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We all will pay tithe in the end. The horn blows over Elphame. The warning is ignored. An oath has been broken. The wild hunt has begun. No lie can save you. The truth cannot set you free. Elphame has called for blood. We all will pay tithe in the end. In Elphame, where every Crow Taken faces slavery and certain death at the hands of Fae, Perdi is the first to survive and the last to be Taken. Cut off from the morta...

Why be lost to illusion, when your purpose awaits at time's end? What would ordinarily be the end is only the beginning as the Chronicles of Fayble series continues with a fresh retelling of two classic fairytales. Peter Pan meets Snow White, blending the mysterious world of Neverland with the wanton deceptions of a queen who will do anything to hold on to her beauty and her tenuous grasp on her people. After an unusually long slumber, Pet...

There is no bigger monster than I. Not in truth, not in lie. The Horn has divided Elphame. The oath breaker has been found. A Court of One has answered. The last Crow has come. The Last War has started. Justice has begun. The bells toll over Whitwick. The Gate will never close again. Removed from the protection of the Dark Court, the last Crow must find the answers to stop a Fae invasion of the mortal realm and save thos...

They've Taken the wrong Crow... The bells toll over Whitwick. The Gate has opened. The fog fills the streets. The Fae have come. The screaming has started. The Taking has begun. The Gate closes once again. They took the last Crow. Named a Crow, Perdi learns how to survive in a land where she has been marked for death. Now that she is on the run, her enemies realize they've Taken the very last Crow.

Fear nothing, trust no one... The bells toll over Whitwick. The Gate has opened. The fog fills the streets. The Fae have come. The screaming has started. The Taking has begun. The Gate closes once again. They have their Crow. In Whitwick Gates, where every mortal child faces the risk of almost certain death at the hands of Fae, Perdi is named the next Crow, a sacrifice to Elphame. But once inside the Sidhe, the Fae will...

Windows show us the world outside. As Mark Cornish discovers, his classmate Glenda can create windows to other realms-not all of them friendly. A window offers people a view of the world outside. For Mark Cornish, seventeen, a high schooler with a wayward single mother and someone with no prospects, windows offer an escape from reality. That escape comes through the person of Glenda Cron, a classmate of his with an unusual ability. She can...

Who knew Speech and Debate could be such a thorn in the side? Drama class is nothing like Taryn Platt's favorite TV show-no one has broken out into song yet, and there isn't nearly as much kissing. But the seventeen-year-old is surprised to find one thing going the way she'd hoped. It turns out she's not half bad at acting. When her Drama teacher recruits her for the school's powerhouse Speech and Debate team, she can't believe her luck. Eve...

A restaurant in space, a waystation for all those who need a meal. When one of the guests turns out to be forbidden cargo, everything changes. Rick Granger, seventeen, is the sole human occupant of Port Anywhere, a floating restaurant in space. His parents are dead, and he is aided by an alien called Nerfer-a pink alien that looks a lot like Spam. They journey throughout the galaxy, making a precarious living by offering meals in exchange fo...

Every revolution begins with a spark. In a world torn apart by war, one nation remains standing-Cinder City. It is surrounded by three state rings-Fringe, Boundary and Limits-and run by the Authority, President Atlas Gold, the tyrannical leader of the golden city. The population is divided into two groups, the rich and the poor, the Solvents and the Insolvents, and controlled under the threat of being named an Ember-a death sentence. Each ...

When feelings are more than a warning, they become haunting. Eighteen-year-old Serena is attending university on the west coast when her life is flipped upside down. After the untimely death of her parents, Serena returns to New York City to care for her seven-year-old brother, Jack. As financial pressures mount, Serena makes the difficult decision to move them to their family's heritage lake house in upstate New York. Jack hasn't spoken t...

Once Jenna, now Michael...soaked in blood but cleansed by love. I sink my teeth into the pulsating artery. Crimson red blood sprays across the misty fog. Michael is a transgender teenager who is well on his way with his gender transition and finding a life path that better suits him. And as if that weren't enough of a freak-out for the teen, he's been turned into a vampire...a Nosferatu! Luckily, Michael has a group of good friends to hel...

Why be a princess when you can rule the shadows? Rejecting the senseless demands of her wicked stepmother, Ella of Locksley shares her family's abundance with the people of her land. Yet, the desperation of her community has only begun. When the nation of Llundyn is brutally attacked, Princes Ric and Johan begin to fight for their right to rule, leaving the kingdom's very heart to hang in the balance as subversive forces emerge. Taxation d...

What if the one element that has always defined you as a geeky outcast has the potential to catapult you into being the next big thing? A Black girl adopted into a White family, Jodie has always felt out of place, especially at her mainly middle-class, white high school. Used to being a ghost in the halls, she has always found solace alone in her room surrounded by a world of Stephen King novels, Oreo cookies, Dave Brubeck jazz riffs and ori...

Of all possible outcomes, I never thought I'd say goodbye to you like this. After the murder of Cassidy Jones' mother and the sudden illness of her best friend Harriet, Cassidy must leave the safety of Petriville and brave the unknown both to find a cure for Harriet and the peace she's struggling to achieve. Plus, only then will Gina release Eric from prison. It's a new time for the world and for Petriville. Cassidy yearns to find the trut...

When art and illusion collide, no one is safe. Eight months ago, Julia Parsons learned to control her strongest emotions-the ones that created doorways into paintings. With her Vista magic now in check, she has stopped looking for the descendant of the witch rumoured to have the power to remove her abilities. But when her magic goes haywire and paintings begin calling to her, she can barely resist opening portals into any works of art she en...

Jess moves to Maui anticipating a world of beaches, boys and bikinis. Romance with a passionate local and the discovery that her presence puts his family at risk? Not in the tourist brochure. Her mother is having a baby with a man who is not her father, and her best friend has been secretly dating her boyfriend. Seventeen-year-old Jess Kennedy desperately needs a new life. When her father accepts a job offer in Maui, Jess feels like this c...

Paintings can stir emotions, but for Julia, emotions bring paintings to life...literally.Ice Princess.That's what the kids at St Peter's High call seventeen-year-old Julia Parsons, the girl who doesn't show emotion. But that all changes when Julia loses the protection of her late mother's charmed necklace, and the emotions that have been locked deep inside her are unleashed. Now, after years of priding herself on being calm, cool and collected...

The dangerous quest to find her father and fix her shattered world brings Brianna more than she ever expected.Brianna is determined to elicit help from her elusive Abrasaxon father, Hakon, to conquer the evil Tyban, Zelig, who has invaded her world. But her journey to the Crystal Castle is full of perils that she and her newfound companions are ill equipped to overcome. Danger comes in many forms-tiny vengeful Nixets, a resurrected Yabix and r...

Three years ago, Carson's sister ran away. Now he's found her-on a porn site.High-school senior Carson Banks is trying to find out what he wants to do with his life, wanting to move forward, though a part of him is firmly rooted in the day his life changed forever. The day his older sister Caitlin ran away, and disappeared without a trace. Then, he finds her-on an Internet porn site.Deciding that finding Caitlin and bringing her home is the on...

When destiny gets it wrong, a lifetime of true love hangs in the balance.Gabriel Black doesn't want to believe he's been dumped, but when the texts, calls and sweetly scented letters from his long-distance girlfriend, Elle Cassidy, suddenly stop, what else can he think?Just as well his family is starting a new life away from the rat race, which means he can find out what's going on face to face. But when things don't go to plan, he finds it ha...