Elisabeth has only known one thing her whole life - books. Growing up in one of the great libraries has taught her to care for, coax, and talk to the great grimoires that line the shelves. She hopes to be a warden one day, protecting the books from evil and magic, so when she’s asked to lock up the libraries newest addition, she’s excited. It’s her chance. Locked away in iron chains, the grimoire manages to break free killing the people Elisabeth cares about and making her the prime suspect. A sorcerer comes to claim her for questioning even though she’s been taught to hate all of them and their evil ways. But as she’s in custody, library after library is still attacked, forcing Elisabeth to turn for help from the sorcerer that has collected her.
Read MoreWhat if there was a chance to change your life? All you have to do is carry someone else's baby for nine months. The idea is very appealing to Jane who has hit a series of rough patches and just wants to do right for her infant daughter. From divorce to her sick cousin, she can’t seem to catch a break. So when the idea falls into her lap, she knows it’s the only way out of poverty. Leaving her daughter with family, Jane enters her nine month stint. Things don’t go as planned and she becomes worried the longer she’s away from her daughter. She tries to play the perfect host until she’s left with no other options.
Read MoreIf Edinburgh had been a ghostly nightmare, France feels like a walk in the park for Cassidy Blake. That is until she goes to the first recording location with her parents - the catacombs. It’s not the bodies that are haunting the place, pulling Cassidy to the veil, but the poor soul’s that have gotten lost in the twisting, turning tunnels five stories underground. Cassidy promises to stay on the side of the living. An accidental slip send her through the veil anyway. All she can see is a red light. A red light that is attached to something scarier than Cassidy has ever faced before.
Read MoreLife may be busy, but every Christmas break a circle of old college friends come together to celebrate the new year. This year, the newest member of the group has planned a trip to the Scottish Highlands at a remote lodge run by just two staff members. Everything starts out fine - champagne around the fireplace, a few drugs - but each others dirty little secrets start to reveal themselves as the snow begins to fall. Soon there’s no way out and no way to get help when one of them goes missing.
Read MoreThe world is no longer a scary place - war, starvation, disease, and death have been eradicated. A person can now live forever… at least hypothetically. The population keeps growing, forcing the Scythes to be created. In a random fashion, they choose their victim and end that person’s life. There’s no reanimation chamber for these people. They are truly dead, all to meet a Scythe’s quota. Rowan and Citra never expected to be summoned as a Scythe’s apprentice after they encounter their friendly, neighborhood Scythe on one of his killings. What starts as a normal year of learning to kill, quickly spirals as the very Scythemdom itself is rocked from the inside, forcing Rowan and Citra to fight for their lives.
Read MoreAlex’s life is the perfect blend of dreams come true and chaos - his mother is the first female President. With his life now on a stage and his mother up for re-election, nothing can go seriously wrong. Like an altercation with a Prince across the pond. After a horrifying tabloid scandal, Alex and Henry are forced to play nice and convince the world that they’re friends. But the more time they spend together, the more they learn that there’s something behind all the angst. The two set down a dangerous path that could ruin their lives and Alex’s mother’s re-election.
Read MoreThis is not your childhood’s little mermaid story, because in this story, two girls make it to land. One for true love. The other to save her sister. After seeing her sister on land, one look spells it all out for Runa and she knows that her sister Alia won’t be able to kill the prince to stay alive. Runa asks for help from the evil Sea Witch. Still locked in her cove by the sea king, Evie agrees to help but not without a price. Evie doesn’t realize that by helping Runa she will also have to pay her own price to the sea king. As his daughters go to land, he loses more of his magical power. He weaves lies and deceit around their disappearances making Evie the only person who can stop him and make the balance of magic even again.
Read MoreOne thing after another and Queenie’s life hits a dead spin. It all started at her doctor’s office - she ‘was’ pregnant. As her longtime boyfriend asks for a break, Queenie can’t make herself tell him that she had a miscarriage. That maybe a break up isn’t the best thing right now. Things go from bad to even worse as she makes one wrong decision after another. She lets guys use her, friends walk all over her, and barely scrapes by at work. Eventually she hits rock bottom at the same time that her Jamaican community begins to disappear before her eyes.
Read MoreKya is just a little girl when one by one her family leaves her. Even her father, the last person left, disappears one day. Forgotten in the swamps of North Carolina, Kya is raised by her own wits, nature, and a kind black man. She becomes a legend in the local town and draws in dared boys who think her old shack is haunted. Nasty rumors follow her anytime she’s forced to go into town for basic supplies. Years drift until 1969 when the town’s star boy is found dead. As Kya’s past unfolds, her upbringing and respect for nature plays out in stark contrast to the girl they think she is.
Read MoreTyler missed the draft but it wasn’t the worst thing that could have happened. Maybe trying to protect a 200 year old human with a glowing eye and the strength to stop your spaceship takes the cake. After rescuing said human from the fringe, Tyler heads with his ragtag team to provide supplies to an alien refuge, discovering along the way that the same human rescued has stowed away on his ship. The human attracts the presence of the GIA, forcing the team to run for their lives. Becoming fugitives, they must believe in the human that has brought them this trouble and hope her gifts can really save the galaxy.
