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My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Volume 7
Despite being reborn into the role of the villainess from an otome game, Katarina has successfully graduated from the Academy of Magic and overcome all of the Catastrophic Bad Ends that awaited her. Now she's working at the Magical Ministry with her friends and her reliable and adorable Dark Familiar, Pochi, at her side! Surely there can be nothing but happy days ahead.Not so fast! Turns out there's a sequel to Fortune Lover, and it takes place at the Ministry! If Katarina returns in the game, does that mean that she could face even worse fates than before?!After already meeting one character from the sequel, Dewey the boy genius, Katarina now has to make sure that she doesn't run afoul of Cyrus, the stoic anti-ladies'-man. And if that wasn't enough to deal with, she now has to search for an ancient magical contract!Join Katarina once more in the seventh volume of the popular romantic/catastrophic comedy!
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The Crime Bandwagon
Vedha, a sensational cop and his sister Anamika, a social media influencer and a CID aspirant tracks the serial killer who made a bandwagon in the city through his ruthless brutal murders. The bureau of crime detected a suspect who looked alike Anamika's new boyfriend. Did the duo solve the loop? Did the duo catch the murderer red-handed? The Crime Bandwagon is a psychological thriller and a perfect page-turner.
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The Expedition of a Nun
About the Book: The Expedition of a Nun, a Psychological Suspense thriller novel, set against the backdrop of the southern Indian state of Kerala, tells the story of Akira Stephen, an intelligent young woman and the only child of a Christian, top-ranking bureaucrat father and an erudite Brahmin mother. Akira’s furtive investigation into the bizarre death of a co-nun perhaps constitutes the most thrilling part of the story. Her brave, relentless and rigorous investigative endeavours, while unravelling the mystery behind the suicide, uncovers some shockingly ugly hidden truths of the higher ecclesiastical order. Finely layered, the novel also has a delightful, tender, heart-touching love story running parallel to the main events of the story.
About the Author: Mathewson Robins is a writer as well as a practicing psychologist with extensive experience in different branches and sub-branches of psychology. He is also a professionally qualified in IT and Human Resource Management and has worked in many prestigious organizations in different capacities in India and abroad. He has lived in different parts of the world and has enjoyed the privilege of dealing with people from almost 90 different nationalities, belonging to varied socio-economic, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds. This has helped him gain rich, valuable and intriguing perspectives on people and life, in general, which find expression in his writings. He is a known writer and has published several articles in different magazines in India and abroad. He also has a book on Psychology on his accord. Email:[email protected]
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The Wayward Spy
The terrorist threat has changed. The consequences haven’t.
When her fiancé, a CIA operative accused of treason, is killed overseas, intelligence analyst Maggie Jenkins smells cover-up and sets out to clear his name. Maggie disobeys direct orders and travels to Tbilisi, Georgia, to follow a trail littered with secrets and lies, corruption and deceit, risking her own life to expose the terrorist threat at the intersection where the Russian Mafia, Chechen rebels, Al Qaeda and … US government officials meet.
From the halls of power in Washington, D.C. to the political chaos of the former Soviet Union, Maggie must confront players from the intelligence, political, and criminal worlds who will do anything to stop her. How far will Maggie go to uncover the truth?
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Rogue Invasion
Brant would give his life to protect his students. And he may have to.
Inside IAS--Institute of Adapted Soldiers--Brant teaches evolved children to control their special abilities. Under Brant's safekeeping, the kids learn to accept that they’re exceptional people, not deadly mutants. But a looming war drains the entire school of its soldiers and even some of the instructors.
With the school exposed, KyeHan Lee, the school’s predictor, foresees an attack from a rogue school of adapted soldiers. But IAS’s leadership is entangled in crippling politics. And Brant’s connection to the controversial Knox has called into question his loyalty to the school.
Can Brant and the skeleton crew left at the school protect his students? What if he’s fired and sent away? Brant will need all the help he can get from Knox and the Maverick crew.
From the author of Maverick Gambit comes the next exciting installment. Get ready for the next adventure with the Maverick crew.
