Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Ne=6660&N=3+7439+7265 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732022 In this sequel to The Lost Gate, bestselling author Orson Scott Card continues his fantastic tale of the Mages of Westil who live in exile on Earth. Here on Earth, Danny North is still in high school, yet he holds in his heart and mind all the stolen outselves of thirteen centuries of gatemages. The Families still want to kill him if they cant control him...and they cant control him. He is far too powerful. And on Westil, Wad is now nearly powerless--he lost everything to Danny in their struggle. Even if he can survive the revenge of his enemies, he still must somehow make peace with the Gatemage Daniel North. For when Danny took that power from Loki, he also took the responsibility for the Great Gates. And when he comes face-to-face with the mages who call themselves Bel and Ishtoreth, he will come to understand just why Loki closed the gates all those centuries ago.--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738576 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694944 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704429 Mute fledgling witch Morgana is married for her safety to a kind farmer in the mountains of Wales before she is targeted by townspeople who are being manipulated by a dark force that compels Morgana to harness her powers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744023 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739239 Vitala Salonius, champion of the warlike game of Caturanga, is as deadly as she is beautiful. Shes a trained assassin for the resistance, and her true play is for ultimate power. Using her charm and wit, she plans to seduce her way into the emperors bed and deal him one final, fatal blow, sparking a battle of succession that could change the face of the empire. As the ruler of a country on the brink of war and the son of a deposed emperor, Lucien must constantly be wary of an attempt on his life. But hes drawn to the stunning Caturanga player visiting the palace. Vitala may be able to distract him from his woes for a while--and fulfill other needs, as well.Luciens quick mind and considerable skills awaken unexpected desires in Vitala, weakening her resolve to finish her mission. An assassin cannot fall for her prey, but Vitalas gut is telling her to protect this sexy, sensitive man. Now she must decide where her heart and loyalties lie and navigate the dangerous war of politics before her gambit causes her to lose both Lucien and her heart for good...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713344 Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on any map. In that town, there are quiet streets lined with pretty houses, houses that conceal the strangest things. When ex-cop Mona Bright inherits her long-dead mothers home in Wink, New Mexico, she learns that the people of Wink are very, very different... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744009 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734659 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743994 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732520 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744024 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743995 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744061 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704634 Isabella, Lady Trent, known as the worlds preeminent dragon naturalist, writes her memoir detailing how she sought true love and happiness despite her lamentable eccentricities; and of her thrilling expedition to the perilous mountains of Vystrana, where she made the first of many historic dragon discoveries that would change the world forever. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675583 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1686192 Five hundred years ago, the famed Witchbreaker, Lord Stark Tower, launched a war against the cult of witches, nearly wiping them out. Today, only a handful of women still practice the craft in secret. A young witch named Sorrow has dedicated her life to changing this reality, vowing to wipe out the Church of the Book and launch a new golden age of witchcraft. In pursuit of her goals, she bonds her soul with Rott, the primal dragon of decay, giving her nearly limitless powers of destruction. Unfortunately, tapping this power comes at the cost of her humanity, leading her into a desperate quest to find the greatest witch of all time, Avaris, in hopes of mastering her dark magic before it destroys her. But shes not alone in hunting Avaris, as fate throws her into an uneasy partnership with a man who wants to be the new Witchbreaker. Can either of them survive their mutual quests when their journey leads them into battle with Tempest, the primal dragon of storms?--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705814 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706377 Ordered to Coronnan City, Glenndon, the mute and illegitimate son of King Darville, takes the throne and, in this place where court politics are deadly and magic is forbidden, must hide his talents as he struggles to find his voice and his destiny. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738081 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715793 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744038 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743996 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715662 After an interstellar civil war, heir to the throne Gareth Elhalyn, takes on a secret mission to stop the seedy population of Darkover from arming the Dry Towners with forbidden weapons in this expansion of the late fantasy authors unpublished work. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732497 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704286 Celia Graves, bodyguard, part siren, part vampire is called upon by her aunt, who is the queen of the sirens, to act as her cousin Adrianas bodyguard during Adrianas wedding since a conspiracy is afoot. