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Fantasy
Staff Picks by category.
Victory of eagles
Naomi Novik.
New York : Del Rey, c2008.
The dragon Temeraire goes on a mission to Africa to seek the cure for a deadly contagion.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Dead witch walking
Kim Harrison.
New York, N.Y. : HarperTorch, 2004.
Whit witch Rachel Morgan is a bounty hunter, but now she wants out and enlists the help of her vampire roommate.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Personal demon
Kelley Armstrong.
New York, N.Y. : Bantam Dell, 2008.
Fire study
Maria V. Snyder.
Don Mills, Ont. : Mira Books, c2008.
Darkling
by Yasmine Galenorn.
New York : Berkley Pub., 2008.
The D'Artigo sisters, Camille, Delilah, and Menolly, are half-human, half-Fae operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. When humans begin to go missing, then turn up as newly born vampires, Menolly -- an acrobat extraordinaire-turned-vampire--must face the demons haunting her memories.
Small favor : a novel of the Dresden files
Jim Butcher.
New York : Roc, c2008.
This is the tenth Harry Dresden adventure from the bestselling author.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
The ancient
R.A. Salvatore.
New York : Tor, 2008.
A monk contemplates higher wisdom and draws the love of a restless outsider in this adventurous story.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
The awakening
L. L. Foster.
New York : Berkley Books, c2007
Gabrielle Cody has the ability to see the demons as they really are--and she has the responsibility to destroy them. She can't allow anyone to get in her way, even the magnetic Detective Luther Cross. This first novel of a new urban paranormal series is by "New York Times" bestselling author Lori Foster, written under the pen name L.L. Foster. Original.
Kitty and the silver bullet
Carrie Vaughn.
New York : Grand Central Pub., c2008.
Kitty returns to Denver and must deal with her former pack and a vampire power struggle.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
The unnatural inquirer
Simon R. Green.
New York : Ace Books, 2008.
A private investigator tries to track down a phantom in the Nightside, a secret neighborhood in London where the sun never rises and people can fraternize with myths and monsters.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Changeling
Yasmine Galenorn.
New York : Berkley Books, 2007.
In this second book of Galenorns series--the follow-up to "Witchling"--the supernatural DArtigo sisters, half-human, half-Faerie supernatural agents, are now enlisted to find the fiends responsible for slaughtering the weres of Rainier Puma Pride. Original.
Captain's fury
Jim Butcher.
New York : Ace Books, 2007.
The First Aleran Region realizes that they face a much greater danger than the invading hordes of Canim.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Dragons of the highlord skies
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
Renton, WA : Wizards of the Coast, c2007.
In this entertaining, high fantasy adventure, an emperor sends a knight on a quest after a newly discovered dragon orb.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Confessor
Terry Goodkind.
New York : Tor, 2007.
Goodkind end (on a high note) the saga of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Reader and raelynx
Sharon Shinn.
New York : Ace Books, 2007.
"The young mystic Cammon, a reader capable of seeing the truth in the hearts of others, has been summoned to the palace to read all of the suitors vying for the hand of the Princess Amalie." "Cam soon begins to suspect that Amalie herself is a mystic. Her thoughts are opaque to him, and she has an intuitive control over the fearsome raelynx that is kept caged in the palace. And he also begins to fall in love with her, and she with him - a relationship that is, as they both know, doomed. Amalie is royalty, Cam most definitely is not." "But their personal concerns are swept aside as the long-brewing rebellion against the king comes to fruition. In the fearsome battle that ensues, Cam and his friends are tested in body and spirit, as they bring to bear all of their skills, magical and otherwise, in defense of their king and his heir. Princess Amalie - the woman Cammon loves, the woman whose secret he must keep, no matter the cost..."--BOOK JACKET.
Dancing with werewolves : Delilah Street, paranormal investigator
Carole Nelson Douglas.
Rockville, Md. : Juno, c2007.
It was the revelation of the millennium: witches, werewolves, vampires and other supernaturals are real. Fast-forward 13 years: TV reporter Delilah Street used to cover the small-town bogeyman beat back in Kansas, but now, in high-octane Las Vegas - which is run by a werewolf mob - she finds herself holding back the gates of Hell itself. But at least she has a hot new guy and one big bad wolfhound to help her out...
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The dragon Temeraire goes on a mission to Africa to seek the cure for a deadly contagion. |
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Whit witch Rachel Morgan is a bounty hunter, but now she wants out and enlists the help of her vampire roommate. |
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The D'Artigo sisters, Camille, Delilah, and Menolly, are half-human, half-Fae operatives for the Otherworld...
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This is the tenth Harry Dresden adventure from the bestselling author. |
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A monk contemplates higher wisdom and draws the love of a restless outsider in this adventurous story. |
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Gabrielle Cody has the ability to see the demons as they really are--and she has the responsibility to destroy them....
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Kitty returns to Denver and must deal with her former pack and a vampire power struggle. |
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A private investigator tries to track down a phantom in the Nightside, a secret neighborhood in London where the sun...
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In this second book of Galenorns series--the follow-up to "Witchling"--the supernatural DArtigo sisters, half-human,...
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The First Aleran Region realizes that they face a much greater danger than the invading hordes of Canim. |
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In this entertaining, high fantasy adventure, an emperor sends a knight on a quest after a newly discovered dragon orb. |
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Goodkind end (on a high note) the saga of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell. |
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"The young mystic Cammon, a reader capable of seeing the truth in the hearts of others, has been summoned to the palace...
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It was the revelation of the millennium: witches, werewolves, vampires and other supernaturals are real. Fast-forward...
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