"What are the Jinn?" Eric asked, as he struggled to comprehend the events of the last few days."My parents used to tell me about them.." Sharmila replied with a smile. "The Jinn are creatures of light.. beings of pure good. They were a race of beings made entirely of smokeless fire who sought to spread light and warmth to the world. But," She continued "good cannot exist without evil. Balance must be maintained and the universe has a way of making sure that one side does not overcom...

Oracle system performance inefficiencies often go undetected for months or even years--even under intense scrutiny--because traditional Oracle performance analysis methods and tools are fundamentally flawed. They're unreliable and inefficient.Oracle DBAs and developers are all too familiar with the outlay of time and resources, blown budgets, missed deadlines, and marginally effective performance fiddling that is commonplace with traditional methods of Oracle performance tuning. In this cr...

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Grabs you on the first page and doesn’t let go until you reach the end.” —Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me**A husband’s disappearance links two couples in this twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing and It's Not Her, Mary KubicaJake Hayes is missing. This much is certain. At first, h...

The winner of numerous awards and recipient of four starred reviews, Anne Ursu's Breadcrumbs is a stunning and heartbreaking story of growing up, wrapped in a modern-day fairy tale.Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. But that was before he stopped talking to her and disappeared into a forest with a mysterious woman made of ice. Now it's up to Hazel to go in after him. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," Breadcrumbs is a stunningly original fairy ...

The New York Times–bestselling children's fantasy series continues as the Girl Who Can Fly joins forces with a boy who's smarter than the average genius.There is a prophecy.It speaks of a girl who can fly and a boy who knows everything. The prophecy says that they have the power to bring about great change . . .The boy is Conrad Harrington III. The girl is Piper McCloud. They need their talents now, more than ever, if they are to save the worl...

When a mortal boy is exchanged for a hideous faerie creature, Marny Fanalua steps up to help her friends in their battle against the Dark Court. (70 page Feyland novella.)*NOTE * The events in this novella occur simultaneously with Feyland: The Twilight Kingdom. Reading the complete Feyland Trilogy first is recommended to avoid spoilers.

When Sups go bump in the night, the hounds of Hell bump back. An accidental kidnapping one night changes the course for all the hellhounds.Long nights hunting supernatural beings means little time for love in Adze's life. He and his pack mates are what protects Melbourne, and Australia, from the things that go bump in the night—very real spirits and demons who prey on humans.Every day Archie's life is consumed by work as he desperately tries to pay...

In this thrilling conclusion to The Adair Affairs by New York Times bestselling author Elle James, the long-lost Adair heir is finally revealed!Thanks to a DNA test, ranch hand Noah Scott discovers he’s heir to a billion-dollar fortune. Now an Adair, Noah must come to grips with his true identity and the shocking murder of his real father. Then he discovers that the one woman he thought he could trust was spying on him for his siblings, and he cuts Rachel Blackstone out of his life...

In a blaze of light, rush of wind and scrabble of claws, Rachel and Eric are ripped through the wall and hurtled on to another world. Like thousands of other children before them, they have been snatched away by the Witch.But this time the Witch has met her match. Rachel discovers that she has extraordinary gifts: she can transform herself into a feather, or fly on an owl's back, just as the Witch can. The Witch is excited she has found someone to use for her own evil purposes. But ...

A bride-to-be without answers.A soldier who never came home.A nutcracker that might hold one last Christmas wish...World War II has been over for three months, but Clara can't join in the Christmas festivities with her friends and family. The fiance she sent off to Europe three years ago never returned. But just as she's about to give up hope, her godfather might just have one last miracle up his sleeve.And ...

Working as a motorcycle mechanic, Jake meets his share of rich guys. Arrogant jerks, all of them, who only feed Jake's bad temper.But then he meets Conrad. Soft-spoken, elegant, wealthy Conrad, who asks Jake to remodel his vintage chopper...and asks him out to dinner, too.Guys like Conrad don't fall for guys like Jake. Everyone knows that.Everyone except Conrad, apparently.But then, just when things are going suspiciously well, Jake finds out that Conrad is a we...

Girl by day. Cat by night. Ready for adventure! In the fifth book of this popular chapter book series, Kitty, a young girl superhero with catlike superpowers, is on a mission to stop a thief from ruining her town’s annual lantern parade. With dramatic two-color art on every page and an emphasis on friendship, family, building self-confidence, and bravery, Kitty and the Great Lantern Race is perfect for newly independent readers and fans of Rebecca Elliott’s Owl Diaries...