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Captured young and enslaved by the Romans, Sabbio died while building Diocletian's palace. For seventeen hundred years he has haunted the city of Split, watching and listening as people pass through the...

Miles Thorsen's adopted family is… unusual. But that's not why he fled after graduating from college. Now, after ten years of restless wandering, he returns home for the winter holiday celebration. The...

Someone—or something—is murdering young men in San Francisco. Clay White has been fired from the Bureau of Trans-Species Affairs, but he's determined to track down the killer. When he comes across a vampire...

Created out of clay to protect the citizens of Mala Lubovnya from persecution, the golem is strong but desperately lonely. He is confined to an attic, and his only joy comes from listening to the evening...

It's December, and although Chrys Carvalho loves his home among the trees in the California Sierras, he's a little lonely. While trying to find a new owner for a motorcycle—gifted by Chrys to his late...

Bennet's just an ordinary office worker from Modesto… until the moon is full.And being a werewolf is stressful. It interferes with Bennet's work schedule and wreaks havoc with his love life. As if that...

Very little is merry in a private dick's world.Private detective Nick Bozic works the mean streets of 1950s Portland, Oregon, shadowing unfaithful spouses and nabbing thieving employees. He may be lonely,...

Tom's day has not gone well. He bombed the job interview in San Francisco and missed his flight connection back to Iowa. Now he's stuck at the Minneapolis airport, on standby for an early morning plane...

Born with a deformed foot and abandoned as a young child, Brand spent his youth in indentured servitude to a mediocre wizard. Now Brand is grown, but with no other prospects to support himself, he remains...

This collection contains the first three Bureau novellas:  CorruptionOnce a proud demon of the night sky who carried nightmares to humans, Tenrael has spent decades in captivity as the star attraction...

Reece is a practical, orderly man, a financial analyst who considers most holiday events wasteful. But his sister coerces him into standing in line overnight for this year's must-have toy. Supplies prove...

A sickly man seeks recovery in a seaside cottage. A temple slave tends a man due to be sacrificed. A soldier releases a genie. In seven fantasy short stories and novellas, men find passion with other...

When World War II ended and army medic Walter Clark returned to Chicago, he discovered that although home remained the same, he had changed. Unable to fit comfortably into his old life, he spent a year...

This collection contains the ninth and tenth Bureau novellas.CAUGHTArt Gundersen did not make it as an agent with the Bureau of Trans-Species Affairs. But when Chief Townsend orders him out of the lab...

Dom is an aging house-android, toiling away for the cruel and ungrateful owners of an inn. He secretly dreams of freedom, friendship, and love. When an inn guest offers him the chance to attend a grand...

Dans Première affectation, retrouvez trois enquêtes du Bureau des Affaires Trans-Espèces ! Enquête n°1 : CORRUPTIONAutrefois un fier démon de la nuit qui agrémentait le sommeil des humains de cauchemars,...

Dylan Warner, hipster maigrichon et discret, était le genre de gars à qui les autres hommes ne jetaient qu’un coup d’œil à peine, jusqu’à ce soir où ses indiscrétions avec un bel inconnu ont fait de lui...

Vagabond depuis son adolescence, Jimmy Dorsett n’a ni foyer ni espoir. Ce qu’il possède par contre, c’est un sac, tout un tas d’anecdotes, et un vieux tacot. Mais par une froide nuit dans le désert, il...

Les loups-garous ne sont pas fournis avec un manuel d’utilisation... pas plus que deux hommes s’embarquant pour une vie de couple. Cela fait plusieurs semaines que Dylan Warner a tué Andy, le loup-garou...

La muse d’Ery Phillips a disparu. Il est quasiment certain que c’est à cause de son job de graphiste, parce que soyons honnête, quel genre de muse voudrait perdre son temps à dessiner des logos de magasins...

Retrouvez deux nouvelles enquêtes du Bureau des Affaires Trans-Espèces.Enquête n°4 : ENCHAÎNÉAgent du Bureau des Affaires Trans-Espèces ? C’est le meilleur job du monde. Et c’est bien suffisant pour Terry...

Escroqué :Vétéran de la Première Guerre mondiale, Thomas Donne est nouveau à San Francisco. Il a toujours été stoïque, mais le traumatisme du conflit et un amour perdu ont presque transformé son cœur...

Carter Evans est le créateur et rédacteur en chef de Époustouflant ! un magazine de fiction autrefois populaire, actuellement sur le déclin.Non seulement il ne peut rien faire pour le sauver, mais son...

Dans un monde proche de l’Angleterre victorienne, mais où la magie est monnaie courante, la ville de Greynox sombre dans un brouillard épais, tandis que les villages côtiers attirent fantômes, pirates...

