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Gifted with the Pale God's power, Valeria will do whatever it takes to liberate her people. Even if that means stealing the Czar's son away from the safety of the Winter Palace, igniting the Czar's wrath.

Rose Valrois thought she'd sacrificed everything to save her entire world, but fate has other ideas. Now that the red priests have arrived, truths are revealed that force Rose to make another choice.

Mayana and Ahkin know the bloodthirsty Tzitzimime star demons will come for the Chicome people with the eclipse. But as they gather support to fight back, the Chicome Empire does all it can to keep them apart.

From Brandon Sanderson—author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive and its fourth massive installment, Rhythm of War—comes a new hefty novella, Dawnshard. Taking place between Oathbringer and Rhythm of War, this newest story (like Edgedancer before it) takes a deeper look at several characters in the saga, and brings them to the forefront. When a ghost ship is discovered, its crew presumed dead after trying to reach the storm-shrouded island Akinah, Navani Kholin must send an expedition to make sure the island hasn't fallen into enemy hands.

The first three novels in New York Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett's groundbreaking Demon Cycle series-The Warded Man, The Desert Spear, and The Daylight War-set a new standard for heroic fantasy. The powerful saga of humans winnowed to the brink of extinction by night-stalking demons, and the survivors who fight back, has kept readers breathless as they eagerly turned the pages. Now the thrilling fourth volume, The Skull Throne, raises the stakes as it carries the action in shocking new directions. The Skull Throne of Krasia stands empty.

With the blood gift and her grandfather assassinated, Ikenna pledges herself to the Praetorian Trials where she subjects herself to racism and misogyny. Will it be worth the revenge and the truth?

From Brandon Sanderson—author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive and its fourth massive installment, Rhythm of War—comes a new hefty novella, Dawnshard. Taking place between Oathbringer and Rhythm of War, this tale (like Edgedancer before it) gives often-overshadowed characters their own chance to shine. When a ghost ship is discovered, its crew presumed dead after trying to reach the storm-shrouded island Akinah, Navani Kholin must send an expedition to make sure the island hasn't fallen into enemy hands.

Here bestselling author Jeaniene Frost has amassed all of her extra writings from the Night Huntress series which have been heretofore hidden on old disks and CDs, in long-forgotten emails, and guarded behind password-protected files to reveal the what-could-have-beens in the lives of Cat, Bones, Mencheres, Vlad, and more.

They were looking forward to a normal holiday--at least as "normal" as it gets for vampires Cat and Bones. But their yuletide plans are shattered when a mysterious stranger shows up and reveals long-buried secrets that threaten to take a bite out of their holiday cheer, and lives.

A rogue CIA agent's involvement in horrifying secret activities pushes tensions between humans and the undead to dangerous heights. Vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband, Bones must race against the clock to stop the war and save their friends from a fate worse than death.