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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The bestselling, award-winning author of The Power delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it. When Martha Einkorn fled her father's isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling everything. Now, she's surrounded by mega-rich companies designing private...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Sid lives in a tourist town where magic lies buried beneath the earth, but other than that, has a completely ordinary existence, until one day her brother goes missing and the ground opens up, unleashing the magic and zombies within.
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old American, Wren, is stranded in England when news of an impending world-ending comet causes global chaos, but when she meets a runaway prince with an agenda of his own, she realizes he might be her only chance of getting home in time to say goodbye.
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Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In her quest to confront the gods and save a crumbling empire, Deka must find the source of her divinity before her mortal body deteriorates, leading her and her friends to a new realm that unveils a heart-wrenching choice: become a god and lose her loved ones, or trigger the world's destruction.
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press, Triangle Square Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
James, a senior in high school, channels his energy into aiding a struggling LGBTQ+ youth support group and going to punk shows with his friends, until he falls for Orsino, a telepathic trans boy whose visions of impending doom challenge James's limited perception of what is possible.
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The sun has disappeared from the sky. No one can explain where it has gone, but one wayward traveler is determined to try. As our unnamed narrator begins his odyssey across the parched landscapes of the American Southwest, he is drawn into a web of illusion and mystery, a shifting astral mindscape that shimmers with the aftermath of loss--and the promise of redemption. Oh God, the Sun Goes is a hallucinatory and deadpan picaresque that suddenly swerves...
8) Pestilence
Author
Series
Four horsemen (Laura Thalassa) volume 1
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When Pestilence, the first of the horsemen, comes for Sara Burn's town, one thing is certain: everyone she knows and loves is marked for death. Unless, of course, the angelic-looking horseman is stopped, which is exactly what Sara has in mind when she shoots the unholy beast off his steed. Too bad no one told her Pestilence can't be killed. Alive and furious, the horseman takes Sara prisoner, determined to make her suffer for impeding his mission....
9) War
Author
Series
Four horsemen (Laura Thalassa) volume 2
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The day Jerusalem falls, Miriam Elmahdy knows her life is over. Houses are burning, the streets run red with blood, and a traitorous army is massacring every last resident. There is no surviving this, especially not once Miriam catches the eye of War himself. But when the massive and terrifying horseman corners Miriam, he calls her his wife, and instead of killing her, he takes her back to his camp. Now Miriam faces a terrifying future, one where...
10) Death
Author
Series
Four horsemen (Laura Thalassa) volume 4
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The day Death comes to Lazarus Gaumond's town and kills everyone in one fell swoop, the last thing he expects to see is one woman left alive and standing. But Lazarus has an extraordinary gift: she cannot be killed. Not by humans, not by the elements, not by Death himself. She is the one soul Death doesn't recognize. The one soul he cannot pry free from her flesh. Nor can he ignore the unsettling desire he has for her. And the longer she tries to...
Publisher
Canary Street Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When an international warning siren accidentally goes off, convincing everyone that a meteor shower may just be the end of life as they know it, six couples--friends, exes, crushes and rivals--must take shelter. Inhibitions are abandoned, confessions are made and love blossoms, but what happens when the world doesn't end? Filled with humor, heat and hope, this riveting collection of interconnected multicultural stories by acclaimed authors Lane Clarke,...
13) Famine
Author
Series
Four horsemen (Laura Thalassa) volume 3
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Ana da Silva always assumed she'd die young, she just never expected it to be at the hands of Famine, the haunting immortal who once spared her life so many years ago. But if the horseman remembers her at all, he must not care, for when she comes face to face with him for the second time in her life, she's stabbed and left for dead. Only, she doesn't quite die. If there's one thing Famine is good at, it's cruelty. And how these blighted bastards...
14) Fire force: 28
Series
Fire Force volume 28
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Shinra vanishes into Adolla along with the other Pillars, while the remaining Fire Force members rush to Amaterasu to prevent the Great Cataclysm and the world's destruction. Thus begins the ultimate showdown with the White Clad cult!"--Provided by publisher.
Series
Doomsday with my dog volume 4
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A high school girl, the last human on Earth, and her loyal canine companion make their way through the prefectures of postapocalyptic Japan, taking in the spectacular sights and meeting the locals, from the furry to the intimidating to the outright bizarre! After all, when there's no destination, the journey is all the fun!"--
Author
Series
Skulduggery Pleasant volume 18
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A small town in the middle of Ireland, a string of unexplained deaths and a monster on the loose. Better call in the experts. When Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain drive into Termoncara, they discover a town with a dark past and a people haunted by their own secrets. There is a creature stalking the streets - a creature who delights in cruelty, who feeds off the little hatreds, who grows stronger with every drop of blood spilled."--Amazon....
Series
Doomsday with my dog volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When a lone high school girl decided to hole up in her room with her trusty canine companion, she never could've dreamed they would become a pair of adventurers exploring everything postapocalyptic Japan has to offer! Whether they're enjoying a barbecue with Anubis or trying to survive a night in a haunted mansion, life after doomsday is one heck of a roller coaster--and this duo is strapped in for the ride!"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Seven courses, seven guests, twenty-four hours that will obliterate everything. When recent NYC transplant Liz Brinkley and her husband are invited to an exclusive soiree by their neighbor, 'lifestyle guru' Britta Harris-Che, Liz's immediate thought is hell no. Britta is insufferable, and Liz is wary to leave her young children with a barely teenage babysiter.And yet she RSVPs anyway, trying to extend an olive branch to her withdrawing husband, who...
19) 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!"--...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After trumpets of the apocalypse proclaim the fall of humanity, vampires arise from the shadows to rule the earth. Yuichiro wants just one thing--to get revenge by killing each and every vampire. Yuichiro is forced to make a terrible decision--his family's lives, or Mika's. Mika tries to convince him to choose his family, forcing the two into a heart-wrenching argument. What will Yuichiro ultimately decide? Meanwhile, Urd and Rígr have captured...
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