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1) Ledge
Author
Series
Glacian trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In a place known as the Ledge, a civilization is trapped by a vast chasm and sheer mountain face. Rations are small, living is tough and there is no way for anyone to escape without befalling a deathly drop. What's more, every season the people must present themselves as a human sacrifice to The Glacians--mysterious winged creatures who reside beyond the Ledge. Dawsyn, ax wielder and only remaining member of her family, has so far avoided the annual...
3) The Cerulean
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Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Chosen as the sacrifice needed to break the tether that holds her city in the sky to the planet below, Sera feels betrayed, and as things don't go as planned, she finds herself not only fighting for her own life, but the lives of her people as well.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Nemo Frisby used to be a detective. Now he drives an Uber between billionaire mansions in California. But he never lost the nose for the case - and when his housecleaner Trinity Fox discovers a young woman lying dead in her neighborhood, she persuades him to help her prove it wasn't suicide. Their investigation leads them to the Bel Air home of a wealthy movie producer, who built his mansion over an American Indian burial site. Ancient mythology tells...
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Obsidian and blood volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Year One-Knife, Tenochtitlan the capital of the Aztecs. Human sacrifice and the magic of the living blood are the only things keeping the sun in the sky and the earth fertile. A priestess disappears from an empty room drenched in blood. It should be a usual investigation for Acatl, High Priest of the Dead, except that his estranged brother is involved, and the more he digs, the deeper he is drawn into the political and magical intrigues of noblemen,...
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The Kinder Poison volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In the magical kingdom of Orkena, a teenaged girl is chosen to be the human sacrifice in a deadly game between three heirs who will do anything for the crown.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Since time began, the Grakhul -- immortal servants of the gods -- have taken human sacrifices to keep the world in balance and the gods appeased. When they choose the family of warrior Brogan McTyre, everything changes. Brogan begins the toughest battle of his life to free his family from their terrible fate. But when you challenge the gods, you challenge the very fabric of society. Declared an outcast, Brogan and his kin are hunted like criminals...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Wyatt Westlock has returned to her childhood home of Willow Heath, intending to burn it down--until she finds Peter hanging in the basement, a boy whom she considered a friend, semi-immortal and ritually sacrificed every year to keep the ancient forces in the nearby forest at bay.
11) Painted devils
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Series
Little thieves volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Reformed" jewel thief and scam artist Vanja accidentally starts a cult around a Low God, the Scarlet Maiden, who claims Emeric as her virgin sacrifice, and desperate to save the only man she's ever cared for, Vanja seeks a dangerous alternative.
"After accidentally starting a cult and invoking the wrath of the gods, a scam artist must fight to save everyone she has ever loved in this sequel to Margaret Owens YA fantasy Little Thieves. When misfortune...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Inar is Master Builder for the Kingdom of Mishig-Tenh. Life is hard after the Kingdom lost the war against the League of Free Cities. Doubly so since his father betrayed the King and paid the ultimate price. And now the King's terrifying chancellor and torturer in chief has arrived and instructed Inar to go and work for the League. And to spy for him. And any builder knows you don't put yourself between a rock and a hard place. Far away Anton, Blade...
13) A book of bones
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He is our best hope. He is our last hope. On a lonely moor in the northeast of England, the body of a young woman is discovered near the site of a vanished church. In the south, a girl lies buried beneath a Saxon mound. To the southeast, the ruins of a priory hide a human skull. Each is a sacrifice, a summons. And something in the darkness has heard the call. But another is coming: Parker the hunter, the avenger. From the forests of Maine to the deserts...
14) Blood vines
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English
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When Alexandra Owens travels to Sonoma, California, to unearth her mysterious past, she finds herself racing to discover the connection between her terrifying visions and a string of ritualistic murders, in the latest novel from "New York Times"-bestselling author Spindler.
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East Timor crime volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Description
"FBI Agent Sara Carter is mourning the fact that her father was killed trying to stop the abduction of her half sister years before. It's the reason she became a police officer and the reason for her robust policing style. When that style becomes a problem for her resident agent in charge, she is forced to accept a secondment to Interpol in East Timor. There she is assigned to investigate the abduction of babies in the mountains along the country's...
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Series
Imagination station volume 11
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Time-traveling cousins Patrick and Beth travel to Silene, in ancient Libya, which is troubled by a dragon, and when the townspeople want to sacrifice Beth and a local girl to the dragon, Patrick calls on Georgius, a soldier who is Christian.
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English
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After barely escaping a Shanghai nightclub brawl, the daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones, his twelve-year old sidekick Short Round, and nightclub singer Willie Scott go from high-flying action above the Himalayas to a nail-biting runaway mine car chase and finally a spine-tingling escape from a fortress-like mine in India while on the trail of a sacred stone. Set in 1935, Indiana Jones crash-lands into the wilds of India where he uncovers a scheme...
18) Chasm
Author
Series
Glacian trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Dawsyn's miraculous escape from the Ledge was just the beginning. In the queens' dungeon, Dawsyn awaits her execution while reliving the death of her lover, Ryon. There is no chance of mercy. But hope finds her in the form of rescue by her village friends. Now on the run and struggling to tame her newly-gained and greatly unstable powers, Dawsyn's journey continues. Facing betrayal anew, she must learn patience and trust as she builds strength on...
19) Shadow of death
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English
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When two hikers go missing within a series of daunting caves outside of Denver, Colorado, FDLE special agent Amy Larson and her partner, FBI special agent Hunter Forrest, have good reason to suspect foul play. The pair of hikers are only the latest to vanish after a rash of disappearances that's left local law enforcement stumped. But in searching the dank caverns near the Arkansas River, the agents aren't prepared for the horror they uncover: a muddy...
20) Furnace
Author
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Truck driver Josh Spiller gets drawn into a world of unspeakable evil when he makes a routine stop in the town of Furnace, Virginia and witnesses the deliberate sacrifice of an infant. Adult
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