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Clearclay Park (Demonic Survivors #3)
by Elliot Arthur CrossCody Langdon's been through a lot. He kissed a boy in the locker room and got brutally harassed for months. Unable to cope, he tried to take his own life. His parents decided a change in scenery would help, so they moved the family to Florida in the middle of the summer. The abrupt move left Cody lonely, bored, and beyond depressed. Stuck in a new state, Cody learned that a demon named Tanglewood had killed his neighbors and was taunting Cody. To save his family, Cody burned his house down.Cody was lauded as a local hero and inducted into a support group for people who had survived encounters with dangerous demons. The support group introduced Cody to a new world of the supernatural and shared their own horrific experiences with incubi, curses, and ghosts.Adam Monroe was a teenager just like Cody, until the demon Tanglewood killed his neighbors and his parents. Blamed for the multiple deaths and thought insane, Adam was locked away in a mental facility until Cody stumbled across evidence that cleared his name. The two bonded immediately over their shared trauma and mutual attraction.After all of his hardships, Cody is in for the strangest task yet -- starting over at a new high school where he knows no one, doesn't like organized sports, and thinks he's above the petty social games.Just as he begins to relax in his new environment, Cody's parents find a new house to live in. Upon touring one of the identical homes in the Clearclay Park community, Cody discovers that behind the perfect hedges, trimmed lawns, and pristine appearance, a sinister force may lurk.Forced to juggle his time between school, his parents, and Adam, Cody is confronted with the realization that not all problems are supernatural, and not all solutions are final.
Clearer in the Night
by Rebecca CroteauCait's used to being an outsider. The odd girl out, the one with the alcoholic mother. The one whose sister and father died. The one who might just have telepathy. These things she could manage, could hide just enough to get by. Now a werewolf's bite forces her outside the whole human race. Two men--the one night hook-up who shows up at her hospital bed, and the rescuer worker who may be following her--seem to know more about her condition than she does...and about this strange world of magic she's pulled into. As Cait plunges into this darker reality, painful secrets of her past are churned up and she's forced to confront her new identity. Torn between the between the sweet and too-hot-to-be-true Eli and possessive, darkly sensual Wes, Cait must decide whom to trust and which side to choose...before it's too late.
Clearing the Web (Warriors of Vhast #3)
by Cary J LenehanClearing the Web continues to follow the unfolding events on the distant, artificial world of Vhast. A lost realm, a visit to a nearby Empire, the arrival of foes, and then a dragon test the recently anointed heroes.Following on from Intimations of Evil and Engaging Evil, the Princess and her mage wife, the Cat, the priest, the ghazi, and the others leave their small newly freed village and set out to uncover the evil infecting The Land. One obstacle after another appears as the evil fights back.Clearing the Web is the third book of a series that sees reality confronted and a world re-shaped as new myths are created in an epic fantasy adventure.
Clemency Pogue: Fairy Killer
by J. T. PettyOnly a child so quick-witted as Clemency Pogue, upon finding herself attacked by a wicked, invincible fairy, would remember a lesson learned from the story of Peter Pan. She shouts "I don't believe in fairies," and when it doesn't work, keeps shouting it until the horrible little creature drops as dead as a gossamer-winged doorknob. But then a mischievous hobgoblin arrives to tell Clem that she's killed six other fairies around the globe, some bad, but mostly good. Even if it was a mistake, it's now Clem's duty to set the world aright. In his hilarious, action-packed debut novel, JT Petty does for burlap pants what holes have done for Swiss cheese.
Cleo Porter and the Body Electric
by Jake BurtIn a future forever changed by a pandemic, a girl survives in total isolation.A woman is dying. Cleo Porter has her medicine. And no way to deliver it.Like everyone else, twelve-year-old Cleo and her parents are sealed in an apartment without windows or doors. They never leave. They never get visitors. Their food is dropped off by drones. So they’re safe. Safe from the disease that nearly wiped humans from the earth. Safe from everything. The trade-off?They’re alone. Thus, when they receive a package clearly meant for someone else--a package containing a substance critical for a stranger’s survival--Cleo is stuck. As a surgeon-in-training, she knows the clock is ticking. But people don’t leave their units.Not ever. Until now.
