2011 Releases – Page 6 – LDS Publisher

Keepers of Blackbird Hill by Lael Littke

Title: Keepers of Blackbird Hill

Author: Lael Littke

Publisher: Shadow Mountain

Release Date: September 2011

ISBN: 978-1609087449

Size: 288 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: General

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After sixteen years in Hollywood, Jayda returns to Blackbird Hill determined to save her childhood home and protect her inheritance of the family property. Orphaned as a young girl, Jayda stands alone against her extended family who want to sell the land to real estate developers. But the developers want all of the property or nothing, and Jayda is convinced that the old house is a powerful symbol of the past and should be preserved. To prove her point, Jayda begins researching the history of the century-old home and her ancestors, whose lives and secrets turn out to be more dramatic than any Hollywood script. Her main ally is a lonely seven-year-old boy, Smoot Ferguson, who lives nearby with his reclusive uncle. Despite opposition, Jayda and Smoot work tirelessly to save the home from destruction until something happens that puts Smoot in jeopardy and forces Jayda to examine her true motives—is she protecting the past or hiding from the future?

Before I Say Goodbye by Rachel Ann Nunes

Title: Before I Say Goodbye

Author: Rachel Ann Nunes

Publisher: Deseret Book

Release Date: September 3, 2011

ISBN: 978-1606414255

Size: 320 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: General, Romance

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After a twenty-year absence, Rikki Crockett has come home to Utah, to the same house where she grew up. When she left, she’d been young, hurt, and angry, abandoned by her parents and her best friend, Dante Rushton. She vowed never to return, but when the worst happens, Utah is the only place she might still find a future for her two children. To do that she must turn to Dante Rushton and hope he will be her hero one final time. Rikki knows she has only chance to get things right for her children.Growing up without a mother and with a father who barely acknowledge his existence, Dante Rushton also endured a difficult childhood. Yet he found a safe-haven in a best friend who lived in similar circumstances and in the local LDS ward who surrounded him with love and helped him grow up to be a man of faith. With their encouragement he made the choice to serve a mission and later married and had four children. Now he is the bishop in the same ward where he grew up, serving those who once served him.

When Rikki returns with her two children, a rebellious teenage girl and a sweet little boy with a learning disability, the old-timers in the ward are thrilled, despite her questionable appearance and the poor choices that took her away. However, Becca, Dante’s wife, is torn between wanting to befriend Rikki and wanting her and her troublesome children as far away from her family as possible.

Before I Say Goodbye, is a story of love, friendship, strengthening family bonds, and finding faith. It is about discovering the last and greatest hope of all.

Bah, Humbug! by Heather Horrocks

Title: Bah, Humbug!

Author: Heather Horrocks

Publisher: Word Garden Press

Release Date: September 9, 2011

Size: 77 pages, eBook, novella

Genre: Romantic Comedy/Suspense

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Lexi Anderson is an up-and-coming, Martha Stewart-type TV hostess whose two kids love the Jared Strong adventure novels, which happen to be written by their new neighbor, Kyle Miller.

For the first time in his writing career, Kyle has writer’s block–until he sees the snowman on his lawn and realizes it’s the perfect solution to his plot problem. He digs in and discovers two things: one, his villain’s weapon will fit inside a snowman’s body, and two, this particular snowman was supposed to be the backdrop for Lexi’s next show.

From this improbable beginning comes friendship, but can there be a happy ending for a woman who is afraid to get close again and a man who has shadows from his childhood?

Families join together and hearts are healed as this couple goes walking in a winter wonderland.

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Not My Type by Melanie Jacobson

Title: Not My Type

Author: Melanie Jacobson

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: September 6, 2011

ISBN: 978-1-60861-467-7

Size: 255 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Romance

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Twenty-three-year-old Pepper Spicer is not living the dream. She ended her engagement at the last minute because her fiancé—a musician and soon-to-be reality TV star—wanted her to sacrifice her own career ambitions for his. Now she’s stuck at home sharing a room with her little sister, trying to pay off massive debt for a wedding that didn’t happen, and spending Friday nights Facebook-stalking everyone who has a better life.

