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Here on Earth, Danny North is still in high school, yet he holds in his heart and mind all the stolen outselves of 13 centuries of gatemages. The Families still want to kill him if they can’t control him - and they can’t control him; he is far too powerful. On Westil, Wad is now nearly powerless - he lost everything to Danny in their struggle. Even if he can survive the revenge of his enemies, he must still somehow make peace with the Gatemage Daniel North, for when Danny took that power from Loki, he also took responsibility for the Great Gates.

From Grace Lin, award-winning and bestselling author of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, comes a story about a lion cub and a girl who must open a portal to save the spirit and human worlds. Jin is a Stone Lion—one of the guardians of the Old City Gate who is charged to watch over humans and...

A floating fortress occupied by warrior gnomes. A castle made of sand. A derelict submarine guarded by malfunctioning machines. A haunted crypt surrounded by lethal traps. It was supposed to be easy. One bubble. Four castles. Fifteen days. Capture each one, and the stairwell is unlocked.

Danny North knew from early childhood that his family was different - and that he was different from them. While his cousins were learning how to create the things that commoners called fairies, ghosts, golems, trolls, werewolves, and other such miracles that were the heritage of the North family, Danny worried that he would never show a talent, never form an "outself"....

The gripping true story of how leading Israeli journalist Amir Tibon, along with his wife and their two young children, were rescued from Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023 by Tibon’s own father—an incredible tale of survival that also reveals the deep tensions and systemic failures that...

What if the gifted program wasn’t just about intelligence? What if it was about something else entirely? In the 1970s and 80s, thousands of children across North America were quietly enrolled in specialized programs for the “gifted and talented.” But decades later, many of those children—now adults—are waking up to disturbing memories, missing time, and psychic experiences that can no longer be ignored. Author Desta Barnabe was one of them. From the mysterious "Green Group" in her Winnipeg elementary school to unexplained “nap times” and psychic testing with puzzle games, ...

TJ Young has been surrounded by magic his entire life, yet he has never tapped into it...until now. Fourteen-year-old TJ grew up normal in a secret community of gifted diviners in the heart of modern-day Los Angeles. His powerful sister was ordained to lead his people into a new age of prosperity, but her mysterious death in Nigeria threatens to destroy the very foundations of TJ’s world. Desperate to pick up where his sister left off and uncover the secrets behind her questionable death, TJ commits himself to unlocking the magical heritage that has always eluded him.

About this story, author James Enge says, "The principal thief in this story is me. I stole the world and characters for 'Thieves at the Gate' from Homer. It's always been interesting to me how people like Odysseus (or Gunnarr Hamundarson or whoever) could be decent, respectable guys at home and murderous pirates abroad. This isn't really the answer, but it's an answer."

Women rule in Women's Country. Women live apart from men, sheltering the remains of civilization. They have cut themselves off with walls and by ordinance from marauding males. Waging war is all men are good for. Men are allowed to fight their barbaric battles among themselves, garrison against garrison. For the sake of his pride, each boy child ritualistically rejects his mother when he comes of age to be a warrior. But all the secrets of civilization are strictly the possession of women.  

The war is over, and the Mortal Realms have all but fallen to Chaos.... Korghos Khul rampages across the fiery Realm of Aqshy, hunting down mortal kind to slaughter or subjugate to Khorne. His Goretide have crushed all resistance...until the storm. From the heavens hurtle paladins clad in gold. Sent by Sigmar, the Stormcast Eternals have come to liberate all the realms from the yoke of Chaos.

She’s the mission. He’s the monster everyone fears. His claim might destroy them both. Dani I came to Radin chasing a miracle cure hidden in a flower. I never expected to become prey. Days of captivity leave my empathic senses burned out, my power little more than an ache beneath my skin. Then Jaxin arrives, silent, shark-eyed, built for violence. When the rescue goes awry, he hauls me over his shoulder and runs. Alone in Radin’s humid jungle, survival means pressed bodies, shared breath, and heat that has nothing to do with the heat of summer. As my empathy recovers, I feel what he ...

A New York Times bestseller! “Nail-biting action scenes, relatable characters, and a fantastic new take on dragons…a thrilling ride!” —A.F. Steadman, New York Times bestselling author of the Skandar series A boy living on Mars unexpectedly becomes a dragon rider in this “rip-roaring”...

Mia thought she had her life all figured out. That was before a misunderstanding sent her traveling cross-country in a van, searching for a missing con artist... Mia Harper thought she was going to be an award-winning journalist. That was before she met Ryan the YouTube star/dog rescuer and he turned her life upside-down. Now, criminals from Ryan’s past are searching for Ryan, Mia, and a large amount of missing money. The couple’s only choice is to go on the run, traveling from state to state in search of the one person who can undo all this chaos and get their lives back to normal. ...

24 hours to stop the crime of the century The race against time is about to begin… THE TOWER OF LONDON… Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on earth. But once a year, the Metropolitan Police must execute the most secret operation in their armoury when they...

Gideon lives in the village with his cruel father and tries to earn a bit of money by stealing ice from the palace ponds, which he then sells to the palace cook. One day he is spotted by the guards and chased. He escapes into the palace where he hides in the room of the little Duchess. She lives as a prisoner, never allowed to play with 'common' children, and with only a mechanical duchess for company.

A thriller book set in San Francisco during the early 1920s. Step into the chaotic world of 1920s San Francisco, where the gilded charm of the city masks a labyrinth of deceit, danger, and cunning criminal minds. Follow the enigma that begins with a staggering theft and propels a cast of intriguing characters into a spiral of mystery and suspense. The serenity of the Van Ness Avenue Savings Bank is shattered by the discovery that nearly a million dollars has vanished, throwing the boardroom into disarray. When Hendricks, the cashier, reports that Edward Clayte, a teller, absconded with the ...

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