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1) The Between
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"When Hilton was a boy, his grandmother sacrificed her life to save him from drowning. Thirty years later, he begins to suspect that he was never meant to survive that accident, and that dark forces are working to rectify that mistake. When Hilton's wife, the only elected African American judge in Dade County, Florida, begins to receive racist hate mail from a man she once prosecuted, Hilton becomes obsessed with protecting his family. The demons...
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Reluctant Immortals is a historical horror novel that looks at two men of classic literature, Dracula and Mr. Rochester, and the two women who survived them, Bertha and Lucy, who are now undead immortals residing in Los Angeles in 1967 when Dracula and Rochester make a shocking return in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco.
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"Rose Marshall died when she was sixteen years old and on her way to her high school prom. She hasn't been resting easy since then; Bobby Cross, the man who killed her, got away clean after running her off the road ... She's been looking for a way to stop him ... But things have changed in the twilight world where the spirits of the restless dead continue their lives. The crossroads have been destroyed, and Bobby's protections are gone. For the first...
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Founders volume 2
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Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2020]
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"Having narrowly saved the metropolis of Tevanne from destruction, Sancia Grado and her allies have turned to their next task: sowing the seeds of a full-on magical-industrial revolution. If they succeed, the secrets behind scriving--the art of imbuing everyday objects with sentience--will be accessible to all of Tevanne's citizens, much to the displeasure of the robber-barons who've hoarded this knowledge for themselves. But one of Sancia's enemies...
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Ajin volume 2
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Vertical, Inc
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©2014.
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A bright high schooler has discovered to his horror that death is just a repeatable event for him - and that humanity has no mercy for a demi-human. To avoid becoming a science experiement for the rest of his interminable life, Kei Nagai must seek out others of his kind. But what would a community of them stand for? Volume 2 also includes the AJIN pilot chapter - File: 00 "The Shinya Nakamura Incident."
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Ajin volume 3
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Vertical
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[2015]
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The true aim of the raid on the research center is revealed by demi-human mastermind Sato, whose Bolshevik ruthlessness and cunning prove worthy of his choice of headgear.
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"After five years in the Summerlands, Gideon has gained his freedom. Elizabeth knows he will go straight for Tegan, and that she must protect the girl she had come to regard as her own daughter. In the time since she the dramatic night in Batchcombe woods, Tegan has travelled the world learning from all manner of witches, and she is no longer the awkward teenager and novice spellcaster she once was. However, her skills are no match for Gideon's dark,...
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Ajin volume 4
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Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
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"Encouraged by a fellow demi-human's stunt, many more who have been keeping a low profile come out of the woodworks. Their morals vary-- and high schooler Kei Nagai is by no means the most decent among them"--Page 4 of cover.
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Ajin volume 5
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Vertical, Inc
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[2015]
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It's all-out war. After demi-humans mobilize to overthrow the government of Japan--terror and immortality their prime tactics--young cynic Kei must decide if he's on anyone's side other than his own.
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Ajin volume 6
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Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
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"This volume further fleshes out its intriguing cast. Learn how the female demi-human 'Izumi' came on stage, how a trustworthy friend who left it has spent his days, and more"--Page 4 of cover.
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Ajin volume 7
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Vertical, Inc
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2016.
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"In this action-packed installment, readers are treated to a bit of demi-human ringleader Sato's backstory before being plunged into a ... battle of guns and wits between government forces and the ragtag gang of immortals"--Page 4 of cover.
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Ajin volume 15
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Vertical, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
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[2020]
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"Did the forces of government win the day and lay to rest the undying anarchist? The game plan, as ingenious as it was ad hoc, seemed workable, and to have worked. Unless--it failed to take into account a defining quality of the target, his very raison d'être. It's not as if they've never noticed this in him before"--Back cover.
17) Walkaway
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"Hubert, Seth, and their ultra-rich heiress friend Natalie are getting a little old to hang out at the 'Communist parties,' techno-raveups in abandoned industrial spaces, full of insta-printed drugs and toys. And Natalie was finished, years ago, with her overcontrolling zillionaire dad. And now that anyone can manufacture food, clothing, shelter with equipment comparable to a computer printer, there seems to be little reason to to stick with the world...
18) How to stop time
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Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
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"Tom Hazard ... may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries ... Now, he just wants an ordinary life. So Tom moves back his to London, his old home, to become a high school history teacher ... Better yet, a captivating French teacher at his school seems fascinated by him. But the Albatross Society, the secretive group which protects people like Tom, has one rule: Never fall in love. As painful...
19) Dragonfly Girl
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"Kira Adams has discovered a cure for death?and now her life is in danger. Things aren't going well for Kira. At home, she cares for her mother and fends off debt collectors. At school, she's awkward and shy. Plus, she may flunk out if she doesn't stop obsessing about science, her passion and the one thing she's good at . . . very good at. Desperate to bring in money, she enters a prestigious science contest with a big cash prize. At the awards, Kira...
20) Feversong
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Delacorte Press
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2017.
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MacKayla Lane and Jericho Barrons return in the conclusion to the Fever series, where a world thrown into chaos grows more treacherous at every turn.
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