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"This book. This author. The entire series. Uber creativity and style!" Daisy, Archie, and Isabella stumble into an extraordinary quest. To find the source of life itself. The mythical Garden of Eden. But a primeval force stands in their way. It seeks its revenge from events at the beginning of time. The children of our present must conquer the evils of the past to save our future. To save us, they must survive. Pick up your copy of The Power and the Fury for a roller-coaster ride of adventure, wonder, twists and thrills. A book that will delight adults and children alike. "These books should be mandated in schools." "An amazing book and a brilliant choice for our Book Club! We read it, discussed it, loved it ." Set in the evocative heart of England amongst the ancient villages of the Yorkshire Moors, you're invited to lose yourself in a startling adventure that will carry you into another dimension. "What a story. It's full of life and strife, it'll make you laugh and bring tears to your eyes. Come and get lost in his world for awhile, you won't regret it." More Praise for Eden Chronicles: "A fantasy adventure so fresh and richly descriptive. I can see it as a film already." "I was transported to a fabulously exciting, brilliantly written and imaginative world." "… a roller-coaster adventure with magic dream-spinning spiders … loyal friends, school bullies, gnarly old folk and a lot of water!" "Funny, insightful, moving." "I am loving this series and the twist on the stories of the bible..I can't wait to see what happens!" James Erith's Eden Chronicles Books are: Truth - A prequel The Power and The Fury Spider Web Powder The Chamber of Truth The Dragon's Game **Two more Eden Chronicles releases coming soon** Eden Chronicles Books Set: Books 1-3

'By turns terrifying and amusing, this is not a book you want to read before you go to sleep. Or maybe you do...'-Jerry PintoSharmeen's life is disrupted when, after an unexpected tragedy, she moves into her Nani's rambling ancestral bungalow with her family. She hates this new life: her mother, Aliya, and Nani fight constantly; her new schoolmates bully her; and the family retainer, her loving Aziz Bhai, suddenly becomes dominating. The only place where Sharmeen finds solace is the world of Nani's fantastical stories: tales of Jinn, shapeshifters and other dastardly creatures. But slowly, unseen forces that had lain dormant for centuries start to awaken. Sharmeen meets her own personal Jinn, the prankster Jugnu, who reveals her family's history, a pact one of her ancestors made with the Jinn-world, and also some not-so-good news-and Sharmeen realizes that it is up to her to rescue the adults in her life…Mysterious, magical and moving, A Firefly in the Dark is a page-turner and a work of fantasy and soaring imagination that will delight readers of all ages.

"I never meant to become a witch. But when someone you love dies, logic and reason die with them."Sebastian Blackwell is your typical high school popular kid: attractive, charming, and a little rebellious. At least he used to be. But when his parents are killed in a freak accident, he goes from cool kid to orphan outcast before the dirt even settles over their graves. Now a shell of his former self, Sebastian realizes what really matters in life and is determined to get it back, no matter the cost. To do it, he’ll have to delve into his family’s darkest secrets, secrets his parents tried to protect him from his whole life.With a ghost as his only friend, a goth girl his only ally, and a demon prince his only chance, Sebastian sets out on a desperate path of redemption that seems more likely to damn him than to save him. For all power has a price, and Sebastian must decide what he is willing to pay to defy death itself.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND meets DANTE'S INFERNO She's an animal-loving Earthling...he's a flesh-eating Nephilim. It's a mismatch made in HELL. At the very dawn of the Origin of Evil, an entirely new species of demonic creatures is spawned when Lord Phegor of the Fallen Angels infects a village of kind and noble goblins. Their mutated offspring now populate the Land of Turquoise, an underground world of total depravity overseen by a diabolical Cabal.It is into this hellish realm that the prim but virtuous Ermina descends. Alluring Nephilim Lord Fairuzo, who preys upon the vanity of young Earthling women, has gained access into her bedroom through a portal in her mirror. Succumbing to his seductive charms, she impulsively accompanies him back to his kingdom on the planet Tartarus.Ermina finds herself trapped in a world of total hedonistic debauchery surrounded by repulsive trolls. When she staunchly refuses to participate in any of the sordid and sadistic pastimes they deem pleasurable, the trolls turn violently against her. Leading the lynch mob is the insanely jealous Darceva, while Fairuzo's lewd tyrant of a father, Lord Phegor, is just waiting for the opportunity to brutally ravish her.Conflicted by her burgeoning romantic feelings for the morally ambiguous Fairuzo - who finds her compassion for animals incomprehensible and her virtue an impediment to his carnal agenda - Ermina realizes she must either find a way back home to Earth or be eaten alive. Then she meets kindred spirit and mystagogue, Duke Procel, who offers to help her. She must somehow convince Fairuzo to free the imprisoned animals and join them in their escape.

FOR THOSE WHO DARE THE IMPOSSIBLELaurel could stay home and watch her future crumble.Instead, she risks everything.Searching for a better future, she enters a mysterious stone world where everything is backward. Pretty is ugly and ugly is pretty. Unless Laurel completes the quest in three days, she may be trapped.You'll be drawn into the medieval world of stone masons and cathedral builders, entertainers and herbalists. And gargoyles. This haunting tale will become a legend in your heart and mind.MIRACLES COME AT A HIGH PRICEWill Laurel succeed? Impossible. She needs a miracle. Or two. This is a rich, surprising, and sometimes disturbing historical tale of gargoyles, and those who carve the creatures from solid stone. There's darkness in this cautionary tale for teens, that nevertheless pulls off not one, but two miracles, and brings Laurel home to stay. An apt, if unexpected ending. A brilliant coming of age, sword & sorcery tale.BUY NOW to follow Laurel's harrowing journey toward miracles.

After solving the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a prominent local man as well as her mother's disappearance, Marley's world has been turned upside down. In the second installment of the series, Marley wastes no time diving head first into a new case. This time, it's a terrifying roller coaster ride of scares, where her instincts and morals will be tested time and again. It's Halloween in Greenbriar and a mad man is on the loose, terrorizing young women on campus. When Marley's friend falls victim to his prey, she finds herself in her most dangerous assignment yet. Especially, when she discovers her handsome neighbor is her most likely suspect. Meanwhile, she is hired to investigate rumored hauntings at a historical hotel. Without a clue where to begin, Marley reaches out for help from an old high school classmate, who specializes in paranormal activity. All the while, a love interest resurfaces causing Marley to shed her inhibitions and open her eyes to new possibilities. Heart pounding twists and turns pave the way for an ending that you'll never see coming.

To protect their worlds, Olessia and Ryder must conquer the true enemy.The one that haunts them both.The one they see in the mirror.Ryder is human. Olessia is something else. At least, that is how it was to begin with. Now, the extraordinary secret that unites them could destroy the people and places they love. Running from an extraterrestrial ruler with a thirst for war, and the enemies who seek to use them to end his rule, the girls are forced onto very different paths. Isolated from each other and the strength their unity brings, Olessia and Ryder will have to confront their deepest fears alone.Because the power that haunts them, may be all that can save them.

The 3rd in a series, (Book 1—St. Blair: Children of the Night and Book 2—St. Blair: Sybille’s Reign) this installment opens with an introduction by Sybille Malone, the beneficiary of Blair Carlisle’s diary in the year 2202.Blair is a devoted Catholic girl who altar serves, attends public school and soon realizes she is a liaison for the supernatural. In her openness to the mysteries of faith, she soon finds herself a magnet for angels, saints and otherworld entities. It is through the twists of Blair questioning her earthly purpose, extolling her love of family and journaling about encounters with St. Michael the Archangel, that we begin to understand her God-Flashes into a future she’ll never see.We discover, as Blair’s spiritual director Sister Jo does, why God might call her the most unlikely person to save the world.

The Mist in the Woods is one of many stories about the life and adventures of Gabby and her family. The stories take place on the family farm and with her grandmother Gigi. The land has been in the family for years and was originally purchased by her great-great-great-grandfather Patrick and his sister, Kathleen. Gabby faces many scary encounters, but her faith in God helps her to persevere.

