Metaphysical Fiction

In Winter, life force matches up to the toughest of the seasons. In this second novel in her acclaimed Seasonal cycle, the follow-up to Ali Smith's sensational Autumn, Smith's shape-shifting quartet of novels casts a merry eye over a bleak post-truth era with a story rooted in history, memory, and warmth, its taproot deep in the evergreens: art, love, laughter. It's the season that teaches us survival.

But these are no ordinary cards. This is the original tarot deck, from which all other tarot decks have sprung. Their fate is entwined with a set of gold figurines representing the Major Arcana, which continually dance around a tabletop much like a chess board—the archetypal forces of the universe in miniature. Whoever can bring the deck and the figurines together will wield power over heaven and earth.

Nathaniel Moon is the reluctant messiah. He has powers that define the word miraculous. But when he used those powers to help others, he brought about a world of trouble. Now Nathaniel lives a life of quiet obscurity, performing anonymous miracles. But, his anonymity has to end, because evil is coming to Middle Falls, Oregon, and threatens the people Nathaniel loves most. It's going to take a reluctant messiah to put things right.

Ninety-Three is the story of the Marquis de Lantenac, an exiled French nobleman snuck back into France to raise a Royalist army which will make the English invasion possible, Gauvain, Lantenac's great-nephew leading the Republican army to thwart him, and Cimourdain, a former priest and Gauvain's teacher and mentor, tasked to keep Gauvain on the right path. And in the end, who will face the guillotine?

Who knew the path to enlightenment could start with a cup of tea? Learn the hidden significance behind the deceptively simple Zen tea ceremony - one which can lead directly to Buddhahood and its absolute truth. D.T. Suzuki, once Japan's leading authority on Zen Buddhism, describes the tearoom and the tea ceremony and explains the guiding principles of harmony, reverence, purity, and tranquility.

On Christmas Eve, 2017, the life of Russian-American artist Nikita Nataniel Kuznetsov changes beyond recognition. He’s plagued with a deadly bacterial infection that sends him off to the afterlife. Before he can move on to the other side, he must stand trial that takes place in a concert hall, attended by an invisible audience. As he sits at his piano, he is compelled to watch a 3D movie of his life, allowing him to relive meaningful events: his miserable childhood at a boarding school in the USSR of the 70s, his rise to stardom, his run-ins with the KGB, and a fateful breakup from his ...

TWO BROTHERS ON A JOURNEY OF HOPE AND HEALING! In book two of the MADONNA DIARIES, Dory's story continues. After being infected with a deadly virus, he’s managed to hang on to life with the help of his twin brother, Milton. Milton is a doctor and a dedicated researcher, but as Dory edges towards death, Milton knows that Dory’s only chance of survival hinges on being given an experimental drug and being put into a medically induced coma. Dory encourages Milton to try the drug. After Dory is put into a coma, he’s surprised to find that his mind is quite lucid. He can’t see or feel ...

The Beacon of Light: A Journey of Awakening What if the light you seek has been within you all along? In a town overshadowed by mystery, one glowing beacon holds the key to transformation. Tatiana feels the call of the light, a force unseen yet deeply felt, guiding her toward a truth long forgotten. As she follows its pull, she meets Parsifal—a being intertwined with the Beacon itself. Together, they uncover the hidden connection between light, consciousness, and the unseen forces shaping reality. This is not just a story. It’s an experience. A tale of spiritual awakening and self-discovery.

A fin de transmitir sus vivencias, Marlo Morgan editó por su cuenta y riesgo esta novela que, meses después de ver la luz, se convirtió en un extraordinario best seller internacional.

On the midnight shift at a hospital in rural Maine, Dr. Luke Findley is expecting another quiet evening of frostbite and the occasional domestic dispute. But the minute Lanore McIlvrae—Lanny—walks into his ER, she changes his life forever. A mysterious woman with a past and plenty of dark secrets, Lanny is unlike anyone Luke has ever met. He is inexplicably drawn to her...despite the fact that she is a murder suspect with a police escort.