Cleo: Book 1 (Cleo #1)
by Lucy CoatsHer precious mother is dead - and it isn't an accident! The young Cleopatra - Pharaoh's illegitimate daughter - must flee the royal palace at Alexandria or die too. As her evil half-sisters usurp the throne, Cleo finds sanctuary at the sacred temple of Isis, where years later she becomes initiated into the secret Sisters of the Living Knot. But now Isis's power is failing, Egypt is in danger, and Cleo must prove her loyalty to her goddess by returning to the Alexandria she hates. She must seek out the hidden map which is the key to returning Isis's power - on pain of death. But will she be able to evade her horrible sisters? And will she find dreamy Khai, the über-hot Librarian boy she met as she fled Alexandria years before? Cleo's powerful destiny is about to unfold... Gorgeous and evocative, this captivating new YA novel imagines the life of the teenage Cleopatra before she became the icon we think we know.
Cleopatra Dismounts: A Novel
by Carmen BoullosaAn enchanting, audacious retelling of the Cleopatra story from a Mexican novelist who is &“a luminous writer&” and &“a masterful spinner of the fantastic&” (The Miami Herald). In Cleopatra Dismounts, Carmen Boullosa has written a remarkable imaginary life of one of history&’s most legendary women. Dying in Marc Antony&’s arms, Cleopatra bewails the end of her political career throughout ancient Egypt, Greece, and the Mediterranean. But is this weak woman the true Cleopatra? Through the intervention of Cleopatra&’s scribe and informer Diomedes, Boullosa creates two deliriously wild other lives for the young monarch—a girl escaping the intrigues of royal society to disguise herself and take up residence with a band of pirates; and the young queen who is carried across the sea on the back of a magical bull, to live among the Amazons. Magical, multifaceted, and rippling with luminous imagination, Cleopatra Dismounts confirms Carmen Boullosa as an important international voice. &“Wildly entertaining.&” —The Washington Post &“A highly appealing and poetic interpretation of the Egyptian queen&’s doomed fate.&” —San Francisco Chronicle &“The Mexican fabulist Carmen Boullosa reinvents Cleopatra as a character for modern feminism to conjure with.&” —The Boston Globe
Cleopatra's Dagger
by Mackenzie Reed Rae MonetChristmas Story - MacKenzie ReedIt's Christmas! And it's also adventurer Caryn Sinclair's favorite holiday. Gifts and gatherings around the hearth are in; work and travel are out. So imagine her chagrin when she's asked to join an expedition to find Cleopatra's Dagger, a magical blade purported to show the future. Intriguing! Even so, she doesn't consider breaking her "no work during Christmas" rule until she sees that Rex St. James is also a member of the team. On a previous expedition, she'd fallen hard and fast for Rex. Then he ran, stealing their find as well as her heart. Now Caryn decides to take the job not because of Rex, but despite him. The challenge of the hunt proves greater than her distrust.Rex St. James has called himself every kind of fool. When he left Caryn before, it was because he couldn't handle the overwhelming feelings developing between them. And when she uttered those three little words most men fear, he'd panicked. But he's had six months to think about his one act of stupidity and when an opportunity presents itself which will bring him back into her life, Rex takes it. Uncovering Cleopatra's Dagger is all well and good, but what Rex really wants to find is a happily-ever-after with Caryn. He has big plans to bring that about, including smiles, kisses, and much more.As they get closer to discovering the Dagger, it becomes obvious that someone wants the treasure but would prefer Caryn and Rex not finish the expedition. Does Cleopatra's Dagger truly reveal the future? And will it include a happy ending for Caryn and Rex, or a tragic loss beneath the shifting sands of an Egyptian desert?Cleopatra's Legacy - Rae MonetRick Masters takes his job as an Intergalactic Police Officer seriously. He's pursuing a fugitive, in the form of one sexy, stubborn female. He won't stop until he has her, every and any way he can.Jordan Fare is an outlaw with a purpose, the jeweled dagger of Cleopatra and the planet Earth during the busy Christmas season. The only one in her way is foxy IO, Rick Masters.Trust is a fragile emotion for Jordan, can Rick convince her he's worth it?
