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The Darkest Road: Book Three Of The Fionavar Tapestry (Fionavar Tapestry #3)
by Guy Gavriel KayIn The Darkest Road, all the complex threads of the previous volumes are woven into the final and complete panorama, rich, powerful, and satisfying. Five young men and women from our world have been caught up in a devastating war between the forces of good and evil in Fionavar, the world that is the center of all reality, of which our own is but a shadow. They have grown, changed, and suffered, and taken on roles of crucial significance in that bright land. Now, in the final battle, Dave, Kimberly, Paul, Jennifer, and Kevin must each face the ultimate malfeasance of Rakoth Maugrim in an explosive and thrilling series of titanic conflicts. Filled with wizards and warriors, dwarves, spirits, and the resurrected heroes and heroines of myth, the triumph and tragedy .... will enchant the reader. And so The Fionavar Tapestry is completed, becoming a monument of contemporary fantasy.
Partials (Partials Sequence #1)
by Dan WellsThe human race is all but extinct after a war with Partials--engineered organic beings identical to humans--has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by RM, a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island while the Partials have mysteriously retreated. The threat of the Partials is still imminent, but, worse, no baby has been born immune to RM in more than a decade. Our time is running out. Kira, a sixteen-year-old medic-in-training, is on the front lines of this battle, seeing RM ravage the community while mandatory pregnancy laws have pushed what's left of humanity to the brink of civil war, and she's not content to stand by and watch. But as she makes a desperate decision to save the last of her race, she will find that the survival of humans and Partials alike rests in her attempts to uncover the connections between them--connections that humanity has forgotten, or perhaps never even knew were there. Dan Wells, acclaimed author of I Am Not a Serial Killer, takes readers on a pulsepounding journey into a world where the very concept of what it means to be human is in question--one where our humanity is both our greatest liability and our only hope for survival.
Future Home of the Living God: A Novel
by Louise Erdrich<P>Louise Erdrich, the New York Times bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of LaRose and The Round House, paints a startling portrait of a young woman fighting for her life and her unborn child against oppressive forces that manifest in the wake of a cataclysmic event. <P>The world as we know it is ending. Evolution has reversed itself, affecting every living creature on earth. Science cannot stop the world from running backwards, as woman after woman gives birth to infants that appear to be primitive species of humans. Thirty-two-year-old Cedar Hawk Songmaker, adopted daughter of a pair of big-hearted, open-minded Minneapolis liberals, is as disturbed and uncertain as the rest of America around her. But for Cedar, this change is profound and deeply personal. She is four months pregnant. <P>Though she wants to tell the adoptive parents who raised her from infancy, Cedar first feels compelled to find her birth mother, Mary Potts, an Ojibwe living on the reservation, to understand both her and her baby’s origins. As Cedar goes back to her own biological beginnings, society around her begins to disintegrate, fueled by a swelling panic about the end of humanity. There are rumors of martial law, of Congress confining pregnant women. Of a registry, and rewards for those who turn these wanted women in. Flickering through the chaos are signs of increasing repression: a shaken Cedar witnesses a family wrenched apart when police violently drag a mother from her husband and child in a parking lot. The streets of her neighborhood have been renamed with Bible verses. A stranger answers the phone when she calls her adoptive parents, who have vanished without a trace. It will take all Cedar has to avoid the prying eyes of potential informants and keep her baby safe. <P>A chilling dystopian novel both provocative and prescient, Future Home of the Living God is a startlingly original work from one of our most acclaimed writers: a moving meditation on female agency, self-determination, biology, and natural rights that speaks to the troubling changes of our time. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Prickly Business (Portland Pack Chronicles #1)
by Kenzie Cade Piper VaughnPortland Pack Chronicles: Book OneSome people might call Avery Babineaux a prick. He's a hedgehog shifter from an old-money Louisiana family, with a penchant for expensive shoes and a reputation for being a judgmental snob. His attitude is why he and his fated mate are estranged. Not that Avery cares. He doesn't want to be mated to some blue-collar werewolf anyway. Or so he keeps telling himself. No werewolf likes to be looked down upon, least of all Dylan Green. He doesn't need a mate, especially not some snotty hedgehog who sneers at his custom motorcycle shop and calls him a grease monkey. But when Avery gets into trouble with a shady loan shark, Dylan can't stand by and let him be hurt--whether he wants the brat or not. Yet once Dylan steps into Avery's world, he realizes there's more to Avery than his prickly exterior, and that unexpected vulnerability calls to Dylan's protective instincts. The sassy little hedgehog needs a keeper, and despite their horrible first impressions, Dylan starts to believe he might be the wolf for the job.
