Bram Gold is a Courser, a hunter-for-hire who deals with supernatural creatures, mystical happenings, and things that go booga-booga in the night. Under the supervision of the Wardein—his childhood friend Miriam Zerelli, who is in charge of all magical activity in the Bronx, New York—he's who you hire if you need a crazed unicorn wrangled, some werewolves guarded while they gallivant around under the full moon, or an ill-advised attempt to bind a god stopped.The Bronx is the home to several immortals, who are notoriously hard to kill—so it comes as rather a surprise when one of them turns up murdered, seemingly by a vampire. In addition, binding spells all across town are either coming undone, failing to work, or are difficult to restore. As Bram investigates, more immortals turn up dead, and a strange woman keeps appearing long enough to give cryptic advice and then disappear. Soon, he uncovers a nasty sequence of events that could lead to the... Views: 640
Amazon bestselling Urban Fantasy Author Alex Villavasso offers a nail-biting, adrenaline-packed experience in this gritty Urban Fantasy filled with tons of supernatural creatures, engrossing fights, crazy magic, and a Monster Hunter who's willing to do whatever it takes to bring down the terrors that go bump in the night, no matter the cost. The supernatural ruined his life, so now, he ruins theirs.It's only fitting, considering what they did.Monsters. Vampires. Demons. It doesn't matter. Blaze hunts them all and has been for years, but this next hunt grows into something far more complicated than anything he's dealt with before, and only things get worse when his partner abandons the case to search for her father who went missing while hunting demons.For fans who enjoy Supernatural and Buffy, this one's for you. Grab your copy and prepare to binge!*Note: the individual books are listed under the series name 'The Hunter Who Lost His Way.' This set contains all five titles: Blaze Monroe and the Broken Heart, Blaze Monroe and the Shattered Heart, Blaze Monroe and the Tattered Heart, Blaze Monroe and the Tainted Heart, and Blaze Monroe and the Corrupted Heart. Views: 640
The Second chapter in Locmire's Quest. Continue the journey to save Calencia.The Saviors: Locmire's Quest Book Two picks up where the first book left off. Follow both groups as they set out to unite the remaining Saviors and save Calencia. As they come ever closer to their goal, the Dark Wizard, Hasbarie, has a different plan in mind. He is sending forth his most dangerous abominations in an effort to stop the Saviors and begin his reign. Journey into Dead Marsh and meet the final Savior, Jeszekia Venumroot. Explore Fogarth, home of the Wizards. Discover River's secret. Learn of the Wizards' role in creation. The Saviors is full of action, betrayal, and mystery. Will the Saviors unite and save their world? Or will Hasbarie and the Dark Priests foil their attempt? Views: 640
A rival Blessed, family drama, and a High Priest determined to punish them make Ani and Nik's jobs harder than they should be. When Ani and Nik travel to the York Temple of Anubis to oversee the burial rites of a distant relative of Nik's, the last thing they expect is to find themselves uncovering more temple secrets. With a new Blessed at the temple, a body to prepare, and their concerns over what might be happening in London to contend with, they already have their hands full. Can Ani call on a favour from her mentor in order to uncover the truth behind the temple's new Blessed apprentice? - Secrets Of The Chosen is book 4 in the Apprentice Of Anubis, an urban fantasy series based on Egyptian mythology and featuring a slow-burn friends-to-lovers workplace romantic subplot, a jackal familiar, and the duties of an embalmer. If you love Egyptian mythology, alternative versions of the modern day, temple politics,... Views: 640
WHEN EVIL IS THE ENEMY, POWER IS A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND.Now that she's fully accepted her role, Hope takes up the mantle of Healer to lead a new team of untrained Soulkeepers. Repurposing Revelations to be a training ground won't be easy, not when the source of its power has been disrupted, and the only woman who knows the island's secrets is on her deathbed.Time isn't on Hope's side. Lucifer is on the move, injured and unable to return to Hell. He's found a way to amass power by consuming human souls. Worse, if he grows strong enough to get his hands on an ancient weapon before Hope does, everything the Soulkeepers fought for could be undone.Sinister plots, unlikely allies, and old temptations plague the new team. Can Hope's promise lead them to victory? Or will her inexperience doom them all? Views: 640
Nine misfit academics on an expedition to find the volcryn, a mythic race of intersteller nomads, and the only ship available for this strange quest is the Nightflyer, a cybernetic wonder with a never-seen captain...
Nine innocents are about to find themselves in deep space, trapped with an insane murderer who can go anywhere, do anything, and intends to kill them all. Views: 640
A sampler of short stories taking place before and connected to SCALE-BRIGHT in chronological order. Chinese mythology retold from the time of humanity's creation to contemporary Hong Kong.
"The Crows Her Dragon's Gate" (first published in BENEATH CEASELESS SKIES, 2013. Ed. Scott H. Andrews). The story of Xihe, the mother of suns, when she was young and the world was new: how she met her husband, lost herself, and found it again.
"Woman of the Sun, Woman of the Moon" (first published in GIGANOTOSAURUS, 2012. Ed. Ann Leckie). Houyi rose in heaven, bow and arrow in hand: the hunt was her joy, the slaying of demons her delight. But most delightful was a serving girl called Chang'e.
"Chang'e Dashes from the Moon" (first published in EXPANDED HORIZONS, 2012. Ed. Dash). Chang'e has been a prisoner on the moon while the world turns and cities rise. For centuries Houyi has looked for a way to free her wife, and now she has found it in a distant grand-niece: a young mortal woman named Julienne. ** Views: 640
Let three complete books in one take you on a dazzling journey into science fiction's most famous future history: Known Space!
WORLD OF PTAVVS
Kzanol was a thrint from a distant galaxy. He had been trapped on Earth in a time-stasis field for two billion years. Now he was on the loose, and telepath Larry Greenberg knew everything he was thinking. Thrints lived to plunder and enslave lesser planets . . . and the planet Kzanol had in mind was Earth!
A GIFT FROM EARTH
Shrouded in lethal mists, the world named Mount Lookitthat was never meant for humans. Life existed only on one plateau, unreachable except from space. But still the planet had been colonized, and the settlers struggled to survive under a ruthless dictatorship on a rebellion-proof world . . . until fate dealt them a wild card named Matthew Keller, whose secret talent might just be their only hope!
TALES OF KNOWN SPACE
A classic collection of stories that traces humankind's expansion and colonization throughout the galaxy from the twentieth century to the thirty-first . . .
AND MORE: Larry Niven's latest thoughts on the evolution--both creative and "historical"--of known space, as well as an updated Timeline of Known Space and a complete Niven bibliography!
Contents:
Introduction: My Universe and Welcome Back!
The Coldest Place
Becalmed in Hell
Wait It Out
Eye of an Octopus
How the Heroes Die
The Jigsaw Man
World of Ptavvs
At the Bottom of a Hole
Intent to Deceive
Cloak of Anarchy
The Warriors
Madness Has Its Place
A Gift From Earth
There Is a Tide
Safe at Any Speed
Afterthoughts
Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven Views: 640
