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After an abrupt and painful summons to Black City, Conryu Koda finds himself before the Reaper. The demon lord has troubling news. It seems that followers of his rival, Lord Abaddon have succeeded in consecrating a temple. This gives them the same access to his hell that Conryu has to the Reaper’s. As the hunt for the enemy temple begins, Conryu is forced to deal not only with demonic foes, but human ones determined to make use of Abaddon’s followers for their own dark purposes.

I was starting to think I knew what I was dealing with here at the university best known as Villain Academy. Not so much. But can I really trust a shocking revelation from someone who's proven to be my enemy? There's no way to answer that without diving in. If my mother is still out there alive, I have to uncover the truth. Even if it means putting myself back in the hands of the mages who've betrayed me before.

After escaping entombment, evading a megalomaniacal art dealer, and confronting both Norse legends and a relentless cult, Freya stands on the brink of completing the most perilous mission of her life. Just one piece of Freya remains elusive, and it may lie in the uncharted depths beneath the waves, where a colossal, enigmatic creature has recently surfaced. This time, they're not the prey; they're the hunters.

Tasked with investigating a series of gruesome killings, the Rhapta hunters Haris and Mitra are on the trail of the Ubir Basma, who’s rumored to be lurking somewhere in the south-eastern US. But when they stumble upon a horde of rogue Ubir hiding deep in the bayou, they quickly realize that something is terribly wrong.

All Pennrae wanted to do was to help. Now she's found herself in a world that's been instantaneously transformed by magic . . . that she brought back. She's gone from a simple karate instructor to an instant celebrity—and she hates it. Fortunately, she has her friends, her beloved magic companion, and one ridiculously hot boyfriend. But a sudden, unprompted attack in broad daylight is about to make Penn's life even more complicated. An ancient forest guardian known as a Kiabi—a warrior of magic and almost impossible to defeat—has marked Penn to die.

Avenging Serpents tells how two far-from-innocent men, who met by a freak coincidence, were inspired by an old myth to seek revenge on the perpetrators of ongoing abuses.

Esta historia, trata de las aventuras de Rodolfo, que por su extraordinario parecido con el rey de Ruritania, es reclutado para remplazarlo cuando el verdadero rey cae prisionero de unos villanos, mientras este es rescatado.