Washoe County Library System

"The rapture is the central event in biblical prophecy. But what does it mean for us today? How can this crucial end times event draw us nearer to God in a world that is seemingly on the brink of chaos? Political turmoil, economic uncertainty, an ideological divide that feels increasingly impassable—the signs of the times point us toward the end, and that can be disconcerting. But the greatest truth about the rapture is not its timing, but its...

Brings together the final two books of "The Book of the New Sun" tetralogy--"The Sword of the Lictor," which chronicles the odyssey of a wandering pilgrim called Severian, and "The Citadel of the Autarch," in which Severian fulfills an ancient prophecy that forever alters the realm of Urth. "Gene Wolfe has been called "the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced" by the Washington Post. THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN is unanimously acclaimed...

"Rumor has it on the streets of sixteenth-century New Spain, there's a new vigilante in town serving justice. This reimagining of Zorro-featuring a heroic warrior sorceress-weaves Mesoamerican mythology and Mexican history two decades after the Spanish conquest into a swashbuckling, historical debut fantasy with magic, intrigue, treachery, and romance. A new legend begins... In sixteenth-century New Spain, witchcraft is punishable by death, indigenous...

"CIA agent Jax Alexander and remote viewer Tobie Guinness are back in The Babylonian Codex by C.S. Graham, racing to solve an ancient riddle and diffuse a plot to destroy the world. A relentlessly gripping thriller that takes off like a rocket and never slows down, The Babylonian Codex features apocalyptic prophecies, a mysterious inscription on a long-lost mosaic, and the assassination of the U.S. vice president."--

"Once there was a prophecy that a chosen one would rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, an immortal god-king. But the prophecy was wrong. Now Jian, the former chosen hero, is just an ordinary young man trying to find his own way. But he may yet have an extraordinary destiny, because he joins forces with Taishi, his grumpy grandmaster, who instructs him in the ways of her family’s powerful war art. Jian still has a long way to go before he can become...

"Bled dry by violent confrontations with the Magadhan Empire, the Mathuran Republic simmers on the brink of oblivion. Senator Krishna and his third wife Satyabhama have put their plans in motion, both within and beyond the Republic's blood-soaked borders,to protect it from total annihilation. But they are soon to discover that neither gold nor alliances last forever - and that they are not the only players on the board. Mati, Pirate-Princess of Kalinga,...