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Alan Bates is single, seldom in employment (or training), behind on his bills and addicted to online games; in particular Earth Myth. In Earth Myth, players participate in a fantasy recreation of epochal events in Earth history. Alan has just started a temporary job when, late one night, he's woken by a call; a girl claiming to be an NPC (non-playable character) from Earth Myth.Sivitya is a door witch. She's been hired to defend the house of Akalito, a level seven magister, from the dangers of the forest of Eald Widu. Unexpectedly she materialises in the real world with the message: House Batezz is in danger, and turns Alan Bates' world upside down.Alan Bates suspects this is a prank while Sivitya must work out if Alan Bates really is Akalito. Together they must figure out what is real, what can be done and what they mean to each other. Ultimately they must face a challenge beyond them and somehow survive.
Faithful and True I Am Teen Christian Poetry Devotional is faith filled inspirational encouragement througha collection of poetry meant to encourage all teenagers (youth) of who they are in God's eyes. Through poems entitled, I am an overcomer, triumphant, loved, blessed and more, teenagers (youth) are led to an understanding of God's word, scriptures and the benefits of a godly relationship.
A brand-new Wild Cards novel, edited by New York Times #1 bestselling author George R. R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass
The thrilling fifth installment in Hank Phillippi Ryan's Award-Winning Jane Ryland Series! Downright superb! A rocket-paced thriller with one of the most compelling casts in recent literary history.--Jeffery Deaver on Say No More When Boston reporter Jane Ryland reports a hit and run, she soon learns she saw more than a car crash--she witnessed the collapse of an alibi. Working on an expose of sexual assaults on college campuses for the station's new documentary unit, Jane's just convinced a date rape victim to reveal her heartbreaking experience on camera. However, a disturbing anonymous message--SAY NO MORE--has Jane really and truly scared. Homicide detective Jake Brogan is on the hunt for the murderer of Avery Morgan, a hot-shot Hollywood screenwriter. Her year as a college guest lecturer just ended at the bottom of her swimming pool in the tight-knit and tight-lipped Boston community called The Reserve. As Jake chips his way through a code of silence as shatterproof as any street gang, he'll learn that one newcomer to the neighborhood may have a secret of her own. A young woman faces a life-changing decision--should she go public about her assault? Jane and Jake--now semi-secretly engaged and beginning to reveal their relationship to the world--are both on a quest for answers as they try to balance the consequences of the truth.
The "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Codex" returns with a shocking tale of scientific revelation and apocalyptic terror. Millions of years ago, an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs and also left something behind that now threatens to destroy all life on Earth.
"NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is designing a probe which will be dropped into the Kraken Mare, one of the methane seas of Titan. There, it will embark on a journey of exploration. As the probe is being tested at Goddard, things go awry, and an explosion kills seven scientists. The AI program in the probe, a powerful, self-modifying AI called 'Dorothy, ' flees into the Internet"--Provided by publisher.
In the far future, an indestructible and massive canal over 2,000 miles long spans the mid-continent of Earth. Nothing can mar it, move it, or affect it in any fashion. Scientists from three different civilizations, separated in time by hundreds of thousands of years, are investigating the canal. In the most distant of these civilizations, religious rebellion is brewing. A plot is hatched to overthrow the world government of the Vanir, using a weapon that can destroy anything--except the canal--might if used at full power literally unravel the universe and destroy all life forever. The lives and fates of all three civilizations become intertwined as the forces behind the canal react to the threat, and all three teams of scientists find their lives changed beyond belief. Other Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.The Saga of RecluceThe Imager PortfolioThe Corean ChroniclesThe Spellsong CycleThe Ghost BooksThe Ecolitan MatterThe Forever Hero>Other BooksThe Green ProgressionHammer of DarknessThe Parafaith WarAdiamanteGravity DreamsThe Octagonal RavenArchform: BeautyThe Ethos EffectFlashThe Eternity ArtifactThe Elysium CommissionViewpoints CriticalHazeEmpress of EternityThe One-Eyed ManSolar Express
From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of the Kitty Norville series. Vaughn melds a near-future world torn by war with the legend of the fall of Troy in this brilliantly structured, beautifully written stand-alone.--"Publishers Weekly," starred review.
Police officer Megan Luz and her K-9 partner are back-with a vengeance. IT'S A DOG-EAT-DOG WORLD.When a raging tornado hits Forth Worth, Megan's squad car is flipped over-and her devoted police dog, Brigit, is not amused. But that's not all that's upside-down. The streets are littered with looters-and members of a violent street gang-and no local business is safe. It's time to get back on all fours and see that the job of protecting the public is done. BUT WHO'S LEADER OF THE PACK?But Megan, outmanned and outgunned, has no choice but to let the gang members get away. Later, when she learns that one of them is a suspect in an unsolved murder case, Megan is determined to see that justice is served. But will she end up in the doghouse? Her investigation has her and Brigit barking up the wrong tree at every turn. Meanwhile, a killer's on the loose....who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Kelly's writing is smart and laugh-out-loud funny.-Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author
Spotting an exotic bird far from its indigenous habitat, pet sitter Dixie Hemingway uncovers sinister forces behind the bird's displacement before a client is murdered and a new friend goes missing with her baby.
A LAUGH OUT LOUD (Library Journal) roller coaster of a novel from the always-amusing duo of Crusie and Mayer LIFE HAS ITS UPS AND DOWNS.Mary Alice Brannigan doesn't believe in the supernatural. Nor does she expect to find that Dreamland, the decaying amusement park she's been hired to restore, is a prison for the five Untouchables, the most powerful demons in the history of the world. Plus, there's a guy she's falling hard for--and there's something about him that's not quite right. BUT IT'S ALWAYS A WILD RIDE...But rocky romances and demented demons aren't the only problems in Dreamland: Mab's also coping with a crooked politician, a supernatural raven, a secret government agency, an inexperienced sorceress, an unsettling inheritance, and some mind-boggling revelations from her past. As her personal demons wreck her newfound relationship and real demons wreck the park, Mab faces down immortal evil and discovers what everybody who's ever been to an amusement park knows: The end of the ride is always the wildest. This is one ride you won't want to end!--Romantic Times
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