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A western themed fantasy, following the story of a low-level political discontent beginning with his imprisonment in a decidedly high security prison. . . .
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After her herbalist mother’s death, middle aged Ms. Angelica Boron sells her family farm. She moves to St. Louis, Missouri and is immersed in a world of steam autos, Datamancer computers, and a blue haired tinker. Readers can interact with Angelica, becoming part of the story, as she explores alchemy, occult mysteries, and the missing half of her attic. . . .
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An average boy at an average high school hooked up with the beautiful, popular girl. Until her dominating, evil sister used her powers at school to oppress him into submission. With help from his confident, sexy best friend, the average boy breaks his bonds for one day, only to have everyone exposed to a world of magic. There, the average . . .
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The British Isles, the 16th century. Decades ago, the fae returned to the mortal world. Released by a coven of magicians after centuries of imprisonment, they swept across the British Isles, covering the land with a tangled forest of enchanted trees. Cities fell. Thousands died. Only a handful of cities were saved. Years later, the people of the . . .
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Human beings are transient creatures. The impermanence of life is tightly interwoven into society—the young are taught by the old so that they, in turn, can teach the next generation when the old has passed on. People are raised in a transient world. Everything eventually breaks down. Plants wither, mountains erode, and eventually the planet itself will come to . . .
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A serialized novella about a girl’s journey of self-discovery, set in a future world of oysters, pearls and magic. Mirra is a magic user, but her gift is scorned by the menfolk in her village. Men are allowed to use magic; women are not. So, after a tumultuous event, Mirra decides to leave and heads for the City to continue . . .
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Her pale young face a bright jewel against the scorched line of the Verge, her red hair a blood-stain memory on snow-covered heath. The legacy of the dead, the hope of the living. . . .
Evonalé has never cared for tales of loathsome tyrants, seduced maids, and prophesied saviors. In the world of Aleyi, prophecies always come true. Evonalé herself is supposed to somehow free her grandmother’s enslaved queendom. But she’s merely a child, and her father is the powerful fire mage who subjugates the realm. Evonalé has therefore fled home, her two half-siblings, . . .
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When twelve-year-old Alysia Morales chose to become a Sentinel of the mythical bird Suzaku, she was taken away from her family and friends by Avalon Tech Enterprises and turned into Oryn Zentharis’ personal bodyguard. Unlike her parents, Alysia was born without mana, the energy source of magic. That was until one day, she suffered a concussion that awakened her . . .
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Imagine the Cinderella fairytale without the sweet fairy godmother, that Prince Charming was a louse, and Cinderella was a witch capable of cruelty and spitefulness. Sharpe’s retelling of the classic tale includes lust, deception, and violence. Nothing you’d ever expect in the Cinderella myth, but still the heart of the story survives in this re-imagining for mature readers. . . .
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By day, she works at a bookstore . . . but at night, she hunts demons with her friends. This is a story about a young girl fighting to discover her purpose in life, and to understand what true strength is. . . .
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If you can touch the Madness, it will grant you great power. A power that will devour your mind until you are nothing more than a shell. Make no mistake: it will happen. And when it does, you’ll turn your power on anyone nearby. And trust me, that’s not pretty. There’s only one option – the protection of . . .
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The Party Girl killer strikes fear in the hearts of New Orleanians causing problems for the vampires who secretly control the city. Meanwhile, the Order of Mages seeks two lost sorceresses, twin souls decended from an ancient sorcerer destined to bring about hell on earth. Vampire and private detective Malcolm is hired to find the lost souls and discovers the . . .
I started reading this book with not many expectations. College/school stories seem to be in bountiful supply, and this one, unfortunately, didn’t break the norm.
Even so, it wasn’t the mediocre world that buggered me the most—it was the characters. They seemed rather two dimensional to me, instead of real people. [more . . .]
Summary: Shahin, Jamian, and Kailani are all sent to a mysterious underground school in the middle of nowhere. At first everything is going quite normally, but then strange things start to happen. Students are going through some odd little changes and the story goes from being your average school story to something quite different.