Saffron and Brimstone: Strange Stories
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| ISBN | 0515138819 |
Okay, so I seriously pondered over whether to give this book three stars or four. In the end, I DID enjoy it so I felt generous and gave it four, but it's not without its faults.
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| ISBN | 0756400953 |
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| ISBN | 1944728341 |
The first time Moses Murphy’s granddaughter killed on his orders, she was six years old.
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| ISBN | 0765306794 |
Welcome to Newford…
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| Author | Pamela Sargent |
| ISBN | 1932100369 |
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Two never-before-published stories from the archives of one of science fiction’s all-time masters
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| ISBN | 1463762542 |
When monsters appear on Earth, Maggie MacKay is on the job. No one is better at hauling the creepy crawlies back where they belong. No one, that is, except Maggie's dad, who vanished in the middle of an assignment.Now, an elf named Killian has shown up with a gig. Seems Maggie's uncle teamed up with the forces...
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| ISBN | 0445408642 |
Mayan ruins in the Yucatan...a secret room in a tomb...an ancient skeleton. To Gideon Oliver, anthropologist, this archaeological find is paradise on earth. He and his wife, Julie, have joined his old mentor, Abe Goldstein, at Tlaloc, Mexico, to make sure there are no dirty doings at the dig. Five years...
| Author | Andrew Michael Hurley |
| ISBN | 1473619866 |
Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the Lancashire farm where he grew up to help gather the sheep from the moors. Generally, very little changes in the Briardale Valley, but this year things are different. His grandfather - known to everyone as the Gaffer - has died and John's new wife, Katherine,...
Sister Light, Sister Dark
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0765343576 |
Then Great Alta plaited the left side of her hair, the golden side, and let in fall into the sinkhole of the night. And there she drew up the queen of shadows and set her upon the earth. Next she plaited the right side of her hair, the dark side, and with it caught the queen of light. And she set her next to the black...
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300 Miles (Perilous Miles #0.5)
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This book just really wasn't for me. I found the writing style too simplistic and not so detailed and intricate as the authors previous books I've read. Sometimes, to me, too much simplicity in the writing style can make the characters feel like they're simple minded and flat.
I...
| Author | Alexander Key |
| ISBN | 0664325610 |
المرج السحري كتاب اخر من الخيال الجميل لهذا الكاتب ألكساندر كي العاشق للطبيعة والحياة المسالمة بعيدا عن الحضارة وانحطاط القيم والفطرة السليمة.
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The Fall of Endurance (Under a New Sun #1)
A starship’s sirens scream into the void. Can a highly trained protector fight for peace on an unfamiliar world? It’s elite soldier Laure’s duty to protect the last of humanity. Four hundred years after Earth fell to alien invaders, she’s only known life on a colonization ship searching through...
| Author | Esther M. Friesner |
| ISBN | 0689315740 |
Esther M. Friesner was educated at Vassar College, where she completed B.A's in both Spanish and Drama. She went to on to Yale University; within five years she was awarded an M.A. and Ph.D. in Spanish. She taught Spanish at Yale for a number of years before going on to become a full-time author of fantasy...
A quiet little mountain town is hiding a big problem. When the townsfolk of Raven's Peak start acting crazy, Abigail Dressler is called upon to discover the root of the evil affecting people. She uncovers a demonic threat unlike any she's ever faced and finds herself in a fight just to stay alive.Abigail...
