Product DescriptionYoung watermot Thru Gillo left behind the life of a farmer and became a student of the Assenzi, a race of scholars. Among them, he learned the history of his race and of how Man the Cruel destroyed the world before disappearing into the mists of time and legend.Or have they disappeared..?

Prose; fiction, Masculine

Product DescriptionAustin Weaver was a most sought-after man, but there was only one woman he wanted: Paige. He'd loved her and lost her. It was seven years since Paige had called him husband: now he seemed determined to give their marriage another try. Or did he just want a mother for the little girl in his care?

Hans doesn't know who he is or where he came from. When he was a baby, he washed ashore in a wooden box and was adopted by the conniving grave robber, Knobbe the Bent. Now fate has thrown him together with Angela von Schwanenberg, a young countess fleeing for her life from the evil Archduke Arnulf and his dreaded Necromancer. Together, these friends are on a daring quest to discover Hans' true identity and to save Angela's parents from the archduke.Join Hans and Angela on their grand adventure as they ride through the depths of the great forest, sled down a mountain in a coffin, and sneak along the secret passageways of the archduke's palace. The Grave Robber's Apprentice is a world of highwaymen, hermits, and dancing bears; and of a boy separated from his family by the sea.In this world anything is possible with luck and imagination—even for a grave robber's apprentice.

Battered by age, apathetic and broken, the Observers gather a final time to share their insights before embracing the promised oblivion. Though not all are ready to surrender eternity.

A daringly ironic attack on racism American-style.

Criminal mastermind Harlan DeVane has genetically engineered a "superbug" that lies like a dormant time bomb inside its human hosts until detonated by specific biochemical triggers. First, he uses his weapon to destroy Roger Gordian, head of UpLink Technologies. As Roger falls prey to the disease, his medical and intelligence teams race to find the cause and cure.

This unique and original debut novel casts two real-life legends of fantasy fiction—the creator of Conan and the inventor of the Necronomicon—in a nightmare of their own making… H.P. Lovecraft was a writer who would one day become famous for his eerie tales of the macabre—filled with ancient beings who ruled the world millions of years before the appearance of the human race. Robert E. Howard was also a writer whose barbarian character Conan would become a literary legend—a lone hero in a primitive world overrun by humankind’s oldest enemies. But few know the real story that inspired these masters of pulp fiction. The story that begins on a dark and stormy night. A night tortured by the cries of an inhuman infant child. A child who would open the gates to the most dangerous force in the cosmos—the ancient god Cthulhu… And only two men—two eccentric writers—can stop him.

Maggie decides she needs a break. Teaching high school geometry has her burned out, so she plans a week vacation at Highview Inn, a mountain resort in Maryland. The peaceful, idyllic surroundings are the perfect antidote, and she looks forward to long days of playing tennis and swimming.But on her first day she discovers the body of a hotel employee in the woods. The young waitress was also a former student of hers, and the murder disturbs Maggie in more ways than one. Unlike most math problem she encounters, this mystery has no easy answers.As the list of suspects gets longer, she finds herself distrusting everyone. With clues from the girl's diary and inquiries into her suspects' histories, Maggie moves closer to the truth. Then she learns of other puzzling "suicides" and accidental deaths in the resort's past which seem too coincidental to her. But the killer knows what she is up to, and Maggie will have to outwit this cold-blooded murderer or die trying.

fiction; prose, Women Writers

From literary icon and Essence bestselling author of Imagine This and Dirty Red comes forth the classic urban novel that launched Vickie Stringer's wildly successful career -- Let That Be the Reason. This is the remix. Based on Stringer's real-life experiences, this epic tale has changed the face of contemporary literature and continues to resonate and provide voice to thousands of urban readers as a cautionary tale of will and redemption.Pamela Xavier is a young woman left for dead by her drug-dealing boyfriend, Chino. With stacks of bills, no food in the fridge, and a baby on the way, Pammy turns to the streets for survival. Her back against the wall, Pammy relies on her alter ego, Carmen, to guide her through the male-dominated game and to achieve what she thinks will buy back her life and her happiness: money. In no time, Carmen graduates from call-girl service to leader of a major drug cartel -- all to raise her son so he may never know her sam...

For John, who said, “You know what this book needs? More fire. And maybe some swords.” This one time, honey, you were right Still she haunts me, phantomwise, Alice moving under skies Never seen by waking eyes. —Lewis Carroll