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The Enchantment Emporium (The Gales #1)
by Tanya HuffFrom bestselling author Tanya Huff comes the first in a series about an unconventional family where women cultivate power, men show a little horn, and aunties are almost always a step ahead…Growing up a Gale girl in rural Ontario meant all the freedom Alysha Gale wanted: tracing charms on her lovers, ruling the high school with her pack of cousins, dodging the aunties’ more coercive pies. But at twenty-four, Allie is brokenhearted, out of a job, and not so much nestled in the bosom of her family as suffocated. Until her wild grandmother writes to announce she’s dead and deeding Allie a junk shop in Calgary.As soon as she steps into the Enchantment Emporium, Allie knows there’s plenty to keep even a Gale girl busy. There’s a monkey’s paw sitting in the glass case. Her grandmother did business with a supernaturally odd collection of strays. And a smoking hot man with a dodgy cover story keeps inquiring about Gran—who’s vanished without a trace. But the shadows of Calgary hide more than one kind of threat. Allie could flee back home… or discover if she can become a force to be reckoned with all by herself.
An Enchantment of Ravens
by Margaret RogersonAn instant New York Times bestseller! An Indie Next Top 10 Pick A Parents&’ Choice Silver Honor Winner &“A funny, action-packed, and sweet romance.&” —School Library Journal (starred review) &“A phenomenal read.&” —RT Book Reviews A skilled painter must stand up to the ancient power of the faerie courts—even as she falls in love with a faerie prince—in this gorgeous bestseller that&’s &“an ideal pick for fans of Holly Black, Maggie Stiefvater, and Laini Taylor&” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).Isobel is an artistic prodigy with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immortal creatures who cannot bake bread or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and Isobel&’s paintings are highly prized. But when she receives her first royal patron—Rook, the autumn prince—she makes a terrible mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes—a weakness that could cost him his life. Furious, Rook spirits her away to his kingdom to stand trial for her crime. But something is seriously wrong in his world, and they are attacked from every side. With Isobel and Rook depending on each other for survival, their alliance blossoms into trust, then love—and that love violates the fair folks&’ ruthless laws. Now both of their lives are forfeit, unless Isobel can use her skill as an artist to fight the fairy courts. Because secretly, her Craft represents a threat the fair folk have never faced in all the millennia of their unchanging lives: for the first time, her portraits have the power to make them feel.
An Enchantment of Ravens: An instant New York Times bestseller
by Margaret RogersonFrom the internationally bestselling author of Sorcery of Thorns comes a breathtaking fantasy story of danger and forbidden love. This is the perfect read for fans of Cassandra Clare, Sarah J. Maas's A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES series, and Holly Black!Every enchantment has a price . . . Isobel is an artistic prodigy with a dangerous set of clients: the immortal fair folk. Yet when she receives her first royal patron – Rook, a fairy prince – she makes a terrible mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes – a weakness that could cost him his life.Furious, Rook escorts Isabel to his kingdom to stand trial for her crime, but their journey is full of danger. Forced to depend on each other for survival, will their alliance blossom into something more? After all, love violates the fair folks&’ ruthless laws . . . but are some matters worth the risk?An instant New York Times bestseller!'an ideal pick for fans of Holly Black, Maggie Stiefvater, and Laini Taylor' – Publishers Weekly, starred review
The Enchantment of Time: Volume 4 (The Enchantment of Time – Volumes 1,2,3,4 #4)
by Niccolò GennariThe continent of Kardùm veils ancient secrets, buried under its ashes. The retrieval of the First Flame calls for immense sacrifice. While the Chen’Hen are called to the Gòn, to face the army of Glem-Nar, the Long Night is approaching, carrying with it the dark shadows. Asyra had to confront her doubts and her past, while Crow Mountain lived through its hours of darkness. The Enchantment of Time will come to an end and the Lands of the Above again have to face Oregon the 21st, the Enchanter.