Clever Creatures of the Night
by Samantha MabryIn this gripping literary horror, Case&’s best friend Drea goes missing, forcing her into a bizarre, cultlike—and possibly murderous world—perfect for fans of The Honeys and Mexican Gothic. Something bad happened here. When Case arrives at a run-down, ivy-covered house tucked deep in the West Texas woods, an ashy haze lingers in the air and the sky is tissue-paper pink. Her best friend Drea has been living here with a few classmates Case has never met, and Drea asked her to visit in a letter dated two weeks ago. But now Drea is nowhere to be found. Drea&’s roommates can&’t—or won&’t—answer questions, leaving Case to search alone. She finds bits of Drea&’s journal hidden in the tiles of the bathroom wall, in a beat-up cooler by the muddy river, wedged into the frame of her closet door. As Case pieces together Drea&’s life in this strange house, the roommates&’ behavior puts her increasingly on edge—and she&’s not the only one. The animals nearby are lashing out, attacking each other, threatening the humans. Something bad happened in this house. Something that must be connected to Drea&’s disappearance. And if she gets too close to the truth, Case just might be next.
Cli-Fi and Class: Socioeconomic Justice in Contemporary American Climate Fiction (Under the Sign of Nature)
by Adam Trexler Matthew Schneider-Mayerson Magdalena Maczynska Andrew Milner Lisa Ottum Martín Premoli B. Jamieson Stanley Jessica Cory Jennifer Horwitz Professor Jennifer Schell Kimberly Bain Jeffrey M. Brown Teresa GodduSince its emergence in the late twentieth century, climate fiction—or cli-fi—has concerned itself as much with economic injustice and popular revolt as with rising seas and soaring temperatures. Indeed, with its insistent focus on redressing social disparities, cli-fi might reasonably be classified as a form of protest literature. As environmental crises escalate and inequality intensifies, literary writers and scholars alike have increasingly scrutinized the dual exploitations of the earth&’s ecosystems and the socioeconomically disadvantaged. Cli-Fi and Class focuses on the representation of class dynamics in climate-change narratives. With fifteen essays on the intersection of the economic and the ecological—addressing works ranging from the novels of Joseph Conrad, Cormac McCarthy, and Octavia Butler to the film Black Panther and the Broadway musical Hadestown —this collection unpacks the complex ways economic exploitation impacts planetary well-being, and the ways climatic change shapes those inequities in turn.
Click Here for Murder (Turing Hopper #2)
by Donna AndrewsTuring Hopper is a sensitive yet powerful computer who solves crime with her human friends and a chess-playing computer with an attitude.
Clifford Simak SF Gateway Omnibus
by Clifford D. SimakFrom the vaults of The SF Gateway, the most comprehensive digital library of classic SFF titles ever assembled, comes an ideal introduction to the work of one of the giants of the Golden Age, Clifford D. Simak.A regular contributor to ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION throughout the influential John W. Campbell era, Simak produced a body of highly regarded work, winning the NEBULA and multiple HUGO AWARDs, and is best known for his story suite of future histories, City. This omnibus collects three novels that explore his favoured theme of a depopulated future: TIME IS THE SIMPLEST THING, A CHOICE OF GODS and the HUGO AWARD-winning WAY STATION.
