African Fantasy

As students at university of Makhanda, South Africa during the #RUReferenceList campaign, Langa and her lover Khwezi have a passionate and complex relationship. Puzzling gaps in her memory haunt Langa, yet her dreams are vivid with colors and symbols that hint at a nightmare of forgotten violations and losses. So many secrets—and Langa has had enough of secrets and silences. Who can she turn to? Her mother? Her grandmother? Khwezi? Or herself?

Red doesn’t remember who she is or where she came from. In fact, her only memory is a terrifying, repeating dream of a threatening shadow and a foggy field. But after many years, she wonders if that’s just something she made up. Red does know that she now belongs with Yakaka, the witch who rescued Red when she was a little girl. Full of power and magic, Yakaka travels the world, healing the planet when it calls for her help.

Before the flames of rebellion sparked, seven unlikely heroes were called by destiny. These are their stories. Before they were Virtues--Omari, Celeste, Amani, Jamal, Rafael, Rina, and Rae—they were ordinary warriors searching for purpose in the war-torn lands of Elysia. Haunted by their pasts and pursued by the nefarious monsters of Vehdite, hope had become a relic. Unbeknownst to them, plans are in motion that will change the trajectory of their lives forever, designs that threaten to plunge the kingdom into the clutches of Chaos. With time running out, each warrior must make a choice: ...

After the death of his wife, Doctor Christoph Kloppel discovers a partial cure for cancer that could have saved her. With grief and regret driving his determination, he is eventually awarded the Nobel Prize and uses it as a platform to further advance his research. What he doesn’t expect, however, is the breakout of WWII, during which the Nazi party comes for him, demanding he relinquish the prize or face treason. Christoph chooses truth, publishes his findings, and flees to Africa.

At first glance, Princess Mariama lives a charmed life at the imperial palace in Timbuktu with servants catering for her every need. But deep within the palace walls, a terrible trial takes place for the princess’s hand in marriage. Ninety-nine suitors have died and the princess is determined to end the carnage before another life is lost.

The Devil doesn’t like John Haynes. To take his soul, Lucifer recruits E'steem a beautiful she-demon to seduce him. If she can persuade John to compromise his beliefs and values, he'll allow her to join his Elect, a cadre of powerful demons in his inner circle. To balance the playing field in E'steem's favor, Lucifer isolates John by having him fired from his job . Unemployed and emotionally vulnerable, John eagerly takes what he thinks is the job opportunity of a lifetime as CEO of Morris Phillips. Distracted by his new high-powered job and its many duties, he has no idea that Lucifer ...

Arrah has paid many prices in her battle against the demon king. Now, forced to give up the gift of magic she’d sought for so long, she has finally reached the survivors of the demons’ attack on the tribal lands. But when she comes to them without the power of the chieftains’ kas, the new tribal leaders are suspicious of Arrah’s motives, and her connection to the Demon King. While her heart is loyal to Rudjek, Arrah cannot deny that her soul is bound to Daho – through her past life as the orisha Dimma, the years they spent together, and the child the orishas destroyed.

In the aftermath of their crushing defeat, Omari and the Virtues seek refuge in the mystical forest realm of Agraven. But danger lurks amidst the reclusive Faeyries... Five years have passed, and the relentless war waged by the malevolent King Jaheem ravages the Hallowed Plains. The once united Virtues are now scattered, and Omari, the prophesied Champion, is but a shadow of his former self. As they grapple with their uncertain future, the Virtues are tested to their very limits, from the port cities of the Frosted Tides to the front lines of the Fallen Borderlands. With the specter of war ...

The head of US public relations at Kobayashi Motors, the largest automaker in Japan, is Cadence St. James that is, until she's forced to take on the dangerous new role of corporate whistleblower. Cadence's twin sister, Cushmeer Kincaid, is a human rights statistician who suffers from a fear of public speaking. When Kobayashi cars start spontaneously accelerating and the death toll rises, Toshio Nakamura, a company executive, heads due north to Minneapolis, Minnesota and pulls Cushmeer into the treacherous fray.

In KnightForce Tres, Renee meets Mélange, an assassin from BirthDate. Initially Mélange and her lover intend to use Renee to steal the chameleon bracelet, but things get complicated when Mélange discovers Renee is her mate. Mélange’s former lover, Elyria and Black Wolf, has some skills crafting bracelets and necklaces but lacks a few essential ingredients to make them perfect. Intent on taking what she wants, she wreaks havoc against La Patron by pulling off a major coup and maintaining a secret that renders him almost useless against her. Silas gives KnightForce three days to ...

