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The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn't matter that the girls often die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death.

After suffering devastating loss, Zetian finds herself at the seat of power in Huaxia. But her world is not as it seems, and revelations about an enemy more daunting than she imagined forces her to share her power with a dangerous man. Zetian must join this man in a dance of truth and lies to take down their common enemy.

Goddesses vie for the soul of people... Halisstra Melarn, convert to the cause of the goddess Eilistraee, was sent to the deepest depths of the Outer Planes to kill the demon goddess she once worshiped, but instead was transformed into a hideous creature bent to the vengeful will of her former mistress.For the Queen of the Demonweb Pits not only survived her Silence but evolved into something greater than she was before - something that no longer needs to share the domain she calls her own.

Death and chaos have found their way to Dembroch. When all seemed lost, the Arx allied together to save Sir Nicholas from the King's Killer. Many warriors were lost, but the future king was returned to the safest shores of Dembroch - as was a monster. Deep within Sir Nicholas laid the dreaded monster Necrosis. Its might is legendary, its will unstoppable. And it's loose. Within the night, it could destroy Dembroch completely and it will only stop when the world is in ruin.

Sie beherrscht das Reich, doch ihre Seele liegt in Ketten ... Der neue Bestseller des kanadischen TikTok-Stars. Zetian hat ihr Ziel erreicht und ist die erste Herrscherin des Reiches. Endlich kann sie die Gesellschaft, die Frauen so sehr verachtet, zum Besseren verändern. Aber gelingt ihr das als gerechte und weise Regentin? Oder muss sie ihren Willen mit Gewalt und Furcht durchsetzen? Doch der Kampf gegen jene Männer, die das Patriarchat um jeden Preis beibehalten wollen, ist nicht Zetians größtes Problem.

Diene den Männern, verheirate dich gewinnbringend und dann stirb! Der "New-York-Times"-Platz-1-Bestseller des kanadischen TikTok-Stars. Die 18-jährige Zetian tritt der Armee bei, um Rache an dem Mörder ihrer Schwester zu nehmen. Sie wird Konkubinen-Pilotin einer Kampfmaschine, die nur von der Qi-Magie eines Mannes und einer Frau gemeinsam aktiviert werden kann. Doch die Macht des männlichen Piloten ist viel größer als die seiner Partnerin, und ist er nicht vorsichtig genug, brennt er die ihm untergeordnete Pilotin aus.

Black Widows is a thrilling science fiction series about the infamous all-female mercenary unit. Aboard their heavily-armed ship Medusa, they embark on secretive missions throughout the crumbling Confederacy as it wages a terrible and bloody civil war.

The Black Widows head for the massive transport ship MS Monterey, captained by the tough-as-nails Lothar Bartholomew. Following a series of difficult operations, they need to take on supplies and collect payment for a recent contract. While the Widows look forward to some time away from Medusa, Syala is looking for information as she tries to locate her missing sister. What none of them realize is that something left Skylla with them, and now it's on the ship and stalking its prey.

Los chicos de Huaxia sueñan con ser emparejados con una chica para poder convertirse en pilotos de crisálidas, los gigantes mecanizados que se usan para luchar contra las criaturas que acechan al otro lado de la Gran Muralla. El mayor honor para una chica de Huaxia es que la seleccionen como piloto-concubina, aunque esto signifique una muerte segura. Cuando su hermana muere en una crisálida, Zetian le toma el relevo para vengarla.

Un zopilote, una araña viuda negra y una víbora de cascabel, vivían tranquilos y sin preocupaciones en un árbol grande de boab. Durante una sequía de varios años El león rey de la selva y sus ministros, todos los carnívoros, idearon la forma de tener un festín sin mucho esfuerzo; por lo tanto, so pretexto de la sequía convocaron a todos los animales para discernir que debían de hacer para que lloviera pronto antes de que murieran de sed, sin imaginar siquiera la trampa que les tendían acudieron los incautos.

La mer a bercé Justine Robert jusqu’au sommeil éternel, laissant avec son cadavre une panoplie de questions. Comment est-elle morte ? Qui l’a tuée ? Mais surtout… pourquoi ? Et en quoi tous ces éléments sont-ils liés aux cauchemars qui hantent soudain Milane, une jeune fille pourtant sans histoire ? Plongez dans son univers, explorez les mystères qui tourmentent l’Île-aux-Veuves.