Freshman year has not been kind to Gail Thompson. Half of her friends went to different schools and her best friend ghosted her just after Thanksgiving. As the school year comes to a close, she'll just be glad to make it to the summer where she'll at least get some sense of normalcy again. However, when her birthday comes around she gets an unexpected text from her best friend Rachael has Gail finding her friend knocked out in the woods being attacked by a shadow monster?! After Rachael fends the monster off with magic literally bursting from her finger, Gail finds herself faced with a world she never knew existed. One of magic and danger that her best friend has been fighting back for nearly half a year to keep their town safe. With no magic of her own, no clue what she’s facing and no fighting skills to speak of, Gail is just about to find out how hard it can be to be the chosen one's best friend.

Pondril is a majestic city full of adventuring opportunities. At age 15, Amber arrives at Pondril, eager to start her official adventuring career at the Adventurer's Hall. Many things stand in her way, from vicious cats to prejudiced fellow adventurers. But something evil is stirring- something that threatens everyone. People go about their business, happy and content, unaware of the danger lurking beneath their feet, something coming out of the water. After saving the life of Arabella, a girl training to be a priestess of Aoiria, the two girls will join forces to save the people of Pondril. Shambling, splashing, snaring. Haunting, horror, howling. Cursing, crawling, creeping. The Restless Dead have awoken! The saga begins in Adventurer's Overture.

Spring on the continent of Kameria is a dangerous time. With merchants flooding the roads to hawk their wares, the perils of their travel have many casualties as Keda soon learns. Parents killed by the restless dead she's picked up by an organization she's never heard of and passed onto the mysterious protector, a woman who asks to be called Tante. But as they travel deeper into the woodlands more dangers make themselves known as the two of them try to find a place in this world for the now orphaned girl. In a world full of magic, monsters, and uncertainty, the world isn't terribly kind to those who born into it that aren't special.

Summer, 1998. Mei Misaki, age fifteen, has gone with her family to their seaside vacation home. There she meets the ghost of Teruya Sakaki, her classmate from Yomiyama North Middle School Class 3-3 who, like Mei, witnessed the mysterious events that had transpired at the school. There begins an adventure of memory and mystery as they search for the ghost's body and his memories alike.

Fourteen individual short stories (and a bonus!) following Lumine and some of her companions across Teyvat. Each story is a possibility of what could happen during or after the main Archon Quests. While most take place in the open-world setting of Genshin Impact, some are set in different universes altogether. What could happen if Scaramouche forgave Ei, or if Albedo destroyed Mondstadt? Each story is marked with recommended quests to complete before reading, so that you get the full experience. Ad astra abyssosque, Traveler!

When she fails to save Sayaka, Mami is overcome by despair and loneliness. With the fate of every Magical Girl made clear before her, Mami chooses to embrace death rather than fight on. As Mami sets out to deliver herself into the hands of the witch, Kyouko rushes to confront her former mentor. Mami's soul gem steadily darkens-soon her doom will be certain. Can Kyouko give Mami a reason to fight on before her gem turns jet-black?

Mami has joined with a new magical-girl partner in her efforts to rid the city of witches. Miki Sayaka is a little green, but her swordsmanship is an undeniable asset to the cause. But Sayaka brings more than her blade to her friend Madoka has joined the girls on their late-night missions. Mami doesn't want to pressure Madoka into a decision about becoming a magical girl, but how long can Madoka remain on the sidelines as a passive witness when her friends are in danger?

Mami's warm personality has made it difficult for her to adjust to her solitary life as a magical girl, where survival often takes precedence over kindness. When she meets Kyouko Sakura, a fellow lone wolf, she is excited at the prospect of working together with another magical girl and forging a friendship built on ultimate trust. But many are the sacrifices all magical girls must make, and the consequences of Kyouko's choice are only just becoming clear to her. When the pain becomes unbearable, will Kyouko remain standing beside Mami as a force for the greater good...?

A Plea From the Future On the day that Naho begins 11th grade, she receives a letter from herself ten years in the future. At first, she writes it off as a prank, but as the letter’s predictions come true one by one, Naho realizes that the letter might be the real deal. Her future self tells Naho that a new transfer student, a boy named Kakeru, will soon join her class. The letter begs Naho to watch over him, saying that only Naho can save Kakeru from a terrible future. Who is this mystery boy, and can Naho save him from his destiny? This is the heart-wrenching sci-fi romance that has over million copies in print in Japan!

Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door in her new home and into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.