THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOMEA week has passed since Kaguya fell unconscious. She’s comatose, trapped within the psyche of a hero, and her condition continues to decline when news of the Director’s death breaks. It isn’t long before another hero appears, sparking a new battle for Charon. But Kaguya taught them that heroes can be saved—something that is not so easy to forget. Where did these heroes come from, and why must Charon keep fighting them? Having learned the truth, one young man must ...

THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORYInfected by a mysterious being called the Goddess and transformed into unthinking creatures of havoc and slaughter, abominations known as “heroes” wage an endless war of blind justice on monsters… never realizing that these monsters are actually fellow humans. Only Charon, an elite unit led by a young man named Azuma, stands a chance against these terrifying heroes. So what might happen when Kaguya, a headstrong young scientist, joins Charon’s ranks and wa...

Two months have passed since the fight against the Goddess in Akihabara. The members of Charon are in training, still attempting to recover, when a young woman named Haru Takanashi is sent to join their ranks. Haru has clearly been dispatched by the higher-ups to “observe” Charon, but Kaguya remembers her own early days in the unit and decides to extend a friendly hand. Unfortunately, it looks like this new girl is going to be an even tougher nut to crack than Azuma was! Regardless of what...

**An international bestseller, Across the Nightingale Floor is the first book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. Don't miss the related series, The Tale of Shikanoko.In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard.**The youth Takeo has been brought up in a remote mountain village am...

Two monsters. One city. And no more room to hold back.To rescue the hero from the demon assault, Makoto and Shiki are sent to Limia’s capital, where they repel the towering demon general—all while keeping their true identities under wraps.But just as things seem to settle, a new threat crashes onto the stage: the deadliest human swordswoman—Sofia, the Dragon Slayer—and her partner, the blade-dragon Lancer.Their devastating rain of swords leaves the capital in ruins....

The Kuzunoha Company accepts a request from one of Limia Kingdom's great noble houses to investigate Night Frontal, a barren marshland where the spirits have mysteriously vanished.No sooner do they begin their survey than they are caught in a series of inexplicable phenomena. Before they can react, their entire base camp is transported deep into the heart of the swamp.As panic spreads among the investigators, Makoto remains calm. Summoning powerful earth and fire spirits, h...

Two years after the Great Ninja War, Shikamaru spends his days racing around, hands full as one of Konoha’s key protectors. Then, large numbers of ninja from every region are reported missing. Even Sai disappears. And the place where the missing shinobi end up is the mysterious empire, the Land of Silence.As a ninja, as an adult, to protect all that he is responsible for, Shikamaru must do battle with the shadow of a new generation.

Look past the legends and learn about the REAL ninjas of feudal Japan with this entertaining, illustrated ninjutsu guide.Ninjutsu, the least understood of the Japanese martial arts, is an ancient fighting style emphasizing natural movement, responsiveness to adversaries, and absolute practicality. In feudal Japan, ninja were feared for their skill in espionage and, particularly, assassination. Masters of weaponry, stealth, and martial techniques, ninja were credite...

Tashi is a body catcher, paid by inhabitants of the poor districts of Ossiri City to dispose of inconvenient corpses. The fewer questions he asks about them, the happier everyone tends to be. It's not an easy life, and the money isn't great, but it's better than the life he led when he was first thrown out on the streets with nothing but the clothes he was wearing.Then a colleague asks him to help with the bodies of a woman and babe who died in the birthing. Not just any woman and ...

“A non-stop, furiously paced story.” — Robert Charles Wilson, award-winning authorA nuanced story about artificial intelligence and digital immortality, Freenet plunges readers into the far future, when humans have closed distances in time and space through wormhole tunnels between interplanetary colonies. Consciousness has been digitized and cybersouls uploaded to a near-omniscient data matrix in a world where information is currency and the truth belongs...

TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION...Naoya Fukamachi is a university student whose ability to infallibly detect lies has left him friendless and isolated. When he writes a paper about a strange festival he wandered into as a child, though, he catches the fancy of his folklore studies professor, Akira Takatsuki, a handsome and eccentric man with a passion for all things mysterious. Soon, Naoya finds himself working as Akira’s assistant, helping him interpret an array of unexplainable phenomena,...

Once upon a time, there was Winter.Winter was once the only season in the world-but such an existence was too lonely to bear, and so it created Spring to love. Before long, the earth wished for more time to rest in the cycle, and Summer and Autumn were born. The ones who carry the cycle are called the Agents of the Four Seasons. Hinagiku, the Agent of Spring, disappeared from this land ten years ago, taking the season of spring with her. Now, after incredible hardship, she has returned to ...