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Clyde Hatchett, Glaton's prodigal son, is finally home. Sure, he's got a whole new body and face, so nobody recognizes him. And technically he's not from Glaton—he's really only spent a few months there. But they say home is wherever your love resides, and since Nadya lives in Glaton . . . wait, does Clyde actually love Nadya? This is getting complicated. That, on top of all the problems Clyde left behind, which haven't gotten any less knotty while he was gone. The Senate is heating up, with numerous noble idiots vying for the throne. 

Just yesterday, Ben was a petty criminal getting by on fleecing New York’s one-percenters. Today, he's got a new face, a new name, and a new world to navigate. And Ben’s thinking maybe this time around, he’ll use his skills at disarming and deceiving to help out people other than himself. Maybe. Watching a medieval City Guard fight off a 20-foot-tall ooze that crawled up from the sewers will make you think twice about life decisions.

He thought it was the end, and his gun sat ready to make sure. But an oddball offer from his last friend comes at the literal last second. Curiosity gets the best of him, and he finds himself sucked into iNcarn8, a game claiming to be a whole new life. Now, as Montana, the larger-than-life tank warrior, he has one more last time to get his life right.

Well, he's the last elf standing. It's confusing not being human anymore. But being the only living member of the Biscuit's Union has its benefits. No need to take on shifts baking cookies, for one. No one telling Clyde what to do. No one.... You have been offered a quest by the Biscuit's Union: Rebuild the Guild. Reform the guild by having at least eight members in good standing by the end of one week.  

"Has your life here been so difficult? You seem to fail upward at every opportunity." So says Careena, the hag teaching Clyde Hatchett how to use magic. It certainly doesn't feel like that to Clyde, who's still got a day job scraping mud (at least he hopes it's mud) out of monster pits. And yet, Clyde's found himself at the center of a massive conspiracy to kill the Emperor. He's the only one with proof that could save the man, and take down an entire network of corrupt nobles, evil slavers, and power-hungry despots.

Say hello to the new and improved Clyde Hatchett...who's only a level-four nothing. He's on a (seemingly never-ending) quest to get back to his life in Glaton. And now, all that stands in his way are the Empire-hating Carchedonians, a death cult, and a traitorous party member. Oh, and a mythical city that very probably doesn't exist.

Clyde Hatchett hadn't planned on running away to become a pirate - that's just what happened. Now he's on a seaside mission far from Glaton, desperate to find the only mage capable of freeing Clyde from the corpse-king taking over his body. Get ready for a nonstop joyride full of secrets, betrayal, loot - and mermaids.

A Secret Service operative and dedicated survivalist, Special Agent Del Roosevelt had a plan for every world-ending scenario and regularly trained for them all. He was even ready for a date with the hottest woman in his office next Friday. At least he hoped so. But all that training, all those rations, all that prepping? Useless for the apocalypse that actually played out. Del wakes up half-buried in a giant trash pile, missing his thumbs. And, um, covered in red fur. He's stuck in a world of fuzzy monsters, senseless violence, and cult-like crusaders.

Land-ho! Clyde and co. have finally—finally—made it to the City of Darkness. Which turns out to actually exist! One small problem though. Anyone and anything that sets foot on the island immediately disappears. Ceases to exist. Poof. To complete the quest, Clyde needs to figure out how to actually enter the city and steal the crown jewels . . . without getting stuck in the town forever. It's a foreboding, dark place (obviously), where corruption is rampant. And maybe worse: the game rules Clyde's gotten so good at bending to his will? They don't seem to apply.

Greg and Julian need to make a choice—die in the tornado that’s sucked them up in their van, or agree to hunt monsters in a world full of magic and levels and, oh yeah…monsters. The two frat bros may be master ghost hunters to their podcast listeners, but they never expected their antics to be taken seriously by a goddess in another dimension. And since when are ghosts the same as monsters? Awkward. But when the other option is certain death, it seems like it’s worth giving it the old college try.

Ginger Mitchell accomplished the impossible; the former call girl and now sort-of private investigator got into all of this to bring her mother’s killer to justice. But Darlene is still on the loose. It was bad enough when the woman was manipulating Ginger from afar, but now Darlene is in Portland wreaking up-close-and-personal havoc under the assumed identity of Isabelle Dunkirk.

No one is more shocked than Ginger Mitchell, former call girl, current PI, at how well this whole crime-fighting thing is going. In the short time since she returned home to Portland, she’s taken down an entire crime ring and exposed a corrupt police department. Not bad for her first year on the job. But it’s not like all that success made Ginger’s life easier. Hired hit men are after her. Darlene, the boss who killed her mother, is still at large. Ginger’s brother is missing.

