Mala is a precocious girl living on the beautiful planet Terra, a place where peace and tolerance are celebrated. Unbeknownst to Mala and her fellow Terrians, the last inhabitants of Earth have exhausted the resources of their planet and those of three others. They are now searching for a new home. This Earthforce has discovered that the use of a Terraformer will make Terra habitable for humans. Unfortunately, it will become poisonous for the Terrians....

Satou Matsuzaka doesn't seem to care about much, moving through boys and casting them aside like so used candy wrappers. All that changes, though, when she meets Shio. The little girl changes everything for Matsuzaka. Is this love...? If it is, then it's love through a very warped prism as the high schooler demonstrates there's no atrocity beyond her when it comes to protecting the object of her deranged affection.

"After witnessing an abduction, FBI agent Luke Harmon vows to return the teenage victim safely to her aunt, his ex, Abby Mitchell. But Abby has a secret--the girl is their daughter. To rescue his child from a human trafficking ring, he'll partner with the woman who deceived him. But can he forgive the past before Abby becomes the next target...and his family is lost forever?" -- Page [4] cover.

Lyra Belacqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her dæmon familiar always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle--a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, and a mysterious substance known as Dust. As she hurtles toward danger in the cold far North, Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: she alone is destined to win--or to lose--this more-than-mortal...

When the Intergalactic Council of Justice orders Rocket to pay back the money he stole from his ex-girlfriends, he takes on a series of jobs and including helping a mech robot find its kidnapped friends.

At the end of a long night... Satou takes back her angel. There's nothing to fear now. Not a thing. Not one... So what is this uneasiness? What is this bitterness piercing her tongue? You must pay...for the sins...you commit. You must...be punished.

A private detective is hired to find a young girl who has disappeared from the Boston area.

"To me...it seemed like a demon. It was so terrifying. To me...it was like a monster. It was too kind. What will you...give up on? Friendship? Desire? Or love?" -- Page [4] cover.

Emma, John, and Mari Collingwood head out on vacation to their summer lake house. Shortly after arriving, Mari borrows the family car and drives into town to spend time with her friend Paige. While Paige is working the cash register at a local store, she and Mari meet Justin, a teenager passing through the town. Justin invites them both back to his hotel room to smoke some weed. After kidnapping and ruthlessly assaulting the two girls, Justin's father...

"Embrace logic. For a life...without death. Doubt, delusion, division... it all blends together in the end. The body in the room. The pursuer fast approaching. Time is running out. Use your head. Cheat if you can. Aim for the blind spot of the goddess of fate." -- Page [4] cover.