With more than 3.5 million copies sold, the City of Ember books are modern-day classics. Lina and Doon's heart-pounding journey to save their people has captivated readers around the world, and the four adventures are boxed together here for the very first time!Escape the Dark. Discover the Adventure.The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. But now with terrifying blackouts sweeping through the streets, Lina and Doon know it’s only a...

Some homes are worth fighting for. Others demand a price.Generations of Appalachian magic kept Ina Klee's family land protected. Now a ruthless tech company—and a wealthy family hiding dangerous enchantments—threaten everything she's sworn to protect.Hidden among overgrown fields and old traditions, the land she shares with her grandmother isn't just home—it's where generations of Klee women have crafted supernatural tinctures rooted in ancient power.

Scribbler Tales: The Thriller CollectionDeadly Secrets • Desperate Measures • Endgame • Escape from BerlinHidden Lies • Illusion • Pandemic • RevengeWhere every secret is lethal and every choice could be your last.Danger closes in from every direction in this gripping collection of eight high-stakes thriller stories. From government secrets and deadly pathogens to espionage, betrayal, and the razor-thin line between ...

The Mississinewa River and Reservoir with the land and towns surrounding them are filled with the shadows of history and ghosts from the past. All of us grew up hearing those stories and exploring the backroads and cruising the towns, when cruising was a thing. And we all heard the whispers in the deep woods and the haunting songs echoing off the water.From the time the Myaamia—or Miami—people made their home in the region with villages, encampments, council sites and sacred locati...

Fierce winds, howling seas and deadly secrets await in The Raging Storm, the third mystery featuring Detective Matthew Venn from Ann Cleeves, the number one bestselling crime author and creator of Vera and Shetland.When Jem Rosco – sailor, adventurer and local legend – blows into town in the middle of an autumn gale, the residents of Greystone, Devon, are delighted to have a celebrity in their midst. The residents think nothing of it when...

Come with us as we meet the descendants of villains who live within Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Match Girl, Puss in Boots, Bluebeard and Goldilocks & the Three Bears.

The deadliest truths are those in the shadows . . .Detective Matthew Venn is called to investigate when the body of a young woman is found in the swimming pool of Tide House, a luxurious holiday home in North Devon. The girl’s best friend has disappeared and the property belongs to rising political star Paul Armstrong, leading to intense media scrutiny.As a scorching heatwave rages and further tragedy strikes, Venn and his team question a community brimming...

The Gothic Lady (Love Story) A Novel...Darkness was never meant to save her... until love found her anyway...JoAnna Lynn has always felt out of place... too quiet, too intense, too different for the small-town world that never tried to understand her...After the loss of her mother, she wraps herself in mere shadow, finding comfort in black roses, solitude, and the fragile safety of keeping her heart...

There were two rules in our relationship:We remain friends with the benefits.And we don’t catch feelings.Only I made a mistake. I started to fall for Dash Montgomery.Now our secret physical-only time together is done, and we have to see if we can keep our promises.He needs to move on. And I need to focus on my business and friends.Yet when an attack happens close to home, Dash steps up and changes the game. I don’t want to fa...

Through a lens of literary urban studies, Ann Tso offers fascinating insight into perceptions of Hong Kong as a city in crisis in contemporary film, novels, and memoir.Through close readings of six pivotal works spanning three decades, Tso reveals how cultural creators encode dissent within the mundane. Divided into two parts, the first explores cannibalism within Hong Kong’s apartment plots through film. Part 2 examines discordant urban sounds in literature through Madeline Thien’...

Almost every other day, a woman in Canada is murdered by her partner. Domestic violence kills as many as 187 women each year while terrorizing or maiming untold thousands, including children and bystanders. Gender-related homicide of women and girls rose by 14 percent between 2020 and 2021, reaching its highest level since 2017. It is the most predictable category of murder, and yet too few of us know how this happens or how insidiously it affects everyone.Part memoir, part investi...

This new introduction to Jung's Collected Works—written in lively and accessible style—provides a comprehensive guide to key concepts in analytical (Jungian) psychology while charting the creative evolution of Jung's thought through his own words.Invaluable to both beginners and those more experienced with Jungian theory, this book provides tables listing key readings for further study of the Collected Works, clear explication of fundamental principles, chapter su...