Bøger af Kody Boye

I never imagined I'd see them fall. After attempting to negotiate peace only to be betrayed by the one woman who promised me everything, Asha, myself, and Commander Dubois' daughter Mary-Anne are on the run. With nowhere to go but the outskirts of Austin, we flee to the wilds of Lago Vista, Texas in the hopes to find safety, but find only carnage in Their wake. A full-scale assault on the planet Earth is beginning. Now in the middle of it all, we have only one choice: to join the revolution and fight for our planet's safety. After everything I've lost, I'm willing to lay my life on the line for Earth's future. Even if I die trying.

I never expected to be abducted. But here I am, standing onboard Their ship, facing Them down for the first time in my life, seeing the true face of the Earth's invaders from another world.My task is simple: to act as Earth's emissary and negotiate peace. But it is far more complicated than it seems. I know nothing of politics, and even little of persuasion, but I have no choice. I must do this to keep my friends, and my world, safe. I cannot afford to fail humanity.

A troll who plagues sleeping humans with nightmares is soon lost in a bad dream of his own.

Three fantasy stories from Brian Barr are featured in this book: The Assassin of Pele, Knight Pride, Witch Heart, and The Amabassador. In The Assassin of Pele, war consumes the Sunspear Islands of Akasha. As chaos spreads across the archipelago, an assassin handles her mission from the shadows. In Knight Pride, Witch Heart, a former witch tries to move on from her past by joining the Queen's army. Unfortunately, becoming a knight only brings the past back to haunt her. In Ambassador, diplomats travel to a foreign nation for talks of peace, only to be greeted by war. Enjoy these three fantasy tales from Brian Barr, which will also be featured in his fantasy anthology Maguspheres and Swordsrealms!

I have accomplished the goal of my lifetime. I have become a Beautiful One.But it is not at all what I expected. Between the glitz, the glam, the fame, fortune, and my recent wedding, it's almost impossible to believe that a civil war rages beyond the capitol city's walls, and that my life was nearly taken because of it. This is why, the day after the attempt on my life, I choose to designate my Purpose to the great war.There's no guarantee that my words will change anything. But as my presence within the Glittering City grows, it becomes quickly apparent that I am in danger... and that no one, not even my government, can save me.

Raymond '27 is set in an alternative jazz age where the Confederacy rules the United States and flying undead creatures feed in the segregated slums of Charleston. A Carolina Daemonic short story.

The Saturnine Flutes of Babylon contains two Carolina Daemonic short stories by Brian Barr: The Melancholy Flute and The Saturnine Flutes of Abram Elim. These short stories offer more history behind the nine Babylonian flutes that appear throughout the Carolina Daemonic mythos.

I was never afraid of monsters-at least, not until They came: the visitors from outer space.Now They're in our skies, on our streets, always watching, forever waiting.At seventeen, I'm just about to graduate from the Juvenile Education System and declare my career of choice. The Midnight Guard-who protect our community from the vicious things that lay outside our walls-calls to me. It's hard, dangerous work, with grueling hours that offer little sleep, but it's the one thing I know will help make a difference inour ever-changing world.

The wolves have returned to Texas.This is the problem presented to not only me, but the Meadows family, who have taken me in after a terrible tragedy. Grief-stricken over my devastating loss, I vow to seek revenge at whatever cost possible regardless of the fact that it could expose the family for what they truly are-Shifters. But it is not only me that I have to worry about. Because as my need for vengeance takes control, my actions-and the fallout that comes as a result of them-sets into motion a chain of events that may change the Meadows family forever.

There are no wolves in Texas.At least, that's what I've been told my entire life. The truth is: no one's seen one since they went extinct in the wild twenty years ago.No one except me.This occurrence would be strange on any day. But minutes after I think I see a red wolf in the wild, a new family moves in across from me, and I meet none other than Jackson Meadows. He claims to be from out of town, but something tells me he and his single father hold a secret that goes back generations-and may change the town forever.

Not all monsters can be seen.When Dean McAllen wins a writing fellowship that offers him the chance to escape his abusive homelife, he boards the first plane out of Utah and prepares for a life free of dysfunction.Not long after arriving in the small town halfway across the country, he meets Brad Michelson. Kind, sweet, and caring, the fellow artist is everything Dean could ever want in a man. He's also Dean's first true shot at love.But what Dean doesn't know is that Brad harbors a darkness inside of him-and though Brad has struggled to hold it back his entire life, Dean will soon find that the monsters that dwell within Brad's conscience are real, and out to destroy them both.

From haunted subterranean spaces to ancient ruins and gothic castles, these stories will take you to strange, fantastic worlds with entertaining characters. These tales offer a gamut of fantasy subgenres, from sword and sorcery to dark fantasy and pulp fiction. Arabian knights, wraiths, witches, assassins, and brave swordsmen await you in Brian Barr's Maguspheres and Swordsrealms!

There are no more wolves in Texas.After successfully leading the last of the red wolves to Louisiana, I feel like my life will slow down, and I will finally be able to recover. But between my parents' funeral, my anguish over Easton Wells' freedom, and the memories of everything that has occurred, I feel that I will never recover.Especially when someone throws a brick through the Meadows family window.Now faced with the reality that someone knows who-and what-I am, me and the Meadows family have no choice. We must find out who did this and take them down. Otherwise, our lives-and our worlds-will change forever.

In the third and final part of Dead Woman's Hand, Bana and Christine try to evade Master Heyward and his slavers in New Spain. Seeking vengeance, Master Heyward's disgraced necromancer sends his best magical servants to find the duo. Bana and Christine will need help to survive the necromancer's sinister magic this time...

Enter Tao of the West: The Devil Flutes! Once trapped in a craft of flesh by the Confederate army, Taoist magician Han Zhao Lin escapes his prison and becomes a wanted man on the run from the law. Han meets gunslinger Rebecca Clairborne, who possesses one of the Babylonian Flutes of Saturn. Both targeted by hunters, the Taoist and the gunslinger soon share a common enemy: a macabre marksman whose skill is now aided by an uncanny magic force.

A knight tries to escape her witch past and encounters trouble.

In this sequel to Dead Woman's Hand, a Carolina Daemonic short story, Bana the Taino pirate and Christine the Vodun priestess return to take on a new danger: the fleshcraft of the deep seas.