Prytani can tell your future when, merging with her little vixen Tamesis, she journeys into the underworld.Her own world of towers on glass hills, ships steering themselves, mermaids and werewolves, is about to be shattered by the arrival of a boy hardly older than her.Worse still, others will utilise her talents to control the Dead Legions–-who are already encroaching on the world of the livingFor a crust to keep her alive, Prytani will tell your future: for when she merges with her little vixen Tamesis, she can journey into the underworld.Her own world is one of towers on glass hills, ships who steer themselves, swords that sing, mermaids and werewolves, all of it about to be shattered by the arrival of a boy hardly older than herself.Worse still, others seek to utilise her talents to control the Dead Legions – who are already encroaching on the world of the living.

Enter the fantasy world of the Cavern, a place of myth, mystery, and magic. Here lives a race of quartz-people caught in a desperate struggle to stay alive. Young Shardshaper Apprentice Akarra holds the key to their survival, but only if she has the vision to see it.The Cavern. A Place of Myth, Magic, and Mystery: In a world of fantasy, a place of enchanted quartz crystals and sinister beings of shadow, live a magical people as strong and hearty as the crystalline rocks from which they have been fashioned: they are the Quartzians: A people secluded, distrustful of outsiders yet noble of spirit and magnanimous of heart. Noble Akarra is Apprentice Shardshaper and Maker of Prisms: Can She Master the Magic of the Mythical Heartshard? The young apprentice Shardshaper, Akarra, seeks to control the mythical Heartshard—a fragment of a greater crystal known as the Heart Crystal--and its magic. With the mythical prism in hand, Akarra can shape and bend light, and through that alter the shape of the many quartz crystals that surround her—it is a powerful magic indeed. But will that be enough to see her through her Heartquest? For it is a journey of great peril, a fantasy quest which will change her, shape her, and force her to choose between her destiny as Shardshaper and the he-quartz she loves: the Chieftain’s Son, Thaygos. Find out more now. Download Prism the latest fantasy fiction by Matthew D. Ryan.

When James Caffery moves across the country a week before the start of senior year, his whole life changes. An old lamp buried in an alley can help him summon the ghost of a girl who died last year. But his new friend has problems of her own; reapers are after her. If he wants to keep her around, he’ll need to track them down, fast. The problem? James has just one clue: reapers never smile.All James Caffery wanted was to finish high school in the city where he grew up. But when his family moves across the country a week before the start of senior year, everything changes. Instead of having tons of friends and being on the varsity basketball team, James is now stuck hanging out with the nerdiest kid in school.With no one at school to talk to and both of his parents still at work, James decides to take the long way home. In a back alley, he finds an antique lamp buried in a pile of trash. He lights it, and realizes he can summon the ghost of a girl who died the year before. When he learns that she went to his new school, James is convinced that he’s not only found a new friend, but someone who can help him connect with the kids in his new school. But his new friend has problems of her own. It’s not long before he learns that reapers are after her, eager to capture the spirit that’s been evading them. Now, if he wants to keep his friend around, he’s going to have to track down the reapers before they can find her. The only problem? James knows exactly one thing about them: reapers never smile.

* Alien hunting can get a girl killed. It can also get her a date.* High school senior Camille Robins and her best friend are determined to snag the attention of their crushes before graduation next month. Armed with red-hot outfits and killer hair, they sneak into the hottest nightclub in town -- which caters to the rich and famous, both human and alien. They end up following Erik (who is human) and Silver (who isn't) through a guarded door and are soon separated and under attack...and not the good kind. Bad boy Erik spares Camille's life, but the two are soon being chased by gun-toting Alien Investigation and Removal agents. Camille's more confused than ever because Erik's finally showing real interest in her, but the agents are accusing him of dealing Onadyn -- a drug that ruins human lives. Suddenly, with the heat of his kiss lingering on her lips, Camille has to decide whose side she's on...and whether she's willing to put her life on the line to save Erik's.

It is the end of days… Taken from her family at birth, and raised by the mystic Sisterhood, Anne understands she will fight the demons for the rest of her life. Often referred to as the Weird Sister, Anne longs for a life she knows she can never have and dreams of her five guards affections although she believes they hold her in disdain. She couldn’t be more wrong. Bryant, Mason, Garrett, Kieran and Milo see Anne for who she is and they’ve loved her every day they’ve known her, although they can never see her face. Fate has chosen them as her beloveds and when the already destroyed world falls apart, they will see they are meant to be…and that maybe all hope is not lost at all. Maybe it is just the beginning.