Clifford Simak SF Gateway Omnibus
by Clifford D. SimakFrom the vaults of The SF Gateway, the most comprehensive digital library of classic SFF titles ever assembled, comes an ideal introduction to the work of one of the giants of the Golden Age, Clifford D. Simak.A regular contributor to ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION throughout the influential John W. Campbell era, Simak produced a body of highly regarded work, winning the NEBULA and multiple HUGO AWARDs, and is best known for his story suite of future histories, City. This omnibus collects three novels that explore his favoured theme of a depopulated future: TIME IS THE SIMPLEST THING, A CHOICE OF GODS and the HUGO AWARD-winning WAY STATION.
Cliffs (The Journeys of McGill Feighan)
by Kevin O'Donnell Jr.The final volume of The Journeys of McGill Feighan, an award-winning space opera series by Kevin O'Donnell Jr. It was supposed to be a fun weekend on Rehma, a planet of nestlings and birdsong. Instead, McGill Feighan encounters a mutant virus and repeated assaults by galactic goons who have wanted him dead since he was four days old. And McGill isn’t any closer to finding the Far Being. So he sets out with the assistance of the crimson-crested Dr. Th’hweet to put things right on Rehma. It’s going to take an alien wing and a prayer…
CliffsNotes on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy & Other Works
by L. David AllenThe original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background--all to help you gain greater insight into great works you're bound to study for school or pleasure. In CliffsNotes on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy and Other Works, you explore the American author's original three Foundation books, the three Empire novels, The End of Eternity, and The Gods Themselves. The Foundation Trilogy, written between 1951-53 is celebrated science fiction writer Isaac Asimov's most famous work. In the three-book series, he portrays the ruin and rebirth of a futuristic interstellar empire. In this study guide, you'll find Life and Background on the Author, Introduction to Asimov's Science Fiction, and Critical Commentaries on Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation, plus a look inside the following other titles by this prolific writer:Pebble in the SkyThe Stars, Like DustThe Currents of SpaceThe End of EternityThe Gods ThemselvesClassic literature or modern-day treasure--you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
CliffsNotes on Heinlein's Works
by Baird SearlesThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you’ve come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Herbert's Dune & Other Works
by L. David AllenThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you've come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Science Fiction: An Introduction
by L. David AllenThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you’ve come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit
by Gene B HardyJoin the journey through Middle-earth in the study guide of these two epic fantasies suggestive of life in medieval days, a classical battle between good and evil and the quest for a magical ring. This guide covers all four volumes of this unforgettable fantasy.
Climate Fiction and Cultural Analysis: A new perspective on life in the anthropocene (Routledge Environmental Literature, Culture and Media)
by Gregers AndersenClimate Fiction and Cultural Analysis argues that the popularity of the term "climate fiction" has paradoxically exhausted the term’s descriptive power and that it has developed into a black box containing all kinds of fictions which depict climatic events and has consequently lost its true significance. Aware of the prospect of ecological collapse as well as our apparent inability to avert it, we face geophysical changes of drastic proportions that severely challenge our ability to imagine the consequences. This book argues that this crisis of imagination can be partly relieved by climate fiction, which may help us comprehend the potential impact of the crisis we are facing. Strictly assigning "climate fiction" to fictions that incorporate the climatological paradigm of anthropogenic global warming into their plots, this book sets out to salvage the term’s speculative quality. It argues that climate fiction should be regarded as no less than a vital supplement to climate science, because climate fiction makes visible and conceivable future modes of existence within worlds not only deemed likely by science, but which are scientifically anticipated. Focusing primarily on English and German language fictions, Climate Fiction and Cultural Analysis shows how Western climate fiction sketches various affective and cognitive relations to the world in its utilization of a small number of recurring imaginaries, or imagination forms. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of ecocriticism, the environmental humanities, and literary and culture studies more generally.
Climate Incorporated
by John Russell FearnWhen meteorologist Alvin Brook invents a means of controlling the weather, he imagines it will lead to his becoming a world benefactor, with riches for him and his family. Instead, Brook and his wife are murdered, and his invention stolen and misused by industrialist Marcus Denham. Denham creates the mighty empire of Climate Incorporated, controlling the world's weather and holding nations to ransom...but he does not anticipate that outraged Nature - and Brook's son - will take their revenge.
