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Valley of the Soul (Dubric Byerly Mysteries, Book #3)
by Tamara Siler JonesIn the mage wars, Dubric Byerly risked his life--and sacrificed the woman he loved--to catch magic's darkest killers. Those battles are long over and the monsters Dubric hunts these days are nothing more than men. Until now. A recent string of grisly crimes has Dubric and his pages scouring the countryside for clues that hint at the worst: that history's most murderous mage has come to Faldorrah.
The Valley-Westside War: A Novel Of Crosstime Traffic (Crosstime Traffic Ser. #6)
by Harry TurtledoveUsually, Crosstime Traffic concerns itself with trade. Our world owns the secret of travel between parallel continuums, and we use it to trade for much-needed resources with the worlds next door; preferably without letting them know about any of that parallel-worlds stuff. But in one parallel world, Crosstime Traffic is present, not to trade, but to study what went wrong.In a Los Angeles where nuclear war broke out back in 1967, survival is a matter of neighbourhood versus neighbourhood. When the Westsiders block Sepulveda Pass, the inhabitants of the San Fernando Valley are forced to fight back. With the help of some prewar machine guns, the Valley prevails, and their forces occupy the Westside.In this brutal world, Liz and her family are undercover Crosstime Traffic agents living near the ruins of UCLA. Dan is a soldier in the occupying Valley army. Dan thinks Liz is the most impressive woman he's ever met. Liz thinks she'd better avoid Dan if she wants to protect the mission.To complicate matters, when Dan catches Liz in the UCLA library, he fears she may be a spy for the Westsiders. After all, what reason could anyone have for reading about the Old Times, if not to figure out how to reconstruct old weapons systems?Then a real spy for the Westside government-in-exile shows up at Liz's house...
The Valmont Contingency
by Val RobertsTasha Ocasek is having a bad day. First, her father forces her to meet the son of the ben Khalid ship-building cartel to secure a marriage contract. Then she gets stood up by ben Khalid, and sold off like a common whore to a psychopathic pharmaceutical magnate. Threatened with a life of drugged servitude, Tasha stows away on the first available ship.Garrick ben Khalid has returned from chasing smugglers and information on the corbies, derelict ships with zombielike crews. Without question, the corbies trump dinner plans with some socialite geisha. But when Rick discovers the same geisha on his ship posing as medic Marie Valmont, he knows the sexy stowaway is nothing but trouble.After she saves his life-and shares his quarters-Rick learns there's far more to Marie Valmont than Tasha Ocasek. He needs her help, but will she agree once she learns his true identity? 70,000 words
Valmont, el príncipe vampiro-Trono de sangre.
by P. Torres KarinaValmont es un niño cuando es testigo de la muerte de su madre, perpetrada por los habitantes de la aldea. Huérfano, crece con la ayuda de la señora Dora y su hija Afrodita. Valmont les está agradecido y su vida cobrará mayor sentido tras descubrir su primer amor. Con el paso de los años, comienza a soñar con sangre, con un extraño sujeto y un trono de sangre. No sabe que es un príncipe, y no cualquier príncipe, sino un príncipe vampiro…
Valmont - Il Principe Vampiro: Trono di Sangue
by P. Torres Tania SarnàValmont era solo un ragazzo quando vide sua madre uccisa dalla gente di quel villaggio. Rimasto orfano, cresce con l'aiuto di Mrs. Dora e sua figlia Aphrodite. Valmont é grato a entrambe e la sua vita ha di colpo più significato dopo la scoperta del primo amore. Con il passare degli anni, inizia, però, a sognare sangue, uno strano uomo e un trono di sangue. Lui non sa di essere un principe. Non un principe qualsiasi ma un principe vampiro.
Valmont- El Príncipe Vampiro (El heredero de la Sangre)
by P. Torres Nina HerediaValmont va hacia el planeta Neptuno y toda la verdad acerca de sus orígenes son revelados. Así es, descubre que tiene un padre, Rey de los vampiros y es un príncipe, Heredero de Sangre. Sin embargo, Valmont tendrá una revelación que cambiará su destino como Príncipe en Neptuno.
