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Del tiempo y sus demonios by Diego Armando Arciniegas Malagón
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDEL TIEMPO Y SUS DEMONIOS: PERSIGUIENDO LA VERDADEsta novela se desarrolla en un pequeño y misterioso pueblo. En un territorio hermoso, inhóspito a la luz de aquellas certezas que las mayorías consideran irrefutables. Lejos del tiempo que, arbitrariamente, tomara la sabia decisión de separar el bien del mal...Categorized as:
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![The Oversoul Seven Trilogy: The Education of Oversoul Seven, The Further Education of Oversoul Seven, Oversoul Seven and the Museum of Time by Jane Roberts, Robert F. Butts]()
The Oversoul Seven Trilogy: The Education of Oversoul Seven, The Further Education of Oversoul Seven, Oversoul Seven and the Museum of Time by Jane Roberts, Robert F. Butts
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJane Roberts has contributed to The Oversoul Seven Trilogy as an author.Roberts was considered one of the most important psychics of the twentieth century...Categorized as:
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Revolution by Shelly Crane
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn the fourth and final installment, everything is on the line. Merrick's life is in the balance and Lily is their only hope. Ellie and her new powers are miraculous, but also problematic; if she's with the bunker family, they won't be able to sense when the Lighters are there... -
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Emanate by Jamie Magee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReturn to the world of Insight with EMANATE, the seventh installment of the addictive story that brings you to the forefront of your darkest fears and cradles you in the belief that each of us has our own divine fate. Emanate opens days after the final chapter of Enflame... -
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![Where the Light Enters by Kathy Miner]()
Where the Light Enters by Kathy Miner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlmost a year has passed since a plague wiped out over 99% of the population. In the mountains of Colorado, a group of survivors have made it through their first winter. The world is profoundly changed, and so are the people. Humanity has taken an evolutionary step, and whether the increased intuitive knowing will serve to rebuild or destroy mankind remains to be seen...Categorized as:
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![Fight Fire with Fire / Hail to the King / Alison Brownstone / One Bad Decision / Fatal Mistake / Karma is a Bitch by Michael Anderle]()
Fight Fire with Fire / Hail to the King / Alison Brownstone / One Bad Decision / Fatal Mistake / Karma is a Bitch by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSave that MONEY and buy the Boxed Set of The Unbelievable Mr. Brownstone books 7 – 12 (Including Fight Fire With Fire, Hail To The King, Alison Brownstone, One Bad Decision, Fatal Mistake, Karma Is A Bitch.) Fight Fire With Fire The Drow are back. Unfortunately, the Drow are looking to get hold of Alison.An order to locate the princess means they need to find and deal with Brownstone... -
![Beyond the Night by Alexandra Bracken]()
Beyond the Night by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings'A RIVETING EMOTIONAL READ THAT KEPT ME ON THE EDGE!'- Melissa Marr, author of the bestselling Wicked Lovely series, on The Darkest Minds The government-run 'rehabilitation camps' have been shut down, but kids with Psi powers are anything but free... -
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Uprising by Shelly Crane
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSherry and Merrick's story continues in this sequel to Collide. In this installment, we come face to face with old acquaintances and new friends and new enemies. Things will change for all of them especially when a little girl is found and everyone's loyalties are tested. A revelation may upset the delicate balance they've all tried so hard to set... -
![The Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten]()
The Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the spirit of Amor Towles and George Saunders, the renowned, bestselling Norwegian author Frode Grytten takes listeners on a quietly epic ferry driver Nils Vik’s last route along the fjord, on what he knows will be his last day alive. Nils Vik wakes up on November the 18th and knows it will be the day he dies... -
![Three Scenarios In Which Hana Sasaki Grows A Tail by Kelly Luce]()
Three Scenarios In Which Hana Sasaki Grows A Tail by Kelly Luce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail is a debut collection of stories from Kelly Luce. Hana Sasaki will introduce you to many things—among them, an oracular toaster, a woman who grows a tail, and an extraordinary sex-change operation. Set in Japan, these stories tip into the fantastical, plumb the power of memory, and measure the human capacity to love... -
![Reckoning by Jena Leigh]()
Reckoning by Jena Leigh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlexandra Parker came home from the past only to find herself in the middle of an underground war—one that could affect the fate of Variants everywhere. Fighting an all-powerful government agency is tough enough, but when a secret from John Grayson’s past comes back to haunt them all, the group’s united front begins to crumble...Categorized as:
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The Immeasurable Corpse of Nature by Christopher Slatsky, Jon Padgett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the author of Alectryomancer and Other Weird Tales comes this devastating collection of fifteen stories and essays. A father's desperate search for his missing child leads to a cosmic haunted realm. A woman returns to her childhood home to find a past preserved in a semblance of life... -
