Z Thornbrook and her pixie cousins are all dressed up with somewhere to go. Major Winters is taking them to meet his bosses and the people who sign off on whether the OIP gets to stay or if they're all out of a job.
They will need to be on their best behavior if they don't want to get shipped back to Oriceran. Easier said than done.
Especially when the pixies realize General Lark is the same Lark whose papers they stole from the bank and is on a list of partners for Arbitum.
That can't be good. Not good at all. Does Winters know?
The pixies try to be cool, but it's hard for them to be on their best behavior. They're on pixie behavior-PANIC MODE ACTIVATED-until they get out of there and get back to base.
Time for the pixies and their squad to form a plan and put an end to Arbitum for good.
Will they be able to do it before Arbitum and a dark wizard carry out their nefarious plans?
As autumn arrives, so too does the harvest festival, and everyone is in a celebratory mood. Dwarf Shaman, Priestess, and even Female Knight help with preparations for the revelries, but Guild Girl has her eyes fixed on an even greater prize--a date with Goblin Slayer! With no goblins around, the awkward adventurer has no reason to refuse, but where does that leave his old friend Cow Girl...? Emotional entanglements are in the air, but Goblin Slayer senses some menace lurking behind these seemingly peaceful days...
The SUNDAY TIMES bestselling series continues…
Praise for world of THREADNEEDLE
‘Enthralling and original fantasy’
Jay Kristoff, SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of NEVERNIGHT and EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE
Anna survived the attempt to bind her magic, but Anna and her coven aren’t free from danger yet.
Haunted by her aunt’s death, living in fear of her curse, and fated to love the one man she can never have, the last thing Anna needs is a witch hunt. Now she must conceal her magic once more or risk losing everything.
But when deadly hysteria strikes across the capital, and in her own school, the coven are left dangerously exposed. Delving deeper into the magical underworld of London, Anna and her twin sister Effie must find a way to work together to protect the coven.
But as the witch hunt intensifies and the hysteria spirals out of control, can Effie and Anna truly trust each other?
Deadly wolves attack throughout the kingdom of Belbidia, while the king's wife-to-be has been kidnapped. For both of these, the Barony of Torra Alta is blamed. The heroes must face magic and blood in their quests to avenge the wrongs done to them and restore the Trinity of priestesses.
Serpent and Dove meets A Discovery of Witches in this magical, forbidden romance debut.
He was an Empyreal, her greatest threat, her greatest fascination. Everything she’d been warned against. And yet she wanted him, still.
Nicole Palmer’s secret powers are invaluable. As an Empyreal, she harbours the ability to destroy dangerous creatures, an ability The Wake -a shadowy organisation that governs all supernatural creatures- will stop at no lengths to weaponize. Dormant for now, Nicole knows if her powers were to be triggered she’d suffer the same deadly fate as her mother.
To stay safe from The Wake and find a final encoded message from her mother, Nicole secures a role researching the supernatural art collection at the local Cornish manor. But when Kyan McCarter, The Wake’s most skilled Empyreal and perhaps Nicole’s greatest enemy, is stationed there to track a deadly creature, they are forced to work together to stop a painting falling into the wrong hands.
As their hunt for the creature progresses,it threatens to expose Nicole’s powers, and her tenuous alliance with Kyan begins to threaten her heart. If Nicole’s true identity is revealed, Kyan will hunt her next. No one disobeys The Wake and survives. Especially when the art they’re seeking could hold the key to a conspiracy that would change the lives of creatures and humans forever …
When the sins of the past return to haunt the skies, can Claire stop the floating city's final descent before all is lost in the darkness below?
In the floating citadel of Summerland, Claire Voyhent thought her biggest challenge was keeping the city in the sky. But as she descends into the vampire metropolises below, she uncovers a threat that endangers not just her home among the clouds, but the entire Gravitium world.
Gene-spliced monstrosities, covert pacts between mortal enemies, and genetic conspiracies that entangle man and monster alike-Claire finds herself ensnared in a web of intrigue that spans the vertical landscape.
To save Summerland and the surface below, she must unite vampires, werewolves, and her own motley crew of heroes against this looming menace. But with betrayal lurking in every shadow, will her tenuous alliances withstand the coming storm?
Or will darkness consume them all?