The Enchantment of Time - Volume 1
by Niccolò GennariOn the eve of the return of an obscure tyranny, the last chance and answer for the four elder wizards on Crow Mountain. The elementals are not ordinary wands. They descend from the Tree of Light and their Spells directly control the four elements. Xinti is not the young woman she seems to be, her age is hidden in secrets, just like her past that it seems no one is able to reveal. In search of herself, she finds herself fighting a strange creatures, forced to travel with an imp, an orc and three men who she can't seem to trust.
The Enchantment of Time Volume 2: The second volume of an epic fantasy saga
by Niccolò GennariThis is the second volume of an epic fantasy saga. On a night of the full moon, in the tower of a castle that rises between the water of the Nàar, a witch is born, gifted with enormous, dark powers. In the city of Fedòra, the great capital of humans, an ancient Order guards a terrible secret that gravely threatens every living creature. In the Temple of Destiny, not all the wizards are what they seem, and dark threads are woven in the gelid nights. This is the mission to recuperate the First Breath; the members of the team must face the most ancient and dangerous wizard that Crow Mountain has ever sent into exile.
The Enchantment of Time. Volume Three (The Enchantment of Time Volume 1, Volume 2 and Volume 3 #3)
by Niccolò GennariThe third volume in a fantasy saga in the epic genera. A thief enters the Temple of Destiny, under a false identity and takes part in the mission to recover the First Powder. An ancient forest contains a terrible secret, and leads to the madness of any who dare to venture into it. The abandoned abode of the Enchanter hides an evil mystery in its depths. Xinti must confront the will of the First Drop, while attempting to carry out the rescue mission that has been entrusted to her. Meanwhile, on Crow Mountain, Io Bracht makes a fragile pact with Àchenar the 46th, in the presence of a dark creature.
Enchantment Place
by Denise LittleSeventeen original stories about a mall where anything you can imagine is for sale?but who will pay the price? The stores in Enchantment Place live up to the title, catering to a rather unique clientele ranging from vampires and werecreatures to wizards and witches, elves and unicorns?in short, anyone with shopping needs not likely to be met in the chain stores. Here are seventeen shopping trips you?ll never forget, from a store that sells the highest quality familiars?to the non-magical daughter of a magic-filled family who is left to mind the family jewelry store though she has no means to defeat an enchanting thief?to a woman running a Wiccan supply store who is suddenly faced with an IRS audit?
Enchantress (Historical Trilogy #1)
by Lisa JacksonThe heroine, Morgana of Llanwynn, is a beautiful, headstrong girl whom many consider a sorceress. She's known to see into the future, a gift she considers a curse. One night when the moon is high and the mist rises off the sea, Morgana experiences a vision of darkness and deceit. She sees a dark and deadly warrior appear and hears the omen rushing in her ears: There will be death. It comes to the house of Wenlock from the North. Days later, Garrick of Abergwynn, the dark lord of a vast castle to the north and the embodiment of the fierce warrior appears. Seductive and brooding, he demands that Morgana help him locate his missing son. Morgana is loath to trust this destroyer from the north. . . and yet she finds it impossible to resist him.
The Enchantress (The\secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel Ser. #6)
by Michael ScottThe two that are one must become the one that is all. One to save the world, one to destroy it. San Francisco:Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel have one day left to live, and one job left to do. They must defend San Francisco. The monsters gathered on Alcatraz Island have been released and are heading toward the city. If they are not stopped, they will destroy everyone and everything in their path.But even with the help of two of the greatest warriors from history and myth, will the Sorceress and the legendary Alchemyst be able to defend the city? Or is it the beginning of the end of the human race? Danu Talis:Sophie and Josh Newman traveled ten thousand years into the past to Danu Talis when they followed Dr. John Dee and Virginia Dare. And it's on this legendary island that the battle for the world begins and ends.Scathach, Prometheus, Palamedes, Shakespeare, Saint-Germain, and Joan of Arc are also on the island. And no one is sure what--or who--the twins will be fighting for. Today the battle for Danu Talis will be won or lost.But will the twins of legend stand together?Or will they stand apart--one to save the world and one to destroy it?
