Fantasy Patrick

With chaos comes opportunity. The world is at the brink of disaster, and the demigods want him dead. Derk knows the tribulations he faces force him into perilous situations, but with Tyla and Tasnia sworn to his side, he might save things yet. With new and unproven allies, plus a mysterious elf named Diane, now he must navigate intrigue and assassins to build his power enough to fend off those who pursue him. Should be simple, right? Nobody wins without taking a few risks, after all.

Cha Ming is back in Verdant Crossroads, and for now, his allies are safe. The Thread Seer has chosen to honor her promise and has begun crafting a new body for the Monkey King. Her seclusion has not gone unnoticed, however. Verdant Crossroads’ traditional allies are giving them the cold shoulder, and their neighbor, the Republic of Fendal, is now eyeing their territory. It falls to the junior Thread Seer, Clever Dusk, to cobble together a defense—and to Cha Ming, her teacher, to help her.

Contains the first three books in the best-selling The Haunted Series: Shallow Graves, The Seventh Ward, and Seaforth Prison.

Mireya is back where she started, but everything is different now. She's at the top of her class on the military base, her doting parents are actually proud of her, and she's surrounded by the friends and classmates she's known all her safe, protected, predictable life. Everything would be perfect if it weren't for the troubling dreams and the occasional hallucinations she gets. Mireya knows the visions aren't real, but they feel like memories of a life she never had.

The Whippet Hotel is a strange place full of strange and mysterious people. Each floor has its own quirks and secrets. Leo should know most of them - he is the maintenance man's son, after all. But a whole lot more mystery gets thrown his way when a series of cryptic boxes are left for him... boxes that lead him to hidden floors, strange puzzles, and unexpected alliances. Leo had better be quick on his feet, because the fate of the building he loves is at stake... and so is Leo's own future!

Mysterious entities take possession of a long deserted castle creating fear among the residents of the adjacent village of Werst, in Transylvania. The village sends two men to the castle to investigate, but they are repulsed by what the men feel are "supernatural" means. The heroes of the story, Count Franz de Telek and his man Rotzko learn of the mystery while passing through the village and become determined to solve it.

In the cold spring of 1936, Arthor Crandle, down-on-his luck and desperate for work, accepts a position in Providence, Rhode Island, as a live-in assistant for an unnamed shut-in. He arrives at the gloomy colonial-style house to discover that his strange employer is an author of disturbing, bizarre fiction. Health issues have confined him to his bedroom, where he is never to be disturbed. But the writer, who Crandle knows only as "Ech-Pi", refuses to meet him, communicating only by letters left on a table outside his room.

Derk finally has the beginnings of a force to stand up to the Demigods. But his estranged mother-in-law is building an army to follow. With orders to crush him before he can become anything more than a nuisance to her master. He and his wives must travel through a desert, filled with mysteries and hidden dangers while outrunning an army six times their size. All in a bid to find a place to fortify and call his own. Where he can build his army and his power to strike back against those aligned against him.

Man's best friend will stand by his side, even in the apocalypse. But when one becomes separated from the other, what transpires over the course of the next 24 hours will test the limits of even the best-trained canine. Will Oaklee still be man's best friend...After Z?

'The Wide, Wide Sea' is a Chaos Walking short story. Set before the Spackle War in a small fishing village by the sea, this is a heartbreaking tale of love and loyalty in a divided world. Best listened to immediately after The Ask and the Answer, it features familiar characters such as Mistress Coyle but gives a new perspective on the shocking events in the award-winning trilogy.

Entire cities disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving nothing but dust and rubble. When an alien race came to make Earth theirs, they brought with them a weapon we had no way to fight, a universe-altering force known as thelemity. It seemed nothing could stop it - until we discovered we could wield the power, too. Five hundred years later, the Earth is locked in a grinding war of attrition. The talented few capable of bending thelemity to their will are trained in elite military academies, destined for the front lines.

