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The Green Mile: The Screenplay by Frank Darabont
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTells the story of John Coffey, a death row inmate who exhibits supernatural powers that make the guards and prisoners around him reexamine their... -
Brilliance of the Moon, Episode 2: Scars of Victory by Lian Hearn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Kaede arrives at Shirakawa, she learns her sisters have been taken to Lord Fujiwara s house and soon she too becomes a prisoner there. And neither Takeo nor Kaede know that Takeo s old teacher, Muto Kenji, has grievances and schemes of his own. As Takeo and Kaede face disaster at the hands of their enemies, the forces of nature are also conspiring...Categorized as:
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The Devil's Fire by Mariam El-Hafi
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlthaia grew up protected and sheltered, not knowing about the Mafia World, despite her father being a Mafia Boss. Her mother took her away when she was younger to protect her from the dark world.However, at her cousin's engagement party, she met... him. Damiano Bellavia. The ruthless and powerful Mafia Boss. The one her father had desperately tried to hide her away from... -
The Circle: MM Dark Found Family Fantasy Adventure LGBTQ+ by Silencio
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDeep in a forest, miles from any town, stands Whitewood Orphanage, a place of heavy silence and long shadows.When fifteen-year-old Tristan arrives, he braces for strict rules and cold discipline. Instead, he finds a place where friendship blurs into forbidden longing, and every shadow hides a secret too heavy to name... -
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Assassin's Creed: Black Flag by Oliver Bowden, Andrew Holmes
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIt’s the Golden Age of Piracy — a time when greed, ambition, and corruption overcome all loyalties — and a brash young captain, Edward Kenway, is making his name known for being one of the greatest pirates of his time...Categorized as:
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Zaregoto, Book 2: The Kubishime Romanticist by NisiOisiN
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCollege is a whole new adventure, rife with challenges, opportunities, and cold-blooded killers. Fresh from unmasking an assassin on a posh island paradise, Ii-chan is finally an ultra-cool college student—jaded, sarcastic, and not exactly consumed by academic ambition. Now more interested in angst and anomie than in catching killers, Ii-chan figures that danger is a thing of the past... -
Warhawk’s Amnesty: A Space Opera Harem Adventure by Ajax Lygan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne week. Just one more week. Inmate 5313 reached the end of his sentence after ten grueling years. That is, until the wrong question led to a beating with an inclusive stay in the fridge. Before the badges manage to lock him into cryostorage for a nightmare-fueled nap, several explosions send the prison barge plummeting to a frozen planet in unclaimed space... -
Der Spurenfinder by Marc-Uwe Kling, Johanna Kling
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings»Elos von Bergen war nicht einfach irgendein Spurensucher. Er war es, der das Rätsel des Obelisken von Tarnok gelöst hat. Er brachte der Gräfin von Oberlinden ihren Greifen zurück. Er fing den Traummörder von Altschwanenberg. Er war der berühmteste Spurensucher der Verlorenen Provinzen. Wobei er sich selbst nie als Spurensucher bezeichnet hätte. Elos von Bergen war Spurenfinder... -
The Wave by L.E. Luttrell
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLucy Jones and Kelly O’Brien each have their problems. When they meet in Phuket in December 2004 and share their troubles, the future begins to look more promising. Lucy devises a plan to help Kelly escape from her controlling and violent partner. But a tsunami sweeps through the resort causing tragedy and chaos... -
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon: A Novel by Gideon Defoe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Pirate Captain and his merry band of ne’er-do-wells face off against their toughest—but by no means their tallest—challenge yet. Crushed with disappointment at the Pirate of the Year Awards, our Pirate Captain decides that it’s time for a career change. And so with his loyal (if soon-to-be-dismayed) crew, he sets off for St... -
Shaken by Joss Stirling
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a tall, narrow brownstone, in Brooklyn, New York, there is a girl with a secret. That girl is Rose Knight. She needs to raise millions of dollars to save her father's life. The arrogant and suave Damien Castle is good at uncovering secrets. He's even better at catching criminals. When he meets Rose he knows something is amiss but he can't help but get distracted... -
L'ombre maléfique by George R.R. Martin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMiddle third of "A Clash of... -
L'Art du naufrage by Pascale Quiviger
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAprès deux années à sillonner les mers avec son équipage, le prince Thibault décide enfin de rentrer chez lui. Là-bas, sur son île natale, son père l'attend et compte sur lui pour régner sur le royaume de Pierre d'Angle après sa mort. Mais en chemin, une rencontre va bouleverser l'existence du Prince : un passager clandestin, Ema, une esclave en fuite... -
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Swan's Braid and Other Tales of Terizan by Tanya Huff