Enchantress from the Stars
by Sylvia EngdahlEnchantress from the Stars is an independent, 290 page science fantasy novel first published in 1970 and written by the highly acclaimed Sylvia Engdahl. This edition contains a forward by Lois Lowry. The combination of magic, technology, and psychic powers in the novel is based on Engdahl's theory that civilizations evolve through three stages of belief and morality. The survey force of the galactic government is dedicated to the shielding of planets that have fledgling human cultures from anything that might interfere with their natural development. Elana and her father are sent on a mission to save the magic believing inhabitants of Andrecia, who are protected, from the primitive colonizing efforts of a neighboring star system, whose race is also protected. <P><P> The summary by Penguin Books reads as follows:<P> Elana is a member of a supremely advanced intersteller civilization on a mission to the medieval planet Andrecia. To her shock, she becomes the key to a dangerous plan to turn back an invasion by an aggressive, space-faring "Youngling" species. How can she possibly help the Andrecians, who still believe in magic and superstition, without revealing her alien origins? Apprentice Medical Officer Jarel knows that the Imperial Exploration Corps doesn't consider the Andrecians to be human, and he has seen the atrocious treatment the natives get from his people. How can Jarel make a difference, when he alone regrets the destruction his people bring?<P> Georyn, son of an Andrecian woodcutter, knows only that there is a dragon on the other side of the enchanted forest, and he is prepared to do whatever it takes to defeat it. To him, Elana is the Enchantress from the Stars who has come to test him, to prove he is worthy... <P> A NEWBERY HONOR BOOK <P> WINNER OF THE PHOENIX AWARD
Enchantress of Paris: A Novel of the Sun King's Court
by Marci JeffersonThe alignment of the stars at Marie Mancini's birth warned that although she would be gifted at divination, she was destined to disgrace her family. Nonetheless, Cardinal Mazarin brings his niece to the opulent French court, where the forbidden occult arts thrive in secret. In France, Marie discovers that her powerful uncle rules, using Marie's sister Olympia to hold the Sun King, Louis XIV, in thrall.Desperate to avoid her mother's dying wish that she spend her life in a convent, Marie burns her grimoire, trading Italian superstitions for polite sophistication. As her star rises, King Louis becomes enchanted by Marie's charm. Sensing a chance to grab even greater power, Cardinal Mazarin pits the sisters against each other, showering Marie with diamonds and silks in exchange for bending King Louis to his will.Disgusted by Mazarin's ruthlessness, Marie rebels. She sacrifices everything, but exposing Mazarin's darkest secret threatens to tear France apart. When even King Louis' love fails to protect Marie, she must summon her powers of divination.Fraught with conspiracy and passion, Enchantress of Paris is a captivating historical novel about a woman whose love was more powerful than magic.
Enchantress On Campus: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by ZhenyinfangShe is the daughter of a rich family. She has experienced family changes since childhood. She lives with her mother, and she does not laugh at men on the surface. In fact, she is extremely fragile, optimistic, cheerful and contradictory. He is also a proud son of nature, with high value and excellent temperament. All of them are the objects of attention, but he is the opposite of her. She is very sensitive to everything All things are interested. They love to fight against injustice and meddle in their own business. They are extremely domineering and unruly. They often don't care about other people's feelings when they do things. However, they are gentle and polite. It seems that everything is just a small thing in his eyes. When she is suffering from death and face, will her frozen heart be broken and heavy by his gentleness See the day?From the initial friction and collision to the final acceptance, how many troubles will they experience?The secrets between friends and desperate concessions, those who have done wrong but struggled, there are not only extraordinary tacit understanding between them, but also unwilling to let go but have to deviate from the feelings.In the process of chasing each other, they are always inexplicably angry, but in the end, they are unable to resist the determination to be together.
