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Ka Lem can take the form of any animal he knows. He chooses the form of a bear for first his soul form, and plans on taking the form of an elk afterward.
But the elk have disappeared, from the land and from his soul. No one can find them.
Unease fills everyone - the Wind, the Stone, and the Sea People.
And fires race across the eastern planes, despite the winter rains."A Wind Blown Torment" - the first book of a new dark epic fantasy trilogy -...
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Ephanie's first visions show her family her true path: not as a healer or a grower, but as a fortuneteller.
In order for Ephanie's newly born magic to flow, she must placate the goddess with life.
Small revelations require small lives. Plants or insects.
Large prophecies require more.
What happens when the biggest vision of Ephanie's young life pounces on her, unprepared? What, or who, must she kill to sate her need?
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The raven clan takes pride in three things: The education of their children, the fierceness of their warriors, and how, they care for their own.
However, Pedrek, a retired raven warrior, finds a raven clan boy alone in, a remote mountain village, ignorant of his heritage as well as cursed. He looks like a dreaded half-breed, with one human arm and one black raven's wing.
Can Pedrek break, the curse and bring the boy fully into the clan? Or, has...
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Jacob's wife died in childbirth.
She shouldn't have.
But, magic exists only in the land of the Six Kingdoms. Not on the mainland where Jacobs lives. No healer could save his wife.
What can Jacob, a simple boot maker, do to address such inequality? Or Zara, a girl raised in the streets? Or, Brother Isadore, the priest behind a grand plan to change everything?
Lush detail, wildly, creative magic, and a page-turning ending, make this dark, epic fantasy...
5) Paulaleena
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Pauli, the most recent of the Paulaleena fairies, must creep out of the woods and renew the pact with the human mayor of the nearby city. The pact that keeps the world safe from the Dark Ones. The pact forged by blood. When this human mayor insists on seeing the Dark Ones herself, they both get more than they bargained for.
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Trulliç finds his home in the desert, amid the great stones he raises from the very sands to build the city and the underground rivers he bends to his will.
He can't raise people, though. He's all alone. Well, except for the dog, Riyune.
How can Trulliç encourage others to come and live with him, when he knows the emperor and his guards are also on their way? When he can't promise peace?
Trulliç makes mistakes but he must overcome his past and...
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Hans can never do anything right. He's a disappointment to his father, his employer, even the hound clan.
But Hans' Grandpapa was a brilliant Apotheker, and his old books contain many potions.
Maybe Hans can find just the right one. . .Or maybe he make a mess of things, yet again.
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Riyune the dog dies in the myth worlds, binding the desert heart and protecting the real world from horrific chaos.
Yet, he still lives, and returns with Trulliç and Nadeem.
The emperor, denied the desert heart, turns his attention to Trulliç, determined to destroy the desert magician.
How can Trulliç, still young and untrained, possibly defeat the mighty army poised at the border?
"The Ghost Dog"-the final book in the dark epic the Tanesh...
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The corn husk doll Lizzie always carries has promised to teach Lizzie about power. Maybe even enough to grant all her wishes.
Lizzie just wants Pa to smile again. And maybe for Ma to get well. As for her brother being less mean, well, even a magic wish might not be strong enough for that.
But the doll refuses to teach Lizzie NOW, though her need is mighty.
While the spider...the spider also promises to teach Lizzie about power. Today. The spider...
10) The Palace
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Silvia hates working on Halloween. Particularly at an old-fashioned San Francisco hotel like The Palace. But, she forgot to call in sick. And now co-workers have seen her. She must go in. And, hope that she survives.
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No one trusts a landless magician, but Trullic cannot find his true home, where his own magical powers work best. He knows it exists somewhere out in the desert. But how can he find it, when the land itself threatens to swallow him whole every times he steps across the boundary?
Nadeem comes to her power early, a potent illusionist. Her aunts recognize her power, and recruit her for a secret cadre of assassins. Despite her training, Nadeem still...
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Cindy hates her current situation: stuck on the sidelines with a broken leg instead of figure skating in the mid-winter jubilee.
Then a bright light appears beside her.
Nope. Not a broken spotlight. A fairy sits there.
An ice skating fairy. Who invites Cindy to her own practice later that evening.
Maybe the entire situation doesn't suck after all.
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Bernardo serves at the primary temple of the Viper clan, in Guatemala, taking care of the mystics who read the sacred smoke.
When Bernardo's lifelong dream of having his own vision comes true, he must go on a long and dangerous journey, from the high mountains to the sea, and beyond. Can he trust his traveling companion to get him there safely? Or, will the shadows in his vision stop them both?
This story is set in "The Shadow Wars" series, and...
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Tong Yi works for Huli Transport, a company that specializes in rides and transportation for those who aren't quite human.
When the newest job comes up-delivering a message to Zhang Guo Lao, one of the Eight Immortals-Tong Yi assumes the job will be tricky because the immortal likes to play games.
He has no idea that Zhang Guo Lao isn't the only one interested in "dancing" with him.
Read the second story about Tong Yi and the Immortals' War, "War...
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Ayumi has a magical talent for healing.
Unfortunately, her father, and society in general, during Heian era Japan, won't allow women to work. Can Ayumi find, a life for herself that doesn't involve an odious marriage and wasting away, shunned and hidden in dim corridors like most women? Or, does she have to take her own life, as her mother did?
16) Paper Mage
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Xiao Yen is a paper mage: She folds paper into an animal or a thing, then does magic, so the paper becomes what she's folded. However, she's a woman trying to fill a man's roll during the Tang dynasty, in China, and the only people willing to hire her are foreigners.
Things go from bad to worse for Xiao Yen on her first assignment: She loses her lucky amulet, there are robbers on the trail, as well as treachery among her traveling companions. Before...
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Tong Yi carries the mysterious message of Zhang Gua Loa back to his boss.
The immortal had said there would be war. But between whom? And why?
Huli Transport takes advantage of the situation to become the messenger service of choice in the war zone. They promise to remain neutral, and to deliver messages to all sides.
In the meantime, Tong Yi has battles of his own to fight, both with his older brother and his own growing understanding of magic.
But...
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For the first time ever! Here are FIVE fantasy novels by Leah Cutter!First, the very first novel that Leah Cutter published - Paper Mage. Historic fantasy set in China during the Tang dynasty.Then, A Sword's Poem, historic fantasy set in Heian era, Japan.When the Moon Over Kualina Mountain Comes is epic fantasy heavily influenced by South Pacific myths.The Harps of the Six Kingdoms is another epic fantasy, with myths created by Leah Cutter.Then finally,...
19) Wheelman
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The wheelman always gets his passengers where they need to go. Despite traffic, visits from our alien friends, or even a little necromancy. With the help, of course, of his friendly parking Buddha.
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Franklin helps ghosts pass along from this world to the next. However, this new ghost disturbs him. A powerful ghost, stronger than any Franklin has encountered. A greedy ghost, licking up all Franklin's lard. A very different ghost. And, Franklin learned long ago that different just spells trouble.
"Franklin Versus The Popcorn Thief", the first novel in The Chronicles of Franklin, immerses the reader deep in rural Kentucky, with an eclectic cast...
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