Desperate for answers about her friend’s disappearance, Waka breaches the Tokyo danger zone in search of clues. Instead, she finds Tokinaga, a researcher with the Anti-God Science Institute. While Waka tries to decide if she should trust Tokinaga, he quickly realizes Waka is hiding a dangerous secret of her own—one that may just be the key to killing off the gods once and for all.

Combining elements from science-fiction, fantasy, and philosophy, MAYA is a new mythology for the 21st century - not of gods and monsters, but of us. The Divya Trials have been announced. Billions will compete. One will ascend to godhood. On the planet Neh, the omnipresent Maya trees form the planet’s neural network. Each citizen tethers daily to Maya, entering shared dreamscapes for work, play, and learning. The immortal Divyas harvest this data - every thought and every memory - predicting futures and bending reality itself. Everyone is connected. Everyone is tracked. Everyone is controlled. Everyone except Yachay. An ordinary nineteen-year-old manushya raised in isolation by his ailing grandfather, Daddu, Yachay has never tethered to Maya - making him invisible to the gods of data. Daddu urges him to enter the upcoming Divya Trials, a once-in-a-lifetime competition where billions vie for immortality and omnipotence. But what will Yachay do next? Not even the all-knowing Divyas can tell. Seed Takes Root, the first novel in the expansive MAYA universe, combines hard science fiction, high-fantasy, and South Asian philosophy into a thrilling epic adventure and urgent allegory. It asks the questions that define our time: Who controls our stories? Who profits from our data? And in an age of perfect prediction, is freedom still possible?

潔の“新英雄大戦”初ゴールで先制したドイツ! 新たなる武器、“左足”直撃蹴弾の習得秘話が明らかに! 対するイタリアも指導者・スナッフィーが仕込んだ驚愕のフットボールを完全解禁! 馬狼・ニ子・愛空ら“青い監獄”メンバーも劇的進化を発揮する! そして潔に先手を取られたカイザーも、“主役”の座を奪い返すべく反撃の炎を燃やす! 世界級の戦場で、流れをブッ壊す変革者は誰だ!! 止まらない進化の超連鎖活動! それでも戦場の“主役”は譲らねぇ!!

潔＆雪宮の連携弾でイングランドを撃破したドイツ。次こそは己のゴールでカイザーに勝つために、潔は“100%”の理論を確立しようとさらなる特訓に励む。それとは裏腹に冴えない表情を浮かべるのは未だ出場のない氷織。胸に秘めたる“過去”、そしてサッカーへの“本音”とは──。次戦、ドイツを迎え討つのは馬狼擁するイタリア！ 大注目の戦場に立つ11人は誰だ!!

潔＆雪宮の連携弾でイングランドを撃破したドイツ。次こそは己のゴールでカイザーに勝つために、潔は“100%”の理論を確立しようとさらなる特訓に励む。それとは裏腹に冴えない表情を浮かべるのは未だ出場のない氷織。胸に秘めたる“過去”、そしてサッカーへの“本音”とは──。次戦、ドイツを迎え討つのは馬狼擁するイタリア！ 大注目の戦場に立つ11人は誰だ!!

永遠の湖畔から脱出すべく、喰らい続けるデンジ。満杯になった胃袋からは“あの男”が吐き出され…!?　老いの悪魔さえも戦慄する、地獄の交渉が始まる!!　非日常が日常と化し、混沌へと向かう世界。人類の存亡を左右する死の悪魔の降臨が迫るなか、デンジとヨルが交わす“約束”とは──!?

永遠の湖畔から脱出すべく、喰らい続けるデンジ。満杯になった胃袋からは“あの男”が吐き出され…!?　老いの悪魔さえも戦慄する、地獄の交渉が始まる!!　非日常が日常と化し、混沌へと向かう世界。人類の存亡を左右する死の悪魔の降臨が迫るなか、デンジとヨルが交わす“約束”とは──!?