Read MoreTen long years and, finally, Oliver can walk as a free man. Detective Colbourne just has one last favor. Since he’s going into the private sector, could Olvier tell him what really happened that night on the dock? But it doesn’t come down to one single moment. There are seven characters in this play and Oliver takes Colbourne to the start where their lives changed forever. When the life of the stage bled into reality.
Read MoreAsh and Solomon are best friends who live in different worlds. Ash’s is in the real world where she’s forced to watch Solomon spiral deeper into his delusions. Solomon lives in the Darkside where being different is persecuted. As things become dire in Ash’s world, Solomon’s magic begins to blend with reality and Ash wonders what really changed their lives when they were twelve. Together they learn about real monster as Ash prays that she can get her best friend back.
Read MoreShe didn’t eat the buffet. Thank God she didn’t eat the buffet. And because of that, there’s only two people who can go on the nonrefundable honeymoon, and they’re not the bride and groom - just their siblings. Olive begrudgingly accepts the dream vacation, dreading every minute she’ll be forced to spend with Ethan, her new brother-in-law, who’s hated her since the first day they met. Top it off with having to pretend to be her twin sister and Olive already feels like the trip is off to a rocky start. It’s made even rockier when the two have to actually pretend to be married.
Read MoreIt was supposed to be an experience to broaden her horizons. She was supposed to be going with her boyfriend. But right out of the gate, the trip has turned into Kim’s worst nightmare as she watches another girl sit on Connor’s lap. That’s why when Nicki, a girl on Kim’s flight, befriend’s Kim, Kim turns into an open book, spilling every last sorted detail of what happened between her and Connor. Nicki jokes that the two of them could take care of each other’s little problem - the police would never guess it was either of them. When Connor ends up dead, Kim fears Nicki has taken her own suggestion seriously.
Read More*Warning* - Synopsis contains spoilers from the first book, Contagion.
They’re captured… they’re captured… But Thea says she has a plan. Locked inside a spaceship, Thea squeezes out of her cell and frees Coen only to find there’s no way out. There’s no help coming. There’s no hope while the contagion runs through their veins. A contagion that could spell disaster if one drop of blood is spilled. Luckily, the people holding Coen and Thea don’t know everything - like the two of them being able to talk telepathically. They silently plot an escape, counting the different ways they could possibly get out alive. Can they find a way out before their captors discover a way to control them?
Read MoreA female spy, thirty years, and two World Wars make up this heart wrenching story. Eve has lived her whole life believed to be less than her worth, until one man recruits her as a spy for the infamous Alice Network. Charlie has been taught to look good and nothing else, her skills squashed by her mother. When Charlie finds herself pregnant and with no husband her only option is to go to Europe and fix the little problem. But going to Europe also means a chance to finally learn the fate of her cousin in WWII. She abandons her mother in England to follow her one lead, Eve. Along the way, Eve’s past comes back into startling focus when Charlie’s cousin and her life start to take similar paths, just thirty years apart.
Read MoreRilla is stuck spending the summer with her park ranger sister after her life falls apart back home. With a one way bus ticket and a pile of homework to keep her from failing out of school, she’s determined to show everyone. To show everyone that she’s really okay. And it seems like things could be okay after she stumbles into a rock climbing group in the park. They take her under their wings, showing her the literal ropes. However, she can’t let go of her haunting past and starts to see the new group judge her in the same way. Losing faith in them, in her sister, and in herself, she makes one wrong decision that could change her future again.
Read MoreIn 9-11, Noam Chomsky comments on the September 11th attacks, the new war on terrorism, Osama bin Laden, U.S. involvement with Afghanistan, media control, and the long-term implications of America's military attacks abroad. Informed by his deep understanding of the gravity of these issues and the global stakes, 9-11 demonstrates Chomsky's impeccable knowledge of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and South Asia, and sheds light on the rapidly shifting balance of world power. Speaking out against escalating violence, Chomsky critically examines the United States' own foreign policy record and considers what international institutions might be employed against underground networks and national states accused of terrorism. 9-11's analysis still stands as a measure of how well the media is able to serve its role of informing the citizenry, so crucial to our democracy in times of war.
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Read MoreAmanda and Rosalie have nothing in common - except for dating the same guy, Carter Shaw. Golden boy, extraordinaire, Carter is set to inherit his father’s company and since the start of High School, Amanda and Carter have been pushed as the end goal, the power couple. But Carter can’t stay faithful. Players can be played however and Rosalie does just that by using Carter as a front, trying to conceal her true feelings from her fundamentalist church and family. Amanda and Rosalie’s futures become threatened when they both receive text messages from Private. Private promises to not just destroy their futures but also their lives if they don’t do as instructed.
Read MoreOne day Cass was just your normal girl; unpopular, a lover of cameras, and with crazy parents that write books about ghosts. Then the next day, she could actually see them… ghosts that is. With a tap, tap, tap, she’s drawn to the splits in the veil where she crosses over and watches ghosts relive their deaths. And all this with her best friend and sidekick, Jacob, the ghost that saved her on that frozen day. It’s not so bad, this new life. Cass figures out a rhythm. She can’t wait for summer vacation at the beach house, a place mostly devoid of the ghostly kind. But then her parents drop a massive bomb. They landed a TV show and will be heading straight to Edinburgh, one of the most haunted cities in the world. What was supposed to be a quiet, idyllic summer, turns into a crazy adventure where Cass learns what her new gift really means.
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