Valmont El príncipe vampiro - Reino de Sangre
by P. Torres Luis RoblesPrologo El príncipe Valmont mantiene su venganza en contra de su única hermana Valquiria. Finalmente se encuentran y muchas cosas suceden. El dios de la guerra aprisiona el espíritu de Afrodita, y Valmont se ve forzado a enfrentar al enemigo más fuerte que ha tenido en su vida. ¿Logrará salvar a su gran amor? ¿O será destruido por su sed de venganza? Entérate del gran final de esta trilogía que narra la historia de Valmont el príncipe vampiro. Translation of 'Kingdom of Blood' into Spanish by Luis Robles. Author Pet TorreS. Name in Spanish 'Reino de Sangre'
Valor (The Faithful and the Fallen #2)
by John GwynneWar has erupted in the Banished Lands as the race for power intensifies.Corban flees his homeland searching for peace, but he soon discovers that there is no haven in the west as the agents of Rhin and roaming bands of giants hound his every step.Veradis leaves the battleground and rushes to his King's side. But he has witnessed both combat and betrayal and his duty weighs heavily upon him.Maquin seeks only revenge, but pirate slavers and the brutal world of pit-fighting stand in his way.Nathair becomes embroiled in the wars of the west as Queen Rhin marches against King Owain. The need to find the cauldron of the giants drives him on.Sides are chosen and oaths will be fulfilled or broken in a land where hell has broken loose.
The Valor of Cappen Varra
by Poul AndersonWe have said that there are many and strange shadows, memories surviving from dim pasts, in this FANTASTIC UNIVERSE of ours. Poul Anderson turns to a legend from the Northern countries, countries where even today the pagan past seems only like yesterday, and tells the story of Cappen Varra, who came to Norren a long, long time ago. "Let little Cappen go," they shouted. "Maybe he can sing the trolls to sleep--"
The Valor of Cappen Varra
by Poul William AndersonWe have said that there are many and strange shadows, memories surviving from dim pasts, in this FANTASTIC UNIVERSE of ours. Poul Anderson turns to a legend from the Northern countries, countries where even today the pagan past seems only like yesterday, and tells the story of Cappen Varra, who came to Norren a long, long time ago.
Valor of the Healer
by Angela HighlandThe RookAn assassin hired by vengeful elven rebels to kill the calculating Duke of Shalridan, Julian walks into a trap and barely escapes with his life. Healed by a beautiful captive in the dungeons, he's enthralled and vows to free her from the duke's clutches.The HawkA Knight of the Hawk duty-bound to cleanse elven magic from Adalonia, Kestar has a secret-and heretical-ability to sense the use of magic from afar. He knows something suspicious is happening in the duke's keep, but he has no idea how deep the conspiracy goes.The DoveA half-elven healer with no control over her magic, Faanshi is the goddess's to command. She's always been a pawn of the powerful, but after healing two mysterious and very different men, she faces a choice that may decide the fate of the whole kingdom...Book one of the Rebels of Adalonia113,000 words
Valor Wings
by Sam SubityA thrilling WWII adventure that reimagines the evacuation of Dunkirk... with dragons!May 10, 1940Everyone in Iris's small English village avoids the dragon in the woods. Everyone, that is, except for Iris. She knows Galahad would never hurt her--she's been caring for the dragon since he lost his mother when he was a baby. When Galahad is accused of stealing military rations, Iris strikes a bargain that will spare Galahad's life... but send him off to the war brewing in Europe. Soon after, she receives news that her brother is among the troops trapped in France by the advancing German troops. Refusing to give up hope, Iris devises a desperate plan that will either save both her brother and her best friend--or end in disaster.Meanwhile in Belgium, Max's school day is abruptly interrupted by some terrifying news: The Germans have invaded his country. He and his grandmother are forced to flee for their lives west toward France where they hope to find safety. But when they are separated after a German attack, Max must continue the treacherous journey on his own.Across hundreds of miles, the stories of Iris and Max steadily converge toward an explosive conclusion that will change them both forever. Along the way, they each must find the inner strength and resolve--the valor--to do the impossible. Author Sam Subity blends history and fantasy to tell a story like no other--an exhilarating adventure about the power of friendship, hope, and courage.
Valor's Choice (Valor Novel #1)
by Tanya HuffStaff Sergeant Torin Kerr was a battle-hardened professional. So when she and her platoon were yanked from a well-deserved leave for what was supposed to be "easy" duty as the honor guard for a diplomatic mission to the non-Confederation world of the Silsviss, she was ready for anything. Sure, there'd been rumors of the Others--the sworn enemies of the Confederation--being spotted in this sector of space. But there were always rumors. The key thing was to recruit the Silsviss into the Confederation before the Others attacked or claimed these lizardlike warriors for their side. And everything seemed to be going perfectly. Maybe too perfectly....