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705835 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711635 In an age of zeppelins and gyroplanes, atomics and horseless carriages, the Transatlantic Span is the industrial marvel of the nineteenth century. A monumental feat of engineering, the steel suspension bridge stretches across the Atlantic from Liverpool to the distant harbor of New York City, supported by no less than seven hundred towers. But in the shadows of its massive struts, on the docks of the River Mersey, lies a faceless corpse... Inspector Matthew Langton is still seized with grief when he thinks of Sarah, his late wife. Tortured by nightmares and afflicted by breathless attacks of despair and terror, he forces himself to focus on the investigation of the faceless man. The victim wears the uniform of the Transatlantic Span Company but bears the tattoos of the Boers--could there be a Boer conspiracy to assassinate Queen Victoria on the upcoming inauguration day of the Span? But the truth, as it begins to emerge, is far more bizarre than a political coup. As additional victims turn up--all with strange twin burn marks on their necks--Langton draws a connection between the dead man beneath the bridge and chilling rumors of the Jar Boys, soul snatchers who come under cover of night. Most frightening of all is the mythic and elusive Doktor Glass, who not only may be behind the illicit trade in souls...but may hold the key to what happened to the inspectors own beloved wife on her deathbed..-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705813 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728757 A follow-up to The Wards of Faerie places the fate of an innocent young girl in the hands of protectors who embark on a dangerous quest to protect a once-peaceful world from dangerous creatures imprisoned behind an eroding magical barrier. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715966 The werewolf pack and Mercy Thompsons mate Adam have been abducted. Outclassed and on her own, Mercy may be forced to seek assistance from any ally she can get, no matter how unlikely. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744026 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744333 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707054 Persephone Alcmedis beloved foster daughter, Beverley, has been playing with a magical artifact thats far more dangerous than she realizes. Now Persephone must summon help from a mystical being so potent that even vampires fear him ... and the cost of his aid may be more than shes willing to pay. Seph, Johnny, and Menessos face threats from all side -- and a few from within. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744037 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735842 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711732 Upon turning nine, Merlin is apprenticed to a skilled healer who hones his extraordinary gift of prophecy and healing, while the High King of the Celts searches for a human sacrifice to make his towers stand firm and sets his sights on the gifted boy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694935 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732492 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744036 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714012 Magda Lazarus searches with her fallen angel husband for a gem that can help them defeat the demon Asmodel and prevent the terrible holocaust envisioned by her sister. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705829 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1676008 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744040 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744039 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1559810 Skylan Ivorson and his Vindrasi clan must sail the Sea of Tears into the heart of the Forbidden Empire of the Cyclops, to implement a cunning yet delicate plan that risks his life and leadership -- for a new enemy lies deep in the sea, one who draws upon powers never harnessed by land dwellers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1559858 When a new drug on the market turns humans into walking drug labs, teenage vandals are being hunted by a mystical creature and criminals are dying by magical means, Matthew Swift, Midnight Mayor, must save London from this rising tide of blood. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624508 Soccer mom and demon fighter Barbara Everett struggles to break a spell that has placed her assistant, Janea, into a coma that causes Janea to confront her respective identities in numerous alternate dimensions. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1658735 Sophia Thorne is new to the Regencys glittering high society, which resembles her magical homeland only insofar as both places are filled with ridiculous rules. Which means no matter where she goes, shes bound for trouble. The Duke of Robinsworth has flaunted and shocked society for years. In a moment of fateful mischief, Robinsworth encounters the enchanting and distinctly scandalous Sophia. Between her streak of magical mischief and his penchant for scandal, theyre about to take rule-breaking to a whole new level--Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557048 As the clouds of war gather and the final battle for Midkemia begins, the Keshs invading hordes descend upon the Kingdom, and the magician Pug must harness his magic and wisdom to save them all from a new threat that could destroy the alliance. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1554191 A series of vicious attacks in a local park forces Maria Devane to reconsider her long-standing, passionate love affair with the shape-shifter whose secret she has been guarding for fifteen years. