The means of making a wizard’s magical dagger was a closely-guarded secret, but Tabaea the Thief had spied on the lessons a wizard gave his apprentice, and thought she could do it herself. She was wrong. What she made was not a wizard’s athame, but something new -— and very, very dangerous. With the Black Dagger’s magic Tabaea thought she could have everything she had ever wanted. If people who got in her way died, that did not greatly trouble her. It was up to Lady Sarai, daughter of the Minister of Justice, to ensure that Tabaea’s mad plans did not bring down the entire Hegemony of Ethshar. Views: 9
Camellia was Daniel‘s first love.They met as children at a conservatory formusically gifted youth in New York City.A composer and pianist, ike peas in a pod, they latchedon to each other, an inseparable pair of friends.It wasn‘t until they were both fifteen that theirrelationship shifted. . .from that of composer and pianist. . . to so much more.But something happened.Without warning Meli‘s parents took her backto their home country of France—and they haven‘t seen or spoken to each other in the ten years since.Daniel has only wanted one thing since then—to have that girl back.The one who cusses in French when she comes.The one he can’t get out of his head.But the reason Meli left, the reason she hasn‘t reached out to Daniel after all these years, is a secret she‘s terrified to share.When Meli gets an invitation to try out for an... Views: 9
Trapped in the Sierra Nevada without food, The Donner Party are led to the slaughter. After being manipulated and coerced into a string of bad decisions, the travelers, frozen and abandoned, find themselves unable to go forward or back, and are preyed upon by werewolves in their midst––the very people they thought were friends.A tale of resilience, horror, and betrayal, the survivors of the expedition are hunted. But the human spirit endures.As the creatures grow hungry and desperate, a showdown is born between the people struggling to retain their humanity, and the creatures seeking a massacre.Told from the diaries of young Virginia Reed and others in the party, the truth is finally revealed."Duncan McGeary is an accomplished writer who knows how to tell a great story. Led to the Slaughter is a riveting tale sure to please the most discerning reader." ~ Mike Richardson, Emmy award winning producer and founder of Dark Horse Comics"If you like your... Views: 9
People fell in love every day, all over the world, and I didn't know how to do it. I didn't understand what it meant, and I didn't know how it was done. This worried me. Days after his ex-girlfriend's suicide, Wayne, a recent film school grad, flies to San Francisco for her funeral. When he learns that she aborted their child, Wayne embarks on a search for meaning that takes him to unusual places and through some of the most influential events of the past ten years. Wayne's journey becomes a series of meditations on modern life, and he draws on everything from the ancient philosophy of Siddhartha Gautama, the warrior-aristocrat who exacted the Four Noble Truths, to a visit with Gregorio Fuentes, Hemingway's fishing guide and inspiration for the protagonist in The Old Man and the Sea. Haunted by regret and wonder about what could have been, Wayne's quest for connection leads him up and down the East Coast on foot and across the American West in an RV, and... Views: 9
Review"Lovers of sweet romances will enjoy this tale of magic and love." —_Joyfully Reviewed_Product DescriptionAfter a bad relationship, Francie Stevens has decided to avoid any further involvements with computer wizard Clay Morgan, but the hacker plaguing her company's network forces her into an investigation led by Clay, who is determined to win Francie’s heart. Now Clay must convince Francie that magic exists in the form of an ancient force called the soulmate imperative that brings together practitioners and their destined mates. When Francie unexpectedly starts using the imperative itself against him, however, the destiny of their love is suddenly up for grabs.
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The epic science fiction action saga continues She has found her vision-and it is of doom... Jade Falcon Galaxy Commander Malvina Hazen and her warriors are encamped on the planet Skye in their Occupation Zone, overseeing the consolidation of power on the worlds they've wrested from The Republic. When a ship appears at Skye's jump point and its commander declares a Trial of Possession for the wartime doctrine he claims Malvina stole from Clan Hell's Horses, Malvina sees her vision unfolding: she agrees to single BattleMech combat. Malvina emerges from the fray victorious-and inspired to ride her growing reputation into Clan Jade Falcon's halls of power. But her bold actions may herald the beginning of a civil war that could unmake not simply her own Clan, but the entire Clan way of life.** Views: 9
he unforgettable story of 11-year-old Sunny Hathaway - introvert, entrepreneur, inventor, poet, dog lover and co-owner of Pizza-a-go-girl deluxe wood fired pizza delivery service - the summer her whole life turned inside-out.Start with one quiet, perfect life.Add: 1 step-dad, 2 pre-cooked siblings, 1 best friend, 1 sworn enemy and a long lost grandmother.Flavour with a dash of secrets, a pinch of jealousy and a good dollop of growing-up. Cook on high all summer long.Fresh and spicy and as irresistible as Friday night pizza, Sunny Side Up is a story about surviving a heatwave, running a business, avoiding headlice, loving your dog, keeping secrets, saying goodbye and hello, and finding out what really matters. Views: 9
From Publishers Weekly The seventh novel set in Reynolds’s Revelation Space milieu (most recently encountered in his 2007 collection Galactic North) is a fascinating hybrid of space opera, police procedural and character study. One of the 10,000 colony habitats of the utopian Glitter Band has been destroyed, and title character Tom Dreyfus, a cop who patrols the Glitter Band beat, is assigned to learn whodunit and why. Meanwhile, his protégé, Thalia Ng, shepherds a supposedly minor series of software upgrades on several other habitats, while Dreyfus’s superiors oust their leader, ostensibly for her own good. Reynolds unfolds revelations layer by onionskin layer, supplying enough detail to imply a novel’s worth of unwritten backstory without ever obscuring the stakes and personalities. The high-quality characterization more than compensates for the slightly too shadowy villains. This is solid British SF adventure, evoking echoes of le Carré and Sayers with a liberal dash of Doctor Who. From Booklist Reynolds returns to Revelation Space to follow the trials and tribulations of Tom Dreyfus, prefect of Panoply, tasked with maintaining democracy throughout the Glitter Band. Between an apparently minor security flaw in the voting software and an apparent attack that left an entire habitat destroyed and the only survivors flawed beta-level copies of three of its inhabitants, Dreyfus is caught in a web of good intentions gone bad. Tension is high as the threads leading to a conspiracy to control the Glitter Band and a plan to destroy people’s rights ostensibly to protect them come together faster than the planners intended. There are secrets in the highest ranks of Panoply; even Dreyfus has kept some from himself. The endgame is creative, though as usual with Reynolds, neither plot nor solution is simple. The questions he raises about freedom and the fascinating solutions his characters come up with are relevant to our own time, and the thriller aspects keep us engaged with the magnificently imagined world in which those questions are resolved. — Regina Schroeder Views: 9
The San Diego branch of the Secret Service is receiving some absolutely perfect counterfeit U.S. currency in the mail, and getting nervous. A flood of these bogus bucks could cripple the economy. But plans for using the funny money are more devious than that - and it's all the work of an utterly gorgeous impossible brilliant female scientist and her not-quite-human associate, Mr. Gordons. She's holding the world's monetary system, as ransom for a NASA space-age computer program so advanced its use on earth is limited. In space? That's another matter - a matter for Remo Williams, the Destroyer, to settle before the future of America -- and the world -- becomes the property of a beautiful, diabolical creature and her unstoppable sidekick! Views: 9
