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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. On Halloween, the barrier between worlds breaks. And these students are the only thing standing between humanity and an army from hell.Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo's NINTH HOUSE and THE ATLAS SIX-a dark urban fantasy where monster hunting academy meets found family, enemies-to-lovers romance, and the kind of Halloween you'll never forget.Halloween isn't a holiday at All Hallows Academy. It's a war.Sixteen-year-old Rowan Thorne has spent eight years trying to live up to an impossible legacy. Their mother was a legendary Warden-one of the elite fighters who protect humanity when monsters break through on Halloween night. She died a hero. Now Rowan's desperate to prove they're worthy of the name Thorne.But Rowan is hiding something. They have prophetic Sight-the ability to see into the Netherealm and glimpse the future. It's the same gift that drove their mother to madness. The same gift that got her killed.This year is different. The visions are stronger, darker, more certain. Something ancient is rising. The Hollow King-an entity so powerful it could breach the barriers permanently-is coming for All Hallows Academy. And he knows Rowan's name.With only two months until Halloween, Rowan must: Master abilities that could destroy their mindWork with Caspian Vale, the infuriatingly perfect rival who sees through every lieTrust a found family of misfits: a PTSD-surviving Sentinel, a chaos-loving Binder, and a girl who's half-monster herselfUncover the conspiracy that's been killing prophetic Seekers for decadesFind the Hollow King's anchor point before he breaches permanentlyAnd decide: follow their mother's fatal path, or forge a new one with the team who refuses to let them fight alone.ALL HALLOWS ACADEMY is a dark YA urban fantasy featuring: Monster hunting boarding school with actual stakes Found family who become each other's salvation Slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance (because arguing during apocalypse prep is peak tension) Prophetic visions and the cost of seeing too much PTSD and mental health rep that doesn't pull punches A Halloween battle that will leave you breathless The kind of team dynamics that make you wish you could join them Diverse cast where everyone's broken and nobody fights aloneReaders are calling it: "THE HUNGER GAMES meets SUPERNATURAL with the found family dynamics of SIX OF CROWS""Dark academia vibes meet monster hunting-everything I didn't know I needed""Finally, a Halloween book that's actually scary AND heartwarming""If you loved DEADLY EDUCATION but wanted more heart, this is your book"Perfect for readers who love: Boarding school settings where failure means death Teams that bicker and bleed for each other Magic systems with real consequences Protagonists who are powerful AND terrified October reading that haunts you past Halloween Relationships built in fire and earned through trust Books that make you cry and cheer in the same chapterContent notes: This book contains on-page violence, character death, PTSD representation, panic attacks, and themes of grief and survivor's guilt. Recommended for ages 14+ and mature readers who can handle intense action and emotional content.The barrier holds for twelve hours. The training takes a lifetime. The choice you make could save the world-or end it.Grab your copy and join the fight. Halloween is coming.ALL HALLOWS ACADEMY - Book One of the All Hallows series. Start the dark fantasy series readers can't put down. Th Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. On Halloween, the barrier between worlds breaks. And these students are the only thing standing between humanity and an army from hell.Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo's NINTH HOUSE and THE ATLAS SIX-a dark urban fantasy where monster hunting academy meets found family, enemies-to-lovers romance, and the kind of Halloween you'll never forget.Halloween isn't a holiday at All Hallows Academy. It's a war.Sixteen-year-old Rowan Thorne has spent eight years trying to live up to an impossible legacy. Their mother was a legendary Warden-one of the elite fighters who protect humanity when monsters break through on Halloween night. She died a hero. Now Rowan's desperate to prove they're worthy of the name Thorne.But Rowan is hiding something. They have prophetic Sight-the ability to see into the Netherealm and glimpse the future. It's the same gift that drove their mother to madness. The same gift that got her killed.This year is different. The visions are stronger, darker, more certain. Something ancient is rising. The Hollow King-an entity so powerful it could breach the barriers permanently-is coming for All Hallows Academy. And he knows Rowan's name.With only two months until Halloween, Rowan must: Master abilities that could destroy their mindWork with Caspian Vale, the infuriatingly perfect rival who sees through every lieTrust a found family of misfits: a PTSD-surviving Sentinel, a chaos-loving Binder, and a girl who's half-monster herselfUncover the conspiracy that's been killing prophetic Seekers for decadesFind the Hollow King's anchor point before he breaches permanentlyAnd decide: follow their mother's fatal path, or forge a new one with the team who refuses to let them fight alone.ALL HALLOWS ACADEMY is a dark YA urban fantasy featuring: Monster hunting boarding school with actual stakes Found family who become each other's salvation Slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance (because arguing during apocalypse prep is peak tension) Prophetic visions and the cost of seeing too much PTSD and mental health rep that doesn't pull punches A Halloween battle that will leave you breathless The kind of team dynamics that make you wish you could join them Diverse cast where everyone's broken and nobody fights aloneReaders are calling it: "THE HUNGER GAMES meets SUPERNATURAL with the found family dynamics of SIX OF CROWS""Dark academia vibes meet monster hunting-everything I didn't know I needed""Finally, a Halloween book that's actually scary AND heartwarming""If you loved DEADLY EDUCATION but wanted more heart, this is your book"Perfect for readers who love: Boarding school settings where failure means death Teams that bicker and bleed for each other Magic systems with real consequences Protagonists who are powerful AND terrified October reading that haunts you past Halloween Relationships built in fire and earned through trust Books that make you cry and cheer in the same chapterContent notes: This book contains on-page violence, character death, PTSD representation, panic attacks, and themes of