Most Popular Books by Nunzio Defilippis

ROYALTY AND RIVALRY Najika''s replacement as spokesperson for the cooking school arrives at Seika Academy, and she is not too fond of him. Seiya is stuck up and rude, which would be easier to handle if he didn''t look just like her past love, Sora! As their rivalry escalates, a competition is held between them and Najika must win to save her old orphanage, the Lavender House. All the while, Najika is working to unveil the mysterious truth about her Flan Princess and the Kitazawa brothers. But when old memories resurface, will Najika be ready for them? This omnibus contains volumes 5, 6 and 7 of Kitchen Princess, and special extras after the story!

Three brave souls set out on a quest to find long-lost King Maric and along the way encounter a nation of assassins, the forgotten history of dragons, an empire of evil mages, and the dangerous secrets in each of their hearts.

As a new semester begins at the Xavier Institute, the students learn that they are to be placed into different squads and separated from their best friends.

From the co-writers of AVALON CHRONICLES and PLAY BALL and the artist of WASTELAND! Amy Devlin might not be a licensed Private Investigator but that hasn''t stopped her from playing one on the internet! But the case she''s about to find herself on is no game. Trevor Schalk was an eccentric millionaire obsessed with reincarnation right up to his murder in 1980. Now Tim Gilbraight is having weird dreams in which he''s a bitter, rich man—despised by everyone around him. It''s up to Devlin to determine if Schalk is a past life or a past lie.

Contains volumes 10 and 11 of Amazing Agent Luna, Seven Seas'' premier shoujo manga series that blends high school romance with super spy action. Luna''s original mission is over, but her adventures are just beginning! Luna''s former nemesis and ex-boyfriend, Jonah Von Brucken, son of the evil Count Von Brucken, is returning to Nobel High and the Agency has sent Luna back with him. When the daughter of a scientific genius working on cold fusion arrives at Nobel, Jonah instantly takes a liking to her and Luna springs into espionage action. But is she worried about the secrets of fusion falling into the wrong hands, or is she just jealous that Jonah has found someone new? A new dangerous agent shows up who is also interested in the secrets of cold fusion-and in Luna herself. Who is he, and what is his mysterious agenda? The answers to these questions will shock Luna to the core, and may lead her down a dark path from which she can never return.

It''s been three years since the events of PAST LIES. Amy Devlin, in the last month of her time in Beverly Hills'' Cold Case Division, has uncovered a series of murders that may all be the work of one man. Every 10 years, a sinner with a saint''s name has been brutally murdered on All Saints Day. With a string of cases spanning 30 years, and another killing set to occur within the month, and a Hollywood screenwriter camped out in her office threatening to uncover the secrets of her last big case, can Amy convince anyone these unsolved crimes are connected? And when she starts digging, will she make herself the next victim?

After the explosive events of INFINITE CRISIS and THE OMAC PROJECT, the U.N. formed Checkmate to bring down heroes and villains that get out of line. Using their unique abilities to deputize human and metahuman forces, this agency pulls out all the stops in pursuit of its goal to maintain balance between worlds. Having finally secured the political backing they needed to survive, Checkmate''s operations begin in earnest, as an agent tries to infiltrate the terrorist group Kobra! But someone within Checkmate seems to be working against them, and a compromised agent is forced to make a deadly, life-changing choice! Collects CHECKMATE #1-12. Written by Greg Rucka (52), Nunzio DeFillipis and Christina Weir (NEW X-MEN), with art by Jesus Saiz (JLA), this gripping super-spy saga is packed with explosive action! Collects CHECKMATE #1-12.

Xavier Institute is haunted and the New X-Men have to find out who or what is there before it causes too much damage. Plus, David Alleyne, a.k.a. Prodigy, has the block removed from his mind, allowing him to absorb and retain all of the knowledge of anyone near him. What will he do with so much information?

"After the explosive events of INFINITE CRISIS and THE OMAC PROJECT, the U.N. formed Checkmate to bring down heroes and villains that get out of line. Using their unique abilities to deputize human and metahuman forces, this agency pulls out all the stops in pursuit of its goal to maintain balance between worlds. Having finally secured the political backing they needed to survive, Checkmate''s operations begin in earnest, as an agent tries to infiltrate the terrorist group Kobra! But someone within Checkmate seems to be working against them, and a compromised agent is forced to make a deadly, life-changing choice!"--

When Aeslin Finn was a little girl, her parents read to her from a magical book called The Avalon Chronicles. But that was a long time ago. Now a teenager, Aeslin is about to discover just how magical she and that book really are. Transported to the world of Avalon, she discovers a kingdom in need of a Dragon Knight—and the last dragon, Blue Moon, is waiting for her!

Amazing Agent Luna is the story of Luna, the perfect secret agent. A girl grown in a lab from the finest genetic material, she has been trained since her birth fifteen years ago to be the U.S. government''s ultimate espionage weapon. But now she is given an assignment that will test her abilities to the utmost — high school. In order to uncover an evil plot, the government sends Luna to a prominent high school to pose as a student. Luna''s training has left her completely unprepared to handle the stresses and strains of ordinary teenage relationships — making friends, creating rivals, and having her first big crush on bad boy Jonah, the son of her arch-nemesis, Count Von Brucken! Making matters worse, Luna''s "father" is the overly warm-and-fuzzy Dr. Andy and her "mother" is the always business-like, unemotional Control.

Ben and his Bakugan, Drago, enter the mysterious Evo Tournament in order to increase their power, but they face the unknown powers of the reigning champion and Runo, who has entered the tournament in order to stop them.

Presents the adventures of Luna, a fifteen-year-old who has been genetically grown in a lab to become an espionage weapon for the United States government.

Pulled out of exile from a dark corner of the world, renowned-surgeon-turned-fringemedicine-eccentric Doctor Randal Horne must return to New York City to investigate a tragic research lab accident that''s left one man dead, and inexplicably headless. Now with the help of a distrusting NYPD detective and a team of doctors from the CDC, Horne must diagnose this and other seemingly unexplainable medical phenomenon in a world where the line between medical science and science fiction is blurry at best.

Ben and his Bakugan, Drago, enter the mysterious Evo Tournament in order to increase their power, but they face the unknown powers of the reigning champion and Runo, who has entered the tournament in order to stop them.

Amazing Agent Luna is the story of Luna, the perfect secret agent. A girl grown in a lab from the finest genetic material, she has been trained since her birth fifteen years ago to be the U.S. government''s ultimate espionage weapon. But now she is given an assignment that will test her abilities to the utmost — high school. In order to uncover an evil plot, the government sends Luna to a prominent high school to pose as a student. Luna''s training has left her completely unprepared to handle the stresses and strains of ordinary teenage relationships — making friends, creating rivals, and having her first big crush on bad boy Jonah, the son of her arch-nemesis, Count Von Brucken! Making matters worse, Luna''s "father" is the overly warm-and-fuzzy Dr. Andy and her "mother" is the always business-like, unemotional Control.