Nightchild

Author: James Barclay
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1615929118
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 521

Book Description
There Is A New Power Coming. It will sweep aside the four colleges of magic. It is the power of the land, and it has manifested itself in Lyanna, a five year old girl. Unknowingly, she could destroy Balaia. Desperate to maintain their power, the colleges will do anything to control the child. If that fails, they will kill her. Terrified, Lyanna's mother, Erienne the mage, takes her into hiding. But they can't hide forever. As the hunt goes on, Lyanna starts to test her powers and nature itself begins to turn on Balaia. Her father, Denser of The Raven, is also desperate to find her. But can even The Raven find Erienne and her child when they do not want to be found? And if they do find them, what then should they do? Lyanna is ripping the world apart. Thousands are dying. Can The Raven afford to let her live?

The Night Child

Author: Anna Quinn
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN: 1538434334
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Nora Brown teaches high school English and lives a quiet life in Seattle with her husband and six-year-old daughter. But one November day, moments after dismissing her class, a girl’s face appears above the students’ desks—“a wild numinous face with startling blue eyes, a face floating on top of shapeless drapes of purples and blues where arms and legs should have been. Terror rushes through Nora’s body—the kind of raw terror you feel when there’s no way out, when every cell in your body, your entire body, is on fire—when you think you might die.” Twenty-four hours later, while on Thanksgiving vacation, the face appears again. Shaken and unsteady, Nora meets with neurologists and eventually, a psychiatrist. As the story progresses, a terrible secret is discovered—a secret that pushes Nora toward an even deeper psychological breakdown. This breathtaking debut novel examines the impact of traumatic childhood experiences and the fragile line between past and present. Exquisitely nuanced and profoundly intimate, The Night Child is a story of resilience, hope, and the capacity of the mind, body, and spirit to save itself despite all odds.

Night's Child

Author: Maureen Jennings
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 1551991934
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378

Book Description
After thirteen-year-old Agnes Fisher faints at school, her teacher, the young and still idealistic Amy Slade, is shocked to discover in the girl’s desk two stereoscopic photographs. One is of a dead baby in its cradle, and on the back Agnes has scrawled a terrible message. Worse, the other photograph is of Agnes in a pose captioned “What Mr. Newly Wed Really Wants.” When Agnes doesn’t show up at school the next day, her teacher takes the two photographs to the police. Murdoch, furious at the sexual exploitation of such a young girl, resolves to find the photographer – and to put him behind bars. Night’s Child is the fifth novel in Maureen Jennings’s highly praised historical mystery series. Three of Jennings’s novels have been made into TV movies under the title Murder 19C: The Murdoch Mysteries. Bravo/CHUM is currently developing a series based on the character of Detective William Murdoch for broadcast in 2007.

Night Child

Author: Jes Battis
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780441016020
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
That’s a dead vampire, I thought. My boss dragged me out of bed at two in the morning to see a dead vampire? I might be an Occult Special Investigator for Vancouver’s Mystical Crime Lab, but a dead vampire is routine, and no reason to disturb a person’s sleep! Then I took a closer look at the body… Tess Corday soon realizes that there is not going to be anything ordinary about this case. Not the lab results on the cause of death. Not Mia Polanski, the teenage girl living at the address found in the vamp’s pocket, who may well be in thrall to a demon. And certainly not Lucian Agrado, the necromancer who is liaison to the vampire community. Agrado is supposed to be part of the solution, but Tess suspects he might be part of the problem. Under pressure from her boss, Tess is trying to go by the book on this one. But when Mia reaches out to her, she risks her career to help the girl. And finds herself in the middle of a paranormal conspiracy that will change her life forever. Or possibly end it…

Elfsorrow

Author: James Barclay
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616142987
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 538

Book Description
Another action-packed adventure from the new master of fantasy. The Raven travel to a new continent in search of mages to help the ruined college of Julatsa rebuild and find themselves in the midst of an ancient curse—a curse that has unleashed a plague that threatens to wipe out the elven race. Barclay excels with another tale that pitches The Raven against the clock and unseen foes. Full of desperate fights and secret betrayals, the story also fills in more of Balaia’s history and delves deeper into the ancient emnities between the colleges. Barclay has created a wonderfully appealing group of heroes, and with every book their history grows and the land they live in becomes wider and richer. This is landmark fantasy in the making.