grief and survivor's guilt. Recommended for ages 14+ and mature readers who can handle intense action and emotional content.The barrier holds for twelve hours. The training takes a lifetime. The choice you make could save the world-or end it.Grab your copy and join the fight. Halloween is coming.ALL HALLOWS ACADEMY - Book One of the All Hallows series. Start the dark fantasy series readers can't put dow Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A haunting literary fantasy where language becomes landscape and every word spoken costs a memory-now in a beautiful paperback edition perfect for book clubs and gift-giving.Winner of comparisons to Borges, Le Guin, and David Mitchell, SWAMP OF PHRASES is the genre-defying novel that transforms how you think about language itself.In the Swamp, words are alive-and they're hungry.When Lehs awakens in the Swamp of Phrases with no memory of arrival, he discovers a world where spoken words physically manifest: metaphors breed in the marshes, synonyms battle for dominance, and saying "I love you" can literally bind souls together-or erase them entirely.Navigate a surreal landscape where: - Grammar shapes reality and verbs trigger unstoppable actions - Ancient libraries preserve not books, but the echoes of spoken words - Silence offers safety but slowly dissolves your identity - A forbidden Final Word waits to either heal or destroy all languageAccompanied by enigmatic companions-Vena, who builds impossible bridges between languages; the Mutes, who sacrificed speech for survival; and a child who breathes new grammar into being-Lehs must journey to the Root of all language. There he faces an impossible choice: speak the word that remakes reality, or preserve the beautiful chaos of human communication."A masterpiece of philosophical fiction that reads like Borges meets Studio Ghibli in a linguistic fever dream."PERFECT FOR READERS WHO LOVED: - The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges - Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin - Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. HarrowIDEAL FOR: - Book clubs seeking discussion-worthy literary fiction - Creative writing students and language lovers - Collectors of beautiful, unusual literature - Anyone who's ever wondered if words have a life of their ownThis stunning paperback edition features: Elegant design perfect for giftingBook club discussion questions includedAuthor's note on the philosophy of languageMap of the Swamp's linguistic territoriesCritical Praise: "Transforms the very act of reading into a meditation on meaning." "Literary speculative fiction at its absolute finest." "A book that makes you conscious of every word you speak."A genre-transcending journey through the architecture of language itself. Part philosophical inquiry, part surreal adventure, part meditation on human connection-SWAMP OF PHRASES creates a reading experience unlike anything else in contemporary fiction."After reading this, you'll weigh every word before speaking it-and understand why silence, too, has a price."Genres: Literary Fiction Speculative Fiction Magical Realism Philosophical Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary Contemporary Fantasy Slipstream FictionKeywords: literary fantasy, speculative fiction, magical realism, philosophical novel, language and identity, book club fiction, Borges, Le Guin, surreal fiction, new weird, linguistic fiction, metaphysical fiction, award-winning fantasy, contemporary literature, experimental fiction This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A diplomat frozen in amber. A framework built on lies. A petition everyone says is impossible.When Quin Merrit collapsed the Siege Engines and ended the Heartbreak War, he thought he'd saved Lyra Vex. He was wrong. The treaty she signed to guarantee peace had a hidden clause-and now she's permanently escrowed in a War Bond, pulsing in a vault every seventeen seconds while the Bureau calls it legal.Welcome back to the Bureau of Amorous Compliance, where the war is over but three hundred and forty-eight souls are still trapped as "regrettable but necessary" collateral. The framework says their sacrifice was consensual. The paperwork is technically correct. And absolutely no one has successfully challenged the Prime Vow in two hundred years of trying.Also, Quin's been flagged "Emotionally Compromised" for filing 242 daily letters to someone who can't respond. The Bureau takes obsessive documentation very seriously.Auditor Quin Merrit (currently under institutional review) has six months before Lyra's Ledger entry becomes permanent. Six months to do the impossible: file Form 42-Z, recruit co-signatories from three jurisdictions, and prove to a hostile tribunal that the entire consent framework is structurally coercive.He's an auditor. He's supposed to enforce the system, not dismantle it.But the system trapped the person he loves and called it paperwork.So he's going to audit the auditors-and force the framework to defend itself or learn.Perfect for fans of: T. Kingfisher's Paladin's Grace (romance with competent adults solving impossible problems) Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries (first-person snark masking deep feelings) Terry Pratchett's Going Postal (institutional reform through aggressive bureaucracy) Becky Chambers' Wayfarers (hopeful futures built through small acts of defiance) Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes (but make it legal thriller) Alix E. Harrow's The Ten Thousand Doors of January (fighting for agency within oppressive systems)Reader Reviews: "I'm crying over a tribunal ruling. A RULING. What has this series done to me." "The moment when the War Bond architect testifies AGAINST her own design? Chef's kiss. Devastating. Perfect." "Quin Merrit said 'I'll file forms until the framework breaks' and then DID IT. Procedural romance icon."THE VELVET WHISPER CHRONICLES: Book 1: Paperwork of Destiny (Illegal match, forger conspiracy, HFN ending)Book 2: Treaties of Echoes (War Bonds, weaponized heartbreak, bittersweet victory)Book 3: Auditors of Eternity (YOU ARE HERE-The impossible petition, tribunal showdown, HEA + reform)Each book delivers complete romantic arcs with escalating series stakes. But honestly? Start with Book 1. The emotional journey from "illegal paperwork romance" to "challenging foundational legal frameworks" hits harder when you've been there since the forged signatures.Can be read as standalone: Yes, with recap included. Should you? Your funeral. The 242 letters mean more when you watched them fall in love.What you're getting: This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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