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A prequel to Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series, The Infernal Devices is the story of Tessa Gray, a sixteen-year-old American girl traveling alone to Victorian London who runs afoul of the city's sordid supernatural underworld. Rescued by the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, Tessa quickly finds herself caught up in an intrigue that may very well destroy her new friends - including the two enigmatic young men, Jem and Will, who have...
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Tessa Gray has found friends among the Shadowhunters, supernatural protectors of mankind who possess angelic blood. But Tessa's new life is threatened when some members of the Clave challenge Charlotte's leadership and pressure her to resign as head of the London Institute. If Charlotte is forced out, Tessa will be forced to leave as well due to her warlock blood, making her easy prey for the still-at-large Magister. As Tessa and her handsome Shadowhunter...
203) Stained
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From 2016 HARVEY AWARD NOMINEE, David Baron (GREEN ARROW: YEAR ONE, BATMAN: THE BLACK MIRROR, BLOODSHOT REBORN) and rising newcomer Yusuf Idris comes a noirish sci-fi adventure unlike any other. Meet Emma London: recovery artist and bounty hunter for hire. She is strong, possibly indomitable, and did we mention...part machine. Emma is the type that dives head first into things that most wouldn't and shouldn't. Those dark places that no one else...
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With her place at the London Institute secured and her marriage to Jem Carstairs imminent, it seems that happiness could finally be in reach for Tessa Gray...if only she wasn't the final piece of the Magister's plan. Unable to wait for the Council to act, Will continues his journey to rescue Tessa, unaware that Tessa has decided to take matters into her own hands to rescue herself! The Shadowhunters, meanwhile, decide to focus their efforts into saving...
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All children grow up, but Peter Pan wanted to be old right away. So he ran off to a magically spooky place to become . . . a mummy! One night in the normal world, Peter overhears Wendy Darling telling her brothers a super scary story, and soon they're all flying off to Mummy Land. But Peter's home is filled with other frightening ghouls, including a skeleton pirate crew who want to put Peter in a tomb once and for all! With Far Out Classic Stories,...
206) American Ronin
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War is over, democracy an illusion, real power now lies not with nation-states but huge corporations engaged in a silent war for global domination. Their number one weapon: highly-skilled, technologically-enhanced operatives trained since childhood to pledge their allegiance to the corporate flag. But what happens when one such operative breaks free of his mental chains and decides to bring the whole system down? Can one "Ronin" make a difference?...
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The Dickens classic reimagined as a female-centric, dark futuristic fable. To save a boy she barely knows, teenage orphan Olivia Twist joins THE ESTHERS, a rag-tag girl gang of thieves running free in a dangerous future. Olivia's life in this London of internment camps and strange technology gets even more complicated when she discovers that she has more power and wealth than she's ever dreamed of. But it comes with a great cost. This volume collects...
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The cyber-martial arts saga that has spanned a solar system and over two decades in print returns, with creator Yukito Kishiro's new sequel that reveals the true story of Alita's childhood on Mars, and the mind-bending adventures that still await her...For centuries, war has raged on the dusty, red surface of Mars. This apocalyptic crucible will produce the solar system's most fearsome warrior, Alita. But for now that warrior is just a little girl...
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Alice is a skilled pre-teen secret agent, but when she joins the forces of Wonderland, she's in over her head. Nothing they do makes sense! Mr. White, the new boss, is always running late for something. Maddie makes wacky gadgets and hats but stops for tea every hour. And Alice's new partner, Kitty, literally disappears during their mission training. How can Alice sneak into the evil Queenie Hearts's garden party and stop her top-secret, world-ending...
210) Battle Angel Alita 7
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Following her parting with Figure Four, Alita starts a new life as a TUNED agent with new powers. As she travels the desert, she's reunited with Koyomi, meets the eccentric blind psychometrist, Kaos--and comes into contact at last with Den, terrifying leader of Barjack. What is Alita's past, that Kaos claims to see? What is the purpose of the Barjack Rebellion, which spreads like wildfire?! As the cast expands, the "Barjack" arc reaches its most explosive...
