How much would you wager to save a dragon? Your safety, your friends, your people? How about your life?Skye, an alitur—elf as the small-minded humans would degrade her—is a gambler hiding in the skin of her enemy to escape capture, her past and her true identity.However, her fragile safety shatters when she's caught cheating. Thrown into the corrupt world of gambling, where animals and creatures are pitted against one another for sport, Skye witnes...

As the Order of Nine tightens its net, Genshi rushes to prevent an assassination—only to spring a deadly trap that ends in mass bloodshed and a spectacular explosion. Outmatched and outmaneuvered, he’s left with more questions than answers as the enemy proves just how far ahead they really are.

The strongest former Demon King challenges God once again.Hiram, the strongest demon king in history and ruler of all demons, defies the Demon God's demands for sacrifices. This defiance leads to a fierce battle that leaves Hiram dead. Despite being the strongest, he could not overcome the truth of this world: Demons cannot defeat the Demon God.Five hundred years later, Hiram has finally reincarnated as a human. While humans are considered the weakest race,...

Cultural Game Studies provides a comprehensive framework for understanding games and play as interconnected cultural phenomena, examining their roles as art, entertainment, and human experience within contemporary society.This edited volume delivers a societally and culturally informed critical framework that enables readers to develop a nuanced understanding of game cultures and their scholarship. Rather than studying games or players in isolation, the book contextualises...

An immortal ninja cursed with a vengeful war spirit is forced out of hiding to protect the last descendants of his sworn family, even if it means unleashing the monster within.Six hundred years ago, shinobi warrior Genshi Sakagura was cursed to share his soul with a mythic spirit of war—the Tengu. Now immortal, he hides in modern-day New York, living in silence and penance, praying the curse stays buried. But when an ancient cult threatens the descendants of the fa...

On a ruined Earth, the man responsible for humanity’s extinction stands trial—while the truth behind the apocalypse reveals a universe far more terrifying than anyone imagined. As science, greed, and cosmic indifference collide, the final verdict may prove that humanity was never in control to begin with.

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The 100 Days That Shook the WorldWhy Military Superiority Failed to Produce Decisive VictoryFor 100 days, the Middle East stood at the center of a confrontation that threatened to reshape the global balance of power.The United States and Israel entered the conflict with overwhelming advantages in air power, precision weapons, missile defense, intelligence, cyber capabilities, global logistics, and diplomatic influence. Iran could no...

While their boss is rampaging through Joshua’s mansion, Jooheon’s team is keeping a careful watch over Jaeha Yoo’s sleeping body. His memories have returned, but Chen Yang’s words of calling him a fellow traitor ring in all of their heads. But there’s no chance at any explanations because as soon as Jaeha awakes, he escapes confinement and heads straight for Jooheon! Just what happened in Jaeha’s past life, and is he still on their side?

As McCormick’s fractured mind is put on trial, the Vitruvian case explodes into motion, revealing the murders as only one layer of a far darker design. This issue delivers a chilling finale that proves the real artist—and the real threat—is still out there.

In the icy shadows of Helsinki, rogue agent Eddi Landsman is marked for death by her own side—until the mysterious Nemo intervenes, revealing a global conspiracy that will force her to choose between the truth... or survival.

Strapped to a nightmarish operating table, Genshi faces a brutal “living autopsy” as a fanatical cult seeks to rip the Tengu from his soul—forcing him to make a deadly choice that will either end his life... or unleash the monster within?