10 Buchige Flops aus 2023 | Top Ten Thursday №74

A boy who dreams of brighter futures finds a world in need of a hero.

After being killed by bullies at 16, Tosho collides with a mind-bending afterlife that's gripped in a battle for leadership of the dead. But while a vibrant resistance group of teens welcomes him with open arms, someone in the afterworld wants him gone. Not only is Tosho carrying a heinous family legacy, but he had a gift for angering the powerful in his past life. Now, someone with a monster of a grudge is set on taking their revenge and devouring him down to utter oblivion. Pursued from one end of the afterworld to the other, the trap closes in. Barely escaping the gnashing jaws of the nightmares hunting him, Tosho must figure out who wants him gone, or his new friends will become victims once again.

With the status quo crumbling in the afterlife, will Tosho figure out who’s behind the evil force hounding him? And will the beautiful world his friends have built for centuries be ripped from them and destroyed?

Das ägyptische Totenbuch enthält zahlreiche Matra, sowie die unverfälschte Wiedergabe des alten Isis-Mysteriums. Die vielen Hieroglyphenwiedergaben und zahlreiche Zeichnungen des Verfassers erleichtern das Einarbeiten in die Sphäre uralter Religionsmysterien.

A forbidden love with a soldier and a queen. Explore the tale of an illicit romance between a valiant soldier and a regal queen, a love concealed in shadows. The king's wrath ignites upon discovering their clandestine affair, compelling him to take drastic measures. To sever the bond between his queen and her paramour, he turns to the renowned sorceress, Circe, beseeching her to weave a malevolent enchantment.

Ein verschneiter Gasthof im hohen Norden: Havald, ein Krieger aus dem Reich Letasan, kehrt in dem abgeschiedenen Wirtshaus "Zum Hammerkopf" ein. Auch die undurchsichtige Magierin Leandra verschlägt es hierher. Die beiden ahnen nicht, dass sich unter dem Gasthof uralte Kraftlinien kreuzen. Als der eisige Winter das Gebäude vollständig von der Außenwelt abschneidet, bricht Entsetzen aus: Ein blutiger Mord deutet darauf hin, dass im Verborgenen eine Bestie lauert. Doch wem können Havald und Leandra trauen? Die Spuren führen in das sagenhafte, untergegangene Reich Askir...

There was a time when the woods near Duva ate girls…or so the story goes. But it's just possible that the danger may be a little bit closer to home. "The Witch of Duva" is a Tor.com Original short story, a companion folk tale to Leigh Bardugo's debut novel, Shadow and Bone.

A strange stone. A pursuit for power. A new beginning.

An orphan with no job, no home, and no last name, sixteen-year-old Mala scrapes along day by day with her younger brother, Baz, in their small village.
But when she discovers a mysterious stone, her whole world comes crashing down.
Suddenly, she faces massive adversity, a quest for bloody revenge, and a power so
great she fears it.
Will she find peace amidst the chaos?
Or is her world fated to burn?

Brimming with magic, action, and a riveting quest for revenge, Daggers and Destiny explores a world of ruination and renewal. This prequel is an exciting, epic YA fantasy adventure exploring the wondrous kingdom of Althuria.

This is the adventure that changed the course of my destiny…

When a malevolent Sorceress threatens my kingdom I, Prince Quin, embark on a journey to find others who can protect us. Only Fate has a different plan. I transform from a servant of the crown to a powerful Hunter, with new abilities to combat the encroaching darkness.

Amidst the chaos, I find myself torn between duty and my heart’s desire—Clara. She has captivated me since childhood, but she wants nothing to do with royalty. How can I convince her I am more than a prince, and that I am a man driven by unwavering love?

With each step, danger lurks at every turn, and I must embrace the weight of my destiny. I use my magic to wage a battle against the great evil, knowing that the cost of victory may be the sacrifice of all I hold dear.

The Legend of the Hunter is a novella about the origin story of the Hunter race. It features Vampires, Shifters, Sorcerers, and Hunters. It’s filled with adventure, humor, and a sweet romance.

Trisha McFarland ist ein tapferes neunjähriges Mädchen, das mit seinem Bruder und seiner Mutter eine Wanderung unternimmt. Trishas Mutter ist seit kurzem geschieden und bemüht sich unermüdlich, den Kindern die gemeinsamen Wochenenden schön zu gestalten. Trishas Bruder liegt im Clinch mit der Mutter, weil sie mit ihm von Boston nach Maine in eine Kleinstadt gezogen ist, wo ihn seine Klassenkameraden aufziehen. Trisha verlässt kurz den Weg, um pinkeln zu gehen und um sich eine Ruhepause vom Gezänk zu gönnen -- und dabei verläuft sie sich.
Trishas Odyssee entwickelt sich auf mehreren Ebenen, und King vermittelt auf meisterliche Art und Weise, wie sie zunehmend Gefahr verspürt -- von der "ersten flatternden Unruhe" in ihrem Bauch über ihre Stürze in der Wildnis bis hin zu ihrem Abstieg in eine Welt voller Halluzinationen -- die schönste ist ihr geliebter Baseballwerfer Tom Gordon von den Red Sox, dessen Heldentaten sie auf ihrem Walkman lauscht.

Zinnia Gray, professional fairy-tale fixer and lapsed Sleeping Beauty, is over rescuing snoring princesses. Once you’ve rescued a dozen damsels and burned fifty spindles, once you’ve gotten drunk with twenty good fairies and made out with one too many members of the royal family, you start to wish some of these girls would just get a grip and try solving their own narrative issues.

Just when Zinnia’s beginning to think she can't handle one more princess, she glances into a mirror and sees another face looking back at her: the shockingly gorgeous face of evil, asking for her help. Because there’s more than one person trapped in a story they didn’t choose. Snow White's Evil Queen has found out how her story ends, and she's desperate for a better ending. She wants Zinnia to help her before it’s too late for everyone. Will Zinnia accept the Queen's poisonous request and save them both from the hot-iron shoes that wait for them, or will she try another path?

In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots--fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe.

The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled "HAP," he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio-a past spent hunting humans.

When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio's former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic's assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.

Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached?

Author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts.