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Mirror Dance b-9
Part #9 of "Barrayar" series by Lois McMaster Bujold
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Not everyone would envy young Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, even though he had formed his own mercenary fleet before attending the naval academy, and even though his mother was the beautiful Cordelia, the ship captain who has taught the Lords of Barrayar much about the perils of sexism. Even the fact that Miles is the third in line to the throne and personally owns a major chunk of his home planet would not tempt any normal person to change places with him. When assassins came to rid the world of his father, his mother, pregnant with Miles, was in the line of fire, and Miles was but an egg for the omelet in an all too literal sense. Thanks to heroic medical intervention, Miles survived his near fatal brush with war gas—as a pain-filled dwarf with bones as weak and brittle as some malign composite of chalk and glass. Miles is often mistaken for a mutant by his mutant-loathing countrymen.
The Dark Mirror
Juliet Marillier
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Historical Fiction / Young Adult
THE DARK MIRROR is the first book in Juliet Marillier's Bridei Chronicles.
Bridei is a young nobleman fostered at the home of Broichan, one of the most powerful druids in the land. His earliest memories are not of hearth and kin but of this dark stranger who while not unkind is mysterious in his ways. The tasks that he sets Bridei appear to have one goal-to make him a vessel for some distant purpose. What that purpose is Bridei cannot fathom but he trusts the man and is content to learn all he can about the ways of the world.
But something happens that will change Bridei's world forever...and possibly wreck all of Broichan's plans. For Bridei finds a child on their doorstep on a bitter MidWinter Eve, a child seemingly abandoned by the fairie folk. It is uncommonly bad luck to have truck with the Fair Folk and all counsel the babe's death. But Bridei sees an old and precious magic at work here and heedless of the danger fights to save the child. Broichan relents but is wary.
The two grow up together and as Bridei comes to manhood he sees the shy girl Tuala blossom into a beautiful woman. Broichan sees the same process and feels only danger...for Tuala could be a key part in Bridei's future...or could spell his doom.
The Blood Mirror
Brent Weeks
Literature & Fiction / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Stripped of both magical and political power, the people he once ruled told he's dead, and now imprisoned in his own magical dungeon, former Emperor Gavin Guile has no prospect of escape. But the world faces a calamity greater than the Seven Satrapies has ever seen... and only he can save it.
As the armies of the White King defeat the Chromeria and old gods are born anew, the fate of worlds will come down to one question: Who is the Lightbringer?
Lightbringer
The Black Prism
The Blinding Knife
The Broken Eye
The Blood Mirror
The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side
Part #9 of "Miss Marple" series by Agatha Christie
Mystery / Crime / Thriller
One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure. But for whom was the deadly poison really intended?
Marina’s frozen expression suggested she had witnessed something horrific. But, while others searched for material evidence, Jane Marple conducted a very different investigation – into human nature.
The Mirror Sisters
Part #1 of "The Mirror Sisters" series by V. C. Andrews
Horror / Romance
From the legendary New York Times bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic and My Sweet Audrina (now Lifetime movies) comes the first book in a new series featuring identical twin sisters forced to act, look, and feel truly identical by a perfectionist mother. For fans of Ruth Ware (The Woman in Cabin 10) and Emma Donoghue (Room).
Alike in every single way.... with one dark exception.
As identical twins, their mother insists that everything about them be identical: their clothes, their toys, their friends . . . the number of letters in their names, Haylee Blossom Fitzgerald and Kaylee Blossom Fitzgerald. If one gets a hug, the other must too. If one gets punished, the other must be too.
Homeschooled at an early age, when the girls attend a real high school they find little ways to highlight the differences between them. But when Haylee runs headfirst into the dating scene, both sisters are thrust into a world their mother never prepared them for—causing one twin to pursue the ultimate independence. The one difference between the two girls may spell the difference between life... and a fate worse than death.
Written with the taboo-breaking, gothic atmosphere that V.C. Andrews is loved for, The Mirror Sisters is the latest in her long line of spellbinding novels about mysterious families and tormented love.
The Mirror of Her Dreams
Stephen R. Donaldson
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers / Nonfiction
*With The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Stephen R. Donaldson changed the face of fantasy fiction forever. In The Mirror of Her Dreams, the astonishing first novel in the two-volume Mordant’s Need series, Donaldson shows us a world of wondrous beauty and seductive illusion, where mirrors hold the deadliest of magics and nothing is what it seems. . . .
***The daughter of rich but neglectful parents, Terisa Morgan lives alone in a New York City apartment, a young woman who has grown to doubt her own existence. Surrounded by the flat reassurance of mirrors, she leads an unfulfilled life—until the night a strange man named Geraden comes crashing through one of her mirrors, on a quest to find a champion to save his kingdom of Mordant from a pervasive evil that threatens the land. Terisa is no champion. She wields neither magic nor power. And yet, much to her own surprise, when Geraden begs her to come back with him, she agrees.
Now, in a culture where women are little more than the playthings of powerful men, in a castle honeycombed with secret passages and clever traps, in a kingdom threatened from without and within by enemies able to appear and vanish out of thin air, Terisa must become more than the pale reflection of a person. For the way back to Earth is closed to her. And the enemies of Mordant will stop at nothing to see her dead.
Mirror of My Soul
Part #4 of "Nature of Desire" series by Joey W. Hill
BDSM Romance / Contemporary / Paranormal
Some stories can't be contained between the covers of just one book. In Ice Queen, Tyler helped Mistress Marguerite fulfill the mentoring requirement The Zone club imposes on all its Dominant members, to learn about BDSM from the submissive's perspective. Though Marguerite is one of The Zone's most sought-after Mistresses, Tyler is convinced she is a "switch", a closet submissive. But the truth that is revealed is more remarkable than that. As he begins to unravel the complex and terrible layers of her past, Tyler must do what he's never been willing to do before. Open up his own soul, offering Marguerite his own dark places in order to help them both heal. Only then will they be able to surrender to a force stronger even than The Zone's most powerful Master and Mistress—a force that can bind them together forever.
Girl in the Mirror
Cecelia Ahern
Chick Lit / Contemporary / Romance
Two powerful and unforgettable stories from the number one bestselling author
Girl in the Mirror
Lila knows how lucky she is to have found the man of her dreams. But when a secret from her family's past comes to light on her wedding day, her destiny changes in the most unexpected of ways ...
The Memory Maker
They say you never forget your first love. But what happens when those cherished memories start to fade? Some people would do anything to hold on to the past and, for one heartbroken man, that means finding a way to relive those precious moments ...
A Mirror for the Stars
John Ploskina
Young Adult / Science Fiction / Fantasy
Karen was the love of Jack’s life… until she dumped him to take a job as a research assistant at a government science lab in Chicago. Years later, Jack is depressed and alone. But when Karen appears in his dreams and whispers a mysterious number, Jack is pursued by government agents with bizarre super powers and placed on a terrorist watchlist.Karen was the love of Jack’s life… until she dumped him to take a job as a research assistant at a shady government contracted science lab in another town. He tried to put her behind him, but spiraled into a deep, years long depression. Until Karen appeared in his dreams and whispered a mysterious number. Now Jack finds himself placed on a terrorist watch list. His bank accounts are frozen and he’s pursued by relentless government agents with bizarre super powers. Broke, injured and with his life in ruins, Jack must decide how far he’s willing to go for the one that got away.
