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The Veil has kept the realms separated since the beginning of time - until now. When a spirit attacks Tharion, the truths the Kingdom has long tried to hide are finally exposed: the Veil is cracking, letting ancient evil into the realm of the living. The Fates have destined Tharion to save the realm – yet also to lose. If he doesn’t stop the Veil’s collapse, a demon sorcerer will claw his way out, threatening to blanket the realm in darkness. With the help of Eleanora, a brilliant but underestimated witch, and her familiar, Rowan, Tharion sets out to mend the Veil’s fractures before it’s too late. But every step towards the end reveals new lies and old betrayals. The closer they get to the final breach, the more Tharion realizes that saving the realm will demand a sacrifice he isn’t ready to make.

As the siege of Mont Tombe came to a climax, Luca’s Branch hex flowered in a shocking display of power. Fighting to save Luca, Zoe also unleashed her full strength against Akira. In the aftermath of their duel, something strange about Akira is revealed. Later, back in Thermi, the capital of the Holy Realm, the Branched squad gets a brief rest. A meeting with the Pontiff causes Luca to question his motives for becoming a maestro and opens his eyes to the true origin and purpose of the Spires. Are Luca and Zoe doomed to a life of endless war, or can they take their fate in their own hands?

**Mistletoe and murder go hand in hand in the seventh installment of the Christmas Tree Farm mysteries from bestselling author Jacqueline Frost.** New parents Holly White and Sheriff Evan Gray are sleep deprived, but incandescently happy to be celebrating their baby’s first Christmas. Their family, friends, and neighbors are spoiling the newest addition. Adding to the perfect holiday season is the recent completion of their newly built home. All that’s left to do is move in and send off those change of address cards. But their cup full of cheer turns sour when Holly discovers a dead body. It all started with a sweet trip down memory lane–Candy Cane Lane and Toyland were two of Holly’s favorites as a child, and she had been looking forward to sharing them with her baby. Then she stumbled upon the body of Greysen, the animal keeper, left among the reindeer at the petting zoo. Earlier in the day, Holly witnessed a fight between Greysen and a stranger. Stranger still, the reindeer petting zoo had originally been empty that day–no reindeer in sight until they reappeared along with a corpse. As Holly fights to keep the Christmas spirit alive, she is Graysen’s only chance at justice–and her baby’s only chance at a happy first Christmas.

Set in 1991, *Huckleberry Jim* follows two actors — Axel Emerson, a twenty-two-year-old white actor fresh out of conservatory, and Moses Morton, a fifty-five-year-old Black actor with a lifetime of stages behind him — on a children's tour of *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* through upstate New York and the Appalachians. The novel is inspired by real events. As the two-man company drives from school gymnasium to community theater, performing Twain's text to American children in the year of Anita Hill, Rodney King's arrest, and the height of the culture wars, the road between them becomes a slow reckoning with race, performance, fatherhood, and what it costs to play another man's part. Publishes October 6, 2026 — during Banned Books Week, in the year of America's Semiquincentennial, and the 150th anniversary of Tom Sawyer. The timing is intentional.

Set in 1991, *Huckleberry Jim* follows two actors — Axel Emerson, a twenty-two-year-old white actor fresh out of conservatory, and Moses Morton, a fifty-five-year-old Black actor with a lifetime of stages behind him — on a children's tour of *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* through upstate New York and the Appalachians. The novel is inspired by real events. As the two-man company drives from school gymnasium to community theater, performing Twain's text to American children in the year of Anita Hill, Rodney King's arrest, and the height of the culture wars, the road between them becomes a slow reckoning with race, performance, fatherhood, and what it costs to play another man's part. Publishes October 6, 2026 — during Banned Books Week, in the year of America's Semiquincentennial, and the 150th anniversary of Tom Sawyer. The timing is intentional.

From the outside, it looks like Jessica has the perfect life. She's a stay-at-home mom, married to a man with a respectable job, raising a son they adore. Her family is as wholesome as all-American pie. But deep down, Jessica knows there's something wrong with her; she knows she can't escape her past. When her husband’s job has them move abroad, Jessica thinks this is her chance for a fresh start. On the remote island of Hasenhurst, the modern world can’t get in. The people there grow their own herbs, make their own jam, and mind their own business. They believe in folk tales and the power of dreams. They tell visitors, we’re a quaint, quiet people.The right sort of family would do well here. Jessica is determined to be the right kind of person for a family―and a life―like this. But as she tries to befriend the townsfolk and learn their ways, she soon realizes that beneath the town’s cozy idyll, something sickly-sweet and rotten lays buried ...

