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Stone and Ice
By Lawna Mackie. 2015
Ryder commander of the Levarian legion of gargoyles has a problem He keeps dreaming on duty …
and falling neither of which gargoyles ever do Every dream is of the same woman and every time it brings on red-hot searing pain in the crescent-shaped scar on his palm Driven to find the woman and the reason for his bizarre dreams he lets himself fall right through to a place he never knew existed to the woman of his dreams Labeled a misfit Tempest was snatched away as a child and imprisoned in the hidden realm of Misfit Mountain Locked up by Fedor the ruler of the kingdom who intends to take her as his bride she has no choice but to brave the dangerous snow and ice of the Mountain to escape Despairing faced with the impossible choices of Fedor or death love is the last thing on her mind until Ryder snatches her from the air and into a whole new realm of feeling Can Ryder find the key to freeing her and save them bothThe Fallen
By Thomas E. Sniegoski. 2003
Aaron Corbet isn't a bad kid -- he's just a little different. archangel On the eve of his eighteenth birthday,…
Aaron dreams of a darkly violent landscape. He can hear the sounds of weapons clanging, the screams of the stricken, and another sound he cannot quite decipher. But gazing upward at the sky, he suddenly understands. It is the sound of great wings, angels' wings, beating the air unmercifully as hundreds of armored warriors descend on the battlefield. Orphaned since birth, Aaron is suddenly discovering newfound -- and sometimes supernatural -- talents. But not until he is approached by two men does he learn the truth about his own destiny, and his role as a liaison between angels, mortals, and Powers both good and evil, some of whom are hell-bent on his own destruction....Guardian, Saviors of Kamigawa (Magic: The Gathering, Kamigawa Cycle #3)
By Scott Mcgough. 2005
The concluding title in a series that peers into a mysterious new area of the Magic® world. Guardian: Saviors of…
Kamigawa concludes a series that explores a new and mysterious area of the Magic:The Gathering world that fans have never seen before. This novel previews the newest trading card game set to be released in June, giving fans a sneak peek at the new elements of the game.Brain Jack
By Brian Falkner. 2009
Another terrifying sci-fi page-turner from the author of The Tomorrow Code!Las Vegas is gone--destroyed in a terrorist attack. Black Hawk…
helicopters patrol the skies over New York City. And immersive online gaming is the most dangerous street drug around. In this dystopic near-future, technology has leapt forward once again, and neuro-headsets have replaced computer keyboards. Just slip on a headset, and it's the Internet at the speed of thought.For teen hacker Sam Wilson, a headset is a must. But as he becomes familiar with the new technology, he has a terrifying realization. If anything on his computer is vulnerable to a hack, what happens when his mind is linked to the system? Could consciousness itself be hijacked? Before he realizes what's happened, Sam's incursion against the world's largest telecommunications company leads him to the heart of the nation's cyberdefense network and brings him face to face with a terrifying and unforeseen threat.Brian Falkner, author of The Tomorrow Code, has created an action-packed and thought-provoking science fiction adventure in which a brilliant young computer hacker fights to prevent the human race from being deleted.Fans of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother and M. T. Anderson's Feed will love this high-octane techno thriller.From the Hardcover edition.Strange Practice (A Dr. Greta Helsing Novel #Bk. 1)
By Vivian Shaw. 2017
Meet Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead.Dr. Greta Helsing has inherited the family's highly specialized, and highly peculiar, medical practice.…
She treats the undead for a host of ills - vocal strain in banshees, arthritis in barrow-wights, and entropy in mummies. It's a quiet, supernatural-adjacent life, until a sect of murderous monks emerges, killing human and undead Londoners alike. As terror takes hold of the city, Greta must use her unusual skills to stop the cult if she hopes to save her practice, and her life.Sacrifice of the Widow
By Lisa Smedman. 2007
Goddesses vie for the soul of people...Halisstra Melarn, convert to the cause of the goddess Eilistraee, was sent to the…
deepest depths of the Outer Planes to kill the demon goddess she once worshiped, but instead was transformed into a hideous creature bent to the vengeful will of her former mistress.For the Queen of the Demonweb Pits not only survived her Silence but evolved into something greater than she was before - something that no longer needs to share the domain she calls her own.Could it be that the War of the Spider Queen has just begun?Ghostwalker
By Erik Scott de Bie. 2005
This scar on my arm is the mark of the thin man's sword...These on my chest, the barbarian's gyrspike...This, on…
my shoulder, the woodman's axe.And this rasping whisper, all that is left of my voice, it is the scar of the Lord Singer's jealousy.They took my voice and my life and left my body for the crows. But not all who die rest in peace.Erik Scott de Bie spins a haunting tale of revenge, honor, love, and hate, all bound within a dark man whose indomitable spirit marks him as on of - The Fighters!Chasing Embers (A Ben Garston Novel)
By James Bennet. 2016
