice. He picked the girls—both of them—over everything he'd built. That includes his career, his reputation, even his entire life in Neo Elysium. Now he's unchained, for better or worse, scraping by as a Diver in the city's underbelly while SlayerCorp's security drones close in overhead. The plan is simple for now: lay low, stack credits, and get out before someone collects on the bounty hanging over their heads. But nothing's really simple with Lily and Gloomy.

Reggie Hickson's unmentionables have never been so sore and yet sated. He survived his first week at Thistlewick School of Wizardcraft and Witchery. He aced the placement exams, bonded with four gorgeous monster girl cabinmates, and only nearly died from exhaustion a few times. Things are looking up. Just kidding. Everything's on fire.

Peter Busch-McGinley is living his best life in Fertile Valley. He's making up for lost time with his daughter, bringing his grandpa's farm back to its former glory, and keeping up with his new duties as the Harvest Goddess' champion.

"Carlotta mia, io dell’arancio amaro conosco solo le spine e ormai non mi fanno più male. Ma il profumo del suo fiore bianco è il tuo, è quello della libertà." A cosa serve essere giovane e piena di progetti, se sei nata nel tempo sbagliato? Tre protagoniste straordinarie fronteggiano la sfida più grande: trovare il senso del proprio essere donne in un mondo che vorrebbe scegliere al posto loro. Nardina, dolce e paziente, che sogna di laurearsi ma finisce intrappolata nel ruolo di moglie. Sabedda, selvatica e fiera, che vorrebbe poter decidere il proprio futuro ma è troppo povera per poterlo fare.

The Coven King prophecy is a sure thing, and every witch in Fresco City knows it by now. What's more, even the coastal super covens are growing aware. They're not happy. Yet. Give them time to warm up to him, though.

As a C-Tier Lifeblade, Ethan keeps his head down, works hard, and always hits his mark. His skills might not be flashy, but they get the job done—and in SlayerCorp's cutthroat portal acquisitions industry, reliability makes you valuable. He’s built a solid rep as the go-to healer who can hold his own in any situation, with a resume that's earned him the respect and admiration of his peers. But Ethan's biggest challenge isn’t in the dungeons he clears or the creatures he fights. It’s Lily Chen.

From rideshare to another realm, I wound up with a haunted manor, a portal to Arctara, and a goblin with zero chill. Alex Mercer was a rideshare driver, dodging drunks and hauling tacos, until his uncle’s death gifted him Mercer Manor—and a portal to Arctara, a land of monsters and magic. Trading delivery runs for low-stakes gigs, Alex aims to grind gold safely and ignore the fancy quests.

A literary novel which follows present-day narrator Mathilda's fixation with the forgotten black Scottish modernist poet Hermia Drumm. Lote is an exploration of aesthetic, beauty and the ephemeral realm in which they exist. This witty and luxurious tale delves into the opposing mental structures and historical platforms of abnegating Thought Artists, and extravagant aesthete black artists.

John Cutter, a human man in a predominantly non-human metropolis, turns out to be not quite as human as he gave himself credit for. His daily life as dorm manager for Mythstone University gets turned upside down when he begins developing strange powers, and before you know it, he's spicily entangled with way too many girls.

Peter Busch-McGinley is a self-employed handyman in Max City. For the last eight years, life has been a downward spiral that left him nothing to show for his pain. But that's about to change. Pete is approached by the patron deity of the Fertile Valley and Mineral Village—the self-described Harvest Goddess. She reveals his destiny as her chosen one, which obviously throws him for a loop. As shocking as that is, it isn't nearly as surprising as what his childhood friend, Queenie Luna, reveals to him.

Logan Morrison always fought for everything he had, but it never was much. Growing up truly alone did that to you. One day, when taking on an extra tutoring gig to help out a cute chick with a quirky name, she ends up bringing him back to her place. Cool, right? Well, the next morning, Logan wakes up in chains and comes to learn that Cherry Cola is one beautiful and unhinged monster girl member out of three in a small Fresco City witch coven. Their plans for him? Servitude.

In need of a Fertility Witch, Logan and his coven make some big moves. But finding her might set off a chain reaction. Logan Morrison has taken to his new life well. Faster, stronger, smarter than ever before, he makes use of the unique suite of blessings that his bonds with the Inner Circle of his coven bestow upon him. Things are going so well with the coven's newfound power and place in the city that Logan almost forgot the endgame—finding a witch that can manage the pregnancies of the many witches under his care. But he can't afford to forget his enemies.

For my wife, Isabelle, I gave up my dream of becoming a mage. A price I paid gladly. But now, years into our loving marriage, she’s the one pushing me to attend the Academy. This is where the queendom's elite hone their power. I expected the disdain of the nobles for a commoner like me. I did not expect the Academy’s greatest challenge.

Logan Morrison has had quite the journey. After entering a contract as a small coven's Greater Familiar, he didn't have many aspirations beyond enjoying his new life and relationships. But then things just kind of... happened. Next thing he knew, Logan had dominated hundreds, going on thousands of witches, and that number is set to climb. It wasn't that he wanted to, mind you. In most cases, they forced his hand, doubting his status as the Inevitable Coven King of prophecy—the very first since Merlin himself.

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The funny thing is Logan isn't even trying to conquer the witching world one coven at a time. It just kind of works out that way because everyone and their mother wants to take out the Coven King. Now it isn't even just the witches that want him gone. A holy order of witch hunting knights has become aware of him, and Logan is on the defensive once more. Logan isn't about to give up on his dream for a peaceful family life, so that means just one thing: He'll fight for his peace if he has to. He's come this far, hasn't he?