Fantasy Realism

It all starts on the morning the letter D disappears from language. First, it vanishes from Dhikilo’s parents’ conversation at breakfast, then from the road signs outside and from her school dinners. Soon the local dentist and the neighbor’s dalmatian are missing, and even the Donkey Derby has been called off. Though she doesn’t know why, Dhikilo is summoned to the home of her old history teacher Professor Dodderfield and his faithful Labrador, Nelly Robinson. And this is where our story begins.

Benson and Jensen treat a number of crucial ways in which anti-realism—popularly known as social constructivism—pervades and ultimately corrodes American culture, everything from soccer to more serious matters such as scientific objectivity and moral realism. Establishment elites in academia, the judiciary, and the media increasingly determine the acceptability of various kinds of political and social views, moral beliefs, even the language we use.

Struggling author, Larah Arden, has just finished writing her first fantasy novel. During what is supposed to be an arduous but normal editing process, Larah is tossed into the pages of her own novel. Set in a world where Fae and Elves are on the brink of war, Larah finds herself now amongst the characters she created, including the ruthless Fae family, the Blackstone’s.

Shifters and magic collide. Remi is just beginning to understand her powers when a new face enters her life. Meena from the Broken Wand Academy enters Remi's life, and she's not alone.

From a childhood as an abandoned orphan to life as one of the city’s most skilled burglars, master thief Rafiq has long lived high off the wealth of Avanasia - its trade, its jewels, and its women. The vaults of Avanasia's merchants are as open to him as the legs of its most beautiful courtesans. For in Avanasia, there is but one paramount truth: There are those who have and those who take. And Rafiq is one of the latter.

Charlie Tannehill and her twin sister, Maggie, are just eight years old when an unfortunate scientific discovery upends their world—and the world order. The revelation? Extinction, encoded in every creature’s DNA. The expiration date for humans? Only four generations away. A decade later, unsure of what tomorrow holds, Charlie and Maggie enroll as counselors in a government-run human-husbandry program.

Moonlight Bay is a magical place—or it was once. After a tragic death mars the town, the pink and lavender waters in the bay turn gray, and the forest that was a refuge for newcomers becomes a scourge to the townspeople. Almost overnight, the entire town seems devoid of life and energy. The tourists have stopped coming. And the people in the town are struggling.

In the gripping conclusion to the Otherside series, Mikey Black, burdened by the darkness within himself, faces his ultimate challenge: uniting the fractured realms against the Devouring, an ominous force born from the God of Death. As the threat looms, alliances must be forged, old wounds healed, and sacrifices made.

In isolated British Columbia, girls, mostly native, are vanishing from the sides of a notorious highway. Leo Kreutzer and his four friends are barely touched by these disappearances-until a series of mysterious and troublesome outsiders come to town. Then it seems as if the devil himself has appeared among them.

Salem, Massachusetts. Henry Trank usually has his feet firmly on the ground. But the dedicated nurse’s rational world upends when he wakes from a terrifying dream to find pine needles in his hair. And after he films himself sleeping, he’s shocked to see himself reliving the final brutal moments of a murdered woman. Finding it hard to make sense of what he’s just witnessed, he turns to the charming witch he’s been dying to date. But his skepticism shatters when a web of deadly magic and immortal menace leads him down a road that could end in death.

Jo, the firstborn, The General to her 11 sisters, is the only thing the Hamilton girls have in place of a mother. She is the one who taught them how to dance, the one who gives the signal each night, as they slip out of their father's townhouse and into cabs that will take them to the speakeasy. Together they elude their controlling father. Meanwhile, they continue to dance, until one night when they are caught in a raid, separated, and Jo is thrust face-to-face with someone from her past: a bootlegger named Tom whom she hasn't seen in almost 10 years.

Alex finds herself on the shore of a distant place - a world unfamiliar. A world of fantasy and magic. A world that is a game. NPCs and players all insist she is an NPC, a part of the world. A part of the code of the game. A part of the fantasy to entertain the players. She rejects the idea, for her memories can't just be lies. Could they? Alex sets out to establish herself in the sandbox fantasy world, to find her identity, and to weather the storm between the coming players and the inhabitants of the new world.

Two dark pasts. One bond beyond their control. For a month, Coal has tried to stay away from the beautiful cadet who makes him feel things he shouldn’t, each day of separation spiraling him deeper into worsening nightmares. Already on edge, it takes Coal one split second to plunge into violence - and find himself in shackles once more.

Born to a family of elegant yet shallow Beige Witches, 17-year-old Hazel loves brightly colored cupcakes. Her Beige game is so weak, she can't even pull off a proper messy bun spell, a level one hair glamour. Hazel 's resigned to never being good enough...till she discovers she was never meant to be a Beige Witch at all. But when her magical abilities take off, not everyone in Hazel's orbit is thrilled to see the forgotten middle sister finally owning her power.

Charlie Rhodes is at a crossroads in her life. Her big secret is out - at least with the most important person in her life Jack Hanson - and now they have to deal with a whole new reality. Things are going relatively well when the Legacy Foundation is sent on a mission to Charleston. It seems women are dying under strange circumstances. Charleston is a new environment and Charlie and Jack are embracing a brand new world. Things are going to be fine...as long as they live to tell the tale.

Caleb Marshal was born with a pair of antlers, and despite having an abundance of magic, can't use any of it - thanks to a curse. Since he's majoring in magical theory at college, this is a bit of a problem. Breaking his curse, however, throws him into danger. Caleb must deal with his new powers, supernatural threats, and an ever more complicated love life. All while trying to balance a job and maintain his GPA!

The Royalton Family have purchased an old Victorian style house that they hope to fix up. There is a lot of work ahead, but they are confident they are up to the task. As for the attic, the children are not only finding it a fun place to play, but it also happens to be a portal to another world. Despite the children’s adventures to the divine, the Royalton family is experiencing great turmoil and darkness. With struggles against disease, infidelity, and a wayward teen, the Royaltons find themselves fighting forces that appear beyond their control.

Nate was always more reckless than his sister, so it’s surprising to him that she is called away on an adventure while he gets to do nothing but wait for her return. That is, until events outside of his control threaten to separate the two of them forever. Nate takes fate into his own hands and finds himself entering a world he is not prepared to protect himself from. With the mysteries of her past on the verge of unraveling, Kal must stop a war that has been brewing for centuries. But how do you do so when the very people you're trying to save don't want to be rescued?

Take a deep breath and begin the fourth and final installment of the Calladon Chronicles. They conclude in this sweeping, fast-paced, gasp-out-loud-in-disbelief book that pulls from your emotions to weave its story. With the fate of past and present contingent on her choices, Kal makes a final confrontation against the Dark that holds a fractured world on the edge of oblivion. With her past returned to her, and as the next Seer, she refuses to give up, no matter the cost. She’s already paid too high a price to back down.

A tarnished, old mirror and a mysterious light send Annie on a fearsome journey to an unfamiliar world where good meets evil. With the captivating young Phoenix as her guide, Annie is forced to trust a supernatural stranger in the battle for her life. But she and this angelic protector have more in common than she knows.… Can she summon the inner strength to fight her demons, redeem both of their past mistakes, and make it back home before it’s too late?