Night's Child

Author: Cate Tiernan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101162791
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Twenty years ago, Morgan Rowlands was the most powerful young bloodwitch to come around in generations - making magickal discoveries, facing and conquering unimaginable evil, and surviving a devastating betrayal. Her daughter, fifteen-year-old Moira, knows there's more to her mother's past than she's been told. And the secrets that lie in Morgan's heart could destroy Moira's entire world. When Moira learns two painful truths about her family, she begins to put the puzzle together - and realizes that someone close to her is in grave danger.

Sweep: Reckoning, Full Circle, and Night's Child

Author: Cate Tiernan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142420115
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 721

Book Description
Witch Morgan Rowlands and her guide, Hunter, realize that the future of their world depends on the conviction of their love, but as the dark encroaches it becomes difficult to resist the destinies that await them.

The Night Child

Author: T.M. Palecki
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1665711639
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229

Book Description
Esta does not give much thought to taking the young owlet home. She can raise it; of that she is sure. The people of her village, on the other hand, find that this confirms what they always thought. The strange girl who seems able to understand what others are thinking and feeling can also tame the wild. The daughter of the local midwife and healer, Esta is seen as something special and perhaps other. It is concluded that she must be a creature of the night, shrouded in whispers of superstition, witchcraft, and magic. Rumors swell to the point of peril, and for Esta, to the point of pain. Tragedy befalls her village with the arrival of outsiders who search for “the seer,” but no one knows to what end. Yes, Esta has been gifted with abilities she has tried hiding from others. Now that her secret is out, she is determined to follow her own fate, on her own terms, deriving power from compassion and insight rather than physical strength alone.

Night Child

Author: Lisa Kessler
Publisher: Lisa's Lair
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
A psychic gift… Muriah La Deaux’s latest job requires her to locate an ancient codex detailing a prophecy of an immortal birth. But before she can deliver it, her client is brutally murdered. Now a man with chaos in his eyes wants the codex she’s hiding. An immortal child… Issa is one of the original Night Walkers, a proud protector of the mortal world. Now, when the survival of his entire race rests on protecting an unborn child, Issa is the only immortal strong enough to protect Muriah on a risky mission—locate the lost scrolls that will trap their foe—but his tenuous grasp on his sanity is slipping. The ultimate sacrifice… Muriah’s headstrong spirit awakens feelings in Issa that are best left buried. But as the battle between love and chaos ensues, sacrifices must be made.

The Night Child

Author: Robert Northam
Publisher: World Castle Publishing, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 430

Book Description
Conner David here. Again. I know you’re all probably curious as to how my life has been going of late. Especially since the only long-term romantic relationship that I’ve ever had was with a member of the undead. Not exactly Hallmark material, huh? Well, after the dealing with the child vampire Angelika, my ex-lover Lyria fulfilled her promise to a Boston police detective and moved to parts unknown. And she took my nephew Jason with her. Jason was dying of leukemia when Lyria saved his life the only way she could. By converting him to a fellow blood drinking coffin inhabitant. As you might expect, my life stabilized some after they left. My job was going well. My good buddy Razor Rojas was named to head our department. And I was done dealing with vampirism forever, right? Wrong. Oh so wrong. Seems Lyria and Jason’s exploits spilled over into my world once again. And Jason wasn’t my sweet, rambunctious, playful and charming nephew anymore. The cursed blood streaming through his body had made him a creature of pure evil. Wouldn’t you know it? I was thrust right smack in the middle of dealing with this otherworldly mess once again. Except this time, one of the lives being put in danger was my own. Hope you enjoy reading about my latest escapades!