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61) Gods and pawns
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
335 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Guild of night volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a member of the Charmers Council, Gaige is able to form lasting bonds with the magical beasts of his world. At least, he used to be a Charmer...until he died and was brought back as one of the immortal assassins of Cruor. Now he's far more dangerous. ...and something beyond the shadows lies in wait, hungry to claim him for its own. As leader of the assassins, all Kost can do is watch as Gaige struggles with his new life day by day. He wants nothing...
Author
Series
Gael song volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
981 AD. The Viking King of Dublin is dead. His young widow, Gormflaith, has ambitions for her son--and herself--but Ireland is a dangerous place and kings tend not to stay kings for long. Gormflaith also has a secret. She is one of the Fomorians, an immortal race who can do fire-magic. She has kept her powers hidden at all costs, for there are other immortals in this world--like the Tuatha Dé Danann, a race of warriors who are sworn to kill Fomorians....
64) Myths & mortals
Author
Series
Numina volume 2
Publisher
47 North
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kazen has been hurt but not stopped, and he'll do anything to summon the monster that could lay waste to the entire world. Sandis knows she must be the one to stop him, but with her own trusted numen now bound to another, and finding herself with no one she can trust, she is in desperate need of allies.
66) The remembering
Author
Series
Meq volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
For thousands of years the Meq have existed side by side with humanity, appearing as twelve-year-old children, insusceptible to wounds and disease, dying only by extraordinary means. They have survived through the rise and fall of empires and emperors, through explorations, expansions, and war. Five sacred stones give a few of them mystical powers, but not the power to understand a long-destined event called the Remembering.--From back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Being reborn as an immortal defender of the realm gets awfully damn tiring over the years-or at least that's what Sir Kay's thinking as he claws his way up from beneath the earth, yet again. Kay fought at Hastings, and at Waterloo, and in both World Wars. After a thousand years, he thought he was used to dealing with a crisis. But now he finds himself in a strange new world where oceans have risen, armies have been privatized, and half of Britain's...
68) Parakeet
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
224 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The week of her wedding, the bride is visited by a bird she recognizes as her dead grandmother because of the cornflower blue line beneath her eyes, her dubious expression, and the way she asks: What is the Internet? Her grandmother is a parakeet. She says not to get married. She says: Go and find your brother. In the days that follow, the bride's march to the altar becomes a wild and increasingly fragmented, unstable journey that bends toward the...
Author
Language
English
Description
Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. Tom has lived history--performing with Shakespeare, exploring the high seas with Captain Cook, and sharing cocktails with Fitzgerald. Now, he just wants an ordinary life. So Tom moves back to London, his old home, to become a high school history teacher--the perfect job for someone who has witnessed the city's...
Author
Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Scout Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
257 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of a highly contagious virus, California is under quarantine. Sequestered in high rise towers, the living can't go out, but the dead can come in--and they come in all forms, from sad rolling cans to manufactured bodies that can pass for human. Wealthy participants in the 'companionship' program choose to upload their consciousness before dying, so they can stay in the custody of their families. The less fortunate are rented out to strangers...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
6 CDs (7 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Palmer Eldritch returns from a distant galaxy with a new drug called Chew-Z, which claims to deliver eternal life. Barney Mayerson confronts questions of loyalty, judgement and love, as well as his own insecurities about his ex-wife. His addictive personality thrusts him in the middle of a mystery as to the true nature of Chew-Z and what it means for the future of the galaxy. Palmer Eldritch is omnipresent throughout the novel as the reader tries...
72) Counting heads
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
17 CDs (20 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Life in the year 2134 is nearly perfect, with nanotechnology and medical science granting people near-immortality. But when Sam Harger is flagged as a terrorist, his powerful wife dies in a plane crash, and his daughter's cryogenically frozen head becomes a sought-after prize, Sam must fight to save the human race from a secret cabal.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
591 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Keeper of the demon of Secrets, Amun can manipulate the darkest thoughts of anyone nearby. But when the immortal warrior is chained and isolated to protect those he loves, death is his only hope of release - until he meets Haidee, a fellow prisoner whose beauty and hidden vulnerability draw him into a reckless test of his loyalty. Haidee is a demon-assassin, raised to despise Amun's kind. Yet how can she hate the man whose touch sets her aflame? But...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
238 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This, understandably, causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, funeral directors, and doctors. Among the general public, on the other hand, there is initially celebration - flags are hung out on balconies, people dance in the streets. They have achieved the great goal of humanity: eternal life. Then reality hits home - families are left to care for the permanently dying, life-insurance...
75) Darkness dawns
Author
Publisher
Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Once, Sarah Bingham's biggest challenge was making her students pay attention in class. Now, after rescuing a wounded stranger, she's landed in the middle of a battle between corrupt vampires and powerful immortals who also need blood to survive. Roland warbrook is the most compelling man Sarah has ever laid hands on. But his desire for her is mingled with a hunger he can barely control. In his nine centuries of immortal existence, no woman has tempted...
Author
Series
Lords of the Underworld volume 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Possessed by the demon of Misery, Cameo isn't allowed to experience joy. If she dares, her memory is wiped clean. With no other recourse, she sneaks into a land more fantastical than any fairy tale, determined to find the one man with the key to her redemption. Lazarus the Cruel and Unusual rules his kingdom with a single unwavering focus: to build his army and annihilate his enemies. Nothing distracts him-- until Cameo. He is relentless in his quest...
77) Time's convert
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Set in contemporary Paris and London, and the American colonies during the upheaval and unrest that exploded into the Revolutionary War, a sweeping story that braids together the past and present. On the battlefields of the American Revolution, Matthew de Clermont meets Marcus MacNeil, a young surgeon from Massachusetts, during a moment of political awakening when it seems that the world is on the brink of a brighter future. When Matthew offers...
Author
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
251 pages : music ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A story of truce and trickery from the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician series. Enna knows to fear the mystings that roam the wildwood near her home. When one tries to kill her to obtain an enchanted stone, Enna takes a huge risk: fighting back with a mysting of her own. Maekallus's help isn't free. His price? A kiss. One with the power to steal her soul. But their deal leaves Maekallus bound to the mortal realm, which...
Author
Series
House immortal volume 3
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Matilda Case never thought of herself as a hero. But because she is galvanized--and nearly immortal in her stitched, endlessly healing body--she doesn't have much of a choice. Even if she doesn't want to save the world, she's the only one capable of traveling in time to do so. But her rescue attempt hasn't gone as planned. She's stuck in an alternate universe, and her world is in danger of disappearing. Worst of all, an unfathomably powerful man...
80) Smoke & summons
Author
Series
Numina volume 1
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As a human vessel for an ancient spirit, Sandis lives no ordinary life. At the command of her master, she can be transformed against her will into his weapon--a raging monster summoned to do his bidding. Unlike other vessels, Sandis can host extremely powerful spirits, but hosting such creatures can be fatal. To stay alive, she must run. And in a city fueled by smoke and corruption, she finds a surprising ally. A cunning thief for hire, Rone owns...
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