The Horse In The Mirror
Lisa Maxwell
Young Adult / Romance / Children's
Isadora trains war horses for the Alliance until she steals a stallion to save his life. Hunted by government troopers and rogue berserkers she befriends a mute man who seems crazy. Yet he holds the key to the survival of the last free living people, a tribe of nomadic horse herders. John must use the Mirror to regain his speech, Is might be the only one who can help him survive that encounter.Isadora Drey, a citizen of the Alliance, a corrupt, totalitarian state, has been raised to do only one job— train the war horses to be ridden into battle by genetically engineered men, called berserkers. Horse and rider never return from these battles. Unable to face losing another one of her beloved horses, Isadora steals her favorite stallion and flees into a wilderness area, the Boundary. Hunted by government Troopers and rogue berserkers called Blueskins, she falls in with a mute man who seems crazy, yet he holds the key to the survival of the last free living people on the planet. But first he must regain his speech. To do that, he must face the Mirror, an Alliance-made monstrosity designed to kill any human or horse who approaches. Isadora, on her stolen war horse, might help John survive his encounter with the Mirror where everyone else has failed.
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Poetry / Nonfiction
En este enorme volumen hay 46 historias, repartidos en cinco partes: diez fábulas y fantasías, cuentos de hadas que a veces nos dicen la verdad sobre nosotros mismos; once cuentos de terror; siete historias sobre el futuro de los humanos - ciencia ficción del maestro de la extrapolación y los caracteres; seis cuentos de muerte, esperanza y santidad, donde Card explora el lado más espiritual de la naturaleza humana; y doce canciones perdidas.
The Witch's Mirror And Other Stories
Ratan Lal Basu
The stories included in this collection have in their backdrop the turbulent political milieu in West Bengal, India during 1969-2011. The period was characterized by terrorism, political crimes, instability and uncertainly. The stories in this volume depict the struggles of human beings to wade through this abysmal darkness.Things are bad enough when the Holy Order's high priest has a vision compelling him to revive long-dormant public fears of witchcraft and devils. When the ancient sect shakes off its millennium of decline to start burning and beheading people, with full support from the government's new self-proclaimed autocrat, a veritable reign of terror unfolds. The inevitable resistance isn't far behind.Oppressed genetic aberrations historically known as wizards and sorceresses find themselves in the odd position of having a choice: worship the Maker and kill anyone who doesn't, or reject the Maker and die in a cleansing fire.With their continent buckling under the weight of political and religious upheaval, the small core of a fledgling rebellion must guard against annihilation before many of the reluctant participants even fully understand why they fight."Ascendancy" is book one of the Maker's Eye trilogy.
Shattered Memories
Part #3 of "The Mirror Sisters" series by V. C. Andrews
Horror / Romance
In this finale of the darkly gothic Mirror Sisters trilogy, one twin fears her reunion with sister dearest—from the legendary New York Times bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic and My Sweet Audrina (now Lifetime movies). For fans of Ruth Ware (The Woman in Cabin 10) and Liane Moriarty (Big Little Lies).
They share an unbreakable bond...
An inescapable bond.
As identical twins, Haylee and Kaylee Fitzgerald have always done things in exactly the same way. Under their mother’s guidance their every outfit, every meal, and every thought was identical.
But now things are different.
With Kaylee back at home after her sister's betrayal, her life has been turned inside out. Both her mother and Haylee are away and Kaylee’s alone and more lost than ever. Her father suggests going to a new school where she can have a fresh start, and where no one will know about her dark past. But if Kaylee knows her sister at all, she knows that her twin isn’t through with her yet…
Woman in the Mirror
Winston Graham
Literature & Fiction
Norah has been in the Syme household a few days before she learns of her close resemblance to her employer's niece, Marion Syme, who drowned several years ago. Is there something to be afraid of in the half-deserted house - or something more sinister, in the psyche of someone who lives there?
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Mirror, Flash, Man Who Couldn't Die (Wonders Series)
Stan I.S. Law
Literature & Fiction / Historical Fiction / Religion & Spirituality
Miracles happen all around us—even though we're seldom sufficiently awake to notice them. Sometimes we find our true self in a Mirror. Sometimes a stray bullet defines our future. At other times we wander for ages without being able to define our purpose. Yet, when we find it, reality fills us with Wonder.After a rough break up with the man he thought he'd spend his happily-ever-after with, Brad returns home to Wyoming to attend his high school reunion. He's still in touch with his best friend since childhood - only problem is that Jimmy doesn't know he's gay. Brad hates the idea of upsetting Jimmy, who has no family left and thinks of Brad as his brother. Plus, he's been lying to him all these years. How will Jimmy take the news, and will their friendship survive? Finding the man of his dreams in Sheridan is not on his radar, but a few surprises are in store for Brad. This light, comedic MM romance explores what it's like to come out in 2014.
The Broken Mirror
Jonathan Coe
Fiction / Contemporary / Humor and Comedy
Un giorno la piccola Claire, sottraendosi ai genitori litigiosi, si rifugia nella discarica dietro casa, dove trova uno specchietto rotto dal quale si sente stranamente attratta. È un brutto pezzo di vetro tagliente, ma ha il magico potere di trasformare anche la più squallida realtà in un mondo fiabesco: il cielo bigio nel riflesso diventa azzurro paradiso e la casa di Claire, una modesta villetta di periferia, si trasforma in un castello turrito sormontato da fantastiche conchiglie. Intanto il tempo passa e Claire cresce, sempre accompagnata dal suo specchio magico, in cui può vedere il proprio viso senza l’acne dell’adolescenza, e il padre che abbraccia teneramente la madre al pub. Ma nella realtà il padre sta flirtando con la sua nuova fidanzata, per la quale abbandonerà la famiglia, e il ragazzo di cui Claire è innamorata sta con la sua peggiore nemica. Quello specchio crea solo illusioni e Claire, arrabbiata, sta quasi per buttarlo, quando interviene Peter, un ex compagno delle medie. Ma quando lui la invita a uscire una sera e le dà appuntamento alla discarica, Claire rimane sbigottita: anche Peter ha trovato un pezzo di specchio rotto, che in realtà è il tassello di un puzzle più ampio.
The Beast in the Mirror
Lauralynn Elliott
Romance / Mystery & Thrillers
He watches her from the shadows of the ruins. But he can never let her see him, the cursed beast that he has become. But when he falls in love with her, he thinks just maybe she will accept him as he is.The Beast in the Mirror is a short, sweet love story between a beautiful young woman and a beast that has been cursed by a witch to be ugly forever.A short story of less than 5,000 words.He watches her from the shadows of the ruins. But he can never let her see him, the cursed beast that he has become. But when he falls in love with her, he thinks just maybe she will accept him as he is.A twist on an old fairy tale, The Beast in the Mirror is a short, sweet love story between a beautiful young woman and a beast that has been cursed by a witch to be ugly forever.This is a short story of less than 5,000 words.
