The Department of Alterations
10 best books like The Department of Alterations (Gennifer Albin): Men Who Wish to Drown, Heads Will Roll, Secrets of the Time Society, Undone, A Dark Grave, Among the Nameless Stars, Portrait of a Spore: The 3rd Unhidden Story, The Witch's Betrayal, Glitter & Doom, Valkyrie Symptoms
| Author | Elizabeth Fama |
| ISBN | 1466827157 |
From the Falmouth Historical Society Collection
Cited as the only extant firsthand record of a mermaid encounter in New England waters, this deathbed letter from a great-grandfather to his great-grandson is more likely an instructive fiction--a parable of regret. Supposedly corroborating...
| Author | Lish McBride |
| ISBN | 1466834013 |
badass cage fighting unicorn?? don't mind if i do.
so this one takes place in the same world as Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, but like The Too-Clever Fox, and UNLIKE A Visit to the House on Terminal Hill: A Tor.Com Original, it will still make sense to the uninitiated. like me. I KNOW, I...
Secrets of the Time Society
There exists a secret society where one's ability to travel through time is "gifted" to members only by blood. Those who try to enter the society quickly come to realize that time is a force not to be reckoned with. Alexandra Monir's short story exclusive ebook, Secrets of the Time Society, sheds light...
| Author | Elizabeth Norris |
| ISBN | 0062268767 |
Before the accident. Before their universes collided. Before they fell in love.
Riveting and romantic, Undone: An Unraveling Novella contains three short stories set in the world of Unraveling, the first book in the gripping sci-fi duology by Elizabeth Norris.
Before Ben Michaels...
An Elysium Chronicles short story: the beginning.
There is only one place forbidden to the people of Gavin's village; the island just off the shore, rumored to be haunted. Cursed.
All who venture to the island disappear.
But Gavin doesn't believe in such things. He is a hunter;...
Before Kai joined the Cloud Fleet, he wandered… AMONG THE NAMELESS STARS
Four years before the events of FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS, the servant Kai left the North Estate, the only home he’d ever known, and Elliot North, the only girl he ever loved, in search of a better life. But the journey...
PoaS is told from two points of view - one gives us insight into the "mind" of a Spore, bioengineered to wipe out everyone in North America without the vaccine (mostly those from 18-65) leaving only children and teens (Starters) and the elderly (Enders).
The other point of view is Callie's mother....
| Author | Cassandra Rose Clarke |
| ISBN | 1908844728 |
Oh, my poor Naji. It's no wonder he seems so hard and distant in
The Assassin's Curse
. He's suffered, been betrayed by someone close, and he believes he's becoming the monster everyone already sees him as. I knew there was more to him, but now I think I have a better understanding of his character...
| Author | Bethany Griffin |
| ISBN | 0062225669 |
A 50-page, digital-only novella set in the world of Bethany Griffin's dark and haunting retelling of the classic Edgar Allan Poe story Masque of the Red Death. When a rich teenage girl who spends her nights in the most desirable club and a smart, young inventor meet, they might have more in common than...
| Author | Ingrid Paulson |
| ISBN | 0062268716 |
I absolutely loved Valkyrie Rising! Ingrid Paulson has an amazing writing stile, which does through in Valkyrie Symptoms. In fact, her amazing writing may have been enough to earn it at least two stars, but I felt that there simply wasn't quite enough content to put her magic into effect.
I also...
Kailin Gow is an American screenwriter, director, producer, speaker, and traditionally-published and indie author of hundreds of books. She has been a host on world-class stages, an invited speaker for BEA (Book Expo America) to talk about publishing, a member of TED Talk, and regular radio/TV guest...
| Author | Jennifer Bosworth |
| ISBN | 1466817208 |
Some men are born monsters . . . others are made so. In "Prophet," Rance Ridley, the teenage son of a cult leader, lives on an isolated compound, disconnected from modern civilization. There is no running water. No electricity. And no law but the Prophet's. When Rance is caught in an act of flagrant disobedience,...
Yet another must-read for Unspoken fans. Sarah Rees Brennan manages to capture human emotions in a manner that is simply unparalleled and I love reading each and every one of her takes on her unique characters. Kami Glass is, without a doubt, one of the most lovable, strong, and unique protagonists to...
Taking place on the spaceship Godspeed before Amy Martin wakes up and Elder takes leadership, this novella describes life at the Hospital during Eldest's reign. Focusing primarily on background characters, readers will see fan-favorite characters Harley, Orion, Victria, and more.
Selene...
| Author | Susan Dennard |
| ISBN | 0062263269 |
Daniel Sheridan is an engineer’s apprentice on a haunted Mississippi steamer known as the Sadie Queen. His best friend–the apprentice pilot, Cassidy Cochran–also happens to be the girl he’s pining for … and the captain’s daughter. But when it looks like the Sadie Queen might get taken...
Cities have become the most dangerous places on Earth, infested with thousands of Bane, and people must now survive in the mountains and wilderness. But ammunition and medicine are essential to survival and they don’t grow on trees. Eve, as an elite defender of Eden, must go on a raid with a small team...
Before Morgan, there was Daphne, the girl who asked too many questions and changed everything...
In this look back at Daphne, before her subversive paper led to her murder by order of the king, Daphne witnesses her seven-year-old sister Amy having a seizure-like event, a result of injuries...
| Author | Mindee Arnett |
| ISBN | 0062269186 |
Proxy is an action-packed introduction to a world like nothing readers have seen before, and it sets a spark to the powder keg that will explode in Mindee Arnett's sci-fi thriller Avalon.
If you need something stolen from any star system in the Confederation, you need look no further than the...
Three months after turning Dark and being granted a second trial, Summer has succeeded in winning back not only her soul, but saving that of the Master of Dark as well. She leaves the hospital with some doubts as to whether or not she and Decker can be together, given all they’ve been through and how Dark...
This is merely a stepping stone from book 2 of The Frey series - Pieces of Eight and book 3, Rise of the Seven. With only 28 pages this is a quick and easy read. We are introduced to Molly in book 2 from Frey's POV. Frey doesn't like Humans any more than she likes Fairys and one could go as far as to say she hated them...
Beatrice never thought she’d find herself in the middle of Aura, the city of her sworn enemy, the Dreamcatchers. Nor did she ever think she’d abandon everything she’d ever known and everyone she’d ever loved to blindly follow Echo, the Dreamcatcher Prince. Gabe would never forgive her, if...
| Author | Emmy Laybourne |
| ISBN | 1466819634 |
It was just a test report. Like one of many, many he’d written up in the past. Except this time, several of the test subjects are dead…”
At first, Dr. James Cutlass had thought his new job at NORAD was thrilling and full of opportunities, but that was before the demonstration… “Dress...
