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The Shadowhunters Codex
Cassandra Clare
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Delve into the details of all things Shadowhunter with this illustrated guide to the knowledge and lore of the Shadowhunter world.Since the thirteenth century, the Shadowhunter’s Codex has been the one and only manual for Shadowhunters looking to brush up on their demon languages, learn proper stele use, and discover just what exactly a pyxis is. Featured in both The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices, this guide is a necessity for any young Nephilim on their journey to becoming a Shadowhunter. Beautifully illustrated, the Codex contains images of the famous Shadowhunter homeland of Idris, as well as depictions of demons and other Downworlders. But this isn’t just any copy of The Shadowhunter’s Codex. It’s Clary’s copy, and as an artist herself, she’s sketched pictures of her friends and family in the book, and scrawled helpful advice in the margins. Of course, she couldn’t exactly stop Jace or Simon from adding their thoughts either. Part encyclopedia, part history, part training manual—complete with commentary from Shadowhunters who have seen it all—this beautiful guide is a perfect supplement to the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
Blood and Chocolate
Annette Curtis Klause
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Vivian Gandillon relishes the change, the sweet, fierce ache that carries her from girl to wolf. At sixteen, she is beautiful and strong, and all the young wolves are on her tail. But Vivian still grieves for her dead father; her pack remains leaderless and in disarray, and she feels lost in the suburbs of Maryland. She longs for a normal life. But what is normal for a werewolf?Then Vivian falls in love with a human, a meat-boy. Aiden is kind and gentle, a welcome relief from the squabbling pack. He's fascinated by magic, and Vivian longs to reveal herself to him. Surely he would understand her and delight in the wonder of her dual nature, not fear her as an ordinary human would.Vivian's divided loyalties are strained further when a brutal murder threatens to expose the pack. Moving between two worlds, she does not seem to belong in either. What is she really--human or beast? Which tastes sweeter--blood or chocolate?From the Paperback edition.
Shadowhunters and Downworlders
Cassandra Clare
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Explore the world of the Mortal Instruments with Cassandra Clare and more Join Cassandra Clare and a Circle of more than a dozen top YA writers, including New York Times bestsellers Holly Black, Rachel Caine, and Kami Garcia, as they write about the Mortal Instruments series, its characters, and its world. Inside you’ll read: • A cinematic tutorial on why the best friend (Simon) always loses out to the bad boy (Jace)• The unexpected benefits of the incest taboo• What we can read between the lines of Alec and Magnus’ European vacation• The importance of friendship, art, humor, and rebellion• And more, from the virtues of Downworlders to the naughty side of Shadowhunting
Cursed
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Young Adult / Romance / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Dying sucks . . . and high school senior Ember McWilliams knows firsthand. After a fatal car accident, her gifted little sister brought her back. Now anything Ember touches dies. And that, well, really blows. Ember operates on a no-touch policy with all living things--including boys. When Hayden Cromwell shows up, quoting Oscar Wilde and claiming her curse is a gift, she thinks he's a crazed cutie. But when he tells her he can help control it, she's more than interested. There's just one catch: Ember has to trust Hayden's adopted father, a man she's sure has sinister reasons for collecting children whose abilities even weird her out. However, she's willing to do anything to hold her sister's hand again. And hell, she'd also like to be able to kiss Hayden. Who wouldn't? But when Ember learns the accident that turned her into a freak may not've been an accident at all, she's not sure who to trust. Someone wanted her dead, and the closer she gets to the truth, the closer she is to losing not only her heart, but her life. For real this time.
Wolf Pact
Melissa de la Cruz
Young Adult / Paranormal Fiction / Fantasy
Lawson and his brothers escaped from the underworld and now lead desperate, dangerous lives. They’re pursued by the Hounds of Hell from one town to the next, never calling any place home. But when the hounds finally catch up with them and capture the girl Lawson loves, the hunters become the hunted. Lawson will stop at nothing to track down the hounds, even if the chances of saving Tala are slim. . . The only hope he has lies in Bliss Llewellyn. Bliss, too, has lost someone to the beasts and will do anything to get them back—even if it means joining forces with the insolent, dangerously good-looking boy with a wolf’s soul.
Mortal Obligation
Nichole Chase
Young Adult / Urban Fantasy / Contemporary Romance
Ree will face the darkest form of betrayal before the year is out. Seventeen year old Ree McKenna has three goals: get through high school, convince her crush she is more than his best friend’s little sister, and save money for college. Fate, though, has other plans for her. After the untimely death of her older brother, Ree is haunted by dreadful nightmares and terrifying visions. To make matters worse, Ree has started to suspect that something dangerous is stalking her from the shadows. A night full of frightening surprises leaves Ree with unsettling news. Gifted by the gods with unusual powers, she must devote herself to a battle that could very well lead to not only her death, but the demise of everyone she knows and loves. After all, Ree is the only mortal standing between the Earth and utter darkness. Set in Savannah, Ga, Mortal Obligation is the first book of The Dark Betrayal Trilogy.
