Genre: Young Adult Speculative

Ascendance: The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Ascendance: The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen

A kingdom teetering on the brink of destruction. A king gone missing. Who will survive? Just weeks after Jaron has taken the throne, an assassination attempt forces him into a deadly situation. Rumors of a coming war are winding their way between the castle walls, and Jaron feels the pressure quietly mounting within Carthya. Soon, it becomes clear that deserting the kingdom may be his […]

March 1, 2013 / 3 Comments
Partials Sequence: Fragments by Dan Wells

Partials Sequence: Fragments by Dan Wells

Kira Walker has found the cure for RM, but the battle for the survival of humans and Partials is just beginning. Kira has left East Meadow in a desperate search for clues to who she is. That the Partials themselves hold the cure for RM in their blood cannot be a coincidence—it must be part of a larger plan, a plan that involves Kira, a […]

February 27, 2013 / 2 Comments
Legends of Muirwood: The Scourge of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

Legends of Muirwood: The Scourge of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

When a deadly plague is unleashed in the land of Muirwood, the fate of the world is placed in the hands of a young woman named Lia. Charged to be a magical protector, Lia volunteers to be sent on a desperate quest to rescue the squire Colvin, her love, and his pupil Ellowyn Demont, the alleged heir to the fallen kingdom of Pry-Ree. Still recovering […]

January 22, 2013 / 0 Comments
Legends of Muirwood: The Blight of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

Legends of Muirwood: The Blight of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

Lia finds herself filled with inner turmoil after the great battle of Winterrowd that led to the death of the wicked king and her closest ally. Despite her reservations, Lia is called to be an official protector of Muirwood Abbey and is charged to employ her magic to defend Ellowyn Demont, the lost heir of the fallen kingdom of Pry-Ree. Her duties are put to […]

January 18, 2013 / 0 Comments
Legends of Muirwood: The Wretched of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

Legends of Muirwood: The Wretched of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

In the ancient and mystical land of Muirwood, Lia has known only a life of servitude. Labeled a “wretched,” an outcast unwanted and unworthy of respect, Lia is forbidden to realize her dream to read or write. All but doomed, her days are spent toiling away as a kitchen slave under the charge of the Aldermaston, the Abbey’s watchful overseer. But when an injured squire […]

January 15, 2013 / 0 Comments
Tiger’s Destiny by Colleen Houck

Tiger’s Destiny by Colleen Houck

With three of the goddess Durga’s quests behind them, only one prophecy now stands in the way of Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan breaking the tiger’s curse. But the trio’s greatest challenge awaits them: A life-endangering pursuit in search of Durga’s final gift, the Rope of Fire, on the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. It’s a race against time—and the evil sorcerer Lokesh—in this […]

September 12, 2012 / 1 Comment
Partials Sequence: Isolation by Dan Wells

Partials Sequence: Isolation by Dan Wells

Two decades before the events of Partials, the world was locked in a different battle for survival: a global war for the last remaining oil reserves on the planet. It was for the Isolation War that the American government contracted the ParaGen Corporation to manufacture the Partials—our last hope in reclaiming energy independence from China. And it was on these fields of battle that the […]

August 29, 2012 / 0 Comments
Maze Runner: The Kill Order by James Dashner

Maze Runner: The Kill Order by James Dashner

The prequel to the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series. Before WICKED was formed, before the Glade was built, before Thomas entered the Maze, sun flares hit the earth and mankind fell to disease. Mark and Trina were there when it happened, and they survived. But surviving the sun flares was easy compared to what came next. Now a disease of rage and lunacy […]

August 14, 2012 / 1 Comment
Holoquest: DiSemblance by Shanae Branham

Holoquest: DiSemblance by Shanae Branham

Jason Tanner lives between two worlds. Problem is, only one is real. Inside the hologram machine 17-year-old Jason has everything his heart desires, including a digital simulation of his dead mother. While outside the machine, he’s forbidden contact with everyone. Living within the shadow of a serial killer, Jason is captivated by the beautiful girl next door, Boston Manning. Disobeying his father, he secretly cultivates […]

August 11, 2012 / 0 Comments
Wings: Destined by Aprilynne Pike

Wings: Destined by Aprilynne Pike

Tamani looked at her gravely, and reached up to tuck her hair behind her ear. He hesitated for an instant, then his hands found the sides of her face, pulling her to him. He didn’t kiss her, just held her face close to his, their foreheads resting together, their noses almost touching. She hated how much it felt like good-bye. Laurel now knows the truth: […]

May 3, 2012 / 1 Comment