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The Unwanted Undead Adventurer: Volume 9
With the help of Lorraine, Isaac, Laura, and the rest of his companions, Rentt defeats the vampire Shumini after he attacks Maalt. However, in order to take control of the new dungeon, Rentt has to turn Rina into a vampire and make her his familiar.Both Rentt and Rina have leveled up, so Isaac suggests they try out their newfound abilities. He also offers to teach them about a vampireâs most notable skill: Division. Not everything goes as expected though, because while they were supposed to transform into a bat, Rina transforms into a cat and Rentt into a...tree?Meanwhile, people are flocking to Maalt to study the newly formed dungeon. Not to be left out, Rentt and his companions set out on their next adventure to explore the dungeonâs secrets!Fighting powerful monsters, solving countless mysteries, and becoming stronger! The adventures of Rentt, the undead adventurer who aims to become a Mithril-class adventurer, continues in this thrilling ninth volume!
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer: Volume 10
Tasked with picking up the grand guildmaster of Yaaran and bringing them to Maalt, Rentt and Lorraine travel to Yaaran’s capital, Vistelya, only to find the grand guildmaster is out and won’t be back for a few days. Now that Rentt and Lorraine have unexpected time on their hands, they decide to take care of their additional errands in the city. They head to the Church of the Eastern Sky to deliver Sister Lillian’s letter to Abess Elza, then meet up with Augurey, their colorful acquaintance, to visit the palace for an audience with Princess Jia. During their meeting, the princess unexpectedly begs Rentt for a favor. Secrets and machinations abound among the Kingdom of Yaaran’s royalty, putting themselves and the kingdom at risk. The solution lies with the Land of the Venerable Holy Tree and the high elves that live there, but their help comes with conditions, ones that may involve Rentt and, of all things, his cursed mask!
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer: Volume 11
Following their fortunate encounter with the village girl Ferrici, Rentt’s party finishes up the rest of their guild requests much more smoothly than expected. Even so, they know that they can’t afford to let their guards down yet—the mysterious third companion of the assassins Goblin and Siren is still out there, waiting to strike! There’s more to the situation than meets the eye, however. When a certain surprise has wild consequences, Rentt finds himself embroiled in the criminal underworld, where he’s forced to make decisions that will affect himself and Lorraine, the Grand Guildmaster of Yaaran, and even the kingdom’s own royal family. Surrounded by intrigue and cloak-and-dagger conspiracies, can Rentt pull through and continue to strive toward his dream of becoming a Mithril-class adventurer? Or will his un-life come to a quick and nasty end?! Find out in the eleventh volume!
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer: Volume 12
After untangling themselves (well, mostly) from the series of complicated messes that ambushed them in the royal capital, Rentt and Lorraine finally head back to Maalt with Grand Guildmaster Jean Seebeck, the man Wolf asked them to retrieve. Meanwhile, in Maalt, Rina has been training with Alize under Isaac’s guidance. Yet even with her newfound vampiric abilities, she remains an Iron-class adventurer, and being surrounded by so many capable individuals begins to erode her self-confidence. Thankfully, there’s a tried and tested cure for that: adventure! While Rentt journeys back to Maalt, apprehensive of the trials that await him there, his junior in all things adventuring and vampiric faces a trial of her own. The curtain rises on <em>The Unwanted Undead Adventurer</em> volume 12!
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer: Volume 13
After accepting a plea for help to save a small village from marauding skeletons, Rentt stumbles into much more than he bargained for while searching for their source. There’s almost no time to dig into his new discoveries, however—back in Maalt, the blacksmith Clope has an unexpected request of his own. And to top it all off, Rentt has the Silver-class Ascension Exam to prepare for! Being an adventurer is busy work. Getting stronger requires constant effort—you can sleep when you’re dead, after all! Unfortunately, for our unlucky undead hero, that doesn’t apply! The grind never stops in The Unwanted Undead Adventurer Volume 13!
Can't I Go Instead
Two women's lives and identities are intertwined — through World War II and the Korean War — revealing the harsh realities of class division in the early part of the 20th century. Can't I Go Instead follows the lives of the daughter of a Korean nobleman and her maidservant in the early 20th century. When the daughter’s suitor is arrested as a Korean Independence activist, and she is implicated during the investigation, she is quickly forced into marriage to one of her father’s Japanese employees and shipped off to the United States. At the same time, her maidservant is sent in her mistress's place to be a comfort woman to the Japanese Imperial army. Years of hardship, survival, and even happiness follow. In the aftermath of WWII, the women make their way home, where they must reckon with the tangled lives they've led, in an attempt to reclaim their identities, and find their places in an independent Korea.
