Aletheia was born a heresy: a girl with a man’s magic, in a city where monks and witches are mortal enemies. Training in her powers only under her father’s protection, head of the monastery, she shocks everyone by becoming the best seer in generations.Until her father is murdered. A suicide, they call it, but she knows the truth: he was murdered for his heresy. For her.Now she must make a harrowing choice: disown e...

The flood is coming, and sooner than anyone thought.Burdened with visions of the end, mourning the loss of her allies, and desperate to save a lover trapped under her enemy’s control, Aletheia seeks aid in the opulent city-state of Dahran. A family friend there reveals the location of her father’s papers, key to stopping the flood and understanding her enemy’s power.It seems like the perfect heist—until the friend betrays her, stealing the ...

To get out alive, Aelya has to go from prime suspect to lead investigator.When Aelya woke up this morning, she thought she was going to pick up the score of blackmarket yura her gang needed to escape the streets. Instead she finds her dealer dead, and herself arrested as the prime suspect. To save herself she'll have to find the actual murderer, while convincing the lighthair holding her chains he can trust her enough to finish the job.An epic fantasy novella set in t...

--The epic conclusion to the Tidecaller Chronicles--The floods are here, and though she has learned of an artifact that can stop them, Aletheia is no closer to finding it. Worse, a newly-destroyed city may be proof her enemies have found the artifact first, and are using its power to reshape the world.There’s only solution: infiltrate their temples and palaces and floating cities, steal the artifact if they have it...

Here be dragons and sorcery, time travel and sorrow.Vicious garden gnomes. A grounded phoenix rider. A new mother consumed with vengeance. A dying god. Soul magic.These stories wrestle with the experience of loss—of loved ones, of relationships, of a sense of self, of health—and forge a path to hope as characters fight their way forward.From bestsellers and SPFBO finalists to rising voices, 13 exceptionally talented authors explore the many facets o...

Things were finally looking up: escaped from the gladiator pits of Dahran, Aletheia not only has a new understanding of her enemies and a team of allies by her side, but her old lover back, miraculously escaped from prison and bearing secrets from the inside.Then bands of enemy monks begin to find them, despite being undercover and on the far side of the continent. It seems impossible--but so was her lover's escape. And as the attacks grow more dea...

Here be dragons and sorcery, time travel and sorrow.Vicious garden gnomes. A grounded phoenix rider. A new mother consumed with vengeance. A dying god. Soul magic. These stories wrestle with the experience of loss—of loved ones, of relationships, of a sense of self, of health—and forge a path to hope as characters fight their way forward.From bestsellers and SPFBO finalists to rising voices, 13 exceptionally talented authors explore the many facets of grief...

With the advent of nanotech, happiness is just a brain hack. But if you can hack your brain, who else can?In the energy-scarce landscape of the former US, society has turned to mood-altering nanomachines to augment its grim reality. Like many, Lance Mireles walks the line between use and abuse, running shady side jobs to feed his habit while keeping up appearances with his younger brother. Pushing his luck once too often, he ends up on the wrong side of the law, di...

Butterflies? Levi Bailey does not get butterflies. Well, at least he didn't until Meredith Porter spilled coffee all over him.Meredith has plans. Big plans. She is done being safely wrapped in bubble wrap. She is ready to live. That's what her list is all about—living and experiencing. Is it fate that her list of learning, trying, and experiencing continues to bring her into the path of grumpy Levi Bailey? She isn't sure—but she doesn't mind. Levi is just a misunde...

Par une nuit de novembre 1872, sur les hauteurs de Rouen, Delphin Luce, un garçon de dix ans, et la jeune Justine Boulard sont sauvagement agressés, au retour de l’usine de tissage où ils sont employés. L’enfant périt dans cette attaque qui bouleverse la Normandie.Lorsqu’elle recouvre la parole, Justine varie dans la description de son agresseur et la police multiplie les arrestations, aiguillonnée par la presse, les rumeurs, les dénonciations. Enfin, à la surprise générale, la jeun...

Les monstres sacrés, les stars, les noms « au-dessus du titre » sur l’affiche, les seconds rôles, les troisièmes couteaux… Autant d’espèces d’acteurs et d’actrices qui nous font rêver. Aux personnages qu’ils font vivre par procuration, ils offrent leur physique, leur comportement, leurs sentiments, leur voix, leur mentalité, jusqu’à leurs petites manies.Plusieurs générations d’entre eux figurent dans ce recueil avec leur portrait, leur histoire, leurs films. Parmi les disparus, il ...

« Premier compte rendu complet de la tragédie vécue par les Juifs de Pologne, cet ouvrage constitue un témoignage pour le tribunal qui siégera un jour. »Ignacy Schwarzbart, membre du Conseil national de la République polonaise, 1943À la publication de ce livre en octobre 1943, plus de 80 % des victimes de la Shoah ont déjà été assassinées. L’Aktion Reinhardt, qui a causé la mort de la plupart des Juifs de Pologne, touche à sa fin. Ville par ville, cet ouvrage présente toute...