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Urban Enemies: Stories from the Villains of Your Favorite Urban Fantasy Series
by Jim Butcher Kevin Hearne Seanan McGuire Kelley Armstrong Jonathan Maberry Jeff SomersVillains have all the fun—everyone knows that—and this anthology takes you on a wild ride through the dark side! The top villains from seventeen urban fantasy series get their own stories—including the baddies of New York Times bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Kevin Hearne, Kelley Armstrong, Seanan McGuire, and Jonathan Maberry.For every hero trying to save the world, there&’s a villain trying to tear it all down. In this can&’t-miss anthology edited by Joseph Nassise (The Templar Chronicles), you get to plot world domination with the best of the evildoers we love to hate! This outstanding collection brings you stories told from the villains' point of view, imparting a fresh and unique take on the evil masterminds, wicked witches, and infernal personalities that skulk in the pages of today&’s most popular series. The full anthology features stories by Jim Butcher (the Dresden Files), Kelley Armstrong (Cainsville), Seanan McGuire (October Daye), Kevin Hearne (The Iron Druid Chronicles), Jonathan Maberry (Joe Ledger), Lilith Saintcrow (Jill Kismet), Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Norville), Joseph Nassise (Templar Chronicles), Domino Finn (Black Magic Outlaw), Steven Savile (Glasstown), Caitlin Kittredge (Hellhound Chronicles), Jeffrey Somers (The Ustari Cycle), Sam Witt (Pitchfork County), Craig Schaefer (Daniel Faust), Jon F. Merz (Lawson Vampire), Faith Hunter (Jane Yellowrock), and Diana Pharaoh Francis (Horngate Witches).
Urban Fairy Tale (Screw-up Princess and Skillful Huntsman Trilogy #3)
by Lex ChaseScrew-up Princess and Skillful Huntsman Trilogy: Book Three A Fairy Tales of the Open Road NovelModern-day fairy-tale princess Taylor Hatfield has problems. One, he's a guy. Two, he's an insomniac Sleeping Beauty. Three, his practically perfect brother, Atticus Hatfield, this generation's Snow White, has been irrevocably corrupted by the Witchking. The Library, a clandestine organization, seeks to write "The End" on Atticus, and Taylor is given the impossible task when his own parents endorse his brother's demise. With his true love, the huntsman Corentin Devereaux, at his side, they once again set out to find Atticus, but Atticus won't go down without a fight. The quest ends how it began. But instead of the quirky, corkscrewing Americana road trip, Taylor and Corentin must contend with the dangers of the urban jungle. With an unexpected ally at their side, they're forced to question all they know about the legacy of Snow White. As the world of the Enchants and the mundane hang in the balance, Taylor knows what he must do: go pick an apple.
Urban Fantasy: Exploring Modernity through Magic
by Stefan EkmanUrban fantasy, the genre of fantastic literature in which magic and monsters meet modern society, is fairly young but has old roots. Stefan Ekman’s book, Urban Fantasy: Exploring Modernity through Magic, examines the genre in depth, including its inherent social commentary, its historical development, and its interplay between modernity and the fantastic. The author draws on a wide range of urban fantasy texts from five decades, combining detailed analysis of dozens of novels and other media with broad discussions to provide a comprehensive understanding of the genre across three sections. The first section presents an overview of what the genre looks like today—both in terms of its common traits and its variety of settings—and how it has developed over time, including the history of urban fantasy scholarship. The second section examines urban fantasy’s core concern with the unseen, for example through a focus on unseen individuals overlooked by society or hiding within it, and on ignored urban spaces or labyrinthine undergrounds. The third section addresses how urban fantasy explores the relationship between the supernatural and modernity. Ekman offers readings of fiction by Ben Aaronovitch, Lauren Beukes, P. Djelí Clark, Charles de Lint, Neil Gaiman, Max Gladstone, Kim Harrison, N.K. Jemisin, and Megan Lindholm, among others. Urban Fantasy will appeal to teachers and students of the fantastic as well as to urban fantasy enthusiasts and literary scholars. Ekman illuminates the genre’s evolution and defining traits, inviting readers to rethink urban fantasy as a creative tool for using magic to explore modernity.
