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21) Wild Massive
Author
Publisher
Tordotcom, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to the Building, an infinitely tall skyscraper in the center of the multiverse, where any floor could contain a sprawling desert oasis, a cyanide rain forest, or an entire world. Carissa loves her elevator. Up and Down she goes, content with the sometimes chewy food her reality fabricator spits out, as long as it means she doesn't have to speak to another living person. But when a mysterious shapeshifter from an ambiguous world lands on top...
Author
Publisher
CamCat Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Skid doesn't believe in ghosts or time travel or any of that nonsense. A circus runaway-turned-bouncer, she believes in hard work, self-defense, and good strong coffee. Then one day an annoying theoretical physicist named Dave pops into the seat next to her at her least favorite Kansas City bar and disappears into thin air when she punches him (he totally deserved it). Now, street names are changing, Skid's favorite muffins are swapping frosting...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Taking place over three non-consecutive but vitally important days in the lives of Amy, Dan, and their three sons, Come with Me is searing, entertaining, and unexpected--a dark comedy that is ultimately a deeply romantic love story, one which takes place on infinite planes but ends in a single chord"--
24) After life
Author
Series
Blue bloods volume 8
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After defeating Lucifer and sacrificing the love of her life, Schuyler wakes up back in New York but soon discovers she is in an alternate reality where Lucifer is alive and well and she is the only person who can defeat him.
After defeating Lucifer and sacrificing Jack, the love of her life, Schuyler wakes up back in New York safe and sound. Only it's not quite the New York she knows-- and she's not in her regular body. She looks different, her...
25) Last exit
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Ten years ago, Zelda led a band of merry adventurers whose knacks let them travel to alternate realities and battle the black rot that threatened to unmake each world. Zelda was the warrior; Ish could locate people anywhere; Ramon always knew what path to take; Sarah could turn catastrophe aside. Keeping them all connected: Sal, Zelda's lover and the group's heart. Until their final, failed mission, when Sal was lost. When they all fell apart. Ten...
26) Havenfall
Author
Series
Havenfall volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Deep in the mountains of Colorado lies the Inn at Havenfall, a sanctuary that connects ancient worlds-- each with their own magic. For generations the inn has protected all who seek refuge within its walls, and any who disrupt the peace can never return. For Maddie Morrow, summers at the inn are an escape from reality, where her mother sits on death row accused of murdering Maddie's brother. It's where Maddie fell in love with handsome Fiorden soldier...
Author
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In this funny and poignant novel, two strangers learn that their soul mate might be both as close as breath and as distant as a star, from British Fantasy Award recipient Sarah Lotz. Bee thinks she has everything: a successful business repurposing wedding dresses, and friends who love and support her. She's given up on finding love, but that's fine. There's always Tinder. Nick thinks he has nothing: his writing career has stalled after early promise...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Stuck in neutral, Graham Patterson finds his decision to get tattooed by a brilliant tattoo artist in North Carolina setting off a series of extraordinary events that changes his life forever in ways he never could have imagined, including the opportunity to choose from three different lives"--
Graham Patterson's life has hit a dead end. His career as a comedian is failing. The love of his life recently broke up with him and he literally has no...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
I love you. In every world. Young real estate agent Madison May is shocked when a client at an open house says these words to her. The man, a stranger, seems to know far too much about her, and professes his love--shortly before he murders her. Felicity Staples, journalist for a midsize New York City paper, takes on the assignment to research Madison May's shocking murder, but the crime seems random and the suspect is in the wind. That is, until Felicity...
Author
Series
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Agent Raibert Kaminski and the crew of the Transtemporal Vehicle Kleio have made a shocking discovery out in the unknown reaches of the multiverse. They've stumbled across a temporal implosion that has claimed two whole universes, and neither Raibert nor his crew can figure out what caused this calamity other than it had something to do with reckless time travel. The Kleio speeds back to their home universe of SysGov with this dire report, but an...
