Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes is a fast-paced, engaging tale of four young people who find their fates intertwined. Cleo is a princess raised in luxury who must embark on a dangerous journey into enemy territory in search of a magic that is thought to be extinct in order to save her dying sister whom... Continue Reading →
An action-packed conclusion to a winning fantasy series: readers, prepare yourselves for The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima. Book 4 in the Seven Realms, The Crimson Crown offers a stunning finale to Chima's best-selling fantasy series. Queen Raisa ana'Marianna has ascended to the throne of the Fells. She is fiercely loyal to her people and wants... Continue Reading →
From the author of The Other Boleyn Girl, comes the first young adult novel in a new series: Changeling by Philippa Gregory. Accused of heresy and expelled from his monastery, handsome seventeen-year-old Luca Vero is recruited by a mysterious stranger to record the end of times across Europe. Commanded by sealed orders, Luca is sent... Continue Reading →
Advent by James Treadwell is a stunning new adult series that will appear to mature readers of Young Adult lit: 1537. A man hurries through city streets in a gathering snowstorm, clutching a box in one hand. He is Johann Faust, the greatest magician of his age. The box he carries contains a mirror safeguarding a... Continue Reading →
Christopher Moore's latest book, Sacre Bleu, opens with the prologue telling us that this book is about the color blue. How can you write a book about the color blue? This is how. Christopher Moore pulls it off with his great gift of story and humor. Sacre Bleu begins with the death of Vincent Van... Continue Reading →
Cinda Williams Chima's Seven Realms series continues in the third book, with the newly released The Gray Wolf Throne, in stores this week. Hans Alister has lost everyone he ever loved when he finds Rebecca Morley, the beautiful, mysterious girl that he knew from school, dying in the Spirit Mountains where the clan leaders have... Continue Reading →
Official Summary: Thirteen-year-old Serena is torn from everything that’s familiar on her island home. She leaves her beloved grandmother, her father, and two of her siblings to move with her mother and older sister to Florida and then to California. “Everything will be better in America,” her mother tells her. They arrive in the US... Continue Reading →
Official Summary: You can't always run from danger... Haunted by the loss of his mother and sister, Han Alister journeys south to begin his schooling at Mystwerk House in Oden’s Ford. But leaving the Fells doesn’t mean danger isn’t far behind. Han is hunted every step of the way by the Bayars, a powerful wizarding... Continue Reading →
Official Summary: Times are hard in the mountain city of Fellsmarch. Reformed thief Han Alister will do almost anything to eke out a living for himself, his mother, and his sister Mari. Ironically, the only thing of value he has is something he can't sell. For as long as Han can remember, he's worn thick... Continue Reading →
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