The future of storytelling is here. Life has thrown Zelu some curveballs over the years, but when she's suddenly dropped from her university job and her latest novel is rejected, all in the middle of her sister's wedding, her life is upended. Disabled, unemployed and from a nosy, high-achieving, judgmental family, she's not sure what comes next. In her hotel room that night, she takes the risk that will define her life - she decides to write a book VERY unlike her others. A science fiction drama about androids and AI after the extinction of humanity. And everything changes. What follows is a tale of love and loss, fame and infamy, of extraordinary events in one world, and another. And as Zelu's life evolves, the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur. Because sometimes a story really does have the power to reshape the world.

Rival ornithologists hunt through England for a rare magical bird in this historical-fantasy rom-com reminiscent of Indiana Jones but with manners, tea, and helicopter parasols. Beth Pickering is on the verge of finally capturing the rare deathwhistler bird when Professor Devon Lockley swoops in, capturing both her bird and her imagination like a villain. Albeit a handsome and charming villain, but that's beside the point. As someone highly educated in the ruthless discipline of ornithology, Beth knows trouble when she sees it, and she is determined to keep her distance from Devon.  For his part, Devon has never been more smitten than when he first set eyes on Professor Beth Pickering. She's so pretty, so polite, so capable of bringing down a fiery, deadly bird using only her wits. In other words, an angel. Devon understands he must not get close to her, however, since they're professional rivals.  When a competition to become Birder of the Year by capturing an endangered caladrius bird is announced, Beth and Devon are forced to team up to have any chance of winning. Now keeping their distance becomes a question of one bed or two. But they must take the risk, because fowl play is afoot, and they can't trust anyone else—for all may be fair in love and war, but this is ornithology.

This darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in a support group for trauma. In present-day New York City, five women meet in a basement support group to process their traumas. Bernice grapples with the fallout of dating a psychopathic, blue-bearded billionaire. Ruby, once devoured by a wolf, now wears him as a coat. Gretel questions her memory of being held captive in a house made of candy. Ashlee, the winner of a Bachelor-esque dating show, wonders if she really got her promised fairy tale ending. And Raina's love story will shock them all. Though the women start out wary of one another, judging each other’s stories, gradually they begin to realize that they may have more in common than they supposed . . . What really brought them here? What secrets will they reveal? And is it too late for them to rescue each other? Dark, edgy, and wickedly funny, this debut for readers of Carmen Maria Machado, Kristen Arnett, and Kelly Link takes our coziest, most beloved childhood stories, exposes them as anti-feminist nightmares, and transforms them into a new kind of myth for grown-up women.

Warrior supreme Guts has returned, and just in time to save the weakened Band of the Hawk from certain destruction… and to form an intimate bond with the beautiful warrior Casca. But job one is to find a way to free Griffith, the Hawks' leader, from the dank dungeons and round-the-clock tortures of the Hawks' former benefactor, the King of Midland. But while the flayed and starved Griffith may be in isolation, he is not alone. Horrors beyond imagination await Guts and the Hawks in the catacombs, and those who die may just be the lucky ones!

Enter the isle of Cadence in this novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals—a Scottish-inspired romantic fantasy brimming with enemies-to-lovers romance, magic and spirits, and a captivating mystery It starts with a letter and an ominous journey across dark waters. Ten years after being sent away to the mainland to become a bard, Jack Tamerlaine is summoned home to the enchanted isle of Cadence. Girls are going missing from the island, and Adaira, his childhood nemesis and the future leader of the clan, believes Jack is the only one who can find them. The elemental spirits that dwell in every breath of air, splash of water, blade of grass, and flicker of fire find mirth in the lives of the humans, and a bard’s music—a unique form of summoning magic—is the only way to summon them and ask that the girls be returned. Yet as Jack and Adaira get closer to solving the mystery, it becomes apparent that an older, darker secret about Cadence lurks beneath the surface, and no harp song may be strong enough to stop it. With unforgettable characters, a thrilling plot, and a lush folklore-infused world, A River Enchanted is a stirring story of duty, love, and creating harmony between opposing forces. This first book in the Elements of Cadence duology marks Rebecca Ross’s brilliant entry on the adult fantasy stage.