FROM A CLASH OF SWORDS, AN UNSHAKABLE BOND
Springtime at Kimberly Magic Academy brings a new batch of first-year students, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as they begin their journey to become full-fledged mages. Among these newcomers are Oliver Horn, a studious boy equally skilled with the wand and the blade, and Nanao Hibiya, a strong-willed samurai girl from the distant nation of Yamatsu. The wheels of fate bring these two souls together at Kimberly, where they become both comrades and rivals in equal measure. However, lurking within the academy’s halls are countless dangers and dark secrets guaranteed to threaten not only their friendship—but their very lives...
The great war with the Wyrmling Hordes is over, and mankind has lost. Lord Despair has gathered an army of fell creatures, planning to unleash them like a wildfire across the stars.
Those who oppose him know that the battle is all but lost. Though they stand against the darkness, they cannot hope to win with arms. Indeed, they stand against him armed with little more than principles.
Fallion and Tuul Ra, with only a handful of allies, must hope that with resolve and cunning alone they can win the day-before darkness closes upon them forever.
A Slayer's apprentice in peril. A deadly tournament. Roxy and her crew will risk it all to emerge victorious.
Roxy just wants her old job back, but destiny has other plans. The Slayers made their wishes clear, and now she's back to hustling repair jobs while dodging job offers from a certain prince. But her peaceful life doesn't last for long. O'Malley is still out there, and this time, he's pulled Roxy's old apprentice, Finn, into the Pit for a deadly tournament.
When Roxy's sensei tells her to get back in the game, she knows she can't say no. Joined by Cordelia and Dario, they set out to fight their way through the Pit to free Finn and claim the prize. But the stakes are high. The life of a Slayer trainee and the soul of the Drowned City Pack are on the line.
As Roxy and the gang enter the Pit, they quickly realize that they're in for a wild ride. They must battle fierce opponents, face dangerous challenges, and Roxy must tap into the heart of her Breaker magic to win the day and risk revealing her secret to all.
But Roxy is not one to give up easily. She and her friends are determined to succeed. Will they be able to free Finn and take the prize, or will they fall to their enemies?
The eighth book of this dark urban fantasy series follows necromancer Eric Carter through a world of vengeful gods and goddesses, mysterious murders, and restless ghosts.
If there's one thing Eric Carter can count on, it's his past coming back to bite him in the ass.
Gabriela Cortez, La Bruja, has had her soul trapped . . . somewhere, and the only one who knows how to get it back is the Oracle of Las Vegas, a powerful artifact that Carter helped create almost thirty years before. It doesn't just predict the future-it makes things happen, influencing events to reach the goal it wants.
Only somebody's gone and stolen it, attempting to turn it into an artifact that doesn't just change the future, but also the past.
Eric needs to find it and steal it back before this comes to pass. If he doesn't, Gabriela's soul is lost. And quite possibly the future as well.
The ninth book of this dark urban fantasy series follows necromancer Eric Carter through a world of vengeful gods and goddesses, mysterious murders, and restless ghosts.
Eric Carter has a lot on his plate.
He's hunting the Oracle of Las Vegas, a literal talking head that manipulates the future to make its prophecies come true. But it has a new trick. It can change the past, too.
Now Jazz Age Los Angeles is invading the present. Long gone buildings suddenly restored, decommissioned Red Car trains appearing on paved over tracks, miles of the city changing back to orange groves.
Throw in a hundred-year-old doomsday cult, time magic, and a terrifyingly powerful spell to raise the dead and it makes for a busy week. Carter knows the Oracle is behind it all but he can't figure out how. Or why.
But he better figure it out soon or he, the city, and everyone he knows might be wiped from existence.
Cult Classic is noir urban fantasy at its finest, with a cutting voice, sharp wit, and a plot that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
The last semester of classes for Sophie Briggs at The School of Roots and Vines is racing to the end. A confrontation and battle with the Serpent, Azdaja, is fast approaching.
The legendary Thicket Hall is dying and no matter what the Defenders do, they can only slow the ancient tree's death, not stop it.
Could its end lead to a new beginning?
If the Defenders can defeat the Serpent. Then death can lead to new life.
Graduation, a wedding, a death, a rebirth, and an even bigger surprise await Sophie, Marcus, and the Defenders.
Will they be able to put an end to Azdaja for good and use their powers to replant Thicket Hall in time for the next students? Will the School of Roots and Vines survive?