![Secret of Betrayal by DelSheree Gladden]()
Secret of Betrayal by DelSheree Gladden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen faced with the choice between saving Milo’s life and embracing her destiny, Libby Sparks knew there was only one answer.Become the Destroyer.Libby is about to learn that accepting her fate is only the first step in figuring out what being the Destroyer truly means. Libby must reign in and develop her talents while planning to rescue her captive army of Ciphers from the hands of Guardians... -
![Darkening Chaos by DelSheree Gladden]()
Darkening Chaos by DelSheree Gladden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLibby Sparks has the power to destroy the world. She has prophecy and destiny backing her bid to take down the Guardians. She even has an army. What she doesn’t have is a plan.No matter how hard Libby tries to follow her destiny, the pieces never seem to fall her into place. Every effort Libby makes to build her army and organize an attack is countered by complications... -
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![Gabe’s Fortune by Mandy M. Roth]()
Gabe’s Fortune by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsProspect Springs Shifters Book Three Shapeshifter Gabriel MacSweeny loves a challenge. When he’s offered the chance to buy a traveling carnival, he knows it’s a business decision he can’t pass up. Doesn’t hurt that the fortune teller is a beautiful, mysterious woman who has curves in all the right places and just so happens to be his mate... -
![Elevation of the Marked by March McCarron]()
Elevation of the Marked by March McCarron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.When an enemy can alter your thoughts, you can trust nothing—not even your own mind. Bray and Yarrow escaped with their lives, believing that Quade Asher and his Elevated planned to start a war. Soon they will learn the truth: Quade need not fight a single battle; he has already won... -
![Wysłannik by Paulina Hendel]()
Wysłannik by Paulina Hendel
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNowy tom bestsellerowej serii Zapomniana Księga zmieni Wasze spojrzenie na świat ludzi i demonów! Ta opowieść nie mogła być tylko trylogią!Hubert wyrusza w daleką i niebezpieczną podróż w poszukiwaniu sprzymierzeńców. Wkrótce przekona się, jak niewiele wiedział o otaczającym go świecie oraz ludzkiej naturze... -
![Abendsonne - Die Wiedererwählte der Jahreszeiten by Jennifer Wolf]()
Abendsonne - Die Wiedererwählte der Jahreszeiten by Jennifer Wolf
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDahlia liebt ihre Familie, ihr stures Pferd und das Lavendelfeld ihrer Eltern. Heimlich träumt sie aber davon dem Leben als Landwirtin zu entkommen und eine Grenzerin zu werden. Nur wenigen Auserwählten ist es erlaubt die Sicherheit Hemeras zu verlassen und hinter die hohen Zäune zu blicken. Doch dann passiert etwas, mit dem niemand gerechnet hat... -
![War of the Heavens by Fernando Trujillo Sanz, César García Muñoz]()
War of the Heavens by Fernando Trujillo Sanz, César García Muñoz
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe oldest, most devastating war of all time has found a way to resume, and is now inflicting itself on all of creation. Heaven and Hell are no longer the only settings for this terrible conflict.It began when the entire planet was shaken to its core. All of mankind lost the ability to move, helplessly watching in horror as the world crumbled around them... -
![The Buying of Lot 37 by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor]()
The Buying of Lot 37 by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the authors of the New York Times bestselling novels It Devours! and Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a collection of episodes from Season Three of their hit podcast, featuring an introduction by the authors, a foreword by Dessa, behind-the-scenes commentary, and original illustrations... -
![Trading Into Shadow by C.M. Simpson, Michael Anderle]()
Trading Into Shadow by C.M. Simpson, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter surviving a shadow monster ambush, Marsh must get back to civilization, keep two kids alive, and make a delivery. But, with shadow monsters and raiders closing the trade routes, she’s out of a job, and lost in beneath the ruins of one of the greatest cities of the world. She doesn’t need a deserted farm to complicate things… or a parentless pup… or to be hunted by a hoshkat... -
![Genèse: Autre Monde 7 by Maxime Chattam]()
Genèse: Autre Monde 7 by Maxime Chattam
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTraqués par l'empereur et par Entropia, Matt, Tobias, Ambre et les leurs doivent fuir et rallier des terres inconnues pour s'emparer du dernier Cœur de la Terre avant qu'il ne soit détruit. Mais le monde souterrain qu'ils découvrent ne grouille pas seulement de dangers. Il recèle d'incroyables révélations. La guerre est proche. Les sacrifices nécessaires. L'ultime course-poursuite est déclarée...Categorized as:
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![Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu]()
Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“You should be here; he’s simply magnificent.” These are the final words a biologist hears before his Margaret Mead-like wife dies at the hands of Godzilla. The words haunt him as he studies the Kaiju (Japan’s giant monsters) on an island reserve, attempting to understand the beauty his wife saw...Categorized as:
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![Outmove by Brandt Legg]()
Outmove by Brandt Legg
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOUTMOVE, the thrilling conclusion to the best selling Inner Movement trilogy.Humankind is on the brink . . . Earth will either become dystopian or utopian . . . There is only one chance.Defying the odds, Nate has repeatedly eluded death. Now, with full command of his powers and a clear sense of destiny, he leads the Movement. But the revolution is crumbling...Categorized as:
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![Abbey's Protectors by Lynnette Bernard]()
Abbey's Protectors by Lynnette Bernard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHunter, Abbey, & Clayton's Story[ Erotic Paranormal Ménage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, werewolves, bondage, sex toys, HEA] Abbey Tyler is a successful business woman who has made one huge mistake. She married a man who only wants control of her business and her money. He is willing to do anything to get them—including killing her... -
![Water: A Reverse Harem Urban Fantasy by Helen Scott]()
Water: A Reverse Harem Urban Fantasy by Helen Scott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world is ending. Everyone knows it. What they don't realize is that the culprit won't be an asteroid, or global warming, or even the sun turning into a red giant. No, the world is going to end because there are four other worlds just like it trying to exist in the same space... -
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Masked SheWolf by Yara Gharios
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first female werewolf in centuries has to remain hidden. Against all odds, Michael Dylan Connolly was born a girl. She has to mask her gender to evade those who would use her bloodline to make stronger wolves. But she isn't the only one keeping secrets. There's a new pack in town, and their alpha, Logan Underwood, did not suddenly move back to his hometown for no reason...Categorized as:
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![Vampire’s Pet by Cannoness]()
Vampire’s Pet by Cannoness
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was one of the lucky ones. Was. It all ended for me when I was 12, when I was taken away from the last bit of hope and family that I had left. Now this is my life. Now I am just a pet. The world had gone to shit long ago, taken over by the vampire race. In order to keep some sort of peace in our land, the Vampire King made an agreement... -
![The Unsettled Dust by Robert Aickman, Reece Shearsmith]()
The Unsettled Dust by Robert Aickman, Reece Shearsmith
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRobert Aickman, the supreme master of the supernatural, brings together eight stories in which strange things happen that the reader is unable to predict. His characters are often lonely and middle-aged, but all have the same thing in common: they are brought to the brink of an abyss that shows how terrifyingly fragile our piece of mind actually is... -
![Vigilante by Sarah Fine]()
Vigilante by Sarah Fine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAna has done her time as a Guard in the dark city and now that she’s finally been released into the Countryside, all she wants to do is find Takeshi, the love she lost to the Mazikin so many years ago. The only problem? He’s nowhere to be found. Now Ana faces a choice—remain alone in paradise or venture into the depths of the Wasteland in an attempt to rescue the man who still owns her heart... -
![Outin by Brandt Legg]()
Outin by Brandt Legg
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOUTIN, book two of The Inner Movement trilogy, from the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Last Librarian.A story of wonder, in which time and dimensions collide in an explosion of psychic phenomena and kaleidoscopic magic. Relentlessly pursued, seventeen year old, Nate Ryder embarks on a new journey where he faces impossible choices that transcend life and death... -
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Forty-Four Book Four by Jools Sinclair
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes the living haunt the dead... It's been several months since Abby Craig was kidnapped and held prisoner on a small island. Several months since Nathaniel Mortimer conducted his experiments, trying to find out why she was the only one of his victims to survive. After returning home, Abby is more determined than ever to have a normal life... -
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Ransom by Callie Rhodes
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce there were boundaries…but now that their chains are broken, these alphas refused to be contained.Eight years ago, Ransom was only a teenager headed for the alpha territory of the Boundarylands when he was captured and held prisoner by a power hungry madman. Since that day he’s been kept deep underground, subjected to experimentation and torture... -
![Dust and Light by Carol Berg]()
Dust and Light by Carol Berg
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNational bestselling author Carol Berg returns to the world of her award-winning Flesh and Spirit and Breath and Bone with an all-new tale of magic, mystery, and corruption... -
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![Lanark by Alasdair Gray]()
Lanark by Alasdair Gray
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis work, originally published in 1981, has been hailed as the most influential Scottish novel of the second half of the 20th century. Its playful narrative techniques convey a profound message, personal and political, about humankind's inability to love and yet our compulsion to go on trying...Categorized as:
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![Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins]()
Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe scattered Tribulation Force is drawn inexorably toward the Middle East, as are all the armies of the world, when human history culminates in the battle of the ages. During the last year of the Great Tribulation, safe houses are no longer safe, and the cast of characters dramatically changes...Categorized as:
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![Sovereign by Ted Dekker, Tosca Lee]()
Sovereign by Ted Dekker, Tosca Lee