Découvrez deux nouvelles enquêtes du Bureau des Affaires Trans-Espèces !Enquête n° 8 : Camouflé La vie n’est pas toujours facile pour un agent du Bureau qui se trouve aussi être un dragon.Depuis que Ralph...

Au milieu des années 50, Jack Dayton fuit son avenir au sein de la classe ouvrière d’Omaha et se rend à Hollywood, convaincu qu’il sera le nouveau James Dean. Mais les promotions canapé ne lui apportent...

Découvrez deux nouvelles enquêtes du Bureau des Affaires Trans-Espèces !Enquête n° 10 : EnferméL’agent Dash Cooke aime les missions simples : anéantir les monstres dangereux et passer à autre chose. Il...

Entendez-vous ?Le murmure dans l’obscurité.Les secrets que seules les ténèbres connaissent.Joseph Moore, directeur de la chorale de l’Église Baptiste de Lenora, Nebraska, a ses propres secrets. Des secrets...

Injured in a war that has stretched for years, John Peterson guards a lonely border. Aside from passing contact with railship captains, the only person he sees is the enemy: the man who guards the other...

This collection contains the seventh and eighth Bureau stories:CAROLEDCharles Grimes hasn't celebrated Christmas in years, so spending December in San Francisco while keeping an eye out for monsters sounds...

'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent'Captivating' The Sunday Times'An absorbing thriller' Mail on SundayNO...

Are supernatural truths hidden throughout legends, myths, & folklore? Were they simply ancient works of fiction? Or possibly the ravings of the mentally inebriated or ill before humanity understood...

July 1996The sunflower fields at Chester Farms have been a popular attraction for decades. Families come from all over to visit the attractions that Gemma Chester and her late husband have worked on for...

A DESPERATE HOPEA CRUMBLING KINGDOMDressa married the love of her life, but she's never felt more alone.Rhys's whole life changed in a moment of distress, and now, for humanity's sake, they must see it...

More Proud the SpiritA gripping tale of colonialism, resilience, and the fight for survival, More Proud the Spirit transports readers to Vahan, a human colony built on a distant planet under the watchful...

The Chronicles Of The Lost Cities testifies positively to a world of myth and tale that sees the grand city disintegrating to dust and telling its story to those who can still listen. It is a story of...

Shadows of Tomorrow is a gripping thriller of the suspense type, with sufficient environmentalism to offer its readers hope and a sense of direction in this post‐apocalyptic world. It's about a dedicated...

He may be her salvation -- if she's willing to lose her wings all over again.Livia was cast out of heaven for the crime of falling in love with a human. So what's a fallen angel to do when she meets the...

Hill of StormsThe past isn't gone. It's waiting.Alan Jones, a burnt-out television news producer, arrives at the historic Nickerson House on Cape Cod seeking nothing more than a brief escape from his...

In the eagerly anticipated fourth book of the World Beyond World series, "The World War" launches readers into the greatest crisis the multiverse has ever faced. Sarah, now a master world-walker, must...

When a group of students are bullied and tormented at their local high school, they decide to take matters into there own hands and punish those that have done them wrong. Becoming the thing of nightmares,...

Beyond The Seven Realms: Shadows of The High Call follows Kel, a gifted outcast from Nythra, who is pursued by the powerful High Call for his untapped magic. As he uncovers their dark agenda, he must...

She loved the accidental marriage trope in rom coms. In real life? Not so much…All Justine Willet wanted was a night of fun to help her forget about her cheating scumbag of an ex-boyfriend.In retrospect,...

Embark on a mesmerizing journey with The Girl Made of Stone, where a lonely young man tends to a mysterious statue in a cave—a girl washed ashore, frozen in time. His lonely existence is shattered as...

Finnegan Jarvis should be dead right now - drowned at the hands of the most vicious mermaid the landfolk have ever seen. He would be, if his girlfriend hadn't transformed him into a merfolk like herself....

This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

A funny, emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes. 'Heartwarming' Good Housekeeping'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick For fans of Ruth Hogan, Veronica...

The instant number one Sunday Times bestseller and thrilling sequel to the global phenomenon, Fourth Wing! THE IRON FLAME PAPERBACK EDITION INCLUDES A BRAND NEW CHAPTER FROM XADEN'S POINT OF VIEW!'Yarros...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century,...

DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT: 'Pure escapism - think Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades' The Sun'We weren't expecting to become obsessed . . . but we very...

The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the Number One New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive. Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future...

A heart-wrenching grim cozy pirate's tale with a little bit of romance. This is not 'Cozy' in the traditional sense, unless you find misery and betrayal to be as comforting as a cup of hot cocoa."This...

The Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother – 1984 itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of fiction into our everyday lives. They are central to our thinking about freedom...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire,...

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being...

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Dune Messiah, the sequel to one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for...

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon...