Jim C Hines
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Janitors of the post-apocalypse volume 1
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English
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"The Krakau came to Earth to invite humanity into a growing alliance of sentient species. But they hadn't counted on a mutated plague wiping out half the human population, turning the rest into shambling, near-unstoppable animals, and basically destroying human civilization. You know, your standard apocalypse. The Krakau's first impulse was to turn around and go home. (After all, it's hard to have diplomatic relations with mindless savages who eat...
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"The third and final dramatized audiobook of the Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse follows a group of unlikely heroes trying to save the galaxy from a zombie plague.
Marion "Mops" Adamopoulos and her team were trained to clean spaceships. They were absolutely not trained to fight an interplanetary war with the xenocidal Prodryans or to make first contact with the Jynx, a race who might not be as primitive as they seem. But if there's one lesson Mops...
3) Goblin quest
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English
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Tormented by bullies, lowly goblin Jig, along with his cowardly fire-spider, is kidnapped by a group of adventurers and forced to lead them to the Rod of Creation, a dangerous mission that pits him against a Necromancer and a Dragon
4) Goblin war
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English
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After surviving an adventurers' quest against a dragon, a necromancer, and a pixie invasion, goblin Jig Dragonslayer is thrust back into the thick of things when the goblins' lair is invaded by human warriors
5) Goblin hero
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English
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Heroic goblin Jig, now known as a dragonslayer, embarks on his latest adventure, along with his pet fire-spider, when he is ordered by the conniving head goblin to defeat a terrifying enemy who is determined to destroy or enslave all of ogrekind
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Human civilization didn't just fall. It was pushed. The Krakau came to Earth in the year 2104. By 2105, humanity had been reduced to shambling, feral monsters. In the Krakau's defense, it was an accident, and a century later, they did come back and try to fix us. Sort of. It's been four months since Marion Mops Adamopoulos learned the truth of that accident. Four months since she and her team of hygiene and sanitation specialists stole the EMCS Pufferfish...
7) Goblin Tales
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English
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A vengeful ghost trapped in a goblin's ear... a flaming spider who must help stop a goddess from conquering a science fiction convention... a goblin nursery worker who finds herself trapped in the middle of a war. This collection features five humorous short stories that explore the fantasy realm from the perspective of the lowest of the low, the unlikeliest of unheroes: the goblins.
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A werewolf with a taste for puppets... a modern-day bard whose power flows from the bellows of her accordion... a magical dagger with an extremely unusual power. This collection features six lighter fantasy tales from the award-winning author of the Magic Ex Libris series, The Legend of Jig the Dragonslayer series, and the Princess novels, beginning with The Stepsister Scheme.
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Series
Princess novels volume 2
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
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English
Description
What would happen if a star writer went back to the darker themes of the original fairy tales for plots, and then crossed the Disney princesses with Charlie?s Angels? What he?d end up with is The Mermaid?s Madness?a whole new take on The Little Mermaid. And with Jim C. Hines, of Jig the Goblin fame, penning the tale, you canbet itwon?t be ?Theylived happily ever after.?
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Deutsch
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Jig ist ein Goblin. Ein kleiner, schwächlicher Goblin. Wenn er eines nicht sein will, dann ein Held. Eines Tages jedoch fällt er einigen Abenteurern in die Hände, die in seine Heimat eindringen. Sie verlangen, dass er sie zu einem magischen Artefakt führt. Dumm nur, dass sich das Artefakt in den Tiefen eines höchst gefährlichen Höhlensystems befindet, in den Klauen eines Drachen. Um dieser misslichen Lage zu entfliehen, bleibt dem bibbernden...
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Einst galt der Goblin Jig in seiner Sippe als Versager. Doch diese Zeiten sind vorbei! Denn Jig hat sich wegen seiner heilenden Kräfte den Respekt der anderen Goblins erworben. Nur eine hasst ihn wie die Pest: die neue Anführerin Kralk, die Jig am liebsten tot sähe. Als eines Tages ein Oger auftaucht und die Goblins um Hilfe bittet, entsendet Kralk den armen Jig auf eine brandgefährliche Mission. Jemand tötet die Oger in ihren Höhlen! Und der...
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Für Jig Drachentöter beginnt der Krieg, als Prinzessin Genevieve Wendelson die Goblin-Höhlen angreift. Jig wird gefangen und in die Stadt Avery verschleppt. Dort zwingt man ihn und die anderen Goblins, bei der Aushebung einer Armee zu helfen: Der Armee von Bila der Blutigen. Jig gelingt zwar die Flucht, doch nach wie vor sind die Goblin-Höhlen von den Menschen erobert. Und so bleibt ihm nur eine Wahl: Er muss Bilas Armee beitreten. Doch bald stellt...
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One night after roller derby practice, twelve-year-old Tamora Carter discovers a pair of goblins digging through the dumpster behind the rink. The scruffy pair passed through a magical portal into our world, and they're not alone. Do these creatures know the truth about what happened to Tamora's best friend Andre? She won't rest until she finds out. But there are things far more dangerous than goblins...
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One night after roller derby practice, 12-year-old Tamora Carter discovers a pair of goblins digging through the dumpster behind the rink. The scruffy pair passed through a magical portal into our world, and they're not alone.
Do these creatures know the truth about what happened to Tamora's best friend Andre? She won't rest until she finds out.
But there are things far more dangerous than goblins....
Performed by Nanette Savard, Kimberly Gilbert,...
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English
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A vengeful ghost trapped in a goblin's ear ... a flaming spider who must help stop a goddess from conquering a science fiction convention ... a goblin nursery worker who finds herself trapped in the middle of a war. This collection features six humorous short stories that explore the fantasy realm from the perspective of the lowest of the low, the unlikeliest of unheroes: the goblins. Includes the following stories from the author of the GOBLIN QUEST:...
16) Libriomancer
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Series
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DAW Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
viii, 308 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Gifted with the ability to draw objects out of books, Isacc Vainio, a Libriomancer, seeks assistance from a Harley-riding dryad after a number of vampire attacks are reported by other members of his secret, magic organization
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Series
Publisher
Daw Books
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
vi, 883 pages ; 23 cm.
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English
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Collects the adventures of a reluctant goblin hero known as Jig the Dragonslayer and his pet fire-spider as they endure several heroic quests and the invasion of his goblin's lair by human warriors.
18) Revisionary
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Magic ex Libris volume 4
Publisher
Daw Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
viii, 344 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
Description
When Isaac Vainio helped to reveal magic to the world, he dreamed of a utopian future, a new millennium of magical prosperity. One year later, things aren't going quite as he'd hoped. An organization known as Vanguard, made up of magical creatures and ex-Porters, wants open war with the mundane world. Isaac's own government is incarcerating "potential supernatural enemies" in prisons and internment camps. And Isaac finds himself targeted by all sides....
19) Codex born
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Series
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Daw Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
viii, 326 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Five hundred years ago, Johannes Gutenberg discovered the art of libriomancy, allowing him to reach into books to create things from their pages. Gutenberg's power brought him many enemies, and some of those enemies have waited centuries for revenge. Revenge which begins with the brutal slaughter of a wendigo in the northern Michigan town of Tamarack, a long-established werewolf territory. Libriomancer Isaac Vainio is part of Die Zwelf Portenære,...
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DAW book collectors volume no. 1416
Publisher
Daw Books
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
311 p. ; 18 cm.
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English
Description
This fantasy anthology follows the transformation of ordinary people into extraordinary heroes, including a shape-shifter who is forced unexpectedly into her first solo mission