The Enchantress Returns: Book 2 (The Land of Stories #2)
by Chris ColferAlex and Conner Bailey have not been back to the magical Land of Stories since their adventures in The Wishing Spell ended. But one night, they learn the famed Enchantress has kidnapped their mother. Against the will of their grandmother (the one and only Fairy Godmother), the twins must find their own way into the Land of Stories to rescue their mother and save the fairy tale world from the greatest threat it's ever faced.
Enclave
by Claire G. Coleman'These are troubling times. The world is a dangerous place,' the voice of the Chairman said. 'I can continue to assure you of this: within the Wall you are perfectly safe.'Christine could not sleep, she could not wake, she could not think. She stared, half-blind, at the cold screen of her smartphone. She was told the Agency was keeping them safe from the dangers outside, an outside world she would never see.She never imagined questioning what she was told, what she was allowed to know, what she was permitted to think. She never even thought there were questions to ask.The enclave was the only world she knew, the world outside was not safe. Staying or leaving was not a choice she had the power to make. But then Christine dared start thinking . . . and from that moment, danger was everywhere.In our turbulent times, Claire G. Coleman's Enclave is a powerful dystopian allegory that confronts the ugly realities of racism, homophobia, surveillance, greed and privilege and the self-destructive distortions that occur when we ignore our shared humanity.
Enclave
by Kit ReedThe world is in chaos: war, plague, global ecological collapse. Parents everywhere seek sanctuary for their precious children, the future of mankind. For those who are rich and powerful enough, safety can be found—for a price—at the Clothos Academy. Run by a mysterious man known only as Sarge, set in a former monastery atop a sheer cliff on a tiny island somewhere in the Mediterranean, Clothos will admit only one hundred students before it is sealed off—perhaps permanently—from the terrors outside.But all is not as it seems. The pupils are so-called starlets best known for their empty heads and eating disorders; troublemakers one step away from incarceration; and junior royals too embarrassing to be let out in public. And the staff isn't much better, from the alcoholic doctor to an ancient monk with secrets of his own.And the dangers from which these castaways are being protected? Prerecorded, ready to be trotted out whenever Sarge needs to terrify his little flock. And yet…Some dangers are real, as two boys discover when they hack the Academy's self-contained computer network and connect, for a brief but disastrous moment, to the outside world. Worse, a stranger has entered the Academy. And he has brought Death. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Encounter (Animorphs #3)
by K. A. ApplegateThis is all about how Tobias, Jake, Rachel, Marco and Cassie get in action and prove the fact that everyone in this world are living with some problem or the other.
The Encounter: The Encounter (Animorphs #3)
by K. A. ApplegateThe wildly popular books by K.A. Applegate are back! The Animorphs return in this update of the classic series.When Tobias and his friends were given the power to morph, they were also given an important warning: Never stay in a morph for more than two hours. But Tobias broke the time limit, and now he's trapped in the body of a hawk -- forever. When he discovers an important Yeerk secret, Tobias knows he has to do everything in his power to destroy it. But to do so, he'll have to contend with a part of himself that's wrestling for control. A part that isn't human.
The Encounter (Forbidden Doors, #6)
by Bill MyersKrissi is an airhead. Everyone knows it. So no one takes her seriously when she starts talking about receiving mysterious messages ... all written by her hand, all without her direction. No one, that is, but Philip. He knows that what is happening to his girlfriend is strange and getting stranger all the time. The odd communications, the cryptic warnings, the frightening encounters-they all seem to carry one message: Someone beyond this reality, beyond this planet, is coming for a visit. And the one person that visitor most wants to see... is Krissi. But there's more at stake than anyone realizes. And it's up to Philip, Becka, and their friends to discover the truth before it's too late.
