Paul Randall needs to start over, and Crescent Cove looks like the ideal place for the widowed pharmacist to begin again. What could be more perfect than running an old-fashioned pharmacy in an idyllic small town on the coast of northern California? But soon after purchasing the charming drugstore, Paul discovers it will be anything but business as usual in his new locale. Although Crescent […]
Title: Red Dragon Codex Author: R.D. Henham (Rebecca Shelley) Publisher: Mirrorstone Release Date: January 8, 2008 ISBN: 978-0786949250 Size: Trade hardcover; 256 pages Genre: Middle Grade Speculative Dear Reader, In my cozy library alcove, I never realized the peril that could befall a traveler in the mountains — or even a quiet villager, minding her own business. Then I read Sindri Suncatcher’s A Practical Guide […]
Blessed—or cursed—with an ability to understand animals, the Lass has always felt estranged from her family, who struggle to make a living in the windswept north. So when an isbjorn (polar bear) seeks her out and promises that her family will be provided for if she accompanies him to his castle, she doesn’t hesitate. But the great white bear is not what he seems, nor […]
Title: The Search for the Red Dragon Author: James A. Owen Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Release Date: January 1, 2008 ISBN: 978-1416948506 Size: 9 x 6; 384 pages Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Series: Sequel to Here There Be Dragons It has been nine years since John, Jack, and Charles had their great adventure in the Archipelago of Dreams and became the Caretakers of […]
Title: The Mage’s Daughter Author: Lynn Kurland Publisher: Berkley Sensation Release Date: January 2, 2008 ISBN: 978-0425219164 Size: 5.5×8 paperback; 384 pages Genre: Speculative In the kingdom of Neroche, nightmarish creatures have been unleashed as weapons in a war of evil. Morgan the mercenary, daughter of a treacherous black mage, must fight against them-as well as for her very life. Miach of Neroche would risk […]
Title: Spires of Stone Author: Annette Lyon Publisher: Covenant Communication, Inc. Release Date: 2007 ISBN: 978-1598114487 Size: 6×9 Genre: Historical Romance Bethany Hansen wasn’t sure when or if she would ever see Benjamin Adams again. She also told herself that it didn’t matter. But when Ben and his two brothers come home after more than two years of serving a mission to the Eastern states, […]
Title: The Well of Ascension Author: Brandon Sanderson Publisher: TOR Books Release Date: August 21, 2007 ISBN: 978-0765316882 Size: 6×9; 592 pages Genre: Fantasy Series: Sequel to Mistborn: The Final Empire The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler—the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years—has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, […]
A monk with a secret… A light that never dies… A legend that could change history… There is an ancient legend about shining stones. About lights that never dim, never die. And the stones are old. Very old. Archaeologist Mathilda Howard believes in solid scientific fact and proven history. Not mythical stories about shining stones or prehistoric advanced civilizations. But when an old Tibetan monk […]
Title: Hunting Gideon Author: Jessica Draper Publisher: Zarahemla Books Release Date: August 13, 2007 ISBN: 978-0978797140 Size: 5×8.5; 184 pages Genre: Speculative Thriller Tracking hackers and crackers for the FBI’s National Infrastructure Protection Center looks like a vivid video game to an outsider, but the outcome of the play is deadly serious. Through her online feline avatar, Sekhmet, Sue Anne Jones stalks the V-Net, the […]
Title: Book of a Thousand Days Author: Shannon Hale Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books Release Date: September 18, 2007 ISBN: 978-1599900513 Size: 5×8; 320 pages Genre: Young Adult Fantasy When Dashti, a maid, and Lady Saren, her mistress, are shut in a tower for seven years because of Saren’s refusal to marry a man she despises, the two prepare for a very long and dark […]