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Bella?' Edward's soft voice came from behind me. I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from running. He pulled me into his arms at once, and kissed me again. His kiss frightened me. There was too much tension, too strong an edge to the way his lips crushed...

Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by the riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits. In another irresistible combination of danger, mystery and romance, Stephenie Meyer tells the devastating story of Bree and the newborn army as they prepare to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens, following their encounter to an unforgettable conclusion.

Alexander Cleave, actor, has left his career and his family behind and banished himself to his childhood home. He wants to retire from life, but finds this impossible in a house brimming with presences, some ghostly, some undeniably human. Memories, anxiety for the future, and more particularly, for his beloved but troubled daughter, conspire to distract him from his dreaming retirement.

“An atmospheric gothic fantasy with ambitious storytelling that leaves a strong impression.” — Kirkus Reviews. For over a year, a volcanic winter swallowed the sun. Vampires inherited what was left. Sanctum Eterna, the last fortress of divine order, has stood for centuries behind towering...

When two novice Starfinders, the energetic Dae and somber Chk Chk, make a startling discovery, they unlock a link to one of the galaxy’s most momentous events: the Gap, and the disappearance of the now lost world of Golarion. Shrouded in mystery, the Gap ended with mortals across the cosmos suddenly finding themselves with memories stripped from their minds without warning or explanation.

Mentre Seattle è funestata da una serie di strani omicidi e una vampira malvagia continua a darle la caccia, Bella Swan si trova ancora una volta in serio pericolo. È arrivato per lei il momento delle decisioni e dei sacrifici: basterà il fidanzato Edward a farle dimenticare il migliore amico Jacob? Troverà il coraggio necessario a diventare una Cullen? Obbligata a scegliere fra l'amore e l'amicizia, è consapevole che la sua decisione rischia di riaccendere la millenaria lotta fra vampiri e licantropi. Nel frattempo l'esame di maturità è alle porte e per Bella...

The upcoming eclipse was anxiously awaited by Clay Jeffries as he prepared a private observatory on the plateau above his father's ranch near Rawlins in Wyoming territory. Then, he received a visitor with an unusual request. The stranger asked the ex-professor if he would tutor his frumpy but brilliant daughter in astronomy. Clay reluctantly agreed, but only if she proved to be an exceptional student. While the young girl surely proved to be both brilliant and frumpy, her arrival also brought with it many potentially deadly consequences that neither she nor her father realized.

It is 1541, and the crown of Hungary is up for grabs. King John, seeing that the Austrians are attacking with an innumerable force, petitions the Turks for assistance. King John then dies, leaving an infant son. While the Turkish army is en route, the Hungarians rally their forces, and beat back the Austrians themselves. Then, just as the Austrians are beating their final retreat, the main Turkish army arrives at the castle in Buda. And among their number is the sultan himself.

A desperate distress call reaches the Resolute. The CSS Lincoln is calling for help, but something isn't quite right. The Resolute sets course, not knowing they're heading into a deadly trap. After a devastating EMP strike, the Resolute is dead in space, and a brutal enemy boarding party seizes...

The Eclipse Grand is back with three new stories of love, deception, and second chances. Zara's a professional thief with her eyes on a priceless sapphire. Reyth's a charming rival with the same target. When they're forced to fake a relationship to throw off suspicion, the line between performance and reality starts to blur. But can two criminals who can't trust anyone learn to trust each other?

Their destinies are irrevocably entangled, but will their bond be the realms undoing? Damien and Amma have landed themselves in the midst of Yvlcon, the preeminent congregation of the vilest and most unscrupulous villains in existence. Once again amongst his peers, Damiens moral growth is...

Old flames, new rivals, and one droid who refuses to stop watching. Sam Kretcher finally meets someone worth losing his composure over — right as an old Academy buddy with an unfair amount of charm checks in and starts stealing her attention without even trying. Captain Vorn is doing her best impression of a woman who is absolutely not starstruck by a guest she's quietly adored since childhood.

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In this fast-paced, reflective novel, (the second in a trilogy following Strangers and Sojourners) Michael O'Brien presents the dramatic tale of a family that finds itself in the path of a totalitarian government. Set in the near future, the story describes the rise of a police state in North...

In a world in which Prophets wield the power of wayward gods, a banished woman is determined to regain her own powers and free her people. When Max learned her world and its advanced race posing as gods were not all they seemed, her powers were sealed off by an unbreakable curse. Banished from...

Adira finds herself recently mute and on the run when a peace treaty goes awry. In her mission to find help for her pack, Black Eclipse, she collides with the terrifying Alpha of the Blood Creek Guardians, Zephyer. When he takes her back to his pack, long kept secrets begin to unravel, forcing Adira to put her trust in people she never thought she would. Zephyer finds himself entranced by the warrior woman, desperate to prove Fate wrong. Will the secrets of Adira's past and pack tear them apart, or is their new connection strong enough to weather the impending storm?

On Orion, the desert isn’t just terrain—it’s a system. Every few weeks, an event the colonists call the Eclipse rolls across the planet and turns certainty into static: sensors drift, maps lie, and the mind fills in gaps it cannot explain. Evan Kade, a blond Range Marshal for colony security, is sent beyond the Safe Band to recover a missing navigation core—the one piece of hardware that could guide an evacuation ship down through Orion’s interference.

They called them Aetherborn — humans whose Divinities could bend the laws of nature itself. Gods. When mythology and manifestation finally break into reality and evolve humans into to something - more, a global experiment to awaken superhuman potential goes wrong, and fragments of Aether Energy scatter across the world. The result: the rise of powered individuals, the birth of Chronos Academy, and the creation of the seven Sectors of Ascension. Akira Akuma , a 24-year-old lab worker and Uber driver, spends years enduring brutal tests in hopes of awakening.

Two years ago, October “Toby” Daye believed she could leave the world of Faerie behind. She was wrong. Now she finds herself in the service of Duke Sylvester Torquill, sharing an apartment with her Fetch, and maintaining an odd truce with Tybalt, the local King of Cats. It’s a delicate balance - one that’s shattered when she learns that an old friend is in dire trouble. Lily, Lady of the Tea Gardens, has been struck down by a mysterious, seemingly impossible illness, leaving her fiefdom undefended. Struggling to find a way to save Lily and her subjects, Toby must confront her own past....

THEY DIDN’T NEED TO WIN A WAR OF BULLETS. THEY JUST NEEDED TO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS. On a Tuesday evening, every circuit from the Pacific to the Atlantic dies at once. No warning. No coming back. Fire Captain Jacob Rome is twenty-five miles from home. He walks. Past stalled cars, past the first...