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Assassin's apprentice

1996
Young Fitz is the bastard son of a noble prince. He is kept in the shadows of the court and treated as an outcast by all the royalty, with one exception. This person has arranged for him to be secretly tutored in the arts of an assassin. When barbarous raiders begin to ravage the coasts, he will soon face his first battles. Although some regard him as a threat to their world, he could also be the key to the survival of the kingdom.

Blood song

a Raven's shadow novel
"The Sixth Order wields the sword of justice and smites the enemies of the Faith and the Realm." Or so the wisdom of the Brothers of the Sixth Order goes. Vaelin Al Sorna was only a child of ten when his father left him at the iron gate of the Sixth Order for training as a warrior of the Faith. But Vaelin does not understand and is angry at being deprived of his birthright. He does not know that he is destined for a future he has yet to comprehend.

A Crucible of souls

Young Caldan's parents have been murdered so the boy is raised by monks. Grwoing up, Caldan is plagued by questions about his parents and his past. When he ventures outside the monastery, he finds the world is a darker place than he imagined. As he continues to hone his sorcery skills, he finds he does not fully understand his power nor how a shadowy evil manipulates the unwary. Soon the world will be plunged into an age-old conflict that will bring the world to the edge of destruction and then Caldan must choose a side.

The Occasional diamond thief

Sixteen-year-old Kia is a quirky loaner with an ironic sense of humor. When her father dies, he discloses a secret to her alone: he possesses a magnificent diamond that he has been hiding for years. Fearing that he stole it, Kia keeps it a secret too. She soon discovers that the diamond is from the distant colonized planet of Malem and that the planet is responsible for her father's death. Now she is convinced that it is illegal for any off-worlder to possess a Malemese diamond. When her training as a translator is finished, she is assigned to Malem and soon begins to unravel the origins, and dangers, of the mysterious diamond.

Contract city

The year is 2021. Sara if focused on a film career that she hopes will start at the UCLA Film School---if she gets admitted. She has set her sights on the tag WH2RR??, the graffiti tag that is appearing everywhere. Whose is it? Why is it appearing all over? What does it mean? As Sara sets out in pursuit of the elusive tag artist, her father, a retired solder turned investigator, is also looking. But if he knows what's going on he's not telling Sara.

Future shock

Elena Martinez is sent to the future on a secret mission from the Aether Corporation, but when she looks into the future of her own fate, she learns she must return to the present and stop a murder from happening.

Less than charming

A tale of Prince Charming in a fairy tale world. As new Prince Charmings are created in new stories, the character lives on as one in his own fairy tale world and simply absorbs the new Princes. As this compound effect continues, the character of the Prince eventually reaches a bursting point. And then what? Princess Sophia, from Grimm's fairy tale "Twelve Dancing Princesses" is enlisted to investigate Prince Charming to see what all his personalities are up to. Eventually she finds that the Prince may be less than charming.

Fire and glass

Moving to a new school, Krystina finds more than she bargained for in a fourth floor that is only pretending to be a storage room, stairs that lead to an abyss, and a goth djinn with an attitude who likes to play with fire.

Dragon marked

Locked up in Vanguard, werewolf Jessa Lebron teams up with her best friend Braxton Compass, a dragon shifter, to find a way to free herself and the others who've been imprisoned for being dragon marked.

Darkness brutal

Aidan O'Linn's childhood ended the night his mother and sister had a problem. Living in the gritty, forgotten corners of Los Angeles, he has managed to protect his sister, but he knows that his ability to fight demons and speak dead languages won't keep her safe forever.

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