At 5 a.m. in the emergency department, Dr. Anne Aspler is the physician treating patients in crisis. She collects forensic evidence from sexual assault survivors. She sets the shattered bones of domestic abuse victims. But beneath the white coat, she is wrestling with a crisis of her own. Anne’s father is a convicted serial rapist. Her mother is lost to severe schizophrenia, hoarding, and the streets. Raised amid religious fundamentalism, foster care, and poverty, Anne ran in the opposite direction—eventually becoming a Harvard-trained doctor. To survive, she severed ties with her father, shed her faith, and built a pristine, controlled life. But the ER is a mirror. When Anne treats women injured by their partners, or patients wrestling with PTSD and addiction, the boundary between doctor and patient collapses. Caring for them forces her to ask an impossible question: How will she explain her parents to her young daughters—and should they ever meet their grandfather? Rise After Silence is a visceral, unsparing memoir about the collision of professional duty and deeply buried personal trauma. It is an exploration of how private violence never stays private. It compounds. It migrates. And it demands to be brought into the light. An unflinching look at what we inherit and the fierce work of deciding what we pass on.

The truth has been revealed: Fami was the Death Devil! And she now has the real Famine Devil and the fake Chainsaw Man under her control as she prepares for the day of the prophecy. Meanwhile, Denji and Yoru enjoy a moment of peace as the entire world threatens to fall apart around them!

Essential, up-to-date guidance on consent and sex for anyone who’s having it—and everyone who wants to do it better. Empowered practices, embodied skills, and frame-changing advice for navigating consent, pursuing pleasure, and building connection in the real world. Part practical guide, part cultural critique, this book offers braver, more creative, and more empowered visions of what sex can (and should) be. Essential reading for anyone having sex in the 21st century, How to Do Consent moves the conversation past stale and rigid assumptions toward one rooted in connection, fulfillment, and self-discovery. Timely, provocative, real-world, and affirming, Schachter’s work dispels misconceptions like: “Consent can be done perfectly”: When in practice, it’s relative, subjective, fluid, and interpersonal—there’s no one right way to do it. “If you can’t talk about sex, you shouldn’t be having it”: Abstinence lite is unrealistic; talking about sex requires experience, trial, and error. “Consent will save us”: Consent is a harm-reduction strategy, not a panacea. “Enthusiasm is a requirement for consensual sex”: Utterly unenthusiastic but totally consensual sex happens all the time. It’s fine! “Consent is something that men do for women”: It’s a shared, communal responsibility—and anyone of any gender can violate another’s’ boundaries. “Sexuality is always innate and unchangeable”: While honoring the reality that many are “born this way,” Schachter shares how their own desires and sexuality have been both fluid and actively sculpted. Grounded in Schachter’s work as an intimacy coordinator and consent educator—and informed by insights from sex workers, therapists, kink practitioners, and community leaders—How to Do Consent (Without Sounding Like a Robot) offers a provocative and bitingly funny alternative to the myths and practices that keep us silent, confused, anxious, and disconnected—and that hold us back from asking for (and discovering) what we really want.

**From Jacob Tierney, the creator of *Heated Rivalry*, in partnership with Brendan Brady and Accent Aigu, comes *I’ll Believe in Anything*, an official and complete collection of annotated scripts for the biggest cultural sensation of the year, with all new exclusive behind-the-scenes content.** Based on [Rachel Reid](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL7991171A/Rachel_Reid)’s blockbuster [Game Changers book series](https://openlibrary.org/series/OL331100L/Game_Changers), *Heated Rivalry* premiered on Crave and HBO in late 2025 and immediately took the world by storm. ***I’ll Believe in Anything*** takes readers behind the curtain, showing how Tierney, his producing partner Brendan Brady, and the entire Accent Aigu team drew on a deep reverence for Reid’s work, impeccable casting, clever sets and costume design, and thoughtful sex scene choreography to both rewrite the playbook for adapting romance novels to the screen and obliterate the long-held misconception that queer love stories have limited appeal. ***I’ll Believe in Anything*** answers all the questions fans of this groundbreaking series have been asking. How did Tierney interweave Ilya and Shane’s rivalry with Scott and Kip’s love story to create the ultimate television moment? Where did the idea for that incredible Canadian Olympic fleece originate? And what does it look like for a full team, led by Tierney and Brady, to plan, choreograph, and film some of the best sex scenes in television history? Featuring annotations on scene directions, intimacy choreography, costume insights, and more, alongside Tierney’s never-before-seen scripts, this book gives fans a brand-new way to come to the cottage!

