Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=7431&browse=true&N=3+7439+6601 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704139 Zombie P.I. Dan Chambeaux, along with his human partner and ghost girlfriend, tries to juggle his unnatural caseload, including a resurrected mummy who is suing the museum that put him on display, while trying to figure out who killed him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705055 Pepper is a rambunctious big man, and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York. Hes not mentally ill, but that doesnt seem to matter. On his first night, hes visited by a terrifying creature who nearly kills him before being hustled away by the hospital staff. Its no delusion: The other patients confirm that a hungry devil roams the hallways when the sun goes down. Pepper rallies three other inmates in a plot to fight back: Dorry, an octogenarian schizophrenic; Coffee, an African immigrant with severe OCD; and Loochie, a bipolar teenage girl. Battling the pill-pushing staff, one another, and their own minds, they try to kill the monster thats stalking them. But can the Devil die? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704131 In Kurald Galain, commoner hero Vatha Urusander aspires to take the hand of the reigning Mother Dark, but since she has already taken Lord Draconus as consort, civil war threatens, all while an ancient power rises from the sea. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1267270 Four hot authors come together in this steamy collection to tell new stories about shadowy creatures, intoxicating magic, and hunters who know a little something about a good slay. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1142926 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1115871 When Mary Alice Brannigan comes home to Ohio to restore the Dreamland amusement park, she doesnt expect to fall in love with a clown. Nor does she expect to find that shes the newest recruit in the Guardia, an elite team of demon fighters formed centuries before to guard the five Untouchables, the most powerful demons in the history of the world, now imprisoned right there in Dreamland. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1058429 October Toby Daye, the daughter of a Faerie and a mortal man, is a changeling. Like her mother, she is gifted in blood magic, able to read what has happened to a person through a mere taste of blood. However, Toby is the only changeling who has earned knighthood, undertaking assignments for her liege, the Duke of the Shadowed Hills. Now, she must go to the County of Tamed Lightning and make sure that all is well with the Dukes niece, whom he has not been able to contact. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1127679 As Kieri Phelan ascends a throne he never sought, he must come to terms with his own half-elven heritage while protecting his new kingdom from his old enemies. Meanwhile, in Tsaia, Prince Mikeli escapes an assassination attempt made by the Verrakaien magelords. As dark forces gather against the two kings and their worlds, even Paks may find her gods-given magic and peerless fighting skills stretched to the limit--and beyond. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=965323 While a young survivor struggles with the devastating destruction of the city of Windwir, Rudolfo, Lord of the Nine Forest Houses, realizes that war is approaching the Named Lands and witnesses the chaotic dissolution of alliances throughout the Kingdoms. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1053304 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=885654 Halli Sveinsson has grown up a peaceful society where the violence of the past has been outlawed and disputes are settled by the Council. But young Halli has never quite seemed to fit in with the others and when a practical joke goes too far, he sets in motion a chain of events that will forever alter his destiny. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1054378 In the town of Morganville, vampires and humans live in relative peace. Student Claire Danvers has never been convinced, especially with the arrival of Mr. Bishop, an ancient, old-school vampire who cares nothing about harmony. What he wants from the town living and its dead is unthinkably sinister. It is only at a formal ball, attended by vampires and their human dates, that Claire realizes the evil trap Mr. Bishop has set for Morganville. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1007730 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=999061 The countrys only celebrity werewolf, late-night radio host Kitty Norville prefers to be heard not seen. But when shes invited to testify at a Senate hearing on behalf of supernaturals, her face is plastered on national television. She quickly learns that in this city of dirty politicians and backstabbing pundits, everyone is itching for a fight. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=999056 Ben Holiday, High Lord of the magic kingdom of Landover, and his wife Willow have sent their 15-year-old daughter Mistaya to our world to attend a prestigious girls boarding school. Mistaya, Misty to her friends, is not pleased with the arrangement. She is forbidden to use her magic for any reason, cant understand why other girls her own age dont revere the natural world, and is too clever for her own good in coming up with activities definitely not contained in the private school charter. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=938500 Nevare Burvelle was born to be a soldier in the Gernian army. But as Nevares career takes off, his worldview alters considerably. Corruption and nepotism reign, and now Nevare questions his own ideals, wondering why he continues fighting for the empire. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=947464 Now a full-fledged Ranger responsible for a sleepy fief, Will finds a new adventure seeking the traitors who poisoned the king, investigating rumors of sorcery, and trying to rescue his friend Alyss, who is taken hostage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1043305 When an unspeakable tragedy befalls a family of traveling minstrels, they become stranded and left for dead. Here in the heart of The Black Forest, Peter Piper and his older brother Max encounter ominous forces that will change them both irreparably. Thus begins an epic tale of sibling rivalry, magic, music and revenge that spans medieval times to the present day when their deadly conflict surfaces in the placid calm of modern-day Fabletown. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1054379 Science Fiction writer, Rod Everlar, is lost in a magical world of his own creation. He is believed to be the Dark Lord of legend, able to hurl world shattering spells, is feared and hated by everyone but cant cast a single spell. In this third installment of the Falconfar Saga, Everlar faces his greatest challenge. The evil wizard Malrauns tower is falling around his ears, and the evil wizard Narmarkoun is seemingly defeated. As Falconfar descends into war, Rod must find the power and the knowledge to fight the first Archwizard, the most feared of the Dooms: Lorntar. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=947472 The continuing adventures of Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son and apprentice to the local Spook, who faces danger and death daily in his job protecting the region from evil. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=959773 Inspector Tyador Borl must travel to Ul Qoma to search for answers in the murder of a woman found in the city of Beszel. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=988253 Aislinn and Seth struggle with the unforeseen consequences of Aislinns transformation from mortal girl to faery queen as the world teeters on the brink of cataclysmic violence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=836759 When Charmain is asked to housesit for Great Uncle William, the Royal Wizard of Norland, she is ecstatic to get away from her parents, but finds that his house is much more than it seems. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=966141 After surviving war with the forest-dwelling Specks alongside his fellows in the Gernian Kings army, Nevare travels home for his brothers wedding. Expecting a warm welcome from his family and fiancee, Nevare is instead shunned thanks to an embarrassing side-effect of the Speck plague. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=947478 Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and dangerous adventures become daily fare. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1007742 The Alaskan wilderness is a harsh landscape in the best of conditions, but with a pack of rogue werewolves on the loose, its downright deadly. Elena Michaels, the Packs chief enforcer, knows all too well the havoc mutts can wreak. When they hear of a series of gruesome maulings and murders outside Anchorage, she and her husband, Clay, journey to Alaska in the dead of winter in order to hunt down the dangerous werewolves. Trapped in this savage, untamed winter realm, she and Clay learn more about their own werewolf heritage than they bargained for, tapping a little more into the wild nature of the beast within. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1002852 When Kitty Norville, a DJ for a Denver radio station and a secret werewolf, accidentally launches a late-night advice show for the supernaturally disadvantaged, she becomes the target of a werewolf hunter and several homicidal undead. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1059021 Six-year-old Zoe York has been taken and her mother has come to Remy for help. She shows him crude, childlike drawings that she claims are Zoes visions of the future, everything leading up to her abduction, and some beyond. Zoes preternatural gifts have made her a target for those who wish to exploit her power. The search will take Remy to dark places he would rather avoid. But to save an innocent, Remy will ally himself with a variety of lesser evils and his soul may pay the price. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=936510 An ordinary office-working Brit discovers that he may be destined to wipe out the wicked House of Windsor. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1013834 Those who attain glory return as gods. And those who can master the essence known as breath can perform the most wondrous miracles--or unleash the most devastating havoc. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=991110 The vast road network of Honce, completed a decade before, had brought great optimism to the people of the land. Commerce could travel more freely and so could armies, and those armies, it was hoped, would rid the land at long last of the vicious, bloody cap dwarfs and goblins. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1017440 When she pledges herself to Amelie, the most powerful vampire in town, Claire is faced with a past stalker, murder, and an ancient bloodsucker who extends a chilling invitation for private lessons in his secluded home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=962325 While armies of the Shadowrealms gather and Machiavelli goes to Alcatraz to kill Perenelle Flamel, fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman accompany the Alchemist to England to continue their search for the Codex. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1048853 Its December in the year 1802 and my hand is trembling as I write this letter. My nerves are in tatters and I am so altered that I believe you would not recognize me. The past two months have been a nightmarish whirl of strange and disturbing circumstances, and of the future, I am afraid. If anything happens to me, remember that I love you and that my spirit will always be with you, though we may never see each other again. The world is a cold and frightening place where nothing is as it seems. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=836765 Maddie Moss is blackmailed into stealing the Dragonheart from Jason Haley, who seems powerless against the oncoming onslaught but whose connection to the Dragonheart may prove that he is destined for a greater purpose than anyone imagined. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=993848 The walls between human and Fae worlds have come crashing down, and as MacKayla Lane fights for survival on Dublins battle-scarred streets, she will embark on the darkest and most erotically charged adventure of her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1006175 Raistlin Majere has become a Black Robe wizard and travels to Neraka, the lord city of the Dark Queen, ostensibly to work for her, though in reality he means to further his own quest for power. But Takhisis finds out that the dragon orb has entered her city and sends her draconians to find and destroy the wizard who has in his possession...--Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=817618 Fourteen-year-old Cecilia has always known she is the true princess of Suala, but when she and her best friend, Harper, decide to speed up her ascendancy to the throne, they find danger and many imposters who challenge her claim. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=803308 When a terrible plague takes over the faerie realm and causes its inhabitants to age unnaturally quickly, Henry and Blue must find a cure in order to save the realm. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=817181 The Redwallers face some of their most dangerous villains yet in a treacherous hunt for long-lost treasure. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=803310 Seventeen-year-old Leslie wants a tattoo as a way of reclaiming control of herself and her body, but the eerie image she selects pulls her into the dangerous Dark Court of the faeries, where she draws on inner strength to make a horrible choice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=761703 In 1145 A.D., as foretold by Merlin, fourteen-year-old Rosalind, who will be the twenty-first Pendragon Queen of Wilde Island, has much to accomplish to fulfill her destiny, while hiding from her people the dragons claw she was born with that reflects only one of her mothers dark secrets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=790152 The definitive collection of J.R.R.Tolkiens four acclaimed modern classic fairy tales, each reflecting an aspect of what Tolkien himself called The Perilous Realm of Faerie. The fat and unheroic Farmer Giles of Ham is called upon to do battle with the dragon Chrysophylax; Niggle the painter sets out to paint the perfect tree in Leaf by Niggle; hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls partake in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil; and Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the Land of Faery via the magical ingredients of a giant cake. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=762390 Maddy Smith, who bears the mysterious mark of a rune on her hand, learns that she is destined to join the gods of Norse mythology and play a role in the fate of the world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=762394 When multiple murders in Austin, Texas, threaten the grand re-opening of her familys vampire-themed restaurant, seventeen-year-old, orphaned Quincie worries that her best friend-turned-love interest, Keiren, a werewolf-in-training, may be the prime suspect. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=817616 Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=774716 Soldier Jack West, Jr., and his elite team work to counter the efforts of a dark cabal that has been steadily undermining their past efforts with the intent of staging a catastrophic attack. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=815542 In this third novel of the New York Times bestselling series, civil war looms in Oz, and an ancient oracle named Yackle prepares for death. But before she can die, the Cowardly Lion arrives seeking knowledge about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West--the woman who had defended him when he was a cub. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=767410 In alternate chapters, Sadima travels from her farm home to the city and becomes assistant to a heartless man who is trying to restore knowledge of magic to the world, and a group of boys fights to survive in the academy that has resulted from his efforts. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=789164 After Rangers apprentice Will battles Temujai warriors to rescue Evanlyn, Wills kingdom of Skandia joins forces with rival kingdom Araluen to defeat a common enemy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=839012 Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical world, the Wildwood. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=767408 When witches steal Toms inheritance and kidnap his relatives, Tom, the Spook, and Alice set out for Pendle Hill, a particularly dangerous district, in hopes of preventing the three witch clans from uniting to raise the Fiend, the Devil himself, thus bringing about an age of darkness. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=817624 Sixteen-year-old Seph, a powerful wizard, gets caught up in a conflict between the Wizard Council, smaller groups with their own agendas, and a rogue politician--the Dragon--whose identity and whereabouts the others seek to know. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=733612 Chasing the Skandian slave-traders who kidnapped Will and Evanlyn, Ranger Halt and warrior student Horace find themselves in the frozen northern islands, where they battle a ruthless black-clad knight as they attempt to rescue their friends. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=730685 Dont stare at invisible faeries. Dont speak to invisible faeries. And never, ever atract their attention. These are the three rules of survival for Aislinn, a teenage girl who possesses the seers sight--a gift (or curse) that reveals to her the hordes of fey kind who mingle mischievously among mortals undetected. But the old rules are breaking. Keenan, a powerful, radiantly beautiful faerie--both terrifying and alluring--has taken a special interest in Aislinn, haunting her footsteps everywhere she goes. Keenan is in fact the Summer King, and hes determined to make Aislinn his queen. Although she cant deny feeling tempted, there are other things to consider. Namely the loss of her freedom and human life, and the deadly fates suffered by all the other mortal girls Keenan tried to transform into his queen. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=713671 When Lord Death comes to claim sixteen-year-old Keturah while she is lost in the Kings Forest, she charms him with her story and is granted a twenty-four hour reprieve in which to seek her one true love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=803312 Forsaken by the gods and left to his own devices, Eugenides, Royal Thief of Eddis, summons all his wit and wiles in an attempt to conquer the rival Queen of Attolia. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=817620 In Transylvania during the Middle Ages, a pack of wolves sets out on a perilous journey to prevent their enemy--an embittered lone wolf named Morgra--from calling upon the legendary Evil One that will give her the power to control all animals. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=707554 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=997264 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=728727 Chasing the Skandian slave-traders who kidnapped Will and Evanlyn, Ranger Halt and warrior student Horace find themselves in the frozen northern islands, where they battle a ruthless black-clad knight as they attempt to rescue their friends. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=749105 In Transylvania during the Middle Ages, Fell, a lone wolf with unusual abilities, learns that his destiny is entwined with that of one human, fifteen-year-old Rasha, whose mysterious origins have villagers believing she is a changeling. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=950242 After many years of hiding, Queen Cimorene sends her sixteen-year-old son, Daystar, into the Enchanted Forest with the kingdoms sword to once again stop the evil wizards magic. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=729836 Troubled young Fawn Bluefield seeks a life beyond her familys farm. But en route to the city, she encounters a patrol of Lakewalkers, nomadic soldier-sorcerers from the northern woodlands. Feared necromancers armed with mysterious knives made of human bone, they wage a secret, ongoing war against the scourge of the malices, immortal entities that draw the life out of their victims, enslaving human and animal alike. It is Dag--a Lakewalker patroller weighed down by past sorrows and onerous present responsibilities--who must come to Fawns aid when she is taken captive by a malice. They prevail at a devastating cost--unexpectedly binding their fates as they embark upon a remarkable journey into danger and delight, prejudice and partnership ... and perhaps even love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=749108 When young Gavies sister is brutally killed, he escapes from slavery and sets out to explore the world and his own psychic abilities. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=738890 Fawn Bluefield, the clever young farmer girl, and Dag Redwing Hickory, the seasoned Lakewalker soldier-sorcerer, have been married all of two hours when they depart her familys farm for Dags home on Hickory Lake Camp. But their arrival is met with prejudice and suspicion, setting many in the camp against them and threatening permanent exile for Dag. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=675611 Gaiman tells the tale of Helena, a young girl growing up in the circus who longs to know what normal life is like. After she sees a girl who looks remarkably like her in a mirror, she is transported to a mystical land where very little makes sense. There, she befriends the mischievous Valentine, and together they attempt to get her home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=669396 Will is forced to overcome his fear of Wargals, the foot soldiers of rebel warlord Morgarath, as Araluens army prepares to battle Morgaraths forces. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=651744 The story of young Tristran Thorn and his adventures in the land of Faerie. He has fallen in love with beautiful Victoria Forester and in order to win her hand, he must retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=666253 Hunted like an animal by Norman invaders, Bran ap Brychan, heir to the throne Elfael, has abandoned his fathers kingdom and fled to the greenwood. There, in the primeval forest of the Welsh borders, danger surrounds him -- for this woodland is a living, breathing entity with mysterious powers and secrets, and Bran must find a way to make it his own if he is to survive. Like the forest itself, Hood is deep, dark, and at times savagely brutal -- yet full of enchantment and hope. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=669411 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=684205 Presents an anthology of stories set in a mysterious, fantastical version of England populated by petulant princesses, vengeful owls, and endless paths in the dark woods, and features the Duke of Wellington and other colorful characters. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=675543 Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tallys best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=675541 After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=689306 Mourning the loss of his mother, David finds comfort in the books she left behind. But soon the make-believe world of the books melds with Davids reality, and the figments of his imagination become startlingly real. Suddenly, he finds himself in a brutal land populated by trolls, harpies, and werewolf-like creatures. His only hope is to find the king, whose Book of Lost Things could show David the way home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=684207 A collection of more than twenty-five short fictional works follows a theme of the intersections between life and death, perception and reality, and darkness and light. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=810059 The voyages of an Englishman carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, where people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land of giants; and a country ruled by horses.