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Harry White grew up in blue-collar Brooklyn, but the young man's charm, smarts, and good looks have helped him earn a place as an uptown junior executive. White's gifts have also made his love life easy, and he takes special pleasure in seducing married women. But when "Harry the Lover" is ready to grow up and leave his womanizing behind, White finds that suppressing his libido has dangerous consequences. His attempts at restraint awaken something sinister, causing White to seek excitement in a new form of violence and depravity.

Marvel Comics in the 1970s explores a forgotten chapter in the story of the rise of comics as an art form. Bridging Marvel's dizzying innovations and the birth of the underground comics scene in the 1960s and the rise of the prestige graphic novel and postmodern superheroics in the 1980s, Eliot Borenstein reveals a generation of comic book writers whose work at Marvel in the 1970s established their own authorial voice within the strictures of corporate comics.

The Great Ones arrived on Earth and conquered us with little bloodshed. They collected our strongest warriors and shipped them off to a world called Hadran—a one-of-a-kind artificial planet, a cosmic gladiatorial arena where the slave races engage in blood sports for the Great Ones' entertainment. But Earth has lost the last of its real champions and now risks losing its candidate status. If that happens, it will become less than a slave colony.

The fantasy adventure continues in the fascinating universe of Tremia. The lead characters of the different plot-strands struggle to survive and reach their goals, surrounded by intrigue, mystery, treason and magic. Who will come out victorious in the fight for power? Who will perish? Find out by immersing yourself in this world of Fantasy, Steel, Magic and Love.

Laric Mason has long evaded the grand expectations set before him by his grandmother. Engaged in the rudimentary spellslips and basics of mage magic at his local school, he intentionally conceals his true abilities. Public recognition would only bring unwanted responsibility and the threat of a transfer to the prestigious Mage Academy. When a devastating dragon assault from the neighboring realm of Korthal lays waste to his village, Laric's world is turned upside down. With his home in ruins and his loved ones lost, he and his friends are all that stand against further invasions.

Dylan and Mordon will have to fight the very laws of nature to uncover exactly who has betrayed the gods. To keep the gates closed and Dylan's devastating vision from coming true, they must use time as a tool, magic as a weapon, and a map as a key. This time, Dylan will have to wage a battle against a force that cannot be destroyed.

Dylan thought he was an average man with a dead-end job and no great aspirations. When he finds a black book lying innocently on his lawn with peculiar words and markings, he discovers the universe is bigger than he imagined. The guardian of Earth, who kept the book and its immense power safe from falling into the wrong hands, was killed. Now Earth needs a new guardian.

War breaks out in all its bloody cruelty among the three kingdoms. The Dark Lady's evil claws of darkness are already tearing the continent apart.

The Ancient Ones are coming to consume our world, and only the bold investigators of Arkham Horror stand in their way in this chilling collection of eldritch novellas.

Three years after saving the Earth and Duran, Dylan faces all new challenges. Kiro has disappeared, the Iadnah are turning against their Guardians, and to top it off, a creature as old as the gods is wreaking havoc on Earth. Other strange occurrences are happening throughout the universe, and Dylan will have to investigate them in order to uncover the truth.

In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation’s past “Outstanding… Wonderfully accessible.” —Washington Post The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the...

Following Ryūta's escape from the clutches of a Summoner with grand plans, he makes his way to the city of Helmstatter to reunite with his friends, but not before getting embroiled in the troubles of an elfin enclave. Now with a young elfin in tow, he arrives to find the unseen forces of evil stalking the city. Stakes grow ever higher as he discovers that a scheming and malicious God has their eye fixed on the royal family, and Ryūta's party is swept up in the ensuing maelstrom.

Fedor is a thief, not a killer. But when a master assassin recruits him as his next apprentice, he is forced into a life he does not want and cannot escape. If he leaves, he will die. But if he stays, he must kill.

SNAFU: Contagion, featuring action-filled tales of viral, fungal and bacterial horror, from some of your favorite authors including New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry.

Why globalization failed so many Americans and how it still can be saved despite burgeoning economic nationalism. The triumphant globalization that began in the 1990s has given way to a world riven by conflict, populism, and economic nationalism. In The World’s Worst Bet, David J. Lynch offers...

In a dystopic world, the Senoca, the People of the Sea have been enslaved by the Golden Gods. They live within the limits of the Boundary, for only one purpose: Produce for the Gods or die. Kyra, a 17-year-old girl, is selected, along with other young girls, and taken to the Gods. Her brother, Ikai, will move heaven and earth to find her. They will fight for survival, confronting a society constituted to serve the masters, and even the Gods themselves in their eternal dwelling.

Those dark and terrible things from your nightmares are very real. They walk among us, masquerading as your neighbor, your lover, even your friend. You see, Empire City is full of them...if you only know where to look. How do I know this? Well, for starters the name is Detective Tom Holliday. I work homicide for Special Crimes. My friends, what few I have, call me Doc. And the other reason? I’ve got magic of my own. Welcome to Empire City, where magic and technology co-exist, and humanity endures behind walls of stone and spell-forged steel.

Komir has always been an outcast. Despite his incredible skill, his mysterious origins have kept the tribe from giving the nineteen-year-old the respect he craves. But when the young warrior suffers a shocking act of violence, he sets off from the only home he's ever known in search of justice.

Soren changed everything. Life will never be the same. Armed with a magical blade, Fedor has no choice but to accept his first contract as an assassin. His target is the most dangerous man in Nordturm. Is the price high enough for Fedor to kill again? Will he choose between the life of a thief, or the life of an assassin? What will happen to the surviving members of his gang?

Big Game Sniper follows Jared Moore, a sniper who finds himself transported to a strange world. He must navigate unfamiliar terrain, dangerous creatures, and a video game-like system that offers "enhancement and ascension" as he tries to survive and make his way in this magical new world, and gather some allies along the way. But is everything as it seems?