Cold water and stone

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Michael Scott Rohan

Twice before Stephen Fisher has set sail upon the Spiral—that shifting melee of Space and Time that abuts accepted reality at ancient, hidden places. Once he was drawn in by chance, another time by need. Now great and terrible forces older than humankind are calling him back once more. The known world begins to fall apart on the day Stephen is rightfully recognized as head of a giant multinational industry. Magically fortified boundaries have been breached, forbidden thresholds crossed...and demons are descending en masse upon Europe. Malevolent beings from both within the Spiral and without have conspired to spill monsters into the Core—to spread fear and hatred and death...to destroy for the sake of destruction alone. And this unrelenting wave of horrors is but a harbinger of even greater terrors yet to come.

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V.L. Hoyt

Elaine "The Mink" LaCroix had just cat-burglared into a temple in Japan and reaches for the Eye of Buddha - a blazing green emerald as big as a man's fist - when she slumps to the ground. A white bony hand strips the glowing silver ring from her finger. Half a world away, Merlin opens his eyes and whispers, "It is not to be, little Mink," then drifts to the sleep of the enchanted. The year is 2009, and the only ones standing between light and darkness are four unlikely teenagers and an Oxford professor. The defeat of the Dark Powers depends on their locating the legendary wizard, Merlin, and finishing a quest begun by their Camelot forefathers... all over the course of a one-week Spring Break. First up is Lucas Moreno, a video-gaming, football-playing, hanging-with-his-homies, 15-year-old in San Antonio. Those who join him are 14-year-old Des Moboto from Morocco, 15-year-old Maya Hosokawa from Japan, and 15-year-old Ryan Casey from Ireland. They share only two things: the inheritance of medieval rings forged by Merlin, and the murders of their fathers. The rings set the Crusaders on a path where they must battle not only ninjas, dragons, fierce temple dogs and other fantastical creatures, but also their own emotions, to save the world and each other. It could be right of one of Lucas's video games. Only this one's for real.

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Nancy Willard

The weird creatures which inhabit a medieval painter's home drive his housekeeper away, until a change of heart sends her back to the beasts and to Bosch in a new and loving relationship.

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Teresa Edgerton

Captain of the Queen's Guard Wilrowa Blackheart is given the task of regaining the jeweled Chaos Machine that holds the kingdom of Mountfalcon together. He discovers a conspiracy that threatens much more than just his kingdom.