Jack Sawyer leva uma vida relativamente tranquila em Dezi, no litoral dos Territórios, o estranho mundo para o qual viajou aos doze anos para salvar sua mãe. Agora, divide seus dias entre as responsabilidades com seu ka-tet e as missões ocasionais para Youngblood, governante da cidade. Mas essa rotina termina quando ele é enviado em uma missão entre os mundos para recuperar livros e bebidas inexistentes em Dezi e investigar sinais inquietantes vindos das Terras Arrasadas. O que parecia uma tarefa simples logo se transforma em uma luta por sobrevivência. Enquanto investiga os crimes de uma gangue de adolescentes possuídos que espalha terror pelos Estados Unidos, Jack descobre que algo sombrio desperta além do deserto radioativo. Velhos aliados ressurgem sob novas formas, criaturas antes distantes tornam-se ameaças imediatas e forças desconhecidas avançam à medida que a fronteira entre os mundos começa a se desfazer. Com o futuro do Mundo Médio e da Torre Negra, eixo de todas as realidades, mais uma vez ameaçado, Jack precisará confrontar seu próprio legado e reunir todas as forças possíveis para enfrentar a batalha mais importante de sua vida.

Ivan is a solitary man in his seventies, set in his ways and haunted by the failures of his past. His smart and cynical daughter, Nina, is in the twilight of her twenties and has long kept a distance from her sentimental father. But when Ivan proposes a trip to Europe in hopes that it will bring them closer together, Nina reluctantly agrees. They meet at LAX, where their departure is delayed. And delayed again. And again. As the hours drag on, their sharp, caustic and wide-ranging conversation reveals a lifetime of misunderstandings, unhealed wounds, and stubborn love.  Soon more flights are canceled, security tightens, airport staff grow evasive, and it becomes clear to Ivan and Nina that something is wrong. They begin to suspect that they’re being held prisoner—sequestered from the world without explanation. At last, the surreal starts to overtake the mundane, and their need to escape—and to protect each other—turns increasingly urgent.  What begins as a piercing portrait of a father and daughter becomes a novel of eerie suspense, as Nina and Ivan navigate not only their fractured bond but also a world teetering on the brink of collapse. A story of loving across gaps—between parent and child, between things said and unsaid—and about what happens when the outside world finally mirrors the chaos within, *Passengers* is Maksik’s most timely and accomplished novel yet.

Kimberly Blaeser's singular stories center Anishinaabe characters who bring traditional tribal stories into contemporary experiences and break the stereotypes too often used to portray them. Here, we experience an Indigenous America inhabited by fancy dog contests, social protests, tree doctors, monsters, mosquitoes, and facial recognition software, all while blending, in the most exciting ways, the genre elements of magical realism, humor, horror, and speculative literary fiction. At the heart of the collection is the story "Red Ants," which opens on the rez between a jump rope chant and a test proctor's smile, where two girls learn how easily a life can be reduced to numbers, and how quickly those numbers can tilt ordinary days into something mythic, unsettling, and deeply human. Blaeser delves into the complexities of kinship and survival, exploring how the smallest moments of cruelty or tenderness can shape generations. For readers of *Night of the Living Rez* and *Crooked Hallelujah* speaking to larger issues of race, culture, and history, *Red Ants* explores alienation, displacement, and loneliness elevated through the precision of language, fierce emotional intelligence, and the haunting sense of place that permeates every page.

