Alain, a young man searching for his true identity, and Liath, a sheltered innocent who possesses the power to change the course of history, are drawn into the battle for control of Wendar--a war in which sorcery, not swords will determine the final outcome.

Magical metal-worker Joan Sands must navigate court intrigue and escape the fae queen's control as she strives to release her grandfather from royal prisons, grapple with a city plagued by fae attacks, and fulfill her destiny as Ogun's only child to reforge the pact between humanity and the fae.

War brews on both sides of the Veil between the worlds as Gair returns to the mainland with only one thing on his mind -- vengeance -- and old friends and old foes converge in a battle of wills to stem the tide of the Nimrothi clans as they charge south to reclaim the lands lost in the Founding Wars.

Osman is a young university student whose life is changed by a chance encounter with a mysterious book. Osman becomes obsessed with the book, which seems to contain all the magic and power of life and love. Romantic and elusive, Orhan Pamuk's The New Life is a rhapsody to love and an investigation into the shadowy nature of self.

"In Athyra, Vlad finds he's ready to retire himself and his jhereg companions, but the biggest hitters of the House of the Jhereg have something else in mind. In Orca, Vlad must repay a debt to a boy who saved his life-even if it means breaking a financial scandal big enough to bring down the House of the Orca, and possibly the entire Empire..." -- Cover.

"Chilling, thrilling, and a page turner!" -Heather Graham, New York Times bestselling author of The Killing Edge "Dakota Banks is firing on all cylinders." -Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Charlemagne Pursuit Author Dakota Banks dazzles with dark magic in Sacrifice, the second book in her urban fantasy series Mortal Path featuring Maliha Crayne, the former immortal assassin known as the Black Ghost-a bewitching cross...

It was a dark and stormy knight, and nine dark defenders embarked upon a most perilous quest…. They're the ultimate defenders of humanity-modern day knights who do dark deeds for all the right reasons. In this all-star collection, nine of today's hottest paranormal authors bring us thrilling, all-new stories of supernatural knights that are brimming with magic mystery and mayhem. John Marcone sets aside his plans to kill Harry Dresden to go head-to-head...

Betrayed by her former lover and falling victim to the bite of the Thrall, Katie Reilly finds herself transformed by the bite that has enhanced her natural psychic abilities and placed her in line to become queen of the parasitic Thrall, only to find herself falling for a handsome firefighter--and werewolf--who could hold the key to her salvation.

As if dealing with the members of her werewolf boyfriend Tom's pack--who are trying to break them up--is not enough, Kate Reilly finds herself targeted by a serial killer who plans to make her his next victim, accused of a series of murders she did not commit, and pursued by the parasitic Thrall vampires, who want her to investigate the killings of their young.

The fate of the warring Renne and Wills clans hangs in the balance as friends and foes search for the heroic wanderer, Alaan, who is injured and lost somewhere in the hidden lands--a magical place that cannot be entered without the help of the mysterious map-maker.