Urban Fantasy Collection - Vampires
by J. F. Lewis Jeri Smith-Ready Adrian PhoenixA RUSH OF WINGS Special Agent Heather Wallace is a strong, compassionate woman who believes in justice and being a voice for the dead. When she trails a serial-killing sexual sadist to New Orleans, an unexpected twist leads her to a man who goes by the name Dante. Dante is a gorgeous, talented rock star, and a vampire. He's also the killer's next target. Caught in a web of deception stretching to the FBI and beyond, Heather runs a desperate race against time, against other agents, and against her own deepening feelings for Dante. But not even she will be able to save Dante from his own stolen past... STAKED A "fast-paced story with a heady mixture of humor, violence, and sex" (Library Journal), this witty and immensely appealing urban fantasy novel features a strip club-owning vampire with memory problems. Fans who enjoy Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, and Kim Harrison will love this unforgettable and subversive dark fantasy novel. WICKED GAME Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means finding a (shudder!) real job. She takes an internship at a local radio station, whose late-night time-warp format features 1940s blues, '60s psychedelia, '80s goth, and more, all with an uncannily authentic flair. Ciara soon discovers just how the DJs maintain their cred: they're vampires, stuck forever in the eras in which they were turned. To boost ratings and save the lives of her strange new friends, Ciara rebrands the station as "WVMP, the Lifeblood of Rock 'n' Roll." In the ultimate con, she hides the DJs' vampire nature in plain sight, disguising the bloody truth as a marketing gimmick. But the "gimmick" enrages a posse of ancient and powerful vampires who aren't so eager to be brought into the light. Soon the stakes are higher—and the perils graver—than any con game Ciara's ever played…
Urban Outlaws (Urban Outlaws, Book #1)
by Peter Jay BlackDeep beneath the city live five extraordinary kids: world-famous hacker Jack, gadget geek Charlie, free runner Slink, communications chief Obi, and decoy expert Wren. Orphans bonded over their shared sense of justice, the kids have formed the Urban Outlaws, a group dedicated to outsmarting criminals and handing out their stolen money through Random Acts of Kindness (R. A. K. s). But the kids find themselves in serious trouble when they're caught in an epic battle to control Proteus, a genius super-computer. Proteus can crack any code in the world—and steal top-secret documents in nanoseconds. It's down to the Urban Outlaws to use their guile, guts, and skill to destroy the computer, avert world domination . . . and stay alive. Don't miss the global launch of this debut series from Peter Jay Black—the perfect mix of explosive action, cool technology, and characters with lots of heart.
Urban Shaman
by Lyn GalaNew York City cop Miguel Rassin's life is going downhill fast. He's got a spotty record from the Army, a one-night stand who won't go away, and a flock of reporters trying to crucify him for shooting a civilian waving a toy pistol. Now kids are turning up missing in the Bronx, and he's partnered with by-the-book Detective Rob Jackson, a man with problems of his own. Their first suspect is a local shaman, Nikolai Adelman, who is either the strangest holy man ever or a con working his own angle. Miguel's trying to navigate a baffling case that has more questions than answers, caught between a surprising physical desire for Nikolai and his new partner's suspicions about a shaman who claims supernatural forces are at work. Miguel has always tried to avoid relationships out of guilt and fear, but Nikolai sees the darkness in Miguel's heart--and the fortitude Miguel has hidden deep inside, a strength that will help him solve the case and reclaim his life.
Urban Shaman: The Walker Papers (The Walker Papers #1)
by C. E. MurphyJoanne Walker has three days to learn to use her shamanic powers and save the world from the unleashed Wild Hunt. No worries. No pressure. Never mind the lack of sleep, the perplexing new talent for healing herself from fatal wounds, or the cryptic, talking coyote who appears in her dreams. And if all that's not bad enough, in the three years Joanne's been a cop, she's never seen a dead body--but she's just come across her second in three days. It's been a bitch of a week. And it isn't over yet.
The Urban Survivalist
by Susan BianculliJason’s life has never been easy. As a member of the Urban Survivalists, a group of homeless kids just trying to survive the streets of New York City, Jason’s day is spent trying to steal and scavenge enough to buy food for himself and his friends. Then one day he chases the wrong girl into the trees in Central Park and out of the everyday world. See what brings Jason to that fateful day in Central Park in this prequel to Prisoners of the Keep.
Urbane: A Dystopia (The Buza System)
by D.J. Butler&“Children, there is death in the world.&” These words catapulted Dyan of Buza System into a nightmare of initiation, betrayal, flight, and murder. Against all odds, Dyan survived the Cull and so did Jak, the young man she was supposed to kill. Now Jak and Dyan go back into Buza System. Dyan&’s mother is held prisoner there and scheduled to be executed for letting her daughter live. Rescuing her will push Dyan and Jak to the limits, unveiling to them the dark secrets at the heart of Buza System, and teaching them the truth of Magister Zarah&’s words: "Every Urbane knows the secret of life--that it is cheap, and easily taken."
