Item category 1: Science Fiction & Fantasy

A cosmic catastrophe, the Ring of Fire, strands the West Virginia town of Grantville back in time in the middle of the Thirty Years War. One of its ripple effects is that Japan has pulled back from a policy of isolation and staked out its own claims on the west coast of North America. But it is n...

Centuries in the future, the Galactic Authority reigns over millions of advanced civilizations throughout the cosmos. From deep within the Galactic Core, the Authority's principal Mind has won the allegiance of myriad nations, offering security, connection, and access to a network of interstellar...

Jen and her father are making their way across a deserted world after a technological collapse brought civilization as people knew it to an end. The Flood took out all all technology, but also many people who were connected to a central information hive. Those who are left behind must find each o...

When Elijah suggests going to OneMind to celebrate their ten-year anniversary, Anna is dubious about getting the implant that will allow them to hear each other's thoughts. However, she's eager to please him, and to make up for the fact she can't give him what he really wants, she agrees to take ...

Stasya lives in an isolated farming village on the edge of the mysterious Heartwood Forest with her unusual dog for company. Thought odd by the locals, she is tolerated for her rare gift with animals. Engaging with her fellow humans is difficult, with one exception: goatherd Lukas, who shares her...

Ambessa Medarda: Warrior, general, mother. She is a woman to be feared, and the Medardas are unrivaled in their pursuit of glory. She has led conquests and armies. She has slain legendary beasts. She has made grave sacrifices in her ascent up the ranks. And for this she was rewarded: She entered ...

Ever wonder what life is like for a Minecraft Zombie? When Zombie and his friends go on an excursion to an archaeological site, they uncover pieces of the Good Luck Amulet of Ancient Minecraftia. They hand them in to the museum ... except, Zombie sneakily keeps a piece for himself. And that's whe...

When Roy and Fuecoco are separated, their search for each other takes them to a battle between the Rising Volt Tacklers and the Explorers. When Roy's Ancient Poke Ball activates and unleashes a legend, it changes the course of everything! Complete the picture puzzles, word games and trivia challe...

Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner... in Chinatown. The bloody messes don't bother her, not when she's already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister being pushed in front of a train. Before fleeing the scene, the murderer whispered two words: bat eater. Months pass, the killer is...

Sarah Toomey is afraid she's losing her mind. Ever since her mother's death, she's found herself acting upon strange urges, losing track of time, and coming to in odd places. There's a dark force that seems to be haunting her, and leaving death in its wake. Yvonne Howard has reinvented herself. A...

I'm struggling to survive in a Titan infested world where Spartans, immortals from twelve royal families who have god-like powers and obscene wealth, rule over all. A shy-stammering foster child with nothing, I keep my head down, cover my scars, and focus on excelling in school. At least, I try t...

The Netherlands, 1887. Lucy's twin sister, Sarah, is unwell. She refuses to eat, mumbles nonsensically, and is increasingly obsessed with a centuries-old corpse recently discovered on her husband's grand estate. The doctor has diagnosed her with temporary insanity caused by a fever of the brain. ...

In her fight to stay alive, Mac must find the Sinsar Dubh -- a million-year-old book of the blackest magic imaginable that holds the key to power over both the worlds of the Fae and of Man. Pursued by Fae assassins and surrounded by mysterious figures she knows she cannot trust, Mac finds herself...

In the spring of 1995, Nate Cartwright has lost everything: his parents are dead, his older brother has disowned him, and he's been fired from his job. Looking for a new direction, he returns to his family's summer cabin in the mountains of Oregon. The cabin should be empty. But its not. Inside i...

We fight for the people we love. We fight for the ideas we want to be true. Evar and Livira stand side by side and yet far beyond each other's reach. Evar is forced to flee the library, driven before an implacable foe. Livira, trapped in a ghost world, has to recover her book if she's to return t...

The fate of an infinite library hangs on one book, a book that holds the power to break the unbreakable. In the face of such forces, fragile things like hearts, family, and the world seem certain to fail. The people most vital to Livira are scattered across time and space, lost, divided into fact...

Lyra Bien intended to live a quiet life to avoid the attention of the magic-obsessed king in the fortress of Stonegate. Until Roark Ashwood - the prince's silent guard and rumored killer for the crown - invades her village and uncovers the truth behind the silver scars in her eyes. To save her be...

Together they'll restore a divided kingdom, or burn it to the ground...In a kingdom long divided, Lyra Bien intends to live a quiet life to avoid the attention of magic-obsessed King Damir. Unitl Roark Ashwood, the monarch's silent but irresistably handsome soldier, invades her village and uncove...

In an lonely castle deep in the forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one moonlit night, a carriage arrives bearing an unexpected guest -- the beautiful Carmilla. So begins a feverish friendship between Laura and her mysterious companion. But as Carmil...

Ella's spent her life dreaming about adventure, but it's hard to have adventures when you're stuck with a stepfamily who treat you like a servant. When she unexpectedly wakes up in a land far, far away, she's thrilled at the chance to embark on an epic quest. That is, until she finds herself trap...

When forger Slate is convicted of treason, she faces a death sentence. But her unique gift for sniffing out magic (literally) earns her a reprieve of sorts. Along with a paladin, Caliban, possessed by a demon, her murderous ex-lover, and an irritating misogynist scholar, Slate sets off on a missi...

History is alive with magic. That's what zany Tia Xia is always telling cousins Jorge, Camila, and Siggy. Their aunt has many secrets, including a mysterious diamond-encrusted sword -- a that Jorge definitely wasn't supposed to see. Jorge's daredevil stunts often get him in trouble, though. He an...

"After her sacrifice on the Ember Moon, Fia is flush with powerful magic and eager to rush into battle against her murderous sister, Eala. However, Fia's new husband Irian suggests a retreat to the Silver Isle, a snowy island at the edge of the fae world, ruled by a wily smith-king. The Silver Is...

With the secret of her divine heritage revealed, Freya finds herself on a path that will see thousands of lives lost to the magic in her blood. Desperate to avoid this dark fate, she risks an alliance with Skaland's greatest enemy to seek answers from the seer who foretold her future - the same s...

Captain Blite knows that someone, or something, is trying to kill him. But a device he possesses, known only as the dark diamond, won't let that happen. After surviving a series of catastrophic accidents and assassination attempts, Blite realises that whenever he dies the dark diamond reverses ti...

Paige Mahoney is outside the Republic of Scion for the first time in more than a decade but she has no idea how she got to the free world. Half a year has been wiped from her memory. As she makes her way back to the revolution, her journey takes her to Venice, where she learns a dangerous secret,...

Mac is stunned to discover that her sister's murder was far more than a random act of violence and resents the awakening of a mysterious ability to sense the Fae and their talismans, a talent that sends her on a quest to find a mystical book of dark power.

In the woods surrounding a quiet Midwestern town, an ancient malevolence awakens. Unseen by most, the Darkness hungers for the radiant energy of children a feast it craves with an insatiable thirst. A decade after a nightmarish onslaught shattered the community, this evil thought to be vanquished...

In Ancient Greece, the Gods demand the ultimate tribute - food, treasure, even human sacrifice. There are some mortals who cling to a desperate prophecy - one will come and set them free. But few believe it. Until Danae eats a mysterious golden apple and her life unravels with a dangerous path un...

'Do you dare attempt what all others have failed?' The once-glorious realm of Ticklebrook has become a grim and desolate place. Everyone is totally grumpy, and there's nothing to eat but stinky rotten cabbages. Arlo is a farmboy with truly horrible parents who dreams of doing more than brushing t...