"Thief of War" is a standalone short story that takes place in the same world as Beth Bernobich's Passion Play, some 400 years before the events of the River of Souls trilogy.Arbija will do anything to stop the Erythandran Empire from conquering her homeland. She will take on a new name, a new past, even a new face, all so she can infiltrate the palace and steal the Empire's more powerful magical artifacts. With these weapons, surely she can defend her peo...

"One cool, lively, exciting book set in a unique new world-more, please!" - Tamora PierceThe king of Long City is dying. For Kai Zu, the news means more than it does for most former street rats in the small mountain stronghold, because he and the king's daughter are close friends. Then the majestic ruler of the ghost dragons orders Kai to travel across the country to the Phoenix Empire, where the princess is learning statecraft. In a court filled with intrigue, Kai...

Driven by his dreams, Asa will stop at nothing to find Tanja Duhr again: he will leave home, disappoint his parents, cross the wastelands, and, somewhere, find the courage to tell her who he is, and how she loved him, once."River of Souls" takes place in the same world as Beth Bernobich's Passion Play, some 400 years before the events of that novel.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Between the incessant music of the stars and the spectre of a giant squid caught inside a locket ball, it is difficult for Don Horacio to maintain a restful mind.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Some boys play baseball or computer games, but Brian keeps an army of shells in their dresser drawers. And every night, he fights for the honor of the Queen Conch and wears the marks of battle to breakfast in the morning.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Terry Bisson presents TVA Baby, A Tor.Com Original short story.How many guys carry a parasail in their carry-on? And how many guys carry a key for every kind of car in their carry-on? Just one, and he's a TVA baby, and he sure knows a lake from a river.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

What's a horseman of the Apocalypse to do when the Earth has been picked bare, scoured clean, and burned black? Perhaps a spot of...gardening?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

What should be a simple summer internship in the county morgue is transformed into the most unusual experience of Lia Thantos's life when she unthinkingly violates ancient protocols and summons Charon, the Ferryman. The dead have never frightened Lia—until now.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Ronald T. Turner is prepared for anything. And the zombies are prepared for him.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Paxton and the neighbor's kid are inseparable—sweethearts, even, and Paxton barely six. He doesn't mind her antennae and clicking mandibles at all.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Felix Gilman's "Lightbringers and Rainmakers" is a short story set in the universe of his Half-Made world series, a fantastical reimagining of the American West which draws its influence from steampunk, the American western tradition, and magical realism.According to his business cards, Harry Ransom is a "professor" and a "lightbringer" and "licensed"... not that business cards mean much in a town called Disorder.At the Publisher's request, this title is be...

Will Radio Jones's invention save the day? Can Amelia Spindizzy outfly all competition and outsmart the brains in jars?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.