Eternal: More Love Stories with Bite
P. C. Cast
Young Adult / Romance / Fantasy
by P. C. Cast (Editor), Heather Brewer , Rachel Caine , Claudia Gray , Nancy Holder , Jeri Smith-Ready , Lili St. Crow Now Eternal: More Love Stories With Bite presents all-new YA stories featuring vampires, the romantic heroes and heroines that still hold the reading public enraptured. A mix of writers from the first anthology and new contributors makes for a fresh new collection with all of the dark romance of its predecessor, and a book that’s sure to thrill vampire romance fans old and new.
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The End of Magic (Young Adult Dystopian Fantasy)
GM Gambrell
Science Fiction
When the apocalypse came it was not from the fires of nuclear war or unseen viral plagues, not from an unstoppable asteroid or even the machines rising up in defiance of their human overlords. The Last War, as later generations would come to remember it, was fought between fighter jets and dragons, between companies of sword wielding golems swarming over steel tanks in support of evil MagiciansWhen the apocalypse came it was not from the fires of nuclear war or unseen viral plagues, not from an unstoppable asteroid or even the machines rising up in defiance of their human overlords. The Last War, as later generations would come to remember it, was fought between fighter jets and dragons, between companies of sword wielding golems swarming over steel tanks in support of deadly Magicians wielding magical fireballs. It was a war of magic versus science and science lost. A thousand years later Duncan Cade is born without magical abilities into a dystopian world dominated by the Magical. As a young adult he’s a pariah and an outcast because of his condition, an unwanted reminder of a time when their forefather’s wiped non-magical humans from the face of the planet. His life is a constant struggle not only to fit in a society based on magic he doesn’t wield, but also to survive without the simplest of magical abilities. He thinks that he is alone, the only non-magical boy in the entire world. When the magic begins to fade from the world, Duncan is blamed and just escapes the wrath of the Magician police force into the wastelands surrounding the city of New Dallas. He sets out on a quest to find the origin of Magic and soon discovers that not only is he not alone, but the non-magical humans are finally fighting back. The Last War was only the beginning of the apocalypse and young Duncan Cade, a boy born without Magic, is thrust into the middle of the new war against the Magicians.
Deadly Crush
Ashley Stoyanoff
Young Adult / Romance / Paranormal
Deadly Trilogy, Book 1 Dog Mountain is just like any other small town — peaceful and uneventful. Well, that is if peaceful means wolves howling all night, and uneventful means it’s overrun by pesky werewolves, then yes, Dog Mountain is just your average small town. Jade Shaw has spent the last two years avoiding the pack. But when Aidan Collins moves to town, avoiding the dogs doesn’t seem possible. The pack wants him just as much as she does. Determined to keep him out of the pack’s grasp, Jade does everything she can to gain his attention. Little does she know, Aidan is in deeper with the pack than she could have imagined, and competing for his attention is a deadly game, one she may not want to win.
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Holly Black
Fantasy / Young Adult / Children's
Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. The only problem is, once you pass through Coldtown’s gates, you can never leave. One morning, after a perfectly ordinary party, Tana wakes up surrounded by corpses. The only other survivors of this massacre are her exasperatingly endearing ex-boyfriend, infected and on the edge, and a mysterious boy burdened with a terrible secret. Shaken and determined, Tana enters a race against the clock to save the three of them the only way she knows how: by going straight to the wicked, opulent heart of Coldtown itself. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown is a wholly original story of rage and revenge, of guilt and horror, and of love and loathing from bestselling and acclaimed author Holly Black.
Prom Nights from Hell
Stephenie Meyer
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Paranormal Romance / Young Adult
Five amazing authors. Five unforgettable stories.In this exciting collection of paranormal tales, best-selling authors Stephenie Meyer (Twilight), Kim Harrison (Once Dead, Twice Shy), Meg Cabot (How to Be Popular), Lauren Myracle (ttyl), and Michele Jaffe (Bad Kitty) take prom mishaps to a whole new level—a truly hellish level. Wardrobe malfunctions and two left feet don\'t hold a candle to discovering your date is the Grim Reaper—and he isn\'t here to tell you how hot you look.From angels fighting demons to a twisted take on getting what you wish for, these five stories will entertain better than any DJ in a bad tux can. No corsage or limo rental necessary. Just good, creepy fun.
Call of the Herald - Young Adult Epic Fantasy
Brian Rathbone
Fantasy / Young Adult / Science Fiction
Book One of The Dawning of Power Young Adult Epic Fantasy trilogy. Echoes of the ancients' power are distant memories, tattered and faded by the passage of eons, but that is about to change. A new dawn has arrived. Latent abilities, harbored in mankind's deepest fibers, wait to be unleashed. Ancient evils awaken, and old fears ignite the fires of war.After a foiled abduction attempt, Ellery Mayne realizes that an entire security detail has been shadowing her every move, protecting her from danger she didn’t know she was in. Working to uncover the secrets behind her elusive watchers, she carefully conducts her own surveillance, testing the limits of professionals who think she is clueless about them. Though they are hard to spot, their loyalty and care for her is not. When she finds a way to declare her feelings for one of her guards, he is blindsided with joy but fearful that his team will lose its lucrative security contract because of his relationship with the mark they’ve all come to love.As secrets to the identity and intentions of the team’s mysterious employer begin to unravel, Ellery’s deeply buried affections resurface and battle with the love and loyalty she feels for her guards and her new love. Searching for answers and conscious that her choices will impact loved ones and guardian angels alike, Ellery finds that her life is ‘In The Spotlight’ and she is the ‘Mayne Attraction.’