Unhinged: The Mirror Image of Nazism
Kenneth Neal
Self Help
Though unsuccessful to a certain degree, Nazi ideology was forced to take a back-seat during the dissolution of WW2. This most definitely being the furthest reach of Judaism with its many streams of ideology and practices.The feasts! The pageants! The coconuts! Fromsday is here and Klondaeg is invited. Join Klondaeg as he visits the land of the frog-people to attend a festival in honor of Fromdon, God of Coconuts. But all is not well in the frog-lands, where a monster has disrupted the proceedings and threatens to pull a family apart. Can Klondaeg save Fromsday? Find out in this very special episode of Klondaeg the Monster Hunter.
Mirror Image
Phil Wheeler
Humor / Nonfiction / Politics
A "John Doe" with a fatal gunshot wound. An ER doctor. A surprise. MurderTwo men with one gun. One gun with one bullet. Welcome to this weird Fortune Roulette.
Mirror Kingdoms: The Best of Peter S. Beagle
Peter S. Beagle
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Literature & Fiction / Nonfiction
When New York Times Bestselling writer Tad Williams described Peter S. Beagle as a 'bandit prince out to steal reader's hearts' he touched on a truth that readers have known for fifty years. Beagle, whose work has touched generations of readers around the world, has spun rich, romantic and very funny tales that have beguiled and enchanted readers of all ages.
Undeniably, his most famous work is the much loved classic, The Last Unicorn, which tells of unicorn who sets off on quest to discover whether she is the last of her kind, and of the people she meets on her journey. Never prolific, The Last Unicorn is one of only five novels Beagle has published since A Fine and Private Place appeared in 1960, and was followed by The Folk of the Air, The Innkeeper's Song, and Tamsin.
During the first forty years of his career Beagle also wrote a small handful, scarcely a dozen, short stories. Classics like 'Come Lady Death,' 'Lila and the Werewolf,' 'Julie's Unicorn,' 'Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros,' and the tales that make up Giant Bones. And then, starting just five years ago, he turned his attention to short fiction in earnest, and produced a stunning array of new stories including the Hugo and Nebula Award winning follow up to The Last Unicorn, 'Two Hearts,' WSFA Small Press Award winner 'El Regalo,' and wonderful stories like the surrealist 'The Last and Only,' the haunting 'The Rabbi s Hobby' and others.
Mirror Kingdoms: The Best of Peter S. Beagle collects the very best of these stories, over 200,000 words worth, ranging across 45 years of his career from early stories to freshly minted tales that will surprise and amaze readers. It's a book which shows, more than any other, just how successful this bandit prince from the streets of New York has been at stealing our hearts and underscores how much we hope he ll keep on doing so.
A Stranger in the Mirror
Sidney Sheldon
Literature & Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers / Children's Books
A Stranger in the Mirror is a 1976 novel written by Sidney Sheldon. The novel is one of the earliest Sheldon's works, but contains the typical Sheldon fast-paced narration and several narrative techniques with the exception of a twist ending. The novel tells the life story of two fictitious Hollywood celebrities - Toby Temple and Jill Castle, portrays the emotional extremes of success and failure and how people inevitably become victims of time.
The Mirror in the Attic
Karen Frost
Fantasy / Young Adult / Gay and Lesbian
Mary Jane, Maude, and Jack are playing in the attic of their rickety old house when Maude makes an unexpected discovery: a mirror that leads into another world. At first the children are delighted to play with their new animal friends in Devorian, but the situation becomes dangerous when an evil witch frozen in time kidnaps Mary Jane and tries to use her to take over Devorian.Mary Jane, Maude, and Jack are playing in the attic of their rickety old house when Maude makes an unexpected discovery: a mirror that leads into another world. At first the children are delighted to play with their new animal friends in Devorian, but the situation becomes dangerous when an evil witch frozen in time kidnaps Mary Jane and tries to use her to take over Devorian. Maude and Jack set off to save their sister and Devorian at the same time. With the help of the magical beasts of Devorian--a small but noble group of the most powerful mythical creatures in the land--the three children race against time to find the Horn of Duhaim, the only thing that stands between the witch and her goal of conquering all of Devorian. Inspired by classical children's literature such as The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe series, The Mirror in the Attic explores themes such as good and evil using vocabulary intended to educate and challenge young readers.
Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino
A breakout writer at The New Yorker examines the fractures at the center of contemporary culture with verve, deftness, and intellectual ferocity, for readers who've wondered what Susan Sontag would have been like if she had brain damage from the Internet. Jia Tolentino has become a peerless voice of her generation, tackling the conflicts, contradictions, and sea changes that define us and our time. Now, in this dazzling and entirely original collection of nine essays, written with a rare combination of give and sharpness, wit and fearlessness, she delves into the forces that warp our vision, demonstrating a stylistic potency and critical dexterity found nowhere else. Trick Mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. This is a book about the incentives that shape us, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly in a culture that revolves around the self. In...
Eight Princesses and a Magic Mirror
Natasha Farrant
Here are princesses for the Rebel Girls generation: bold, empowered, and determined to be true to themselves."Mirror, mirror on the wall . . . what makes a princess excellent?" When an enchantress flings her magic mirror into our universe, its reflection reveals princesses who refuse to be just pretty, polite, and obedient. These are girls determined to do the rescuing themselves. Princess Leila of the desert protects her people from the king with the black-and-gold banner; Princess Tica takes a crocodile for a pet; Princess Ellen explores the high seas; Princess Abayome puts empathy and kindness above being royal; and in a tower block, Princess saves her community's beloved garden from the hands of urban developers.Connecting these stories is the magic mirror, which reveals itself when each girl needs it most, illuminating how a princess's power comes not from her title or beauty, but from her own inner strength. These beautifully imagined...
The Frangitelli Mirror
GR Thomas
In 1915 a book was stolen, a crow appeared, and fate dealt its hand.Rose Carbonelli sees ghosts.She doesn't sleep.She watches every corner, studies every shadow, listens to the screams that no one else hears.Rose Carbonelli is terrified.Her father hasn't been heard from since he volunteered to go to war in 1915.The money ran out a year ago, her mother, Edith, is fading away.Rose needs a job to save them both, and an excuse to flee the ghosts of her home.When Rutherford House advertises for a lady's maid, Rose seizes the opportunity.A wage to save her mother, food to fill her belly, and an escape from the dead that occupy the shadows...It seems just so perfect.But is it the escape Rose has been dreaming of?Is there truth to the rumours about Rutherford House? What lurks within the bones of it? Why has the Lady Mary Rutherford not been seen in over a decade?Is this...
Running - The Alien in the Mirror
Lazlo Ferran
Paranormal / Science Fiction / History
Running - The Alien in the Mirror can be considered the prequel to the military scifi Iron Series but might also be the prequel to other science fiction thriller series.Ishmael Bodd 'wakes up' for the first time, a billion years in the future. He is a Citizen of Supercity, a city with no crime. But he suddenly feels compelled to commit a crime and goes on the run. He can never stop running.Running - The Alien in the Mirror can be considered the cyberpunk prequel to the military scifi Iron Series but might also be the prequel to other science fiction thriller series.Ishmael Bodd 'wakes up' for the first time, a billion years in the future. He is a Citizen of Supercity, on Marstoo, far away from old Earth in the Universe. In his world, crime doesn't exist and Citizens only need electricity to live, whereas clones, who eat food and drink liquids, are banished to Clonecity.But he suddenly feels compelled to commit a minor crime and goes on the run. He can never stop running until he has escaped his culture and found the reason why everything suddenly feels so 'strange' to him in this science fiction thriller.If you like the Terminator series, Blade Runner or Greg Bear’s Hull Zero Three, you will love Running - The Alien in the Mirror.Categories: science fiction, thriller, far future, clones, androids, cyborgs, time travel, genes, genetic engineering, military science fiction.Read more about the Ischians' war with Earth and blankers in Iron I: Too Bright the Sun, also available on Smashwords.