(Collected Works.) *The Obsidian Mirror: A Study in Stone and Shadow* is a triptych of screenplays that serves as a dark, diagnostic reflection of the human psyche. By mapping the untamed wilderness of the heart against the rigid constraints of history, chemistry, and architecture, this trilogy investigates how individuals attempt to order their chaotic interior lives while navigating the external pressures of their respective eras. The collection is structured as a bold narrative progression, framing a sharp, contemporary farce between two sweeping period dramas. Across these disparate settings, the recurring theme remains constant: the desperate, often ruinous quest to exert control over existence when the world—and our own nature—demands surrender. **The Trilogy** - ***Lightning in the Veins*** The notorious life of superstar Lord Byron, a restless poet whose determination to free and find himself in a changing world finds him freeing those oppressed by the same forces. - ***360 Degrees of Self-Interest*** When a wildfire encircles a disaster-proof museum, a crew of chic billionaire collectors must outlast both flame and flaw, discovering that the fiercest competition is not for art but for who survives being seen. - ***The Geometry of Ruin*** In 1870s Halifax, a principled Royal Engineer and a battle-scarred Royal Artillery officer, assigned to complete a coastal fortress, fall reluctantly in love as they unearth a terrifying secret entombed in its walls—one whose revelation could shatter the British Empire. **​Themes & Analysis** - **The Architecture of Control:** Whether it is the literal fortifications of 19th-century Halifax, the curated “disaster-proof” sanctuary of a modern museum, or the metaphorical prisons of social convention and romantic obsession, each film explores the futility of building walls—physical or psychological—against the inevitability of human desire and catastrophe. - **A Mirror to Society:** The trilogy positions its characters as agents of their own undoing. By juxtaposing the aristocratic volatility of the Romantic era with the performative narcissism of the billionaire class, *The Obsidian Mirror* exposes the “messy psyche” that persists regardless of technological or social advancement. - **The Unmapped Wilderness:** Each protagonist is engaged in a mapping exercise—of politics, of survival, and of structural integrity. Yet, the true landscape they are forced to navigate is the volatile, unmappable terrain of the human heart, where the most dangerous secrets are not found in history or blueprints, but in the reflections we refuse to acknowledge.

Z PANEM DARKIEM JEST COŚ NIE TAK Jest rok 1990. Nadeszła wolna Polska i pan Darek też jest wolny. Jest wolny, bo wyszedł z więzienia. Jest wolny, bo nie ma siły ruszać się szybko, uderzać z zaskoczenia. Kiedyś, przed Sztumem, za komuny, pan Darek był gościem. Zjadał frajerów jak pieczone kurczaki. Brał wszystko, co chciał, i nawet nie patrzył. Był potężny. Teraz jest wątły. Niedobrze, bo świat dookoła pana Darka wywrócił się do góry nogami: okazje czają się za każdym rogiem, pieniądz leży na ulicy, wystarczy się po niego schylić. Wystarczy nie być frajerem. Ale aby to zrobić, trzeba jakoś oszukać tę łajzę Zmorę, co wepchnęła w łapy kontrakt oszukańczy... ,,Pan Darek” to trzecia i zarazem ostatnia powieść ze świata ,,Ślepnąc od świateł”. Zabierze Was w głąb głowy faceta, który stał się najbardziej uwielbianym czarnym charakterem polskiej popkultury po 1989 roku. Już coś wiecie o panu Darku. Wiecie, że lubi z cukrem, bez cytrynki. Wiecie, że lubi podróżować – Czarnogóra, Tajlandia. Wiecie, że jest trochę zaburzony. Ale tak naprawdę nie wiecie o nim nic. Dowiecie się dopiero teraz.

Tinder oder Tanzcafé? KI oder Kochkurs? Excel oder Eislaufen? Ein nerdiger Großstadtsingle und sein schrulliger Amor wetteifern in einem bizarren Dating-Duell um dieselben Ziele: die große Liebe zu finden und den anderen endlich loszuwerden. Humorvoller Dating-Roman, der an echten Orten in Hamburg-St. Pauli spielt. Manfred ist dabei kein Fabelwesen, sondern die zweite Stimme im Kopf des Erzählers. Debütroman von Gero Wenderholm, erschienen im PMLakeman-Verlag (Römerberg), 22. Oktober 2026. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: IDN 1418609935.

