Kirjahaku

Seventeen-year-old Clark Treasure assumes the drink he stole off the captain is absinthe... until the chemicals in the liquid give him the ability to awaken the dead. A great invention for creating perfect soldiers, yes, but Clark wants to live as a miner, not a slave to the army-or the deceased. On the run, Clark turns to his estranged, mining tycoon father for help. The Treasures welcome Clark with open arms, so he jumps at the chance to help them protect their ranch against Senator Horan, a man who hates anyone more powerful than he. Sixteen-year-old Amethyst Treasure loathes the idea of spending the summer away from her bustling city life to rot on her father's ranch, but when a handsome young man shows up claiming to be her secret half-brother, her curiosity is piqued. He's clever, street smart, and has no qualms jumping into the brawl between the Treasures and Horans. Caught in the middle, Horan kidnaps Amethyst, and all she gets is this lousy bullet through her heart. When Clark brings her back to life, however, the real action starts, and Amethyst joins him in his fight against the Horan clan-whatever the cost. Defeating the Horans may seem easy at first, but going up against men with the same fighting vengeance as Clark, and a Senator with power he's obtained by brainwashing the masses? Well, Amethyst's boring summer at home has turned into an adventure on the run, chock full of intrigue, danger, love, and a mysterious boy named Clark.

Clark used to be a miner, until he drank from a vial he swore was absinthe but was actually an invention to give him the ability to raise the dead. Now Clark seeks to fulfill his father's wishes to keep other inventions away from Senator Horan. His beloved Amethyst is along for the ride. Deceit, drama, romance, the insidious underbellies of gangs...How can she not be involved? Clark can't hide behind the Treasure name forever and the army still wants him for his secret abilities. If Captain Greenwood can't snare Clark, then he'll use the Treasures as collateral. Saving his father's inventions will just have to wait, especially now that the Treasures have been kicked off their ranch and driven into exile. Clark knows how to survive on the run, but that's not the fate the Treasures deserve. He can surrender to the army or fight for his freedom, but Amethyst has other plans for fixing their troubles. She's come across another one of the vials that gave Clark is abilities, and it looks mighty tasty.

An asylum patient has a cryptic vision: Clark will overthrow the presidency. She's just insane...right?When a clockwork lion kidnaps their daughter, Clark and Amethyst's calm new life shatters. Hunting down the beast leads the Grishams and Treasures to a conspiracy not just against Clark, but also against the country.The conspirators attacked their little girl. An offense like that can't go ignored. With his old gang at his back, Clark is ready to take on an abandoned circus, dethroned royalty, a corrupt orphanage, and the presidency itself.

Volcanic ash has ruined the world and only remote outposts remain. At the castle in the mountains, covered by snow, everyone only sees shades of blue. Except for Jaisy. By day she explores farther down the mountain. By night, she's plagued with dreams of a panther and ghosts calling her name.When Jaisy's job sends her into the dungeon, she discovers a hidden room filled with dangerous information. There are secrets within the damp, stone walls that those in control don't want anyone to know. The leaders will kill to protect those secrets - even executing one of their own. Jaisy will not go quietly into the blue night, no matter how hard the leaders attempt to silence her.

Lottie Madison has an almost idyllic life in Delta, until the state decides to destroy the village to create a reservoir. As friends and neighbors move away, their houses are reduced to rubble. Lottie's parents hang on, convinced an old magic will protect them and their family home. All magic comes with a price. Lottie fears if the magic is real, the price will be her own life.

All Zara wanted to do was pass her Spanish final and graduate high school, but suddenly she's waking up in an unknown hospital. The east coast is destroyed and she's one of the few survivors. The government has assigned her to Outpost Eight, an abandoned Catskills resort converted into a fortress. Not only does Zara have to come to terms with the loss of everything she's ever known, but the leader of Outpost Eight marries her to his son.Cliff Andrews is too quiet and afraid of everything, especially his father. There's much more to the situation than he's telling Zara. Nothing feels right about Outpost Eight and Zara questions what really happened to Cliff's first wife.Everyone else might be willing to blindly follow the leader's laws, but not Zara. She won't stop until she knows the truth about Outpost Eight.

Fort Gifford, a reconstructed fort from the Revolutionary War, draws people in every year for the Holiday Celebration. Mauve loves volunteering at Fort Gifford, and the Holiday Celebration is her favorite time of the year. This year, however, might be the last. Can Mauve save the place she calls home?Hiram likes reality TV more than he does history. Fort Gifford is one of the last places he wants to visit, but it might be the place that finally brings him happiness and true love.Christmas at Fort Gifford is a novella of two different parts, both filled with history and romance.

Dylan Hatfield is the outcast in her new town. It isn't just that her "crazy" grandmother scares people away, but the real problem lies with her best friends: they're imaginary. Dylan's bullied by her classmates to the point of physical abuse and there's no point in reporting it anymore. She knows it's crazy to still believe in imaginary friends when she's about to graduate from high school, but they're her only solace. Then, they ask Dylan to help them possess the bullies. That's crazy, right? It will never work.When it does, horrible things start to happen around town. Dylan's childhood friends might not be imaginary...they might be evil. Dylan must uncover the town's past before there's nothing left, and she loses her family and the boy she has always loved.

The United States is gone; in its place is a broken country struggling to survive. A lost microchip can turn the US back into the superpower it once was. Every year, racers head out into the desert to find the microchip, but they never return. This year, Troy is going to change all that. He plans to win the Rotham Race.

In an Alaska owned by Tsarist Russia, steamtech is melded with spirit magic to create a mighty machine. The elements are plentiful, but the Higher World crumbles and the local Inuit people are consumed. When their father dies, the council denies Fanya her inheritance and sells her sister into slavery at the behest of the mysterious Zachary Finley. Fanya's quest to protect her sister and regain what's rightfully hers leads her from the Underworld of Stalgorod to the untamed wilds of greater Alaska. It isn't just Zachary Finley who wants Fanya to suffer. Frost Witches and Sea Hags have a thirst for her, and Saints have decided she's perfect to become their tool.Magic flows through Fanya and it is ready for her to battle against industry for the fate of enslaved souls.

Everyone in Arnn - a small farming town with more legends than residents - knows the story of Witchwood Hollow: if you venture into the whispering forest, the witch will trap your soul among the shadowed trees. After losing her parents in a horrific terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, fifteen-year-old Honoria and her older brother escape New York City to Arnn. In the lure of that perpetual darkness, Honoria finds hope, when she should be afraid. Perhaps the witch can reunite her with her lost parents. Awakening the witch, however, brings more than salvation from mourning, for Honoria discovers a past of missing children and broken promises. To save the citizens of Arnn from becoming the witch's next victims, she must find the truth behind the woman's madness. How deep into Witchwood Hollow does Honoria dare venture?

Avery loves the prospect of visiting Scarya with her cousin and boyfriend. Adventure and romance surely await in this exotic country. Instead, war breaks out, and Avery ends up with an ancient sword everyone is dying to possess. Scarya isn't just a foreign land - the more time Avery is trapped there, the more she learns about her past. Her ancestors originated in Scarya, and one of them brought an enchanted crystal with him to Scarya from space. She never expected an alien to ruin her vacation, but sometimes the past has a way of reappearing.