Murder on the Orient Express / Death on the Nile / the Mirror Cracked / the Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie Boxed Set)
Part #4 of "Hercule Poirot" series by Agatha Christie
Mystery / Crime / Thriller
E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on The Murder of Roger Ackroyd2) "The Poirots": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detectiveThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd broke all the rules of detective fiction and made Agatha Christie a household name. There are two things you must do if you know nothing of this book: discuss it with no one, and read it with all speed—because it contains one of the biggest surprises in crime fiction.In the quiet village of King's Abbot a widow's suicide has stirred suspicion—and dreadful gossip. There are rumours that she murdered her first husband, that she was being blackmailed, and that her secret lover was Roger Ackroyd. Then, on the verge of discovering the blackmailer's identity, Ackroyd himself is murdered.
A Mirror for Observers
Edgar Pangborn
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Martians, long exiled from their home planet, have for millennia been observers of the world of men. Forbidden by their laws to interfere with human destiny, they wait for mankind to mature. From the turmoil of mid twentieth-century America, word comes to the Observers that one of their renegades is hoping to encourage humanity in its headlong rush to self-destruction through corruption of a single rare intellect. The struggle between Observer and Abdicator for the continuance of the human species is one the classic conflicts in the annuals of science fiction.
The Old Mirror
Natasha Mostafa
Lucy Dwin's coronation awaits her, and she is brimming with excitement and confidence. Suddenly, she feels tension and uncertainty build within her, and she does not feel as ready for her big day as she presumed, until her special someone, her best friend, Justin Lotto, her parents' enemy's son, is there for support and reassurance. One afternoon, he and Lucy go for a stroll in this 'mysterious' forest that is near his castle. Once she finds something that seems so ordinary and "fairly basic", she doesn't mind taking it with her and deciding that she will keep it in her bedroom. Little does she know there's magic within it that originates from an exotic enchanted realm that she and Justin are bound to explore.
Mirror Obscure
Elizabeth Hunter
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance / Mystery & Thrillers
Vivian Wei is juggling multiple life-changing events when her aging mother witnesses a violent death on the thirteenth tee. The only problem? There doesn't seem to be a crime to go along with the witness.As an empath, Vivian knows her mother is telling the truth, but feelings aren't evidence of a murder. Can Vivian and her friends prove a killer is stalking the country club before he claims another victim?MIRROR OBSCURE is the second book in the Vista de Lirio series, a new paranormal mystery series by Elizabeth Hunter, best-selling author of the Elemental Mysteries, the Glimmer Lake series, and The Irin Chronicles.
Mirror
Monique Martin
Magic mirrors, rampaging Hellspawn, and it's only Tuesday. Whether it's called Halloween, All Hallows' Eve, or Samhain, for Artemis Schäfer, it's spelled trouble. It's a time when the Veil between worlds is at its thinnest, when sometimes things break through from the Otherworld. And sometimes they have a helping hand. When enchanted mirrors let a legion creatures through the Veil, Artemis has three challenges. First, find out who sold the mirrors to unsuspecting customers around London. Second, deal with the demons that break through. Third, try not to make a fool of herself when she catches Liam with another girl. Saving the world? Easy. Figuring out boys? Give her a city full of demons any day. Even Halloween. Don't miss the first book in the excitng new series, Blaze, and book 3, Legacy, coming November 28!
The Cracked Mirror
Part #2024 of "!Stories" series by Chris Brookmyre
Winner of the McIlvanney Award for Best Scottish Crime Book of the Year
FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOWTHIS IS NOT THAT CRIME NOVEL
You know Penny Coyne. The little old lady who has solved multiple murders in her otherwise sleepy village, despite bumbling local police. A razor-sharp mind in a twinset and tweed.
You know Johnny Hawke. Hard-bitten LAPD homicide detective. Always in trouble with his captain, always losing partners, but always battling for the truth, whatever it takes.
Against all the odds, against the usual story, their worlds are about to collide. It starts with a dead writer and a mysterious wedding invitation. It will end with a rabbit hole that goes so deep, Johnny and Penny might come to question not just whodunnit, but whether they want to know the answer.
A cross-genre hybrid of Agatha Christie and Michael Connelly, The Cracked Mirror is the most imaginative and entertaining crime novel of the year, a genre-splicing rollercoaster with a poignantly emotional heart.
Inside the Mirror
Parul Kapur
Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel Ms. Magazine's Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2024 In 1950s Bombay, Jaya Malhotra studies medicine at the direction of her father, a champion of women's education who assumes the right to choose his daughters' vocations. A talented painter drawn to the city's dynamic new modern art movement, Jaya is driven by her desire to express both the pain and extraordinary force of life of a nation rising from the devastation of British rule. Her twin sister, Kamlesh, a passionate student of Bharata Natyam dance, complies with her father's decision that she become a schoolteacher while secretly pursuing forbidden dreams of dancing onstage and in the movies. When Jaya moves out of her family home to live with a woman mentor, she suffers grievous consequences as a rare woman in the men's domain of art. Not only does her departure from home threaten her family's standing and crush her reputation; Jaya loses a vital connection to...
Monster in the Mirror - With Bonus Short Stories
MJ Ware
Young Adult / Children's Books / Mystery & Thrillers
For a limited time, includes two free additional short stories.Could there be a hidden room somewhere in your house? And just what would you find lurking there? Nate, his little sister, and best buddy Dan, stumble upon a hidden room during a sleep-over. What they find inside is anything but friendly.Includes two bonus short stories: Steven, Space Stowaway & Bloody MarcyFor a limited time, includes two free additional short stories.That's three great short stories for the price of one.Could there be a hidden room somewhere in your house? And just what would you find lurking there?Nate, his little sister, and best buddy Dan, stumble upon a hidden room during a sleep-over. What they find inside is anything but friendly.Includes the bonus short story: Steven, Space Stowaway (originally published in the June issue of Spaceports & Spidersilk).When Steven's Mom leaves for a mission to Mars, he's determined to come along. Even if he has to sneak onboard.Just one problem: he gets caught. And the Captain has a particularly unpleasant way of dealing with stowaways.Includes the bonus short story: Bloody Marcy.When a game of Bloody Mary goes terribly wrong, someone might just die.Praise for Monster in the Mirror"A very good short story. Written in an eerie enough way to make (you) to look over your shoulder and avoid mirrors for awhile." - Tricia Bennett, Author"Wow! Excellent short story. Well written and very easy to read. I didn't get bored at all. I also liked the song and the ending was awesome." -B. Marie, SmashwordsAbout the AuthorM.J.A. Ware, known as MJ to his friends, lives in the foothills of the Sierra Mountains with his wife and two daughters. When not writing about aliens, monsters and ghosts, he runs a company where he designs award winning video arcades. He’s currently polishing his latest novel, Super Zombie Juice Mega Bomb, about friends who take on an army of the undead, armed with nothing but Super Soakers—filled with zombie killing juice.Excerpt"I try ignoring the sound. Like fingernails on a blackboard, deep and violent. It's coming from the stairs, always from the stairs..."
