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1) Island witch
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Being the daughter of the village Capuwa, or demon-priest, Amara is used to keeping mostly to herself. Influenced by the new religious practices brought in by the British Colonizers, the villagers who once respected her father's craft have turned on the family. Yet, they all still seem to call on him whenever supernatural disturbances arise. Now someone-or something-is viciously seizing upon men in the jungle. But instead of enlisting Amara's father's...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Dami, a nonbinary former demonio, must cancel every deal they have ever made in order to tether their soul to earth and remain human, but first they must help a boy named Silas find Captain Kidd's treasure and break a family curse.
Author
Series
Adam Binder novels volume 3
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Adam Binder has lost what matters most to him. Having finally learned the true identity of the warlock preying on his family, what was supposed to be a final confrontation with the fiend instead became a trap that sent Adam's beloved Vicente into the realm of the dead, where none living are meant to be. Bound by debt, oath, and love, Adam blazes his own trail into the underworld to get Vicente back, and to end the threat of the warlock once and for...
Author
Publisher
Jay Bower
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From demons to cannibals... Fifteen horrific tales explore vast landscapes of terror whether it's the woods at the end of the street or the icy reaches of space. Nothing is off limits. Fear creeps through the tales and threatens to make the nightmares a reality. Delve into Hanging Corpses and prepare to commune with the dead. They await your company."--
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Ford and Neuland are paranormal mercenaries--one living, one undead; one of them kills the undead, the other kills the living. When a job goes bad in New York, they head west to wait for the heat to cool down. There, a young woman named Tilda Rosenbloom hires them on behalf of wealthy landowner, Shepherd Mansfield, to track and kill a demon haunting a mansion in remote northern California. As Ford and Neuland investigate the creature they uncover...
Author
Series
Last Finestra volume 2
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Dante and Alessa face their most daunting challenge yet when the Gods demand they prove their worth by choosing the ultimate sacrifice to save humanity, once and for all.
Six months after saving their island from destruction and almost losing Dante, Alessa is ready to live happily ever after with her former bodyguard. But Dante can't rest, haunted by a conviction that the gods aren't finished with them yet. And without his powers, the next kiss from...
Author
Series
Mead mishaps volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Spice trader Cinnamon's quiet life is turned upside down when she ends up on a quest with a fiery demon, in this irreverently quirky rom-com fantasy that is sweet, steamy, and funny as hell. All she wanted to do was live her life in peace--maybe get a cat, expand the family spice farm. Really, anything that didn't involve going on an adventure where an orc might rip her face off. But they say the goddess has favorites, and if so, Cin is clearly not...
Series
Chainsaw Man volume 14
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Asa and Denji are going on a date to the aquarium! Asa just wants to seduce Denji to turn him into a weapon, but Denji might have other ideas. Will they ruin the date with their extreme social awkwardness, or will a surprise attack by a devil be the culprit?"--
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"As the Clover Kingdom reacts to the news of Asta's apparent death, the young magicless knight awakens in the mysterious Land of the Sun. Can he survive the hard training there and gain a new power that can challenge Lucius?"--
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Even after Chiyo tells Ryou that she can't bring back the dead, Ryou finds himself unable to abandon his true desires. He sets out once more to learn what exactly Haru, the wish-granting demon with his cousin's face, is. The wheel of fate begins to turn, and Yuu and Chiyo find themselves at the center of it all... Yuu is now living with his new big sister -- an inhuman being he encountered in his uncle's basement! Little by little, their bond seems...
12) Fire force: 30
Series
Fire Force volume 30
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The Great Cataclysm has begun! Deadly battle erupts across the land, pitting the Special Fire Force against the harbingers of destruction! A doppelganger of Rekka appears before Company 1, sparking new despair. Shaken by this cruel reunion, Karim will have to make a difficult choice. Meanwhile, Arthur and Vulcan face the ultimate test to get back to Yū, who has been possessed by Dr. Giovanni. The final confrontation between knight and dragon looms!"--...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Summer's come to Kimetsu Academy, but the chaos sure isn't taking a break! The discovery of a lost cat on campus turns into a race to escape from Giyu's bamboo sword, and Inosuke gets it in his head that--with an egg and a hole--he can hatch his very own hot spring! Afterward, Genya risks his life (and a mountain of watermelons) to ace his math test, Nezuko goes ghost hunting, and Tanjiro and Zenitsu help search for the perfect gift for a pizza delivery...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Kimetsu Academy, a school attended by the most exceptional students you've ever seen! This comedic spin-off of international smash hit Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba pits Tanjiro, Nezuko, and all the rest of the Demon Slayer Corps against the trials and tribulations of student life. Zenitsu is late for class, and the only thing between him and Giyu's bamboo sword is one good excuse. Next, when Inosuke, Murata, and Zenitsu fail their midterm,...
15) Solo leveling: 8
Series
Solo leveling (Manga) volume 8
Publisher
Ize Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"After his victory on Jeju Island, the top guilds are all clamoring to recruit Jinwoo Sung, the strongest S-rank hunter and the hero of Korea--a far cry from the hapless E-rank hunter he used to be. As exciting as each new development is, however, Jinwoo's eager to finally get some answers, so an invitation from the system to return to the double dungeon that changed his life is a welcome opportunity. He'll have to put the visit on the back burner,...
Series
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian arrive at a desolate city where the bodies of massacred clan members rest uneasily in their graves. A cold case here once shocked the major cultivation clans?and the murderer may still be at large. But to rescue the junior clan members trapped in the city, the two men must battle their way through fierce corpses that Wei Wuxian can?t control. Who created this ghost town in the first place, defying the edict of the founder...
17) Fire force: 29
Series
Fire Force volume 29
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Doomsday Approaches, the turn of Amaterasu's key marks the beginning of the Great Cataclysm and the world's destruction. In the absence of Shinra and the other pillars, Company 8 holds a defensive line at Amaterasu, while the White Clad cult's onslaught continues unabated. Charon stakes his own life on one final release of power. Will his ultimate attack advance the doomsday clock further still? If the purifying of the apocalypse are fueled by despair,...
Series
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Seeking the truth behind Xiao Xingchen's death, Wei Wuxian uses the dangerous power of "Empathy" to gaze into the past. He discovers that years ago, the newly blinded Xiao Xingchen journeyed to the remote countryside, where he and a girl named A-Qing became inseparable. Unfortunately, the peace they found together did not last--everything changed after they saved a mortally wounded man. That man was Xue Yang, a villain who used charm to hide his...
19) Fire Force: 32
Series
Fire Force volume 32
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"HARBINGERS OF DESPAIR The Special Fire Force face off against the mightiest doppelgangers yet! Tamaki must confront the doppelganger of Assault, the "Bloody Fire Blast" who once fell to her "lucky lecher lure." Meanwhile, a Benimaru doppelganger descends upon Kurono, pitting ultimate might against ultimate madness in a fight to the death! And at long last, the Kusakabe brothers head into battle, to stop the Great Cataclysm and save the world!"--Amazon....
Series
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After a brush with a renegade deity, Lan Wangji invites Wei Wuxian back to the Lan Clan of Gusu. But Lan Wangji seems different from the young man Wei Wuxian used to know. This Lan Wangji keeps a secret stash of alcohol, puts up with all manner of shenanigans, and even lets Wei Wuxian lie on top of him for an entire night! What happened to the Lan Zhan who fought with Wei Wuxian over a jug of wine and berated him for slacking off? Travel back to...
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