The Scorpio Races
Maggie Stiefvater
Young Adult / Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance
It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die. At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them. Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn’t given her much of a chance. So she enters the competition — the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen.
BAF 25 - The Boats of The Glen Carrig
Part #25 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
The Boats of the “Glen Carrig”Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship Glen Carrig through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward. As told by John Winterstraw, Gent., to his Son James Winterstraw, in the year 1757, and by him committed very properly and l egibly to manuscript.
Gossamer
Lois Lowry
Children's Books / Literature & Fiction / Young Adult
Where do dreams come from? What stealthy nighttime messengers are the guardians of our most deeply hidden hopes and our half-forgotten fears? Drawing on her rich imagination, two-time Newbery winner Lois Lowry confronts these questions and explores the conflicts between the gentle bits and pieces of the past that come to life in dream, and the darker horrors that find their form in nightmare. In a haunting story that tiptoes between reality and imagination, two people—a lonely, sensitive woman and a damaged, angry boy—face their own histories and discover what they can be to one another, renewed by the strength that comes from a tiny, caring creature they will never see. Gossamer is perfect for readers not quite ready for Lois Lowry's Newbery-Award winner The Giver and also for readers interested in dreams, nightmares, spirits and the dream world.
BAF 32 - The Man Who Was Thursday
Part #32 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
GK Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece is an intriguing mix of thriller, farce and gothic romance.
In his 1901 essay Dreams, GK Chesterton rapturously advocates works of
literature that "present such a picture of literary chaos as might be
produced if the characters in every book from Paradise Lost to The
Pickwick Papers broke from their covers and mingled in one mad romance".
Few novels could quite match Chesterton's description but his own 1908
masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, comes admirably close. The novel
is a raucous carnival of genres: thriller, farce, detective story,
dystopia, fairy tale and gothic romance. It can be read as a
philosophical treatise or a fraught expression of religious conviction
but above all it is gloriously entertaining.
It begins conventionally enough, at a suburban garden party, but an
argument soon whisks Gabriel Syme away on a phantasmagorical romp
through London and beyond. We follow Syme – a poet-turned-detective – as
he infiltrates a group known as the Central Anarchist Council and
struggles to derail a terrorist plot. Chesterton makes a habit of
pulling the rug from under us – the quotidian perpetually morphs into
the extraordinary, the surreal turns back into the sensible. Syme begins
to feel that "the cosmos had turned exactly upside down, that all trees
were growing downwards and that all stars were under his feet".
The novel increasingly revels in the disorder of dreams. Chesterton's
great achievement is to imbue the everyday world with wonder; everything
becomes exotic and fantastical. His portrayal of London in particular
is an enchanting evocation of the modern metropolis – the city is
rendered as a psychedelic wonderland, as both an ocean and a mountain
range, as both the depths of hell and the unexplored surface of a
foreign planet.
Chalice
Robin McKinley
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Children's Books / Young Adult
Chalice was published in 2008. It was written by fantasy author Robin McKinley, who lives in England. McKinley has won several awards for her writing, some of which has been popular with young readers, and some with mature ones. Her work has been published for thirty years. She has re-told old fairy tales, and the story of Robin Hood, sub-created a country, Damar, in a world like some of the desert or near-desert parts of ours, except that there are dragons. In Chalice, she has written a book which takes place in a country that seems entirely of McKinley's creation, except that the culture approximates that of the Middle Ages. There are horses and carriages, but no steam engines, swords but no gunpowder.
BAF 16 - Zothique
Part #16 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
Epub (my conversion)Book Contains the following: + About Zothique, and Clark Ashton Smith: When the World Grows Old - essay by Lin Carter + Zothique - [Zothique] - (1951) - poem by Clark Ashton Smith + Xeethra - (1934) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith + Necromancy in Naat - (1936) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith + The Empire of the Necromancers - (1932) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Master of the Crabs - (1934) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Death of Ilalotha - (1937) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Weaver in the Vault - (1934) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Witchcraft of Ulua - (1934) - shortstory by Clark Ashton Smith + The Charnel God - (1934) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith + The Dark Eidolon - (1935) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith + Morthylla - (1953) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Black Abbot of Puthuum - (1936) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith + The Tomb-Spawn - (1934) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Last Hieroglyph - (1935) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Isle of the Torturers - (1933) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Garden of Adompha - (1938) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Voyage of King Euvoran - (1933) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith + Epilogue: The Sequence of the Zothique Tales - essay by Lin Carter
Dragonhaven
Robin McKinley
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Children's Books / Young Adult
The story is set in the Smokehill National Park, a wildlife preserve for the preservation and study of dragons. The dragons are elusive; evidence of their existence can be found everywhere, but the dragons themselves remain hidden. Young Jake Mendoza, who lives with his father, the owner and director of the park, goes out hiking one day and comes across a dying dragon. The dragon has been fatally injured by a poacher who has breached the security of the wildlife preserve.
