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"In ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece--the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen--the gift of life. After marrying her, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own and yearns for independence. In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, Galatea is locked away under the constant supervision...
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Poppy war volume 1
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English
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A war orphan rises from her humble beginnings to become a powerful military commander, and perhaps her country's only hope for survival.
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Running Wild Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
396 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Passion. Horror. Betrayal. From the national bestselling author of the Lily Wong thriller series comes a stunningly original (F. Paul Wilson) dark journey into Brazilian mysticism about a desperate mother who rises from the slums to embrace Quimbanda magic amid her quest for the ultimate revenge. Across forty years, three continents, and a past incident in 1560 France, Serafina Olegario tests the boundaries of love, power, and corruption as she fights...
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Fury unbound volume 1
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Nightqueen Enterprises LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
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331 pages : map ; 21 cm.
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English
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Celestial Kingdom volume 2.5
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English
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Collecting nine enchanting stories set in the Immortal Realm--a world of gods, magic and legendary creatures--the beautifully illustrated volume, told from the perspectives of multiple characters, is filled with magic, mythology, friendship and love.
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This poison heart volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Briseis races to save her family even as she discovers more about their ties to ancient goddesses and deadly curses"--
Would you tempt even the most dangerous fate to save the ones you love? Briseis has one chance to save her mother, but she'll need to do the impossible: find the last fragment of the deadly Absyrtus Heart. To locate the missing piece, she must turn to the blood relatives she's never known, learn about their secret powers, and take...
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Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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x, 226 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
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English
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"From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a delightful compendium of very short fiction and comics that celebrate the joy and absurdity of the human experience. It is often said that the best things in life come in small packages--anyone in search of proof need look no further than the stories in this collection: brief, utterly engaging tales that offer lasting surprise and delight. From the original Greek financial...
8) Temping fate
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Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2006
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279 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Ilana Newhouse was having a hard time finding a summer job until she discovered the Divine Relief Temp Agency, but when she reported for her first day as a temp she finds herself substituting for the Greek mythological goddesses, the Fates, who spin, measure, and cut the life-threads of every human being.
9) Styxx: #24
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Dark-Hunter volume 24
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013
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viii, 837 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
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As the twin to Acheron, the hero who saved the human race centuries ago, Styxx hasn't always been on his brother's side. But with an Atlantean goddess bent on setting wrongs right, how do you find a way back from the darkness that wants to consume the entire world? One that wants to start by devouring your very soul?
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Inheritance volume 1-3.5
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Orbit
Pub. Date
2014.
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1462 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle.
11) Gold
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Flux
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 online resource (393 pages)
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English
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Brianna, descendant of an Irish demi-goddess, flees to Ireland to escape the Sons of Killian, who have throughout history hunted her ancestors. A rift in time sends Brianna back to a time before the feud began, and now she is falling in love with a younger version of Austen, her sworn enemy in her own time. Together they will have to defeat the army of mythical beasts being raised by the Sons, or else lose one another forever.
12) River Mumma
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Erewhon, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
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284 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
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English
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When the Jamaican water deity, River Mumma, tells her she has 24 hours to find her missing comb, Alicia, forming a strange connection with her two co-workers who help her fight off malevolent spirits, is led on a journey through time to discover herself and what the river carries.
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World of prime volume 2
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Pyr, an imprint of Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
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315 pages : 1 illustration ; 21 cm.
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English
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"The continuing adventures of Christopher Sinclair, mechanical engineer turned priest of war. Christopher, raised from the dead and promoted to a moderate rank, takes command of the army regiment he trained and equipped. Sent south to an allegedly easy posting, he finds himself in the way of several thousand rabid dog-men. Guns and fortifications turn back the horde, but Christopher has other problems that cannot be solved with mere firepower: a wicked...
14) Spring's arcana
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Dead God's heart volume 1
Publisher
Tor, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
353 pages : map ; 22 cm.
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English
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"Nat Drozdova is desperate to save a life. Doctors can do little for her cancer-ridden mother, who insists there is only one cure--and that Nat must visit a skyscraper in Manhattan to get it. Amid a snow-locked city, inside a sleek glass-walled office, Nat makes her plea and is whisked into a terrifying new world. For the skyscraper holds a hungry winter goddess who has the power to cure her mother...if Nat finds a stolen object of great power. Now...
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Earthbound volume 2
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Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
2014
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364 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Fallen goddess Tavia Michaels must use her growing powers to stop a virus from wiping the Earth away, all while deciding to be with either her eternal lover, Logan, or her former best friend, Benson.
Tavia Michaels will again have to make a choice about who to be with even as she tries to stop the virus that is destroying the world and uncover the truth about the two Earthbound organizations that have her tangled up in their webs.
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Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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311 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"For fans of Ariadne, a spellbinding debut fantasy about a human who gets trapped with the god of Autumn, who brings with him life-threatening danger and a forbidden romance. Under the right circumstances, would even a god fall? Tirne is one of four humans rigorously selected to usher the turn of the seasons into the mortal world. Every year, she escorts the taciturn god Autumn between the godly and human realms. Autumn's seasonal stay among mortals...
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Edda of burdens volume 3
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Tor
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Beautiful Cathoair, now an immortal warrior angel, has been called back to the city of Eiledon to raise his son -- Muire's son as well -- cast up on shore as an infant. It is seemingly a quiet life. But deadly danger approaches: the evil goddess Heythe, who engineered the death of Valdyrgard, has travelled forward in time on her rainbow steed seeking revenge.
18) For the throne
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Wilderwood volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
483 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Red and the Wolf have finally contained the threat of the Old Kings but at a steep cost. Red's beloved sister Neve, the First Daughter is lost in the Shadowlands, an inverted kingdom where the vicious gods of legend have been trapped for centuries and the Old Kings have slowly been gaining control. But Neve has an ally--though it's one she'd rather never have to speak to again--the rogue king Solmir. Solmir wants to bring an end to the Shadowlands...
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Ace
Pub. Date
2021.
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370 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"A reluctant medium is about to discover the ties that bind can unleash a dangerous power . . . . When Jessamyn Teoh starts hearing a voice in her head, she chalks it up to stress. Closeted, broke and jobless, she's moving back to Malaysia with her parents - a country she last saw when she was a toddler. She soon learns the new voice isn't even hers, it's the ghost of her estranged grandmother. In life, Ah Ma was a spirit medium, avatar of a mysterious...
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Oh my goddess! volume 8
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga
Pub. Date
2008
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187 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
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English
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Urd and Belldandy join the N.I.T. Motor Club on a vacation to a mysterious hotel haunted by the ghost of a lovely young maid who wants to hold Keiichi to a promise his grandfather made long ago.