Duty. Devotion. Desire. When fate brings two isolated people together, love is in the cards. An Elder Races Novella As a palace guard and assassin for the Dark Fae, Xanthe always wore a mask, hiding her emotions to do her duty. But when her identity is compromised, she trades undercover work for guarding Queen Niniane—a position that often brings her in contact with Chancellor Aubrey Riordan. Aubrey’s trust is shattered. A year ago his wife tried to assassinate their new queen in his name, a betrayal of everything he believes in. And now an attack on his life is proof the dark conspiracy is not yet over. Although injured and weak, Aubrey can’t help but be drawn to this shy assassin and loyal protector. Xanthe is everything Naida wasn’t, and the passion she stirs in him is something he thought had long passed him by. Warning: Take a man recovering from an assassination attempt, the assassin sworn to protect him, add in a magical Tarot card deck and an isolated cabin, and watch the sparks fly!

A short story from the chronicles of Princess Origen. In this tale, Princess Origen searches for her lost pet mastiff, Darkwood, only to find he has fallen to the clutches of the evil man!Princess Origen Tales will include short stories published individually and novelettes comprising an epic tale of fantasy.

Heaven has its surprises, even for someone who has lived there for ten thousand years, but none so startling as a request to leave it."Your wish is my command!" What would you wish for if you were offered three wishes?When poor little rich girl, Tamar, found a dirty old bottle in the river and released an ancient and powerful Djinn, she decided to go for the big one, the wish to end all wishes.Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time...Djinnx'd ... ... or Jinxed by a genie, which is what happens to Tamar when she is tricked into taking the genie's place in the bottle.Good - in that she now has phenomenal cosmic powerBad - in that she is now the slave of the bottle for the next several eternities.But eternity is cut short when she meets Denny.At first he seems just the latest in a long line of human masters, but it soon becomes apparent that he is no ordinary master when he declares his intention to set Tamar free from her bondage - no matter what the cost.He has no idea what he's let himself in for.Witches, mermaids, houri's a homicidal Djinn and a mad forest god with a superiority complex and that's not the half of it...What can kill a Djinn?If Denny can't answer this question in time then it will all have been for nothing.“The first Tamar Black book is a lively and delightful read.” (Witchreader on Amazon US) “Comic fantasy at its best. Comparable with the masters of the genre.” (Wendy Darling on Amazon US) “ … A delightfully funny story, yet laced with suspense.” (Bleep50 On Amazon US)“Four stars for an entertaining read and one extra for originality.” (YBR on Amazon UK) “Campy, zany, off the wall, and a hell of a lot of fun, Djinnx'd doesn't slow down.” (gnoshinmidges On Amazon US)

Richard Schiffers, divorced middle-aged telephone lineman, feels he's gotten a raw deal from the System. Get enough beer into him and he'll tell you about it without being asked. But Schiffers's notions about the System depart rather dramatically from its true nature...which becomes obvious, and very important, when the true Power behind the System decides to take a hand.His Excellency Walter Brown, Ireland's first resident Ambassador to Turkey presented his credentials in September 1968. He delegated the business of finding a residence to his wife, a French Countess, Colette Coerduroi-Brown.It is left to Dennis O'Gorman, the mission's Third Secretary, to restrain the exuberance of the Countess and handle the negotiations. He becomes embroiled in Turkish politics, in a house that is considered to be haunted. Enter a murderer!Diligent, ambitious, often unlucky; Dennis is obliged to turn detective.Millicent, his fiancée in Limerick, disapproves. The Department in Dublin frowns.He is fed a diet of red herrings, washed down by undependable wine.Dennis perseveres.

Great fun for kids of all ages, these two short stories are not traditional fairytales but like most fairytales, they offer lessons for life, with a little magic and darkness thrown in.Great fun for kids of all ages, these two short stories are not traditional fairytales but like most fairytales, they offer lessons for life, with a little magic and darkness thrown in. The first story, 'Word Queen', tells the tale of a Panda who discovers the secret of words on a journey through a magical land. 'Black Eye' meanwhile, is a simple rites-of-passage story about a boy's quest to find the truth behind the bruise around his eye.If you or your children want to be entertained and educated by stories filled with magic and strangeness, and introduced to worlds of Pandas,Words, Black Eyes, Adventures, Quests and Travelling Fools, then you should read these 'Two New Fairytales' today.

In a dystopian society, prisons have been replaced by islands, each corresponding to a different crime. After 17 year old Brie Vanguard was framed for a crime she didn't commit, she is sent to the islands, a ruling she takes as a guaranteed death sentence. With the help of a mysterious boy, Brie must fight for her freedom and find a way to survive against all odds.By the year 2171, climate change has devastated the former United States, now the Northern American Alliance. Prisons have been replaced by the Islands: Addicts, Dealers, Crazies, Thieves, Murderers, The Violents, and Innocents, each island devoted to a different crime.Ever since 17 year old Innocents resident Brie Vanguard could remember, she has been training to become a Murderers Guard. But after a drastic turn of events, she finds herself sentenced to one of the islands, a ruling she takes as a guaranteed death sentence. With the help of a mysterious boy, Brie must fight for her freedom and find a way to survive against all odds. But with danger lurking around every corner, Brie soon learns that only the strong survive. Innocents is a terrifying look at a post apocalyptic world that will keep you up late into the night thinking “what if”.

