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61) Chasing graves
Author
Series
Chasing graves trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Bengalley.com
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Meet Caltro Basalt. He's a master locksmith, a selfish bastard, and as of his first night in Araxes, stone cold dead. They call it the City of Countless Souls, the colossal jewel of the Arctian Empire, and all it takes to be its ruler is to own more ghosts than any other. For in Araxes, the dead do not rest in peace in the afterlife, but live on as slaves for the rich. While Caltro struggles to survive, those around him strive for the emperor's throne...
Author
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to the City Unspoken, where Gods and Mortals come to die. Contrary to popular wisdom, death is not the end, nor is it a passage to some transcendent afterlife. Those who die merely awake as themselves on one of a million worlds, where they are fated to live until they die again, and wake up somewhere new. All are born only once, but die many times. until they come at last to the City Unspoken, where the gateway to True Death can be found....
63) Afterlove
Author
Publisher
GodwinBooks, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In this powerful, all-encompassing YA love story, a girl who becomes a grim reaper must figure out what the future holds--especially when it comes to the girlfriend she left behind. When Ashana Persaud meets Poppy Morgan on a school trip, she's sure it's too good to be true. Ash has never had much luck with girls, but Poppy proves different. Coffee dates turn to museum trips until, soon, the two girls can see a future together--one that's seemingly...
Author
Publisher
Central Avenue Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"They said you can't take your money with you when you die. What if they were wrong? ... Hong Kong, 2002. A stock market trader desperate to pay off a gangster debt invents a scam: Afterlife Dollars. A product inspired by an ancient Chinese custom that allows people to buy their way into heaven. It's the beginning of a dizzying chain reaction that ripples in Mumbai, where one man does the unthinkable to secure his afterlife - while thousands of miles...
65) If it bleeds
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
"The four never-before-published novellas in this collection represent horror master King at his finest, using the weird and uncanny to riff on mortality, the price of creativity, and the unpredictable consequences of material attachments. A teenager discovers that a dead friend's cell phone, which was buried with the body, still communicates from beyond the grave in 'Mr. Harrigan's Phone,' which reads like a Twilight Zone episode infused with an...
66) The ghost bride
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"One evening, my father asked me if I would like to become a ghost bride..." Though ruled by British overlords, the Chinese of colonial Malaya still cling to ancient customs. And in the sleepy port town of Malacca, ghosts and superstitions abound. Li Lan, the daughter of a genteel but bankrupt family, has few prospects. But fate intervenes when she receives an unusual proposal from the wealthy and powerful Lim family. They want her to become a ghost...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"The soul of the deceased narrator, cleansed of all its memories of its past life, is heading toward the darkness when it suddenly encounters an angel. 'Congratulations!' the angel exclaims. 'You're the winner of our lottery! You're being given a second chance!' The next thing it knows, the soul is back on earth, occupying the body of fifteen-year-old Makoto who is planning to poison himself. Makoto is friendless, and his family shows him little love....
68) Apex
Author
Series
Nexus novels (Ramez Naam) volume 3
Publisher
Angry Robot, an imprint of Watkins Media Ltd
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Global unrest spreads through the US, China, and beyond. Secrets and lies set off shockwaves of anger, rippling from mind to mind. Riot police battle neurally-linked protestors. Armies are mobilized. Political orders fall. Nexus-driven revolution is here. Against this backdrop, a new breed of post-human children are growing into their powers. And a once-dead scientist, driven mad by her torture, is closing in on her ultimate aim--to seize the planet's...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"December 1348. What if you had just six days to save your soul? With the country in the grip of the Black Death, brothers John and William fear that they will shortly die and suffer in the afterlife. But as the end draws near, they are given an unexpected choice: either to go home and spend their last six days in their familiar world, or to search for salvation across the forthcoming centuries living each one of their remaining days ninety-nine...
70) Femlandia
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A chilling look into an alternate near future where a woman and her daughter seek refuge in a women-only colony, only to find that the safe haven they were hoping for is the most dangerous place they could be. Miranda Reynolds always thought she would rather die than live in Femlandia. But that was before the country sank into total economic collapse and her husband walked out in the harshest, most permanent way, leaving her and her sixteen-year-old...