Behind every myth, there's a spark of truth... There's nothing special about Ben Garston. He's just a guy with an…
attitude in a beat-up leather jacket, drowning his sorrows in a downtown bar. Or so he'd have you believe. What Ben Garston can't let you know is that he was once known as Red Ben. That the world of myth and legend isn't just a fantasy, as we've been led to believe. And he certainly can't let you know the secret of what's hiding just beneath his skin... But not even Ben knows what kind of hell is about to break loose. A centuries-old rivalry has just resurfaced, and the delicate balance between his world and ours is about to be shattered. "A thrilling fusion of myth and modernity, Chasing Embers will have you rooting for dragons over humans and loving every minute of it." -- Kevin Hearne, New York Times bestselling author of HoundedKings of the Wyld (The Band)
By Nicholas Eames. 2017
GLORY NEVER GETS OLD. Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best, the most feared and…
renowned crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk, or a combination of the three. Then an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help--the kind of mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for. It's time to get the band back together.Skyborn (Seraphim #1)
By David Dalglish. 2015
The first in an all new fantasy series from USA TODAY Bestseller, David DalglishSix islands float high above the Endless…
Ocean, where humanity's final remnants are locked in brutal civil war.Their parents slain in battle, twins Kael and Brenna Skyborn are training to be Seraphim, elite soldiers of aerial combat who wield elements of ice, fire, stone and lightning. When the invasion comes, they will take to the skies, and claim their vengeance.SeraphimSkybornFirebornShadowbornFor more from David Dalglish, check out: ShadowdanceA Dance of CloaksA Dance of BladesA Dance of MirrorsA Dance of ShadowsA Dance of GhostsA Dance of ChaosThe Dragon Lords: Fool's Gold (The Dragon Lords #1)
By Jon Hollins. 2016
Guardians of the Galaxy meets The Hobbit in this rollicking fantasy adventure. It's not easy to live in a world…
ruled by dragons. The taxes are high and their control is complete. But for one group of bold misfits, it's time to band together and steal back some of that wealth. No one said they were smart.The Flux
By Ferrett Steinmetz. 2015
Love something enough, and your obsession will punch holes through the laws of physics. That devotion creates unique magics: videogamemancers.…
Origamimancers. Culinomancers.But when 'mancers battle, cities tremble...ALIYAH TSABO-DAWSON: The world's most dangerous eight-year-old girl. Burned by a terrorist's magic, gifted strange powers beyond measure. She's furious that she has to hide her abilities from her friends, her teachers, even her mother - and her temper tantrums can kill.PAUL TSABO: Bureaucromancer. Magical drug-dealer. Desperate father. He's gone toe-to-toe with the government's conscription squads of brain-burned Unimancers, and he'll lie to anyone to keep Aliyah out of their hands - whether Aliyah likes it or not.THE KING OF NEW YORK: The mysterious power player hell-bent on capturing the two of them. A man packing a private army of illegal 'mancers.Paul's family is the key to keep the King's crumbling empire afloat. But offering them paradise is the catalyst that inflames Aliyah's deadly rebellious streak...File Under: Urban FantasyFrom the Paperback edition.The Seventh Scroll: The Egyptian Series 2 (The Egyptian Series #2)
By Wilbur Smith. 1995
The second book in the epic Egyptian seriesThe second book in the epic Egyptian series. 'She glanced down at the…
drawer in which she kept all her floppy disks. That and all the other drawers had been pulled out and thrown on the floor. they were empty, of course; along with the disks, all her notebooks and photographs were missing. Her last connections with the seventh scroll were lost. after three years of work, gone was the proof it had ever existed' A hunt for treasure. A battle to stay alive. When Royan Al Simma is the victim of a vicious attack that leaves her husband dead, her only thought is that she must continue their joint work: to use the secrets of the seventh scroll to find the hidden tomb of Pharaoh Mamose, and its untold trove of lost Egyptian riches. To do so, she must bury her grief and partner with the eccentric aristocrat Nicholas Quenton-Harper, a man who shares her passion for the ancient world. But the men who killed her husband are not yet finished. As Royan and Nicholas draw closer to the Pharoah's tomb, enemies are gathering -- people who will stop at nothing to ensure the scroll's promised treasures are kept from Roman's hands....El niño que miraba las estrellas
By Alicia Berga. 2018
Si creciste con Los Cinco y te emocionaste con Los Goonies disfrutar s con tus hijos de esta gran…
aventura Noah es un joven que regresa al lugar donde pas el mejor verano de su vida para recordar la fabulosa aventura que vivi all junto a sus amigos y un pu ado de personajes fascinantes algunos humanos y otros no tanto P P Gracias a la ayuda de un divertido duende emprenden un viaje donde deber n encontrar un tesoro pirata y desvelar el secreto de una isla misteriosa Una inquietante estrella en el cielo ser el detonante de esta incre ble historia llena de fantas a y buen humor Una luna dispuesta a no perderse nada iluminar el escenario de un peque o sue o infantil ser el protagonista de una aventura inolvidableLa niña y los monstruos
By Carolina Venegas.
