In the epic follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Sword Catcher, praised by George R. R. Martin as “everything I look for in fantasy,” Lin and Kel must chart a perilous course between love and lies.ONE OF PASTE’S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEARKel Saren, body double to Conor, crown prince of the dazzling city of Castellane, is caught between two worlds. In order to protect his beloved prince, Kel must find...

Apex Magazine is an online short fiction zine of fantastical literature. We publish short stories filled with marrow and passion, works that are twisted, strange, and beautiful. Creations where secret places and dreams are put on display.TABLE OF CONTENTSEditorial by Jason SizemoreORIGINAL FICTIONRoot Rot by Fargo TbakhiYour Own Undoing by P H LeeLove, That Hungry Thing by Cassandra KhawMr. Death by Alix E. HarrowThe Niddah by Elana...

She was a broken angel that had the light beat right out of her.He was the man responsible for her life, her protector …He never expected to fall for the fragile woman, with soft eyes, and lips that begged to be kissed.He knew what she saw when she looked at him, a ruthless fighter, a man with a broken past, too far gone to be reached, sinking deeper and deeper into the darkness.Still, somehow her light reached him, the innocence inside her called to him and...

Anna Lightwood, eldest child of Gabriel and Cecily, is mad, bad, and dangerously dapper. Every rake has an origin story, though: now under Brother Zachariah’s eye we see Anna’s doomed love story unfold.

For a man who started a celestial war, Rupert Wong, Seneschal of Kuala Lumpur and indentured cannibal chef, isn’t doing too badly for himself. Sure, his flesh-eating bosses inexplicably have him on loan to the Greek pantheon, the very gods he thrust into interethnic conflict. Sure, the Chinese Hells have him under investigation for possible involvement in the fracas. And sure as hell, he’s already elbow-deep in debt with the Sisyphean gambling ring. But Rupert is alive. For now.

The eighth installment of the graphic novel adaptation of Cassandra Clare’s bestselling The Mortal Instruments!Jace’s nightmares are getting worse, as is his fear of hurting the one he cares for most. But he can’t avoid Clary forever... Meanwhile, Simon receives a note threatening his girlfriend’s life. When the Shadowhunters track down its source, what they find might be the most sinister thing they have ever encountered...The enticing tale continues with gorgeous illustrations by artist ...

From thriller master Sandrone Dazieri, here is the startling conclusion to the internationally bestselling Caselli and Torre trilogy in which two damaged but deductively brilliant detectives must sort out what is real and what is imagined.Reeling from a deadly bombing in Venice and her investigative partner Dante’s disappearance, Detective Colomba Caselli retreats to the rural countryside outside Rome to nurse her wounds. When an apparently autisti...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, the narrator for Gillian Flynn's Dark Places and John Grisham's The WhistlerBestselling suspense author Terri Blackstock delivers a gripping thriller set in the high-pressure world of the Nashville music industry. Double Minds blends a murder mystery, an amateur sleuth heroine, music-industry intrigue, and a chilling stalker storyline into a fast-paced suspense novel where ambition, faith, and danger collide.

The search for Sutton’s killer continues in this fifth title in the suspenseful and twisted Lying Game series by Sara Shepard, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series**.**Ever since Sutton Mercer's murderer tricked her long-lost twin, Emma, into coming to Tucson, Emma has been trying to solve the mystery of Sutton's death. And now someone else is back in town—Becky, Sutton and Emma's birth mother.As E...

When seventeen-year-old Laurel Harper decides to go live with her estranged father and step-family, she's unaware of the fact that her fate was already sealed the day she was born. She is now exactly where some higher power wants her to be. But it's not until she meets the proud and mysterious Sam Laurens that she feels something strange is going on. Why does he keep interfering in her life? Then Laurel finds out about Sam's ominous ancestry and a whole different fear arises. Fear of who S...

Thousands of years ago, an agreement was signed by the towns around a castle controlled by the Vampire King, that every five years they would present 3 maidens to his ancestors as a peace offering in return for protection from rogues and other harmful paranormal creatures. But what happens when one of the maidens is the next Vampire Prince's mate?

In this epic adventure from James Patterson’s bestselling Witch & Wizard saga, magical siblings Whit and Wisty have known each other their whole lives ... but when a mysterious stranger captures Wisty's heart, she is forced to make the ultimate choice.Whit and Wisty Allgood, a wizard and witch with extraordinary abilities, have defeated the ruthless dictator who long overshadowed their world. But for the first time in their lives, the powerful brother and sister fi...