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Birds of Prey (Mga Ibong Mandaragit) is a story of the valiant fight for justice and social change during and after the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II. Originally written in Tagalog by revered Philippine National Artist in Literature Amado V. Hernandez, and translated to English by Estelita Constantino-Pangilinan, this socio-political novel depicts the oppression of the Filipino people by both the brutal occupiers and their own corrupt leaders, while holding out hope for a vision of an egalitarian society.

When a resurrection goes awry in a cold Seattle cemetery, mother-of-three Patricia Ramos-Waites finds herself possessed by the ghost of her sister’s dead lover. God forbid her only problem be sharing her body with Dead Marco. Yesterday Patricia was worried about her teenage son’s new deadbeat friends and putting her kids through college; today she’s become the target of a Central American drug-smuggling gang who desperately want to get their hands on the ghost she’s hosting.

Taking on their most dangerous quest yet, Killer fears she won't survive to break her curse. Tasked with finding the source behind a magical winter without end far to the north on the isolated island of Imaldor, Killer and her companions sail north. There, they must face off against the elements and an unknown foe to end the deadly winter before it ends not just them, but all hope Killer has of ever going home.

Arriving in Ramsport, Killer and her companions find a city under siege by a swarm of dragons. Banding together with other adventurers from their Guild, they set off to find the source of the swarm. But as they sail down the Verdant Coast, Killer begins to suspect those around her are not as forthright they appear, and that soon dragons will be the least of her problems.

Bounty hunting isn't any better, but it's what Sloane Tarnish needs to do if she wants to fix the rundown spaceship her uncle dumped on her. So she can find him and dump it right back. Problem A: Her uncle also ditched his motley crew–made up of a cranky ace pilot and an extraneous mad scientist–and they don't exactly see her as the captain.