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is the long-awaited new story collection from Denis Johnson. Written in the luminous prose that made him one of the most beloved and important writers of his generation, this collection finds Johnson in new territory, contemplating the ghosts of the past and the elusive and unexpected ways the mysteries of the universe assert themselves.

“A stunning fantasy adventure!” . . . author Roxanne Kade. Journey with Chase to a strange land where dark, ominous clouds never move, ancient trees violently spring to life during Darkness, and people seem to live without emotion. Doctors tell him they’re hallucinations, but he knows his visits are real. She’s there—Sash—and she’s more real than anyone he’s ever known. His visits stop but, as years pass, the memories haunt Chase. Without warning, the young man suddenly finds himself again in a world called Krymzyn. Arriving during Darkness, he’s rescued from death by the ...

An unexpected event that should bring joy to Chase and Sash ends up driving a wall of separation between them. For the first time since being in Krymzyn, Chase doubts his ability to adhere to the customs of that world. After a surprising resolution to the conflict, a greater threat to Chase and Sash arises. Unknown to the people of the Delta, the Murkovin are secretly amassing an army. Well-hidden training camps are forming across the immense Barrens. When Chase and another Traveler stumble upon one, a vicious battle erupts. Severely wounded and trapped in the Barrens, their only chance for...

The novel opens in the present. At its center: Toby O’Dare—a contract killer of underground fame on assignment to kill once again. A soulless soul, a dead man walking, he lives under a series of aliases—just now: Lucky the Fox—and takes his orders from “The Right Man.”

This book was previously published as Fairy Neat by Katharine Sadler. The human realm has been saved, but what is Chloe willing to sacrifice to save the fairy realm? The nightmares have been pushed out of the Non, but they’re destroying Rubalia. Chloe and her friends don’t have enough fae on their side to combat the thousands of nightmares in Rubalia, so they plan a sneak attack. In order to surprise the nightmare empress, they’ll have to journey across Rubalia, encountering friendly and less than friendly fae along the way. And, when they finally get to the fairy palace where the ...

When a tsunami sends a massive island made entirely of trash crashing into the Taiwanese coast, two very different people - an outcast from a mythical island and a woman on the verge of suicide - are united in ways they never could have imagined. Fifteen-year-old Atile'i-a native of Wayo Wayo, an island somewhere in the Pacific, has come of age. Following the custom of his people, he is set adrift as a sacrifice to the Sea God, but unlike those who have gone before him, Atile'i is determined to defy precedent and survive.

Contains three novellas and a short story during four different time periods. A companion to the book Unlanded: Mask of the Revolution. Contents: Benjamin Franklin’s Occult Detection: The Case of the Magick Square The Butcher Birds A story of 1834 New York Dizzy: A Short Story Set in the Roaring Twenties, aka… The Age of Wonderful Nonsense Malltown Grippy Factor Peggy Investigates a Burble in Malltown. A novel of the near future with robots and cake.

Barely recovered from his previous divine mission, former contract killer Toby O'Dare is once again summoned by the angel Malchiah to investigate the poisoning of a prominent nobleman and stop the haunting of a diabolical dybbuk. Together, they travel back to fifteenth-century Italy—the age of Michelangelo, the Holy Inquisition, and Pope Leo X—and this time Malchiah has Toby pose as a lute player sent to charm and calm this troublesome spirit.

The author of 30 critically acclaimed works, Walter Mosley has had his novels translated into 23 languages. The Tempest Tales, an Essence Book Club Recommended Read, features Tempest Landry, a black man shot down by an over-eager cop. But that's not the end of the line for Tempest. Unwilling to accept St. Peter's judgment that he spend eternity in Hell, Tempest is sent back to Harlem - guardian angel in tow - to make things right.

C'est l'histoire d'un livre sur le yoga et la dépression. La méditation et le terrorisme. L'aspiration à l'unité et le trouble bipolaire. Des choses qui n'ont pas l'air d'aller ensemble, et pourtant : elles vont ensemble.