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G.O.D. Inc. [3] The Maze in the Mirror
Jack L. Chalker
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Third in the G.O.D. series, this novel features the characters of Sam and Brandy Horowitz. Horowitz, private eye, works for G.O.D., Inc. - the company that rules the Labyrinth between infinite alternate Earths. Only now he has got two clients - vengeful rebels out to wreck the Labyrinth.
The Obsidian Mirror
K. D. Keenan
Who says old gods can't learn new tricks?When Sierra Carter, out-of-work PR executive, receives a call from Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent god of the Aztecs, she doesn't know why she has to be the one to save the world.She discovers that her former firm's semiconductors are in reality a means of spreading a deadly evil around the world. Necocyaotl, Aztec god of death and destruction, has placed his essence in every device, causing people to place their self-interest and selfish desires above all else. If she's going to stop him, however, she'll need some help.Chaco, also known as Coyotl the Trickster, is a handsome young man when he isn't being a coyote—and an excellent cook. Fred the mannegishi has the gift of disappearing at will. Rose, a Native American shaman, teaches Sierra how to develop her inner powers. Kaylee, a marketing manager, is also a practitioner of Voudon. And Clancy Forrester, chief of security for Sierra's former employer, reluctantly enters...
Mirror Lake
Juneau Black
A murder is announced...but where's the body? Shady Hollow is a cozy small town filled with woodland creatures who live and work together. The local fall election is coming up and the campaigning is unusually fierce, since Deputy Orville Braun is running against been-in-office-forever Chief Meade. In the midst of this unexpected tension, a murder is announced, but there's a twist: the victim is still alive! The accuser, Dorothy Springfield, is an admittedly eccentric resident who claims her loving husband Edward is dead...even though he's standing right next to her when she says it. What can it mean? Edward has no answers, and most of the neighbors would rather ignore the awkward situation. They think Dotty just started to believe her own nonsense. But foxy reporter Vera Vixen has some questions. In a quiet neighborhood along the shore of Mirror Lake, Vera discovers a few things that don't fit, starting with a misplaced lamp and an unknown...
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Mizuki Tsujimura
Seven students find unusual common ground in this warm, puzzle-like Japanese bestseller laced with gentle fantasy and compassionate insight. Bullied to the point of dropping out of school, Kokoro’s days blur together as she hides in her bedroom, unable to face her family or friends. As she spirals into despair, her mirror begins to shine; with a touch, Kokoro is pulled from her lonely life into a resplendent, bizarre fairytale castle guarded by a strange girl in a wolf mask. Six other students have been brought to the castle, and soon this marvelous refuge becomes their playground. The castle has a hidden room that can grant a single wish, but there are rules to be followed, and breaking them will have dire consequences. As Kokoro and her new acquaintances spend more time in their new sanctuary, they begin to unlock the castle’s secrets and, tentatively, each other’s. With the thoughtful whimsy of Before the Coffee Gets...
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder
M. J. Trow
Book ten in the Inspector Lestrade series.Beyond the mountains of the moon ...'Right, gentlemen. Recapping by numbers.' Superintendent Lestrade, in martinet mood, was driving his minions.'Murder One. Four victims, Captain Orange, late of the merchant service and his three nieces, when the harness of their trap broke on a downhill gradient near Peter Tavy, Devon.''Clues?''A tall man seen near the Captain's horse shortly before the trap left. He could have cut the harness.''And?''A broken mirror found in the Captain's breast pocket.''Murder Two, sir. Janet Calthrop, fell downstairs at King's College, London, on the way to the boudoir of her lover. Tripwire across the stairs. Broken neck.''Clues?''One broken mirror found in said lover's boudoir.''Murder Three. Juan Thomas de Jesus-Lopez, honorary major in the Sixteenth Lancers; body found in a ruined lighthouse near Beachy Head.'The clues accumulate; so do the...
Mirror Man
Fiona McIntosh
The highly anticipated new crime thriller in the DCI Jack Hawksworth series.'There is a connection, Jack. Find it, or you'll never find him.'Police are baffled by several deaths, each unique and bizarre in their own way – and shockingly brutal. Scotland Yard sends in its crack DCI, the enigmatic Jack Hawksworth, who wastes no time in setting up Operation Mirror. His chief wants him to dismiss any plausibility of a serial killer before the media gets on the trail.With his best investigative team around him, Jack resorts to some unconventional methods to disprove or find a link to the gruesome deaths. One involves a notorious serial killer from his past, and the other, a smart and seductive young journalist who'll do anything to catch her big break. Discovering he's following the footsteps of a vigilante and in a race against time, Jack will do everything it takes to stop another killing – but at what personal cost for those he holds nearest and...
2| Mirror mirror
Becky Miller
Europe isn’t always the most exciting place in the universe, especially in the nineteen fifties, but when sightseeing with the Doctor something’s always about to happen…When innocent people seemingly at random start disappearing around him, the Doctor must take action. Is he strong enough to face the one responsible?Will he ever be able to look at himself in the mirror?When two young men go on a hunt that they know will be the last hunt of their youth, they decide they want it to be an unforgettable outing. When they cross a ridge leaving the protection of their kingdom behind, they find a cavern that looks like it needs to be explored. In the cavern they find exactly what they were looking for. In this stoney hole lives something they will never forget!The other titles in this series, have gone on to become International bestsellers. Book one The Royal Dragoneers, was nominated for the 2011 Locus Poll, and book six of the series, Blood and Royalty, won the 2015 Readers Favorite Award for Young Adult Action and Adventure.
The Mirror
AJ Harvey
Angela was delighted with her purchase from the local auction room, a large floor-length antique mirror. She had waited a long time for one so magnificent to grace her house but little did she know that the Mirror had not come into her home by chance: another world awaited her. As she is getting ready for work one morning, a voice from the mirror called her name.This book is a journey that will be different for every one: a personal, insightful adventure that can grow your spirit and feed your soul. It is a fusion of adventure and contemplation, written to be both uplifting and thought provoking. It explores life, relationships, acceptance, intuition and the importance of being you, along with other insightful and inspirational thoughts such as the Tapestry of Life and the Understanding of the Soul. It enables the reader to take from its pages as little or as much as they want to support their own life’s journey.Whilst writing this book, I often wondered about my ability to be the one to convey all that is written within these pages. I didn’t set out to write a book, nor did I know that this was what I was meant to do. However, when the words just kept flowing from my pen to the paper, it felt like they were being given to me to pass on to others. I was being helped to use my life experiences and difficulties to bring wisdom for others to use if they wished to do so. ‘The Mirror’ was down on paper within 6 months and I was ignorant enough at the time to think that it was finished. It has actually taken 3 years to complete and to be what you have before you today. I felt compelled to write these words for you and wanted them not to be prescriptive but more about planting seeds of thought that may enable you to bring out the best in your life and, along the way, grow your soul to become the best you can be. This book is part of my life journey: I hope it can be part of yours.
