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When our heroine Ophelia is promoted to Vice-storyteller by Farouk, the ancestral Spirit of Pole, she finds herself unexpectedly thrust into the public spotlight and her special gift is revealed to all. She knows how to read the secret history of objects, and there could be no greater threat to the nefarious denizens of her icy adopted home than this. Beneath the golden rafters of Pole's capital, Citaceleste, she discovers that the only person she may be able to trust is Thorn, her enigmatic fiancé.

Liv is simple like that-but her life is about to drastically change. She's a rebel with royal blood who abdicated her birthright. A string of murders changes everything and the House of Seven asks her to take on a role as a Warrior, one of seven positions revered for protecting magic. Although Liv would rather stay out of the politics and conspiracies that she ran away from years ago, her family needs her. It's only a twelve-year stint until her sister, the next in line, can take over. So, what's the harm in activating her magic and accepting her place as a warrior?

Some people won't rest until they get to the bottom of things. That's Liv Beaufont. And some want to kill her for her persistence. To try and keep Liv from finding out the truth, Adler brings back an ancient evil that the Warriors exterminated long ago. Now alone, Liv will have to battle monsters so dark, they frighten even the strongest magical creatures. But she can't be deterred from her quest for the truth. While trying to take down evil beasts, Liv also works to uncover why mortals can't see magic. Her journey takes her to the last place she wants to go: where her parents died.

The truth has been buried for so long that only one person can uncover it-someone who doesn't play by the rules. Magic has been stolen. A giant's sword, locked away. And no one questions the peculiar. Except for Liv Beaufont. She downright rants about it. The House of Seven keeps sending her on wild-goose chases, but this warrior has a way of stumbling upon clues. When one leads her to an unlikely ally, Liv strikes up a partnership that she might end up regretting. A decade of servitude is not so bad, right?

Just a quiet, peaceful summer cataloging magical creatures on New Firefly Island. Easy, right? Raine Campbell and her friends arrive to team up with another school to tackle the Magical Multitudes Project, ready for a little fun during the school break. But the island is full of secrets and creatures not normally found on Earth. And the island doesn't stay quiet for long. Earthquakes plague the area, and Raine even thinks she sees other people on the island-people who aren't supposed to be there.

Raine Campbell never knew she was special until her dormant magic unleashed to protect her friends. But it couldn't be contained or controlled. Enter the School of Necessary Magic, where magical teens are taught to master their abilities and maybe learn some math. During a forbidden trip into the massive underground city beneath the school-off limits to freshman-Raine discovers druids are disappearing. And no one seems to care.

Enter the world of Metamorphosis Online, a fully immersive video game where players compete for spots in the Global Top 10-ranks that actually pay you to play the game. Gracie doesn't play the game to make money...at first. Broke, single, and working a crappy job as a blackjack dealer, Gracie's just blowing off steam and having fun. Can playing a new type of immersive game help her overcome real-life issues, or will it cause more problems?

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world-a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea. Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood.

The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather's house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own. Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather's room.

Far, far away, in the realm of Enchantia, creatures of legend still exist, magic is the norm and fairy tales are real. Except, fairy tales aren't based on myths and legends of the past-they are prophecies of the future. Raised in the mortal realm, Everly Morrow has no idea she's a real-life fairy-tale princess-until she manifests an ability to commune with mirrors. Look. See. What will one peek hurt? Soon, a horrifying truth is revealed. She is fated to be Snow White's greatest enemy, the Evil Queen. With powers beyond her imagination or control, Everly returns to the land of her birth.