Showing results for "The Shadow" in Fantasy

Petra Kara never wanted to fall in love with Jesse Tindall. But the brilliant hacker saw past her powers and loved the woman beneath the weapon. Together, they destroyed an empire. Now she has to let him go.

The brazen abduction of two teens unleashes a torrent of chaos. What should have been a fun evening with her church’s youth group takes a terrifying turn for Hannah Espinoza when she and her friend are kidnapped by armed assailants. Locked up like a criminal, she struggles to trust that God will save her from the dark forces surrounding her. Dalton faces his most trying challenge yet. Dalton Fowler’s life is upended when he learns that his niece Hannah is missing. When the ransom call comes to him, not her parents, the stakes become intensely personal.

When the Book of Aleth is stolen, Aaron, captain of the Royal Guard, is ordered by Emperor Therion to reclaim the ancient tome. The mission thrusts Aaron into a world he's never known - a world of elves and dwarves, races long thought extinct; a world where everything he has known and believed is a lie.

Secret societies, dangerous passions, and untold millions await Justin “Flip” Grey when he arrives at a banking conference for a weekend seminar. Little does he know he is being auditioned for inclusion in The Lair, a group of businessmen who influence more than the economy. And they are going to test Justin. Enter Dahlia, the world’s most dangerous temptress, who has been assigned to seduce Justin. He must choose his future: his wife or his passions?

In Abramm's world, God is close to his followers, evil takes many forms, and one must believe in the light to see the darkness. While Abramm's coronation is still underway, rival leaders are already plotting their return to power. Worse yet, as the hour approaches for Abramm's marriage to the Chesedhan crown princess—required to seal the desperately needed alliance between their two countries—he finds himself deeply attracted to her younger sister. Will Eidon give Abramm ultimate victory, or will his enemies succeed in destroying him and his beloved realm?

Anipe was never meant to live. Born fae and smuggled into a world that hunts her kind, she grew up in the Pharaoh’s palace as nothing more than the Seer’s ward—an orphan wrapped in silk and silence. But when fire erupts from her hands before the entire court, Anipe learns the truth: she is marked by the True Flame, and the empire will burn to keep her chained. With the Pharaoh’s wrath closing in, Anipe flees into the desert with Airen, a fae guard who knows more about her past than he’ll admit, and Ronan, the Pharaoh’s son whose loyalty is tangled with desire.

When he receives a cryptic text from his estranged brother, Lincoln Kingsley hopes that it signals the beginning of reestablishing the relationship they once shared. His joy is short-lived, however, as he learns that his brother has slipped into a coma. The prognosis is grim and prayers may not be enough to save him.

Abramm Kalladorne has returned to Kiriath to claim the crown he thought he would never wear and to prepare his people for the inevitable attack of the armies of the Black Moon. Though fiercely opposed by his own kin and reluctant to thrust his country into civil war at the worst possible time, he nevertheless believes this course of action is Kiriath's only hope of salvation.

Fletcher and Scoop are Apprentice Adventurers from the ancient establishment of Blotting's Academy on Fullstop Island, the place where all story characters are trained. The trouble is, they can't remember how they got there. It's the first day of term, but the two apprentices soon realize something is wrong. Things are going missing, including their own memories, and Scoop has the unsettling feeling that something is creeping in the shadows. As the children search for answers, they become entangled with the life of the Storyteller, the island's creator and king.

Jordan DuBois has worked hard to get where he is. As an Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the Office of the Inspector General, his days are full of investigations and paperwork. When he digs into the murder of a small-town farmer as a favor to an old friend, he finds himself embroiled in an investigation that jeopardizes not only his career, but his marriage and his life.

Pastor Ephraim Rosenbaum’s life is thrown into chaos when a young woman is murdered in his office. Rumors swirl and suspicion abounds, as even his colleagues and friends question his innocence. With public opinion against him, threats turn to violence, jeopardizing not only his life, but the lives of those he loves.

Wildlife officer Charae Spencer has faced defiant hunters, drunken tourists, and angry bears, but nothing can prepare her for a mysterious disease that kills swiftly and without mercy. The first carcasses are wild animals, but the spread isn’t likely to stop there. Will the next wave of victims be human?

Oracle the jaguar rises from the edge of death to seek the return of the long-lost jaguarundi—the shadow cat whose emergence will complete the animal kingdom’s calling. With Patch the raccoon, Plod the horse, Bog the toad, and the manchild Miracle, Oracle journeys through a poetically charged Rio Grande Valley where willows remember, turtles whisper, and green jays cry out with ancient joy.

When Tommy Nolan was sent abroad to avoid being made a saint too soon, he thought he'd be a glorified tourist. But when an impossible prehistoric artifact the Vatican is looking at is stolen from the British Museum, they do the first thing that comes to mind—they call the cops.

The kings and queens of the northern continent lay siege to the Darkwater Forest, frantic to contain its evil. But rumors of gold and aurium have lured deserters and the reckless into its shadow, creating a growing army that can see in the dark and fight like the gifted. Desperate after the death and dissolution of their greatest ally, Willet and the rest of the Vigil seek the truth of what lies at the heart of the evil they face. They delve the mind of an ancient enemy and find an answer far worse and more unimaginable than they had feared.

In the city of Bavi, De seeks more than freedom. Abandoned at birth, she doubts her worth. The healing power she offers the Queen defines her, but when she makes a mistake and it fails, she’s declared worthless. As Chalcedonai teeters on the brink of war between Khos and Ohr, De seeks redemption.

Aberthol Nauile doesn't know that he beheld the creation of the world, ravaged by a war of the gods, and began anew; or that he led legions in a war that had raged since the dawn of time; or that he once rode on a dragon with his father. All he knows is that he awoke in a coffin deep within a tomb, hearing voices in his head, and now the whole world thinks he is their savior.

The United States, stunned by the nuclear detonation in Washington, D.C., and further crippled by the EMP attack on the whole country, is on the brink of destruction. The unscrupulous leaders who have banded together to toss out the Constitution and divide the ruling of the world between themselves have all but achieved their objective. But they haven't factored in one thing. They haven't considered the chance, however slight, that good people remain who will continue standing up for what they believe in.

In a moonlit night over the ocean, the spirit of Death hovers miles above a disaster, keeping a tally of the dead. The fallen sun of the morning, Satan, meets with him and gives Death a special mission: kill Hezekiah. Enraged because the Spirit Warrior saved Central City from demonic invasion, Lucifer wants him dead. Leaving Death, Satan enters Heaven’s Court and asks Jesus for the life of Hezekiah.

Hi I’m Paul. I have a gift. I see people inside out. Not literally - that would be gross! Good people shine. They have light under their skin, and bad people have shadows. The shadows are scary and evil. Now I can hear them, too! The shadows are always whispering suggestions to be bad. Most shadow people don’t know that they have a choice. They don’t actually have to listen to those suggestions.