The Picture Bride
Winner of the Nautilus Award for Historical Fiction“Lee Geum-yi has a gift for taking little-known embers of history and transforming them into moving, compelling, and uplifting stories. The Picture Bride is the ultimate story of the power of friendship—a must read!” —Heather Morris, #1 New York Times bestselling author“Your husband is a landowner,” they told her.“Food and clothing is so plentiful, it grows on trees.” “You will be able to go to school.” Of the three lies the matchmaker told Willow before she left home as a picture bride in 1918, the third hurt the most. Never one to be deterred, Willow does all that she can to make the best of her unexpected circumstance. But it isn't long before her dreams for this new life are shattered, first by a husband who never wanted to marry her in the first place, and then by the escalation of the Korean independence movements, unified in goal, but divergent in action, which threaten to split the Hawaiian Korean community and divide Willow's family and friends.Braving the rough waters of these tumultuous years, Willow forges ahead, creating new dreams through her own blood, sweat, and tears; working tirelessly toward a better life for her family and loved ones. “A beautiful testimony to those women bold and determined enough to leave behind all that was familiar, seeking a better life.” —Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling authorAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Picture Bride
Could you marry a man you’ve never met? Three Korean women in 1918 make a life-changing journey to Hawaii, where they will marry, having seen only photographs of their intended husbands. Different fates await each of these women. Hongju, who dreams of a marriage of ‘natural love’, meets a man who looks twenty years older than his photograph; Songhwa, who wants to escape from her life of ridicule as the granddaughter of a shaman, meets a lazy drunkard. And then there’s Willow, whose 26-year-old groom, Taewan, looks just like his image … Real life doesn’t always resemble a picture, but there’s no going back. And while things don’t turn out quite as they’d hoped, even for Willow, they do find something that makes their journey worthwhile — each other.
The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Three (Rogue, The Labyrinth)
Welcome to the former penal colony of Charon, where a labyrinth of underground tunnels offer shelter to an Alien hive. Professor Ernst Kleist rules—a paranoid tyrant who sees and hears all. Captain Joyce Palmer is bound for Charon. Only she and a few hand-picked Marines can stop Kleist in his tracks. And only they can stop the professor's insane creation—the Rogue. Contains Rogue by Sandy Schofield and The Labyrinth by Stephani Perry.
The Complete Aliens Omnibus
In Criminal Enterprise, Thomas Chase wakes up from cryosleep to his first day at a new job - as a pilot for a contraband drug company dropping a shipment on Fantasia, a rock-planet terraformed to hide an elaborate drug manufacturing operation. Everything from synthetic heroin to MX7 is cooked here, in protected caves guard-dogged by the savage Aliens. When Chase's craft touches down on Fantasia, a chain of events begins that cannot be stopped. As criminals and competitors try to take over the drug-empire from the dangerous kingpin, Chase and his brother Pete are caught in the crossfire... with the Aliens adding blood to the mix. No Exit tells the story of Detective Anders Kramm, awakening to a changed world after thirty years of cryogenic sleep. The alien threat has been subdued. Company interests dominate universal trade. Terraforming is big money now, with powerful men willing to do anything to assure dominance over other worlds. But Kramm has a secret. He knows why The Company killed twelve of its top scientists. He knows why the aliens have been let loose on the surface of a contested planet. He knows that the information he has is valuable, and that The Company will do everything it can to stop him from telling his secret to the world. Haunted by memories of the brutal murder of his family, Kramm is set adrift amid billion dollar stakes . . . with aliens around every corner, waiting for him to make a mistake!
The Second Life
In this visionary and thought-provoking novel, author Ranjot Chahal takes readers on a journey into the digital realm, exploring the possibility of a second life beyond the physical world. The story follows the life of Harv, a man who becomes obsessed with the idea of eternal life and creates a digital world called Alive Planet 2050, where people can upload their souls and live forever.As Harv's dream becomes a reality, he faces numerous challenges and setbacks, including opposition from those who believe in the natural order of life and death. When the company is attacked by hackers and the servers fail, the fate of the digital world hangs in the balance. But with the help of a dedicated team, including the CEO Ranjot Chahal, Harv is able to rebuild the company and continue his quest for eternal life."The Second Life: A Story of Alive Planet" is a captivating and imaginative novel that raises thought-provoking questions about the nature of life, death, and the human experience. It challenges readers to consider what it truly means to live forever and what the consequences of such a reality might be. With beautiful prose and a gripping plot, this novel is a must-read for anyone interested in science fiction, philosophy, and the human condition.
The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 2
Zenjiro left his life on Earth behind to become the husband of a beautiful queen, but as it turns out, not everything is happily ever after. Behind the smiles of the nobility lurk hidden agendas and ambitious schemes. When even an innocent word or gift carries hidden meanings, can a simple Earthling navigate courtly intrigue? And what does Queen Aura think of all the efforts to ensnare her beloved in a second marriage?