Mirror Image (Schooled in Magic Book 18)
Christopher Nuttall
Years ago, Heart’s Eye was captured by a necromancer. All seemed lost, until Emily killed the necromancer and retook the school. Now, she intends to found a university, a place where magical knowledge and mundane technology are brought together for the benefit of all. But dark secrets lie within the shadowed school and Emily finds herself facing a shadow that has walked beside her from the day she came to the Nameless World. It might bring about the end of everything.
In a school full of mirrors, who knows what they reflect?
The Secret of the Haunted Mirror
M. V. Carey
Three young detectives investigate a Hollywood mansion in which a Spanish magician disappeared.
Star Yawns Episode 5. Mirror Image By David & Sabine Williams. Smashwords Edition Copyright 2012
David Williams
Fiction / Science Fiction
After an ion storm two of the officers of the DVD are beamed onto the DVD as their mirror images. Now the captain and crew must find how to remedy the situation.After an ion storm two of the officers of the DVD are beamed onto the DVD as their mirror images. Now the captain and crew must find how to remedy the situation. Also two people from another world join the crew and a situation develops when a General is rescued from a pirate ship and he has information about the past of these two people.
The Mirror Fractured Path
J. C. Cervantes
Can dreams come true when you're living with a family curse? 1965—San Francisco, California The 1960s are bursting with music and movement and love in San Francisco, perfect for a budding artist like Blake. Unfortunately, the art world is not welcoming to people of her gender or her multi-racial heritage, making it tough to land an internship that could put her on the map. That, plus the fact that Blake's family has been notoriously riddled with bad luck, makes her feel like she can't catch a break. Things only get worse when Blake starts to have ominous, confusing visions that grow stronger and more frequent, prompting Blake's aunt and uncle to tell her about a long-lost family heirloom that could be the key to everything Fueled by the ambiguous clues in her visions, Blake sets out on a journey through the city to retrieve her ancestors' legendary mirror. But Blake is not the only one looking for it. Soon she must attempt to unleash her own dormant powers . . . or else risk all...
The Fool's Mirror
Alex Dylan
England's great Queen Elizabeth is finally dying. After years of patient waiting, King James of Scotland is hungry for news that will deliver him a united kingdom. But between the realms of England and Scotland lies an old treachery threatening his ambition. Heughan Corwin, Border Reiver, forged by blood and the sword, seeks revenge. The Lord Warden of the Borders guards England's gateway with one eye on the future and the other on Heughan. In Carlisle Castle, Lady Melisande broods over her Tarot cards as demons from the past close in. When battles cannot be fought with steel alone, Heughan finds himself drawn into her tainted intrigue. In an age of discovery where sorcery and science are equally believable, ruthless men will use both to secure the throne. King James commands it and he always gets what he wants, one way or another.
The Woman in the Mirror:
Rebecca James
Literature & Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers
‘A dark treat’ Kate Riordan, author of The Stranger
Haunting and moving, The Woman in the Mirror is a tale of obsession tinged with suspense, perfect for fans of Tracy Rees and Lulu Taylor.
‘You’ll be the woman of this house, next, miss. And you’ll like it.’
1947
Governess Alice Miller loves Winterbourne the moment she sees it. Towering over the Cornish cliffs, its dark corners and tall turrets promise that, if Alice can hide from her ghosts anywhere, it’s here.
And who better to play hide and seek with than twins Constance and Edmund? Angelic and motherless, they are perfect little companions.
2018
Adopted at birth, Rachel’s roots are a mystery. So, when a letter brings news of the death of an unknown relative, Constance de Grey, Rachel travels to Cornwall, vowing to uncover her past.
With each new arrival, something in Winterbourne stirs. It’s hiding in the paintings. It’s sitting on the stairs.
It’s waiting in a mirror, behind a locked door.
Through the Mirror and Into Snow
Ann T Bugg
When best friends Valerie and Samantha discover a magic mirror in Val’s barn, they eagerly go through it. The duo of double-trouble quickly discovers they are caught up in the middle of their favorite fairy tales. Having the knowledge of the stories as their only weapon, Val and Sam help three princesses, make a surprising friend, and discover they have a fairy godmother of their very own.When best friends Valerie and Samantha discover a magic mirror in Val’s 100-year-old barn in southern Minnesota, they eagerly go through it. Immediately they run into the young Snow White, who has just escaped the huntsman. The girls vow to help her find her father, knowing the dangers that await. On their journey, the fun-loving double-trouble duo quickly discovers they are caught up in the middle of their favorite fairy tales. Having the knowledge of the stories as their only weapon, Val and Sam help two other princesses, make a surprising friend and discover they have a fairy godmother of their very own.
Red Smoking Mirror
Nick Hunt
'With Red Smoking Mirror, Nick Hunt has created the love child of JG Ballard and Ursula K Le Guin' - Joanna Pocock, author of SurrenderThe year is 1521 in the Mexica city of Tenochtitlan. Twenty-nine years earlier, Islamic Spain never fell to the Christians, and Andalus launched a voyage of discovery to the New Maghreb.For two decades the Jewish merchant Eli Ben Abram, who led the first ships across the sea, has maintained a delicate peace in the Moorish enclave of Moctezuma's breathtaking capital, assisted by his Nahua wife Malinala. But the emperor has been acting strangely, sacrifices are increasing at the temples, a mysterious sickness is spreading through the city, and there are rumours of a hostile army crossing the sea...A bravura reimagining of an alternate history, Red Smoking Mirror is a richly written novel of love and fate, of how cultures co-operate and clash, and of how individuals can shape and are shaped by the times they live through.
Rising World Trilogy 02 - Journey Through the Mirror
T. R. Williams
Following Journey Into the Flame—“a spiritual adventure of the first order” (New York Times bestselling author Felix Palma)—comes the second part in a post-apocalyptic trilogy about a set of ancient books that hold the key to humanity’s survival. In 2030, after the Great Disruption brought humanity to the brink of a second dark age, the Chronicles of Satraya were discovered, restoring hope in the world. But the secret powers in their pages remained largely unknown. There were some, however, who understood them. The Reges Hominum, the Kings of Men, a clandestine group influencing history from the shadows, sought to use their hidden gifts to regain world control. But their plans were foiled by an unlikely group: Alain Perrot, an eccentric old man and former member of the Council of Satraya; Special Agent Valerie Perrot, his daughter; and Logan Ford, a young painter who discovered he was the son of one of the Chronicles’ original finders, long since murdered in an effort to protect them. Soon, seemingly unrelated global events pull Logan and his allies into another contest with those enemies determined to bring a rising world back down. The earth’s still-recovering energy supply is put at risk. Illnesses spread. Earthquakes without epicenters shatter the land. And the only things holding the world together are the Chronicles, connected to a series of scattered, hidden mirrors around the globe. With T.R. Williams’s trademark excitement, mystery, magic, and deep wisdom, the second book in the Rising World trilogy ensures that you will never look at your reflection the same way again.**
The Mirror of Present Events
Brian Stableford
Science Fiction / Fantasy
Ten French scientific romances by Georges de La Fouchardière, Henri Lanos, E.M. Laumann, Francois-Félix Nogaret, Jean Rameau & Régis Vombal. The Mirror of Present Events (1790) is an irreverent political allegory in which a Syracusan beauty, following Archimedes' death, offers her hand in marriage to the inventor who can produce the most innovative homage to the great man's mechanical genius. A series of suitors comes forward, each offering a mechanical device ostensibly more marvelous than the last. Also included are an 1887collection of six futuristic stories by Jean Rameau featuring electric guns, automata and a striking vision of a future Paris in which people have become dependent on industrial pollution; The Immortal (1908) extrapolates the notion of immortality to a conclusion that might not be inevitable, but is no less symbolically dramatic; a hilarious 1910 feuilleton describing the career of an automaton racehorse; and L'Aerobagne 32 (1920), about a French engineer hired by a German company who discovers that its industrial operations are a cover for a rearmament scheme, and who refuses to surrender the formula for a new poison gas. He is then incarcerated in a vast airborne prison. This is the fourteenth in a series of anthologies of exemplary texts in the evolution of the French genre of roman scientifique.