BAF 04 - The Silver Stallion
Part #4 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
Their fate was high adventure - with an ending none of them could foresee.Dom Manuel - the high Count of Poictesme, who was everywhere esteemed the most lucky and the least scrupulous rogue of his times - had disappeared out of his castle at Storisende without any reason or forewarning, upon the feast day of St. Michael and All the Angels, much to the confusion and dismay of his subjects...
BAF 40 - The World's Desire
Part #40 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
In this superb, full-bodied fantasy of glorious adventure in mysterious, immemorial Egypt, a great storyteller and a world famous classicist combine forces to write a sequel to the Odyssey—bringing Odysseus to Egypt in search of the immortal Helen of Troy and involving him in the intrigue and necromancy of the Egyptian court and its powerful and beautiful queen Meriamun. These three, Helen, Meriamun and Odysseus, are linked together by a curse of the ancient Gods, moving toward an inexorable destiny which not even the mighty Queen of Egypt can stay—indeed, it is her passion which drives them toward an ultimate terrible union.
Immortal Grave
Nichole Chase
Young Adult / Urban Fantasy / Contemporary Romance
FOR MATURE YA AUDIENCES. This novel contains violence and sexual situations. While darklings ransack the city, Ree and her friends will learn the depth of the gods' manipulations. Unsure of who is really on their side, Ree must accept her destiny and assume the role of leader. The stakes are higher than they've ever been. Death is waiting for them in every shadowy corner. People will die, love will be tested, and the fate of the world will be decided--one way or the other. No more running. No more hiding. The final battle is here. The conclusion of the Dark Betrayal Trilogy
Seventh Dimension - The Door, Book 1, A Young Adult Fantasy
Lorilyn Roberts
Religion & Spirituality / Fantasy / Science Fiction & Fantasy
In this classic coming-of-age story, an estranged 14-year-old girl is befriended by a stray dog that leads her through a door to another world.The Door is the first book in the Seventh Dimension Series that combines contemporary, historical, and fantasy elements into a Christian "coming-of-age" story. A curse put on Shale Snyder, because of a secret, shrouds her with insecurity and fear. Following suspension from school, Shale's best friend isn't allowed to see her anymore and she feels abandoned by her family. When a stray dog befriends her, she follows it into the woods. There she discovers a door that leads to another world....
BAF 24 - The Broken Sword
Part #24 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
Many are the tales that have been written of Elfland. Surely few have realized that cold, calculating halfworld with as much sympathy and reality as The Broken Sword. Indeed, if Sir Béla were not such a doughty knight himself, one might suspect him of kinship with those impersonal, clever, gay, powerful and careless immortals who people the twilight world of elves.Something there certainly is of elven richness and perverse humor, an antic way of looking at the world, an excitement that pervades and illuminates the prose of Poul Anderson.
Zombies Vs. Unicorns
Holly Black
Fantasy / Young Adult / Children's
by Holly Black (Editor), Justine Larbalestier (Editor), Alaya Dawn Johnson , Maureen Johnson , Carrie Ryan , Scott Westerfeld , Meg Cabot , Garth Nix , Kathleen Duey, Margo Lanagan , Naomi Novik , Diana Peterfreund , Libba Bray , Cassandra Clare … It's a question as old as time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (unicorn and zombie, respectively), strong arguments are made for both sides in the form of short stories. Half of the stories portray the strengths--for good and evil--of unicorns and half show the good (and really, really bad-ass) side of zombies. Contributors include many bestselling teen authors, including Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, Maureen Johnson, Meg Cabot, Scott Westerfeld, and Margo Lanagan. This anthology will have everyone asking: Team Zombie or Team Unicorn?
BAF 56 - Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy - Vol2
Part #56 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
Major fantasy novellas by two newly-rediscovered masters of the genre, Ernest Bramah and Eden Phillpotts, are herein included, and yet another haunting novella by Robert W. Chambers, as well as a long-forgotten tale by the great George Macdonald—a tale so utterly obscure that I sometimes wonder if anyone in the world ever really noticed it before.
BAF 22 - Golden Cities, Far
Part #22 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
There is, perhaps, no reading matter so flagrantly devoted to pure pleasure as adult fantasy.It has appeared in written form now for at least several hundred years, but the tradition of joy in the tales of man’s more impossible adventures and endeavors goes back far beyond written history. No country in the world is without its myths, its magic, its epic legends, its gods and heros of monumental stature.Lin Carter writes with infectious enthusiasm about the origins and sources of the glittering array of fantasies he has collected in this volume—indeed, his joy in the discoveries he has made is at least as much fun to follow as the reading of each selection itself. And this joy is perhaps why these stories live, and have lived for centuries—in every age there have been those who loved the tales of the past and had the ability to share their love and to perpetuate the grand and glorious history of fantasy.