Best in Show
by Kelly JensenSolitary mystery writer Julian Wilkes doesn't want a pet, but his sister persuades him to visit Lingwood Animal Rescue, where he is immediately taken with a large ginger tabby cat. Before he can settle into the joys of cat ownership, however, he discovers something very unusual about his new companion. Macavity Birch is cursed. By day he is a large tabby cat. At night he can be himself--a human male with ginger hair and oddly yellow eyes. He didn't mean to end up in the animal rescue, but he never meant any harm when playing the prank that resulted in his curse, either. Happily, Julian adopts him. But while exploring his host's home, he discovers the diary of a long-dead relative. Unfortunately, not all of Mac's ancestors are dead and buried. His great-great-great-grandmother is very much alive, and she's a powerful witch who doesn't take kindly to the sharing of family secrets. When Mac reveals himself to Julian in order to save him from bigger trouble, he achieves just the opposite, plunging Julian deeper into a magical mystery with him.
Captive Heart: A Novel Of The Dark Crescent Sisterhood (The Dark Crescent Sisterhood #6)
by Anna WindsorThe Dark Crescent Sisterhood #6 As Sybils--protector warrior "witches"--they control the Elements...But passion is a force that no one can contain. Being the only fully trained water Sybil is a big responsibility, which leaves Andy Myles too busy defending New York from flesh-eating Rakshasha demons and dealing with a personal tragedy to even think about entrusting her broken heart to the wrong man. So the last thing she needs is the FBI's overbearing adviser for Manhattan Occult Crimes Unit, Jack Blackmore whose Army-tough attitude and critical ways are working her last nerve. Honestly, she she could just drown him in a tidal wave of her water energy--except for the one small fact that she can't stop thinking about kissing him. A lot. What is it about hating a man that makes him so hot? Jack's 100% percent human and 200% tough. He's never come across a problem he couldn't solve bullets, steel and his own two hands. But now he finds himself fighting beside warrior witches who can kill with just a snap of their fingers and he seems powerless to defend his heart against a wild woman with kisses that taste like sweet southern rain. But as a wave of evil takes hold over the city, Jack has only one opportunity to put an end to the all of the violence--and win Andy's love. "The finale of this trilogy in Windsor's Dark Crescent Sisterhood series races out the gate and never looks back. From the first, Andy Myles has been a fan favorite, so seeing her finally get her due is hugely satisfying. Windsor's skill and talents are on full display as she gives the readers exactly what they want: thrilling tales filled with action, passion and gut-wrenching emotion! Brava!" -RT Book Review
Curse Reversed (Wards and Wands #2)
by Rebecca RoyceIn and out of institutions for over a decade, Eleanor St. Vincent can’t get the episodes racking her to stop. Half-witch, and lousy spell caster, she doesn’t picture much of a future. Then one day, Mitchell Sharpe catches her eye. Mitchell Sharpe never dreamed he’d need the Prestige Institute. A year spent under a hex cost him everything, and he has no idea where to go from there. The last thing he expected to find was love. Their happiness is short-lived as societal demands and ancient curses threaten to cave-in all they want to build. The deck might be stacked against them, but Mitchell and Eleanor will fight for their second chance at life…and love.
Feathers #2 (Feathers)
by Jorge CoronaFresh from their near-miss escape from the Guards, Bianca and Poe strike a deal: If he guides her through the treacherous Maze, she will take him to see the White Guide, a feathered statue in the City that may hold the key to Poe's origins. It's an adventure that will take them from the lowest shadows to the highest rooftops, with untold dangers along the way...and not everyone in the Maze is happy about their new alliance.
Feathers #3 (Feathers)
by Jorge CoronaBetrayal comes from all sides as Poe's new friendship with Bianca creates chaos in the Maze, and the pair discover they may have even fewer allies than they thought in their race to the heart of the City.
Feathers #4 (Feathers)
by Jorge CoronaGood friends are hard to come by in the Maze. Poe and Bianca will have to stick together and outsmart the Guard if they want to reach the White Guide, but a new revelation may shake their courage.
Feathers #5 (Feathers)
by Jorge CoronaFeeling alone and betrayed by Bianca and Gabriel, Poe finds a humbled and apologetic Z, who tells him that all the Mice have been taken by the Scarf Man.
Feathers #6 (Feathers)
by Jorge CoronaFinal issue! When he tracks the Scarf Man to his secret lair, and with Bianca, R, and Z's lives at stake, Poe comes face-to-face with the man who's been kidnapping the Mice from the Maze.
The Fiction #1 (The Fiction)
by Curt Pires David RubinFour childhood friends discover a box of strange books that, when read aloud, can transport them to the beautiful, imaginary worlds described within. But when one of them goes missing, the others vow never to reveal where they've been and what they've seen. Years later, when one of the remaining kids, now an adult, also mysteriously disappears, it's up to the last two of the group to dig up their dusty books to find him and finally figure out what happened to their friend all those years ago.
The Fiction #2 (The Fiction)
by Curt Pires David RubinMax and Kassie delve into the Fiction for the first time in years to search for Tyler, only to find that the place that was once filled with the magic of childhood has become warped, corrupted, and filled with dangers they might not be able to survive.
Broken Rose: Morte (Broken Saga II)
by Catalina Jacob"[...] When I was human I fell in love. I was so lost in love that I even promised him my last breath. I was so deeply in love that I surrendered to him every inch of my skin. I was so blindly in love that I let him take away my eyes. I was so lost in love that I let him tear my soul apart and damn me into these —. Her voice slowly became a whisper, as her gloved hands strongly tightened around the cape. [...]" Nebun tale opened the gates of the Cemetery, now the remembrance of a bloodied past crawled through Morte skeleton. Come on, go ahead. Cemetery is waiting for you. There, where Death plays hide and seek with a Soul, where Shooting Stars give you smiles, and a Funny boy makes you laugh.
Team Guardian
by Naomi Stone Laramie Kay SassevilleAls im Herzen der USA eine Probabilitätsbombe explodiert, kann niemand die Folgen voraussehen. Chaos breitet sich aus. Tausende kommen um. Anderen fallen außergewöhnliche Kräfte zu. Zehn Jahre später hat sich die Welt grundlegend verändert. Als Rachel Connolly, eine Umgekehrte Empathin, und Franklin Luke Delano (Fluke), ein Probabilitätstalent, sich am Tatort eines Möchtegern-Bombenanschlags kennenlernen, finden sie wenig Zeit, um ihre starke Bindung zu erforschen, weil sie einen verrückten Puppenspieler zur Strecke bringen müssen. Beth Talbots Psychometrietalent ist ein Segen und ein Fluch, und die Zeit ist für sie nicht ein stetig fließender Fluss, sondern eher ein sturmgepeitscher Ozean. Für sie ist David Connolly ein Fels in der Brandung, denn sein Talent neutralisiert die Kräfte anderer. Aber wie kann sie seine Aufmerksamkeit wecken, wenn das gesamte Team Guardian ihn braucht, insbesondere als ein Talent die Kontrolle über sämtliche Informatik- und Bankensysteme der ganzen Welt zu übernehmen droht? Vielleicht hätte Tom einen anderen Illusionisten rufen können, aber Sophia Alvarez ist die Beste, und sie geht ihm seit der letzten gemeinsamen Mission nicht mehr aus dem Kopf. Tom übernimmt die Autorität und Verantwortung für das Team - gerade rechtzeitig, um dem FBI dabei zu helfen, eine Mordserie aufzudecken, hinter der sie ein Vigilante-Talent vermuten, das es auf Sexualstraftätern abgesehen hat.