Urchin and the Heartstone (The Mistmantle Chronicles, #2)
by M. I. McAllisterUrchin of the Riding Stars has taken his place as a trusted member of the Circle in King Crispin's court. Life on the island is back to normal but is disrupted when Lord Arcneck and other people of Swan Isle come to Mistmantle asking for help.
Urchin and the Raven War (The Mistmantle Chronicles, #4)
by M. I. McAllisterUrchin has taken his place as a member of the Circle in King Crispin's court. Life on the island is back to normal-- until Lord Arcneck and other inhabitants of Swan Isle come to Mistmantle for help after bloodthirsty ravens take over their home.
Urchin of the Riding Stars (The Mistmantle Chronicles, #1)
by M. I. McAllisterA tiny squirrel is found abandoned and close to death on a distant beach. Adopted and raised by a kindly squirrel, Urchin has no idea of his powerful destiny or of the way he will influence the island of Mistmantle.
Urgent Vows
by Joyce SullivanHe asked her to be his wife, a mother to the children-and before the night was through...possibly his widowQuinn McClure had no right to show up on her doorstep after five years, looking sexy and desperate, with two tiny orphaned children in tow, asking her for an impossible favor. And yet, one look in Quinn's eyes, and her heart answered yes before she knew it.Quinn knew that if something happened to him before he could find his brother's killer, at least he could see that Hope and the children were safe. But being with Hope again reminded him of the wasted years they'd spent apart. Now with a killer on their heels, Quinn had to stay alive for the children-and for Hope, who loved him as only a true wife could...
Urk - Book 2: The Battle of Rangelia, the Free Zone and The First Bieng (URK 1 True Story of Coronavirus and the Universe, URK 2 The Battle of Rangelia, The Free Zone and th #2)
by Magnus JohnsenHere I am, looking at the complete darkness of the Free Zone, trying to calm my anxiety without being able to reason about anything. Perhaps, nothing was reasonable in these moments, where my entire Universe, as I had known it, since my origin, was rapidly crumbling It was safe now, I had been deceived and when I was no longer helpful, discarded. I imagine I would have been easily eliminated if it were not for the lucky coincidences that happened to me in these last bars of my story. To distract me, I would soon meet Tillyani in one of the laboratories of the communication center, and see that ancient device, which should allow us to know the coordinates of the Sanctuary of the Ancients. Will that exist? Is it just an illusion? Tillyani said he had arrived but no proof was brought with him, it is only his word. In the Universe, meanwhile, war drums are beating on all sides, there are deaths, entire planets razed to the ground in a party of violence unleashed by my former bosses, the Creators, with ships and troops everywhere, making theirs, and looking for us to eliminate us as quickly as possible. The reward for our elimination or capture grows exponentially with each moment we are still on the run, there have already been skirmishes in the main entrances of the Free Zone, they know we are here.
Urn Burial
by Robert WestallLife is simple where Ralph lives, up in the Pennines. It's peaceful. Ordinary.Until one day, when out with the sheep, he finds something strange, too strange to be from Earth. The alien grave holds secrets of the past, but also draws Ralph into the middle of an epic war between two alien races, taking place among the stars above his head. Has he thrown his planet into a battle it can't possibly fight? This war has raged for centuries, but perhaps Ralph could hold the key to ending it once and for all.
Urn Burial
by Robert WestallLife is simple where Ralph lives, up in the Pennines. It's peaceful. Ordinary.Until one day, when out with the sheep, he finds something strange, too strange to be from Earth. The alien grave holds secrets of the past, but also draws Ralph into the middle of an epic war between two alien races, taking place among the stars above his head. Has he thrown his planet into a battle it can't possibly fight? This war has raged for centuries, but perhaps Ralph could hold the key to ending it once and for all.