Montrose Paranormal Academy, Book 1: The Nexis Secret: A Young Adult Urban Fantasy Academy Novel
Barbara Hartzler
Three power-hungry secret societies desperately want the strange girl who sees angels. For what? Beats me. Hi, I’m Lucy and I just discovered I’m not normal.
After my brother’s disappearance, I enrolled in the super-elite academy where he was last seen on U.S. soil. Now two totally gorgeous secret society guys are fighting over which club I get to join. Seriously? As if I want anything to do with the people who banished my brother.
But I need to play nice to get anyone from the Three Societies to talk to me. One problem. I’m too good at my job. When the Nexis Society president accidently spills a little-known family secret, I’m left scrambling to figure out who I really am.
I’ve always known my family was special, but now I’m about to find out why.
Not everyone’s happy I’m at Montrose Paranormal academy. The resident mean girls don’t appreciate my snarky attitude. The Three Societies all want me to join up. Plus, I have to figure out how to use my newfound powers without obliterating an entire city block. Oh yeah, and there’s some kind of crazy prophecy about me.
It’s tough staying under the radar when you’re a Chosen One. Well, I prefer badass heroine. Take your pick.
Montrose Paranormal Academy, The Nexis Secret is book 1 in the Montrose Paranormal Academy series for teens. It’s a Clean Academy Paranormal YA series full of slow burn romance, snarky dialogue, and urban fantasy adventure set in New York City. Think Shadow Hunters meets Shatter Me with a dash of Bloodline Academy.
The Lori Saga: Escape
Part #22 of "Short Fiction Young Adult Science Fiction Fantasy" series by J. R. Kruze
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BAF 26 - The Doom That Came to Sarnath
Part #26 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
H. P. Lovecraft, like his compatriot, Edgar Allan Poe (both gentlemen were from Providence, R.I.) was fascinated by the world of the macabre—but it was Lovecraft who was eventually to create an entire mythos based on a bleak world of decay and terror that was entirely his own invention.His early writing: was not so much involved with this obsession for the supernatural, and gathered in this volume is a progression of stories showing his development from the early Dunsanian tales to the flowering of the first monstrous fruits that eventually became the Cthulhu Mythos.He was an extraordinary writer in every sense of the word, and his place in American letters is not only assured, but unique.
Shadows of Green & Gold: A contemporary young adult fantasy suspense (Green and Gold, book 2)
Jo Holloway
To save a hidden race, they'll have to stop a hunter. But what if catching him is only the beginning?As freshman year draws to a close, Cara has found her place. With new friends by her side—both human and Pyx—a relaxing summer break shouldn't be too much to ask.But Cara still feels the effects of last fall's rescue mission. She's drawn back to the scene at the beautiful mansion even before the hidden Pyx begin to disappear again. Once more, they're on the trail of a kidnapper. It's time for a new plan. It's time they become the hunters.When their carefully laid trap reveals his identity, Cara uncovers a heart-wrenching truth. Now she must set aside her confused feelings to team up with the one they were stalking as the worlds of humans and Pyx collide.A new threat lurks in the shadows . . .SHADOWS is the second book in the GREEN & GOLD series. If you love coming-of-age stories, fantasy creatures, and a dose of mystery, then this book's for you. Cheer for Cara's gritty determination in this suspenseful young adult urban fantasy novel, where drama and misunderstandings give way to spirit and hope.Read it today. Uncover the truth.
BAF 51 - The Song of Rhiannon
Part #51 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
It is seldom indeed that a series which starts with the eclat and acclaim occasioned by the first volume, THE ISLAND OF THE MIGHTY, continues to be as well received and as powerful as its start. But the second of Miss Walton’s books, THE CHILDREN OF LLYR, with its gaunt prose expressive of high tragedy, was just as strong as the first. And this, the third volume, is again remarkable—as much for the gentle humanity of its principal figures as for the massive strength and awesome dignity they display when their magic powers are invoked. In THE SONG OF RHIANNON, Manawyddan, brother to the mighty Bran the Blessed, and one of the seven survivors of the tragic expedition to Ireland, unites with his long beloved Rhiannon. But much stands in the way of their happiness. Dread of the seeds of evil planted by the overthrow of the Old Ways, fear for the youthful recklessness of Pryderi, and something darker yet—for Rhiannon is not of this world, and somewhere, somewhen, the Gray Man waits to take his vengeance and claim his own.
