"The saga of wizard-in-training Septimus Heap cruises through its fourth episode, thanks to generous wads of breezy charm, gusts of spectacular Magyk, and a buoyant plot combining drama amd comedy in just the right proportions. Here young Princess Jenna draws Sep and his bookish buddy Beetle along in her wakeas she determinedly sets out for the remote House of Foryx to rescue time-lose brotherNicko and his companion Snorri. Sail on, Septimus."

Arthur Dent, still stuck 2 million years in Earth's past, has been living in an Islington cave for the last five years. Ford Prefect reenters his life with the new mission to prevent the Krikkit robots from freeing their masters (a "bunch of really sweet guys ... [who] believe in peace, justice, morality, culture, sports, family life, and the obliteration of all other life forms)."

Jerry is eager to explore a cave he finds down by the beach, and he dismisses the story the other kids tell him of the spooky three-hundred-year-old ghost that lives in the cave and comes out when the moon is full.

Irresistibly cute but vicious elves infest the kingdom of Lancre, upsetting plans for a royal wedding and leaving the ordinary citizens helpless, and it is up to the witches, led by Granny Weatherwax, to handle the deadly brutes

The Zombie Apocalypse has been good to Sarah and David. Their marriage is better than ever. They communicate well, share responsibilities, and now, they're starting a business. Zombie Busters-for all your zombie extermination needs.There are lots of zombies and that means lots of customers. . .Except one of them doesn't want the zombies dead, he wants them alive and ready for experimentation. Mad scientists make for difficult clients and this time,...

"A prim and proper lady thief must save her aunt from a crazed pirate and his dangerously charming henchman in this fantastical historical romance. Cecilia Bassingthwaite is the ideal Victorian lady. She's also a thief. Like the other members of the Wisteria Society crime sorority, she flies around England drinking tea, blackmailing friends, and acquiring treasure by interesting means. Sure, she has a dark and traumatic past and an overbearing aunt,...

Handed a message by a mysterious man, a young pawn shop owner embarks on a psychologically dangerous mystery that entangles her in the life of the local PTA treasurer, who helplessly watches her son's growing obsession with his absent father.

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen. In The Light Fantastic only one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision. Unfortunately, the hero happens to be the singularly inept wizard Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world....

High school senior Quentin Coldwater's real world never quite measures up to Fillory, the enchanted land in his favorite fantasy novels, and even an education at the mysterious Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy leaves him without purpose, but when he discovers a way into Fillory, his life becomes a dangerous adventure.

When Ben, a suburban family man, takes a business trip to rural Pennsylvania, he decides to spend the afternoon before his dinner meeting on a short hike. Once he sets out into the woods behind his hotel, he quickly comes to realize that the path he has chosen cannot be given up easily. With no choice but to move forward, Ben finds himself falling deeper and deeper into a world of man-eating giants, bizarre demons, and colossal insects.