The Sinister Secrets of the Snake Mirror
Part #1 of "The Sinister Case" series by Constance Barker
Mystery
Distorted Mirror
R K Laxman
R.K. Laxman, cartoonist par excellence, is also one of the country's most entertaining writers. The Distorted Mirror brings together some of his best short stories, essays and travelogues. The collection begins with 'An Accident', a most unusual mystery story where the murder weapon is a newspaper. In other stories, we are introduced to Gopal, a schoolboy in an ordinary small town that is transformed one day when the Viceroy visits; Shantha, a little girl who makes an interesting discovery in the midst of a wedding; and Bhasker, a writer who is suddenly confronted by his past. Each story is marked by Laxman's ability to delineate a character or a moment with a few deft strokes and imbued with his trademark wit. No less fascinating are the travelogues—about the United States, Australia, the Andamans, Darjeeling, Mauritius and Kathmandu—which are brought to life by Laxman's vivid descriptions and his inimitable way of looking at the world around him. The collection is...
Mirror, Mirror
Valerie Gaumont
Business / amazon / Science Fiction & Fantasy
This is short story about a woman who buys a magic mirror in a junk shop and ends up with more than she bargained for.Short story in which YOU are the monster, as you roam your lair killing and eating all who enter. That is until he shows up.Inspired by the sword and sorcery fantasy gaming books by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. A story told as if YOU are the monster.If you read this story then why not leave me a review to tell me what you thought. Any feedback (be it good or bad) is always most helpful.
Shattered Mirror
Iris Johansen
Romance / Literature & Fiction / Suspense
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a new explosive thriller featuring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan.
Iris Johansen returns with a thrilling novel of action and danger where fan favorite Eve Duncan is thrown once more into a deadly game of intrigue. It begins when Eve receives a package containing a skull—and instructions for Eve to do her work reconstructing it. When she does, a beautiful woman’s face emerges. But when Eve is introduced to the dead woman’s mirror image, a game is on where her twin’s life hangs in the balance.
Past Lives
Part #2 of "Mirror Bound" series by Kirsten Bij't Vuur
Satyr Lukas ends up back in ancient Greece with his beloved friends. They set out to help Lukas' daughter Katarina, who is in big trouble over causing insurgence amongst her people. Will they uncover the plot against Lukas and his father Hermes, and will Paul and Melissa's love survive the different morals of ancient Greece?
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
Barbara W. Tuchman
History / Biography
Barbara W. Tuchman—the acclaimed author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning classic The Guns of August—once again marshals her gift for character, history, and sparkling prose to compose an astonishing portrait of medieval Europe.
The fourteenth century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering age of crusades, cathedrals, and chivalry; on the other, a world plunged into chaos and spiritual agony. In this revelatory work, Barbara W. Tuchman examines not only the great rhythms of history but the grain and texture of domestic life: what childhood was like; what marriage meant; how money, taxes, and war dominated the lives of serf, noble, and clergy alike. Granting her subjects their loyalties, treacheries, and guilty passions, Tuchman re-creates the lives of proud cardinals, university scholars, grocers and clerks, saints and mystics, lawyers and mercenaries, and, dominating all, the knight—in all his valor and “furious follies,” a “terrible worm in an iron cocoon.”
Praise for A Distant Mirror
“Beautifully written, careful and thorough in its scholarship . . . What Ms. Tuchman does superbly is to tell how *it was. . . . No one has ever done this better.”—The New York Review of Books
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“A beautiful, extraordinary book . . . Tuchman at the top of her powers . . . She has done nothing finer.”—The Wall Street Journal
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“Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . a great book, in a great historical tradition.” —Commentary*
NOTE: This edition does not include color images.
Running - The Alien in the Mirror
Part #1 of "The War for Iron - Element of Civilization" series by Lazlo Ferran
Paranormal / Science Fiction / History
Running - The Alien in the Mirror can be considered the prequel to the military scifi Iron Series but might also be the prequel to other science fiction thriller series. Ishmael Bodd 'wakes up' for the first time, a billion years in the future. He is a Citizen of Supercity, a city with no crime. But he suddenly feels compelled to commit a crime and goes on the run. He can never stop running.
Daniel Hadwyn and the Mirror of Limbo
Benjamin Mahoney
One touch of a priceless object bestowed him with a magical legacy. Can he master his gifts to replace the greatest wizard of all time? Daniel Hadwyn struggles to be anything other than miserable. Living with a palsied hand, the only thing that relieves the fourteen-year-old schoolboy's depression is the thrill he gets from collecting delicate figurines. But after an antique shop owner mysteriously gives him a stunning metallic dragon figure, he accidentally traps his mom in a mirror and opens a door into terrifying magic. Stunned to discover he's Merlin's successor, the troubled adolescent embarks on a perilous mission to learn how to free his mother. But with an evil sorcerer lurking and Daniel wrestling with a spellcasting destiny he feels unable to fulfill, his misery is about to become a nightmare. Can this downtrodden youngster grow into a hero worthy of wielding immense power? Daniel Hadwyn And The Mirror Of Limbo...
The Disk Mirror Solution (Galaxia Mortem Book 1)
Danielle Ste. Just
Two women search for the galaxy's worst mass murderer.
Death in the Mirror
Part #6 of "Poison Ink Mysteries" series by Beth Byers
Mystery / Historical / Historical Fiction
Circus Girl, the Hunter, and Mirror Boy
JY Yang
As an orphaned sixteen-year-old, Lynette was haunted by the ghost of Mirror Boy, the drowned child who replaced her reflection. Ten years later, she's built herself a new life, but all that is threatened when Mirror Boy returns, warning of danger. A hunter has come for both of them, and unless Lynette can figure out what's going on, they will both perish.Read JY Yang's Tor.com Original short story, Circus Girl, The Hunter, and Mirror Boy.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Mirror Lake
Andrée A. Michaud
Fiction
From internationally acclaimed crime writer Andrée A. Michaud, a brilliant and original tragicomic thriller about one man's search for peace and sanctuary amid invasive neighbours and a mysterious death.Retired fifty-something Robert Moreau flees a society he can no longer bear for Mirror Lake, Maine. Little does he suspect that an intrusive neighbour and a mysterious death will quickly dispel any illusions he may have had about finding sanctuary in isolation. The misanthropic Moreau quickly learns that his Thoreau-like vision is a fiction. And as in all fiction, nothing, not even Moreau's own identity, is certain — except, perhaps, the friendship of his loyal dog, Jeff.In this tragicomic novel of the confusion between the fabular and the real, brilliantly rooted in the forested Quebec-Maine landscape, Moreau is compelled to look deep in Mirror Lake's shimmering waters and into the eyes of the man he is, was, and could be. Winner of the...