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Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest: Short Stories
A compilation of all the extra short stories written for the early volumes of Arifureta, along with one brand new short story written specifically for this volume! After clearing the Sunken Ruins of Melusine, Hajime and the others encounter a massive creature, and are transported to a strange new world. Separated in transit, our heroes start searching for each other, and a way out. But though they don’t know it, a miraculous encounter is waiting for them at the end of this journey!
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Moon & Earth
The shocking conclusion to the Moonfire Trilogy.
Lana han Chevonian is one of the world’s brightest minds on the brink of making a huge discovery. There is only one problem: she is stuck as prisoner in the harem of the Aranian king. She could try to escape and run the risk of getting re-captured or getting killed on the very long and difficult road back home to Chevakia, or she could win the favour of the king, beg to be allowed to use the famed library and promise Arania credit for her work.
Meanwhile, war is about to break out between Aranian armies with icefire weapons and Chevakian armies wanting to wipe those weapons off the face of the earth.
Lana’s discovery turns the understanding about icefire on its head, but no one is listening. They’re on course to destroy everything that’s keeping the world alive.
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The Wizard Priest
A young prince, an evil wizard, and a city that no longer seems to care.
Cast out from the palace, Nellie survives in the streets of Saardam with the poor and destitute and a dragon whose behaviour she can't control, but is the key to finding the last member of the royal family.
The pompous Regent is hell-bent on finding the person who has killed his court advisor and he has decided the dragon is guilty. If he doesn't find a culprit, his main source of money is at stake. The guards comb the city. It's only a matter of time before they find Nellie.
A terrible mishap caused by the dragon puts Nellie's friend and a number of other innocent people in prison. Nellie can no longer run and hide.
She concocts the most daring escape plan ever, but in gathering help to carry it out, she makes discoveries that may change the future of the city.
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Ambassador 10: Lost Forest Secrets
Ceren, the world that's the home of the city of Barresh, has vast swathes of untamed wilderness, most of it tribal land belonging to meta-human tribes like the Pengali.For many years, illegal organisations have seen these tribes as inroad into the lucrative gamra economy, abusing the local population with next to no payment, inflicting damage on their society. Sadly, Cory knows far too much about this, having studied Earth's history.Cory's Pengali worker Ynggi has indicated he'd wanted to visit his home tribe, giving Cory the perfect reason to check out Pengali involvement in smuggling activities.However, if he thinks Ynggi's Thousand Islands tribe is secretive and hostile, he will soon be corrected in a big way. Another tribe, the Misty Forest tribe, has made hostile overtures to the fiercely independent but peaceful Thousand Island settlements. Someone has been selling these people hostile propaganda. Not just that, they appear to have received some help from off-world and are on a mission to expand their territory by force.For Cory and his team, an anthropological excursion turns into a battle to leave the forest alive.
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Contamination
Jonathan Bartell is a young man, just out of university, when he signs up for the position of Quarantine Officer at the Orbital Launch Station.He is part of a crop of students who flocked to study exo-biology when bacteria were discovered on Mars, and who are now all making their living flipping burgers, because the jobs are few and hard to get.
He is lucky to get a job in space, no matter how mundane.Or so he thinks...Gaby Larsen is a doctor at the tiny hospital at the space station, and she keeps secrets, not because she wants to keep them, but because she is too scared to share them.Because out in space, your worst enemies are your fellow travellers.
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Three Simple Steps to Wizarding Domination
Three Simple Steps to Wizarding Domination Step One: Find the books stolen from the magical libraryStep Two: Steal back the books and bring them to New YorkStep Three: Declare wizarding domination I feel like this is a pretty solid plan. I'm probably wrong...
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Power of Lightning
This is the second and final installment in the Lightning Touch Series.
Against the odds, Lennina managed to save Daniel from a tunnel collapse on Kronos. But recovering from their injuries is just the start of their problems. In revealing her ability to communicate telepathically with Daniel, Lennina has drawn the attention of The Company. They want to know all about this Talent, and to use it for their own ends.
Trapped within Katoa Labs for an Assessment and Training program, Lennina must endure the ‘lessons’ of her sadistic new mentor, Xander, while trying to avoid her abusive ex. And all the while, she’s being kept apart from the one person she really wants to see – Daniel.
