Prague Counterpoint opens in 1936, set against the backdrop of central Europe on the brink of World War II. Elisa Lindheim, a courageous heroine, finds herself caught in the heart of the turmoil as Hitler's ominous plans begin to unfold.

As the Nazi regime's deceitful power spreads, Elisa takes a bold stand, risking everything to rescue two small boys and challenge the growing tide of terrorism. Her journey is a compelling tale of bravery and resilience, offering a poignant look at the human spirit in the face of overwhelming danger.

Join Elisa and other brave souls in the Zion Covenant series as they confront the darkness with courage and hope.

White: The Great Pursuit takes readers on a thrilling adventure as Thomas, the leader of a small ragtag group known as The Circle, faces new enemies and never-ending challenges. In this epic tale, Thomas battles on two different worlds - one threatened by a deadly virus and the other by a forbidden love that could destroy everything The Circle stands for.

Join Thomas on a heroic journey filled with love and sacrifice, where the lines between good and evil blur, and every decision could mean life or death. This gripping story is sure to captivate anyone who loves epic quests and tales of heroism.

"We have stepped off the cliff and are falling into madness."

The mind-bending pace of Black accelerates in Red, Book Two of Ted Dekker's groundbreaking Circle trilogy. Less than a month ago, Thomas Hunter was a failed writer selling coffee at the Java Hut in Denver. Now he finds himself in a desperate quest to rescue two worlds from collapse.

In one world, he's a battle-scarred general commanding an army of primitive warriors. In the other, he's racing to outwit sadistic terrorists intent on creating global chaos through an unstoppable virus.

Two worlds on the brink of destruction. One unthinkable solution.

Enter an adrenaline-laced epic where dreams and reality collide. Nothing is as it seems, as Black turns to Red.

When twins Lindy and Kris find a ventriloquist's dummy in a Dumpster, Lindy decides to "rescue" it, and she names it Slappy. But Kris is green with envy. It's not fair. Why does Lindy get to have all the fun and all the attention? Kris decides to get a dummy of her own. She'll show Lindy.

Then weird things begin to happen. Nasty things. Evil things. It can't be the dummy causing all the trouble, can it?

Everything that had happened to Nina was real. She had real handcuffs on her wrists, real scars on her back, real fear flooding her mind.

'They're going to kill me,' Nina whispered, and it was almost a relief to finally, finally give up hope.

In a society that allows no more than two children per family under penalty of death, third children are forced into hiding, or to live with false identity papers. In Among the Impostors, Nina Idi was arrested for treason for supposedly trying to trick the Population Police into arresting other students she said were illegal third children. Now she faces torture or death -- unless she agrees to betray three other imprisoned third children. Her dilemma intensifies when she meets the prisoners -- who are only ten, nine, and six.

As she did so brilliantly in the Publishers Weekly best-selling Among the Hidden and in Among the Impostors, Margaret Peterson Haddix once again brings readers to a world in which nothing is as it seems -- a world in which an imprisonment leads to an adventure of mind, body, and spirit.

Sixteen-year-old Erik Brandt barely knows what Germany is fighting for when he is drafted into Hitler's army in 1944. Sent to the killing fields of the Eastern Front, he is surrounded by unimaginable sights, more horrific than he ever thought possible.

It's kill or be killed, and it seems clear that Erik's days are numbered. Until, covered in blood and seriously injured, he conceives of another way to survive.

Filled with gritty and visceral detail, Soldier X will change the way every reader thinks about the reality of war.

Once you tell someone certain things, like, say, you got mailed a human head in a box, they tend to think you're crazy. Anita Blake's reputation has taken some hits. Not on the work front, where she has the highest kill count of all the legal vampire executioners in the country, but on the personal front. No one seems to trust a woman who sleeps with the monsters.

Still, when a vampire serial killer sends her a head from Las Vegas, Anita has to warn Sin City's local authorities what they're dealing with. Only it's worse than she thought. Several officers and one executioner have been slain - paranormal style...

Anita heads to Las Vegas, where she's joined by three other federal marshals, including the ruthless Edward hiding behind his mild-mannered persona. It's a good thing Edward always has her back, because, when she gets close to the bodies, Anita senses "tiger" too strongly to ignore it. The were-tigers are very powerful in Las Vegas, which means the odds of her rubbing someone important the wrong way just got a lot higher...

The New York Public Library. A silent sanctuary of knowledge; a 100-year-old labyrinth of towering bookcases, narrow aisles, and long marble hallways. For Doctor Stephen Swain and his daughter, Holly, it is the site of a nightmare. Because for one night, this historic building is to be the venue for a contest. A contest in which Swain is to compete - whether he likes it or not.

