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21) Bloodfever
Author
Series
Fever novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Dublin the walls are coming down between Man and Faery. That means that the Buffy-like services of MacKayla Lane-the 22-year-old Georgia-born sidhe-seer (or one who can see the Fae) and slayer are required. Mac is determined to kick the nasties back to faeryland and to avenge her sister Alina's murder by the Fae's dark Lord Master. She's also seeking the sinister Sinsar Dubh, a book of black magic. Jericho Barrons, Mac's enigmatic protector, is...
Author
Series
Spellsong cycle volume 1
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
23) Sword of destiny
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent."--
Collects short stories following the adventures of magical hero Geralt.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among the sprawling tunnels of the Underthing, snug in the heart of this forgotten place. Her name is Auri, and she is full of mysteries.
26) Darksong rising
Author
Series
Spellsong cycle volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
27) Midnight magic
Author
Series
Medieval mysteries (Avi) volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In Italy in 1491, Mangus the magician and his apprentice are summoned to the castle of Duke Claudio to determine if his daughter is indeed being haunted by a ghost.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In the sequel to the "captivating"* Zig Zag Girl, DI Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto hunt for a killer after two children are murdered in a tragic tableau of a very grim fairy tale. *Wall Street Journal It's Christmastime in Brighton, and the city is abuzz about a local production of Aladdin, starring the marvelous Max Mephisto. But the holiday cheer is lost on DI Edgar Stephens. He's investigating the murder of two children, Annie and...
29) A restless truth
Author
Series
Last binding volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A Restless Truth is the second entry in Freya Marske's beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, the queer historical fantasy series that began with A Marvellous Light. "Sublime prose, top-notch world-building, delightfully queer."-TJ Klune, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, on A Marvellous Light Magic! Murder! Shipboard romance! Maud Blyth has always longed for adventure. She expected plenty of it when she volunteered to serve...
Author
Language
English
Description
It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children--four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness--sneak out to hear their fortunes. Their prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching for love in '80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas...
33) Masques
Author
Series
Sianim series volume 1
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When the peaceful kingdom of Reth is overrun by Geofrrey ae'Magi, the evil master of illusion, Aralorn, weaponsmistress of the shapechanging race, and her companion, Wolf, attempt to overthrow him.
34) Dark magic
Author
Series
Dark series volume 4
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
[2010], c2000
Language
English
Description
Young Savannah Dubrinski was a mistress of illusion, a world-famous magician capable of mesmerizing millions. But there was one - Gregori, the Dark One - who held her in terrifying thrall.
35) Honest illusions
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2010, c1992
Language
English
Description
Roxy Nouvelle, daughter of a world-renowned magician, inherits her father's penchant for jewel thievery, but when escape artist Luke Callahan enters her world, she is forced to make some changes.
36) Thief's magic
Author
Series
Millennium's rule novels volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a world where an industrial revolution is powered by magic, Tyen, a student of archaeology, unearths a sentient book called Vella. Once a young sorcerer-bookbinder, Vella was transformed into a useful tool by one of the greatest sorcerers of history. Since then she has been collecting information, including a vital clue to the disaster Tyen's world faces. Elsewhere, in a land ruled by the priests, Rielle the dyer's daughter has been taught that...
40) Now you see them
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The fifth book in the Magic Men series, Now You See Them is a wild mystery with detective Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto, as they investigate a string of presumed kidnappings in the swinging 1960s"--
Edgar Stephens is now a Superintendent and married to former DS Emma Holmes. Magician Max Mephisto is a movie star in Hollywood, while his daughter Ruby has her own TV show. When an investigation into a string of disappearing girls starts,...
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