Shadows and Spell Light Box Set (Shadows and Spell Light #3)
by Gareth VaughnBoth stories in Gareth Vaughn's popular interracial fantasy gay romance series Shadows and Spell Light are combined together for the first time! Contains the stories:The Officer and the Thief: Benen Trelayne has worked hard to make Assistant Detective by age 27, but protecting the city of Jewylle on Ilben is no easy job. When Benen removes a mysterious puzzle box from a murder scene, he isn’t expecting to have to deal with anything more than cracking the case.But while attempting to stop a robbery, the curious box is activated, and Benen’s stuck trying to figure his way out of a puzzle spell with only a thief who calls himself Gus for help. Benen is sure Gus knows more about the murder than he’s saying, but can’t arrest him unless they can work together enough to escape.The Doctor and the Addict: Graden Fallswenne has been struggling to kick his sugardream magic crystal habit, thinking if he does, he might just have a chance again with his ex, Evander. But when he finds the man has already moved on, Graden returns distraught to old haunts and habits.He isn’t expecting to catch the attention of Dr. Louk Reeves, a man in a class Graden has been kicked out of. Louk is competent and is going places with his career, while Graden can barely take care of himself. Still, he isn’t about to pass up the chance to get his life back together when Louk offers.Soon he wonders if moving in with Louk is just another of his poor choices. The doctor’s house is old and unsettling, the medical regimen difficult, and the nurse is competing for Louk’s affections. But when a ghost begins haunting Graden, he isn’t sure what he’s gotten himself into.
Pandemic (Surviving the Apocalypse #2)
by TinneanLaurie Parkinson, who’s lived in Laurel Hills all his life, is a gay sheet metal worker who’d rather be a gay hairdresser. Wheat Dupuis, who’s also gay, is the scion of one of Laurel Hill’s wealthiest families. He’d rather grow grapes than become CFO of Dupuis International.Laurie wakes one morning to discover his family gone and his town decimated by a bacteria that has lain dormant for millennia, incased in ice. With the melting of the ice caps, the bacteria is released, and mankind faces a pandemic that could surpass the Black Plague.Wheat and his family are on their way to safety when the unthinkable happens and he’s left behind. Laurie knows of a bunker in the woods outside Laurel Hill, where he intends to take refuge. On the way there, Laurie finds and rescues Wheat.Can two such dissimilar men work together through a pandemic to find their families ... and possibly find love, as well?
The Séance (Harrison Investigation)
by Heather GrahamPlunge into danger with this classic paranormal romantic suspense from the queen of the genre, New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham.A chill falls over Christina Hardy’s housewarming party when talk turns to a recent murder that has all the hallmarks of the so-called Interstate Killer’ murders from fifteen years before. To lighten the mood, the guests drag out an old Ouija board for a little spooky fun—and that’s when things become truly terrifying.Summoned by the Ouija board, the restless spirit of Beau Kidd, the lead detective—and chief suspect—on the original case, seeks Christina’s help: the latest killing isn’t a copycat crime, and he wants his name cleared. Back in the real world, cop-turned-writer Jed Braden is skeptical of Christina’s ghostly encounters, but his police sources confirm all the intimate details of the case—her otherworldly source is reliable, and the body count is growing. The spirits are right. The Interstate Killer is still out there, and Christina’s life is hanging in the balance between this world and the next.Originally published in 2007
Echoes of Understorey: A Titan's Forest Novel (Titan's Forest Ser. #2)
by Thoraiya DyerReturn to the mythical rainforest ruled by reincarnated gods in the quest fantasy Echoes of Understorey, the heart-pounding sequel to Thoraiya Dyer's Crossroads of Canopy.Great deeds are expected of Imeris.Raised by accomplished warriors and skilled healers, and being the sister to a goddess, Imeris always felt pressured to be the best fighter in Understorey. Yet during a mission to capture the body-snatching sorceress Kirrik, Imeris fails disastrously. With death on her conscience and in hiding from her peers, Imeris climbs up to the sun-kissed world of Canopy to learn new ways to defeat Kirrik. What she doesn’t expect is to be recruited in a Hunt for the Ages, against a terrifying divine monster that will take all of her skills to stop."I am majorly impressed. A unique, gorgeous, and dangerous world!”—Tamora PierceAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Dark Intercept: A Tor. Com Original (The Dark Intercept #1)