But even thinking about Daniel is fraught with difficulty. Coming so close to losing him in the mines has left Lennina terrified to open her heart to him. She needs him if she’s ever going to escape the clutches of the company, but is it possible to escape with her body and her heart in one piece?
Great for lovers of Sci-fi and Paranormal with elements of romance.
“The passion and electricity. It is beautiful.”
- Kimberly Rodighiero
Order your copy today to uncover the lies.
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The Complete Lightning Touch Series Box Set
Experience the full Lightning Touch story with this complete boxed set.
On the mining colony, Perseus Station, Navigational Computer Operators like Lennina are supposed to be cool and collected, guiding their Diggers through the difficult and dangerous task of mining in Kronos’s toxic atmosphere. Emotions only put the Diggers in more danger.
But Lennina’s emotions have been a bit of a problem lately. She cares more for her Digger, Javolo, than she should. When an earthquake hits Kronos, burying the miners under rock and rubble, everyone assumes Javolo is dead. Lennina knows he isn’t. She can feel him in her mind, a telepathic connection that she can’t begin to explain.
But if Lennina reveals this newfound Talent, she’ll have more than just earthquakes to contend with. The Company have a sinister agenda, and if Lennina isn’t careful, she and Javolo will both end up in their crosshairs. She can save him, but will she be landing them both in a situation far worse?
Mysterious powers. Daring escapes. Enemies on all sides. If you love Sci-Fi adventure stories with a romantic twist, then dive in to the Lightning Touch series today.
Boxed set contains Touch of Lightning (Book 1) and Power of Lightning (Book 2).
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The Wolf's Shadow
Life as she knew it is over. At the next full moon, the real trouble begins…Epidemiologist Joanie Fisher can’t catch a break. After her lab burns to the ground, her boss simultaneously fires her and ends their affair. And though she’s inherited her grandfather’s multimillion-dollar estate, Joanie’s shocked to discover the property comes infested with werewolves.Confronted by a ruggedly handsome shifter who begs her to continue her cutting edge research into the wolves’ physical changes, Joanie unearths a sinister conspiracy that puts her own life in danger. And as she pushes hard to find the cure, shadowy figures will do anything to make sure she never develops a treatment… including resorting to murder.Can Joanie end the wolfish disease before she’s next on a killer’s list?The Wolf’s Shadow is the first book in the pulse-pounding Lycanthropy Files urban fantasy series. If you like strong female characters, insidious cabals, and medical thriller-style storytelling, then you’ll love Cecilia Dominic’s hair-raising genre mashup.Buy The Wolf’s Shadow to claw your way to the truth today.
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Dark Horse
Maria’s hard-charging career in banking gets derailed when her ex steals a coveted promotion. When she confronts the local muscle about bad business debts, she begins to realize he might be the only one she can rely on.
Maria Henderson finds herself straightening out bad loans in rural Australia. Assuming her city-smarts will win the day, Maria is sure she’ll be back in Sydney within a year. But when she uncovers an avaricious ring of corruption, Maria must decide how far she will go to advance her career.
Tony Carpenter is back in town and trouble has followed him. Managing the local gym and helping troubled youth seems like a good way to leave his enforcer days behind. But when the new bank manager starts calling in bad debts, this former bike gang member is faced with a choice: confront his past or slide back into a life of crime.
Dark Horse is the first book in the Brooksdale Australian country town thriller series. If you like resolute heroes, intrigue, and enduring spirit, then you'll love J.D. Underwood’s gritty rural thriller.
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Outbreak Company: Volume 14
HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE SHINICHI?On the other side of a wormhole connected to Japan is a fantasy world called the Holy Eldant Empire. A guy named Shinichi is the general manager of Amutech, a company established to foster cultural exchange there—otaku culture, that is! Lately, Shinichi has gone back to his old shut-in ways because—well, if you’d been through what he has, wouldn’t you? Minori’s trying everything she can to get him to come out of his cave, but in the meantime, the world outside the mansion is… under existential threat?!Shinichi’s not the only one with a tale to tell, though: everyone’s favorite cross-dresser Hikaru and the lizardman couple Brooke and Cerise also feature in the second Outbreak Company short story collection!