Valor's Choice (Confederation of Valor #1)
by Tanya HuffTanya Huff—acclaimed author of the Blood Series—begins her celebrated Confederation series that will launch readers into a future where Humans are not the most evolved species…Good thing they can take orders.Brought into the multi-species Confederation, Humans earn their place along the Taykan and the Krai by acting as military guardians of the Elder Races, who have risen above societal aggression and violence.When Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr and her platoon are dragged from some well-deserved R&R to play honor guard for a diplomatic mission to the non-Confederation planet of the Silsviss, Torin suspects that something is about to go wrong. You don't make staff sergeant in the CMC without a well-developed sense of paranoia. Justified paranoia when word reaches them that the enemy has been spotted in this sector of space.The diplomatic mission becomes a race to recruit the Silsviss into the Confederation before the enemy returns, claims the reptilian warriors as their own, and turns them loose on the Confederation. One battle-weary platoon has to step up to stop the slaughter.
Valor's Trial (Confederation of Valor #4)
by Tanya HuffBestselling author Tanya Huff’s Confederation series of military science fiction returns with a novel where one woman’s discovery shakes the foundations of the intergalactic alliance itself...Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr has had enough of special treatment—and of gaping, skepticism, and whispers of Silsviss or Big Yellow as she passes. She’s glad to be back with her own Sh’quo Company, surrounded by familiar faces and enduring more razzing than awe. Of course, the company is going into battle again, facing death on all sides in a centuries-old war where every attempt at diplomacy fails, and she’s got a brand-new second lieutenant to train. Another glorious day in the Confederation Marine Corps.The battle goes disastrously wrong. And yet somehow Torin wakes up. The Others don’t take prisoners—or so the Confederation has always said. But the dark tunnels and mysterious mechanisms of the warren around her certainly seem like a prison. And there’s more going on than simple confinement. One after another, Torin’s most cherished beliefs are shaken to the core. She’s always been a survivor. But time is running out. If she has to question everything to escape, answers had better start coming fast...
Valor's Trial (Confederation #4)
by Tanya HuffUnexpectedly pulled from battle, Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr of the Confederation Marines finds herself in an underground POW camp that shouldn't exist, where her fellow marine prisoners have lost all will to escape. Now, Torin must fight her way not only out of the prison, but also past the growing compulsion to lie down and give up-not realizing that her escape could alter the entire course of the war.
Valour And Vanity: (The Glamourist Histories #4) (The Glamourist Histories)
by Mary Robinette KowalMurano, ItalyWhen a family celebration brings Glamourists Jane and David Vincent to the Continent, they seize the opportunity to voyage for Murano, to study the world-renowned glassblowers at work. But their ship is set upon by Barbary corsairs en route – and they arrive in Murano penniless.Fortunately, they meet a gentleman banker who arranges for a line of credit and a place to live. But just as the Vincents start to relax, a solicitor arrives at their house and it becomes clear they have been the victims of an elaborate heist.Trapped, penniless, their safety in fragile shape, they hatch a reckless plan to get their money back. The ensuing adventure is a glorious envisioning of all the best parts of heist narratives, but in a Regency setting – with magic.
The Valtieri Baby
by Caroline AndersonWedding planner Anita della Rossa is an expert in arranging happy-ever-afters-except her own, that is. Five years ago her childhood sweetheart Giovanni Valtieri ended their relationship abruptly, keeping his reasons as secret as the love he still feels for Anita.When Gio and Anita find themselves alone in a Tuscan hideaway, familiar passion rises to the surface once more. Gio is still struggling to open his heart...but with Anita's baby bombshell ringing in his ears can this brooding Italian finally make all Anita's dreams come true?
Valtieri's Bride
by Caroline AndersonSwapping chef's whites for ivory silk, Lydia Fletcher's competing in a contest to see how far she can travel in a wedding dress! She's determined to win her beloved sister her dream wedding-but a chance meeting with the gorgeous but guarded widower Massimo Valtieri is something the contest's small print failed to mention!When Lydia narrowly misses winning, Massimo wants to help. He offers her his grand palazzo for her sister's wedding in return for Lydia's help on his estate. But with the heat between them rivaling the Tuscan sun, her sister's wedding might not be the only one Lydia has to plan....
Vamp
by Rob RosenFine, the coffin in the basement was a little unusual. Certainly no more so than the mansion itself, though, or, for that matter, the humpbacked man-servant that came with it, or the mysterious death of its former owner.In fact, so starts a long list of all things unusual for our unlikely hero, Jack, and his newfound and strange family, his werewolf boyfriend, the pack eager to help him, and the ancient clan that wants him dead at all costs. Know this, however, in the end, this misfit group of characters will leave you howling in the crypt aisles!
