Bøker av Bill Hiatt

Starting a job as principal of a school without any teaching or administrative experience would be scary, to say the least. But when the school turns out to be Swartaskoli, a school for magic run by Satan himself, any sane person would run screaming in the other direction. Unfortunately for Chris Murphy, he can't just leave. He's been tricked into agreeing to stay in the job for at least a week. Even worse, Chris wants to find a way to help the students, who have also been tricked into a commitment they don't understand. But if he veers too far from the established curriculum, he could end up as a chew toy for demons Besides, the students don't trust him, anyway. Even with the help of his friends, success seems impossible. Just when Chris thought things couldn't get any worse, he finds out what Satan really wants.

When Khalid returns home, he finds that Santa Brígida has disappeared completed. A fake town with empty buildings and no signs of life has taken its place.Khalid doesn't know it yet, but the abduction of the whole town isn't the worst threat he and his friends will face. An old enemy has found new sources of power and a great place to use them: a parallel universe in which ancient gods still walk the earth and primal evils have been summoned to bring about an apocalypse.It is to that very universe that Santa Brígida and its entire population has been taken. Facing threats they do not understand, they have a limited time before the world on which they are imprisoned will be conquered by evil forces.Tal and his friends might be able to prevail. But in order to do so, one of them must give up what he most desires. And one of them must die.

Organizing a wedding can be complicated at the best of times. The protocols are especially hard to deal with when the groom is the dragon king's grandson, and the bride is the only known good vampire. When you add a best man with a dark secret and a bridesmaid who is under a spell, the situation becomes even trickier. But what if the wedding crashers include an agent for a former death god and a teenage girl claiming to be the reincarnation of an ancient sorcerer? That's the moment when DL wonders if it's too late for him and Ekaterina to elope. Unfortunately, old enemies they thought they had defeated have other ideas.

Betrayed by a trusted ally and cut off from any magical assistance, Taliesin Weaver's friends face their greatest challenge yet: can they defeat evil forces of unimaginable power without Tal to lead them? Some of them have been captured already. Others have been magically warped into enemies. The only hope of those who remain may be to join forces with Dark Me, Tal's evil alter ego. Considering his track record, that's not much of a choice-but if they don't join him, they may be dooming Olympus, Annwn, and even Earth.Nor is that their only dilemma. Tal's friends find him-but so altered he can't help them. In fact, he desperately needs their help. However, finding a way to save him may mean losing the time they need to save everyone else. They might be able to save both Tal and the world, but only if they trust a stranger with powerful magic-and a hidden agenda.In a universe in which nothing is what it seems, will making a deal with the shadow assassins save Tal's friends or damn them?

Many teenagers struggle to find their identity, but for Taliesin Weaver, that struggle has become life or death--and not just for him. Tal, as he prefers to be called, believes in reincarnation, and with good reason. When he turned twelve, his mind was nearly shattered by a flood of memories, memories of his past lives, hundreds of them. Somehow, Tal managed to pull himself together and even to make good use of the lessons learned and skills developed in those previous lives. He even had the ability to work magic--literally--and there was no denying that was cool. No, his life wasn't perfect, but he was managing.Now, four years later, his best friend, Stan, has begun to suspect his secret, and Stan isn't the only one. Suddenly, Tal is under attack from a mysterious enemy and under the protection of an equally mysterious friend whose agenda Tal can't quite figure out. An apparition predicts his death. A shapeshifter disguised as Stan attacks him. An old adversary starts acting like a friend. He and some other students get hurled into Annwn (the Otherworld), face Morgan Le Fay, and only just barely get back alive--and that's just during the first month of school!By now Tal knows he is not the only one who can work magic and certainly not the only one who can remember the past. He realizes there is something that he is not remembering, something that could save his life or end it, some reason for the attacks on him that, as they escalate, threaten not only him but everyone he loves as well. In an effort to save them, he will have to risk not only his life, but even his soul.

Orpheus is not interested in inheriting his father's throne. He wants nothing more than to use music to bring joy to his fellow mortals. Jason believes that nothing is more important than wresting his father's throne from a usurper. He wants to perform heroic feats that will earn him as much glory as possible. Under ordinary circumstances, Orpheus and Jason would probably never have met. Certainly, they would never have been allies. But scheming gods plunge them into adventures greater than either of them has ever imagined. Both of them want to achieve their respective dreams. But facing hostile armies, monsters, and even conflicts among the gods will force them into horrible dilemmas. Will they sacrifice their dreams, or will they die trying to preserve them?

Fighting demons has become almost second nature for Chris Murphy. He thinks he knows how to beat every diabolical trick--until his old friend Steve Marino, the first person he rescued from Satan's clutches, comes to him with an alarming problem.Within a week, five students at Chris's old high school have fallen into comas. Steve, who teaches English there, thinks that they could be victims of demonic activity, but Chris has never seen anything like that before.It doesn't take Chris long to realize that the students are victims of a new strategy for getting people to sell their souls. The only way for Chris to save the kids is to enter their minds.There's only one problem--that's exactly what the demons want him to do.

Chris is nothing if not stubborn. The woman he loves is trapped in Hell, and he's determined to free her even though everyone who finds out about his quest thinks he has no hope of success. They could be right. He doesn't have any idea how to rescue someone from Hell. Even worse, his lack of faith robs him of the best methods to combat demons. Can love really conquer all? To find out, Chris will have to risk his life--and maybe his own soul.