Shortly before Christmas, Cleo is visited by a cat; it watches her as she sleeps from her bedroom window. Cleo has the strange sense that the cat is watching her; more that it understands her when she speaks. Soon, there is not one cat watching her but three. To learn the secret of the cats, Cleo will have to learn there is still magic in the world.The Golden Boy of the Elite Recombinant Agency, Ethan Gould, was supposed to graduate from the Academy after one last Mission: Retrieve the Neurovascular Invasive Electronic System Modulator, THE RUBRIX. His plans backfire when he risked it all for a fellow agent, cutting him off any means of contact with E. R. A. With nothing more but Robyn, the annoying, obnoxious girl that can get them both KILLED. Views: 387
Set around three thousand years before the rest of the Valdemar series, this is the ancient history of Velgarth and the story of Skandranon Rashkae, a gryphon with gleaming ebony feathers, keen magesight and acute intelligence. He is the fulfillment of all that the Mage of Silence, the human sorcerer called Urtho, intended to achieve when he created these magical beings to be his champions, the defenders of his realm. Views: 387
On the fantasy world of Tar Ebon, the overlord of a guild of assassin’s, Lord Garik, seeks to unite assassin’s from around the world against the establishment. They seek to bring chaos and disorder to the world. A team of super-powered heroes must set forth to end this threat and save the world.They came from the shadows. They came to destroy us.Twenty years ago, bloodthirsty assassins turned an innocent girl into a monster. Most of her humanity perished. She fell into darkness.Now she steps from the shadows. Now she destroys the light. Now she brings the rise of the assassin king.Dawyn Darklance was thrust into war. After mysteriously arriving on Tar Ebon he joined the Kingdom of Tar Ebon’s army. Dawyn rose to the rank of commander of the king’s guard and now has been chosen to find and destroy the assassin king.Against the assassin onslaught, Tar Ebon stands alone. But Dawyn and his allies, a druid, mage and bard, will fight. They will rise. They will win, or they will die. Views: 387
Magic is closer than you ever thought possible in this madcap middle grade adventure perfect for fans of James Riley and Chris Grabenstein. For Mason Mortimer Morrison, life isn't so magical. His dad was just sent to jail, his grades have been plummeting from meh to yikes, and, oh yeah, two officers from some organization called Magix just showed up to arrest him in the middle of fourth period. Talk about bad luck. Mason knows he's innocent. But in order to clear his name, he's going to need the help of a plucky Magix junior detective and a cantankerous talking bunny—and a little bit of magic. Views: 387
Evil forces are after Morgan, forces connected with a dark wave of magick. And she knows that something is wrong with the way Cal is acting. He is definitely hiding something, but is he out to hurt her, as Hunter says? Views: 387
Master storyteller Philip Pullman returns to the world of Lyra and Will, Mrs Coulter and Lee Scoresby, Pantalaimon and Iorek Byrnison, in this must-have companion to the His Dark Materials trilogy. A book of stunning, moving, exhilarating, breathtaking scenes set during the events of Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass: from Serafina Pekkala sitting quietly on her cloud pine broom, listening to Dust, ahead of the epic battle with the Angels, to the capture of Lord Asriel by the armoured bears. Snapshot scenes that illuminate and expand upon Pullman's iconic world: they will fill the reader with wonder. … This His Dark Materials trilogy is a major, critically acclaimed HBO/BBC TV series starring Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy, Dafne Keen, Lin-Manuel Miranda. The perfect gift for every fan, of any age. His Dark Materials is one of the most popular and successful children's series of all time.... Views: 387
Abigail has just started her second year at the Tarkana Witch Academy and is already up to her ears studying for Horrid Hexes and Awful Alchemy! Worse, Endera's malevolent spellbook has its hooks in her, whispering in her ear to use its dark magic. Meanwhile, the entire school is talking about the Rubicus Prophecy; a sign has arrived that the chosen witchling is among them, the one who will one day break Odin's curse over them. When an Orkadian warship arrives carrying troubling news, Abigail and her friend Hugo are swept into a new mystery after a young boy from the ship, Robert Barconian, asks for their help retrieving a missing item. Along with the former glitch-witch, Calla, the four friends end up deep in the catacombs beneath the Tarkana Fortress—a place where the draugar, the living dead, wander about. Abigail discovers there is more to the Rubicus Prophecy than anyone ever imagined. Can she stop it in time before she and her friends are destroyed? Filled with magical... Views: 387
"Sci-fi as it should be; scary, isolating.No one will hear you scream."–Iffet Burton, Goodreads reviewIn the dark, empty space between solar systems, something lies in wait.It's pretty easy being a ship kid; clean out the cyclers, avoid your sister, don't get sucked into space. The hardest bit about it is spending a couple of decades in stasis/sleep while your ship travels to the next solar system. Then rinse and repeat all the way back to a home you've never seen.Except Kuma just got kicked out of stasis early, like years early. And he's alone.All. Alone.Except for the fug. Views: 386
