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I won't give any plot details as this is a direct sequel to the first book and I don’t want to go into spoilers. So all you can know for now is that Atana and Ren, along with their companions, try to sort out all issues raised in the first book. Their journey isn't easy, but their friendship and their determination are as strong as ever.

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Rowan is a trainee ranger, protecting the area under them with the help of their Pegasus, Kestrel. The region Rowan monitors hardly has any danger, much to Rowan’s frustration. The only person active and about in the area is Leone, a laidback shepherd who is more interested in playing his violin than in watching his sheep. However, when Rowan’s eagerness to prove their capabilities to the senior rangers results in an injury to Kestrel, Rowan is forced to work on land-based duties with Leone. Can this forced working partnership turn into friendship when both Rowan and Leone are battling personal secrets?

The same story as ‘A Study in Scarlet’, the very first novel where ace detective Sherlock Holmes makes his appearance. This manga is faithful to the classic in every relevant way, skipping out only a few of the relatively unimportant scenes.

Maya is a comic book artist frustrated about deadlines and about not doing the kind of comics she loves. Her best friend Juu is also frustrated, but with his lacklustre love life.
One day, when Maya has just returned home after doling out dating advice to Juu, she receives an unexpected visitor: a tiny alien named Soma who has crashlanded in her living room to warn her that his people are planning an invasion against Earth However, as his spacesuit is destroyed, he needs Maya’s help to stop the attack. (He has his reasons for helping humankind.)

The fact that Patrik is a vampire often comes in the way of his making friends. But he hasn't stopped trying. While he does have his demons (mostly figurative, but one actual), he is still an amiable fellow who enjoys helping others. If only they could see beyond his fangs and his compulsive need for blood!
The story comes to us mostly from Patrik's third-person perspective from various timelines, one of which is contemporary.

1976. Greer Johnson is pregnant with her boss’s baby. At his insistence, she is forced to move from Miami to Florida to stay with his acquaintances, Donald and Kate Bender. The Benders, an old childless couple, have their own reasons for allowing Greer into their house. However, their constant interference bothers Greer, and she longs for someone to understand her. With only a Cuban immigrant gardener around, Greer resorts to flights of fancy to save herself from the dreary days. But will her imagination be enough to improve her reality?

When Nokoru is told to telework from home during the pandemic lockdown, he views it as a blessing. His job as a system engineer is very demanding, especially because of clientele who don’t know what they want. Working from home comes with unexpected benefits, such as getting to wake up just ten minutes before work, or managing to find more time for hobbies such as gardening and gaming. What Nokoru doesn’t expect is to interact over his balcony with his new neighbour right next door. Natsu, a graduate student of archaeology, is everything Nokoru is not: impulsive, relaxed, chaotic, gorgeous, always smiling! Is there any hope for a relationship between such disparate souls, especially when social distancing is de rigueur?
The story comes to us in Nokoru’s first-person perspective.

2013, North Korea. Yunho is a shy ten-year-old who stays alone with his grandmother after his mother escaped across the border to China to earn money and improve their circumstances. She had promised to send for Yunho as soon as possible, but it has been almost two years now with no update. Yunho is good at finding scrap metal, which he sells to the government in exchange for some much-needed money.
Eleven-year-old Myunghee is an independent school dropout who scavenges the mountainside for wild roots and vegetables, and trades them in the market. She lived with her ailing grandmother, but after the latter’s death, Myunghee is all alone.
Circumstances throw Yunho and Myunghee together, first at an horrifying public event, and then as part of a group with a common dream – escape. With the help of a pastor and some local agents, the group travels through four countries until they can apply for asylum. The journey is fraught with danger, but is it better to chance death while running towards a brighter future, or to stay in a country where there is no future?
The story is written in the alternating first-person perspectives of the two kids.

A thousand years ago in the Yacatan Peninsula, the city of Uxmal was ruled by a cruel king named Kinich Kak Ek. So sure was he of his power that he was unfazed by a prophecy announcing the kind of person who would threaten his throne.
On the outskirts of the city, Sayam grew up with his grandmother, knowing that he was different from other kids: he was born from an egg, after all! His grandmother, who was a kind witch, taught him the ancient ways of magic.
What brings Kinich Kak Ek and Sayam into direct confrontation with each other? How will the prophecy be fulfilled? Read and find out!