The world's most intelligent and well-read dog, the famously mute Gromit, finally breaks his silence, presenting his memoir to Nick Park, the four-time Academy Award winner and creator of Wallace & Gromit. Yes. I’m a dog. And you’re reading a book written by a dog. Which of us is the odder? I guess we’ll just have to get used to it. Now, this is supposed to be Wallace’s story. And maybe, at some point, he’ll finish building the machine he was going to write this book with. Currently he’s stood on top of the dining table and wondering why he fitted a typewriter with wheels and a flame-thrower (we made an agreement for new inventions – there’s even a list on the fridge, and 'No Flame-Throwers' is at Number 3). Until then, this is my story. The tale of what goes on behind my eyes. And I really do know where all the bones are buried. So. I guess it’s time I spoke.

A mysterious realm on the other side of our screens. A dark force that draws victims into its static. The unlikely hero called to save them and herself from this electric hell. *Public Access Afterworld* is the profound, binge-all-night, headrush of a novel by the celebrated filmmaker of *I Saw the TV Glow* and *Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma* “Beautiful, funny, and scathing . . . I stayed up all night binge-reading.”—SenLinYu “Gave me a vertiginous thrill I haven’t encountered since David Mitchell.”—Torrey Peters “Psychedelic horror of the first order.”—Grady Hendrix “Heart-wrenching, hilarious, visionary, and so damned smart, this novel is a major work by a major writer.”—Paul Tremblay “Utterly hypnotic.”—Lev Grossman “Dazzling and politically acute, Schoenbrun’s debut announces a major literary voice.”—*Kirkus Reviews* (starred review) “A dazzling story . . . a great American novel.”—*Publishers Weekly* (starred review) One of *Publishers Weekly*’s 10 Most Anticipated Books • One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year: *The Boston Globe, Lit Hub*, *The Chicago Review of Books, The Bookseller*, *Reactor, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews*, and *Debutiful* ***Find the receiver. Make it real.*** At 5:35 p.m. on September 3, 1988, Dallas weatherman Ray “Can You Say Sunshine” Davino makes passing reference to Public Access Afterworld during a rambling monologue, right before he puts a gun to his head on live television and pulls the trigger. On June 12, 2009, David Sawyer and Erin Morrison, two lonely, TV-obsessed suburban teens who might be falling in love, gather in Erin's basement to watch TV's analog-to-digital transition. But in the static that follows, Erin witnesses surreal broadcasts from a pirate TV network called Public Access Afterworld, and their lives are changed forever. Seventeen years later, Bethany Peters toils through the night shift at megacorp GlobalVill’s bleak Austin campus. A trans content moderator, she spends her evenings reviewing an endless stream of horrific videos. But then a young streamer begins to crop up in her feed calling out to Public Access Afterworld. But what *is* Public Access Afterworld? Spanning decades and realities, with an unforgettable ensemble of outcasts and nerds—especially the messy but wholly relatable Bethany, who must overcome paranoia and self-doubt to transform into a hero of our times—*Public Access Afterworld* will have you reading through the night and rooting for its characters to survive. A mesmerizing mash-up of speculative fiction, horror, and conspiracy, it marks the arrival of a major new force in contemporary fiction by a groundbreaking filmmaker who’s been compared to David Lynch and Paul Thomas Anderson.

***He can resist any woman in the world...except for the one he shouldn't want.*** Famed goalkeeper Noah Wilson doesn’t do relationships or complications. The only thing the grumpy single dad wants is to do his job and spend more time with his daughter. Unfortunately, his bachelor status has made it impossible to find the right nanny for her. With the World Cup looming and a string of fired nannies in his wake, he has no choice but to hire the last person he wants close to his orbit. Carina is too stubborn and far too appealing for her own good, but she’s also a natural with his daughter. And the way his heart skips a beat whenever she’s around? That’s nothing more than a coincidence. He’s sure of it. \*\*\* Carina Vu has a problem. She’s worked multiple jobs and saved up for years to fulfill her childhood dream of visiting Antarctica, but just when she’s close, an unexpected emergency wipes her account clean. Now, she’s back to square one. The clock is ticking, and she needs another job ASAP. Her best (and only) option is to nanny for Noah, the brooding athlete whom she’s convinced hates her. But the more time she spends with him and his adorable daughter, the more cracks she sees in his gruff exterior. And the man underneath all that grumpiness? He’s enough to make her rethink everything—including what (and who) it is that she actually wants.