Heritage: A Young Adult Urban Fantasy Academy Novel (Elmwick Academy Book 3)
Emilia Zeeland
I'm Cami O'Brien, and my circle is spinning out of control.It was a simple enough strategy—join forces to help Mason and undo the ancient spell keeping him from his heritage. But in Elmwick, nothing is that easy.With Mason gone, and the rest of us succumbing to our vices, it takes the surprise return of an old friend to kick us back into action.Now, my circle and I must find a way to unbind the spell, curb our most dangerous cravings, and hopefully get Mason back in time for graduation.The circle's boiling point can't be far, but I refuse to let chaos win.Heritage is a young adult fantasy novel about coming of age in an imaginative, folklore-inspired world. If you like complex spells, fierce teams, and breathtaking romance, you'll love this heart-pounding third installment in the Elmwick Academy series.Join the spellbinding adventure now!
Of Swine and Roses
Ilona Andrews
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance
A young adult short story about a girl, a pig, some magic, and the worst date ever. Chad Thurman is a thug, who carries brass knuckles in both pockets and lays magic traps for intruders into “his” neighborhood. The last thing Alena Kornov wants to do is to go on the date with him. But when her family pressures her, she can’t say no. Now the ice-cream is absent, the pig is running for its life, and we won’t even mention the dead guy…
BAF 00 - Mezentian Gate
Part #0 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
“It is very rarely that a middle-aged man finds an author who gives him, what he knew so often in his teens and twenties, the sense of having opened a door. One had thought those days were past. Eddison’s heroic romances disproved it. Here was a new literary species, a new rhetoric, a new climate of the imagination.Its effect is not evanescent, for the whole life and strength of a singularly massive and consistent personality lies behind it. Still less, however, is it mere self-expression. In a word, these books are works, first and foremost, of art. And they are irreplaceable. Nowhere else shall we meet this precise blend of hardness and luxury, of lawless speculation and sharply realised detail, of the cynical and the magnanimous.”
BAF 33 - The Children of Llyr
Part #33 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
Welsh Mythology—and the long-neglected Books of the Mabinogi— When Evangeline Walton’s book THE ISLAND OF THE MIGHTY first appeared, it was greeted by reviewers all over the country with almost ecstatic acclaim. The Times described it as “a brilliant and diverting work of fiction that Arthur Machen .would read with pleasure and praise; and one that might call forth the envy of James Branch Cabell…Drawn from the Second Book of the Mabinogi, THE CHILDREN OF LLYR is a part of the first great work. In stark, gaunt prose, it chronicles the years of Bran the Blessed—he who was so vast a man that no house could hold him nor ship bear his bulk—and of the tale of his beloved sister Branwen, his brother Manawyddan, and of his half-brothers Nissyen and the ghastly Evnissyen. It is a tale of change and storm, of love beyond death, of high courage, of the end of an era—and the beginning of another.It is epic fantasy in its purest form—marvelous in its compass and power.
BAF 01 - The Blue Star
Part #1 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
SUPPOSE,
FOR A MOMENT, THAT WITCHES WERE REAL . . .
Well, as
a matter of fact, of course, they are. There was a time, indeed (although not
in our own timestream), when witchcraft was the recognized repository of
scientific knowledge—when witches wielded a power, nowever
reluctantly, which, if it did not threaten other sciences, certainly
frightened established religion.
There
was this about the science of witchcraft, that it could not be taught to anyone
who had not inherited the ability to learn, and inheritance
came through the female line only. Thus Lalette Aster-hax, daughter of the
witch Leonalda, could not escape either the power or her destiny. She
was well aware that this made her a target, indeed, that being a
witch would put her life in danger. And moreover there were the onerous
duties which she would like to have escaped. Nothing would have
pleased Lalette more than to have been a simple maiden, loved and loving.
She did
her best to achieve this unworthy end— and thereby wound herself into a
contortion of adventures that even a witch was not equipped to deal with .
. .
BAF 45 - Kai Lung;s Golden Hours
Part #45 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
What an enchantment it is to rediscover the work of a writer like Ernest Bramah! No one today is writing with the studied, elegant wit, the adroit humor, and above all, the superbly controlled English that this lesser-known writer of the early ’twenties used with such obvious pleasure. But it is hardly fair to imply that his talent was commonplace. On the contrary, like Cabell, he was a gifted man who developed, disciplined, and then used his talent with joyous mastery.The mannered, polished irony of Bramah’s style is as unique as the fictitious creation of a remarkable mind—for certainly no “China” remotely like Bramah’s existed outside his imagination. Yet his work is spiced with wry humor and studded with earthy realities. The ultimate test of adult fantasy is that it speaks to us of ourselves. And this Ernest Bramah does through the delicious medium of his anti-hero, Kai Lung.
Mortal Defiance
Nichole Chase
Young Adult / Urban Fantasy / Contemporary Romance
One short week turned Ree McKenna’s life upside down. Not only does she have the weight of the world on her shoulders, but she still has to juggle homework, a job, and a curfew. While Ree tries to find her footing amidst the chaos, the Dark Ones and their champion are busy hunting down any humans that have a touch of the gods running through their veins. Allies have turned into foes, and enemies have become stronger. The world is growing darker, but the passion between Ree and two irresistible guys blazes hotter. Romantic ties from a past life will threaten to break Ree away from the love of her life and will cloud her judgment. In order to follow her heart, Ree will break rules put in place by the gods, risking her life and the lives of her friends in an act of Mortal Defiance.