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1564859 The isolated island of Jago is the only place Hannah Conquest has ever known as home. Encircled by the magma ocean of the Fire Sea, it was once the last bastion of freedom when the world struggled under the tyranny of the Chimecan Empire during the age-long winter of the cold-time. But now this once-shining jewel of civilization faces an uncertain future as its inhabitants emigrate to greener climes, leaving the basalt plains and raging steam storms far behind them. For Hannah and her few friends, the streets of the islands last occupied underground city form a vast, near-deserted playground. But Hannahs carefree existence comes to an abrupt halt when her guardian, Archbishop Alice Gray, is brutally murdered in her own cathedral. Someone desperately wants to suppress a secret kept by the archbishop, and if the attempts on Hannahs own life are any indication, the killer believes that Alice passed the knowledge of it onto her ward before her saintly head was separated from her neck. But it soon becomes clear that there is more at stake than the life of one orphan. A deadly power struggle is brewing on Jago, involving rival factions in the senate and the islands most powerful trading partner. And its beginning to look as if the deaths of Hannahs archaeologist parents shortly after her birth were very far from accidental. Soon the race is on for Hannah and her friends to unravel a chain of hidden riddles and follow them back to their source to save not just her own life, but her island home itself -- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1678385 After twelve years of secret training, Atticus OSullivan is finally ready to bind his apprentice, Granuaile, to the earth and double the number of Druids in the world. But on the eve of the ritual, the world that thought he was dead abruptly discovers that he is still alive, and they would much rather he return to the grave. Having no other choice, Atticus, his trusted Irish wolfhound, Oberon, and Granuaile travel to the base of Mount Olympus, where the Roman god Bacchus is anxious to take his sworn revenge, but he will have to get in line behind an ancient vampire, a band of dark elves, and an old god of mischief, who all seem to have KILL THE DRUID at the top of their to-do-lists http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1654481 Reviled and worshiped by the citizens of the Duchy of Stonehold, Sena Iilool is targeted by the power-hungry emperors of the southern countries and descends into apparent madness in a game of strategy against an ancient evil force-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1556869 Imp, a struggling schizophrenic, fights to determine whether or not the strange mythological creatures she meets are due to her condition or are from something else entirely in this new novel from the award-winning author of The Red Tree. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684293 Pulled two centuries back in time to Europe during the rise of Napoleon, Kim Murray--now a spirit--must guard twelve-year-old Aurelie de Mascarenhas and get the child to the small, magical country of Dobrenica--or more than just one family will vanish. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1535823 The imminent nuptials of Lyonya King Kieri are overshadowed by treacherous rumors about his elf queen grandmother, while young Tsaia king Mikeli struggles with political unrest over his decision to elevate a magical woman. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577908 The discovery of a sealed vault triggers discord throughout Darujhistan, where a merchant tries to drive out Malazans, a thief gambles with the fate of the city, and a Malazan veteran seeks his fortune in Moons Spawn fragments. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1616667 When her cousin--and worst enemy--steals a Celtic cauldron from Harvards Peabody Museum in an attempt to regain his full powers, Victory Vaughn, Bostons only professional demon slayer, must conquer her own fears to stop him from destroying everything she loves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1555261 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1638623 Sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape shifter, a skin man, Roland Deschain takes charge of Bill Streeter, a brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beasts most recent slaughter. Roland, himself only a teenager, calms the boy by reciting a story from the Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime, The Wind through the Keyhole. (The novel can be placed between Dark Tower IV and Dark Tower V.) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1630253 Seeking to understand her familys wealth, Aude, who lives in the Silver City, finds her destiny in Jehan, a soldier living in the industrial Brass City, and together they flee the cities in the search of the origins of Audes family--a journey that leads them to the WorldBelow and the immortal Grass King. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1578672 At the tail end of 1917, the Germans introduced a new type of gas to the battlefield, T-Leiche, or corpse gas, and changed the face of the war by resurrecting the bodies of the dead, giving the enemy an almost unlimited source of fresh troops. When the American ace Major Jack Freeman-poster boy for the war against the Kaisers undead army of shamblers-is downed over enemy lines and taken captive, veteran Captain Michael Madman Burke is the only man brave and foolish enough to accept the mission to recover Freeman. Burke assembles a team of disparate members, from his right-hand man, Sergeant Moore, to big-game-hunter-turned-soldier Clayton Manning, who funds the mission for an opportunity to confront this most dangerous zombie game, to professor Dan Richards, one of Teslas top men and the resident authority on all things supernatural. With the help of a highly advanced British dirigible war machine to infiltrate enemy territory, the team faces incredible danger as it struggles to reach the prison camp and strike at the heart of the enemy. But they are pitted against the most deadly enemy of all: Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron. Having risen from the dead with his abilities enhanced but his mind on the brink of madness, Richthofen has plans for victory that give no quarter to soldiers or civilians -- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1658747 To infiltrate the goth vamp scene in Dallas, Texas, they must go undercover as a married couple. Olivers convincing public affection has Bea swooning in her bustier and fishnets. Clubbing with the undead turns bloody when Olivers old enemy, the vampire lord of Dallas, turns up. