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Did you see the guy in the video wearing the purple tights and mask robbing that bank? That’s Brendan’s dad. He’s a supervillain. The law is after him. The internet loves him. Brendan wishes they weren’t related. Fortunately a scholarship fell into his lap to an exclusive private high school across the country in California. The chance of a lifetime. The teachers are attentive and Brendan is making new friends, but Dutchman Springs Academy has its own mysteries. A girl keeps showing up in his electronics lab who can vanish at will, the phone and internet keep going out, and Brendan ...

Spicy never wanted anything more than to spend his days in the goblin library as the sage’s apprentice. But his sister Thistle already had the job. Spicy’s dreams are shattered when a human army burns down his village. His sister is abducted and the sage vanishes.

Brendan believed having a supervillain father was his biggest problem. Then he attended Dutchman Springs Academy… The Supervillain High Boxed Set contains the complete editions of the first three books of the YA science fiction series, including Supervillain High, The Headmaster’s Shadow, and The Vault of a Thousand Worlds. Check out what reviewers have described as “fun,” “action-packed,” and “a blast!” Blurb for Supervillain High: Did you see the guy in the video wearing the purple tights and mask robbing that bank? That’s Brendan’s dad. He’s a supervillain. The law ...

Spicy the goblin is the first creature Fath the dragon has trusted in generations. Now the dragon’s apprentice, Spicy has a chance to learn lore hidden away from human and goblin-kind alike. But Spicy has a dilemma. Five children were kidnapped from his village, along with his best friend Rime. Saving them means bringing the dragon and Hog, the ever-hungry troll, with him on an unplanned detour. His journey will lead them into lands where few of his kind have ever gone.

A city of rogues. A seedy bar. A thief who stole the wrong prize. When Isabel sought refuge in the Dragon and Rose with a jeweled watch in hand, Digger’s biggest mistake was hiding her. After all, the treasure in her possession looked like an easy score. But the gang of mercenaries on her heels want it for themselves. Soon assassins and lawmen join the pursuit and begin scouring the city in their efforts to capture the thief. Isabel and Digger must race to discover who the watch really belongs to - and why they’re willing to kill anyone in their way to get it back.

Humans have countless dirty tricks up their sleeves. It’s a good thing Spicy the goblin is a fast learner. He’ll need every wile and skill to survive what’s coming. Two pirate crews know about the dragon Fath’s presence in the secluded delta village, and both will go to any length to recover the bomb recipe Alma and Blades stole. Spicy will have to race to be the first to catch the thieves, all while deciding who among the gangs of criminals he can trust. His journey will take him deeper into the heart of the world of humanity.

Thistle will go to any lengths to get payback on the humans who murdered her family and to ensure that such a tragedy will never happen again. Leading the goblins is the warrior Noe. Her solution to the human problem? Kill them all, or at least drive them away from the goblin homeland. As Thistle will discover, the world has changed since the goblins isolated themselves in the hills north of the Inland Sea.

The invitation to bring humanity into the galactic community of intelligent species was going horribly wrong. A trail of dead aliens seem to follow Jeff Abel's every step, each envoy and ambassador meeting an untimely end. Is Jeff the hapless victim of some sinister plan, or is he the galaxy's scourge that needs to be stopped? Is humanity's invitation about to be canceled? A science fiction adventure novel, A Beginner's Guide to Invading Earth tells the story of a reclusive ex-computer programmer turned pot-washer who is the unwitting central figure of a plot to keep humanity from ever ...

A killer of purebloods stalks Diregloom.... But this time Digger has nothing to do with the crimes. As the bodies start stacking up, he realizes there’s a connection between him and the perpetrator which lies in Digger’s recent past. If the murders continue, the dark crimes will upend the fragile liberties enjoyed by the fel of the city. Siding with the sheriff will make enemies of friends and reveal his identity to Queen Claudia, who has been searching for her reclusive catacomb champion. For Queen Claudia has new games in mind more deadly than any her subjects have ever seen.

The zealot army is coming. The winter raid has earned the goblins an enemy they can’t hope to beat. Eris, the leader of a reclusive goblin village, promises he can deliver them. But as Spicy and Thistle soon discover, this charismatic newcomer is maneuvering goblins and men alike towards a disastrous showdown.

For Deanne and her correctional facility work crew, the night the stars fell ended everything. The godlike invaders brought death to any who opposed them. Those that served were changed forever. To save her friends and herself, Deanne will have to find the one creature who dares to stand against the invaders.