31) God storm
Author
Series
Shadow frost volume 2
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Everything has a price. In the kingdom of Axaria, a darkness has fallen. After defeating the evil mother who summoned an immortal demon to kill her, newly coronated Queen Asterin Faelenhart should have every reason to celebrate. Her kingdom is safe, forbidden magic eradicated, and her friends are alive. Except Asterin's triumph has come at a devastating cost -- forced to choose between a lifelong friend and true love, she's lost both. But the shadows...
Series
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Granolah's fierce assault seems to have Gas on the ropes until the youngest Heeters member unleashes his inner nature, leading to an all-out assault like nothing any of our heroes have ever encountered before! But perhaps the key to defeating Gas has something to do with memories of Bardock, Goku's long-dead father?!"--Back cover.
33) Spin nulo
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
¿Puede un instante abarcar varios universos? CERN, Ginebra, 2021. En el acelerador de partículas más grande del mundo, el excéntrico Herman Hahn lidera un experimento que podría cambiar nuestra concepción del universo. Tras varios meses sin encontrar resultados, deberá coordinar un equipo de científios de primer nivel entre los que se encuentra el joven Ian Blom, un físico brillante que abandona París, sin su novia Corina, para incorporarse...
Author
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Enero Demico es una joven curiosa que vive en una extensa mansión llena de objetos y tesoros peculiares. Como la pupila del rico Sr. Locke, se siente un poco distinta a todo aquello que la rodea. Entre todos los artefactos que habitan la casa, Enero descubrirá un maravilloso libro: un libro que la llevará a otros mundos y que cuenta una historia repleta de puertas secretas, de amor, aventura y peligro. Cada vez que pase una de sus páginas se le...
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"It is a dark and stormy night ... when Haley sees a young man drowning in the river. Since her great passion is gothic romance novels, she seizes the moment and jumps i to rescue him, just like a true heroine. But when she gets him to safety, she finds herself in Willowweep. It certainly looks like the setting of one of her favorite books: a stately manor. A sinister housekeeper. Three brooding brothers. There's even an invisible ghost. Except Willowweep...
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"It's the final showdown for the multiverse! The Scooby Gang goes head-to-head with Silas, now on their own terms inside the high school. But when Buffy's memory is stolen, Willow, Kendra, Faith, and the others are left to fight him alone. With Buffy and Giles trapped in the memoryscape, things look grim, as their allies face Silas and the Lurkers in a desperate battle. But will Buffy be able to regain her memory and save her friends? Perhaps... through...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
""Hmm...I think it's time for a change in this lonely old man's life...but buying a cat? Too expensive. Oooh, this bird is adorable, though! I'll call him..." "Salutations, human. I am Piercarlo--the Starsage who hails from another world. I demand Kobe beef Chateaubriand for dinner. Should that not be possible, please remedy that situation immediately. Every ounce of magic I possess is at your service." "...Peeps! Huh? You can speak?! Sorry, Chateaubriand...
Series
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Ever since Goku became Earth's greatest hero and gathered the seven Dragon Balls to defeat the evil Boo, his life on Earth has grown a little dull. But new threats loom overhead, and Goku and his friends will have to defend the planet once again in this continuation of Akira Toriyama's best-selling series, Dragon Ball! Granolah and Goku's battle reaches its climax! And Granolah is willing to put his life on the line to take Vegeta down with him...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
""...How did I end up working for a secret government department that essentially functions as a psychic police force?! I only wanted to save that woman from a thug... Peeps, didn't you say there's no magic here?" "I did. But perhaps this world possesses something similar to magic that operates under a different set of rules." "Haah...I wish I could just focus on eating French's food and learning teleportation magic and doing business with the Hermann...
Author
Series
Lisa Cheese and Ghost Guitar volume 1
Publisher
Top Shelf Publishing, an imprint of IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Lisa Cheese moved to Earth City hoping to make a name for herself as a folk singer... but her very first open mic was a disaster, leaving her with a bionic arm and an identity crisis. Now she's starting a crummy office job, her parents back in their home dimension are laying on the guilt trip, her sister's acting smug, and the cool girl at the record store leaves her tongue-tied. But none of that will mater if the city's demonic new fast food chain...
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