The only thing Jonathan Covey wants from the gloomy, moldering isle of Kelcarrow is to leave it. Summer is ending, and his friends are looking forward to college on the mainland, unaware that Jonathan was not accepted to join them. He'll be left behind with nothing but the ocean's haunts and a rising dread of being abandoned. In an act of wild desperation, Jonathan pays a tithe to Scorpion Deep, an eldritch sea god who many of the locals have dismissed as myth. He wants to forget the past, he wants to follow his friends, and most of all he wants to finally escape. To his shock and horror, the ritual works—Scorpion Deep awakens. And despite his terror, Jonathan can't help but feel drawn toward the ageless entity that seems just as mutually obsessed with him. As scales start growing down his spine and Scorpion Deep's adoration of him turns bloody, Jonathan realizes the only way to end the nightmare is to destroy the monster one way or another. But once a god has awoken, the only way to be free is to pay a price of blood.

***The limited deluxe edition will include designed edges*** **From #1 *New York Times* bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes the third book of the Wicked Trilogy. After being held captive by a fae prince, Ivy Morgan faces a dark force within herself, forced to work with her enemies to prevent war and save those she loves.** **Ivy Morgan hasn't been feeling like herself lately.** Not like anyone can blame her. After all, being held captive by a fae prince hell-bent on permanently opening the gates to the Otherworld is bound to leave some mental scars. It's more than that, though. Something dark and insidious is spreading throughout Ivy, more powerful than she could ever imagine... and it's coming between her and the man she's fallen deeply in love with, elite Order member Ren Owens. Ren would do anything to keep Ivy safe. Anything. But when he makes a life altering choice for her, the fallout of his act has far reaching consequences that threaten to tear their lives apart. If Ivy is going to have any hope of surviving this, she must put aside the hurt and betrayal she feels, and work with not only those she loves, but with an enemy she would rather kill than ever trust. War is coming, and it soon becomes clear that what Ivy and Ren thought they knew about the Order, themselves, and even their enemies, has been nothing but a cluster of dangerous, deadly lies. Ivy knows she must be more than just brave to save those she loves—and, ultimately, to save herself. Because behind every evil fae Prince, there's a Queen….

Step into the warmth of the bonfire and join the vibrant celebration of Lohri! This engaging children's book invites young readers to explore one of Northern India's most energetic festivals, marking the end of the chilly winter and the joy of the harvest season.

Step into the warmth of the bonfire and join the vibrant celebration of Lohri! This engaging children's book invites young readers to explore one of Northern India's most energetic festivals, marking the end of the chilly winter and the joy of the harvest season.

**A group of friends unknowingly enter the turf of a maniacal killer who takes more than just lives.**  Four friends including a netrunner, a fire graffiti artist, an aspiring rockerboy, and an autotechie set off for a preem photoshoot at a landfill, where among heaps of rubbish, scrap, and metal, they’ll find a shot to die for! Rumor has it the place is haunted, and they’re about to find out, in Night City, there are things far more frightening than ghosts. With a mysterious killer on the loose and a ruthless gang occupying the grounds, their night of fun and mischief becomes a fight for survival! Writer Doug Wagner (*Plastic*, *Plush*, *Vinyl*) teams up with artist Tommaso Bennato (*Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher: The Edge of the World*) and reunites with colorist Rico Renzi (*Plush*, *Grim*, *Sea of Stars*) for this gloriously twisted dark cyberpunk slasher.

Betrayed by the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy Gale is now forced to team up with the heartless mercenary, the Tin Woodman. Tin has a grudge of his own against the Wizard – not only is he the man who stole Tin’s heart, but now he’s taken Tin’s little brother, Gabriel, for his own ends. But defeating the Wizard won’t be easy – he has all of Oz under his spell and more power than anyone. Or does he? Because Dorothy is more than she seems, and Tin can't help but be drawn to her. And the longer Dorothy’s in Oz, the more she uncovers about her murky past, and her own potential magic. And when all is said and done, Dorothy might have to reckon with an earth-shattering maybe Kansas isn’t home after all.

