After manifesting thorned magic and nearly destroying his hometown, Kieren Belltower is summoned to join the Magic Service—an institution in charge of magical affairs—and start an apprenticeship with a high-ranking magician. But instead of the mage assigned to teach him, Kieren is greeted by his haughty and annoyingly handsome senior apprentice Esten, who clearly has more important things to do than chaperone some newbie.Their teacher has disappeared on a secret assignment, leaving...

"Unbearably poignant."—The New York Times.Read by Audie, Earphones, and Golden Voice award-winning narrator Michael Crouch.Eke lives in a nice house, in a wealthy neighborhood, with an upstanding family: Mr. and Mrs. Kensworth and their three children. But Eke is not family; Eke is property. He’s an AI whose job is to keep the house clean and organized, and no matter how much Eke secretly wishes to be allowed outside to see the stars or to make a r...

A Persian cat called Ginger Fluff is tired of a life of luxury with a well-meaning but insufferably boring influencer who insists on documenting her every move.Ginger craves adventure, and one fateful day in a desperate bid for freedom, she leaps out of a moving car, only to find herself staring at her lifeless body on the side of the road.Her soul is intercepted by two mischievous angels who agree to restore her to life, but only if they can tag along for the ride....