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The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsMagnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is a resident of the Hotel Valhalla and one of Odin's chosen warriors. As the son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus isn't naturally inclined to fighting...Categorized as:
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The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 69 ratings"Magnus Chase, you nearly started Ragnarok. What are you going to do next?"It's been six weeks since Magnus and his friends returned from defeating Fenris Wolf and the fire giants. Magnus has adjusted to life at the Hotel Valhalla—as much as a once-homeless and previously alive kid can...Categorized as:
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The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsMagnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and the truant officers.One day, Magnus learns that someone else is trying to track him down—his uncle Randolph, a man his mother had always warned him about...Categorized as:
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Holy Sheoly by Hunter Blain
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGo to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company, and Sheol for…well, the screaming silence of eternal nothingness?In the frigid lands belonging to the Queen of the Unseelie, a beautiful stranger dressed all in ivory makes his approach. A debt is owed, and payment is due.Below the burning lakes of everlasting woe and the single, vast city of Hell, lies Sheol—the Hell below Hell... -
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Northern Lights - Part Two Bolvangar by Philip Pullman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRead by Philip Pullman and full cast. 3 cassettes complete and unabridged. Playing time 3 hours 49 minutes approx. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Award.In the company of the gyptians, Lyra travels to the bleak splendour of the North, where armoured bears rule the ice and witch-queens fly through the frozen skies... -
Grab the Bull by the Horns by Sam Hall
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m a total ancient history nerd and I’m about to get up close and personal with creatures I’d assumed were figments of our imagination.When a strange man gives me a chai latte the like I’ve never tasted before, somehow, I’m stumbling through a rift in reality, straight into the arms of three very big, very muscular minotaurs.Yeah, you read that right, minotaurs... -
The Orc's Bidding by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLarke risks her life when she flees into the Expanse. The orcs who roam there might be cannibals, but the alternative is worse.Her parents planned to auction Larke on her Bidding Day, but the warrior Orric rescues her, then shelters her in his mountain home.She soon discovers the huge, green orc is not only the most honorable male she’s ever met, but his touch makes her pulse race with desire... -
Juice Like Wounds by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn the course of every great adventure there are multiple side-quests...Categorized as:
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Firewalker by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWorlds divide, magic slays, and love lies in the second book of Josephine Angelini’s The Worldwalker Trilogy."You think I’m a monster, but my choices, as ruthless as they seem, are justified."Lily is back in her own universe, and she's ready to start a new life with Rowan by her side... -
Warden and the Assassin by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m the sister you don’t want to meet in a dark alley.An assassin for hire, I’ve got skills other people don’t. Blame my magical heritage and a mother who gifted me a set of knives and my first revolver not long after my sixteenth birthday.When a magical object transports me to a perilous jungle as part of a job interview, I have to admit I’m intrigued... -
Dream Stalkers by Tim Waggoner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new drug – Shut-Eye – has been developed in the dreamland, and smuggled into our world. It’s addictive, and dangerous, and Shadow Watch agents Audra and Mr Jinx are on the case, preparing new recruits to deal with the problem.Meanwhile, a wave of ancient, bodiless Incubi are entering the dreams of humans in an attempt to possess them and live new lives... -
Sign of the Crescent by Debbie Federici
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTeenagers are mysteriously disappearing in Tucson, Arizona, and other cities. One night, seventeen-year-old Taryn nearly becomes one of them when a revolting, unearthly creature attacks her. The touch of a Zumar warrior should render her unconscious, but Taryn has the strength to fight until a young man with a sword comes to her rescue...Categorized as:
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The Kobold Wizard's Dildo of Enlightenment +2 (an adventure for 3-6 players, levels 2-5) by Carlton Mellick III
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you ready to play some Dungeons and Fucking Dragons? The Kobold Wizard's Dildo of Enlightenment ]2 is an absurd comedy about a group of adventurers (elf, halfling, bard, dwarf, assassin, thief) going through an existential crisis after having discovered that they are really just pre-rolled characters living inside of a classic AD&D role playing game... -
The Last Adventure of Constance Verity by A. Lee Martinez
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsConstance Verity has been saving the world since she was seven, and she’s sick of it. She sets off on one last adventure to assassinate her fairy godmother and become the one thing she’s never been: ordinary.Ever since she was granted a wish at birth by her fairy godmother, Constance Verity has become one of the world’s great adventurers... -
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The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and terror in this gripping new novel. Pray they are hungry.Kara finds these words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house...Categorized as:
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Manifest Destiny Vol. 3 by Chris Dingess, Owen Gieni
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeep in America's heartland, Lewis & Clark's expedition discovers a civilization unlike any they—or anyone else on Earth—has encountered. An encounter that will push their men to the brink of mutiny, and redefines the relationship between man and monster, predator and prey...Categorized as:
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The Villainess's Guide to (Not) Falling in Love 01 by Touya, Ren Sakuma
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan one would-be villainess fend off multiple handsome suitors’ advances to simply live a peaceful life? Or will the game force a happy ending no matter what?From a mundane existence to an extraordinary adventure! Luciana, once an ordinary woman, now finds herself reincarnated as the stunning villainess of an otome game... -
Manifest Destiny, Vol. 2: Amphibia & Insecta by Chris Dingess, Owen Gieni
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsLewis, Clark and the surviving members of their expedition continue westward across America, only to learn there is nowhere to run on a river.Collects MANIFEST DESTINY #7-12...Categorized as:
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Manifest Destiny Vol. 4 by Chris Dingess, Owen Gieni
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLewis & Clark didn’t lead the first expedition west...nor were they the first to encounter the BIGGEST mammal in all the land: SASQUATCH! Many have claimed to have seen this legendary creature..Categorized as:
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Grimm Fairy Tales: Tales from Wonderland vol 1 by Raven Gregory, Ralph Tedesco
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsQueen of Hearts, Mad Hatter (I) and Alice + "The Experiment & Beyond Wonderland bonusCollecting the first 3 1-shot issues that comprise Tales From WonderlandFirst in Queen of Hearts (written by Joe Brusha with art by Daniel Liester, colored by Nei Ruffino, lettered by Alphabet Soup's Jim Reddington) : When two young twin girls are pulled into another dimension their purity will not be enough... -
Manifest Destiny, Vol. 5: Mnemophobia & Chronophobia by Chris Dingess, Owen Gieni
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs winter begins, Lewis & Clark hunker the Corp of Discovery down in their new fort on the very frontier of civilization. All is calm... until old enemies emerge from the fog... and the real nightmare begins. Collects MANIFEST DESTINY #25-30...Categorized as:
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Grimm Fairy Tales: Tales from Wonderland vol 2 by Raven Gregory
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the twisted minds of Raven Gregory, Ralph Tedesco, and Joe Brusha comes the second collection of tales straight from the insanity that is Wonderland... -
Manifest Destiny, Vol. 1: Flora & Fauna by Chris Dingess, Owen Gieni
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn 1804, Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark set out on an expedition to explore the uncharted American frontier. This is the story of the monsters they discovered lurking in the wilds...Collects MANIFEST DESTINY #1-6...
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