The rules are simple: Seven contestants will enter, only one will leave. With his daughter in his arms, Stephen Swain is plunged into a terrifying fight for survival. The stakes are high, the odds brutal. He can choose to run, to hide, or to fight - but if he wants to live, he has to win. For in this contest, unless you leave as the victor, you do not leave at all.

This action-packed extravaganza is vintage Reilly at his explosive best.

Was it a misstep that sent a handsome stranger plummeting to his death from a cliff? Or something more sinister?

Fun-loving adventurers Bobby Jones and Frances Derwent's suspicions are certainly roused—especially since the man's dying words were so peculiar: Why didn't they ask Evans?

Bobby and Frances would love to know. Unfortunately, asking the wrong people has sent the amateur sleuths running for their lives—on a wild and deadly pursuit to discover who Evans is, what it was he wasn't asked, and why the mysterious inquiry has put their own lives in mortal danger...

Luke Garner is terrified. Out of hiding for the first time in his life, he knows that any minute one of his new classmates at Hendricks School for Boys could discover his secret: that he's a third child passing as the recently deceased Lee Grant. And in a society where it's illegal for families to have more than two children, being a third child means certain death at the hands of the dreaded Population Police.

His first experience outside the safety of his home is bewildering. There's not a single window anywhere in the school; Luke can't tell his classmates apart (even as they subject him to brutal hazing); and the teachers seem oblivious to it all.

Desperate to fit in, Luke endures the confusion and teasing until he discovers an unlocked door to the outside, and a chance to understand what is really going on. But to take this chance—to find out the secrets of Hendricks—Luke will need to put aside his fears and discover a courage that a lifetime in hiding couldn't thwart.

Once again, best-selling author Margaret Peterson Haddix delights her fans with this spine-tingling account of an all-too-possible future. Among the Impostors is a worthy companion to Among the Hidden and a heart-stopping thriller in its own right.

The 25th Hour is an absorbing novel of crime, its terrifying consequences, and a bond that redefines the friendship of three restless young men. Wall Street speculators, the Manhattan downtown club scene, Russian gangsters, immigrant neighborhoods - all the elements in the urban turf of this finely crafted contemporary crime novel wed danger with excitement and possibility.

They're the rewards that Monty Brogan, who stands at the center of the moral glare in this tale, has already lost, just as he's lost his Corvette, and the "sway" that opened the doors of exclusive night spots and guaranteed him courtside seats at Madison Square Garden.

Tomorrow Monty's traveling by bus, to the federal prison in Otisville, for seven years. He's afraid, and all he'd ever really wanted when he grew up was to be a fireman.

With the pulse of the city in its prose, this debut novel follows Monty through the twenty-four hours of his last day out. At the same time, it illuminates the worlds, and souls, of his two best friends: Frank Slattery, an edgy bond trader who gambles daily with financial ruin, and Jakob Elinsky, an English teacher who clings to illusions as he compromises his ideals.

Friends since their high school days, the three of them nostalgically share a past, but warily they confront a future that can no longer accommodate their adolescent dreams. They meet, drink, talk, go clubbing, dance, and remember. What neither Slattery nor Jakob know, however, is that Monty has a plan. It's a shocker.

Molly Abberwick, trustee of her late father's foundation, is furious with her new consultant, scientist-philosopher Dr. Harry Stratton Trevelyan. Harry is brilliant, sexy, and absolutely impossible. His outrageous suggestion of a scientifically inspired affair with her is positively the last straw.

Besides, Molly's got a much more serious problem; she's become the target of a stalker whose sinister pranks are swiftly escalating into violence. Only Harry, of all people, seems to comprehend the true nature of the threats against his alluring boss.

As a dangerous predator closes in on Molly, the enigmatic Dr. Harry seizes the day to reveal himself in a totally unexpected light.

The time is the 1950s. The place is a blue-collar town in upstate New York, where five high school girls join a gang dedicated to pride, power, and vengeance on a world they never made—a world that seems designed to denigrate and destroy them.

Foxfire is Joyce Carol Oates' strongest and most unsparing novel, an engrossing and often shocking evocation of female rage, gallantry, and grit. Here are the Foxfire chronicles—the secret history of a sisterhood of blood, a haven from a world of lechers and oppressors, marked by a liberating fury that burns too hot to last.

This is the story of Maddy Monkey, who writes it; of Goldie, whose womanly body masks a fierce, explosive temper; of Lana, with her Marilyn Monroe hair and packs of Chesterfields; of timid Rita, whose humiliation leads to the first act of Foxfire revenge. Above all, it is the story of Legs Sadovsky, with her lean, on-the-edge, icy beauty, whose nerve, muscle, hate, and hurt make her the spark of Foxfire, its guiding spirit, its burning core.

