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Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

R is a young man with an existential crisis–he is a zombie. He shuffles through an America destroyed by war, social collapse, and the mindless hunger of his undead comrades, but he craves something more than blood and brains. He can speak just a few grunted syllables, but his inner life is deep, full of wonder and longing. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he has dreams.

A Murderous Procession by Ariana Franklin

A Murderous Procession by Ariana Franklin

In England, where women doctors are anathema and burned at the stake as witches, Adelia Aguilar has made a reluctant home. She is under the protection—and the command—of King Henry II as his mistress of death. Once again, King Henry commands Adelia from her quiet life with her young daughter to accompany his daughter Joanna to Palermo where she will marry the King of Sicily and cement yet another European alliance.

One of Our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde

One of Our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde

Thursday Next, the written one, has been sent to discover what happened at the site of a book crash. At first, it seems like the usual assignment for a character in BookWorld nominally attached to Jurisfiction, and something well within Thursday’s skills, a non-event that an A8 character could handle. What Thursday finds is more than her superiors at Jurisfiction suspected.

The Altar of Bones by Philip Carter

The Altar of Bones by Philip Carter

Cryptic dying words from a murdered homeless woman in present day San Francisco unlock a decades-buried secret that changed history. Now a pair of ruthless assassins are sent to cut the few living “loose ends.” And a young, resourceful woman on the run encounters a determined man with his own connected past and vengeful agenda. Forced to partner for survival and answers, a fast-paced and deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, taking them across the globe from the winding streets of Paris to the faded palaces of Budapest to the frozen lakes of Mongolia…where destiny, passion, and further betrayal await them.

Eisenhower 1956 by David A. Nichols

Eisenhower 1956 by David A. Nichols

A gripping tale of international intrigue and betrayal, Eisenhower 1956 is the white-knuckle story of how President Dwight D. Eisenhower guided the United States through the Suez Canal crisis of 1956. The crisis climaxed in a tumultuous nine-day period fraught with peril just prior to the 1956 presidential election, with Great Britain, France, and Israel invading Egypt while the Soviet Union ruthlessly crushed rebellion in Hungary.

Writing Scenes

Writing Scenes

WRITING SCENES by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro March 2011   In 101 Best Scenes Ever Written (Quill Driver Books, 2007) Barnaby Conrad describes a scene from an old film called A Letter to Three Wives in which a guy drives a girl home and she gives him a kiss on the...

One Hundred Candles by Mara Purnhagen

During Christmas break, Charlotte, her sister Annalise and their parents are filming at an insane asylum that is said to be haunted. They have to wait for Leonard Zelden, an apparent demonoligist, before they are able to start filming. Zelden’s assistant, Markus, attacks Charlotte, leaving her with an injured arm.

The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa

The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa

Meghan Chase, half Summer Court fae and half human, has found herself in exile in the mortal land after spending a year in Faery. After recovering the Scepter of the Seasons, the Summer King, her father, casts her out for falling in love and having a relationship with Ash, a Prince of the Winter, or Unseelie, court.