Cirrus@Austlit

'Paradise is getting darker for Makani Lau. Her tourist boyfriend, Flynn Cole, is arrested and released when no evidence is found connecting him to the disappearance of his sister and her family. She and Flynn then go off in search of his missing relatives, only to find that the monsters they encountered days earlier seem to be following them around the island of Oahu. Or are they? Snatching moments of peace whenever they can, Makani and Flynn attempt to escape the deepening shadows by travelling to eh Big Island, where they learn that her connection to the monsters may be more than mere coincidence. Will their relationship last through further battles with the nightmarish creatures? Will they even survive?'  (Publication summary)

'His memories aren't his own. Noah Fraser loves being a high school teacher. When he's given a strange pill by his girlfriend, designed to help him focus, he starts experiencing flashbacks from lives he's never led. First putting it down to hallucinations, his search for the truth sees him caught in a web of lies, deceit, and murder - all in the name of science. Experience the darkness of The White Room.'

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'The future of Dargyn rests on a knife's edge. 

'Kaida is determined to free her son. Dashka finds herself caught between two factions of magin and her loyalty to the dragons. 

'Brish discovers that the difference between ally and enemy isn't as straightforward as he'd hoped. 

'They will have to choose a side before Dargyn is plunged into war.'

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'Dargyn is reeling from the magin attack on the capital.

'Kaida vows not to let an innocent young woman meet the same fate as her son, even if it means risking the dragons to do it. Brish turns his back on the bards, and seeks help from the reasoners, determined to find the answers he seeks, whatever the cost.

'They will need to decide who is friend and who is foe. Before it's too late.'

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'In a kingdom burned to ashes, old enemies have to become allies. A new king holds the throne of Chadanar. Ataryn is fighting for her life against a deity. It's up to Kael and Callan to defeat the new regime and free the keref. They will have to work together to fight the biggest threat of all, a goddess who wants to tear the world apart.'

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'In a kingdom divided, Ataryn must trust the one person who holds her life in his hands. With the truth about the keref revealed, and Kael and Ataryn fled from Tasum, King Harrick tries to hold Chadanar together. The kingdom teeters on the edge of war, but Kael has bigger plans. Can they find Solace before more blood is shed?'

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'In Chadanar, a race of presumed extinct shifters live. Hunted and killed, they've remained hidden for generations. Ataryn, one of the legendary keref, has a higher calling. She risks everything to enter the Goddess' temple as a priestess. After her closest friend learns what she is, Ataryn is taken into custody and dragged before the king. Can she survive, or will the ambition of elite solider Kael get them both killed?'

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'Family, secrets, dragons. Kaida rides one of the great dragons of Dargyn, but being draakin isn't what it once was. Being looked down upon and pushed aside, she quietly harbours resentment she doesn't dare to act upon. When her son Daven returns to the Dragonhall after surviving an explosion, she wonders if this is the start of change. Maybe not for the better. Meanwhile, bard Brish stumbles onto a secret plot which could destroy them all. Start the journey to the Dragonhall of Dargyn.'

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'Would you put duty before love?

'When Nerra's grandson displays magical abilities, his mother is torn. Should she tell the reasoners about him and lose him forever, or stay quiet and risk punishment later?
Nerra urges her to say nothing, but she has an uneasy feeling. Will she be forced to take her grandson and resume her life on the run?'

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'Sometimes you have to take a risk.

'On the run from the infamous reasoners, Nerra has devoted ten years to saving children from death at their hands.

'Given a warning from an ally, Nerra must now risk herself to free several young lives from their captors. Can she save these children, and her own child from a terrible fate?

'Continue Nerra's terrifying journey.'

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'She had two choices–run or die.

'In a world where magic is illegal, the sentence for the ability to use it is death. Nerra has spent all of her life running and hiding.

'But she's about to be found.'

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'Sometimes trusting the wrong person can get you killed.

'Popular novelist Nick Riley has the perfect life and a loving girlfriend, until he accompanies his friend Al to Thailand. Here, he discovers Al’s penchant for murder.

'Can Nick save himself and the people he loves before a string of deaths is pinned on him?

'Experience the twisted heart of evil.'

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'Alone in space for fifteen long years.

'When Rhapsody was attacked enroute from Earth to Alpha Centauri, Cade Knox was the only survivor. Raised by androids and an enigmatic AI, being alone for so long is taking its toll on his mind.

'Or is it?'

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'What makes a woman who she is? Twenty-four authors from around the world give us their answer to that question. Kick-butt, strong, intelligent and resilient, every woman in this collection of speculative fiction is both inspiring and memorable. Whether doing magic, defending the ones they love, fighting vampires or outsmarting foes, these women never back down. Find out what we think it means to be a woman.'

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'Nadia Valinsky was a student teacher in Moscow until Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Determined to defend her people, she joins the Air Force; where the famous aviator Marina Raskova is recruiting women for three fighting regiments. After rigorous training, and in nothing more than canvas and wood biplanes, Nadia and her friends are sent to the front line, where they'll become the legends history calls The Night Witches.'

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'Makani Lau loves her job as a Hawaiian tour guide. When the slow season hits, she tries to drum up some work. She meets Australian tourist Flynn Cole and offers to show him the sights. Shadows from Makani's past will put them in danger as the secrets of her island home awaken from their slumber under the volcanic soil. Are they a match for the monsters lurking on the dark shores?'

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