Vamp Camp (Vamp Camp Chronicles #2)
by Wynn WagnerVamp Camp Chronicles: Book OneDid Mårten Larsson want to be a vamp? Not so much. He wanted it as much as he asked to have a sissy circle over the å in his name. He just woke up dead one day with a piece of paper that said, "Dude, you're a vampire. Drink some blood. Don't suntan." Luckily, another vampire finds Mårten and agrees to teach him how to live (well, not live, exactly) as a vampire. And so Mårten goes to Vamp Camp, where he has to survive without getting staked or baked, learn how to work with fangs and blood lust while spending time with his boyfriend, and employ his wicked wit as he masters the art and science of vampirism.
The Vamp in the Silver Mask (Vamp Camp Chronicles)
by Wynn WagnerSequel to The ObscuratiVamp Camp Chronicles: Book ThreeMårten Larsson and his husbands--plural--are at it again, saving the world from exsanguination one twisted vampire bad guy at a time. As the Obscurati sniper team known as the Unseen Death, Mårten and Oberon travel the world exterminating the undead, leaving Lonny to be the brains of their vampire empire back home in Bavaria. But the renovations Lonny has slated for Lechmont Manor get put on the back burner when some major demolition unearths a stone coffin and a decades-old plot to polish off the pope. Suddenly the Obscurati are the ones being hunted by members of a powerful supernatural organization that aren't afraid to walk in the daylight. To make matters worse, the mounting tension is driving a wedge between Mårten and his husbands. If Mårten wants to save their unlives--and their marriage--he will have to solve the mystery of the vamp in the silver mask before the Illuminati turn out the lights.
Vamparazzi (Esther Diamond Novel #4)
by Laura ResnickPlaying a scantily clad vampire victim in an off-Broadway play, struggling actress Esther Diamond now may be the target of someone who claims to be a genuine bloodsucker. . . .
Vamped
by David SosnowskiMartin Kowalski is an eighty-year-old man stuck in a twenty-year-old body. He works the graveyard shift. He has a poster of Bela Lugosi on his wall and a box of uneaten Count Chocula in his pantry. He drinks stem-cell-derived blood from cleverly packaged and marketed juice boxes. He is, in short, a vampire. But since his wildly successful scheme to turn as many mortals as possible into vampires -- "vamp" them rather than kill them -- resulted in a new immortal majority, Marty finds little of interest to fill his countless days. From the deeply imaginative mind of David Sosnowski -- who gave us the critically acclaimed junkie-angel classic Rapture -- bursts this neo-vampire novel studded with pint-size vampires known as "screamers" (children who were vamped and are none too happy about it); priest vampires who helped convert their flock into lifetime members of the Church; stripper vampires who lap-danced their way into customers' veins; and one very small, very outspoken human girl. When Marty decides to end his endless life of soul-crushing ennui -- call it vampire affluenza -- a three-foot blond obstacle is thrown in his path: Isuzu Trooper Cassidy, a refugee from a human hunting preserve. At first he thinks "midnight snack," but before the sun comes up, Isuzu is the one snacking on his prized cereal collection as she charms him into staying undead long enough to raise her in a world rife with danger and almost entirely populated by vampires yearning for the taste of real human blood. The critics applauded David Sosnowski when Rapture was published, saying he "staked out a patch of turf somewhere between Franz Kafka and Douglas Adams." Now with Vamped, Sosnowski takes on a time-honored genre and breathes new life into it by turning Martin Kowalski's vampire world upside down and telling his story with rich, masterful, and frequently hilarious prose.
Vamped Up (Vampires of Crimson Bay Series #2)
by Kristin Miller“I said stop, Eve.” A dark musky smell emitted from Ruan’s skin. It was possession. “You don’t know what you’re asking of me.” Eve had spent an entire month begging Ruan to drink from her. To share one of the most erotic experiences a vampire and mundane could share. Yet he’d denied her. Now, there was no turning back “Either drink from me now, proving to yourself that you have the strength to do this, or let me fulfill my personal obligation to your race on my terms.” Stifling a gasp, she punctured her skin with the tip of the blade, then lifted the steel to examine it. Her blood, red and thick, hung on the edge. “That’s only fair, given what we both want, don’t you think?”With a hollow-sounding groan, Ruan snatched her hand and licked her palm, sending chills exploding through her hand.