An adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts. Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six. When Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender runaway, catches Shizuka's ear with her wild talent, Shizuka can almost feel the curse lifting. She's found her final candidate. But in a donut shop off a bustling highway in the San Gabriel Valley, Shizuka meets Lan Tran, retired starship captain, interstellar refugee, and mother of four. Shizuka doesn't have time for crushes or coffee dates, what with her very soul on the line, but Lan's kind smile and eyes like stars might just redefine a soul's worth. And maybe something as small as a warm donut is powerful enough to break a curse as vast as the California coastline. As the lives of these three women become entangled by chance and fate, a story of magic, identity, curses, and hope begins, and a family worth crossing the universe for is found.

Pub Date :2007-6-1 275 Torak has survived the summer and his heart-stopping adventurein the Seal Islands He and Wolf are together again But theirreunion is all too short-lived As mid winter approaches Toraklearns the.. worst from the White Fox clan -. Wolf has been snatched.In a desperate bid to rescue him. Torak and Renn must brave thefrozen wilderness of the Far North They tread a deadly dangerouspath as they step into a world of deceit. treachery and lies andcome face to face with the the most powerful and feared magesalive Cruel Thiazzi. the Oak Tree Mage. Seshru the Viper Mage. beautiful and manipulative. and Nef the gruff Bat Mage -. here toois Eostra. the mysterious Masked One - all of them bound by theirdesire for all creatures to bow before them. Under the dark wingsof night Torak confronts vengeful ice bears. mistrust. brokenprom...

Pub Date :2007-6-1 275 Torak has survived the summer and his heart-stopping adventurein the Seal Islands He and Wolf are together again But theirreunion is all too short-lived As mid winter approaches Toraklearns the.. worst from the White Fox clan -. Wolf has been snatched.In a desperate bid to rescue him. Torak and Renn must brave thefrozen wilderness of the Far North They tread a deadly dangerouspath as they step into a world of deceit. treachery and lies andcome face to face with the the most powerful and feared magesalive Cruel Thiazzi. the Oak Tree Mage. Seshru the Viper Mage. beautiful and manipulative. and Nef the gruff Bat Mage -. here toois Eostra. the mysterious Masked One - all of them bound by theirdesire for all creatures to bow before them. Under the dark wingsof night Torak confronts vengeful ice bears. mistrust. brokenprom...

In this sequel to the phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Fires of Heaven, we plunge again into Robert Jordan's extraordinarily rich, totally unforgettable world: On the slopes of Shayol Ghul, the Myrddraal swords are forged, and the sky is not the sky of this world ... In Salidar the White Tower in exile prepares an embassy to Caemlyn, where Rand Al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, holds the throne -- and where an unexpected visitor may change the world ... In Emond's Field, Perrin Goldeneyes, Lord of the Two Rivers, feels the pull of ta'veren to ta'veren and prepares to march ... Morgase of Caemlyn finds a most unexpected, and quite unwelcome, ally ... And south lies Illian, where Sammael holds sway ...

"The training levels have concluded. Now the games may truly begin." The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. But in a grinder designed to chew up and spit out crawlers by the millions, Carl and Princess Donut need to work harder than ever just to survive. They call it the Over City. A sprawling, once-thriving metropolis devastated by a mysterious calamity. But these streets are far from abandoned. An undead circus trawls the ruins. Murdered prostitutes rain from the sky. An ancient spell is finally ready to reveal its dark purpose. Carl still has no pants. They call it Dungeon Crawler World. For Carl and Donut, it's anything but a game.

A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful, witty, and wildly imaginative ode to magical girl manga. Twenty-nine, depressed, and drowning in credit card debt after losing her job during the pandemic, a millennial woman decides to end her troubles by jumping off Seoul’s Mapo Bridge. But her suicide attempt is interrupted by a girl dressed all in white—her guardian angel. Ah Roa is a clairvoyant magical girl on a mission to find the greatest magical girl of all time. And our protagonist just may be that special someone. But the young woman’s initial excitement turns to frustration when she learns being a magical girl in real life is much different than how it’s portrayed in stories. It isn’t just destiny—it’s work. Magical girls go to job fairs, join trade unions, attend classes. And for this magical girl there are no special powers and no great perks, and despite being magical, she still battles with low self-esteem. Her magic wand . . . is a credit card—which she must use to defeat a terrifying threat that isn’t a monster or an intergalactic war. It’s global climate change. Because magical girls need to think about sustainability, too. Park Seolyeon reimagines classic fantasy tropes in a novel that explores real-world challenges that are both deeply personal and universal: the search for meaning and the desire to do good in a world that feels like it’s ending. A fun, fast-paced, and enchanting narrative that sparkles thanks to award-nominated translator Anton Hur, A Magical Girl Retires reminds us that we are all magical girls—that fighting evil by moonlight and winning love by daylight can be anyone's game. Translated from the Korean by Anton Hur.

Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover...