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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
A dystopian sci-fi narrative about a bounty hunter hunting rogue androids.
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment–find them and then..."retire" them. ... (Goodreads)
Kissing Sin
by Keri Arthur
Riley Jenson, half-vampire, half-werewolf, is on a mission to find a killer targeting her kind. Along the way, she navigates love and lust.
Two worlds: vampire and werewolf. Danger has never been so seductive! From Melbourne’s gleaming skyscrapers to its throbbing nightclubs, Riley Jenson’s world is raging with danger and desire. A ... (Goodreads)
Batman: The Killing Joke
by Alan Moore
Dark tale of psychological warfare between Batman and the Joker.
Critically acclaimed author Alan Moore redefined graphic novel story-telling with, Watchmen, and, V for Vendetta,. In, Batman: The Killing Joke, he takes on the origin of comics' greatest ... (Barnes & Noble)
Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2
by Gene Luen Yang
Aang and Zuko struggle to maintain peace between the Fire Nation and the Earth Kingdom. Meanwhile, Katara and Sokka uncover a sinister plot.
The Avatar's greatest adventure continues! Aang and Katara work tirelessly to prevent a dispute between Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei that could plunge the world back into war! Meanwhile, Sokka ... (Goodreads)
Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 1
by Gene Luen Yang
Aang and his friends must protect their world from a political conflict between the Fire Nation and the other nations.
The war is over...but the adventure has just begun! Picking up exactly where Avatar: The Last Airbender left off, The Promise takes Aang to a Fire Nation colony in the heart of the Earth Nation, ... (Goodreads)
The Magic Thief
by Sarah Prineas
A young thief named Conn unexpectedly becomes an apprentice to a wizard and must use his skills to save the city from dark magic.
In a city that runs on a dwindling supply of magic, a young boy is drawn into a life of wizardry and adventure. Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked Nevery's pocket and touched the ... (Goodreads)
Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3
by Gene Luen Yang
Aang and Zuko must confront the challenges of their new roles as leaders and reconcile their differences to prevent a war between their nations.
Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko bring The Promise to its explosive conclusion! The Harmony Restoration Movement has failed, and the four nations are ... (Barnes & Noble)
Skim
by Mariko Tamaki
A teenage girl discovers her identity and sexuality through the struggles of self-discovery and acceptance.
Skim is a "not slim" sixteen-year-old Japanese-Canadian who is a student at an all-girls Catholic school. She is known as a Goth , and practices Wicca . When popular girl Katie Matthews gets dumped ... (Wikipedia)
The Shepherd's Tale
by Joss Whedon
A fantastical adventure of a young shepherd and her magical protector, as they battle a dark force threatening to destroy their world.
One of Serenity 's greatest mysteries is finally revealed in The Shepherd's Tale , filling in the life of one of the show's most beloved characters—Shepherd Book! Who was Book before meeting Mal and ... (Goodreads)
Sweet Tooth, Volume 1: Out of the Deep Woods
by Jeff Lemire
A supernatural drama about a young girl who can control plants and her mysterious allies.
Gus, a young boy with deer features, lives a quiet life deep in the woods with his father. He learns many things, from medical care to religious prophecy. Though he loves his religious father, he ... (Wikipedia)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home
by Joss Whedon
A group of friends battle demons and monsters to protect the world from a powerful evil.
Buffy is leading a squad of Slayers —including three named Leah , Rowena , and Satsu —in a raid on a large, dilapidated church protected by a forcefield . She reveals that there are at least 1800 ... (Wikipedia)
Brilliance of the Moon
by Lian Hearn
A young man's adventures as he embarks on a quest to become a samurai and find his place in a new world.
Soon after Kaede and Takeo's marriage, messengers arrive at Terayama from his Uncles with a threat, and the head of Ichiro, his old teacher. The Otori army lies in wait to ambush him, so Takeo leads ... (Wikipedia)
Dangerous Games
by Keri Arthur
A thrilling supernatural mystery as a woman discovers she is part of a powerful ancient race.
To catch a killer, Riley Jenson will use every seductive trick in the book. But this killer has found a new way to play… In Melbourne’s urban underworld, there’s a nightclub for every fantasy and ... (Goodreads)
Stormdancer
by Jay Kristoff
A young girl and her griffin set out to overthrow a tyrannical ruler in a steampunk-inspired, Japanese-inspired world.
Arashitoras are supposed to be extinct. So when Yukiko and her warrior father Masaru are sent to capture one for the Shõgun, they fear that their lives are over – everyone knows what happens to those ... (Goodreads)
Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
by Neil Gaiman
A retrospective exploration of the Batman mythos, examining the legacy of the iconic hero.
The story begins over Gotham City , which the narrator describes as being "different." It is not quite the Gotham that he is accustomed to, but it is still intimately familiar to him. Outside the Dew ... (Wikipedia)
Blackest Night
by Geoff Johns
The dead rise and the universe is plunged into darkness as the Black Lantern Corps wages war against all life. Heroes and villains unite to fight for survival.
Green Lanterns Ash and Saarek find the Black Central Power Battery at a reportedly classified location within Sector 666. After touching the battery, Saarek reports that their presence has awoken ... (Wikipedia)
Grass for His Pillow
by Lian Hearn
A coming-of-age tale of a young samurai's struggle to survive the harsh realities of feudal Japan.
Kaede slowly recovers from the Kikuta sleep given to her by Takeo, with dreams of the White Goddess: Be patient. He will come for you. Afterwards she travels towards home, accompanied by Shizuka. ... (Wikipedia)
Tempting Evil
by Keri Arthur
Half-werewolf, half-Aedh, Riley Jenson is a guardian of the supernatural world. She must stop a powerful vampire from unleashing an ancient evil.
She’s a woman, a werewolf, and a vampire, and she’s having the time of her life! In a world of sorcery and seduction, the nights bring out the beautiful, the damned, and the desired. Here, Riley ... (Goodreads)
Season of Mists
by Neil Gaiman
A supernatural journey through various mythologies and realms, a quest to reclaim a lost soul.
This collection begins with an Endless family meeting, wherein Desire taunts Morpheus about his intolerant treatment of a former lover, the African queen 'Nada' ("Nada" is "Nothing" in Spanish ), ... (Wikipedia)
The Day You Begin
by Jacqueline Woodson
A heartwarming story about finding the courage to connect, even when you feel like an outsider.
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpre Illustrator Award winner Rafael Lopez have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, ... (Goodreads)
Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm
by Bill Willingham
A collection of stories exploring the power of knowledge and the consequences of ignorance.
Ever since they were driven from their homelands by the Adversary, the non-human Fables have been living on the Farm—a vast property in upstate New York that keeps them hidden from the prying eyes of ... (Goodreads)
The Sandman: The Dream Hunters
by Neil Gaiman
Mythical tale of a fox, a monk, and a dream hunter set in ancient Japan.
THE SANDMAN: THE DREAM HUNTERS is a comics adaptation of Gaiman's original prose novella by the same name illustrated by Yoshitako Amano. This graphic novel was illustrated by the legendary P. Craig ... (Goodreads)
Senlin Ascends
by Josiah Bancroft
A captivating odyssey through a mysterious tower filled with magical and treacherous surprises.
The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel in the world. Immense as a mountain, the ancient Tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and peaceful, stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake. ... (Goodreads)
The Lions of Al-Rassan
by Guy Gavriel Kay
Epic tale of a legendary kingdom, facing the onslaught of an unstoppable force.
Like most of Kay's novels, this contains a large amount of political intrigue and religious strife. At the opening of the novel, the peninsula of Al-Rassan (formerly known as Esperaña when under ... (Wikipedia)
Runaways: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1
by Brian K. Vaughan
Six runaway teens discover their superpowers and must face off against their villainous parents.
In Pride & Joy, six young friends discover their parents are all secretly super-powered villains Finding strength in one another, the shocked teens run away from home and straight into the adventure ... (Goodreads)
The Outlaw Demon Wails
by Kim Harrison
Witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan must confront her past and make a dangerous deal to save her friends and the world from destruction.
Note: This book is the same as The Outlaw Demon Wails. It was printed under both titles. To save the lives of her friends, Rachel did the unthinkable: she willingly trafficked in forbidden demon ... (Goodreads)
A Fistful of Charms
by Kim Harrison
A witch and bounty hunter mixes occult and crime-solving to protect the supernatural world.
The evil night things that prowl Cincinnati despise witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan. Her new reputation for the dark arts is turning human and undead heads alike with the intent to possess, ... (Goodreads)
Kushiel's Avatar
by Jacqueline Carey
A gripping fantasy saga of political intrigue, magic, and forbidden love.
The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and grace. It's inhabited by the race that rose from the seed of angels, and they live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt. Phèdre nó ... (Goodreads)
Daughter of the Blood
by Anne Bishop
A young woman's journey to claim her power and protect her kingdom from dark forces.
Librarian's Note: Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found, here,. The Dark Kingdom is preparing itself for the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy–the arrival of a new Queen, a Witch who will wield ... (Goodreads)
Astonishing X-Men, Volume 1: Gifted
by Joss Whedon
A team of mutants challenge a powerful genetic engineer and fight for the survival of the mutant race.
Dream-team creators Joss Whedon (TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer ) and John Cassaday ( Planetary , Captain America ) present the explosive flagship X-Men series - marking a return to classic greatness ... (Goodreads)