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671722 When he stumbles upon a magical bag that belongs to Krampus, the Lord of Yule and the dark enemy of Santa Claus, struggling songwriter Jesse gets an unexpected chance to save his daughter and his own broken dreams, and return magic to Boone County, West Virginia. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1652551 An ancient, evil force known as the Darkness threatens Albion several years after the monarch took the throne, disrupting an era of peace and prosperity and engulfing the kingdom in war. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577752 As the Pixie tribes prepare for war, a young, inexperienced Pixie named Chicory is the only one brave enough to take a stand against the growing Pixie army in The Ten Acre Wood and he must convince Thistle, who has been exiled from Pixie, and her human family to help him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1536528 When she discovers that a would-be creator is determined to make his (or her) own demons and needs her blood, former witch-turned-day-walking-demon Rachel Morgan, a bounty hunter, faces her toughest adversary yet --humanity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647444 Despite being tasked to work together, Manshoon and Elminster battle, as Elminster inhabits the body of a fallen dark elf so that he can rally Cormyrs wizards and stop deadly monsters, while Manshoon tries to conquer Cormyr. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657199 Its a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the realm of Darkness, where Mother Dark reigns. But this ancient land was once home to many a power, and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners great hero, Vatha Urusander, is being promoted by his followers to take Mother Darks hand in marriage, but her Consort, Lord Draconus, stands in the way of such ambitions. The impending clash sends fissures throughout the realm, and as the rumors of civil war burn through the masses, an ancient power emerges from the long dead seas. Caught in the middle of it all are the First Sons of Darkness, Anomander, Andarist, and Silchas Ruin of the Purake Hold. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1555283 While dealing with wedding preparations and the cantankerous ghost of her grandma who has declared war on the fanged residents of River Oaks, Jane is ordered by the Council to babysit a newborn vamp until he can control his thirst, which causes her fiance to become insanely jealous. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657316 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577612 With the help of Krosp, Emperor of All Cats, Agatha has escaped from the massive airship known as Castle Wulfenbach. After crashing their escape dirigible, Agatha and Krosp fall in with Master Paynes Circus of Adventure, a traveling troupe of performers dedicated to staging Heterodyne shows?dramatizations of the exploits of Bill and Barry Heterodyne and their allies?who are unaware of Agathas connection to the Heterodyne line. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1604874 Emma Whitecastle would rather spend time with her boyfriend than help Joanna Reid get rid of her hubands ghost. But when she finds out Joannas daughter has broken her engagement and attempted suicide, Emma and Granny Apple, the spirit of her pie-baking great-great-great-grandmother, are compelled to investigate. The multifaceted mystery unfolds in Hollywood, where Emma and Granny unearth a clue hidden in a haunted diamond. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1680007 Seventeen all-original stories of the Elemental Magicians of Edwardian Britain originally created by Mercedes Lackey in the book The serpents shadow. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1482160 While helping the vampire Menessos, who is being hunted by a trio of extremely dangerous truthseeking vampire sisters, Persephone Alcmedi, Lustrata of the witches, must deal with her lover, the waeres, her eccentric family, vampire politics and two sexy supernatural males. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1565871 The sultan Bokhari Al-Bokhari of Bessa has 365 concubines--until a violent coup puts the city in the hands of the religious zealot Hakkim Mehdad. Hakkim has no use for the pleasures of the flesh: he condemns the women first to exile and then to death. Cast into the desert, the concubines must rely on themselves and each other to escape from the new sultans fanatical pursuit. But their goals go beyond mere survival: with the aid of the champions who emerge from among them, they intend to topple the usurper and retake Bessa from the repressive power that now controls it.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1544111 Sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape shifter, a skin man, Roland Deschain takes charge of Bill Streeter, a brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beasts most recent slaughter. Roland, himself only a teenager, calms the boy by reciting a story from the Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime, The Wind through the Keyhole. (The novel can be placed between Dark Tower IV and Dark Tower V.) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675642 Emma teeters on the edge of becoming fully demon, and must make a journey to the Kunlun Moutains in the West, home of the palaces of Nu Wa and the Yellow Emperor, in an attempt to regain her humanity. Travelling with Emma is Xuan Wus daughter, Simone, who is struggling with her growing powers and trying to defend herself from the demons who want to destroy her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1527259 Rebel Drystan Hawkes dreams of freeing England and discovers the key to opening the door to Elfhame lies with Camille, a young slave woman. Drystan sets off to rescue her and find the key that will send the dreaded elf lords away forever. But who is rescuing whom? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1483999 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1481289 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1658871 A young Herald trainee in Haven, Mags, is trained as a spy to uncover secrets held by a mysterious new enemy of the kingdom of Valdemar. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1575780 When Sergeant Hallie Michaels returns home to South Dakota from Afghanistan on ten days compassionate leave, her sister Dells ghost is waiting at the airport to greet her. The sheriff says that Dells death was a suicide, but Hallie doesnt believe it .... As Hallie pushes for answers, she attracts more ghosts--local women who disappeared without a trace--and discovers a disturbing pattern. Now she needs to not just figure out what happened to Dell but to make sure no one else shares her fate...--from dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624850 Drizzt helps a beautiful elf seek revenge and breaks an old enemy free from slavery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1590295 For centuries, the wampyr has drifted from one place to another. From one life to another. Its 1962, and hes returned to New Amsterdam for the first time since he fled it on pain of death some sixty years before. On the eve of social revolution, on the cusp of a new way of life, hes nevertheless surrounded by inescapable reminders of who he used to be.For a thousand years, hes chosen to change rather than to die. Now, at last, he faces a different future.... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1602362 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1549892 Depicts the lives of the Three Kings of the Nativity, casting them as a set of infamous thieves who accidentally happen upon Joseph, Mary, and the newborn king and help them escape to Egypt. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1602330 After being orphaned, two sisters, Karah and Nemienne, set out to find their destinies until the arrival of a foreign mage unearths dangerous secrets that put the siblings in middle of a plot that threatens to destroy their kingdom. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1599450 Riss has taken a leave of absence from the Boston PD to focus on her Fury duties, and becomes embroiled in a civil war which threatens to tear apart the Sisterhood and divide arcanekind. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1649539 As Lenk journeys to the island of Jaga, the tomb of Ulbecetonth, he is hunted... by enemies, by the woman he loves, by the demon he has to kill, by an army of any number of bloodthirsty purple berserkers, savage lizardmen, vicious monsters, and colossal demons. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1645648 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629694 Two women become allies in their quest for a third jewel, that means salvation or ruin for their people. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1582516 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647445 Audrun, a human woman trapped within Alisanos -- a sentient forest -- is reunited with her four children, only to learn that each has been marked by the deepwoods wild magic. And her newly born fifth child, captured by a winged demon, is still missing. Audrun has sworn to find the infant, but can a mere human possibly hope to outwit the monstrous inhabitants of Alisanos ... and the nightmarish deepwood itself? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647684 A collection of thirteen original stories that take academic anxiety to whole new realms. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1547300 When telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse investigates the body of a woman discovered in vampire Eric Northmans yard, she has no idea the murderer is an enemy out to get her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577718 In a city where Gatherers harvest the magic of the sleeping mind and use it to judge the corrupt, Ehiru, the most famous of the citys Gatherers, learns that he must protect the woman he was sent to kill or watch the city be devoured by forbidden magic. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1566122 When a fifteen-year-old girl is abducted by vampires, its up to U.S. Marshal Anita Blake to find her. And when she does, shes faced with something shes never seen before: a terrifyingly ordinary group of people--kids, grandparents, soccer moms--all recently turned and willing to die to avoid serving a master. And where theres one martyr, there will be more... But even vampires have monsters that theyre afraid of. And Anita is one of them..-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1594896 For outstanding heroism in the field (despite himself), computational demonologist Bob Howard is on the fast track for promotion to management within the Laundry, the supersecret British government agency tasked with defending the realm from occult threats. Assigned to External Assets, Bob discovers the company--unofficially--employs freelance agents to deal with sensitive situations that may embarrass Queen and Country. So when Ray Schiller--an American televangelist with the uncanny ability to miraculously heal the ill--becomes uncomfortably close to the Prime Minister, External Assets dispatches the brilliant, beautiful, and entirely unpredictable Persephone Hazard to infiltrate the Golden Promise Ministry and discover why the preacher is so interested in British politics. And its Bobs job to make sure Persephone doesnt cause an international incident. But its a supernatural incident that Bob needs to worry about--a global threat even the Laundry may be unable to clean up..--