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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...
3) Ebony gate
Author
Series
Phoenix hoard volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle's Ebony Gate is a female John Wick story with dragon magic set in contemporary San Francisco's Chinatown. Emiko Soong belongs to one of the eight premier magical families of the world. But Emiko never needed any magic. Because she is the Blade of the Soong Clan. Or was. Until she's drenched in blood in the middle of a market in China, surrounded by bodies and the scent of blood and human waste as a lethal perfume. The Butcher...
Author
Publisher
Matador
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Whatever happened to Igor? Following decades of torture at the hands of his cruel master Victor Frankenstein, the once-downtrodden and pathetic Igor finally rises up and walks out on Victor, in the hope of finding a fulfilling life-less-ordinary elsewhere. Instead, something wicked his way came, and Igor finds his way to Castlemaine, an accursed village nestled deep in the Carpathian Mountains, where terrors stalk the waking world and ale is more...
Series
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Officially in English for the first time: the modern fantasy danmei/Boys' Love trilogy about gods, ghosts, and supernatural investigations! Zhao Yunlan heads up a covert division of the Ministry of Public Security that deals with the strange and unusual, blurring the line between the mortal realm and the Netherworld. His cocky, casual attitude conceals both a sharp mind and an arsenal of mystical tools and arcane knowledge. While investigating a gruesome...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A deserted shipwreck off the coast of Iceland holds terrors and dark secrets in this chilling horror novel from the author of The Lighthouse Witches. The year is 1901, and Nicky is attacked, then wakes on board the Ormen, a whaling ship embarked on what could be its last voyage. With land still weeks away, it's just her, the freezing ocean, and the crew -- and they're all owed something only she can give them... Now, over one hundred years later,...
Series
Ice guy and the cool girl volume 3
Publisher
Square Enix Manga & Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sparks fly between the handsome descendant of a snow spirit and the oblivious coworker he has a crush on! A romantic comedy in an office setting that takes coworkers to lovers to new heights within a winter wonderland of emotions! Himuro, the descendant of a snow spirit, is falling for his cool and aloof coworker, Fuyutsuki. As they begin to spend time together outside of the office as well—going skiing and even playing video games together—their...
8) Dazzling
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Treasure and her mother lost everything when Treasure's father died. Haggling for scraps in the market, Treasure meets a man who promises to change their fortunes, but his feet are hovering just a few inches above the ground. He's a spirit, and he promises to bring Treasure's beloved father back to life if she'll do one terrible thing for him first.Ozoemena has an itch in the middle of her back. It's an itch that speaks to her patrilineal destiny,...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A captivating collection of ghost stories from "one of the most gifted writers working today" (New York Times), Night Side of the River is as ingeniously provocative as it is downright spooky. In this delightfully chilling collection, the iconic Jeanette Winterson turns her fearless gaze to the realm of ghosts, interspersing her own encounters with the supernatural alongside hair-raising fictions. Lifting the veil between the living and the dead,...
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?"--
Series
The summer Hikaru died volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Yoshiki tried to pretend nothing was wrong, but the truth cannot be ignored. Hikaru is gone. This new "Hikaru" might be dangerous. But "Hikaru" seems to want nothing more than to befriend and protect Yoshiki. Despite Rie's warnings, Yoshiki decides to extend the hand of friendship, hoping it will help "Hikaru" become more human. But in doing so, what might Yoshiki become?"--
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
With the ability to see when a person's spirit leaves their body, Wilhelmina Price takes a job at her lifelong friend Edison's family estate to investigate a maid's death.
Wilhelmina Price has a dubious reputation in the village of Thrush's Green. Ever since her mother's untimely death, she has been able to see a person's spirit leaving their body days or hours before they die. Wil has never been able to prevent these deaths, so her unusual skill...
Series
Ice guy and the cool girl volume 1
Publisher
Square Enix Manga & Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Himuro is a modern-day ice god, an ordinary office worker who just so happens to be the descendant of a snow spirit. He's also besotted with his coworker Fuyutsuki, who's a little unusual herself. At first glance, the pair both seem to be calm, cool, and collected. But beneath Himuro's icy good looks rages a passionate blizzard of love! On the other hand, his coworker's cool facade belies nothing about any feelings she might have for Himuro in return--because...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Broke young man + chainsaw demon = Chainsaw Man! Denji was a small-time devil hunter just trying to survive in a harsh world. After being killed on a job, he is revived by his pet devil Pochita and becomes something new and dangerous--Chainsaw Man! Meet awkward high school student Asa Mitaka. She may have trouble getting along with her fellow students and the class pet devil chicken, but Asa has something special going for her. And it may lead her...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Fumi Nishioka lives with Kyutaro Horikita and his family of 'Sweepers', people who specialize in cleaning the minds of those overcome by negative energy and harmful spirits. Fumi has always displayed mysterious abilities, but will those powers be used for evil when she begins to truly awaken as a Queen? ... At Seichi, the Holy Ground of the Old Byakko Clan, a dangerous ghost attacks and seriously injures Kyutaro! Is Fumi strong enough to heal him?...
Series
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun volume 10
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"If Nene and Kou want to return to their own world, they have to kill “Amane Yugi” and “Sousuke Mitsuba”— or rather, the versions of them living within the canvas of No. 4’s boundary. Faced with that cruel choice, Nene instead proposes a way to escape from this fake world to the boy she can’t help but call “Hanako-kun.” At the same time, Kou tries to win over Mitsuba...but just who exactly is this “Mitsuba”?!"--
Author
Series
Gods of night and day volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"The first in a new epic fantasy series from David R. Slayton, Dark Moon, Shallow Sea is a powerful story of divine betrayal, ghosts, and self-discovery, perfect for fans of the Dark Souls series or Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. When Phoebe, goddess of the moon, is killed by the knights of the sun god, Hyperion, all who follow her are branded heretics. With Phoebe gone, the souls of the dead are no longer ferried to the underworld, and instead linger...
19) Piñata
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español, [2023]
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
"Carmen Sánchez está de regreso en su país de origen, México, supervisando la renovación de una antigua catedral en un hotel boutique. Sus hijas adolescentes, Izel y Luna, están con ella durante el verano y se fueron a pasar las tardes sin supervisión en una ciudad extranjera. Los lugareños tratan a las mujeres Sánchez como forasteras, mientras que los contratistas de Carmen desafían y sabotean abiertamente su trabajo. Después de un accidente...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Fumi Nishioka lives with Kyutaro Horikita and his family of 'Sweepers', people who specialize in cleaning the minds of those overcome by negative energy and harmful spirits. Fumi has always displayed mysterious abilities, but will those powers be used for evil when she begins to truly awaken as a Queen? Ten years ago, the Great Sickness of the Byakko Gate claimed Kyutaro's parents, and now the ghost of his mother Toko reveals what transpired! What...
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