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"Upon returning to the city of Khelathra-Ven after five years fighting a war in another universe, Captain John Wyndham finds himself looking for somewhere to live, and expediency forces him to take lodgings at 221b Martyrs Walk. His new housemate is Ms. Shaharazad Haas, a consulting sorceress of mercurial temperament and dark reputation. When Ms. Haas is enlisted to solve a case of blackmail against one of her former lovers, Miss Eirene Viola, Captain...

"It's morning. You wake up in a strange land--Astorya--a world entirely made up of stories. Well, with one crucial exception: you. You're as real as it gets! And here, everything you write, draw, or scribble comes to life. Which turns out to be enormously helpful, because Astorya is in danger. Enter Manteau, a quick-witted French stoat with dangerous dance moves and, seemingly, all the answers. Immediately your confidante and friend, he becomes your...

"Eleven-year-old Stevie, who comes from a long line of Steves, doesn't feel as if he fits in the Minecraft world. Even though his dad is great at building and fighting off zombies, Stevie struggles in these areas. But the Stevie discovers a portal into a new world--our world. He steps out of a computer screen and into the room of Maison, a bullied girl who loves to build and create. Stevie wants to know all about this new world, but when Maison...

"This is the story of how the City was saved, by Notker the professional liar, written down because eventually the truth always seeps through. The City may be under siege, but everyone still has to make a living. Take Notker, the acclaimed playwright, actor and impresario. Nobody works harder, even when he's not working. Thankfully, the good citizens of Classis appreciate an evening at the theatre even when there are large rocks falling out of the...

When an election-minded Senate calls for gang exterminations in the wake of the Chancellor's assassination, a shattered Enne is forced to assume the mantle of street lord to support the monarchist cause, an effort that is complicated by unsettling rumors and her romance with the gangster Levi. 75,000 first printing.

As mystical creatures begin appearing all over America, Brendan, Eleanor, and Cordelia are forced to reenter the book world one last time to stop the two worlds from colliding.

After Andrea's brother, Francis, disappeared, everything changed. Her world turned upside down, and there was nothing she could do to right it. So when she discovers a magical dream world called Reverie in the woods near her home, Andrea jumps at the chance to escape her pain and go inside. But the cost of admission is high: Andrea must give up a memory in order to enter. And she knows exactly which memory she'd like to give up. Once inside, Andrea...

Jesse Aarons is in the 5th grade and has trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. He becomes upset when new classmate Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and some other striking differences, the two become fast friends. Together, they create Terabithia where they rule as king and queen and is a land filled with monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants. This friendship helps Jesse cope with a tragedy that makes him...

Now that Lilywhite Abernathy is the heir to the Hidden Lands, everything is about to change. The Queen of Blood and Rage wants Lily to help broker peace with the human world, but Lily knows that harmony won’t come easily. After decades of waging war on the humans, who cost the queen her firstborn daughter, the fae are struggling to accept Lily, a half-human monarch. And the humans, while no match against faery affinities, will hardly agree...

Kristen Ciccarellis debut fantasy explores an intricately woven world of deception, inner darkness, and dragons that fantasy fans wont be able to resist. In the beginning, there was the Namsara: the child of sky and spirit, who carried love and laughter wherever he went. But where there is light, there must be darknessand so there was also the Iskari. The child of blood and moonlight. The destroyer. The death-bringer. These are the legends that Asha,...