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**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.“Strikingly original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly.”—The Economist“This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI and automated content production. . . . Masterfu...

Magic, mermaids and gnomes come to life have become Abby's life. Good thing the warlock next door helps take the edge off.Abby wants a new life, but magic was never on the agenda. Her new neighbours are great, if you like mermaids, werewolves, and medusi. Adapting to her role in the neighbourhood is tricky as it involves pulling magic between dimensions, but the garden gnomes that she animated try to help when they can. The warlock next door is also a problem, every time he gets ne...

Trouble is brewing in Nexus, and for some reason, they think I can stop it.Some people are born to greatness. My mother wanted to strangle me at birth.I’ve not had an easy life, not in a world that thrives on magic. Spells to reinforce buildings. Hexes to give you the face of a supermodel.Or so I’ve been told.No one can hide their true face from me, and people get ugly when they find out my presence is the reason magic shrivels and ...

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.“Strikingly original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly.”—The Economist“This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI and automated content production. . . . Masterfu...

- The eighth book in the sweeping science-fantasy NEXUS series and sequel to Fear of the Light -The gunslinger and the assassin. Star-crossed. Hopeful.He's dangerously in love. He's willing to sacrifice everything. And he's dying.She's unstoppable. She's unbeatable. And she's been taken.An enemy they never saw coming has accomplished the unthinkable: he has kidnapped the assassin Juni Lien. To keep ...

I don’t know who to trust anymore.Learning to use my power isn’t all fun and games, especially with the annoying Professor X, but I have to buckle down. The monster situation in Nexus isn’t getting any better.And neither is my love life.Baptiste is about to get married, and Huego, that sexy traitor, is missing. My lessons on using my ability aren’t going very well, and when my teacher goes missing, I’m back to muddling around on my own—and fa...

Rampaging snowmen, a giant snow beast designed for world domination, Holiday Yeti and the crew of Oak Point way. Merry Xmas.Deciding what to get for her gnomes for their first Xmas was Abby's main concern, until the little buggers tricked her into animating the snow warriors that they had created in her yard. The new creatures rampage throughout the neighbourhood and molest the quiet homes of Sargent in an effort to strip away their holiday magic. Abby and the others must stop the ...

Hellebore wants some time off from the singing, from being pressured to perform. When she takes off in the beginning of December, she is shocked to find her normal portal turning into a one-way trip into a prison.With her head a bloody mess, she is taken to the doctor who treats her wounds with a confident touch. She gets the briefing on the prison, but one tiny detail is left out. Their prison is a holding area for a Christmas detachment.All eight men are being held for cr...

Max has lived as the Abomination for five years and this week is her anniversary. Like all vampires, she has to return to the point at which she was turned and relive her original attack and transformation. Max is prepared, but there is a little errand she must run for Gregori before the big night.A panther shifter has asked for a bodyguard for his sister, and Max agrees to watch the woman as long as she can bring two friends.Raven Dexter and Hellebore arrive in time to hel...

Elly has known she was going to become the phoenix for twelve years. She just didn’t want it to happen quite yet.When she meets Terric in person for the first time, there is no going back. Her transformation is underway. Her body is becoming fire and there is nothing she can do to stop it.Terric has been looking for the phoenix since he felt the first stirrings of her power in the world around him. When he meets Elly and they dance, he knows that she is the one he has been ...

We join Abby and Xander on their big day, a huge wedding at Hotel Spectre. When the rings go missing, the bridal gown gets tainted with blood and the groom starts a fistfight in the garden, only the efforts of friends and creatures can make Abby have the wedding day she deserves. Whatever fate had in mind, this will be the happiest damned bride that ever animated her lawn ornaments. Or else.

Hide all you want. I will find you.I might not wear a cape or a mask, but as an agent for the SMU—Special Monsters Unit—I am plenty heroic.Most of the time.Accidents tend to happen a lot around me since I’m what they call a null witch. Someone who basically murders magic.Sounds cool, right? Not when it causes cursed folks to explode—literally—in my face. Gross. Not to mention I hate shopping for new clothes.Still, I love my ...