Author
Language
English
Description
"After my son Kyle Ferriera van Leer declared his major in Egyptology at Yale in 2010, he mentioned the Book of Two Ways in passing. Without knowing a thing about it, I said, "That's a great title for a novel." It was only after he began to explain what it actually was that I realized what I needed to write about - the construct of time, and love, and life, and death"--
Dawn Edelstein is on a plane when she is told to prepare for a crash landing....
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Yang Fei was born on a moving train. Lost by his mother, adopted by a young switchman, raised with simplicity and love, he is utterly unprepared for the tempestuous changes that await him and his country. As a young man, he searches for a place to belong in a nation that is ceaselessly reinventing itself, but he remains on the edges of society. At age forty-one, he meets an accidental and unceremonious death. Lacking the money for a burial plot, he...
Author
Series
Disney villains volume 10
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The myth has been told for centuries: Brothers Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades waged a years-long war against their father Cronus and his tyrannical Titans. Upon their mighty victory, Zeus split the world into three. For himself, he claimed the Sky and what fell below it. To his brother Poseidon, he assigned dominion over the Sea. And his oldest brother, Hades, would rule the Underworld. While Hades tries to make the best of a lonely situation, eternity...
Author
Publisher
Suma
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Los jóvenes héroes de esta novela intentan entender el mundo que les rodea: Anna y Omeir se encuentran en lados opuestos de las magníficas murallas de Constantinopla durante el asedio de la ciudad en 1453; el idealista Seymour está inmerso en un atentado contra una biblioteca en el Idaho de la actualidad; y Konstance viaja a bordo de una nave espacial que se dirige a un nuevo planeta en el futuro. Todos ellos son soñadores que encuentran fuerza...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bestselling author Peter F. Hamilton returns to his acclaimed Commonwealth series in this thrilling follow-up to The Abyss Beyond Dreams. Featuring Hamilton's trademark blend of intricate plotting, riveting suspense, high-concept science, and vivid characters, A Night Without Stars brings the story to a fully satisfying finish. After centuries trapped inside the Void, the planet Bienvenido--along with its inhabitants, both human and Faller--has been...
Series
Reincarnated witch spells doom volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On her eighteenth birthday, shut-in Sena Shirai finally works up the courage to leave the comfort of her home--only to be hit by a truck! Luckily, she has a second chance at life as a witch in another world, but the only spells she can use are "explode" and "perish." Unable to control her destructive power, Sena is shunned by the nearby villagers and doomed to live in isolation once again. But when a mysterious boy collapses at her doorstep on her...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In this stunning, fantastical debut novel from a bold new voice in the bestselling traditions of Christopher Moore and Jasper Fforde, a ferryman for the dead finds his existence unraveling after making either the best decision or the biggest mistake of his immortal life. Ferryman Charlie Dawson saves dead people--somebody has to convince them to move on to the afterlife, after all. Having never failed a single assignment, he's acquired a reputation...
Series
Reincarnated witch spells doom volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Liskal, the newly crowned wind dragon king, has kidnapped Sena to make her his life partner, claiming that—to her surprise—someone with her magic only comes around once every few centuries! But Sena knows that Prince Keith is deeply worried about her, so she flees the castle to take her rightful place by his side. When a frustrated Gartt confronts her, Sena learns Keith is harboring a secret that unearths painful memories from her previous life....
79) Rainbow Bridge
Author
Publisher
Seismic Press, an imprint of Aftershock
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Losing a pet is hard. But what if you could have one last adventure together? Andy and Rocket few up together, with Rocket serving as Andy's loyal canine guardian through every one of childhood's ups and downs. So, when Rocket passes away fight before Andy's 14th birthday, he's rudderless, and can't imagine making the transition to high school without Rocket at his side. The day before school starts, when Andy is at this lowest, he visits Rocket's...
Author
Publisher
Vann Chow
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The HOUSE OF LIFE is an atmospheric, heart-pouding tale that would leave you wanting for more. Tsingtao, 1914, during German-occupation: It was WWI and the British army raided the mayor's mansion for silver and other treasures. The mayor's four-year-old grandson disappeared along with the treasures and was never to be seen again. Hong Kong, 2020, former British colony: A girl called Elise is hit-and-run and her soul arrived at the House of Life,...
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