Toda acci n tiene consecuencias ngela es alegre inquieta y jam s piensa en…
las consecuencias de sus acciones Su curiosidad la llevar a conocer a cinco seres inmortales por los que har cosas inimaginables Por ellos tomar decisiones que cambiar n para siempre su vida y la de todos aquellos que la rodean Y no ser para bienUnnaturals: The Battle Begins
By Owen Richardson, Devon Hughes. 2015
Perfect for fans of the Animorphs and Warriors series, Devon Hughes's exhilarating debut is full of friendship, heroism, high stakes,…
and epic adventure.Castor has always been a stray, prowling with his pack in the back alleys of Lion's Head. That is, until the day that he's captured and taken to a dark laboratory full of terrifying creatures. They're called Unnaturals, and they're made to fight.Soon Castor is transformed from a mutt into a powerful beast with huge eagle wings--and he's thrust into the fighting ring. He knows he'll need all of his courage to survive. But it will take unexpected human and animal allies and something even more than courage for him to save the Unnaturals....The Exile's Journey (Survivors: The Gathering Darkness #5)
By Erin Hunter, Julia Green, Laszlo Kubinyi. 2018
A loyal dog must make her way alone in this gripping fifth book in the second Survivors series.From Erin Hunter,…
#1 nationally bestselling author of Warriors, Survivors is full of “wild and wonderful adventure” (Kirkus Reviews; starred review) that will thrill fans of Spirit Animals and Wings of Fire.Storm is in exile—and though she’s finally free of the suspicion of her Packmates, she feels more lost than ever. There are only two dogs she knows will never give up on her: Arrow and his mate, Bella.To find them, Storm must fight through longpaw dangers, Leashed Dogs, and a forbidding pack of wolves, all in search of a place where she might finally belong.Tides
By Betsy Cornwell. 2013
When high school senior Noah Gallagher and his adopted teenage sister, Lo, go to live with their grandmother in her…
island cottage for the summer, they don't expect much in the way of adventure. Noah has landed a marine biology internship, and Lo wants to draw and paint, perhaps even to vanquish her struggles with bulimia. But then things take a dramatic turn for them both when Noah mistakenly tries to save a mysterious girl from drowning. This dreamlike, suspenseful story--deftly told from multiple points of view--dives deeply into selkie folklore while examining the fluid nature of love and family.e kind and harmless Noah, and when she finds out that her elder has had a decades long romance with a human, she lets him into her secret world of selkie shape-shifters and ancient magic. When the kidnapper strikes again, Mara can no longer trust her feelings or Noah. He and Lo must prove his innocence before they can join Mara in her fight to unravel the mystery of the kidnapper's identity and save her family.Deconstructing Dylan
By Lesley Choyce. 2006
Commended for the 2006 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice Selection The year is 2014. Dylan Gibson is 16 and…
knows there is something unusual about him, but he doesn’t know what - aside from his fascination for things like insects, opera, old Japanese sci-fi movies, playing the didgeridoo, and the Loch Ness monster. After being dumped by his girlfriend, Caroline, who thinks he’s too strange, Dylan meets Robyn, who’s something of an outcast herself. Dylan’s father works for a big drug company, and his mom, a former geneticist, dropped out of research after a mysterious event. When Dylan discovers a mysterious photograph of himself at a younger age, he starts to suspect that there may be more to his identity crisis than he realized. With Robyn’s help, he begins to investigate the mystery that is his own life.The Apothecary (The Apothecary #1)
By Maile Meloy. 2011
It's 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious…
apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows - a fascinating boy who's not afraid to stand up to authority and dreams of becoming a spy. When Benjamin's father is kidnapped, Janie and Benjamin must uncover the secrets of the apothecary's sacred book, the Pharmacopoeia, in order to find him, all while keeping it out of the hands of their enemies - Russian spies in possession of nuclear weapons. Discovering and testing potions they never believed could exist, Janie and Benjamin embark on a dangerous race to save the apothecary and prevent impending disaster. Together with Ian Schoenherr's breathtaking illustrations, this is a truly stunning package from cover to cover.