Bøger af Roxanne Smolen

A telepath finds she has more power than she imagined when she faces her pursuers. Extrasensory perception is a gift sought and often exploited. But what if society viewed telepathy as an affliction and instituted camps to keep telepaths under control?Taralyn is a convicted telepath. She is tormented by guilt after her ten-year-old daughter is mind-wiped by the Association, a political group that imprisons telepaths for the good of the public. When she steals the child and flees Earth, she is pursued by Asher, an Enforcer of the dreaded psychic police force. Asher hunts fugitive mindbenders with an enthusiasm usually reserved for mass murderers.As Taralyn searches the solar system for sanctuary, fear and desperation cause her telepathic powers to bloom in ways she never thought possible. But whatever she does, Asher is always one step behind.When at last he captures her, he takes her to an internment camp on Mars where she finds nothing is as it seems. Not Asher. Not her daughter. Not even the Association.War is coming. But will it be a war between telepaths and Earth or against a much darker foe?

Who will forgive you when you can't forgive yourself?The Colonial Scouts are an elite group of explorers who seek out habitable planets for the Colonial Expansion Board. They travel through space via programmable wormholes.Natica is drowning in siblings. She hopes that if she becomes a Scout, she will rise above her brothers and sisters and shine. But when a man dies because of her mistake, she leaves the program and returns home a failure.Her homecoming is even worse than she imagined. Her twin brother is missing. Despite warnings from the authorities, she searches for him and embroils herself in a growing mystery with far-reaching consequences.Will she save her brother from himself? Or will he save her?

A teenage werewolf must stretch his supernatural powers to their limits in order to save himself and others trapped in a secret laboratory.Cody Forester is a werewolf. When his parents banished him, he thought his life was over. But it turns out that living in Florida is pretty sweet. He has friends he can rely on, a girlfriend who loves him, and a good home with his uncle. All in all, life couldn't get more perfect.Until the day a mad scientist kidnaps him.Dr. Torhild Saarsgard is obsessed with unraveling the secrets of lycanthropy. She wants to create a vaccine that would give the werewolves' superhuman abilities to everyone. She needs test subjects, and she travels the world abducting werewolves and taking them to her institute. Cody escaped her clutches once. She has no intention of letting him go again.Cody doesn't want to die a lab rat. But in order to get back to the home he loves, he might have to do terrible things, unspeakable things. And if he does, if he becomes everything he hates, will he have a home any longer?>*****A novel that reads like a movie. *****An amazing conclusion to an exciting series.

The Girl and the WormholeThe Colonial Scouts are an elite group of explorers who seek out habitable planets for the Colonial Expansion Board. They travel through space via programmable wormholes.Impani, a brilliant girl with a dark past, dreams of escaping the streets by becoming a Scout. Because she is homeless, she feels she must study twice as hard to get into the program. The day before her final exam, however, a transporter malfunction sends her jumping uncontrollably from planet to planet. Although the error can be corrected from inside the wormhole, the Board decides she is too young to understand that level of tech.Will she prove them wrong? Or will she die on an alien world?Alien Worlds is exciting science fiction that takes the reader to eleven unique alien planets. If you enjoy teen fiction that is all about alien contact and space exploration, this book is for you.Alien Worlds is a throwback to Saturday afternoon sci-fi shows. -- Jonathon Banks Fast-paced and full of surprises. I couldn't put the book down. -- Lynda Montague Character Sketch: Impani was found in a shoe box beneath a bus stop bench. She'd been making a mewing sound, so the old woman who found her named her after a cat she'd once had. Although they lived on the streets, Impani never felt homeless. The streets were her home. The old woman looked out for her and taught her right from wrong. But she died when Impani was ten. Not long after that, Impani got trapped in a trash compactor while searching for food. She spent the night in the dark with insects skittering over her arms. When the workers came to compact the garbage, they heard her screams. She was remanded to a local orphanage. The institution was not for her; she hated the structure and the rules but was thrilled to finally learn how to read. She ran away two years later but continued to read all she could. That was how she learned of the Colonial Scouts. It became her dream.