At once brutal and lyrical, this is a careening joyride of a novel—charged with outlaw energy and lit by intense emotion. Amid scenes of violence, sexual abuse, exploitation, and vengeance lies this novel’s greatest power: the exquisite, astonishing rendering of the bonds that link the girls of Foxfire together.

An evil legacy comes to life in this classic and ultimately human novel about believable vampires. Children of the Night will take you to a place that no one knows—yet all of us fear.

In a desolate orphanage in post-Communist Romania, a desperately ill infant is given the wrong blood transfusion—and flourishes rather than dies. For immunologist Kate Neuman, the infant's immune system may hold the key to curing cancer and AIDS. Kate adopts the baby and takes him home to the States. But baby Joshua holds a link to an ancient clan and their legendary leader—Vlad Tşepeş, the original Dracula – whose agents kidnap the child.

Against impossible odds and vicious enemies– both human and vampire – Kate and her ally, Father Mike O’Rourke, steal into Romania to get her baby back.

The Honorary Consul is a British thriller novel by the renowned author Graham Greene, published in 1973. It stands as one of the author's favorite works.

The story unfolds in an unnamed city in northern Argentina, close to the border with Paraguay, a setting reminiscent of the city of Corrientes. In this provincial Argentinean town, Charley Fortnum, a British consul with dubious authority and a weakness for drink, is kidnapped by Paraguayan revolutionaries who have mistakenly identified him as the American ambassador.

Dr. Eduardo Plarr, a local physician torn by his own divided loyalties, steps in as the negotiator between the rebels and the authorities. These fumbling characters enact an absurd drama of failure, hope, love, and betrayal against a backdrop of political chaos.

The Honorary Consul is not only a gripping novel of suspense but also a penetrating psychological and sociological study of personal and political corruption.

"Der Richter und sein Henker" ist einer seiner berühmtesten Romane - die Geschichte eines Mordes. Mit den reißerischen Mitteln einer Detektivstory erzählt er die Aufklärung einer Gewalttat an einem Polizeileutnant, den letzten Fall des totkranken Komissars Bärlach - die Geschichte einer hintergründigen Pointe.

Auf einer Landstrasse im Seeland wird Polizeileutnant Schmied von der Stadtpolizei Bern ermordet in seinem Wagen aufgefunden. Sein Vorgesetzter, Kommissar Bärlach, übernimmt den Fall. Unterstützt wird er bei den Untersuchungen vom jungen, ehrgeizigen Tschanz. Erste Spuren führen nach Lamboing zu einem Mann namens Gastmann. Wie sich herausstellt, hatte Schmied unter dem falschen Namen Doktor Prantl eine Party bei Gastmann besucht und wurde auf dem Rückweg nach Bern getötet.

Corpalism is the compendium edition comprising:

• Uprising
• The Reawakening of Stephanie White
• From Democracy to Dictatorship

Uprising

Terry's an ordinary bloke in a dystopian world; like all other ordinary people, he has been saddled with crippling debts from birth. He works in Re-Locations, and his job is to send other ordinary people, when unable to pay those debts, to sink estates north of the M4. He gives no thought to what will happen to them once there; although some part of him knows they'll be forced to eke out a brutal existence, far from family and friends, thrown away by society and left to rot.

That is until, one day, he is late for work once too often and is sacked. Immediately all his lifelong debts become payable and, unable to discharge them, he is himself relocated, condemned to spend the rest of his days in a 'Boro sink. When he arrives, he is housed in a run-down flat and assigned to sanitation duties. Unwittingly, he attracts the attention of the power structure within the estate and soon finds himself enmeshed in violent intrigue.

But Terry is not all he seems. Why is he there? Who does he really work for?

Aftermath

Extrapolated from a storyline in 'Corpalism' and 'Wise Eyed Open'. She was a rising star in the Independent movement; a group of revolutionary entrepreneurs, business men and women, professionals, and everyday workers who came together to change the political landscape forever. They are Friday night regulars down the Dog and Duck, but this night, the night before a horrific terrorist attack, will be their last together. She is trapped in a world of darkness; she hears but cannot see, she understands but cannot communicate, she feels each second of her life as it drags by but cannot end it. How will she survive, and can anyone help her?

From Democracy to Dictatorship

A group of entrepreneurs, business men and women, professionals, and everyday workers have come together under the leadership of Colin Carpenter to form the Independents, a political group with no party affiliation, no loyalty to the elites or their lobbyists. If individually elected, they would be free to vote on each bill as they saw fit. As a new force in British politics, the Independents find themselves on a headlong collision course with the Establishment and Sir Phillip Blackmore, Head of British Intelligence. How far will the Independents be allowed to go before the elites fight back?

Dark Life is a thrilling futuristic adventure set deep undersea. It follows the settlers of the world's first subsea settlement as they defend their homesteads against a brazen band of outlaws.

