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Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In 1928 Chicago, eighteen-year-old Ruby, daughter of the state attorney, uses her ability to read minds as a vigilante to hunt out murderers and kill them even if they have not yet committed the crime; Guy works in the morgue, and wants to understand the human body, because maybe then he will learn how it is that he is able to shapeshift into other people--something Ruby plans to use because someone is out to get her father and she is pretty sure...
Author
Publisher
Tordotcom, a Tom Doherty Associates book
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Annae, a brilliant graduate student in psychiatric magic and survivor of academic abuse, can't stop reading people's minds. This is how she protects herself, by using her abilities to know exactly how her colleagues view her. This is how she escapes the torturous experience of her own existence. When Annae moves to England to rebuild her life and finish her studies under the seminal magician Marec Górski -- infamous for bringing to life a homunculus...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meet Phil Snyder: new father, nursing assistant at a cutting-edge biotech facility on Staten Island, and all-around decent guy. Trouble is, his life is falling apart. His wife has betrayed him, his job involves experimental surgeries with strange side effects, and his father is hiding early-onset dementia. Phil also has a special talent he doesn't want to publicize--he's a mind reader and moonlights as Brainstorm, a costumed superhero. But when Phil...
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"It's been fifty years since the crossroads caused the disappearance of Thomas Price and his wife, Alice, has been trying to find him and bring him home ever since, despite the increasing probability that he's no longer alive for her to find. Now that the crossroads have been destroyed, she's redoubling her efforts. It's time to bring him home, dead or alive."--
45) Cast in fury
Author
Series
Chronicles of Elantra volume 4
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When a minority race of telepaths suspected of causing a near-devastating tidal wave, Private Kaylin Neya is summoned to court and into a PR nightmare. To ease racial tensions the emperor has commissioned a play, and the playwright has his own ideas who should be the focus. But Kaylin works her best magic behind the scenes, and though she tries to stay neutral, she is again drawn into a world of politics ... and murder. To make matters worse, Marcus,...
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Ko Bo Bo lives with his uncle U Ba in Kalaw, a town in Burma. He is a child with an unusual gift: Bo Bo can read people's emotions in their eyes. His father comes to visit him once a year, and he can hardly remember his mother. Then U Ba tells him of a great love, which threatens to break down in the whirlwind of political events; of the bravery of the heart; and of Bo Bo's mother's mysterious illness. Convinced that he can heal her,...
Author
Series
Mindspace Investigations volume 1
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"I used to work for the Telepath's Guild before they kicked me out for a drug habit that wasn't entirely my fault. Now I work for the cops, helping Homicide Detective Isabella Cherabino put killers behind bars. My ability to get inside the twisted minds of suspects makes me the best interrogator in the department. But the normals keep me on a short leash. When the Tech Wars ripped the world apart, the Guild stepped up to save it. But they had to get...
Author
Series
Wings of fire (Graphic novels) volume 7
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Peace has come to Pyrrhia... for now. The war between the tribes is finally over, and now the dragonets of the prophecy have a plan for lasting peace: Jade Mountain Academy, a school that will gather dragonets from all the tribes and teach them to live together, perhaps even as friends. Moonwatcher isn't sure how she feels about school, however. Hidden in the rainforest for most of her life, the young NightWing has an awful secret. She can read minds,...
49) Left fur dead
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"On Fur Bridge Farm, Jules cares for rescued rabbits. But when a killer strikes, she'll need a rabbit to rescue her. Juliette "Jules" Bridge prides herself on the tender rehabilitation she provides for injured or abused rabbits on her New Hampshire rescue farm, but she has a very special relationship with one bunny in particular. Bun is a black-and-white rabbit who happens to have the ability to communicate through mental telepathy. Once she got over...
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Sarah Zellaby has always been in an interesting position. Adopted into the Price family at a young age, she's never been able to escape the biological reality of her origins: she's a cuckoo, a telepathic ambush predator closer akin to a parasitic wasp than a human being. Friend, cousin, mathematician; it's never been enough to dispel the fear that one day, nature will win out over nurture, and everything will change. Maybe that time has finally come....
51) Crosstalk
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"One of science fiction's premiere humorists turns her eagle eye to the crushing societal implications of telepathy. In a not-too-distant future, a simple outpatient procedure that has been promised to increase empathy between romantic partners has become all the rage. So when Briddey Flannigan's fiancé proposes that he and Briddey undergo the procedure, she is delighted! Only...the results aren't quite as expected. Instead of gaining an increased...
52) Absynthe
Author
Series
DAW book collectors volume no. 1900
Publisher
Daw Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Liam Mulcahey, a reclusive, shell-shocked veteran, remembers little of the Great War. Ten years later, when he is caught in a brutal attack on a Chicago speakeasy, Liam is saved by Grace, an alluring heiress who's able to cast illusions. Though the attack appears to have been committed by the hated Uprising, Grace believes it was orchestrated by Leland De Pere--Liam's former commander and the current President of the United States. Meeting Grace...
53) Celestia
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Quick, Dora, we have to get out of here. The Great Invasion had swept across the mainland, forcing most to flee. Some took refuge on a small island - Celestia - built of concrete over a thousand years ago. Now completely isolated from the rest of the world, its become an outpost for criminals and other outcasts, including two young telepaths, Dora and Pierrot. That is, until they are forced to escape the island and confront the unknown that awaits...
54) #1544
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Ty Carter is at the prime of his career, making millions in Atlanta real estate, and his Cuban-Jamaican good looks and charm make him a hit with the ladies. One would think he was on top of the world; however, things are not always what they seem. Recently divorced, he's taking care of his grandfather, who suffers from dementia, and also trying to keep his sexual addiction under wraps. Just when he thinks he's got things under control, Ty is knocked...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Just hours after his wife and her entire family perish in the Christmas Eve tsunami in Brisbane, American expat and former police officer Frank Mercy goes out to join his volunteer rescue unit. He pulls a little boy from a submerged car, saving the child's life with only seconds to spare. In that moment, Frank's own life is transformed. Not quite knowing why, Frank sidesteps the law, when, instead of turning Ian over to the Red Cross, he takes the...
56) What a dog knows
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Susan Wilson comes What a Dog Knows, another heartwarming novel about humans and the dogs that change our lives. Ruby Heartwood has always lived a life on the move. As a traveling psychic, she makes her living working at carnivals and festivals and circuses around New England. It's a life Ruby has made peace with-settling in one place has never been for her. She needs no one, and no one needs her. Until one...
Author
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In this stunning debut novel, the maligned and immortal witch of legend known as Baba Yaga will risk all to save Russia and her people from Tsar Ivan the Terrible -- and the dangerous gods who seek to drive the twisted hearts of men. As a half-goddess possessing magic, Yaga is used to living on her own, her prior entanglements with mortals having led to heartbreak. She mostly keeps to her hut in the woods, where those in need of healing seek her...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Selena came alone to the mansion on the isolated Maine coast. There she met Ian Carrick, a physician turned recluse, haunted by a telepathic gift that has destroyed his desire to heal. Selena comes to him, the only person he's ever met who is immune to his psychic powers. A mesmerizing innocent, she turns his life upside down, bringing light into darkness.
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The fast-paced InCryptid urban fantasy series returns to the mishaps of the Price family, eccentric cryptozoologists who safeguard the world of magical creatures living in secret among humans. With the wonders of the cosmos open to them, Thomas and Alice Price have returned to the most exciting place they could think of: home. But it's been a while, and they're out of step. What's more, trouble is brewing in New York, trouble that threatens both...
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