Leo has explored the zany, wonderful Whippet Hotel from basement to top floor, with trains, flying goats, and mazes (among other things) in between. But even Leo doesn't know every secret of the Whippet and when he discovers that there's more beneath the hotel than he'd thought, it doesn't take long for more adventures to unfold!

In these five tales of bizarre, bloody - and often erotic - horror, you will learn about the most innovative sex toy on the market, how to reach the peak of sexual pleasure, how jelly is made, if the dead are really dead, and what happens in a pawn shop when the world ends. Prepare yourself to be frightened, offended, revolted, and even aroused! Prepare yourself for 5 Tales that Will Land You in Hell!

Eine Intrige zwingt Kvothe, die arkanische Universität zu verlassen. Seine Suche nach den Chandrian, die seine Eltern getötet haben, führt ihn an den Hof von Maer Alveron, und weiter zu den Sturm umwogten Hügeln von Ademre. Schließlich gelangt er in das zwielichtige Reich der Fae, wo er der sagenumwobenen Felurian begegnet, der bisher noch kein Mann widerstehen konnte...

Kvothes Abenteuer führen ihn in das Feenreich, wo er der betörenden Felurian begegnet, die ihn durch ihre märchenhafte Schönheit fast willenlos macht. Nur durch eine List kann er sich aus ihren Armen befreien. Und sein Weg führt ihn weiter zu den stillen Kriegern der Adem, von denen er die hohe Kunst des Lethani erlernt und das Schwert Saicere verliehen bekommt. Mit ihm und einem von Felurian gewobenen Schattenmantel tritt Kvothe die Reise zurück zum Hof des mächtigen Maer an, doch unterwegs wartet entsetzliches Unheil auf ihn...

For seven months the Maxwell family and their friends, both old and new, have fought to survive in the zombie apocalypse after the ImDED2 virus ended 90 percent of human life. Ryan Maxwell and Nick Jones embarked on a successful cross-country trek to Texas in search of Ryan’s parents, Owen and Leah Maxwell. Along the way, they encountered cannibals in St. Louis, Missouri, Texas Rangers in the Lone Star State, and a king in Memphis, Tennessee.

Enter the wizard duo of Croft and Wesson. That’s Professor Everson Croft, the bookish spellcaster from New York City, and James Wesson, the smooth-talking, skirt-chasing, wannabe cowboy. Confronted with everything from resurrected outlaws to ancient evils, two mages are better than one, right? Sure, if they can stop butting heads long enough to solve a case. And maybe—just maybe—not blow Grimstone off the map.

It starts as a whisper, barely audible. Rumors. Paranoia. Conspiracy theories. Subterfuge. Like lightning, the plague moves across the globe, leaving few alive. But the end is only the beginning. Primarily set in Memphis, four loosely-connected strangers, caught up in their lives, find their worlds annihilated by the swiftly-moving plague. Alex Connelly is a wealthy young executive. Kirk Foster is a self-absorbed aging gay man. Meredith Brinkley's ongoing war with breast cancer takes a turn for the worse. Logan King is a closeted baseball jock.

Apparently, someone tipped off the Sino-Koreans, because the moment his team lands they find themselves under attack. Separated from his men, he discovers the source of the disturbance, and witnesses the release of an ancient, alien power. When that power focuses its wrath on the colony's civilians, Rade must decide whether he will gather his platoon and intervene, or retreat to fight another day.

Wer es mit den Göttern aufnehmen will, braucht einen guten rechten Haken. Normal war Tristans Leben noch nie, aber seit er mit einer Puppe um das Tagebuch seines besten Freunds gekämpft hat, ist »normal« für ihn ein Fremdwort. Okay, dass bei dem Kampf aus Versehen ein Riss zwischen den Welten entstanden ist, war vielleicht ein kleines bisschen seine Schuld. Aber dass er jetzt von Eisenmonstern verfolgt und für das bevorstehende Ende der Welt verantwortlich gemacht wird ... das ist echt nicht cool.