by Julia KellerThe Dark Intercept by Julia Keller is the beginning of a “riveting” (Emmy Laybourne) science fiction adventure that challenges the voluntary surrender of liberties for the perception of safety. When the state controls your emotions, how hard will you fight to feel free?In a radiant world of endless summer, the Intercept keeps the peace. Violet Crowley, the sixteen-year-old daughter of New Earth’s Founding Father, has spent her life in comfort and safety. Her days are easy thanks to the Intercept, a crime-prevention device that monitors emotion. But when her long-time crush, Danny Mayhew, gets into a dangerous altercation on Old Earth, Violet launches a secret investigation to find out what he's hiding. An investigation that will lead her to question everything she's ever known about Danny, her father, and the power of the Intercept.Much like the device itself, The Dark Intercept will get under your skin.“The Dark Intercept grabbed me from the first page and shook me until the last.” —Emmy Laybourne, author of Berserker, Sweet, and the Monument 14 trilogy“A rare, literary feat.” —Gennifer Albin, New York Times bestselling author of the Crewel World trilogyAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Isadora Moon y el hechizo mágico (Isadora Moon #Volumen)
by Harriet MuncasterMitad hada, mitad vampiro ¡y totalmente única! ¡Descubre el libro más especial de Isadora Moon! Isadora Moon es especial porque es diferente. Su mamá es un hada, su papá un vampiro y ella tiene un poquito de los dos. Así que, cuando toda la familia va a acampar junto al mar, suceden algunas cosas que no son demasiado normales... A Isadora le encanta jugar en la nieve... ¡y con su magia ha creado a un nuevo amigo! Pero el hechizo no puede durar para siempre... ¿o sí? Además...- ¡aprende a escribir historias con Isadora!- ¡prueba las recetas más mágicas!- ¡y diviértete con estos increíbles juegos y manualidades!
The Immortals: Wild Magic; Wolf Speaker; Emperor Mage; the Realms of the Gods
by Tamora PierceThe Immortals by Tamora Pierce, is the story of Sarrasri (known as Daine), a parentless girl with an extraordinary talent. Daine finds a job that takes her and her pet Cloud from her home country of Galla to the kingdom of Tortall where she finds a new life and a new family, and learns that she has the magical ability known as "Wild Magic," which enables her to speak to animals, heal them, and take their shape as well as bend them to her will. She makes new friends with creatures, including the black-robe mage Numair Salmalin, a young dragon named Skysong (nicknamed Kitten), the lioness, Alanna of Trebond, King Jonathan, and Queen Thayet of Tortall. This single-volume omnibus includes all four volumes of the series: Wild Magic, Wolf-Speaker, Emperor Mage, and The Realms of the Gods.
In Sylvan Shadows (Forgotten Realms (Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet, Book II
by R. A. SalvatoreEnter the Forest of Shadows...In Sylvan Shadows follows Cadderly the scholar-priest, as he leaves his home to combat the evil unleashed by the Chaos Curse. To counter Castle Trinity's plans for conquest, the cleric and his friends enter the beautiful forest of Shilmista. But among the trees and glades of the forest, Cadderly must battle a monstrous evil.From the Paperback edition.
Alara Unbroken: A Novel of Magic: The Gathering
by Doug BeyerOnce upon a time, the plane of Alara was shattered into five planes, each distinctly populated with relative mono-magical culture that reflects each of the five colors. Now, the planes are beginning to realign and merge once more. As nefarious forces work to hasten the cataclysmic realignment for their own gain, the populations of once ordered planes struggle to come to terms with a new planar order in which long separated struggles between opposite clash once more; martyrs face executioners, fire and water, earth and air, growth and decay, the innate versus the artificial. Amid this chaos, Ajani, a fierce leonin planeswalker, struggles to bring justice and resolution to his brother's death. Noble warrior Rafiq searches for the source of the of this evil that has invaded his world. And Sarkhan Vol, planeswalker and dragon hunter, taps into a power so pure and ancient, it threatens to consume him even as he revels in its unadulterated totality. An action packed story from the mind of one of the creators, Doug Beyer opens up the Shards of Alara(TM) set like no one else can.From the Paperback edition.