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1) The cursed
Author
Series
Coven of bones volume 2
Language
English
Description
From Harper L. Woods, comes The Cursed, the next chapter in her Coven of Bones series—a pulse-pounding romantasy where The Magicians meets Gothikana.
Betrayal.
He was the deception waiting in the night; the truth I never saw coming. After a lifetime of manipulation, I finally learned the truth. I was his puppet—even if I never saw my strings.
Even knowing how deep his betrayal runs, I can't
2) Witch king
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"After being murdered, his consciousness dormant and unaware of the passing of time while confined in an elaborate water trap, Kai wakes to find a lesser mage attempting to harness Kai's magic to his own advantage. That was never going to go well. But why was Kai imprisoned in the first place? What has changed in the world since his assassination? And why does the Rising World Coalition appear to be growing in influence? Kai will need to pull his...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]-
Physical Desc
volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
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"In Taisho-era Japan, kindhearted Tanjiro Kamado makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his life."-- Back cover, volume 1.
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Series
Convergence saga volume 1
Language
English
Description
The captivating first novel in The Convergence Saga by Cadwell Turnbull, the award-winning author of The Lesson An Indie Next Pick A LibraryReads Pick Named A Most Anticipated Book by Bustle, Buzzfeed, Forbes, GoodReads, Marie Claire, The Millions, and Tor.com "Profound and unsettling in the best waySharp, insightful social commentary wrapped up in a tale of the uncanny." -Rebecca Roanhorse, New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
When attempting to rid herself of magic, seventeen-year-old Liska is captured by the demon warden of the spirit-wood who offers her one year of servitude in exchange for any wish, but she soon discovers the sinister truth at the heart of their deal.
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Series
Women of the Otherworld volume 9
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
They're smart, sexy, and supernatural. They're the men and women of the Otherworld--a realm of witches, ghosts, and werewolves who live unseen among us. Only now a reckless killer has torn down the wall, trapping one very human woman in the supernatural cross fire.
Robyn moved to LA after her husband died to try to put some distance between herself and the life they had together. And the challenges of her job as the PR consultant to a Paris Hilton...
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Language
English
Description
"Samuel Pipps is the greatest detective of his day...but now he's a prisoner, accused of an unknown crime by one of the world's most powerful men. Along with his faithful sidekick, Arent Hayes, they're sailing back to Amsterdam from the East Indies, where he'll stand trial. But no sooner are they out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. Still shackled in his cell, Pipps sends Hayes to solve a mystery that connects every passenger on board....
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Series
Blood and Ash volume 3
Language
English
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Poppy found love with Prince Casteel, but is determined that they free his brother, and find hers. The mission will have far-reaching consequences: Poppy is the Chosen, the Blessed. The true ruler of Atlantia. She carries the blood of the King of Gods within her. By right the crown and the kingdom are hers. She will have to choose to forsake her birthright, or seize the gilded crown and become the Queen of Flesh and Fire. A long-forgotten power will...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Clary continues trying to make sense of the swiftly changing events and relationships in her life as she becomes further involved with the Shadowhunters and their pursuit of demons and discovers some terrifying truths about her parents, her brother Jace, and her boyfriend Simon.
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Lords of the Underworld volume 12
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English
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"Driven to his death by the demon of Distrust, Baden spent centuries in purgatory. Now he's back, but at what cost? Bound to the king of the underworld, an even darker force, he's unable to withstand the touch of another...and he's quickly devolving into a heartless assassin with an uncontrollable temper. Things only get worse when a mission goes awry and he finds himself saddled with a bride--just not his own. Famed dog trainer Katarina Joelle is...
11) Prosper's demon
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
103 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In the pitch dark, witty fantasy novella Prosper's Demon, K. J. Parker deftly creates a world with vivid, unbending rules, seething with demons, broken faith, and worse men.
In a botched demonic extraction, they say the demon feels it ten times worse than the man. But, they don't die, and we do. Equilibrium.
The unnamed and morally questionable narrator is an exorcist with great follow-through and few doubts. His methods aren't delicate but they're...
Author
Pub. Date
2025.
Physical Desc
278 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old twin paranormal investigators Gabby and Trent face a terrifying challenge when a seance goes wrong and their mother disappears in a haunted theater, forcing them to confront a powerful demon and live up to their grandparents' ghost-hunting legacy.
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Following the trail of a dismembered corpse, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji arrive at the gates of Yi City. A fiendish foe awaits them in the shadows, heralding a tale of heartbreak and tragedy. When the corpse's identity is finally revealed, the hunt for its killer plunges Wei Wuxian back into the depths of the cultivation world's politics, where he must keep his enemies close and Lan Wangji even closer.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
395 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Wei Wuxian was once one of the most outstanding men of his generation, a talented and clever young cultivator who harnessed martial arts, knowledge, and spirituality into powerful abilities. But when the horrors of war led him to seek a new power through demonic cultivation, the world's respect for his skills turned to fear, and his eventual death was celebrated throughout the land. Years later, he awakens in the body of an aggrieved young man who...
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Crescent City (Sarah J. Maas) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 38
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English
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"Half-Fae, half-human Bryce Quinlan loves her life. By day, she works for an antiquities dealer, selling barely legal magical artifacts, and by night, she parties with her friends, savoring every pleasure Lunathion-otherwise known as Crescent City-has to offer. But it all comes crumbling down when a ruthless murder shakes the very foundations of the city-and Bryce's world. Two years later, her job has become a dead end, and she now seeks only blissful...
16) Kiss of steel
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Series
London steampunk series volume 1
Language
English
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"Most people avoid the dreaded Whitecapel district. For Honoria Todd, it's the last safe haven. But at what price? Blade is known as the master of the rookeries, no one dares cross him. It's been said he faced down the Echelon's army single-handedly, that ever since being infected by the blood-craving he's been quicker, stronger, and almost immortal. When Honoria shows up at his door, his tenuous control comes close to snapping. She's so...innocent....
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When all hell breaks loose, you need a devil on your side. Sarita has been watched over by a guardian angel her entire life. She calls him Angelo, and keeps him a secret. But secrets can't stay buried forever... When Angelo murders someone she loves, Sarita begins to see what's really been lurking in the shadows surrounding her. And she will have to embrace the evil within if she hopes to make it out alive. Johnny Compton, critically acclaimed author...
18) House of hunger
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"WANTED: Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life's finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply. A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power in this dark and enthralling gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching. Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation is all she knows. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real...
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English
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It's a tough life for witch Rachel Morgan, sexy, independent bounty hunter, prowling the darkest shadows of downtown Cincinnati for criminal creatures of the night. She can handle the leather-clad vamps and even tangle with a cunning demon or two. But a serial killer who feeds on the experts in the most dangerous kind of black magic is definitely pushing the limits.
Author
Series
Song of silver volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
459 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Lan's last remnant of her mother--and the fallen Hin dynasty of her ancestors--is a symbol seared onto her wrist, which, if the mysterious boy she encounters is to be trusted, may be the key to freeing her people by mastering the ancient, forgotten art of practitioning.
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