Hungry for power and knowledge, Sparrowhawk tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death’s threshold to restore the balance.
This anthology of eighteen short stories revolve around a central theme of Sherlock Holmes…with a twist, an H.P. Lovecraft twist. Every tale involves the supernatural and it’s an intriguing mix of the feel of Holmes’ England and Watson’s companionship.
Seven suburban misfits are constructing a spaceship out of old tanker cars. The plan is to beat the Chinese to Mars–in under four days at three million miles an hour. It would be history in the making if it didn’t sound so insane.
I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Wildwood Dancingby Juliet MarillierFirst in the Wildwood fantasy series for Young Adult readers. My Take This is a lovely fairytale of a merchant family in Transylvania that had my hackles raised. How dare Cezar bully the girls, their servants, the villagers? How could no one see what was happening? How could they tolerate this? And Queen Ileana? I was appalled at her reaction to the girls’ warnings and yet her response made sense. This tale’s events began when Costi, Cezar, and Jena were playing a game in the woods some years ago and each wanted a major role to play. It’s Costi’s dream that comes fatally true after a rescue attempt. Life must progress and to take action against someone’s threats can create even larger problems. The kinds of problems Cezar was creating. I loved the results of the traditional kiss of transformation; it was rather difficult not to see it coming if one pays attention to Jena’s dialogs with Gogu. And how very useful that turned out to be for Jena, having […]
A dutiful twin must choose between two lives: accepting his responsibility for keeping the Brotherhood’s bloodlines alive or choose love.
I received this book for free from a pre-sale promotional in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: a pre-sale promotional “Dreaming in Moonlight”by Francis Ray romance in a PDF edition A new short romantic story about one sister trying to protect another from making the same mistake she did that I received from Heroes and Heartbreakers.com. The best I can say for it is the idea was sweet…as sweet, I’m assuming, as Rebecca’s chocolates. And there were intervals of good writing. Unfortunately, the intervals of bad writing were more frequent. Right along with the huge jumps in the plot action. If “Dreaming in Moonlight” is an example of Ray’s writing, I’ll pass.
Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to the Winter faery queen, and war looms between Summer and Winter with the real danger coming from the Iron fey.
Those stories you hear? The ones about things that only come out at night? Things that feed on blood, feed on us? Got news for you: they’re true. Only it’s not like the movies or old man Stoker’s storybook. It’s worse. Especially if you happen to be one of them. Just ask Joe Pitt.
An infamous story of incest, murder, and martyrdom and Nic Costa’s vacation is about to be cut short by a scream, a girl covered in blood, and a man lying dead in the Via Beatrice Cenci.
Some days, a girl just can’t catch a break…and Georgina Kincaid needs to rein in her out-of-control love life and go toe-to-toe with a dream enemy.