When Ginger Mitchell finds out her mother committed suicide, she drives her cherry-red SUV straight home to Portland. Murders are being passed off as suicides. College-aged women keep going missing. And then there's the troubling spate of mobsters who keep inviting her out to eat. Includes the first six novellas in the Roseland series, Home Is Where the Start Is, The Ruth Is Out There, The Body in the Pool, Amber Alert, Jane Dead, and Welcome to Roseland.

Es stellt sich heraus, dass ein Kerkeraufenthalt den eigenen Plänen gehörig einen Strich durch die Rechnung machen kann. In seinem neuesten Abenteuer wird Clyde Hatchett zu Unrecht inhaftiert und beschuldigt, die Prinzessin selbst geschlagen zu haben. Da er zum Tode verurteilt ist und ihm die Zeit davonläuft, liegt Clydes einzige Hoffnung darin, eine Reihe von unmöglichen Aufgaben zu erfüllen. Denn in Glaton reicht es nicht aus, unschuldig zu sein, um deinen Hals zu retten – vor allem nicht, wenn du anderen einen Gefallen schuldest.

Wie üblich ist Montana Coggeshall wild entschlossen, das Richtige zu tun, auch wenn das Richtige nicht gerade das Klügste ist. Also macht er sich auf den Weg, um die verderbten Ursus zu besiegen, eine Bedrohung, die so groß ist, dass sie die gesamte Welt von iNcarn8 zerstören könnte. Macht sich Montana auf den Weg, nachdem er monatelang für die kalten Wetterbedingungen trainiert, eine Armee zusammengestellt und mit seinen besten Helfern Strategien besprochen hat? Nicht wirklich.

Wir treffen auf Montana, der gerade von einem spontanen Auslandsaufenthalt zurückgekehrt ist. Er ist ein bisschen weiser, hat einen etwas breiteren Blickwinkel und ist sehr erschrocken über die einst tote Person, die sich gerade in seinem Schlafzimmer befindet. Abgesehen von möglichen Zombie-Sichtungen ist er endlich bereit, seinen Job als Herzog ernst zu nehmen. Und das gerade noch rechtzeitig – nicht nur, dass die Politik der Hauptstadt immer näher an Montanas kleines, malerisch in einem Tal gelegene Lehen heranrückt, es gibt auch noch Kobolde, mit denen er verhandeln muss.

Frisch wieder auferstanden. Weit weg von zu Hause. Ganz allein. Bis jetzt kannte Montanas Reise eigentlich nur eine Richtung: nach oben. Aber jetzt steht er wieder am Anfang: Er sitzt auf dem Gipfel eines Berges fest und hat nur die einfachste Ausrüstung, um zurück nach Coggeshall zu gelangen. Es wird ein laaaanger Spaziergang werden. Aber nicht langweilig.

Eine endlose Nacht, voll von hungrigen Schatten. Die gefährlichste Nacht des Jahres ist über Coggeshall hereingebrochen. Die Nacht der Unholde, wenn die Grenze zwischen Vuldranni und der Hölle am schwächsten ist. Und so kommt die Hölle zum Vorschein. Um die Nacht zu überleben, muss Montana sein gesamtes Lehen abriegeln und eilig gebaute Höhlenwohnungen in ein echtes, einladendes Zuhause für Tausende von Coggeshall-Bewohnern verwandeln. Die meisten von ihnen kennen und mögen sich nicht wirklich. Und alle haben unterschiedliche Vorstellungen davon, was in der Nacht der Unholde getan werden muss.

Er hat schon zu lange versucht, sie zu ignorieren. Doch der seit Langem schwelende Konflikt zwischen Montana und den Nachtgoblins, die das Tal ebenfalls bewohnen, droht überzukochen. Normalerweise sind Goblins nichts Besonderes: ein Feind ohne viel Größe, Intellekt oder Waffen. Aber diese Goblins? Nun, das ist einfach nicht der Fall. Diese Goblins verfügen über grenzenlose Ressourcen, noch nie dagewesene Taktiken und schreckliche Ungeheuer. Das Schlimmste aber ist, dass sie den Tod nicht im Geringsten fürchten.

Contained within this audiobook are the first 11 Chronicles of Underrealm, short stories penned in this expansive world. Written by a wide array of incredible authors, these tales will reveal secrets of Underrealm that avid listeners won’t find anywhere else—and introduce new arrivals to a world that’s every bit as intricate and interesting as our own.