Once again the stakes are high for the latest Huntress, Sanaya Scott... With Cain still on the loose; one third of the remaining Seven at large; Daemon and Petronius left to their own devices; and the secret school and refuge for Guardian and Huntress training has been evacuate. Guardians are scattered across the globe and forced into deep hiding while the New York and New Orleans teams attempt to rebuild. Sanaya and her friends have been secreted away to the lowlands of southern Mexico into the care of other Guardians whose specialties rest with everything else but dealing with a semi-...

Africa. There are currently 350 endangered species in Africa, and Bailey McBride is on a collision course with the poachers and hunters contributing to that number. Before she can address the mass killings, there's a more pressing issue: a new supernatural has entered the scene and she is power hungry, young, and fearless. She intends to kill both Bailey and Tomas Redhawk to gain more followers and establish her reputation as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; a group wishing to make a name for itself around the world at the expense of the supernatural community. In order to defeat...

Pick a master and serve. Serve them well and die. Marigold wants to die the right way. She wants a transformative bite from her master. Vampires have it all: the statuesque look, the immortal life, and the power to enchant others. All she has is debt, a distracted boyfriend, and a desire to be more than human. When unwanted holiday gifts are exchanged between two master vampires, Marigold’s wish might come true if she can survive until dawn. A perfectly sized introduction into the new paranormal worlds created by urban fantasy and paranormal romance author Azaaa Davis. Start reading Hiss,...

Clue, an exiled hypnotist from outer space, is in dire need to get back to her interstellar planet, Nubia, to rescue her parents from the insidious brainwashing agents: The Screens. Clue's obstacle...she's stuck on earth. Will Clue be tried and tested by the prim and proper boarding school, the School of the Unknown, or will earth's killer simulators get the best of Clue?

The compelling saga of the Realm continues when a darkening sun threatens to destroy the world. Grand Wizard Kelm races to retrieve the Icon of Earth - an ancient relic with the magical power to counter the threat. However, mistrust and mishaps run rampant as he encounters unlikely allies and a technologically advanced enemy willing to stifle his efforts at all cost.

Apophis, il serpente del Caos, minaccia di sprofondare il mondo intero nella tenebra eterna. Carter e Sadie Kane si trovano ad affrontare un compito impossibile: distruggerlo una volta per tutte. Da soli, perché i maghi della Casa della Vita sono impegnati in una terribile guerra intestina e nessuno degli dei può aiutarli a combattere contro le forze del Caos. L'unica speranza è un antico incantesimo che potrebbe trasformare la stessa ombra del serpente in una potente arma contro di lui, ma la formula è andata persa da oltre un millennio.

Now under the protection of Council Priest Jusaan, Raymond and Hanshee are spirited to the center of the Kingdom of Pith: Stronghold. Behind nearly impenetrable walls of natural rock lies the beating heart of royal power and religious authority: the Citadel. As the honored guests of the Temple of the One Spirit and the Royal House, the duo is introduced to a life of pampered luxury, a stark contrast to their previous existence in the wilds east of the Ursal Mountains.

Ancient folklore and modern myth come together in these stories by author Craig Laurance Gidney. Here are found the struggles of a medieval Japanese monk seduced by a mischievous fairy, and a young slave who finds mystery deep within the briar patch of an antebellum plantation. Gidney offers a gay teen obsessed with his patron saint, Lena Horne, and, in the title story, an ailing tourist seeks escape at a distant shore but never reckons on encountering an African sea god. Rich, poetic, dark and disturbing, these are distinctive tales not soon forgotten.

Celeste and Anubis were true soulmates since the moment they locked eyes. The only thing that separated them was the birth of their son Callum. Now she is a single mother of a nonverbal autistic child. Forced to deal with his tantrums and constant ridicule and stares of the public. All Callum Anu's life he has wondered two things; what the colors and numbers mean, and why his father doesn’t love him. For years he has been silent, listening to the people around him ask invasive questions, but the moment he sees the woman with the long dark hair, he knows he has to speak. A mother and son ...

With no way out, she’ll face a pissed-off artificial intelligence and two killers… Lena’s ready to put it all behind her. She helped catch two killers who used CyberCorp to commit murder, and starting right now, she vows never to set foot inside the company’s headquarters again. But when those killers show up at CyberCorp Tower to confess everything they’ve hidden, Lena can’t resist seeing justice done. As she steels herself to confront them again, decommissioned androids go berserk inside the headquarters, forcing a lockdown. Lena is trapped inside not only with the killers she...