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNine years after Rom Sebastian was thrust into the most unlikely of circumstances as hero and bearer of an unimaginable secret, the alliance of his followers is in disarray. An epic battle with The Order has left them scattered and deeply divided both in strategy and resolve in their struggle to become truly alive and free.Only 36 truly alive followers remain loyal to Rom...Categorized as:
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![Oddjobs by Heide Goody, Iain Grant]()
Oddjobs by Heide Goody, Iain Grant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s the end of the world as we know it, but someone still needs to do the paperwork. Incomprehensible horrors from beyond are going to devour our world but that’s no excuse to get all emotional about it. Morag Murray works for the secret government organisation responsible for making sure the apocalypse goes as smoothly and as quietly as possible... -
![Water Blessed by Leia Stone]()
Water Blessed by Leia Stone
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOcean lives in a world where water is scarce. Her village names all of their females after water, in hopes of gaining favor with the Fates. For every 20 years a Water Blessed is chosen. Someone who can create water at will. Men take multiples water wives with the sole purpose of fetching water 10 miles away from the dangerous and crowded well... -
![The Tengu's Game of Go by Lian Hearn]()
The Tengu's Game of Go by Lian Hearn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe rightful emperor is lost to the world, farther from the throne than ever before . . . The lord of the usurper clan has fallen ill, and further unrest looms . . . Shikanoko has withdrawn to the furthest reaches of the country, leaving his allies stranded and the Spider Tribe unchecked . .Categorized as:
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![The Presence of Absence by Simon Van Booy]()
The Presence of Absence by Simon Van Booy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Flows with depth and power....wide-open wonder.”— Washington Post“Simon Van Booy electrifyingly combines story with parable....wise, witty and always breathtakingly beautiful...Categorized as:
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![The Queen of the Tearling: Preview Edition by Erika Johansen]()
The Queen of the Tearling: Preview Edition by Erika Johansen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn untested young princess must claim her throne, learn to become a queen, and combat a malevolent sorceress in an epic battle between light and darkness in this spectacular debut—the first novel in a trilogy...Categorized as:
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![Faceless by Jus Accardo]()
Faceless by Jus Accardo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Brandt Cross, and I died. Again… I'm living in the body of a Six named Douglass Cain, a certifiable scumbag whose ability is on Zendean Industries—AKA Denazen's—most wanted list. There’s some serious bad going down, and Ginger, the leader of the Underground, sent me undercover to obtain information because people are dying... -
![The Rule of Names by Ursula K. Le Guin]()
The Rule of Names by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her spare, elegant prose, rich characterization, and diverse worlds. "The Rule of Names" is a short story originally published in the collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters...Categorized as:
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![Weathercock by Glen Duncan]()
Weathercock by Glen Duncan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe confession of Dominic Francis Hood - Roman Catholic, sadist, conspirator to murder, witness to a miracle. His childhood had the usual benefits, but after watching a miracle performed by Father Malone, Dominic realises a part of him is skewed, and that mere fantasy will never be enough... -
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Demon Evolution by David Estes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpreading darkness...Guilty of treason for which the penalty is death, Taylor's angel boyfriend, Gabriel, has been captured.The fate of the world sits on a knife's edge with Taylor being the key to everything... -
![The Academy: Book 3 by Chad Leito]()
The Academy: Book 3 by Chad Leito
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Academy is a malicious, evil organization that kidnaps teenagers and forces them to compete in lethal tasks. Follow Asa Palmer through his time at this odd place...Categorized as:
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![Sacrifice of Mine by Janeal Falor]()
Sacrifice of Mine by Janeal Falor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a ravaging war, Bethany and her family are forced to flee to Envado. There, women are safe from the oppressive rule of male owners. When her pursuers draw too close, Bethany stays behind to buy her sisters time to escape and she's captured.She's turned over to a depraver who tarnishes her. Now bald, branded, and barren, she's worth less than the shadow she casts... -
![Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell]()
Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the Pulitzer Finalist and universally beloved author of the New York Times best sellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, a stunning new collection of short fiction that showcases Karen Russell's extraordinary, irresistible gifts of language and imagination...Categorized as:
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![Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu]()
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange, such that a girl growing wings on her legs feels like an ordinary rite of passage, while a bug-infested house becomes an impossible, Kafkaesque nightmare...
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