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An adventurous geology professor mounts an expedition that descends into a subterranean world of luminous rocks, antediluvian forests, and fantastic marine life -- a living past that holds the secrets to the origins of human existence.

The first novel in the First Law Trilogy and debut fantasy novel from New York Times bestseller, Joe Abercrombie. Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian -- leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has nothing more dangerous...

Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works among the dead, determining causes of death for the city guard?s investigations. It?s a peaceful, if solitary profession?until the day when he?s called to the river to examine the latest in a series of mysterious bodies, mangled by some unknown force.

Twig, a young sky pirate captain, is the only one who can save the floating city of Sanctaphrax from the Mother Storm.

Summoned to a remote oil rig to diagnose a strange medical ailment among the rig workers, ex-Navy physician Peter Crane soon discovers that the condition is linked to the underwater excavation being done at science research station Deep Storm.

"A groundbreaking work as delicate as a butterfly's wing and as menacing as a knife in the dark, The Ocean at the End of the Laneis told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out.A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when...

Living on a post-apocalyptic Earth, Roan is the sole survivor of the people of Longlight and so joins a sect of warriors to seek his revenge, but when his new life of violence only makes him more confused, he must once again figure out what he is supposed to do with his future and turns to his new friend, Alandra, for guidance.

Meena, now using her power to see how anyone she meets will die to work for the Palatine Guard as a vampire hunter, and her partner, demon hunter Alaric Wulf, do not trust Father Henrique, who has joined the fight against a deadly new threat that is endangering the lives of the Palatine as well as Meena's friends and family.

'The first rule is that you don't fall in love. There are other rules too, but that is the main one. No falling in love. No staying in love. No daydreaming of love. Because otherwise, of course, you slowly lose your mind ... ' Tom Hazard is a history teacher living a quiet suburban life in a Cathedral town in England. He likes his job but has no real friends, spends his time on the internet or playing the piano, and pushes away anyone who tries to...

Emma is torn between her passion for Julian and her need to protect him from the consequences of a forbidden romantic partnership, a situation challenged by her relationship with Mark and his efforts to regain his Shadowhunter capabilities.