Now everyone’s stuck… In the aftermath of a foiled invasion, the troubled hub of a thousand worlds has become isolated. Someone broke the interplanetary elevator, and no one knows how to fix it, not even Jeff Abel, the Galactic Commons newest citizen. But mankind’s first ambassador to another world has other problems. Two thousand extraterrestrials are stranded back on Earth. Jordan, the only other human in the alien city, isn’t returning his calls. And Irving the Grey, the mastermind behind the city’s woes, has escaped. It has begun to dawn on Jeff that getting a job with ...

An invading army. A queen deposed. A city in chaos. A war for Diregloom has begun. When a band of the duke’s elite soldiers seize control of the island, Digger discovers he’s at the top of their list of wanted men. But the duke has something more in mind for the city besides arresting all who dare oppose his edicts. For Isabel and the sisters of the Black Rock Mission have been protecting a secret. Whoever possesses what they’re hiding will decide the future of the city and all who live there. As for Digger, this means choosing a side in a fight he doesn’t want but can’t possibly ...

They told me the world above was dead. They lied. It was their world that was dying. I escaped. Outside, I found a family, and I was loved. My new home had its struggles but it was very much alive. Six years later, Nineveh came for me. And nothing would stop them from trying to take me back... For fans of post-apocalyptic adventure, Nineveh’s Child will keep you guessing Dinah’s fate through the final page! Grab your copy now!

Heroes always do good. That’s what Lily believed until a superhero killed her parents. The news reported it as an accident. Lily knew otherwise. On that fateful day, her life was shattered. But how do you seek revenge against the most powerful man on the planet? Where do you even start? Lily’s obsession has meant giving up on friendships, love, and anything resembling a normal life. Now she’ll discover that some heroes will do anything to protect their secrets. To accomplish her goals, she’ll need allies. But Lily has never played nice with others. She'll have to navigate the world ...

Deanne Markham picked a side. Allying herself with Magus cost her an arm. Turning her back on the Goddess earned her a mortal enemy. And the Goddess is winning the war. Magus doesn’t provide many answers, and distrust is growing among the refugees. Can Deanne organize her fellow survivors, confined to the safe zone under Magus’s protection, before the slaves of the Goddess overrun them? Bethany, the Goddess’s most powerful new recruit, hasn’t forgiven Deanne for rejecting her master. The only answer to such heresy is punishment, and she has a new ally to help her mete it out… Jump...

They faced the mad headmaster, a machine that took them to a post-apocalyptic nightmare, a gang of superpowered criminals, and a traitor from within their own group of friends. But now Brendan and his allies must face a rival school in a conflict that may turn Dutchman Springs Academy into a war zone. Meanwhile, his father is still missing, and possibly in the hands of his double from Not-Earth. Brendan isn’t the only one looking. A ruthless FBI agent is on the case, and he’ll stop at nothing to get Brendan to reveal everything he knows about the double, his supervillain father, and any...

Lily never wanted to be a hero. But with the strongest man on the planet dead by her hand, the world needs a champion. She knows she might not have much time before her powers fade. Before they do, she has business to take care of. A mysterious assassin is on her tail. The dead hero Chronos has a family who share the blood of the gods, and they haven’t forgotten about the woman who took their favorite son. And the situation around the meteor impact site is only getting stranger. Lily and a group of superpowered crime-fighters have gathered to stop the growing disaster. As the heroes ...

What do you do after you rescue the daughter of a god who’s been trapped in limbo for two hundred years? Bring her home with you, of course. But when she saved Envy, Lily may have taken on more than she can handle. Envy’s powers keep growing, but her grip on reality is slipping. And there are other superpowered individuals who want to use Envy for their own purposes, and they know exactly where to find her. All in a day’s work for Red Wrath. Yellow Envy is the third installment of the Blood of the Masked God series. It will keep fans of superhero fiction and dark thrillers turning the...

The headmaster from Not-Earth is gone, but Brendan and the A.V. Club are on the watch for his return. Just when they thought they could find some semblance of normal, a new mystery foe threatens the peace of the school. What are the mysterious machines flying over Dutchman Springs Academy? And who is trying to steal the secret to the Headmaster’s otherworld gate machine? Brendan must look to a new ally to win this fight and find out who among his friends is betraying him. This will take him on a journey beyond school grounds where supervillains aren’t just publicity seekers and evil ...