Two years have passed since Hiro and Liz parted ways, and much has changed in Soleil since Six Kingdoms’ ill-fated invasion. Now Liz is acting empress of the Grantzian Empire, closer to the throne than ever, yet tormented by how distant her ambitions still seem. Hiro reigns as the king in Baum, seemingly dormant but quietly pursuing his own goals. When an ongoing civil war conspires to call them both to the Republic of Steissen, swords will be drawn once more. Which will prevail: Liz’s path of kingship or Hiro’s path of conquest?
After being dragged to another world with his classmates, hardcore RPG player Makoto Takatsuki has spent his time training and grinding. Nearly a year has gone by since Makoto became an adventurer, and he has finally reached level 20 and iron rank, which should be a cause for celebration... However, despite these accomplishments, Makoto feels as though he’s hit a wall. All seems dim until the goddess Noah tosses him a lifeline—head for the great maze dungeon of Labyrinthos! The place is well-known for its difficulty, but since he and Lucy are now iron rank, they’re strong enough to challenge it. Makoto and Lucy head off to conquer Labyrinthos, fully intending to stay in areas that are relatively safe. But the best-laid plans often go awry, and after an accident plunges them into the depths of the dungeon, the pair end up facing off with both monsters and revelations wildly beyond their expectations.
The Demon Lords of Calamity have been defeated and Latinaâs past has been revealed, so whatâs left for our heroes but a wedding? Well, a whole awful lot, it turns out. To start with, Chrysos is still in the middle of her visit, and she ends up roping in Latina! She may have been able to withstand the great dangers sheâs faced thus far, but will she be able to hold up in the face of high society?! Once thatâs all out of the way, though, itâs time for the wedding... though not the one that Latina expected! Just whoâs getting married, and how will our heroes react? But in the aftermath, Latinaâs big day finally arrives. Will it be everything she ever hoped for? And just how will they be able to involve all the various important people in their lives? Find out all this and more in the climactic eighth volume of If Itâs For My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord!
What if when you died, no one would ever know you were all that stood between man and the enemy?When Jonathan Tibbs awakes in a puddle of his own blood, there isn't a scratch on him to explain it. In the weeks to follow, he comes to find he's been drafted for a war with a violent otherworldly species. A war that only he can remember. Now, the man Jonathan imagined himself becoming is no longer the man who can endure his future. The first installment in this science fiction action adventure series, The Never Hero is a gritty and honest look at the psychological journey of a man forced to forge himself into a weapon. Abandoned with little guidance, and at the mercy of a bargain struck far outside his reach, Jonathan races to unlock the means to surmount the odds, and understand the mystery behind a conflict raging outside of time and memory.In the end, the real question is what Jonathan is willing to become to save a planet that will never see his sacrifice.
In Artie Kingfisher's world, wizards named Merlin and fire-breathing dragons exist only in legends—until the day his favorite video game, Otherworld, springs to life. You are special, Arthur, says a mysterious message in the game. In one week's time you will come to me at the IT. Cryptic clues lead Artie to a strange place called the Invisible Tower, where he discovers he is actually King Arthur, brought to life in the twenty-first century. Artie has already conquered the virtual Otherworld—now it's up to him to save the real Otherworld as well. Magical dragons, hungry wolves, and powerful sorcerers await as Artie and his sister, Kay, embark on a quest worthy of the Knights of the Round Table.
After encountering Ange in Gaun, the Country of Beastkin and learning of the existence of the Apostles, Kelvin, the battle junkie Summoner from another world, and his companions decide to visit the Holy Empire of Deramis. There, they are granted an audience with Pope Philip, who offers them information on Iris, the alleged leader of the Apostles, and Serge, a Hero from lore. Just then, the famous Heroes of the current age happen to return from their own journey to the Western Continent. Unbeknownst to these two groups, Deramis will soon be plunged into a commotion as the Apostles enact the next part of their plot! Come along for the ride as this black-clad Grim Reaper and his friends stand up against a new foe in the eighth volume of this epic journey!
Then: Kunugi Kou waged bloody warfare as a hero in another world. Now: Heâs a perfectly average high-schooler with a perfectly exceptional best friend: Ayase Kaito. The living incarnation of every cheesy romcom protagonist ever written, Kaitoâs charming personality and looks that could kill have earned himself the harem of quirky beauties that every protagonist deservesâand Kou is dead-set on supporting him from the shadows as the ultimate wingman extra! And itâs all going greatâthat is, until a wrench is thrown into the works in the form of another romcom staple: the protagonistâs little sister, Ayase Hikari, who meets Kou under the most outlandish of circumstances possible. Even worse, it kinda sorta just maybe seems like she might have a thing for him? Now itâs up to the worldâs most âextraâ extra to crawl his way back into the obscurity he longs for!
For every athlete or sports fanatic who knows she's just as good as the guys. This is for fans of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglass and Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan. The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship . . . and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than running cross-country. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she’s decided to take her hobby to the next level? This summer Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for. “A great next choice for readers who have enjoyed Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Dairy Queen and Miranda Kenneally’s Catching Jordan.”—SLJ “Fast-paced football action, realistic family drama, and sweet romance…[will have] readers looking for girl-powered sports stories…find[ing] plenty to like.”—Booklist “Tessa's ferocious competitiveness is appealing.”—Kirkus Reviews “[The Football Girl] serve[s] to illuminate the appropriately complicated emotions both of a young romance and of pursuing a dream. Heldring writes with insight and restraint.”—The Horn Book
Makoto Takatsuki is a normal high school student and a hardcore RPG player. However, “normal” goes out the window when his whole class is involved in a bus crash and whisked away to another world! Powerful gods rule this strange new land of magic and monsters, and every newcomer is blessed with strong stats and unique skills. Well, not quite. Makoto’s stats turn out to be pathetic, and his skills are super weak compared to his classmates’...he’s even stuck as an apprentice mage. Worse still, he’s given only ten years to live! Luckily, Makoto soon meets a minor goddess named Noah, who appears in Makoto’s dreams and asks him to become her first believer. With the help of Noah's blessings and a divine weapon, Makoto seeks to become strong enough to rescue his goddess from the dungeon where she’s been trapped. By training hard and using his weak skills in unorthodox ways, Makoto proves that, even when playing on hardcore difficulty, an RPG player always makes it to the end!
The world of the Runelords has been combined by magic with another parallel world to form a new one, the beginning of a process that may unify all worlds into the one true world. This story picks up after the events of The Wyrmling Horde and follows two of Farland's well-known heroes, Borenson and Myrrima, on a quest to save their devastated land and the people of the new world from certain destruction. But the land is not the only thing that has been altered forever: in the change, Borenson has merged with a mighty and monstrous creature from the other world, Aaath Ulber. He begins to be a different person, a berserker warrior, as well as having a huge new body because of the transformation of worlds. Thousands have died, lands have sunk below the sea and, elsewhere, risen from it. The supernatural rulers of the world are part of a universal evil, yet play a Byzantine game of dark power politics among themselves. And Aaath Ulber is now the most significant pawn in that game. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
