James Decker just won’t stay dead. Slain while rescuing a young woman from a would-be rapist, he finds himself in a pseudo-life, caught between two realities, belonging to neither. Haunted by the ghosts of his father and grandfather, he learns that the woman he rescued is in fact an Innocent, the physical embodiment of hope. As it turns out, seeing . . .
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The civil war has ended and the rebellion defeated, but as the Island Empire begins to rebuild, the hunt for a legendary manuscript threatens to tear it apart once more. Woven together by fate and chance, a group of strangers find their personal battles have a wider impact than they ever imagined. An assassin fights to protect her wife, . . .
College may be over, but the education is just beginning. Freshly graduated from the Hero Certification Program, three new Heroes begin their internship with the Wayward Wraiths, a team residing in the chaotic city of Port Valins. Though each rookie fought hard to earn the title of Hero, they’ll quickly learn that no amount of training or school can . . .
Out of seemingly nothing a girl comes into existence in an odd world. It is explained to her that she is the existence known as the “Maou”, an entity that comes into existence when a “Yuusha” is summoned. The humans of this world think she intends to destroy them all, and thus they send the Yuusha to destroy her. Counter . . .
Julius Goldforge knows how the world works. He knows his role. Really, it’s destiny by this point. The mentor dies, the hero gains motivation, and the demon lord falls to their blade. Except . . . something’s clearly gone wrong here. . . .
If you had the power to rewrite anything and everything in the world—no catches, no limits—would it really be as amazing as it sounds? Fed up with a world where science has made every fantasy a reality and people just don’t care about stories anymore, a genius video game developer named Kai Zero uses ancient black magic to transport . . .
The Australian suburb of South Hertling has known its share of misfortunes—supervillain attacks, unexpected time rifts, attempted robot uprisings and crashed spaceships, to name but a few. But finally the suburb has some good news! It is opening day of a new attraction in which for the first time ever, the public can see extinct creatures in captivity—Trilobite . . .
Saskia thought her life was finally getting back on track after the accident. Then she got trolled. Now she’s up a tree the size of a planet, and all who meet her either run screaming or attack on sight. If everyone would just calm down and stop trying to kill her for one moment, she might get a chance . . .
Where a palace may be built up in the sky or below the surface, where those who praise the Moon may intervene with space or time itself, where shimaros bolt through forests and dragons roam free . . . where the heavens once bestowed their greatest blessings—such is the world of Krymenos. But, as grand as it may sound, an inevitable turn of . . .
Join the fray as wizards, warriors, lichs, and clueless children explore and fight their way across Barrador, a land rich with magic and sarcasm. . . .
This story unveils the unforgettable tale of Lirzod—a young master of the obscure Faceless clan—who defies the odds of every battle that walks in his way and makes his name resound throughout the world as a member of one of the world’s most powerful sects. No matter the stakes, Lirzod does what he wants, and Lirzod gets what he wants. . . .
Ellis Murrin died an unexpected death, but before he could experience the sweet bliss of eternal rest, a God-like being whisked him away. The God told a tale of another world in grave jeopardy and the need for a hero (or several heroes) to go there and save the people. It was looking to be a typical story of transmigration . . .
What do you know of heroes? What do you know of standing atop the walls of justice and letting none pass who travel with nefarious desires in their heart? What do you know of spitting in the face of crime and tickling the torso of evil? Come, gather ’round, and I will tell you the tale of . . .
Dec 20, 2008: Read the synopsis for this completed novel and if it reads like your kind of thing than it will be.
Darkside is a tightly woven rip-roaring adventure which delivers right from the first chapter.
There is a whole host of well defined supernatural characters which include (amongst others) ghosts, vampires, demons, trolls, shape-shifters and sidhe.
The author’s style is wise cracking and yet [more . . .]
Aug 10, 2012: “My Stupid Journal” is the diary of Daisy Tannenbaum, a precocious eleven-year-old who, while living with her aunt and guardian in Paris, gets tangled up in an old mystery surrounding Marie Antoinette’s long lost royal diamonds. As may be clear, the plot of this twisting and turning narrative is quite intricate. Although each episode is amusing on its own (mostly because of the sly wit and sarcasm of the main character Daisy), as a long-time reader of this blog I find that it is best consumed consistently and in order.