The house always wins. Unless it falls down...When Bubbles acts as a witness in a high-profile murder case she's warned to stay low. Taking on a gambling gangster and his henchmen wasn't in the cards. But then he went and made it personal...

Levius is now a Grade 1 fighter, he is simple just trying to survive. He will now need to survive a battle against Emperor who is undefeated. A.J. notices that her brother is now fighting his way up. What has he done to himself to make him that strong and should A.J. worry?

The main event of the Southern Slam tournament is Levius's title fight against "the Emperor," but first Natalia must face off against A.J.'s brother, Balthus.

"In the vein of Neal Stephenson and Jeff VanderMeer, an epic speculative novel from Young Lions Fiction Award-finalist Matt Bell, a breakout book that explores climate change, manifest destiny, humanity's unchecked exploitation of natural resources, and the small but powerful magic contained within every single apple." --

Set in a chillingly realistic far-future world, and featuring a gritty antihero even more frightening than the evil empire he serves as soldier and assassin, Death’s Head is sure to be one of the most talked-about novels of the year. David Gunn is loaded—and he shoots to kill. At the top of the galactic pecking order is the United Free, a civilization of awe-inspiring technological prowess so far in advance of other space-faring powers as to seem...

Meet the newest hero of Metropolis... Metallo? But the cyborg criminal isn't reformed, he's being controlled by Lex Luthor. However, when he breaks free of Lex's control, he goes on the attack! Will Superman find a way to stop the metallic menace? Can he defeat an entire army of Metallos attacking the city? Or will the powerful cyborg finally defeat the Man of Steel? You choose the path to decide how Superman might stop one of his most powerful...

Back with Ido again, life appears peaceful for Alita--until she learns that her former bounty-hunting companion Zapan is now a wanted man seeking unfair vengeance against her! Ido, meanwhile, follows the trail of transactions surrounding Alita's old Berserker body to the exiled Zalemite scientist Desty Nova. When Nova gives Zapan the body, it turns him into a demon sowing chaos everywhere. The "Zapan" arc is chock-full of rage, love, and pathos!!

"After hearing that the body of the presumed missing Major Kusanagi has turned up under mysterious circumstances, Section 9's Togusa and Tsunagi take to the north to continue the search for answers. However, when their investigation into the involvement of the cultish Aterui community turns violent, the operation goes south fast as Tsunagi is taken by the shadowy and dangerous "White Bear." Meanwhile, down south, Batou and Ishikawa end up in some...

"Togusa and rookie operative Tsunagi of Section 9 have been sent north following reports that Major Kusanagi's artificial body was seen in the city of Towada. Similar rumors send Batou and Ishikawa hundreds of miles south to infiltrate the ranks of a criminal organization in Okinawa. Over the course of both investigations, Section 9 learns that Hashikami and the killer known as the "White Bear" are plotting to assassinate Shinra Mikomoto, the recently...