The warlock’s curse swept across the land, affecting each in a different way. Jian the swordswoman was left blind and in despair, but the Soldier God sent her a dog to act as her eyes. Now the king has summons Jian back into his service. Only a sword fighter without sight can protect the princess whose face is death to any who look upon her. Their mission is to defeat the warlock and lift the curse from the dying land. But can Jian fight well enough under her dog’s guidance to survive the perilous journey? And what price will she pay for victory?

The king is dead, long live the prince, but not for long if his stepmother the Queen Regent has anything to say about it. So he appeals to the one person he can trust, his father’s best swordswoman and the king’s secret lover. Venise wants nothing more than to bury herself in her grief at the king’s death, but her conscience will not allow her to abandon the young man who is so like his father. The only question is whether the two of them can stand against the Queen Regent’s black magic.

Harper Blaine was your average small-time PI until she died—for two minutes. Now Harper is a Greywalker, treading the thin line between the living world and the paranormal realm. And she’s discovering that her new abilities are landing her all sorts of “strange” cases. After being shot in the back and dying—again—Harper has lost many of her powers. Now, if the Greywalker dies one more time, she won’t be coming back. Harper’s only respite from the chaos is her work. But while conducting an investigation in the Olympic Peninsula, she sees a ghostly car accident and finds a victim who insists he was murdered, blaming the nearby picturesque community of Sunset Lakes—called “Blood Lake” by locals. Harper soon learns that beneath the icy waters of the lake hides a terrible power and a host of hellish beings—both of which are held under the thrall of a sinister cabal that will use the darkest of arts to achieve their fiendish ends…

Living with her Babby after her parents’ death, 10-year-old Dinah Ash is invited to train at Leningrad’s legendary Vaganova Ballet School. In the world of elite dance, she works hard, falls in love, and weathers the Soviet Union’s ubiquitous antisemitism, but despite an impressive talent, she quickly learns that dancers of her “profile” don’t make prima ballerinas. Love of Leningrad, ballet, friends, family, and books sustain Dinah until history intervenes. The Soviet war in Afghanistan, the rise of perestroika, and a re-emergence of Nazism leave her vulnerable and exposed. Realizing escape is her only option, she applies for refugee status in America. Dinah’s adjustment to life in the US is a test as much of her identity as of her perseverance. Is who she is something Dinah can forge on her own? Or is identity imposed by upbringing, public opinion, and the myths of our cultures? As Dinah struggles with the questions of religion, race, and worth, her choices and the people she encounters will determine whether the dream of a better life can survive the weight of the past.

The third-part of the [Salaryman x JK] post-apocalypse series! "We have all lost something precious somewhere down the long road of time." A virus has wiped out most of humanity. The world humanity built is slowly fading away, sinking into the ground, returning to the soil. Yamada Daisuke and Fujiwara Sayaka begin to figure out how to survive in a world without any modern comforts. Neither of them has any experience with farming, so they have to learn as they go. Sayaka knows it is best to stay in Kagoshima, but there is one more journey she needs to make. In the future, Sayaka goes on a journey with her daughter, Hana, retracing the steps she once took with Yamada Daisuke, while trying her best to raise Hana in a world that shows no mercy to the unprepared. The long road of time is filled with bittersweet memories. Will they find what they are looking for?

A quest from the king sends Yuna to a new area: a desert! She heads to the town of Dezelt with the kraken's mana stone in tow. The desert is terribly hot and vast, but it's nothing she can't handle with the help of Kumayuru, Kumakyu, and her OP bear gear! Once she gets there, the town's citizens have another task for her... Yuna has no time to just kick back her paws in this volume!

'" People remain skeptical of Fran''s abilities despite her achievements with Teacher, and so, accused of playing favorites, the Guild Master assigns the duo a difficult mission to prove their worth. Fran and Teacher don''t much care what anyone thinks of them, but once they venture into the snare-filled Spider's Lair, even they realize they may have bitten off more than they can chew... "'