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Aria’s world is thrown into chaos when Crown Prince Julius, the brilliant but insufferable royal she’s sworn to protect as Captain of his Guard, announces her as his future bride. Stunned, Aria confronts him, and Julius offers a way out: if she can defeat him in any competition before the wedding in six months, he’ll cancel the engagement. But with Julius’ unmatched skills, winning won’t be easy. Can Aria outsmart the talented prince and reclaim her life?

Junsu is an ordinary college student who spends an extraordinary amount of time trying to beat a pay-to-win hero collector game called Arcane Seoul. All his hours of painstaking gameplay finally pays off when he lands Cheonma, one of the ultimate SS-ranked characters in the game, seconds before a truck runs him over. Now, he finds himself as Jeonsa Kim, a basic tutorial-stage character who can learn any skill. Can he use his gaming knowledge to survive the godforsaken, magic-driven, and monster-ridden alternate world of Arcane Seoul? 'This series contains depictions of gun violence that may not be suitable for all readers. Viewer discretion is advised.'

As plague and turmoil afflicts the empire, enchanting widow Rieta Tristi finds herself at the mercy of a malicious nobleman and his dying wish to have her buried alive beside his corpse. The plague has taken her husband, slave traders have taken her young child, and now her own life is at risk -- until an unexpected visit from the empire's outcast prince changes everything.

The King of the Monsters is back in this compendium collecting three series: Legends, In Hell, and Rage Across Time! In a world where monsters roam freely, some stories have been lost to time... until NOW! In Legends, the kaiju of Godzilla's fearsome rogues gallery get the spotlight. Featuring Anguirus, Rodan, Titanosaurus, Hedorah, and Kumonga! Then, meet Godzilla's greatest adversary of all time‚ the impossible tortures of Hell! It's a monster battle that takes you through the depths of the underworld. Move over dinosaurs... monsters used to rule the planet! In Rage Across Time, travel to different time periods to examine the origin of myths that fueled nightmares: Feudal Japan, ancient Greece, medieval England, and classic Rome!

Our protagonist wakes up one day to find herself as Elia, the daughter of a bankrupt baron and a side character in a romance-fantasy novel. While on the run from debt collectors, she saves a child from an attacker -- only to be accused of being the kidnapper by the child’s guardian, Duke Kaiden. Taken to his mansion, she’s forced to live with them and be the child’s nanny. Can Elia clear up the misunderstanding and find her way out of this mess?

The year is 1887 in the rolling hills of the French countryside. The estate of Viscount de Rougemerle gently basks in its verdant glory, a beacon in the twilight years of the aristocracy. With the return of the viscount’s wayward son Cameron, however, the tranquility of this stately home threatens to shatter into scandal. It falls upon Edgar O’Grady, an Irish butler in service of the Rougemerles, to maintain decorum in the household, all the while protecting his childhood friend June and his master’s daughter Lady Victoria, as each furtive glance gleams the emerald green of envy…

Diana Lesley, a renowned knight of the Agripana Kingdom, is killed by her rival Cornelius Heimann in the war against the Heverunia Empire. However, when she wakes up, she finds herself at 10 years old and decides to pursue the life of a proper lady instead of a knight—much to her family's disapproval. After becoming Princess Juliana's lady-in-waiting, she must contend with conniving noblewomen, the threat of oncoming war, and the affections of Cornelius who, in this life, dreams about her past life and falls for her. Can she keep her loved ones safe and live in peace?

After the conclusion of the Hundred Year War, Avatar Aang and his friends, Zuko, Sokka, Katara, and Toph work to heal the Four Elemental Nations and usher in a new age of progress. Follow the gang as they discover secrets of the past, battle new threats, heal old wounds and make new friends in these stories that take place between the hit animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.

Geonyeong is a brilliant girl. Despite being underprivileged, her exceptional intellect allows her to enroll in the prestigious Pyeonghyeon High School. There, she meets new competitors and friends. She struggles to compete with all the other privileged students who have expensive lessons. Amidst these challenges, she is determined to succeed and become a judge. This is Geonyeong's journey to prove that despite the disadvantages life has dealt her, she is worthy of respect.

In a world where one's worth is determined by how powerful their skill is, Taehyeon is 35, unawakened, and barely able to scrape by as a pack bearer for monster hunters. But when a mysterious being calling itself “the King” gives him a skill of his own, Taehyeon gets a second chance at life. Now he’s back in high school and armed with Gluttony, a skill that allows him to block and absorb the skills of others!

Upbeat witch doctor Kina Witchwood receives an ominous prophecy: she will face her execution in six months, but not before encountering three men--one she cannot refuse, one she cannot persuade, and one to whom she will vow her life. Though she tries to defy fate, she soon finds herself appointed as the emperor's personal physician and thrust into the heart of the imperial palace's trecherous political intrigues.

A distant echo from a life long-forgotten; shattered shards of an ominous future. When her late mother’s heirloom pendant is broken, Elodie Perdia regains the memories of Ga-eul Yun, a girl from our world who realizes she’s landed in the body of a villainess from a fantasy novel. In the story, Elodie serves as the dark foil to the virtuous heroine and is destined for an early grave – a dark fate that can perhaps be avoided with Ga-eul’s knowledge of future events!