Falcon Hollow: A Historical Perspective examines how a town is shaped not only by events, but by the structures, landscapes, and recurring roles that sustain daily life. Rather than presenting a conventional chronological history, this work assembles the elements that quietly organize Falcon Hollow and places them in relation to one another. Beginning with the terrain itself-the basin, the ridges, and the lake that gathers the town-this study explores how geography influences settlement patterns, movement, and perception. From there it turns to the structures that endure beyond their original purposes: the mill at the edge of town, the evolving storefronts along Main Street, and the civic circle where governance, memory, and public life converge. The final section examines the human positions that persist within these spaces. Certain roles reappear across generations: the observer who notices patterns, the keeper of informal knowledge behind a counter, the places where residents gather and information settles before it travels farther. These roles are rarely formalized, yet they shape how a community understands itself. Throughout the book, Falcon Hollow is treated less as a collection of dramatic events and more as a system of relationships-between land and settlement, between buildings and memory, between daily routines and the structures that quietly support them. The result is not a definitive explanation of the town, but a configuration that reveals how continuity forms through repetition, adaptation, and restraint. By assembling familiar places and roles into a single frame, Falcon Hollow: A Historical Perspective offers a way of seeing how communities endure-not through spectacle or legend, but through alignment between landscape, structure, and the people who occupy them.

Falcon Hollow: A Historical Perspective examines how a town is shaped not only by events, but by the structures, landscapes, and recurring roles that sustain daily life. Rather than presenting a conventional chronological history, this work assembles the elements that quietly organize Falcon Hollow and places them in relation to one another. Beginning with the terrain itself-the basin, the ridges, and the lake that gathers the town-this study explores how geography influences settlement patterns, movement, and perception. From there it turns to the structures that endure beyond their original purposes: the mill at the edge of town, the evolving storefronts along Main Street, and the civic circle where governance, memory, and public life converge. The final section examines the human positions that persist within these spaces. Certain roles reappear across generations: the observer who notices patterns, the keeper of informal knowledge behind a counter, the places where residents gather and information settles before it travels farther. These roles are rarely formalized, yet they shape how a community understands itself. Throughout the book, Falcon Hollow is treated less as a collection of dramatic events and more as a system of relationships-between land and settlement, between buildings and memory, between daily routines and the structures that quietly support them. The result is not a definitive explanation of the town, but a configuration that reveals how continuity forms through repetition, adaptation, and restraint. By assembling familiar places and roles into a single frame, Falcon Hollow: A Historical Perspective offers a way of seeing how communities endure-not through spectacle or legend, but through alignment between landscape, structure, and the people who occupy them.

**In DC’s Absolute Universe, the Last Son of Krypton has become the world’s most wanted man. Superman finds himself at the forefront of a bold new age of heroes in the can't-miss third volume of the best-selling Absolute Superman!** In the shocking aftermath of the Battle of Kansas, Superman wrestles with profound changes to his life, his allies, and even his costume, but as the terrifying Parasite threatens the city of Metropolis, even he may need some help: enter Hawkman! And there’s no time to rest—the Lazarus Corporation may be in retreat, but its hidden caches of weapons and world-ending secrets remain. The most dangerous of all? The sarcophagus of the legendary King Shazam! Writer Jason Aaron (Thor, Scalped) and artists Rafa Sandoval (Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps) and Juan Ferreyra (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) deliver a new epic that will change the hierarchy of power in the Absolute Universe.

After loss leaves Taloa alone at the edge of her village, the ocean becomes the one place that asks nothing of her. Then, one morning, it gives something back: a wounded stranger washed ashore, speaking a language she cannot understand. For a few brief days, Taloa and Tomás build something between them without shared words - through names, gestures, touch, and the simple act of being seen. But some encounters are never meant to last. Some leave behind only the smallest proof that they happened at all. One Small Proof is a bittersweet literary short story about grief, tenderness, loneliness, and the quiet traces love leaves behind.

**A RICH, DARKLY WHIMSICAL FANTASY WITH A TOUCH OF HORROR AND A SLOW-BURN ROMANCE.** Linh's mother was just buried this morning. At the funeral, Linh is visited by a strange boy who hints at secrets to her mother's past. Desperate to learn more, Linh is thrust into another world – Ebrirene, a realm governed by ancient magics – where the mysterious boy, Elior, happens to be Crown Prince. Here, Linh learns that the kingdom is under attack by vicious demons who threaten to break free from a portal her mother sealed years ago, and the Crown believes Linh possesses the power to seal it once more. But not everyone in Ebrirene wishes Linh well. Someone enters Linh in a deadly Tournament against her will, and a mysterious Captain, leader of the mage hunters, is determined to seek her out. Now Linh must fight for her own survival or surrender to the monsters that might be closer to her than she thinks.

