A powerful mind magier and spy poses as a pampered princess to try to determine who is stealing royal tearstone, in the first novel of a new series set in the Crown of Shards world. Gemma Ripley's reputation for being a pampered princess is carefully crafted to hide the fact that she is a powerful mind magier-- and a spy. Prince Leonidas Morricone of Morta is her mortal enemy, but she must join forces with him to discover who is stealing tearstone...

Gideon Sable and his partner in crime, Annie Anybody, don't want to be shopkeepers, but when Harry of Old Harry's Place retires, he blackmails the pair into taking over the shop. Before the grand re-opening, a stranger named Smith arrives and asks them to appraise a small piece of rock Smith claims holds the echo of the last siren's song. Before Gideon and Annie can find out more, Smith disappears, leaving only the stone. And then the stone is stolen....

"Tristan Wydrick, sworn enemy of House Daired, is back from the dead. Possessed by a ghast and sharing its shadowy unlife, he commands not only the soul-sucked ghastradi, but also the monstrous Tekari forces bent on Arle's destruction. As their enemies begin amassing, desperate Arleans look to their greatest defenders. But Aliza and Alastair Daired, along with their dragon Akarra, are far from home, trapped in the icy northern wastes by Wydrick's...

Crime-solving cat Joe Grey, along with his feline friends Dulcie and Kit, becomes concerned when a Los Angeles gang invades the quiet town of Mokena Point, and the situation becomes risky when he learns gang members are trapping and caging feral cats that share his top-secret ability to speak.

"Ten years have passed since the events of the Demon Child books that left the god Xaphista dead, the nation Karien without a religion or king and the matriarchal country of Medalon ruled by men. But it is in the kingdoms of the south that things really heat up. When Princess Rakaia of Fardohnya discovers she is not of royal birth, she agrees to marry a much older Hythrun noble in a chance to escape her 'father's wrath'."--

It's not easy to live in a world ruled by dragons. The taxes are high and their control is complete. But for one group of bold misfits, it's time to band together and steal back some of that wealth. No one said they were smart...

Ten-year-old baseball fan Yankee Irving is always the last one picked for sandlot baseball games. But when Babe Ruth's prized bat is stolen during the 1932 World Series, Yankee steps up to the plate to help retrieve it for his beloved idol. He embarks on a wild cross-country journey that teaches him the stuff of real heroes, and along the way, Yankee learns that importance of perseverance and the true meaning of friendship.

Evil nudist aliens send Bender on a rampage through time, forcing him to steal all of Earth's priceless historic treasures. Will the heroic Planet Express crew save the planet? Will Leela find true love? Will the ancient and terrible secret of Fry's back side be revealed?