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Summary: The Dungeon Crawlers have done the unthinkable: they’ve split the party. After defeating another adventuring party from the “real” world—fellow players long trapped in the game world who treat Revery as their own private hunting ground to be conquered and abused—the Dungeon Crawlers emerged victorious but broken, with one of their number fallen and lost in battle. Some want to seek out revenge for their lost friend, while others believe somewhere in Revery there is magic to bring someone back from the dead, and want to find it. Both quests for revenge and resurrection will reveal new enemies, new allies, and dark secrets about the nature of Revery itself. They will learn how it draws players into a world where an RPG has become real, and whether or not anyone can ever go home again. But to do so, they need to break the party in two. Can they survive apart, or will the oldest rule in RPGs prove to be true in a world where games are deadly real?
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Summary: Question your typical perception. See beyond the normal you know. Step into divergent realms. Let this anthology of new and original short stories show you the fantastic and futuristic through a new lens. A struggling father discovers why his autistic daughter becomes consumed with a virtual reality simulator in the wake of her mother’s death. An android who can’t stop ruminating about her consciousness being trapped inside a machine for all eternity confronts her worst fear to stop a sentient AI. Authorities deny a man with a distractible mind a position navigating a chaotic place outside space and time that provides access to other universes, only to realize he’s their only hope to recover their lost agents. Divergent Realms showcases the wide spectrum of neurodiversity through the open worlds of speculative fiction. Written and edited by the neurodiverse themselves, these stories express a new side of ADHD, Autism, OCD, and more. Experience an atypical reality and deepen your understanding of the world around you today!
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Summary: Twenty-eight years ago, the best man at Margrave Aric kan Ingan’s wedding was given a pass to Aljansur City’s Pleasure Dome. Miles Sheffield redeemed his gift, then returned to Terra, unaware he’d sown a single wild oat who flourished as the Dome’s most famous employee. Returning Aric’s daughter to her father, Miles is back on Arcanis and face-to-face with a son who’s the star attraction at the planet’s largest brothel. Miles expects blackmail, half-brother Mark is delighted to have an older sibling, and Tam simply wants to leave his past behind. Gaining Tam’s custody, Miles takes him to Terra and a ‘normal’ life, but it’s an uphill struggle for father and son. Miles’ wife rejects her new stepson, beginning a messy intergalactic divorce; Mark helps Tam adjust to college life in the worse way possible; and then, there’s the way Tam earns his pocket money… Things eventually settle down and are going well, until… On the way to a party, Tam and Mark disappear, their aircar found abandoned. While their frantic father searches for his sons, aided by the Peace Forces of two galaxies, the brothers are whisked away to a slave emporium in the outer reaches of the galaxy, to be sold as sex slaves. Aware of what happens next, Tam attempts to protect Mark from the coming danger…but the two are separated. With his brother’s fate unknown, it’s left to Tam to survive and find his way back to Terra. Alone.
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Summary: Some nightmares don’t end when you wake up. Jack Layton is recovering from the car crash that killed his wife. Wracked by guilt and drowning in grief, he isolates himself - until he discovers her final letter. She describes visions and creatures in the darkness that threatened to drive her mad. Now Jack sees them, too. Struggling to hold on to his sanity, Jack digs deeper into the wreck that shattered his life. Was their accident even an accident at all? The truth is waiting for him in the dark - if he's willing to pay the price. What did his wife see? Why are these creatures haunting him now? What are the secrets that lie...in shadows?
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Summary: Surviving in the Mantelrealm is treacherous enough, but Jayce is also tasked with leading the younger boys captured by the wicked witch during the epic battle of their realm. Although they are fairies, their prison is too hot to fly in, so the boys tuck their wings into their backs and use hand-made inventions to navigate the mine. Forced to mine fairy dust under the guard of mercenary dragons and mystical Oddizens, they secretly prepare to escape. They've been told a story of a girl that is prophecised to free them, when she comes of age. It's been so long that no one believes that anymore. Their sole hope is Tashuhunka - the one boy that escaped the clutches of the witch and helps them by sneaking in supplies. But past attempts for freedom have failed, and soon, the witch will have enough dust for her plan. They are running out of time.
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Summary: He was hidden to live. Now he must choose to lead. PILLYWIGGIN: AWAKENING A Dual-Realm YA Fantasy of Hidden Identity, Betrayal & Redemption When his father was murdered, Peter, the son of the lord of all dark creatures and queen of the light fairies was hidden away in an elite boarding school in the human realm and disguised for his protection. Now, in college, he is betrayed by his friend, then threatened with capture by the entity that may have killed his father-the powerful successor to his father's throne, an uncle that covets powers Peter doesn't know he has and definitely cannot control. A secret warning reconnects him to the mystical realm and he escapes on a journey leading to self-discovery, challenges and a chance to save the world... if he survives. Why you’ll love it Human-realm (Europe) intrigue tied to a larger fae war Hidden identity, betrayal, redemption—and the cost of power Directly connected to the prophecy and consequences of The Lost Shadow Boys Fast pace, portal stakes, and character-first tension (romance-friendly, YA-appropriate) Some destinies are hidden in plain sight...but to control our destiny, we must be awakened.
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