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Author
Series
Undead novels volume 12
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After Betsy killed the Devil, her sister Laura has assumed the role of Satan and puts her in charge of all things earth-bound: her vampire husband Sinclair, best friend Jessica in her sixth (and hopefully last) trimester, and her and Sinclair's adopted little BabyJon.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Levitation. Feats of superhuman strength. Speaking in tongues. A hateful, glowing stare. Spirit possession has been documented for thousands of years and across religions and cultures, even into our time: In 2019 the Vatican convened 250 priests from 50 countries for a week-long seminar on exorcism. The Penguin Book of Exorcisms brings together the most astonishing accounts: Saint Anthony set upon by demons in the form of a lion, a bull, and a panther,...
Author
Series
Immortals after dark series volume 10
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"Malkom Slaine: tormented by his sordid past and racked by vampire hungers, he's pushed to the brink by the green-eyed beauty under his guard. Carrow Graie: hiding her own sorrows, she lives only for the next party or prank. Until she meets a tortured warrior worth saving. In order for Malkom and Carrow to survive, he must unleash both the demon and vampire inside him. When Malkom becomes the nightmare his own people feared, will he lose the woman...
Author
Publisher
Nightfire
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it. Connecticut, 1666. An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector. The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil. To Abitha, a recently widowed outcast, alone and vulnerable in her pious village, he is the only one she can turn to for help. Together, they ignite a battle between...
Author
Series
Accidental demon slayer novels volume 2
Publisher
[s.n.]
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Lizzie Brown's job as a preschool teacher has not prepared her for ancient demon-fighting hocus-pocus. So she decides to write her own manual, The dangerous book for demon slayers.
Series
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
A collection of ten short stories, some of which were previously available online, that follow Jem Carstairs as he travels through the many Shadow Markets around the world, searching for a relic from his past.
Author
Series
Pandava volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"After fourteen-year-old Aru Shah and her friends fail to keep a prophecy from the Sleeper, they undergo a rebranding campaign to prove the Pandavas's trustworthiness, but Aru believes they need to focus on finding the Tree of Wishes before the Sleeper and stopping war between the devas and the demons." --
Author
Series
Immortals after dark series volume 7
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Demon warrior Rydstrom Woede is determined to escape his captivity to the sorceress Sabine, Queen of Illusions, and to claim the beautiful Sabine on his own terms, but first they must defeat the enemy that stands between them.
52) The core
Author
Series
Demon Cycle volume 5
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Arlen Bales became known as the Warded Man, tattooed head to toe with powerful magic symbols that enable him to fight demons-- and emerge victorious. Jardir, armed with magically warded weapons, called himself the Deliverer, a figure prophesied to unite humanity and lead them to triumph in Sharak Ka-- the final war against demonkind. Now the war is at hand, and humanity cannot hope to win it unless Arlen and Jardir, with the help of Arlen's wife,...
Author
Series
Mortal instruments volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
As mysterious murders threaten the new peace between Shadowhunters and Downworlders, only Simon, the Daylighter vampire, can help bring both groups together.
Author
Series
Tairen soul volume 5
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
As she and her mate, Rain--the magnificent and legendary Fey King--fight for their love, Ellysetta Baristani must secure the world for Light and defeat the evil High Mage of Eld before they are plunged into darkness for all eternity.
55) Camp Damascus
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
""A joyful, furious romp through dark places, Tingle proves he's as good at fear as he is at love." --T. Kingfisher, bestselling author of What Moves the Dead. From beloved internet icon Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus is a searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community face in America, the price of keeping secrets, and finding the courage to burn it all down. Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a...
Author
Series
Pandava volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Aru Shah and her sisters -- including one who also claims to be the Sleeper's daughter -- must find their mentors Hanuman and Urvashi in Lanka, the city of gold, before war breaks out between the devas and asuras --
57) Temper
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Auben Mutze has more vices than he can deal with--six to be exact--each branded down his arm for all the world to see. They mark him as a lesser twin in society, as inferior, but there's no way he'll let that define him. Intelligent and outgoing, Auben's spirited antics make him popular among the other students at his underprivileged high school. So what if he's envious of his twin Kasim, whose single vice brand is a ticket to a better life, one...
58) Entwined
Author
Series
Publisher
Dorchester Publishing
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Language
English
Description
Forces of daemons are gathering and have broken through the barriers of the Underworld. Now more than ever, the Eternal Guardians are needed to protect both their own realm and the human world. Zander can't afford to think about what might have been with the bewitching physician he once regarded as his soul mate. But with eternity stretching before him, he also can't fathom spending his life without the one woman who makes him feel most alive. Perhaps...
Author
Series
Pandava volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon.
Author
Series
Blood and Ash volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy's life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. But the choice has never been hers. The entire kingdom's future rests...
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