When the Jungle Fights BackThe Colonial Scouts are an elite group of explorers who seek out habitable planets for the Colonial Expansion Board. They travel via programmable wormholes.Trace, a new Scout, wants desperately to prove himself to both the Board and to his girlfriend. But when he leads a rescue party to a failing colony, everything goes against him.His estranged father turns out to be the leader of the settlement. The colonists think he is inept because he is a teenager. And his disgruntled teammates believe he was named team leader because of his dad. He can tell no one about his secret mission to save only fifteen of the seventy people.Will he follow orders and leave the colonists to die? Or will he find a way to save them all?Alien Jungle is a Young Adult novel, but one a reader of any age will enjoy. -- Janet Franks Little, Author, Worth Her Weight Gripping! -- Darryl Pinder The best one yet. - Elsanna ReedCharacter Sketch: Trace Hanson is the only child of a wealthy and influential landowner. His mother, a biologist, was lighthearted and loving and kept his brusque, domineering father in line. When Trace was fourteen, his mother contracted Maramus Disease, a rare, disfiguring cancer. While his father toured the galaxy on a fund-raising mission, Trace struggled to care for his mother. Watching her die was devastating. Worse, when his father returned home, he never mentioned her. Instead, he began hosting gala events designed to find Trace a suitable spouse. At sixteen, Trace left home and found a job as an off-loader for a galactic shipping firm. While on leave on a distant world, he stumbled across a man assaulting a girl in an alley and stepped in to save her. The man turned out to be a local politician who, trying to salvage his political career, claimed Trace had robbed him. The girl settled out of court and wouldn't corroborate Trace's story. Trace was sent to a penal colony. But when the courts found out he was underage, they pulled him out of the colony and sent him to the Colonial Scouts.

Sixteen-year-old Cody Forester is a werewolf. He lives in Loxahatchee, Florida, where his horrified parents banished him. He works hard at keeping his superpowers secret, yet the circle of people who know about him is expanding.Now a bona fide mad scientist is taking an interest in him. Cody learns that her posh werewolf retreat is actually a secret laboratory. Her inmates endure tests and torture to further her megalomaniac dream-while their unwitting families pay dearly in the hope of her finding a cure for lycanthropy.Cody doesn't want to be her science experiment. Moreover, he doesn't want to be taken away from Brittany, the most beautiful girl in the world. Brittany is the love of his life-even though she is no longer speaking to him. She wants a normal boyfriend.Desperate and alone, Cody faces the evil doctor. He has one chance of saving himself. Will his reckless ploy be enough to free him from her clutches? Or will he face certain death in the Werewolf Asylum?

Cody Forester is a sixteen-year-old werewolf. He only found out six months ago, and already he is showing powers that Uncle Bob, his mentor, cannot match. His closest friends begin to think he is dangerous. Even Brittany, the girl he loves, says he is scary. Cody learns to keep his new abilities under wraps. Until another super-werewolf comes to South Florida.Vilk Bodark owns Georgia. He has a hand in a variety of illegal ventures: loan sharking, money laundering, gambling. He has police chiefs, judges, and even sorcerers in his employ. He conscripts werewolves by force-join or die. He wants to expand his operations to Florida-and he decides Brittany, a fledgling witch, would make a fine addition to his staff.Cody can't defeat Bodark in a straight-up fight. He must take his new powers in a different direction-in ways that scare even him. If he doesn't succeed, Brittany will be lost forever. Will his hidden superpowers be enough to save her?Wolfsbane Brew is the third book in The Amazing Wolf Boy series. Each book can be enjoyed alone. This urban fantasy series centers around a shape-shifting teenager and his Wiccan girlfriend.

Cody Forester is an average sixteen-year-old boy. All he wants is to sleep late, listen to his tunes, and go out with his girlfriend, Brittany. However, he's also a werewolf with burgeoning supernatural powers that make even other werewolves uneasy. To his dismay, he has been named pack leader of a misfit group of six werewolves, three witches, and a pair of Native American shamans who can turn into bears.His nemesis, Vilk Bodark, is a powerful werewolf with both hands in the crime underworld. When Bodark expands his territory into the Blue Ridge Mountains, taking over small towns along the way, Cody vows to stop him.But when Cody and his pack arrive at McCaysville, Georgia, they find a vast network of werewolves and enslaved thralls. His pack wants to flee, but headstrong Cody leads them deeper into danger.Will his rash decisions leave them enthralled to Bodark's will? How can they survive a werewolf apocalypse?Werewolf Apocalypse, a paranormal romance urban fantasy, is book four of The Amazing Wolf Boy series. Each book can be enjoyed alone. The series is rated PG, safe for young adults to read.

When bloodthirsty shapeshifters kidnap the girl of his dreams, a newbie werewolf must harness his untried superpowers in time to save her.Cody Forester plans to become a doctor. Instead, he becomes a werewolf. The first time Cody shows fang and fur, his parents ship him off to podunkville to live with his black sheep uncle. His revised career choice is social hermit.As the new kid, he makes more enemies than friends. His high school teachers label him a troublemaker. The whole town hates him.Except Brittany. She's beautiful, with her eyes painted black and her lips dark purple. When Brittany discovers his secret, she tries to cure him using crystals, candles, and magic potions. Cody falls head-over-tails in love. But he can never tell her. Girls like her aren't for him. He's the amazing wolf boy. Astound your family and mystify your friends.While Cody moons over Brittany, a murderous pack of lycanthropes howl into town. They want Cody to join them. When he refuses, they kidnap Brittany and threaten to kill her at moonrise. Cody must master his untried superpowers or the girl he loves dies.Can he defeat the pack and save both their lives?