As the oldest of Kay's daughters, Mary feels it her obligation to protect her sisters who crowd the tight hallways of the trailer they call home. Mother Kay's husband regards Mary and her sisters with dangerous eyes, and Mary feels the footsteps of Belle creeping up behind her. Mary knows that if she cannot protect her sisters that Belle will discard her spirit to make whatever stand Mary cannot.Mary cannot deny that danger crowds whatever space in her trailer not occupied by one of her many younger sisters. She is old enough, and weary enough, to recognize the terrible appetite burning in the eyes of her mother's most recent husband. Mary might wish to ignore the peril, but old dame Queenie burns Belle's favorite, clove cigarettes, plays Belle's favorite songs, decorates the children in Belle's favorite costume jewelry. Mary understands that Queenie has no faith that she can protect her younger sisters, and Mary knows Queenie follows all the steps to summon Belle. And Mary knows there is no room for the both of them. For if Belle arrives to fight where she cannot, Mary understands how her soul will be cast outside to flutter in the chill wind.

Sticks and stones break bones. Words kill. They recruited Emily from the streets. They said it was because she's good with words. They'll live to regret it. Wil survived something he shouldn't have. But he doesn't remember it. Now they're after him and he doesn't know why. There's a word, they say. It shouldn't have got out. But it did. And they want it back... Find out why in one of the most mind-bending, page-turning, thrilling novels you'll ever read.

Time travel involves dangers—from saber-toothed tigers to killer robots—but it may be humanity’s only hope in this novel by a Nebula Award–winning author. What is the price of eternal life? Secret agent Jay Corcoran is about to learn the answer when his investigation into an inexplicable disappearance carries him and journalist friend Tom Boone hundreds of years into the past. Corcoran and Boone’s powerful extrasensory abilities lead them to an advanced transportation system through time, and back to the bucolic eighteenth-century English countryside. There, they discover a family from the distant future that is hiding from the Immortals—an alien race that, many centuries on, is seducing human subjects with the promise of immortality. But the cost of life eternal is the corporeal self, and there is no place in the aliens’ future for anyone unwilling to exist as mind alone. Now that the Evans family’s sanctuary has been breached, escape is the only answer—for Tom Boone and Jay Corcoran as well—and the only way out is forward . . . far forward. But racing through space and time can be a hazardous occupation, especially with monstrous beasts, killer robots, and Immortal body-destroyers waiting at every juncture. The last novel from acclaimed science fiction Grand Master Clifford D. Simak, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and numerous other awards, Highway of Eternity combines breathtaking action with provocative ideas and unparalleled ingenuity, the hallmarks of Simak’s exceptional art. It is a fitting finale for the man who stands alongside Heinlein, Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke as one of the true giants of speculative fiction’s Golden Age.

A medieval physician asked to do the impossible. A gun slinging Muslim wizard in the old West. A disgruntled super villain pining for prison reform. A cybernetic soldier who might or might not be receiving messages from God. These short stories have been nominated for the Nebula and Campbell awards, and reprinted in The Year’s Best Fantasy Anthologies.Stories to Captivate the Imagination: Welcome to the worlds of Saladin AhmedA medieval physician asked to do the impossible. A gun slinging Muslim wizard in the old West. A disgruntled super villain pining for prison reform. A cybernetic soldier who might or might not be receiving messages from God. Prepare yourself to be transported to new and fantastical worlds.The short stories in this collection have been nominated for the Nebula and Campbell awards. They’ve been reprinted in The Year’s Best Fantasy and other anthologies, recorded for numerous podcasts, and translated into several foreign languages. Now they are collected in one place for the first time. Experience for yourself the original voice of one of fantasy’s rising stars!PRAISE FOR SALADIN AHMED“Ahmed’s characters…are a terrific blend of the realistic and the awesomely magical.” — io9“[Ahmed is] revitalizing the fantasy genre with fresh perspectives and original stories.” — Library Journal“Ahmed’s debut masterfully paints a world both bright and terrible.“ — Publishers Weekly“An arresting, sumptuous and thoroughly satisfying debut.” — Kirkus ReviewsOTHER WORKS BY SALADIN AHMEDThrone of the Crescent Moon (DAW, 2012)