A Most Unlikely Hero Volume 7

THE HERO GOES INTERGALACTIC! Alex Ryker has finally accepted not only Gabrielle’s feelings for him, but also his own unusual lust for her—and the other women surrounding him. But just because he’s learned to accept who he is and how he feels doesn’t mean the problems have ended. Alex’s would-be-rival and Gabrielle’s sort-of-childhood-friend, Arthur, has a problem on his hands. His siblings have decided he isn’t fit for the throne and have sought to overthrow him with a rebellion, while he was away trying to woo Gabrielle for her hand in marriage. Alex, Gabrielle, and Nyx must travel with Arthur to another solar system entirely and help him stop a war.

BEING A HERO ISN'T A WALK ON MARS! Alexander S. Ryker dreams of becoming a hero, but dreams are hard to achieve when you’ve caused several million credits worth of property damage. Being expelled from the Mars Police Academy isn’t helping his case. Crushed, Alex encounters a girl named Gabrielle Angelise in a meeting that will change his life forever. Gabrielle is an alien! She’s also on the run. Alex wonders if this is the chance that he’s been waiting for, the chance to finally become a hero. Opportunities like this don’t come often, or ever, and so Alex steps up to protect Gabrielle and make his dream a reality. He will become a hero—if the strain from living with an alien bombshell doesn’t kill him first!

BEING A HERO ISN’T EASY WHEN YOU’RE UP AGAINST A KING! The time has come for Atreyu Academy’s annual field trip, which is taking place at Mars Beach Resort Dome—a resort that mimics some of the most beautiful beaches on Earth. Alex is going there with Alice, Ariel, Jasmine, and Michelle as a chaperone. What sounds like a simple task is made more complicated by Ariel and Michelle’s constant bickering devolving into violent fights. To make matters worse, the man who King Lucifer said would be coming to claim Ariel and Michelle has arrived at Mars without Alex’s knowledge—and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make those two his!

THE HEAT IS ON. The assault on Hovebrann is set to begin in Eryk’s past, and he once more has front row seats to what happened in the form of dreams, a stark reminder that there is far more to this world than his own tiny realm. But there are more important issues than dreams that need his attention. At the request of Catalyna Kriger, Eryk, Kari, Fay, and Lin journey with a group of Spiritualists into the Demon Beast Mountain Range. Their goal is to seek out unknown ruins using a map that Catalyna discovered on her last expedition. But unbeknownst to Eryk and his companions, darkness lurks in the shadows, and the entire group becomes trapped within the Demon Beast Mountain Range. With hordes of Demon Beasts hounding their every step, Eryk’s mettle will be tested in ways it hasn’t since he returned to the past. Can he safely bring himself and the others back to Nevaria? Explicit Content Warning: This series contains content that may not be suitable for anyone under the age of 18.

Not All Fun in Tropes... Kevin Swift's life is strange, unusual, and downright zany. Then again, what else should he expect when he's mated to a kitsune? Despite the oddness encompassing his life, he wouldn't change it for the world. Unfortunately, sometimes the world doesn't let people decide these things. When he, Lilian, and his friends are attacked by the Shénshèng Clan, Kevin learns that a war has broken out between clans Pnevma and Shénshèng, one that threatens the lives of himself and the people he loves. He and his mate's family are taken to the Pnevma Clan estate in Greece. Yet even the protection offered by the most powerful spirit clan in the entire world may not be enough to keep them safe.

Hunt it! Trap it! Kill it! The Armor Hunters are the most dangerous fighters in the galaxy — unparalleled in their abilities to catch and destroy their prey. Their mission has been long and unforgiving and featured the destruction of many X-O Manowar armors from across the civilized universe. Now, for the first time, discover the brutal origin of the alien Armor Hunters and the devastation they long ago vowed to combat. Before the Armor Hunters bring ruin to X-O Manowar and the people of Earth, join New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (Green Lantern, The Flash) and red-hot artist Diego Bernard (Red Lanterns) for an all-new, standalone story arc that will reveal the stunning secret behind the universe’s most elite fighting force — who they are, where they come from, and why a terrible secret from their past now threatens our present! Collecting X-O MANOWAR #26-29.

Filled with moments of deep emotion and unexpected humor, this understated and wise novel explores the complexities of living with OCD and offers the prospect of hope, happiness and healing. Perfect for readers who love Eleanor & Park and All the Bright Places. ADAM’S GOALS: Grow immediately. Find courage. Keep courage. Get normal. Marry Robyn Plummer. The instant Adam Spencer Ross meets Robyn Plummer in his Young Adult OCD Support Group, he is hopelessly, desperately drawn to her. Robyn has an hypnotic voice, blue eyes the shade of an angry sky, and ravishing beauty that makes Adam’s insides ache. She’s also just been released from a residential psychiatric program—the kind for the worst, most difficult-to-cure cases; the kind that Adam and his fellow support group members will do anything to avoid joining. Adam immediately knows that he has to save Robyn, must save Robyn, or die trying. But is it really Robyn who needs rescuing? And is it possible to have a normal relationship when your life is anything but? Select praise for The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B: “. . . achingly authentic. Like Augustus Waters before him, Adam Spencer Ross will renew your faith in real-life superheroes and shatter your heart in equal measures.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred “This book made me laugh, cry, think, and kept me coming back for more.” —The Guardian “Adam is a protagonist that readers will root for.” —VOYA “Honest, fresh, and funny . . . Toten employs information about OCD like grace notes in this deft and compelling narrative.” —Booklist “Adam is a fresh and complex character, and far more than the sum of his symptoms.” —Publishers Weekly

A collection in eight volumes of the novels and memoirs of William Godwin, one of the foremost philosophers and radical thinkers of his age. There is a general introduction covering Godwin's life and literary works and each volume is prefaced by a scholarly introduction.

The author of Faust, the best-selling sentimental novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, of exquisite lyric poetry (set to music by Schubert and Mozart), and of a bewildering variety of other plays, novels, poems, and treatises, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe also excelled as an administrator in thecabinet of Carl August, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. Considered by Nietzsche to have been 'not just a good and great man, but an entire culture', Goethe was as vital a part of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century German social and political life, as he was its cultural nucleus. However, as this perceptive biography shows, the originality ofhis art lay in his complex distance from his times.