Set in an apocalyptic future where rising oceans have swallowed up entire regions, people live packed like sardines on the dry land left. The harrowing tale unfolds with underwater pioneers who have carved out a life for themselves in the harsh deep-sea environment, farming the seafloor in exchange for land deeds.

The story follows Ty, who has lived his whole life on his family's homestead and dreams of claiming his own stake when he turns eighteen. But when outlaws attack government supply ships and settlements, Ty, joined by a girl from Topside named Gemma, finds himself in a fight to save the only home he has ever known. Together, they venture into the frontier's rough underworld and discover dark secrets that threaten to destroy everything.

Sang Sorenson is forced to suffer through another of her mother’s extreme punishments. It almost kills her. The Academy boys vow it will be the last. They're determined to keep Sang safe, especially from her own family. Their solution: complete invasion of her life.

Kota, Luke, Silas, Nathan, Victor, Gabriel and North do everything within their power to show Sang what true loyalty means. It takes more than blood to make a family, and they want Sang in theirs.

In this third book of The Academy series, Sang experiences a taste of freedom and what it’s like to truly be cared for...to be wanted. Sang learns a bit more about the boys’ broken families, and the boys discover more than they could ever have bargained for about Sang’s. The Academy was the answer to their problems. Could it be hers?

Sang’s actions will force her mother to reveal a startling truth. A truth that will change Sang’s life and the boys’ lives in unpredictable ways. Forever.

Intermix: to mix together, blend.

North America, paragon of diversity, is gone. From its ashes, a new nation has arisen – Renatus – where the government segregates the surviving population into races, forbidding interracial marriage, mating, and love.

Eighteen-year-old Nazirah Nation is a pariah, an intermix, born of people from different races. When her parents are murdered in the name of justice, Nazirah grudgingly joins the growing rebellion fighting against the despotic government.

Overwhelmed with grief, consumed by guilt, Nazirah craves vengeance as a substitute for absolution. But on her journey to find the girl she once was, Nazirah must learn the hard way that nothing … no one … is purely black or white. Like her, every human is intermix, shades and hues of complex emotions. And those who can take everything away are also the ones who can give everything back.

After a century of captivity, Kaden—a ruthless, bloodthirsty wolf with no loyalties—is out for blood. But while on a mission to eliminate one of his enemies, Kaden meets his mate, a she-wolf with problems of her own. He takes her after mercilessly slaughtering her pack. She refuses to accept him because he is a cold-blooded killer with an insatiable hunger for violence. They were destined to be together, but even the moon goddess herself must realize that they are a very bad match.

Hiç uykum yok. Hiç uyuyamıyorum. Domuz gibi içiyorum. Ama gözlerimi kapalı bile tutamıyorum. Sabaha beş saat var. Annemi düşünüyorum. Nerededir şimdi? Aynada kendime bakıyorum bazen. Ve tek kelime etmesem bile vücudum yaşadıklarımı, hayattan ne anladığımı anlatmaya yetiyor.

Sağ omzuma kendi çizdiğim kelebek, beğenmediğim için üzerine attığım çarpı işareti ve altında aynı kelebeğin bir Japon tarafından çok daha iyi işlenmişi. Sol dirseğimin iki parmak yukarısındaki kurşun yarası. Bileklerimdeki otuz dört dikiş. Medeniyeti bir aralar, herkes gibi yaladığımı kanıtlayan apandisit ameliyatımın izi. Ve sırtımı kaplayan, Tanrı'nın yüzü. Bilmiyorum... Hızlı yaşadım. Ama genç ölmekten çok, hızlı yaşadım! Ancak hayattayım.

Kayra, bir gün bana 'Mutsuzluğuna hiçbir çare aramıyorsun' demişti.

Zachary Degaud was twenty-three when he died. The problem was, he didn't stay that way. Present day, he's just another vampire with another unremarkable story. That is, until he manages to provoke a two thousand year old witch named Katrin, who wants to make him pay in the most horrible way imaginable.

Along with his brother Sam, newly made vampire Liz, and their only witch ally, Gabby, his only chance for survival is to summon the ancient and unpredictable vampire known as the Witch Hunter.

Zac is just looking for a way out of his psychopathic witch problems, but instead will find himself falling headfirst into a blood feud that has stretched thousands of years.

Aya has been asleep for the past 150 years, until she was awoken by a haunting call. The witch she has been hunting for thousands of years, Katrin, has resurfaced and marked a young, annoyingly arrogant vampire by the name of Zachary Degaud. Unless she does something, he will die a slow and painful death. He has given her an opportunity to end the witch, but does she want to help him or leave him to his fate?

Zac will get under her skin like no one else has and she just might find herself making the ultimate sacrifice before he is gone forever.

They will both have to choose sides and look deep within themselves before the end. But, what Zac learns about himself will surprise him most of all.