211) Battle Angel Alita 5
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Back with Ido again, life appears peaceful for Alita--until she learns that her former bounty-hunting companion Zapan is now a wanted man seeking unfair vengeance against her! Ido, meanwhile, follows the trail of transactions surrounding Alita's old Berserker body to the exiled Zalemite scientist Desty Nova. When Nova gives Zapan the body, it turns him into a demon sowing chaos everywhere. The "Zapan" arc is chock-full of rage, love, and pathos!!
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Erica is now under the tutelage of Baron Muster, who has taken it upon himself to school her in the ways of villainy. Erica displays an uncanny knack for being bad, making her the perfect pupil, but her young mind and fresh perspectives also prove to be a boon in Muster's search for a legendary Martian treasure. With Erica's help, Muster and his team make it to a secret labyrinth that houses the famed treasure, but before Muster can finally get his...
213) Battle Angel Alita 2
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Alita works as a bounty hunter in the hopes that she'll find her true self through the crucible of battle. One day, she meets a boy named Yugo who dreams of visiting Zalem, the city in the clouds, and finds herself drawn to his yearning nature. But there is a secret side to Yugo that she cannot fathom... The "Yugo" arc is beloved within the series for its delicate depiction of a heart in love and the shocking unpredictability of its conclusion!
214) Battle Angel Alita 6
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Against her better judgment, Alita is now working as an agent of Zalem, as the price for the conclusion of the Zapan incident. She rides as security on the Factory's freight trains going through the wilderness away from the hustle and bustle of the Scrapyard--until the roving bandit Barjack forces attempt a train robbery! This kicks off the "Barjack" arc, the longest and biggest of the series, as Zalem, Barjack, and Nova grapple in the desert sands!!...
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Nanotechnology made humanity immortal, and the resulting population explosion pushed the Solar System's resources to the breaking point. As a result, new births are banned and even the planets' disparate governments cooperate to annihilate any children already born. With the tournament looming, Alita and her comrades find themselves caught between a spacefaring refuge for young innocents and a bloodthirsty mob intent on killing the children for sport!...
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The lovely, deadly cyborg Alita returns in 664 pages of cyberpunk action! Alita wakes up alone in the sky city of Tiphares, her brain and body reconstructed by the mad scientist Desty Nova. There's no time to wonder why Alita's greatest enemy would resurrect her, though - the royal city has been thrown into chaos by Nova's revelation that the Tiphareans have had their brains replaced by biochips! Everyone needs answers - and Alita will fight to get...
217) Battle Angel Alita 4
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Alita must construct a team of elite players in order to challenge Emperor Jasugun, champion of motorball: Caligula Armbrust, Aydakatti the Destroyer, Zafal Takie the Crimson Wind, and the ultimate black sheep, Tiegel... While she prepares for her greatest challenge yet, Jasugun is trapped in his own battle against fate. It all comes down to Alita's Panzer Kunst vs. Jasugun's Maschine Kratz. And in the midst of battle at the extreme limit of possibility,...
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On her way to retrieve Lou's brain, Alita encounters a ghost from her past--an old mentor whose revelations shake Alita's very identity. Meanwhile Elf, Zwölf, and Sechs fight their deadly - and creepiest-enemies yet as the ZOTT rages on! But will the ARs have the mental fortitude to resist the psychically altered leader of the fearsome Starship Cult?
219) Battle Angel Alita 3
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Stunned by the way her relationship with Yugo ended, Alita hurtles into the sport of motorball in search of a fresh start and new possibilities. She turns herself into a honed, unthinking blade and launches herself up the ranks. Little does she know that her ultimate foes will be Jasugun, the supreme champion of motorball, and Dr. Ido, her own father figure!! The "Motorball" arc begins, famed for its riveting and kinetic battle scenes, and vast and...
220) Battle Angel Alita 1
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In a dump in the lawless settlement of Scrapyard, far beneath the mysterious space city of Zalem, disgraced cyber-doctor Daisuke Ido makes a strange find: the detached head of a cyborg woman who has lost all her memories. He names her Alita and equips her with a powerful new body, the Berserker. While Alita remembers no details of her former life, a moment of desperation reawakens in her nerves the legendary school of martial arts known as Panzer...