Monsters are real.For Lyric Wax, who dreams of a future as a Historian for the Grand Archives, this chilling truth becomes a haunting reality as she navigates her Verdad - a perilous path to adulthood - to find her place in the Imperium and prove herself. She sets out on a journey beyond the safety of familiar walls. Her destination: the mysteries that lie beyond the Great Gates of the Imperium of Kraphax.What begins as a simple errand to a safe Shrine quic...

The line between good and evil is in the eye of the beholder.Necromancy is outlawed, and many consider it the ultimate evil.In a world where darkness lurks at every turn, Queen Marisol's death unveils a chilling mystery that threatens the very fabric of the kingdom. But the one who can save it is the most unlikely of heroes. Doctor Emilio Kane, a gifted Necromist, finds himself facing an impossible choice. As the spectral presence of Queen Marisol beseeches...

Every faith has a story of how the world ends. It’s hard coded in their mythologies. But when the end of the universe actually happened, it was unlike anything ANY of them predicted.Those Divine beings who survived the Reaping crafted a place of survival for their people, and ushered them to safety. Gone are the once glorious civilizations of myth and legend.Gone are the heroes of ancient days: Hippolyta, Beowulf, Gilgamesh, Cleopatra, and Arthur. Their stories are the foun...

They say what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Try telling that to the quarreling Fairy King and Queen tearing holes in reality.As the city's ShardKeeper, Tamara Lyn Hunter knows the rules: don't take sides, don't play favorites, and definitely don't fall in love with the heir to a Fae-Kin Court. But when a centuries-old feud between Oberon and Tatiyana explodes over a stolen child, Tam's world turns upside down.Caught between duty and her growing feelings for their son, s...

Tickets, pleaseAll aboard the 505, where death rides the rails and salvation comes at a terrifying price.When Necromist Emilio Kane steps onto this ill-fated train, he's plunged into a desperate battle against time, ancient magic, and his own past. As the undead breach cars and assassins lurk in shadows, Kane must join forces with an Inquisitor sworn to destroy him, a divinely-touched Voca, and a secretive Escritora.Together, they race to uncover a plot thr...

Necromancy is forbidden...In a world overrun by darkness and danger, one man must make the ultimate decision to save his kingdom. Doctor Emilio Kane, a gifted Necromist, is faced with an impossible choice when he is tasked with solving the murder of Queen Marisol. With forbidden magic at his fingertips and sinister forces at play, Emilio must navigate treacherous waters and confront his own inner demons as he races against time to unmask the true villain.This riveting dark fa...

FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ISABEL CANAS'A gorgeously written tale' - VARIETY**'Cañas fans will not be disappointed' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY**'Wonderfully creepy' - REACTORLust, desire, plague, possession.In 1765, plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy merchant parents and fi...

I wished I could escape my world, but I never expected to be whisked away by mysterious magic. From the moment I woke up, I've been in danger, chased by villains and monsters alike. Then I met him and suddenly this strange new world doesn't seem so bad.Tyler and his friends were just taking a summer road trip before college to escape the harshness of their realities. They never expected a magical book to transport them to a fantasy world full of magic, dragons, swo...

The Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy is unbounded by genre but located at a magical crossroads where The Passage meets Philip Pullman and Twilight meets Pan's Labyrinth.Karou is a seventeen-year-old art student in Prague, but she has a second life working as the errand-girl to the creature Brimstone from Elsewhere: a world of gods, chimaeras and seraphims. But her already extraordinary life is pushed into new realms when the door between Earth ...

There is a legend of the New World that has endured for centuries: the strange, tragic tale of a King, a Witch . . . and a blue gem of intoxicating beauty said to grant extraordinary power to whoever possesses it.Archaeologist Juana Sanchez, convinced that she's discovered the key to unlocking the mystery of the fabled Queen Jade, ventures into the Central American jungle alone—just ahead of the relentless pounding fury of Hurricane Mitch. When the terrible storm is over, Juana is ...

Born of wood, cloth, and a substantial dose of magic, Velsa is a Fanarlem, a beautiful artificial girl. Raised to be a concubine, she has seen her friends at the House of Perfumed Ribbons sold off to be the pets of wealthy men. Now her own dreaded day has come. Grau Thanneau is a kind and handsome sorcerer who expects to own a spectacular piece of spellwork - he doesn't realize that everything he has been told about Fanarlem is a lie. Velsa is not a dull-witted doll, but an intelligent and...

A scholar on a journey. A monster in his veins. An unbending truth.All Otar ever wanted was being part of a community, but the monster in his veins, bent on killing those Otar touches, makes it impossible. It has already slipped his grasp more than once—with devastating consequences.His desperate search for a cure for his curse leads him to the Ancients and their mysterious ruins. At a newly discovered ruin, past and present collide, and he finds answers be...