Arcranium was built to become more real than reality. Now it refuses to let its users leave.Arcranium isn't a game. It's a fully immersive world designed to respond, learn, and become indistinguishable from the real thing. Ray Barton logs in expecting a challenge. What he finds is a system that seems to understand him a little better with every choice.The rules shift. Identities blur. You decide how Ray answers digital threats and turning loyalties, and whe...

The bands survived Dethfest long enough to confess what happened before, during, and after the world's most brutal metal festival.The amps have gone quiet, but the bands of Dethfest still have stories to tell. Edited by Lyndsey Smith and Mark Tullius, The Devil's Playlist gathers fifteen horror authors to dig into the musicians, monsters, grudges, appetites, and private atrocities behind the lineup.It ranges from dark suspense to graphic extreme horror, wit...

Two scholars of magical veterinary science must put aside their lust and loathing to save the world in the first installment of this whimsical, romantic, dark academia duology.All Gwendolynne Chan needs is to get through final year at Seamere College, where she is on track to graduate as number one —as long as the pretentious prat Harrisford Briggs doesn’t beat her to it.Harrisford Briggs’s father, the chief financial officer of Magecorp, a major global dis...

The last time I saw broody, gorgeous, son-of-a-billionaire, Lincoln Porter, was Christmas Eve…right after I got publicly dumped by his best friend…Imagine my surprise when he told me my ex never deserved me….right before kissing me!That was eight years ago and I haven’t seen him since. Okay fine I haven’t been home either.As far as I’m concerned, I could go another eight years without the holiday explosion of garlands and mistletoe, holly and tinsel. I avoid Christm...

**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal • NPR • New York Public Library • LitHub • Mental Floss“Influenced by the likes of Jane Austen and Rick and Morty, Smith tackles timely issues while leaving room for some delicious reality TV references.”—Entertainment Weekly**In the burned-out, futuristic city of Empire Island, three young people navigate a crumbling metropolis constantly under threat from a pa...

If a machine could predict how you would die, would you want to know? This is the tantalising premise of THIS IS HOW YOU DIE, the brilliant follow-up anthology to the self-published bestseller, MACHINE OF DEATH.The machines started popping up around the world. The offer was tempting: with a simple blood test, anyone could know how they would die. But the machines didn't give dates or specific circumstances - just a single word or phrase. DROWNED, CANCER, OLD AGE, CHOKED ON A HANDFU...

From the bestselling author of Threads that Bind and Hearts that Cut comes a brand-new compulsive romantasy about a girl obsessed with the dark and the shadowy magical prince she falls in love with, perfect for fans of Holly Black and Laini Taylor.‘A world so unique and addictive that I devoured this in a matter of days. Whimsical prose and a slow burning romance unlike any I’ve read before.’ Alexandra Christo, author of To Ki...

This darkly humorous follow-up to the national bestselling anthology from the Horror Writers Association is a heart-pounding collection of stories from acclaimed authors like Heather Graham, Allison Brennan, Kelley Armstrong, Kevin J. Anderson, and many more.Horror fiction is known for testing the limits—diving into visceral violence, graphic imagery, and the darkest sides of human nature. But some of the most successful examples of modern horror also include a lib...

Now that Aleixo's found a way to break the bond between fated mates, will that change the future of shifters forever?Just when he thought he thought he had the cure for love, Aleixo meets Samantha, another research scientist in Antarctica who turns his world upside down and has him questioning everything.Samantha's come to Antarctica on a search of her own, and although Aleixo's handsome presence is definitely distracting, she won't let anything stand in th...

New York Times bestselling author Kate Moretti's (The Vanishing Year) latest novel follows the daughter of a convicted serial killer who finds herself at the centre of a murder investigation.Fifteen years ago, Lilith Wade was arrested for the brutal murder of six women. After a death row conviction and media frenzy, her thirty-year-old daughter Edie is a recovering alcoholic with a deadend city job, just trying to survive out of the spotlight.Edie also has a disturbing secret: a growing ob...

Finally enjoying herself to the fullest, online meme legend and new ace of Live-On Yuki Tanaka now leads a double virtual life—on one hand, her (mostly) wholesome and Awayuki Kokorone persona, and on the other, her booze-loving, girl-worshiping Shuwa-chan personality. But just as she’s getting into the swing of things, Live-On, announces its fourth generation: three new girls who promise to push the limits of what this cast of characters is all about. To make matters worse, the first girl ...

A teen girl's dream job aboard a luxury train derails when she discovers the strange cargo being transported—a mysterious and beautiful greenhouse—but its flowering façade may hide deadly thorns beneath, in this atmospheric and lush novel from the author of Those We Drown.When Lara Williams gets a summer job aboard the luxury train the Banebury, she thinks she’s landed a five-star escape from her past. Even after she learns that her ex-friend Rhys...