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Series
Simon Snow volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Simon Snow just wants to relax and savour his last year at the Watford School of Magicks, but no one will let him. His girlfriend broke up with him, his best friend is a pest and his mentor keeps trying to hide him away in the mountains where maybe he'll be safe. Simon can't even enjoy the fact that his room-mate and longtime nemesis is missing, because he can't stop worrying about the evil git. Plus there are ghosts. And vampires. And actual evil...
Author
Series
Mistborn novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Elend Venture, the new Lord Ruler of Luthadel, faces enemy armies led by his father, Lord Straff, who are camped outside the city gates.
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The long-awaited sequel to the popular classic The Last Unicorn is the centerpiece of the powerful collection of new tales from a fantasy master. As longtime fans have come to expect, the stories are written with a grace and style similar to fantasy's most original voices, such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Fritz Leiber, and Kurt Vonnegut. Traditional themes are typically infused with modern sensibilities--reincarnated lovers and waning kings run shoulders with...
6) Blood bound
Author
Series
Mercy Thompson series volume 2
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jalopy mechanic and were-creature Mercedes Thompson can change into a coyote whenever she wants to. As a favor, she agrees to back up vampire friend Stefan when he confronts another of his kind. But, being demon-possessed, that vampire proves deadlier than most and before she can do anything to help, Mercedes is in the middle of a war with vampires and werewolves.
10) Even and odd
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A half-magic girl learns about heroism and taking action when she and her sister confront a wizard who endangers others for her own gain.
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Immerse yourself in a land of bomnubbles and quarreling cousins, sea dragons and book publishers, thieves and Fangs and secret maps. Here within these pages lie six stories of the distant past, lost adventures, forgotten songs, and heartbreaking histories."--
12) Honeycomb
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: The beauty of stories; you never know where they will take you. Full of dreams and nightmares, Honeycomb is an entrancing mosaic novel of original fairy tales from bestselling author Joanne M. Harris and legendary artist Charles Vess in a collaboration that's been years in the making. The toymaker who wants to create the perfect wife; the princess whose heart is won by words, not actions; the tiny dog whose confidence far outweighs...
13) Witch's pyre
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Lily Proctor has come a long way from the weak, sickly girl she used to be. She has gained power as a witch and a leader, found her way home, chosen to face battle again, and (after losing her first love and being betrayed by her new love) she has learned more about loss and grief than she ever wanted to know. Thrust once again into a society different from anything they have ever seen, Lily and her coven are determined to find answers-to find a new...
Author
Series
Snow sisters volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Three sisters with magic powers have to reach the purple Everchanging Light before it is stolen by the Shadow Witch in the third book of the Snow Sisters series.
16) The hatmakers
Author
Series
Hatmakers volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When Cordelia Hatmaker's beloved father fails to return from a sea voyage, she is determined not only to find him, but to discover who is using magic to start a war--and why.
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 14
Language
English
Description
Travel back to the earliest days of Pernese history in this first-ever Dragonriders of Pern short-story collection! Join the original survey team as they explore Pern and decide to recommend it for colonization. Share the terror of the evacuation from the Southern Continent as a flotilla of ships, aided by intelligent, talking dolphins, braves the dreadful currents of the Pernest ocean. Learn how the famous Ruatha Hold was founded, and thrill with...
18) Five dark fates
Author
Series
Three dark crowns volume 4
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After the grim confrontation with Queen Katharine, the rebellion lies in tatters. Jules's legion curse has been unbound, and it is up to Arsinoe to find a cure, even as the responsibility of stopping the ravaging mist lies heavy on her shoulders, and her shoulders alone. Mirabella has disappeared. Katharine's reign remains intact-for now. When Mirabella arrives, seemingly under a banner of truce, Katharine begins to yearn for the closeness that Mirabella...
20) Changeling
Author
Series
Oddmire volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-olds Tinn and Cole, raised as human twins in sleepy Endsborough, risk their lives in the Wild Wood, Oddmire Swamp, and the Deep Dark to learn which is a goblin changeling with an important mission.
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