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When ambition meets insane ingenuity, a story chock full of unexpected alliances and daring exploits ensues. Bulatov is a hero who must confront three powerful aristocrats in a showdown that could change everything. It's one thing to capture a fortress or employ cunning strategies, such as...

An unlikely duo embarks on a road trip to find a serial killer before the apocalypse in this prize-winning Japanese murder mystery. Perfectly blends the dystopian humor of Zombieland and the thrills of My Sister the Serial Killer! From Japan's most exciting new crime writer Akane Araki, this...

From one of Japan's greatest modern writers comes an exquisitely disturbing novel of sexual combat and concealed passion, a work that distills beauty, longing, and loathing into an intoxicating tale. "One of the outstanding writers of the world." —The New York Times An aging, embittered...

The artificer has no client this time—and the stakes are far higher than usual. A friend must be saved. The trail leads into disputed lands, home to an ancient people—ruled by unfamiliar magic, riddled with anomalies, and brimming with discoveries no one expected. The final pair of magical...

"The most dangerous enemies are those who hide behind masks of virtue." While I continue to transform Ugryumikha from a dying village into a thriving settlement, I discover that the true threat comes not from the dark forests, but from those who call themselves healers and philanthropists...

The emperor entrusts Bulatov with healing his son, Alexander, and Mikhail sets about making a real man out of the heir to the throne. He sends Alexander on dangerous missions, and instills in him a taste for proper nutrition, that is, stewed meat, in the process making it popular throughout the...

My week of surviving in the danger zone is over, and I have not come back empty-handed; my pack now includes two wind lynxes, coveted even by masters from the capital. But upon returning to my home village, I find the elder has set a trap for me. He's pulling out the big guns, threatening to...

Based on the results of an examination, the Board of Healers has stripped Alexander of his ability to practice medicine, but he is given a chance at revenge. By practicing every day, Alexander slowly but surely recovers his gift. His mentor gives him a curious tome written many years ago by a...

A water-borne plague is raging across the Lake Country. Some people are making a fortune off the epidemic. Others are paying with their lives. And I'm the only one who senses what's waiting in the depths. I am a water mage, and the element trusts me with its secrets. Natural anomaly, cunning...

The system is done playing games and has made it clear it's counting on my ability to change my skin. There's just one minor problem: I have my own plans for my life. But so far, our plans have aligned. I have to stop the orcs and figure something out with the empire, which is ready and willing...

Jackson Clark et Delilah Stewart ont eu leur lot de différends au fil des ans, qui se sont souvent soldés par un désastre. Alors que Jackson apprécie la routine et l'organisation dans le confort de sa cabine radio, Delilah aime la spontanéité et l'aventure sur le terrain. Lorsqu'ils sont...

À vingt-et-un ans, Catherine Fellingham découvre que sa famille risque la faillite et le scandale : pour régler les dettes de son époux, Lady Fellingham s’est enlisée dans une affaire de pots-de-vin. Catherine supplie la complice de sa mère, Lady Courtland, de mettre fin à ces...

After years spent outrunning her past, Cecília reexamines the case of a close family friend killed by a colleague and rival: her father. In 1988, shortly after Brazil reestablishes democratic rule, a state congressman is shot and killed in Porto Alegre. The main suspect: a close friend and...

Por la autora de Romper el círculo. Colleen Hoover, un fenómeno imparable. Nunca me mintió. No rompió ninguna promesa, porque nunca me hizo ninguna. Cuando Tate Collins conoce al piloto Miles Archer, no cree que sea amor a primera vista. Ni siquiera irían tan lejos como para considerarse...

Lily y su exmarido, Ryle, acaban de pactar la custodia compartida de su niña cuando Lily se encuentra de nuevo con su primer amor, Atlas. Después de casi dos años separados, está entusiasmada porque, por una vez, el tiempo está de su lado, e inmediatamente dice que sí cuando Atlas le pide...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Island by Ragnar Jónasson, read by Amanda Redman. Four friends visit the island. But only three return . . . Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir is sent to the isolated island of Elliðaey to investigate and soon finds haunting similarities...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell, read by Sean Barrett. Sweden, winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team receive an anonymous tip-off. A few days later a life raft is washed up on a beach. In it are two men, dressed in expensive suits...

After hijacking a balloon from a Confederate camp, a band of five northern prisoners escape the American Civil War. Seven thousand miles later, they drop from the clouds onto an uncharted volcanic island in the Pacific. Through teamwork, scientific knowledge, engineering, and perseverance, they endeavor to build a colony from scratch. But this island of abundant resources has its secrets. The castaways discover they are not alone. A shadowy, yet familiar, agent of their unfathomable fate is watching.

In this monumental history of the First World War, Germany's leading historian of the 20th century's first great catastrophe explains the war's origins, course, and consequences. With an unrivaled combination of depth and global reach, Pandora's Box reveals how profoundly the war shaped the world to come. Jörn Leonhard treats the clash of arms with a sure feel for grand strategy, the everyday tactics of dynamic movement and slow attrition, the race for ever more destructive technologies, and the grim experiences of frontline soldiers. 

Brought to you by Penguin. A masterful new translation of Suetonius' renowned biography of the twelve Caesars, bringing to life a portrait of the first Roman emperors in stunning detail The ancient Roman empire was the supreme arena, where emperors had no choice but to fight, to thrill, to...