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Atlas volume 3
Language
English
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Vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment, six Alexandrians grapple with the ethics of their astronomical abilities while the outside world mobilizes to destroy them, forcing them to decide what they're willing to betray for limitless power and who will be destroyed along the way.
Author
Series
(David Eric),Reincarnationist Papers volume 2
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Evan Michaels is in a new life as a Syrian refugee. When memories of his former lives lead him back to Zurich, headquarters of his fellow reincarnationists, the Cognomina, he must reacquire their trust.
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"In the second installment of Juno Dawson's "irresistable" fantasy trilogy (Lana Harper), a group of childhood friends and witches must choose between what is right and what is easy if they have any hope of keeping their coven--and their world--from tearing apart forever. Niamh Kelly is dead. Her troubled twin, Ciara, now masquerades as the benevolent witch as Her Majesty's Royal Coven prepares to crown her High Preistess. Suffering from amnesia,...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old queer Indian American, Maya, who falls for her white, wealthy, and complicated female classmate, Juneau, is asked to join a secret society of artists, vandals, and mischief-makers who fight for justice at their school.
Author
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"As the Soul Society's secrets are brought to light in the mysterious figure of Hikone Ubugino, the full terror of Tokinada Tsunayashiro's plan is revealed. Shuhei Hisagi must grasp the true ability of his zanpaku-to and the meaning of its name. Can a single blade sever the consequences of death?"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Convergence saga volume 2
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The world has undergone many changes in the years since monsters came out of the shadows. An anti-monster group known as the Black Hand has started to organize across the United States. In response, pro-monster organizations have been growing in numbers and militancy. Targeted killings of suspected monsters and their allies, monsters spirited away in the dead of night, and the beginnings of pro-monster legislation are all signs of a cosmic shift on...
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books / Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The single greatest work of art in the world is not in the Louvre or The Met, or in any private collection. In fact, its whereabouts are unknown. Once in a long while, a child is born possessing the rarest of gifts, the innate ability to feel impossible beauty, to recognize priceless works of art. When such a child is discovered, a 250-year-old secret organization called Our World trains them to acquire the greatest works of art through theft, bribery,...
10) Zhara
Author
Series
Guardians of Dawn volume 1
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Forbidden from practicing magic and burdened by her responsibilities, Jin Zhara's life takes an unexpected turn when she becomes involved with the Guardians of Dawn, a group dedicated to fighting a demonic plague that is corrupting magicians.
Magic is forbidden throughout the Morning Realms. Magicians are called abomination, and blamed for the plague of monsters that razed the land twenty years before. Jin Zhara already had enough to worry about--appease...
12) Darius
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Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Darius, son of Marklon, isn't looking for love the night destiny comes to claim him. He's also not interested in crashing his new car. But when a human woman runs out into the road and he must swerve to avoid killing her...everything goes off course. Disillusioned by his King's lack of leadership and the losses in the war against the Lessening Society, Darius finds purpose in protecting a woman he cannot make his own. Love finds a way, however--until...
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"You can only hold the darkness back so long. For hundreds of years the magic order has protected the human race. Now Victor Korne is assembling a legion in the shadows and wants to enslave humanity to the dark wizards once again."--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"There's a reason you've never seen a ghost ... it's called The Magic Order. Five families of wizards from all around the world, living among us as teachers and paramedics, cab drivers and checkout assistants. By day they hold down regular jobs. By night they secretly protect us from what's lurking under our beds. The Magic Order 3 is a brand new story as the wizards go to Asia. The perfect jumping-on-point for new readers."-- cover page 4.
15) Jungle juice: 1
Publisher
Ize Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"PREY VS. PREDATOREvery society has its hierarchy, and college student Suchan Jang is at the top of the human one. But despite his popularity and charisma, he has a secret that keeps him from getting close with others—under his clothes lies a pair of dragonfly wings! And when he’s forced to expose them to save the girl he likes, Suchan suddenly finds himself plummeting to the bottom of the food chain. It is then, alone and at his lowest point,...
Publisher
WEBTOON Unscrolled
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"When Cadis Etrama Di Raizel or Rai, as he is known, awakens after 820 years, he discovers a modern world he simply doesn't understand. Once an extremely powerful member of the Nobles, a race of nearly immortal and powerful creatures, Rai decides to start again as a high school student at Ye Ran High School, founded by his former servant Frankenstein, who is somehow still alive after all these centuries. Frankenstein's goal--to help his powerful,...
Author
Publisher
Molino
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Si te fijas lo suficiente en las fotografías antiguas, estamos allí en el fondo: curanderos en las trincheras; sufragistas; oráculos de Bletchley Park; muchachas de la tierra y combatientes de la resistencia. ¿Por qué ayudamos en tiempos de crisis? Tenemos un regalo. Somos más fuertes que los mundanos, simple y llanamente. En los albores de su adolescencia, en la víspera del solsticio de verano, cuatro jóvenes, Helena, Leonie, Niamh y Elle,...
18) Lassiter
Author
Series
Black Dagger Brotherhood. Main series volume 21
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A fallen angel finds love with a mysterious female -- who could be his destiny -- or the embodiment of his utter destruction.
Author
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Disgraced fire chief Syrah Carthan, when another devastating wildfire breaks out, is pulled back into action, discovers an underground secret society that could save or destroy the world, forcing her to make a choice between human loyalty and preserving the delicate balance of nature.
20) The ritual
Author
Publisher
Shantel Tessier
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The chosen one. Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all--the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one. I vow. You vow. We vow. People think growing up with money is freeing, but I promise you, it's not. My entire life has been planned out for me. I never got the...
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