It's the first day of summer in the swamps of South Louisiana. Twelve-year-old Cajun boys Billy Boudreaux and Nick Landry are preparing their "Swamp Camp" for an upcoming camp out when they encounter the elderly Mr. Pierre as he makes a mad dash to escape the legendary swamp monster, Rougarou. Breathless and terrified, he vows to abandon his home in the swamps of Pierre Part, Louisiana, and to never return. Doubtful that the creature is anything more than a myth and wanting to help their neighbor, Billy and Nick set out to solve The Mystery of the Rougarou. In the course of their adventure, they stumble upon the hideout of an escaped convict, Lufroy Aucoin, and his dimwitted cousin, Gator Bait. To make matters worse members of the hillbilly mafia, run by the ruthless Roscoe Clinton, will be arriving soon to purchase the stolen property Lufroy has stock piled at this remote location. After being captured, our young heroes must use all the skills and knowledge they have of this dangerous environment to not only make their escape, but to survive what will be the most difficult challenges they have ever faced. The boys will introduce you to the unique beauties of the swamp, unfortunately, with beauty, comes danger.

Lake Livingston: August, 1961.Mark Gaitlin is 15, the son of one of the wealthiest men in Texas, and on the most boring summer vacation of his life. His days are filled with the pomp and circumstance of country club life, while his nights are a parade of one embarrassment after another at the hands of giggling teenage girls.But the piney woods above Lake Livingston are dark at night, and hold many secrets for an impressionable youngster on the cusp of becoming a man. And one night, after skinny dipping in the lake with a mysterious local girl, Mark Gaitlin's life takes a crazy turn into the fire and brimstone religion of backwoods snake handlers and abandoned villages haunted by old family secrets. If he can survive the snakes and the ghosts and his own family's dark history, he just might make it out of the woods alive.And something else...he just might become a man.

"Isabel, once known as Wasp, has become leader of the fearsome upstarts, the teen girl acolytes who are adjusting to a new way of life after the overthrow of the sadistic Catchkeep-priest. They live in an uneasy alliance with the town of Sweetwater--an alliance that will be tested to its limits by the dual threats of ruthless raiders from the Waste and a deadly force from the Before-time that awaits in long-hidden tunnels. Years ago Isabel befriended a nameless ghost, a supersoldier from the Before-time with incredible powers even after death, and their adventure together in the underworld gave her the strength and knowledge to change the brutal existence of the Catchkeep acolytes for the better. To save Sweetwater, Isabel will have to unlock the secrets of the twisted experimental program from centuries gone by that created the supersoldier and killed his friends: the Latchkey Project"--Page 4 of cover.

An enchanted island. An evil resurrected. A society determined to gain power...When a violent attack leaves their father in the hospital, Abigail and Benjamin Cole discover there's more to their family history than mental illness.But after fifteen-year-old Abi is abducted, she learns the attack wasn't random. Thrust into an exotic and beautiful world part of a multi-millennial feud, she must decide who to trust in a society built on secrets. Questioning everything she's ever known, she enlists the help of a boy connected to her in impossible ways and uncovers a dangerous secret stretching generations.Seventeen-year-old Ben desperately tries to search for both his sister and his mother, but his hold on reality is fading. Something dark has latched onto him. In a race against his own failing mind, where violent hallucinations and paranoia force him to believe he's next in line for the family curse, he learns he's the only one that can save his family.When darkness is coming, who do you trust?Magic. Deceit. War. Perfect for fans of Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, and Leigh Bardugo.

A classic collection of spooky stories about spirits and goblins from ancient Japan.In the late 1800s, Lafcadio Hearn collected and retold strange and wonderful ghostly tales from old Japanese legends. In these stories, a blind poet must perform for members of a dead royal family; an old man gives up his life in exchange for blossoms on a wilting cherry tree; a man trying to comfort a strange woman crying in the dark recoils in horror on seeing her face; and a mandarin duck haunts the hunter who shot her companion.These are timeless and hair-raising stories in which humans and ghostly creatures co-exist. This new edition, with an introduction by Ruskin Bond, will leave readers spellbound.

Walk the paths that weave and turn under trees, through ferns, and over bridges. After emerging from the undergrowth, a fence blocks the way. Turn and go back, follow another path, and emerge, only to be blocked again by a fence. Unable to get out of the botanic gardens, we may end up stuck here forever to become the ghosts of the botanic gardens.