Uro: En paranormal kjærlighetsroman (Profanebiblioteket - Bok to - #2)
by J. B TrepagnierJeg hater å tape, og det virker som om jeg er i en serie av nederlag. Maleriet til Dorian Gray lå aldri i hvelvet til biblioteket. Vi har for øyeblikket null ide på hvor den er, og den eneste personen som kan spore det opp blir sannsynligvis holdet som gissel på en lagringsplass med alle slags forbannede gjenstander. Kuken til Balthazar er fortsatt forbannet, og det er ingen enkel måte å fjerne den på. Jeg har allerede gjort det verre en gang. Jeg håper den ikke faller av denne gangen. Jeg var helt i mot å gifte meg med Reyson da han våknet og kunngjorde at jeg ville bli hans nye kone, men besluttsomheten min svekkes... Jeg begynner å bry meg om den jævla guden. De eneste som vet hvor maleriet til Dorian er, er Dorian og demonmesteren til Bram. Selv om vi finner Dorian, så kan vi ikke drepe ham uten maleriet hans. Jeg vet bedre enn noen at når en heks virkelig ikke vil at du skal rote i tingene deres, så er utfallet vanligvis dødelig. Jeg forstår at vi trenger demonmesteren, men siden vi alle risikerer livene våre for å få ham ut av den fellen, bør han gi Bram friheten sin, fordi jeg trives å ha den Helveteshunden i nærheten. Jeg begynner å bry meg om alle disse folkene som har krasjet inn i livet mitt og biblioteket mitt, men jeg savner de vanlige dagene der jeg hjalp med forbannelser, trylleformler og territoriale uenigheter. Jeg vil gjerne forsvinne inn i erotikkavdelingen vår en liten stund og late som om Dorian Gray ikke samler en hær av overnaturlige vesener.
Ursos de Pelúcia e o Fantasma do Dia das Bruxas
by Johnny Wesley Moreira Ferreira Justin SloanNesta curta sequença da historia "Ursos de Pelúcia e o Fantasma do Dia das Bruxas", os Ursos Defensores voltaram a viver com a irmã mais nova de Rick, Tiffany. Mas quando se preparam para sua diversão noturna, eles descobrem que Tiffany e Rick estão em apuros... Um FANTASMA invadiu a sua escola. Apenas os Ursos Defensores podem salvar as crianças do fantasma e salvar O Dia das Bruxas.
URSOS DE PELÚCIA EM MONSTROLÂNDIA
by Johnny Wesley Moreira Ferreira Justin SloanUm ursinho de pelúcia deve viajar para a terra de monstros para resgatar seu menino que foi levado na noite. No processo, ele descobre um enredo muito maior que ameaça todas as crianças do mundo todo. Leitores jovens (7-12) Bem-vindo a um mundo onde os ursinhos vêm à vida à noite para proteger as crianças, e os monstros de sombra são controlados por duendes e orcs, O primeiro livro da série Ursos Defensores vai seduzir jovens leitores que gostam de fantasia e ação / aventura no estilo da Pixar ou Disney, bem como leitores mais velhos que desfrutam de paralelos com as histórias de Orfeu ou Inferno de Dante. Sente-se, relaxe e desfrute do passeio.
Ursula K. Le Guin: Author's Expanded Edition (Library of America Ursula K. Le Guin Edition #4)
by Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le Guin's richly-imagined vision of a post-apocalyptic California, in a newly expanded version prepared shortly before her death This fourth volume in the Library of America’s definitive Ursula K. Le guin edition presents her most ambitious novel and finest achievement, a mid-career masterpiece that showcases her unique genius for world building. Framed as an anthropologist’s report on the Kesh, survivors of ecological catastrophe living in a future Napa Valley, Always Coming Home (1985) is an utterly original tapestry of history and myth, fable and poetry, story- telling and song. Prepared in close consultation with the author, this expanded edition features new material added just before her death, including for the first time two “missing” chapters of the Kesh novel Dangerous People. The volume con- cludes with a selection of Le guin’s essays about the novel’s genesis and larger aims, a note on its editorial and publication history, and an updated chronology of Le guin’s life and career. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Ursula K. Le Guin: Gifts / Voices / Powers (The\annals Of The Western Shore Ser. #1)
by Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula Le Guin's beloved YA series gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector's edition for every readerThis fifth volume in the definitive Library of America edition of Ursula K. Le Guin's work presents a trilogy of coming-of-age stories set in the Western Shore, a world where young people find themselves struggling not just against racism, prejudice, and slavery, but with how to live with the mysterious and magical gifts they have been given. All three novels feature the generous voice and deeply human concerns that mark all Le Guin's work, and together they form an elegant anthem to the revolutionary and transformative power of words and storytelling. In Gifts, Orrec and Gry will inherit both their families' domains and their "gifts," the ability to communicate with animals, or control a mind, or maim or kill with only a word and gesture. Both discover their gifts are not what they thought. In Voices, Memer lives in a city conquered by fundamentalist and superstitious soldiers who have made reading and writing forbidden. But in Memer's house there is a secret room where the last few books in the city have been hidden. And in the Nebula Award-winning Powers, the young slave Gavir can remember any book after reading it just once. It makes him valuable, but it also makes him a threat. Gav sets out to understand who he is, where he came from, and what his gift means. This deluxe edition features Le Guin's own previously unseen hand-drawn maps. Included in an appendix are essays and interviews about the novels, as well as Le Guin's pronunciation guide to the names and languages of the Western Shore.
