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"Secrets built this republic; one truth could burn it down. High Priestess Kerasea Vestal has spent her life hiding the truth--that she's the last surviving heir of the magical bloodline the republic slaughtered. One wrong step could be fatal. But when a senator is brutally killed and a temple blade is found at the scene, all eyes turn to her. Praetorian Torren Morvane has made a career of dragging liars into the light, and Kerasea is the one person...

"Author's note: Please be aware that this is a dark YA fantasy book and therefore contains themes that may be triggering for some readers"--Title page verso. Contains content warning. Reader discretion is advised. The city of Aravell is in peril, plagued by a deadly blackmist that kills all it touches and reapers who roam the streets, stealing magic from innocent children in their thirst for power. Seventeen-year-old Viridia Solace has trained for...

"Texas Ranger Holt Corrigan thought his nightmare was over when he and his partner, Orion Higbee, captured the murderous priest known as "The Angel." But even with the wicked man of the cloth six feet under, the bloodshed hasn't stopped. As Holt and Orion split up to unravel the deadly conspiracy, ruthless tricksters and relentless outlaws push them to their limits. With lives on the line, Holt must rely on his courage--and the strength of his scattered...

In this new collection, recorded live, on-location from Massachusetts to California, David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend, in essays that are "among the best of his career" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
"A welcome return to form for the much-awarded and much-loved humorist...Sedaris remains a national treasure." —Kirkus (starred...

"Open your heart to the hidden wisdom and beauty found at the water's edge. Priest and fisherman Pete Nunnally loves to teach people how to fish for fish and, through that, how to fish for what their soul is yearning for: to come alive. In Catching Hope, he takes his readers fishing with him. Each chapter explores a different aspect of the fishing process--from preparing your tackle, to reading the landscape, to finally catching something (or not)....

"When a 15th-century prince witnesses the brutal murder of his wife, he renounces God and damns heaven itself. Cursed with eternal life, he is reborn as Dracula, an immortal warlord who defies fate in a blood-soaked crusade to wrench his lost love back from death, no matter the cost. On the verge of reuniting, Dracula is hunted by a relentless priest, sworn to end his immortal reign."-- Container.

"A powerful chronicle of Colombia's descent into decades of civil war through the lens of an intimate, multi-generational tale of upheaval and betrayal."--Amazon. When presumed president-elect Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, champion of the working class and harbinger of a new era of progressive social change, is assassinated on the eve of Colombia's 1948 presidential election, the capital is plunged into bloodshed. So begins a singularly brutal period of...