Shadowed Ground (16 page)
Authors: Vicki Keire
The Zona
, by Nathan L. Yocum
(
http://bit.ly/the-zona
)
The Storms came, and with them disease and blight like mankind had never experienced. Most died. Those who survived were quick to scramble for weapons, wealth, and control. Petty lords gave way to new societies.
From the ashes of old came the Reformed Arizona Theocracy, or simply put, the Zona. Their laws are simple, all sins are punished swiftly and violently. The enforcers, known as Preachers, roam the lands hunting disgraced men and women.
But what happens when Preachers stop killing?
The Department of Magic, by Rod Kierkegaard, Jr.
(
http://bit.ly/department-of-magic
)
It’s hate at first sight.
Jasmine Farah and Rocco di Angelo compete for the same job in a dusty office of a secret Federal agency. When their new boss is murdered, Jasmine and Rocco plunge into a nightmare gallop through a world of ghosts, spooks, vampires, demons, and Voodoo gods.
With a magical cast of characters and a wry insider’s view of the Federal government, here at last is a Harry Potter for grownups.
The Stein & Candle Detective Agency, Vol. 1: American Nightmares
(
http://bit.ly/stein-and-candle-vol1
)
Morton Candle is a hardboiled ex-paratrooper just back from storming across Europe. Weatherby Stein is a fourteen-year-old boy genius and scion to the greatest occult family in Europe. Together, they form the
Stein and Candle Detective Agency
– ready to take the weirdest jobs in the Freewheeling Fifties. This pair of paranormal gumshoes has the brains and brawn needed to take on monsters, madmen and magic –all to close a case.
From a vampire’s decaying mansion to the mob-controlled streets of Havana, they’ll take on roadside attractions gone wrong, hordes of the living dead, and ride against the Devil in a high speed car race to the death.
Bone Wires
, by Michael Shean (
http://bit.ly/bone-wires
)
In the wasteland of commercial culture that is future America, police are operated not by government but by private companies. In Seattle, that role is filled by Civil Protection, and Daniel Gray is a detective in Homicide Solutions.
What used to be considered an important – even glamorous – department for public police is very different for the corporate species, and Gray finds himself stuck in a dead end job.
That is, until the Spine Thief arrives.
The Kulture Vultures & the Plot to Steal the Universe
, by William Vitka & Bill Vitka (
http://bit.ly/kulture-vultures
)
“Only five people can save the world. But there’s a problem. They’re dead.”
In the black of the cosmos, the Combine rules over entire planetary systems with an iron fist. Having harvested and destroyed the culture of billions upon billions to ensure that they, and only they, are the dominant form of entertainment in the universe, the Combine maintain a monopoly over hearts and minds everywhere with their terrible sitcoms.
Just so happens that the best pirated culture comes from Earth. The human monkeys might not be smart, but damn if they aren’t entertaining. Earth’s biggest fan, a lowly intergalactic cab driver named Zel, joins a few not-so-loyal companions in a race to prevent humanity’s extinction – by resurrecting Earth’s great pulp writers and scientists. The only ones with enough creative craziness to figure out how to stop the Combine.
Daughter of Glass
, by Vicki Keire (
http://bit.ly/daughter-of-glass
)
Sasha Alexander has a powerful ability. Either that, or she’s dangerously mad.
Her father shrouds her in isolation, convinced he’s protecting her. But the seven guardians that only she can see insist she’s gifted. Her companions since her mother’s suicide, they protect her from hurt, pain and fear. They also keep her from feeling love.
Sasha doesn’t know how to react when Noah explodes through her defenses. This strange young man with the scarred hands suddenly makes her feel again.
But unless she can learn to control her own emotions, the biggest danger to them all may be Sasha herself.
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Table of Contents
Chapter Two: The Monster You Know
Chapter Three: Hurricane Chloe
Chapter Six: Other Worlds Than These
Chapter Eight: Heironymous Tuttle, Esquire
Chapter Thirteen: Room for One