**Seeking answers about her mother’s past leads a teen to a magical realm where she must learn to wield a rare magic to keep ravenous monsters at bay in this whimsically imagined young adult fantasy perfect for fans of Tahereh Mafi and A. B. Poranek.** The day of her mother’s funeral, Linh is visited by a strange boy who seems vaguely familiar and claims to know secrets about her mother’s past. Feeling alone in her grief and desperate to hold onto what’s left of her mom, Linh follows the boy, Elior, and is transported into another world. Ebrirene is a realm governed by six ancient magics—light, fire, earth, water, nature, and space—and populated by talking flowers and powerful mages. Its beauty and power make it the perfect target for the greedy, vicious demons at its border. Linh’s mother used her space magic to seal the demons’ portal back when she was a princess of Ebrirene, and now Elior, the crown prince, has brought Linh here in the hope that she can strengthen her mother’s weakening protection. Linh does her best to adapt to her fantastical new surroundings and master powers she didn’t even know she had, but not everyone wants her to succeed at her task. Someone enters her into the annual tournament at the mages’ academy, which promises to be deadlier than ever before. Now, caught in a web of court intrigue and unsettled by her dangerous attraction to the prince, Linh must fight for survival against enemies that may be closer to her than she fears.

Meghan can't afford to take a break. She's gotten food and shelter for her family. Her oldest is turning into a wizard, her middle boy is some kind of self-healing monkey, and her youngest is accumulating a small army of pets. That's a bit much to roll with, but when monsters are appearing on the lawn, it's probably for the best. What worries her is the mysterious―and dangerous―“Challenge” she knows is fast approaching, and she's got to get her kids and community ready to face it. Some neighbors are ready and willing to pitch in, but others? They might end up being a bigger problem than the alien monsters.

Meet Toast. He knows everybody, and everybody knows him. He pops up wherever help is needed—shoveling sidewalks, welcoming newcomers, checking in on neighbors—just because. But Toast wasn't always so warm and toasty. In his younger days, he kept to himself, loafed around, and mostly just felt a little . . . stale. It took one life-changing moment to help him rise to the occasion. Can one ordinary piece of toast transform an entire community? And can helping others turn out to be the best thing since sliced bread?

*The rain is gone. The sun has come.* *And the world is burning.* Aurora and Kota journey toward Redfern—a refugee shelter that promises safety but demands obedience. Inside, nothing is simple. Trust is currency. Secrets are weapons. And *The Hill* is still out there... As the heat presses in, Aurora can feel Kota slipping further away from her reach, even though their survival depends on each other. But the **secret** he’s hiding could destroy more than just the fragile trust between them, it could **doom** them all. **Survival isn’t guaranteed. One mistake and everything burns.**

Quando Isaac Asimov publicou as primeiras histórias de Eu, Robô, ele não estava apenas escrevendo ficção científica; ele estava codificando o futuro. Através da Dra. Susan Calvin e dos dilemas da US Robots, o autor explorou as fronteiras entre o criador e a criatura, estabelecendo as Três Leis que regem o imaginário sobre robôs até hoje. Esta edição celebra esse legado com um projeto gráfico audacioso, unindo o rigor científico à arte visual em uma experiência sensorial completa. Neste volume, a imersão vai além dos contos clássicos. O leitor encontrará a tradução do conto “Risco”, peça fundamental que o próprio autor considerava a mais conectada ao espírito de sua obra máxima, além de uma entrevista onde Asimov discute os rumos da ciência e o destino da humanidade. **O que esta edição oferece:** - **Textos extra:** Inclui o conto “Risco” e uma entrevista exclusiva com o autor sobre o futuro da tecnologia. - **Projeto gráfico inédito:** Capa dura com sobrecapa dupla face (duas opções de arte em uma). - **Ilustrações coloridas:** Ilustrações exclusivas para esta edição, feitas por Henrique Vieira, que trazem uma nova dimensão visual aos clássicos episódios da robótica. - **Acabamento de luxo:** Papel de alta gramatura e projeto gráfico pensado para durabilidade e conforto de leitura.