Climate Incorporated
by John Russell FearnWhen meteorologist Alvin Brook invents a means of controlling the weather, he imagines it will lead to his becoming a world benefactor, with riches for him and his family. Instead, Brook and his wife are murdered, and his invention stolen and misused by industrialist Marcus Denham. Denham creates the mighty empire of Climate Incorporated, controlling the world's weather and holding nations to ransom...but he does not anticipate that outraged Nature - and Brook's son - will take their revenge.
Climate of Change: A Powerful and Passionate Saga of Human History (Geodyssey)
by Piers AnthonyThis new novel in Anthony's "Geodyssey" series follows a pair of lovers from the earliest proto-humans on the savannahs of Africa to the near future, as they are reincarnated through time and space. A remarkable epic of passion and courage, savagery and survival, Piers Anthony's "Geodyssey" is a saga unlike any ever written. It is nothing less than the story of humanity itself, told through the lives of a handful of extraordinary men and women reborn throughout history. Now, with Climate of Change, Anthony introduces us to a new cast of characters, including Keeper, who knows the ways of nature, Rebel, a headstrong girl as brave as any man, Craft, a cunning inventor, and Crenelle, who uses her seductive charms to defend her people. Through their eyes, we see how some of the most crucial moments in human history have been driven by natural forces, from the great ice ages of prehistory to the droughts and plagues that have destroyed history's proudest civilizations. And we witness a harsh but hopeful future in which humanity at last transcends the devastating effects of climate change.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Climb the Wind: A Journey Into Another Past
by Pamela SargentNative Americans win the battle for the post–Civil War American West in a fascinating alternate history fantasy from &“one of the genre&’s best writers&” (The Washington Post). Nebula and Locus Award–winning author Pamela Sargent &“loads her Springfield and heads into the post–Civil War era with a rousing tale of what might have happened had the Indians united against white encroachment. If Harry Turtledove has been driving the Alternate America stage, Pamela is now riding shotgun&” (Jack McDevitt). In a different nineteenth-century version of America, after the end of the White Man&’s Civil War, the victorious North sets its sights on westward expansion. But their army is greatly depleted after years of bloody conflict. And their Native American adversaries are ready . . . and waiting. As the visionary Lakota chief, Touch-the-Clouds, cements the necessary alliances with once rival tribes, two separate worlds brace for the inevitable confrontation to come. Lemuel Rowland, a US government official and full-blood Seneca Indian, has lived among the white man for most of his life. Now the approaching storm threatens to destroy everything he believes in. Torn between the culture he&’s embraced and his true heritage, Lemuel has been entrusted with a grave responsibility and knows he must prove his loyalty. But to which side? Populated by a large and colorful cast of unforgettable characters—including Sitting Bull, Chief Crazy Horse, Calamity Jane, and other real-life personages—Climb the Wind is a &“most enjoyable and entertaining new alternate history adventure which . . . brings a new dimension to the form&” (Gahan Wilson).
Climbing Olympus
by Kevin J AndersonA group of surgically altered exiles plot to destroy a corrupt plot to colonize Mars in this science fiction adventure by a New York Times bestseller. In order to terraform Mars, Earth first had to transform people . . . The Red Planet is a harsh place, and normal humans cannot survive there during the many years of taming the planet. But a group of humans—called &“volunteers,&” even though they were taken from prison gulags—have been surgically altered to survive the environment. They are exiles, never again able to breathe Earth&’s air. But for all their work, as they make Mars a place where normal humans can live, these altered humans are no longer suited for their own home. They are obsolete people. They sacrificed their humanity to become the first Martians. And they will not stand by as humans come to take their home. Praise for Climbing Olympus&“An exciting story . . . One feels that this may very well be the way the conquest of Mars will happen.&” —Poul Anderson