Expected to be a Healer. Destined to be something else.
All of the Waterns of Barkin Prime have been Master Healers, a legacy that runs back hundreds of years. Corda, the eldest daughter of the house, does not expect to break that pattern, but the universe has different plans for her.
The events that help shape the woman that will become an essential part of the Vorcian Imperium are powerful.
Just like the adult that she is destined to be.
This is the second story in the Vorcian Imperial Chronicles about Corda, the eldest girl in the Watern family of Barkin Prime. We first met Corda in the book In the Cards, where her coming of age 10th birthday was celebrated by a visit from her maternal grandmother, the Imperial Seer. The story picks up when Corda is barely 13 and is starting at the Barkin Prime Academy of Magic. Views: 79
An intense high-stakes story about five friends and the deadly secret that could send their lives up in flames, perfect for fans of Karen McManus and E. Lockhart.In Gap Mountain, California, everyone knows about fire season. And no one is more vigilant than 18-year-old Hannah Warner, the sheriff's daughter and aspiring FBI agent. That is until this summer. When Hannah and her best friends accidentally spark an enormous and deadly wildfire, their instinct is to lie to the police and the fire investigators. But as the blaze roars through their rural town and towards Yosemite National Park, Hannah's friends begin to crack. After privileged Violet threatens to expose what really happened, she goes missing and the others become suspects in her disappearance. Will the truth rise from the ashes? Views: 79
Witty and charming, New York Times -bestselling author Kerstin Gier's contemporary young adult novel A Castle in the Clouds follows a girl as she navigates secrets, romance, and danger in an aging grand hotel. Way up in the Swiss mountains, there's an old grand hotel steeped in tradition and faded splendor. Once a year, when the famous New Year's Eve Ball takes place and guests from all over the world arrive, excitement returns to the vast hallways. Sophie, who works at the hotel as an intern, is busy making sure that everything goes according to plan. But unexpected problems keep arising, and some of the guests are not who they pretend to be. Very soon, Sophie finds herself right in the middle of a perilous adventure—and at risk of losing not only her job, but also her heart. Views: 79
*NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR JOHN RINGO AND USA TODAY* BEST-SELLING AUTHOR LYDIA SHERRER JOIN FORCES ON A NEW SF NOVEL OF ALIEN INVASION. Ender's Game meets Mean Girls meets Pokemon Go.**
Lynn Raven may be the boss master of WarMonger 2050 with her online persona of "Larry the Snake," but when the CEO of Tsunami Entertainment personally asks her, as a favor, to beta test a new augmented reality game, she has to face her greatest fear: going outside and dealing with, ugh, people.
As she becomes more immersed in the game, the stakes rise and so do the obstacles. Strife between teammates, a ruthless rival team, and these strange glitches that make it seem like the game algorithm (or maybe “game AI”?) has it in for her. Now she has to face a new fear: is she willing to step into the real to win the future she’s always wanted?
What do you do when a game and real life merge?
About Into the Real :"The futuristic world of the gamers and the game itself will interest sf readers....YA: Teens will relate to Lynn, the main character, and if they are gamers, they will enjoy her gamer and VR adventures." -- Booklist
About John Ringo:“. . . the thinking reader’s zombie novel . . . Ringo fleshes out his theme with convincing details . . . the proceedings become oddly plausible.”— Publishers Weekly on Under a Graveyard Sky
“[Ringo’s work is] peopled with three-dimensional characters and spiced with personal drama as well as tactical finesse.”— Library Journal
“Explosive . . . fans . . . will appreciate Ringo’s lively narrative and flavorful characters.”— Publishers Weekly
“. . . practically impossible not to read in one sitting . . . exceedingly impressive . . . executed with skill, verve, and wit.”— Booklist
“Crackerjack storytelling.”— Starlog Views: 79
Set in the universe of Rory Thorne, this new sci-fi mystery follows an unlikely duo who must discover the motive behind an unusual murder. THE TEMPLAR: When Lieutenant Iari hears screams in the night, she expects to interrupt a robbery or break up a fight. Instead she discovers a murder with an impossible suspect: a riev, one of the battle-mecha decommissioned after the end of the last conflict, repurposed for manual labor. Riev don't kill people. And yet, clearly, one has. Iari sets out to find it.THE SPY: Officially, Gaer is an ambassador from the vakari. Unofficially, he's also a spy, sending information back to his government, unfiltered by diplomatic channels. Unlike Iari, Gaer isn't so sure the riev's behavior is just a malfunction, since the riev were created using an unstable mixture of alchemy and arithmancy.As Gaer and Iari search for the truth, they discover that the murderous riev is just a weapon in the hands of a wielder with wider... Views: 79
Third Eye RedesignedCasey faces a long, arduous recovery. Her near-death experience has left her with the loss of her human sight. It has also left her with abilities she never had before.SCI RealignedThe Spirit Chasers are back, investigating the most haunted locations in America. After all, these ghosts aren't going to cross themselves over. This season they take on the legendary Hillendahl Mansion and an abandoned psychiatric hospital, as well as homes with an evil and bloody history.Investigation RewindSome places are too evil—Enchanted Hill should be left alone. Lurking in the background is a demonic entity they just can't escape. If they brave it, they're going to need every supernatural gift at their disposal to defeat an ancient evil that threatens to destroy them all. Views: 79
The words VITA NOSTRA, or “our life,” come from an old Latin student
anthem Gaudeamus : “Vita nostra brevis est, Brevi finietur” or “Our life
is brief, It will shortly end ..."The heroine of the novel has
been forced into a seemingly inconceivable situation. Against her will,
she must enter the Institute of Special Technologies. A slightest
misstep or failure at school—and the students’ loved ones pay a price.
Governed by fear and coercion, Sasha will learn the meaning of the
phrase "In the beginning was the word ..." VITA NOSTRA is a
thrilling journey into the deepest mysteries of existence, a dizzying
adventure, an opening into a world that no one has ever described, a
world that frightens and attracts the readers of the novel. The
novel combines the seemingly incongruous aspects—spectacular adventures
and philosophical depth, incredible transformations and psychological
accuracy, complexity of ethical issues and mundane details of urban
life. Views: 79