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou can't belong to the Thieves' Guild if you can't break into the Thieves' Guild. When Terizan dropped out of the secret passage, past the net, and into the Inner Sanctum, she was astonished to discover that no one else had ever made it that far... -
Shadowrun Fifth Edition by Catalyst Game Labs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe newest version of one of the most popular and successful role-playing worlds of all time- a fusion of man, magic and machine in a dystopian near-future. With rules for characters creation , magic combat, Matrix hacking, rigging and more... -
Tides & Drift by Adrienne Young
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA moving return to the world of Fable, these two stories dive into the bittersweet first meeting of fan favourite characters Paj and Auster, and the intrepid voyages of Willa and Koy as they forge their own path across the Narrows... -
Three-Ten to Yuma and Other Stories by Elmore Leonard
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe New York Times-bestselling Grand Master of suspense deftly displays the other side of his genius, with seven classic western tales of destiny and fatal decision . . . and trust as essential to survival as it is hard-earned... -
Soul Fire by Kate Harrison
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlice Forster regularly talks with her dead sister, Meggie, in the virtual world of 'Soul Beach' - an online paradise where dead teenagers are held in limbo. Alice has learned that if she can solve the mystery of someone's death in the real world, then that person is released from the Beach... -
Fear by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI SWORE I WOULD NEVER BE LIKE MY FATHER. I SWORE I WOULD NEVER BETRAY THOSE WHO TRUST ME. I LIED... -
Mage: The Awakening by Bill Bridges, Ken Blackwelder
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Power to Remake the World In an age long gone, mortals dethroned the gods and seized the heavens for their own. And for it, they were flung down into the world of clay, their minds clouded by ignorance. Only a bare few remember their birthrightthe power of magic. If they cannot claim the heavens, they will make their own kingdoms on Earth... -
A Pirate's Guide to First Grade by James Preller
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsArr! It's the first day of first grade, and it's all hands on deck for a young pirate and his crew... -
The Tegen Cave by Inge-Lise Goss
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter running from her boyfriend’s powerful organized crime family, Sara Jones starts a new life in a new town. But when people around her start dying from poisonous spider bites after she receives a mysterious package with a spider concealed inside, she worries that the family has found her... -
Make You Wish You Were Dead by Jaclin Marie
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJane Reyes has a troubled past. No one knows what happened to Jane three years ago when she was 18. She has no memory of what happened. Yet she remembers to keep her mouth shut if she ever did figure it out.As years pass by she doesn’t talk to anyone anymore. She promised herself she would never speak again until she finally figured out what happened to her... -
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Seven Wakings by S.K. McCauley
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter Emma James— a widowed mother and child protection agent— is murdered to cover up a kidnapping ring, she reincarnates to solve the crimes... -
Skeleton Crew: Nona by Stephen King, Frank Muller
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNona is a short horror story by Stephen King, first published in the 1978 anthology Shadows, and later collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew... -
My Rhinoceros by Jon Agee
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWatch Jon Agee win over a new flock of fans—the toddler setIf you should ever get a rhinoceros for a pet, you're in for a surprise. It won't chase a ball. Or a stick. Or a frisbie. In fact, according to the experts, a rhinoceros does only two things: pop balloons and poke holes in kites.But don't be discouraged... -
Azrael by Wolfgang Hohlbein
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDer Tod wandert durch Berlin. Das Mystery-Kultbuch „Azrael“ von Bestsellerautor Wolfgang Hohlbein jetzt als eBook bei dotbooks.Acht Stockwerke Vor den Augen von Polizist Bremer schlägt ein Mann auf dem Asphalt auf. War es Suizid? Als das Apartment des Toten aufgebrochen wird, machen die Beamten eine grausige AZRAEL steht in fetten Lettern an die Wand – geschrieben mit dem Blut des Toten... -
The Sin in the Steel by Ryan Van Loan
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPirates roam the seas…mages speak to each other across oceans…some gods are dead and some are merely sleeping…amazing mechanical devices change the tide of battle…and earthly wealth is concentrated in the hands of a powerful few. Buc is determined to change all of that. The Sin in the Steel begins her quest for justice... -
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Winchelsea by Alex Preston
Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe year is 1742. Goody Brown, saved from drowning and adopted when just a babe, has grown up happily in the smuggling town of Winchelsea. Then, when Goody turns sixteen, her father is murdered in the night by men he thought were friends.To find justice in a lawless land, Goody must enter the cut-throat world of her father's killers...Categorized as:
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