Ursula K. Le Guin: Malafrena / Songs / Collected Stories
by Ursula K. Le Guin Brian AtteberyThe inaugural volume of Library of America's Ursula K. Le Guin edition gathers her complete Orsinian writings, enchanting, richly imagined historical fiction collected here for the first time. Written before Le Guin turned to science fiction, the novel Malafrena is a tale of love and duty set in the central european country of Orsinia in the early nineteenth century, when it is ruled by the Austrian empire. The stories originally published in Orsinian Tales (1976) offer brilliantly rendered episodes of personal drama set against a history that spans Orsinia's emergence as an independent kingdom in the twelfth century to its absorption by the eastern Bloc after World War II. The volume is rounded out by two additional stories that bring the history of Orsinia up to 1989, the poem "Folksong from the Montayna Province," Le Guin's first published work, and two never before published songs in the Orisinian language.From the Hardcover edition.
Ursula K. Le Guin: and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series)
by Ursula K. Le Guin David Streitfeld“Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.” —Ursula K. Le Guin When she began writing in the 1960s, Ursula K. Le Guin was as much of a literary outsider as one can be: a woman writing in a landscape dominated by men, a science fiction and fantasy author in an era that dismissed “genre” literature as unserious, and a westerner living far from fashionable East Coast publishing circles. The interviews collected here—spanning a remarkable forty years of productivity, and covering everything from her Berkeley childhood to Le Guin envisioning the end of capitalism—highlight that unique perspective, which conjured some of the most prescient and lasting books in modern literature.
Ursula K. Le Guin (LOA #379): The Lathe of Heaven / The Eye of the Heron / The Beginning Place / Searoad / Lavinia
by Ursula K. Le GuinTogether for the first time, all 5 standalone novels from the Hugo and Nebula award–winning writer who reinvented science fiction, including one restored to printSpans from the 1971 classic The Lathe of Heaven to her career-crowning 2008 masterpiece LaviniaThis 7th volume in the definitive Library of America edition of Ursula K. Le Guin&’s works presents 5 remarkable standalone novels that showcase her boundless creativity and literary range.In the Locus Award–winning The Lathe of Heaven (1971), one of Le Guin&’s most admired works of science fiction, George Orr begins have effective dreams: dreams that change reality itself. But when he turns to the sleep researcher William Haber for help, the doctor sees an opportunity to use Orr&’s strange gift for his own ends.A former Terran prison colony on the planet Victoria seems destined for revolution in The Eye of the Heron (1978), when the authoritarian leaders in the City try to assert control over the peaceful farmers who have been sent to live around them.The Beginning Place (1980) is a parable-like story in which Hugh and Irena have both found their way to the Beginning Place, a gateway to another world. The two initially become enemies, but must learn to work together when the utopia they&’ve found turns out to have a shadow.The long out-of-print Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand (1991) is a Winesburg, Ohio-like series of linked stories set in a small vacation town on the Oregon coast, where some of the characters have come for a weekend and some for longer, but all are pilgrims in the grip of inexpressible longings.And Le Guin&’s final, powerfully feminist novel, Lavinia (2008), reimagines Virgil's Aeneid from the perspective of a woman who, in poet's telling, never speaks a word. Special features include an appendix presenting three essays by Le Guin related to the novels, previously unseen hand-drawn maps by author herself, helpful annotation, and a chronology of Le Guin's life and career.Brought together here for the first time, these 5 remarkable standalone novels showcase a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning master at her very best.
Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness (Modern Critical Interpretations)
by Harold BloomEssays by David Ketterer, Fredric Jameson, Donald F. Theall, Martin Bickman, Jeanne Murray Walker, Eric S. Rabkin, Barbara Brown, Victoria Myers, and Carol McGuirk.