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I thought I'd reached pinnacle bad with the gas lighting spaceship. I was wrong.
Multiverse-level wrong.
The Fate Progenitor stole my Midnight Blade. Then he stole Nax and Leif. And now that horrid ship, all the equally horrid human factions vying for control, and the terrifying dragons who invaded our planet-they all want mouthfuls of my mind. My body.
My soul.
Thing is, someone has to save the world. How much can I take before my psyche bleeds...
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You know what brings people's secrets to the surface? The end of the world.
A blister opened in the sky, and now death rains down onto the Earth. No one expected the oldsters living at Paradise Homes to respond in any way-not me, and certainly not any of the other staff. But it turned out we're a home for retired super-beings, and now the only thing standing between me and a demon-like creature is a not-so-little old man and an old lady who speaks...
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Dotty Detective volume 3
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The Join the Dots Detectives: Dot, Beans and McClusky are back on the case in a third, brand-new mystery! Dot and Beans can't wait for their school trip to Adventure Camp where they will do lots of exciting activities like zip-wiring, grass tobogganing and roasting marshmallows round a campfire! But once they arrive, strange things start happening. Could mean girl Laura could be up to her old tricks in a bid to win the Adventure Camp Prize ...? It's...
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"The Midnight Harvest" unfolds in the mysterious town of Ravensbrook, where an ominous glow bathes the landscape on the eve of a blood moon. In the heart of this enigmatic setting, high school student Emma embarks on a chilling adventure into the forbidden forest, drawn by unsettling whispers about the rumored Midnight Harvest. Little does she know, this forest is no ordinary realm but a gateway to a dimension where fears manifest as monstrous entities....
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Elgart has a secret... and it belongs to the sea. A short story based on the Exquisite Corpse game result: "The perfumed elf swapped boots with the midnight ship". This unique creative writing prompt was created from the scrambled words of listeners to Anna Tizard's podcast, Brainstoryum.
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The Midnight Mail, first published in 1931, is a classic, fast-paced British murder mystery by leading author Henry Holt. The book, published as part of the Crime Club series, opens with an attempted murder on a train ... more murders follow as the police attempt to identify and catch the killer.
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You know what brings people's secrets to the surface? The end of the world.
A blister opened in the sky, and now death rains down onto the Earth. No one expected the oldsters living at Paradise Homes to respond in any way-not me, and certainly not any of the other staff. But it turned out we're a home for retired super-beings, and now the only thing standing between me and a demon is a not-so-little old man and an old lady who speaks to...
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Ages 8 - 12. Interactive Adventures. 10 possible endings. 17 potential trails.
Can you solve the mystery and escape The Midnight Manor?
When you and your mum are forced to stop driving and face the mysterious fog that has devoured the road ahead, you are faced with your first twist in your path! Will you hop out of the car and seek sanctuary at the eerie Midnight Manor? Or will you bunker down in the car and let your mum investigate on her...
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A stunningly brilliant psychopathic killer who has skillfully eluded the police from London to Paris to New York. A beautiful woman journalist suddenly in grave danger. An unorthodox New York detective whose motive for stopping the killer couldn't be more personal or emotional.
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One PI. Ten crimes.
A literary detective story ingeniously told in ten cases. John Dorn is a classic gumshoe. His woman has left him, he lives in his office, and he drinks too much. His one friend, a lawyer named Demetri, hands Dorn an infinite supply of hopeless cases and lost causes, to which Dorn, ever the champion of the underdog and the oppressed, is drawn to "as a sledgehammer is to a kneecap." A superlative work of hardboiled literary detective...
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A boy drowns in the sewers of Victorian London...His death leads to the orphaning of his surviving brothers, Arthur and Silas, in a grim Dickensian underworld. Overcoming the odds, the brothers' fates shift from grinding poverty to reversals of fortune that play out in conflicting and emotional ways. Which of them will make the right decision for their future, and at what cost? Painting vivid images of destitution, family ties, the dignity of work,...
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Boxcar children volume 81
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While visiting a small town in Alabama, the Aldens hear mysterious howls at midnight, leading them to wonder if an old local legend about a ghost dog is true.
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Often mocked as a "water cop," EPA special agent Sophie Grant has faced countless dangerous situations while chasing criminal polluters, from boarding tankers at sea to Somali refugee camps. But when she is assigned to Italy's tourist-filled Amalfi Coast in pursuit of a toxic-waste-dumping cartel, she finds herself in the crosshairs of legendary Camorra assassin Il Mezzanotte Ramingo-the Midnight Rambler-and is forced to do the most harrowing thing...
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A lonely teenage boy whose father has moved them too often for him to make lasting friendships.
A mysterious neighbor his own age who hums as he gardens... at night... surrounded by fireflies.
Superstition is the town Thaddeus Cane and his father, Nathan, have settled in this time, and every evening Thaddeus becomes more intrigued with his new neighbor. When Thaddeus finally works up the nerve to visit his neighbor, the crush blooming underneath...
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The MIDNIGHT SIDE is Natasha Mostert's critically acclaimed debut novel, which tells the story of an incredibly seductive woman, who even from the grave is able to direct events to her satisfaction. Isa is not surprised by a late night telephone call from her cousin Alette, until she discovers the next morning that Alette has been dead for two days... Then Isa receives three sealed envelopes and a final request from Alette. The envelopes contain instructions...
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Miss Honoria Cutworth is down to the last name on her father's list of eligible bachelors. Somehow, despite doing everything right, she hasn't managed to wrangle a husband. Sir Lawrence Fishbane isn't wealthy. He also isn't looking for a wife, but his mother keeps harping and Colonel Cutworth keeps appearing at his side, so it's inevitable he meets Miss Cutworth. Unwilling to gauge her charms merely on her public comportment, he sends forth The Midnight...
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Dark arts volume 1
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From New York Times bestselling author David Mack comes a visionary World War II-era adventure. The Midnight Front is the epic first novel in the Dark Arts series. On the eve of World War Two, Nazi sorcerers come gunning for Cade but kill his family instead. His one path of vengeance is to become an apprentice of The Midnight Front--the Allies' top-secret magickal warfare program--and become a sorcerer himself. Unsure who will kill him first--his...
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Alaskan quest volume 1
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"The Barringer family is happy in the Alaskan Territory. Confronted by an old flame, Leah realizes her feelings never went away and she is whisked away on an unforgettable journey"--Provided by publisher.
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Pete Sawyer is a private eye of a different kind. The son of a World War II American pilot and a brave French resistance fighter, he grew up on both sides of the Atlantic - though he prefers his sun-dappled villa on the Riviera to most other places. He takes pleasure in a fine wine...and a good gun. His French name is Pierre-Ange, and it suits him. In English, it means Stone Angel.
When gutsy Arlette Alfani, a brilliant and beautiful Monaco lawyer,...
100) The Midnight Spell
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A curious witch. A mystifying spell. And a dark destiny …
Hazel made it into the Lightgrove Coven. Well, sort of. She made it into their initiate program. Now she needs to go through their intensive program, and only if she aces it, she'll become a full member of the famous coven.
Besides the program, she also has to attend her college classes, study for midterms, and spend some time with not-quite-her-boyfriend-yet Sean. He has been nothing but...
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