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The World's Least Interesting Master Swordsman: Volume 2
Master Suiboku's given Sansui his blessing, so in addition to guarding his mistress, Lady Douve, he's now offering instruction in swordsmanship. Not only is he teaching his fellow Japanese transferee Saiga and the foreign prince Tahlan, but he's somehow found himself teaching the city's ne'er-do-wells and the Royal Guard. Meanwhile, House Caputo, a Great House of the Arcana Kingdom, is fighting a war with the Kingdom's neighboring nation. Evidently, the army invading the Caputo lands is equipped with cheat items, but House Caputo's got a cheat of their own up their sleeve.
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WATARU!!! The Hot-Blooded Fighting Teen & His Epic Adventures After Stopping a Truck with His Bare Hands!! Volume 2
Your favorite truck-stopping, world-hopping, Demon Lord-defeating, hot-blooded fighting teen isn’t going to let a flying lizard get in the way of his quest to fight his way to the top of this fantasy world! By request of the king himself, Wataru is on an epic journey to vanquish a mighty dragon... but he has to collect all six magical orbs before he can do that, of course!Collecting these orbs would be a piece of cake for our amazing hero, if not for constant interruptions for hot dogs, a murder mystery, the greedy TCG industry, and more!
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The Combat Baker and Automaton Waitress: Volume 4
Lud is exhausted from Tockerbrot's booming business when he receives a request to bake savory breads for the Thanksgiving festival. Meanwhile, Hildegard of the Schutzstaffel and a covert operative called the Wolf Man come to Organbaelz to assassinate Lud. But Sven easily sees through Hilde's disguise and the two ne'er-do-wells are captured. Then Lud asks the Wolf Man if he knows how to bake bread...
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Sci-fi žáner poznáme aj pod pojmom vedecko-fantastická literatúra, poprípade science fiction. V týchto dielach sa dostaneme do budúcnosti, pričom dej sa opiera o súčasnú vedu, techniku a o predpoklady jej ďalšieho vývoja. Medzi hlavné témy sci-fi patrí pokročilá veda a technológia, prieskum vesmíru, cestovanie v čase, paralelné vesmíry a mimozemský život. Sci-fi má pravdepodobne svoje korene v antickej mytológii. Súvisí s fantasy, hororom a fikciou o superhrdinoch. Sci-fi v literatúre, filme, televízii a iných médiách sa stala populárnou a vplyvnou vo veľkej časti sveta. Nazýva sa tiež „literatúra myšlienok“ a často skúma potenciálne dôsledky vedeckých, sociálnych a technologických inovácií.
Medzi najznámejších autorov sci-fi žánru patrí Isaac Asimov, Octavia E. Butler, Arthur C. Clarke, William Gibson, Herbert Frank, Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Margaret Atwoodová a Karel Čapek.
Fantasy literatúra sa zaoberá fiktívnymi svetmi, bytosťami a udalosťami Tento žáner obsahuje prvky nadprirodzena, mágie, mýtov, legend a imaginárnych bytostí, ako sú napríklad draci, víly, čarodejníci, orkovia a ďalší.
Fantasy literatúra vytvára bohaté a detailné fiktívne svety, ktoré sa líšia od realistického prostredia. Príbehy z tohto žánru sa často zameriavajú na hrdinské cesty, dobrodružstvá, boje medzi dobrom a zlom, epické konflikty a príbehy o nadprirodzených schopnostiach a magických predmetoch. Fantasy literatúra má dlhú a bohatú históriu, pričom mnohé jej klasické diela vznikli už v 19. a 20. storočí.
K najznámejším autorom fantasy pattrí J. R. R. Tolkien, autor kultového fantasy Pán prsteňov. Určite poznáte tiež J.K. Rowlingovú, ktorá vytvorila zázračný svet Harryho Pottera.ďalšími známymi autormi sú napríklad George R.R. Martin a jeho Pieseň ľadu a ohňa známejšia pod názvom sfilmovaného seriálu Hry o tróny, C.S. Lewis, ktorá napísal Kroniky Narnie, Terry Pratchett, Ursula K. Le Guin, či Robert Jordan.