Shifting
Bethany Wiggins
Young Adult / Science Fiction
After bouncing from foster home to foster home, Magdalene Mae is transferred to what should be her last foster home in the tiny town of Silver City, New Mexico. Now that she\'s eighteen and has only a year left in high school, she\'s determined to stay out of trouble and just be normal. Agreeing to go to the prom with Bridger O\'Connell is a good first step. Fitting in has never been her strong suit, but it\'s not for the reasons most people would expect-it all has to do with the deep secret that she is a shape shifter. But even in her new home danger lurks, waiting in the shadows to pounce. They are the Skinwalkers of Navajo legend, who have traded their souls to become the animal whose skin they wear-and Maggie is their next target. Full of romance, mysticism, and intrigue, this dark take on Navajo legend will haunt readers to the final page.
The Poison Eaters and Other Stories
Holly Black
Fantasy / Young Adult / Children's
Pick your poison: Vampires, devils, werewolves, faeries, or . . . ? Find them all here in Holly Black’s amazing first collection. In her debut collection, New York Times best-selling author Holly Black returns to the world of Tithe in two darkly exquisite new tales. Then Black takes readers on a tour of a faerie market and introduces a girl poisonous to the touch and another who challenges the devil to a competitive eating match. Some of these stories have been published in anthologies such as 21 Proms, The Faery Reel, and The Restless Dead, and many have been reprinted in many “Best of ” anthologies. The Poison Eaters is Holly Black’s much-anticipated first collection, and her ability to stare into the void—and to find humanity and humor there—will speak to young adult and adult readers alike.
BAF 02 - The King of Elfland's Daughter
Part #2 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
It was a time when each man’s world was limited to what he could reach on foot or on horseback. Most men were content to stay within the fields we know, listening to the tales of the restless ones who travelled and brought back visions of strange places and stranger times. All was possible and true for none but the travellers had seen with their own eyes—eyes that were always filled with the dazzle of stars and wonder.So all men knew of Elfland—indeed, many had seen its misty beginnings that bordered on the fields we know—never getting too close, of course, for all also knew the special powers of elves. Nevertheless, the good burghers of the peaceful Vale of Erl were eager to benefit from this special magic; consequently they were happy indeed when Alveric, Prince of Erl, ventured off through the mists and brought back with him Lirazel, the shining daughter of the King of Elfland.This was an auspicious beginning. But Lirazel was elf, not mortal. There was no malice in her but neither was she suited to the limited ways of man. No elf could ever be content. And certainly not in the fields we know…
BAF 07 - The Young Magicans
Part #7 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
As in the notable companion volume to this work, dragons, elves, and heroes,these are tales of fantasy, of wonder, myth, glory—heroic chronicles in the tradition of the ancient legends. These are the tales by contemporary writers that prove magic has not left the world, that mysterious powers and epic deeds still hold the fascination for mankind that they did when stories were told by word-of-mouth. So the young magicians of the tide carry on the tradition in tales that charm, terrify, enchant, embolden and reassure. For it it is true that the reading world is turning more and more to fantasy to escape the awesome realities of our world, it is equally true that man models himself on that larger-than-life figure, that Cod, or gods, that heroic knight or seductive enchantress, that being with the extra power to dare what mere mortals cannot—but whose courage is very mortal indeed. And always there is the reinforcing knowledge that it is men who weave these tales… So here are magnificent works by Morris, Eddison, Cabell, Merritt, Dunsany, Lovecraft, Smith, Carter, Howard, de Camp, Kuttner, Vance, Lewis and finally, new poems by that magician without whom no anthology of contemporary fantasy would be complete—J. R. R. Tolkien.
BAF 58 - Imaginary Worlds
Part #58 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter
Like Lin Carter’s other splendid “look behind” volumes (on J. R. R. Tolkien and H. P. Love-craft), this book examines the background and creation of the imaginary worlds of some of the most famous writers to appear in the field of Adult Fantasy, of which Ballantine Books is the leading publisher.IMAGINARY WORLDS is a book about fantasy, about the men who write it, and how it is written. It is a joyful excursion by a man who himself loves fantasy, into the origins and the magicks of such writers as Duns any, Eddison, Cabell: it examines the rise of fantasy in the American pulp magazines and delights in the sturdy health of “sword and sorcery”: it looks with pleasure on the works of some modern masters and knowledgeably explores the techniques of world-making.It is, in short, a happy exploration of worlds, and men, and writers, and writings, by an author whose enthusiasm for his subject is boundless—and is thus a joyous guide for fantasy lovers everywhere.