The Encounter (Animorphs Graphix #3)
by K. A. Applegate Michael GrantThe wildly popular, bestselling sci-fi series by Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant returns in a new full-color graphic novel series, adapted by Chris Grine.When Tobias and his friends were given the power to morph, they were also given an important warning: Never stay in a morph for more than two hours. But Tobias broke the time limit, and now he's trapped in the body of a hawk -- forever.When he discovers an important Yeerk secret, Tobias knows he has to do everything in his power to destroy it. But to do so, he'll have to contend with a part of himself that's wrestling for dominion. A part that isn't human.For Tobias, the fight against the Yeerks is more pressing than ever -- not just for humankind, but for his own humanity.
Encounter at Farpoint (Cold Equations)
by David GerroldWHERE THE ADVENTURE BEGAN... CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 41254.7: The U.S.S. Enterprise is en route to Cygnus IV -- the edge of the known galaxy. There, we will rendezvous with the ship's new first officer and the other command personnel and proceed with out mission: discover the truth about Farpoint Station, a starbase facility built by the inhabitants of Cygnus IV, a starbase of unparalleled size and complexity...and infinite mystery. And the success or failure of this, our first mission together, may well determine the course of human exploration across the galaxy for centuries to come...
Encounter In The Pleiades: An Inside Look At UFOs
by Preston B. Nichols Peter MoonFor millennia the seven stars known as the Pleiades have twinkled in the night sky, inspired countless legends and dared Mankind to discover their secrets. Encounter in the Pleiades is the story of a man who was taken to the Pleiades and given a scientific education far beyond the horizons of anything taught in universities. <p><p> For the first time, the personal history of Preston Nichols is revealed along with an avalanche of amazing information the world has not yet heard. A new look at Einstein gives insights into the history of physics and how the speed of light can be surpassed through the principles of reality engineering. New concepts in science are offered with technical but simple descriptions even the layman can understand. These include the creation of alternate realities through the use of twisters and spinners; mind control aspects of the Star Wars defence system; implants; alien abductions and much more. Peter Moon adds further intrigue to the mix by divulging his part in a bizarre project which led him to Preston Nichols and the consequent release of information. <p> His account of the role of the Pleiades in ancient mythology sheds new light on the current predicament of Mankind and offers a path of hope for the future.
Encounter with Tiber
by Buzz Aldrin John BarnesAn Apollo 11 astronaut and the Nebula Award–nominated author of Directive 51 present a novel that &“conveys the wonder and promise of space&” (Publishers Weekly). Born the year of the Moon landing, Chris Terence spends his life fighting to return humanity to that pinnacle. An engineering student with dreams of spaceflight, he finds upon graduation that the United States no longer has need for astronauts. Years of bureaucratic meddling have reduced the space program to a shell of itself, and it will take the greatest scientific find in history to send humanity skyward once more. After years battling budget hawks, Chris finally gets his chance to walk on the Moon. While there, he finds evidence of an ancient alien civilization, the Tiberians, who visited Earth&’s satellite eight thousand years before. Understanding what happened to those long-forgotten travelers will define the lives of Chris and his son, as they fight against all odds to unlock the secrets of the universe. &“The collaboration of the first man to pilot a moon lander (Aldrin) with a major voice in contemporary science fiction (Barnes) has produced a fascinating chronicle of man&’s first encounter with alien intelligence&” (Booklist).
Encounters in End City: The Unofficial Minecrafters Academy Series, Book Six (Unofficial Minecrafters Academy #6)
by Winter MorganIt’s graduation week at Minecrafters Academy, but a battle is brewing between the top five students at the school. With the school’s top five students wrapped up in an endless prank war as they compete over the coveted position of class speaker, one of their classmates finds a solution: the students will travel to an End city and hunt for treasure; the student who not only survives, but returns with the most treasures, will be chosen. The students set off on their journey, but they quickly learn that the End is no joke. Face-to-face with shulkers, the deadly Void, and the mighty Ender Dragon, the school’s top students learn there’s more to success than making the grade. They must learn to fight together—or no one will make it back alive.In this final installment of the Unofficial Minecrafters Academy series, the risks—and the potential rewards—are greater than ever.