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Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Discovered as three notebooks in an antique store in Rome at the turn of the millennium, The Reincarnationist Papers offers a tantalizing glimpse into the Cognomina, a secret society of people who possess total recall of their past lives. Evan Michaels struggles with being different, with having the complete memories of two other people who lived sequentially before him. He fights loneliness and believes he is unique until he meets Poppy. She recognizes...
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Series
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English
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Miracle Springs, North Carolina, is a place of healing. Strangers flock here hoping the natural hot springs, five-star cuisine, and renowned spa can cure their ills. If none of that works, they often find their way to Miracle Books, where, over a fresh-baked "comfort" scone from the Gingerbread House bakery, they exchange their stories with owner Nora Pennington in return for a carefully chosen book. That's Nora's special talent--prescribing the perfect...
44) Markswoman
Author
Series
Asiana volume 1
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An order of magical-knife wielding female assassins brings both peace and chaos to their post-apocalyptic world in this bewitching blend of science fiction and epic fantasy--the first entry in a debut duology that displays the inventiveness of the works of Sarah Beth Durst, Marie Lu, and S. J. Kincaid. Kyra is the youngest Markswoman in the Order of Kali, a highly trained sisterhood of elite warriors armed with telepathic blades. Guided by a strict...
45) Firstborn
Author
Series
Descendants of the House of Bathory volume 2
Publisher
Howard Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee comes the much-anticipated, fast-paced sequel to The Progeny about the powerful descendants of the most notorious female serial killer of all time. All at once, she remembers. The memories Audra had erased have returned. And now she knows why she did it--to save her daughter. Now she must find her archenemy, the Historian, and put an end to the centuries old Progeny/Scion war once and for all. But...
46) Burning lamp
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Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Hallucination-prone crime lord Griffin Winters believes he has been struck with the Winters Curse and engages in a dangerous psychic experiment with the mysterious Adelaide Pyne, who holds Nicholas Winters' missing lamp.
47) King of the road
Author
Series
Brotherhood of the Wheel volume 2
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Jimmie Aussapile, Lovina Marcou and Heck Sinclair are members of a secret society dedicated to protecting those who travel America's highways from the monsters, both supernatural and mundane, that lurk in the darkness just beyond your headlights. At home in Lenoir, North Carolina, Jimmie and his squire Heck find themselves drawn into an all-out war between two competing biker gangs. One is led by a rival biker in possession of new found supernatural...
48) Bloody January
Author
Series
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When an 18-year-old boy shoots a young woman dead in the middle of a busy Glasgow street and then commits suicide, McCoy knows it can't be a random act of violence. With a newbie partner in tow, McCoy uses his underworld network to build a picture of a secret society run by Glasgow's wealthiest family, the Dunlops. Drugs, sex, incest; every nefarious predilection is catered to, at the expense of the lower echelon of society, an underclass that includes...
49) Mahimata
Author
Series
Asiana volume 2
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A young female assassin must confront the man who slaughtered her family, risk her heart, and come to terms with her identity as a warrior and as a woman in this thrilling fantasy. Sequel to Markswoman.
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When the Testament of Lucifer is discovered in a Lebanese mountain cave, Gnostic Observatine sect leader Bravo Shaw, his sister Emma, and Fra Leoni become the defenders against the devil's advance guard and an plot to enslave humanity.
52) The monster war
Author
Series
League of Seven volume 3
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Having discovered the monstrous secret of his origins, Archie Dent is no longer certain that he is worthy to be a member of the League of Seven. But with new enemies to face, he realizes that he may not have the luxury of questioning his destiny. Wielding the Dragon Lantern, the maniacal Philomena Moffett has turned her back on the Septemberist Society, creating her own Shadow League and unleashing a monster army on the American continent. Archie...
Author
Series
Invisible library volume 6
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In the latest novel in Genevieve Cogman's historical fantasy series, Irene and Kai have to team up with an unlikely band of misfits to pull off an amazing art heist--or risk the wrath of the dangerous villain with a secret island lair. A Librarian's work is never done, and once Irene has a quick rest after their latest adventure, she is summoned to the Library. The world where she grew up is in danger of veering deep into chaos, and she needs to...
Author
Series
Blood Guard trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Ronan Truelove barely survived his first encounter with his father and the Bend Sinister. Now, he's determined to become one of the Blood Guard, a sword-wielding secret society sworn to protect thirty-six pure souls crucial to the world's survival. Eager to prove he's got what it takes, Ronan is sent on his first mission with his friends Greta and Sammy to visit a weird-sounding school and take a series of tests called the Glass Gauntlet. Paper and...
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books / Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The single greatest work of art in the world is not in the Louvre or The Met, or in any private collection. In fact, its whereabouts are unknown. Once in a long while, a child is born possessing the rarest of gifts, the innate ability to feel impossible beauty, to recognize priceless works of art. When such a child is discovered, a 250-year-old secret organization called Our World trains them to acquire the greatest works of art through theft, bribery,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Former NYC Mayor Tom Cafferty has been haunted by memories of the hyper intelligent, bloodthirsty creatures that attacked his city. But the attack was not an isolated incident - now the creatures have spread worldwide. And a secret organization is holding nations hostage with the knowledge of how to kill them. Will Cafferty and his team be able to save the entire planet from an apocalyptic scale disaster?"--Publisher description.
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English
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"Magicians Impossible is a mind-bending page-turner A brilliant and unique mash-up of spells, myth and mayhem, once it got its claws in me I couldn't put it down. Like a veteran stage magician, Brad Abraham has created a hip thriller that turns convention on its ear with misdirection and mayhem. A must read for enthusiasts of edgy and extreme fiction." --Don Coscarelli, director of John Dies At The End Twenty-something bartender Jason Bishop's world...
58) The maidens
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike-particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens. Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated on The Maidens when one member, a friend of Mariana's niece Zoe, is found murdered...
59) Invasion
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
After his parents are killed in an automobile accident, sixteen-year-old Colt McAllister moves to Arizona where he is recruited by a secret organization to join the battle against malevolent, supernatural creatures from another world.
60) Sharpest sting
Author
Series
Elemental Assassin book volume 18
Publisher
Jennifer Estep]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The truth won't set me free--but it will probably get me killed ...As Gin Blanco, aka the assassin the Spider, I'm used to having a target on my back. But ever since I started investigating the secret society known as the Circle, that target seems bigger than ever. Still, I'm trying to relax and enjoy the events leading up to my friends' wedding when I learn that an old enemy has returned to Ashland. And that's the just beginning of my latest nightmare....
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