Dark Mirror
Barton Gellman
From the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the New York Times bestseller Angler, who unearthed the deepest secrets of Edward Snowden's NSA archive, the first master narrative of the surveillance state that emerged after 9/11 and why it matters, based on scores of hours of conversation with Snowden and groundbreaking reportage in Washington, London, Moscow and Silicon ValleyEdward Snowden chose three journalists to tell the stories in his Top Secret trove of NSA documents: Barton Gellman of The Washington Post, Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian and filmmaker Laura Poitras, all of whom would share the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Poitras went on to direct the Oscar-winning Citizen Four. Greenwald wrote an instant memoir and cast himself as a pugilist on Snowden's behalf.Barton Gellman took his own path. Snowden and his documents were the beginning, not the end, of a story he had prepared his whole life to tell. More...
The Goblin Mirror
C. J. Cherryh
Science Fiction & Fantasy
From Publishers WeeklyCherryh's third book in a scant three months (after Chanur's Legacy and Hellburner) does not meet her usual high standards. When Karoly, a wizard of Maggiar, announces plans to consult with his wizard-sister about recent ominous events, the lord Stani sends along his eldest two sons, Bogdan and Tamas, and other soldiers for protection. Much to his chagrin, the third son Yuri is left behind-but he sneaks off to follow the troupe. Along the way Karoly and his party are attacked and separated. Tamas is rescued by Ela, a sorceress's apprentice who has a shard of the Goblin Mirror, the source of the goblin queen's power. Ela eventually defeats the queen's invaders, with the help of Tamas and a group of rebels against the queen and, eventually, Yuri, Karoly, and the others of their party. While occupied with a favored Cherryh theme, the complexity of nonhuman races--goblins and trolls are more fully dimensioned here than is usual in fantasy--the novel lacks such Cherryh staples as a fully imagined setting, unexpected plot twists and engrossing characters. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library JournalAs a vague sense of menace threatens the small country of Maggiar, three young princes, a wizard, and a huntsman become caught up in a magical battle to save their land from the Queen of the Goblins. Veteran sf/fantasy author Cherryh ( Chanur's Legacy , LJ 8/92) makes good use of Eastern European myth in this otherwise standard fantasy, which combines traditional fairy tale elements--magic mirrors, trolls, and enchanted forests--with modern fantasy conventions. Though not as strong as her Russian-based novels ( Rusalka , LJ 9/15/89, and its sequels), Cherryh's latest work should appeal to fantasy enthusiasts.Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Mirror Space
Marianne de Pierres / Scott Harrison / Lee Harris / Paul Kane / Andrew Edwards
Product DescriptionAraldis is still under occupation by hostile forces, and with the Orion League of Sentient Species seemingly unable - or unwilling - to help, Mira Fedor is forced to turn to the mercenary captain, Rast Randall, if she is to save her planet. But while Rast's contacts may be free of political constraints, what they lack in red tape they more than make up for in ruthlessness. As some of their hidden strategies are revealed, others become even more opaque. Why have the philosophers of Scolar been targetted? How far does the Extropist influence extend into Orion space? From Lasper Farr, the Stain War veteran and ruler of the junk planet Edo, to the Sole initiates at Belle Monde to Rast herself, everyone is pursuing their own agenda. But are they really separate goals? Or are events rushing to a single, terrifying conclusion . . . ?
Mirror Bound
Rhiannon Held
Verity is a phantom, a being of the mirror realm who can change her face—or she could before she was bound by a mage of the grounded realm. Now she's trapped in a human form, forced to tell the truth and obey the one who holds her binding: Dakota, a hunter who, with her team of other mages, keeps the world safe from the more monstrous creatures of the mirror realm. But Verity's binding is weakening. Every time she teleports the team to safety, she gets a little closer to freedom.Except the number of monsters coming from the mirror realm is increasing and the mages' governing body, the Quorum, can't figure out why. With monsters killing humans and all eyes on Verity, she's fast running out of time to free herself—especially when she discovers that unless she can stop them from gaining access to the mirror realm, the Quorum's plans for her realm and her people are far more dangerous than anything they might do to her.
Mirror, Mirror
Paula Byrne
She is the most beautiful woman in the world. Discovered in a Berlin cabaret in the roaring twenties, she is brought to the glamour of Los Angeles. She becomes a superstar of the silver screen and Hollywood's darling, but nothing perfect lasts forever. The cost of beauty is always high, for those who have it and those who live in its shadow. The weight falls on her daughter to untangle the complicated truths of being ordinary beside anextraordinary mother, a woman who has bent and broken and skewed her perception of reality, a woman adored by the world, but from whom her daughter longs to escape. Evocative and deeply moving, Mirror, Mirror is based on Marlene Dietrich's glittering life, a dramatic novel set in Hollywood's golden age, that tells the story of mothers and daughters and of time's war against beauty – and the unbearable pain of a woman when beauty is the only game in town.
What Do You See When You Look in the Mirror?
Nikita Singh
How much of the person in the mirror is truly you?A young couple decides to die together when they are old, but when it's time, one of them isn't done living. A child fosters plants in a month-long challenge. A woman makes a desperate attempt to rescue her brother from his demons. A groom-to-be meets a green-eyed fairy the night before the wedding. A son vows to connect with his father after his mother's death.In this dazzling collection of short fiction, bestselling author Nikita Singh explores the secret inner lives of her characters as they grapple with love, loss, grief and mental health.
Springtime in a Broken Mirror
Mario Benedetti
Literature & Fiction / Nonfiction / Poetry
An extraordinary story of love and exile, from one of the great masters of the Latin American novel, translated into English for the first time
Santiago is trapped. Taken political prisoner in Montevideo after a brutal military coup, he can do nothing but write letters to his family, and try to stay sane.
Far away, his nine-year-old daughter Beatrice wonders at the marvels of 1970s Buenos Aires, but her grandpa and mother - Santiago's beautiful, careworn wife, Graciela - struggle to adjust to a life in exile. Graciela fights to retain the fiery passion that suffused her marriage, her politics, her whole life, as day by day Santiago edges closer to freedom. But Santiago's rakish, reckless best friend is a constant, brooding presence in the exiles' lives, and Graciela finds herself drawn irresistibly towards him.
A lucid, heart-wrenching saga of a family torn apart by the forces of history, Spring with a Broken Corner tells with tenderness and fury of the indelible imprint politics leaves on individual lives. Generous and unflinching, it asks whether the broken bonds of family and history can ever truly be mended.