BAF 06 - Dragons, Elves, and Heroes
Part #6 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
There is magic in the grand old tales that have survived through centuries of time. Even the names of the books have a ring that sets the blood pounding—THE VOLSUNGA SAGA, THE SHAH-NAMAH, THE MABINOGIAN.From all over the world, from all periods of ancient time, the great myths and heroic tales thunder down through the ages. Each country, each region has its legends. Somewhere, sometime, somehow, some often unknown scribe has set the tales down in permanent form.In this volume Lin Carter has gathered together samplings from this richest of all sources of adult fantasy and although their original names may sometimes be anonymous, there surely has never been such a pride of taletellers together at one time as we have in DRAGONS, ELVES, AND HEROES
BAF 53 - Evenor
Part #53 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
Among the great imaginative artists of the nineteenth century, MacDonald’s unusual talents were recognized even in his own lifetime. And in fact, although he died nearly seventy years ago, his reputation has retained all its luster and shows no signs of dimming.Evenor represents the last of the Adult Fantasy he wrote—three shimmering tales, brought together here for the first time.“George MacDonald was a Scot of genius as genuine as Carlyle’s; he could write fantasy that made all experience a fairytale. He could give the real sense that everyone had the end of an elfin thread that must at last lead them into Paradise.”G. K. Chesterton
BAF 61 - High Deryni
Part #61 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
For centuries the Deryni had been outcast— their supranormal powers dreaded and their race anathema. But with the accession to the throne of a young half-Deryni king, the likelihood of Deryni once again ruling Gwynedd seemed possible.Now the Church moved every strength it had to combat this possibility, conniving and encouraging a fanatic anti-Deryni leader who threatened to split the country into open conflict, throwing the land into civil war in his effort to rid it of Deryni. No disaster was too great for the priesthood to contemplate, provided they held their power—they would willingly endanger even their King. And in fact, they obviously wanted to compromise his position.In the circumstances, the Duke of Carwyn, Lord General Alaric Anthony Morgan,himself half Deryni and now excommunicate, no longer felt he could be protector to King Kelson. Yet the more Morgan was threatened the more vulnerable the King’s cause—and even his life—might be.
Embers in a Dark Frost
Kelly Keaton
Young Adult / Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Fire Breathers have come. The Underworld calls. A choice must be made… With her feared half blood and flame-colored hair, DEIRA D'ANU is a constant reminder of human betrayal and the war that claimed the light from Innis Fail. Now, darkness and frost creep across the land, strengthening the Lord of the Underworld. War is imminent—an allegiance with the Fire Breathers is vital. When their champion, Balen, sees Deira, he believes she is the key to finding the light and stopping the dark frost. . . . But the Underworld calls to Deira, tempting her to turn her back on a world that never cared and betray the champion willing to sacrifice everything to keep her safe and save his world from darkness.
BAF 13 - At The Edge of The World
Part #13 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
This book contains thirty of the finest stories written by the man many connoisseurs—including myself—consider the greatest fantasy writer of all time.
BAF 52 - Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy - Vol1
Part #52 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
ntasy writing. Indeed, it would be difficult to group such a widely disparate pride of authors as Pratt, de Camp, Anatole France, Robert Chambers and William Morris, except in the worlds of the fantastic.For here the minds of many men dwell together, each contributing his unique gift of imagination. Here is writing talent displayed —indeed, joyously showing off—in the playground of minds that revel in unfettered flights of marvels and wonders and magicks.That is what makes adult fantasy so rich and so rewarding—both to its creators and to its appreciators.
BAF 17 - The Shaving of Shagpat
Part #17 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
Jewels of sly humor gleam through the iridescent prose of this Oriental classic, appearing originally in the middle of the nineteenth century as, incredibly, the first novel to be penned by George Meredith. The richness of the writing is exceeded only by the fecundity of his imagination as the heroic (but practical) barber, Shibli Bagarag, strides through adventure after adventure in a magical world that surely should exist somewhere as brilliantly as it does in these pages."Meredith has not simply imitated Arabian pictures, he has been inspired by them. In exuberance of imagery, in picturesque wildness of incident, in significant humour, in wisdom, THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT is a new Arabian Night.
Hunted: A New Adult Urban Fantasy Novel (Shadow Reapers Book 1)
Jack Knight
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BAF 28 - Red Moon & Black Mountain
Part #28 of "Ballantine Adult Fantasy" series by Lin Carter (ed. )
Kendrenh, the Starlit Land, lay glimmering in the shadow of the Powers of Darkness: for Fendarl, fallen Enchanter of the Star magic and banished Lord of Black Mountain, had in his long exile grown strong—strong enough to challenge the rule of the Starbora.Fendarl’s power waxed with the rising of the Red Moon, and nowhere in all the stricken land was there a champion who could stand against him.Oliver, Nicholas and Penelope Powell seemed to be mere pawns in the savage conflict developing between the frozen horror of Fendarl’s power and the waning strength of the White Moon. But Oliver was called Tuvoi—Chosen One—and as the Night of the Red Moon drew close he learned that victory and safety for his beloved Starlit Land depended on him. But even that was not the end, for conquest does not mean victory. Much more was needed from Tuvoi—Chosen One—before the old prophecies could be fulfilled.
