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Assistant to the villain volume 1
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"ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem and terror, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits. With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn's most infamous Villain results in a job offer--naturally, she says yes. No job is perfect,...
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"Running. Putting distance between himself and the relentless Night Brigade has been Nomads strategy for years. Staying one or two steps ahead of his pursuers by skipping through the Cosmere from one world to the next. But now, his powers too depleted to escape, Nomad finds himself trapped on Canticle, a planet that will kill anyone who doesnt keep moving. Fleeing the fires of a sunrise that melts the very stones, he is instantly caught up in the...
3) Beholder
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"From Ryan La Sala, author of the tantalizingly twisted The Honeys and riotously imaginative Reverie, comes a chilling new contemporary fable about art, aesthetic obsession, and the gaze that peers back at us from behind our reflections. No one survived the party at the penthouse. Except Athan. Athanasios "Athan" Bakirtzis has made it far in life relying on his charm and good looks, even securing an invitation to a mysterious penthouse soiree for...
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"In 1996, sixteen-year-old Audre is having trouble fitting into her new town, where everyone seems to believe there's a secret Satanic cult doing rituals in the woods. But when the pastor's daughter--and Audre's crush--goes missing, she starts to wonder if the town's obsession with evil isn't covering up something far worse"--
7) Murtagh
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"The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror. Now they are hated and alone, exiled to the outskirts of society. Throughout the land, hushed voices whisper of brittle ground and a faint scent of brimstone in the air--and Murtagh senses that something wicked lurks in the shadows of Alagaësia....
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Entering a contest to redesign late author Emrys Myrddin's estate, aspiring architect Effy Sayre arrives at Hiraeth Manor where she meets a stodgy young literature scholar who draws her into a battle against dark forces - both mortal and magical - that threatens to consume them both.
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Paramount
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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In 1969, a young Jud Crandall dreams of leaving his hometown of Ludlow, Maine behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a dark family history that will forever keep him connected to Ludlow. Banding together, Jud and his childhood friends must fight an ancient evil that has gripped Ludlow since its founding, and once unearthed has the power to destroy everything in its path. Based on the untold chapter from...
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Hollows (Kim Harrison) volume 17
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English
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"Rachel Morgan will learn that the price of loyalty is blood in the next Hollows novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison. Rachel Morgan, witch-born demon, suspected that protecting the paranormal citizens of Cincinnati as the demon subrosa would be trouble. But it's rapidly becoming way more trouble than even she could have imagined. While Rachel and her friends may have vanquished the trickster demon Hodin, his mysterious associate...
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School for Good and Evil volume 3
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015
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First edition.
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English
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While the two former best friends are separated, villians from the past attempt to create a new realm with Sophie as their queen, leaving only Agatha and Tedros to fight against the forces of evil.
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Superman son of Kal-El volume 1
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DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Jonathan Kent has experienced a lot in his young life. He's fought evil with Robin, traveled across galaxies with his Kryptonian grandfather, and lived in the future with the Legion of Super-Heroes, who were intent on training him for the day his father could no longer be Superman. There is a hole in the Legion's history that prevents Jon from knowing exactly when that will happen, but all signs point to it being very soon. It's time for the son...
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Protector of the small volume 4
Publisher
Ember
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Ember Edition.
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English
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When she became a knight, eighteen-year-old Kel hoped to be given a combat post, but instead she finds herself named commander of an outpost of refugees, where she must face the unnatural forces of the evil Balyce.
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Kwame's magic quest volume 1
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Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
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First edition.
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English
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Eight-year-old Kwame is eager to start Nkonyaa School and learn calabash magic, yet none of the teachers can figure out what kind of magic is in his calabash--but when one of Kwame's new friends is possessed by an evil magic his power is revealed.
17) The iron vow
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As the race to find the Nightmare King grows desperate while their magic wanes and the creatures of Evenfall rise against them, Meghan and her companions must make one more impossible choice as twilight descends upon all the realms of Faery.
18) Dark heir
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Dark rise (Pacat) volume 2
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Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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First edition.
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English
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Will travels to the heart of the ancient world where he must keep his true identity hidden as he’s tempted by the darkness within.
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IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"After assembling a squad of bad guys, kidnapping Belle, starting a forest fire, and causing chaos in Central City, Starline is finally ready to unleash his monstrous imposters: Surge and Kit! Will his meticulous planning be enough to defeat Sonic and Dr.Eggman? And, in the wake of the climactic battle, both the heroes and bad guys need some time to heal and regroup... except Dr. Eggman, of course, who is always ready to destroy that darn hedgehog....
20) Cherish
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Crave (Wolff) volume 6
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English
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"It's been over three months since my friends and I took down Cyrus. Three months where my biggest fear was what paper was due next... But I should have known it was too good to last. Now everything is falling apart. The Vampire Court has no king, the Dragon Court has no heart, and the Gargoyle Court has me--a teenager in way over her head. And it's the worst possible timing, because a threat is brewing just as the Circle is collapsing. I have no...
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