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Language
English
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When two hikers go missing within a series of daunting caves outside of Denver, Colorado, FDLE special agent Amy Larson and her partner, FBI special agent Hunter Forrest, have good reason to suspect foul play. The pair of hikers are only the latest to vanish after a rash of disappearances that's left local law enforcement stumped. But in searching the dank caverns near the Arkansas River, the agents aren't prepared for the horror they uncover: a muddy...
3) Blood vines
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following her mother's suicide, Alexandra Owens decided to visit the last person known to have talked to her mother, Detective Daniel Reed. She's shocked to learn that her mother had once been married to a wealthy vintner and an infant son had disappeared. When the marriage ended, Alex's mother left with Alex and moved to San Francisco. Now the bones of an infant had been unearthed in a Sonoma vineyard. Could her mother have killed her baby brother?...
4) The Cerulean
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
483 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Chosen as the sacrifice needed to break the tether that holds her city in the sky to the planet below, Sera feels betrayed, and as things don't go as planned, she finds herself not only fighting for her own life, but the lives of her people as well.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
504 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When misfortune strikes, the 'reformed' jewel thief Vanja manipulates a remote village for help and in turn, accidentally starts a cult around a Low God, the Scarlet Maiden. Soon after, her nemesis-turned-suitor Emeric and a supervising prefect arrive to investigate the claim of godhood, and she realizes how in over her head she must be. But the Scarlet Maiden does reveal herself...only to claim Emeric as her virgin sacrifice. Desperate to save the...
6) Damsel
Author
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Language
English
Description
Elodie never dreamed of a lavish palace or a handsome prince. Growing up in the famine-stricken realm of Inophe, her deepest wish was to help her people survive each winter. So when a representative from a rich, reclusive kingdom offers her family enough wealth to save Inophe in exchange for Elodie's hand in marriage, she accepts without hesitation. Swept away to the glistening kingdom of Aurea, Elodie is quickly taken in by the beauty of the realm--and...
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Language
English
Description
Khosa was born to be fed to the sea, to prevent the kind of wave that once destroyed the Kingdom of Stille. She can't be sacrificed until she produces an heir, but human touch repulses her-- except for the touch of the Indiri. Dara and Donil are the last of the Indiri, a native race with magic that's a force of nature. Witt is leader of the Pietra, the fierce warriors who are now marching on the Kingdom of Stille; to ensure the survival of his people,...
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
406 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the magical kingdom of Orkena, a teenaged girl is chosen to be the human sacrifice in a deadly game between three heirs who will do anything for the crown.
Zahru has long dreamed of leaving the kingdom of Orkena and having the kinds of adventures she's only ever heard about in stories. But as a lowly Whisperer, her power to commune with animals means that her place is serving in the royal stables until the day her magic runs dry. All that changes...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Archaeologist Gideon Chase receives a cryptic letter after his estranged father's suicide. Now Gideon must team up with an intrepid policewoman to expose a secret international society of Stonehenge cultists, whose ruthless new leader performs human sacrifices to unlock the secret of the stones.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Enlisted by beautiful opera star Leigh Llewell to investigate her brother Oliver's mysterious death, SAS operative Ben Hope finds himself caught up in a centuries-old puzzle. The official line states that Oliver died while investigating Mozart's death, but the facts don't add up.
11) The alcazar
Author
Series
Cerulean volume 2
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
448 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sera has finally recognized the true power of her Cerulean blood. But in order to return home, she'll need help from Agnes, Leo, and their grandmother, the only person with knowledge about the mysterious island of Braxos, where the Cerulean tether is anchored. Though the journey will be treacherous, Sera will risk anything to see her City again. Meanwhile, the High Priestess's power has reached new heights in the City Above the Sky. And when Leela...
12) Sacrifice
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
379 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Wyatt Westlock has one plan for the farmhouse she's just inherited - to burn it to the ground. But during her final walkthrough of her childhood home, she makes a shocking discovery in the basement - Peter, the boy she once considered her best friend, strung up in chains and left for dead. Unbeknownst to Wyatt, Peter has suffered hundreds of ritualistic deaths on her family's property. Semi-immortal, Peter never remains dead for long, but he can't...