Showing results for "Shadow Life" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

No warning. No explanation. Few survivors. Now we're all trying to get by as society collapses around us. Survival is a battle and it's getting worse every day. Food is scarce and the shelves are all bare. Finding medication for my little brother is impossible, and my desperation is growing as my options narrow.

Dawn belongs to a secret group of teenagers who play a cloak and dagger game on their cell phones. Her world is turned upside down when the players' actions begin to affect reality, and not in good ways.

The darkness within me grows stronger every day, threatening to consume the person I once was. I crave the company of Kicks and the others I love—and yet fear to let them close to the monster I am becoming. So when Death calls in her bargain and tells me to go to Scotland, I'm eager to end the debt I owe her. But her vengeance is sure to bring more pain and heartache. Instead of the healing I seek, I'll surely form more enemies and dole out more death. The end of this bargain might destroy any hope of a new beginning…

Since most of the world died on Death Day, I've been on the move with my little brother, trying to find a safe haven. The constant fight for our survival is wearing me down to nothing, as my walls grow higher with each new betrayal. Most days, it takes everything I have to keep it together. So when I finally get to Kicks' pack in Arkansas, the place seems too good to be true. Kicks seems too good to be true. Just when I'm on the verge of accepting that I've found somewhere safe for us, I realize there's one last threat that can't be fixed: me.

"What brings you to the land of the dead? asked Mortimer, the king of the grim reapers to his son another reaper called the Necromancer."Don't be dramatic, it's just a morgue," said the Necromancer his son."Did you come to visit your victims?" asked Mortimer, who was in human form like the Necromancer."No, I came because I needed your help, Dad," said the Necromancer.Mortimer pushed up his glasses which were slipping down his perfect nose.Mortimer put his hands on his perfectly clean lab coat on his perfect hips looking curiously and defiantly at his son ready to rebuff the sharp verbal jab he...

I thought I was a fake, a spiritual guide doling out nothing more than a placebo effect to the pack. Turns out I'm more legitimate than anyone realizes—and more deadly. It doesn't matter whether I'm the real thing or not, whether the pack has accepted me or not, because Duncan's mate never will and she's in charge. As long as he still wants me in his bed, she'll want me in a grave.

Shapeshifter Mercy Thompson has friends in high places—and in low, dark, scary ones. And in this must-have collection of short stories, you’ll meet new faces and catch up with old acquaintances—in all their forms... Includes the new stories... “Silver” “Roses in Winter”...

From the ashes of a shattered world to the dawn of a restored Earth, Children of Light, Children of Shadow unveils the hidden war behind human history. In sweeping allegorical chronicles, Trey Knowles lifts truth beyond galaxies, kingdoms, and ages, revealing the cosmic struggle that has shaped humanity since the beginning of time. Long before Earth was formed, a distant realm known as Rehab gave rise to beings of brilliance and pride—the Anunnaki. Their rebellion consumed their world, tore open the Phantom Zone, and cast them toward the newborn Earth. Their arrival ignited a deception so ...

The richly atmospheric and luminous debut about three generations of women whose magic is as much a part of life as love, death, and the rich, dark earth beneath their feet--perfect for fans of Practical Magic and Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe. There’s something magical about Yarrow, Kentucky...