Her therapist father urges her to choose her career dreams and count her blessings by writing weekly thank-you notes, but gratitude is a tall order when she botches an important job interview and has to settle for writing an undercover dating web-zine column—the last thing in the world she wants to do.

Still, as Pepper (byline: Indie Girl) chronicles her bizarre and hilarious blind dates, she gives her father’s challenge a try and slowly finds herself leaving self-pity behind. Life takes a major upswing as Pepper’s column hits the big time and she tastes the exhilarating thrill of success. But there’s one tiny problem: the intensely hot man she’s falling for is having issues with her job (again). Will Pepper trade her personal ambition for another chance at love?

The Wise Man Returns by Kenny Kemp

Title: The Wise Man Returns

Author: Kenny Kemp

Publisher: Cedar Fort

Release Date: September 8, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599554969

Size: 368 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Historical

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On his way home from Judea, where he gifted the newborn King of the Jews with myrrh, Melchior of Alexandria has terrible dream and fears for the newborn’s safety. He returns to Jerusalem and convinces Joseph and Mary to accompany him to Egypt, where he watches over and protects them for several years before they return to Galilee. Many years later, the old magi once again returns to Judea, this time to see Jesus on his throne. But Jesus is not reigning in Jerusalem; he is wandering the countryside preaching his radical logos, changing the lives of all he meets, making both faithful friends and bitter enemies.

Melchior traces the footsteps of Jesus throughout Judea, finally coming face-to-face with the Master at the foot of the cross. Is this a crisis of faith or a new beginning?

Return to Exile by E.J. Patten

Title: Return to Exile (The Hunter Chronicles, vol. 1)

Author: E.J. Patten

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

Release Date: September 6, 2011

ISBN: 978-1442420328

Size: 512 pages, hardcover

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy

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ONE BOY. UNTOLD ENEMIES. A WHOLE WORLD TO SAVE. TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

Eleven years ago, a shattered band of ancient hunters captured an unimaginable evil and Phineas T. Pimiscule rescued his nephew, Sky, from the wreckage of that great battle. For eleven years, Sky Weathers has studied traps, puzzles, science, and the secret lore of the Hunters of Legend, believing it all a game. For eleven years, Sky and his family have hidden from dark enemies while, unbeknownst to Sky, his uncle Phineas sacrificed everything to protect them. For eleven years, Sky Weathers has known nothing of that day. But on the eve of Sky’s twelfth birthday and his family’s long-awaited return to Exile, everything changes. Phineas has disappeared, and Sky finds himself forced to confront the mysterious secrets he’s denied for so long: why did his family leave Exile on that day so long ago? What, exactly, has Phineas been preparing him for? And, the biggest mystery of all, who is Sky really and why does everyone want to kill him?

Pumkin Roll by Josi S. Kilpack

Title: Pumpkin Roll (Sadie Hoffmiller, Book 6)

Author: Josi S. Kilpack

Publisher: Shadow Mountain

Release Date: September 7, 2011

ISBN: 978-1609087456

Size: 368 pages, 5.5×8, paperback

Genre: Culinary Mystery

Series: Lemon Tart (bk1), English Trifle (bk2), Devil’s Food Cake (bk3), Key Lime Pie (bk 4), Blackberry Crumble (bk 5)

Sadie Hoffmiller is looking forward to spending her favorite baking season of the year making delicious New England recipes in Boston, Massachusetts, with her favorite leading man, Pete Cunningham, as they babysit his three young grandsons. But when the boys insist that Mrs. Wapple, the woman who lives across the street, is a witch, Sadie and Pete are anxious to distract the boys from such Halloween-induced ideas. However, it gets harder and harder to explain the strange things that keep happening, particularly after Sadie learns the eccentric Mrs. Wapple has been attacked in her home.

As the unexplained occurrences escalate, Sadie finds herself embroiled in yet another mystery with life-or-death consequences. Can Sadie discover whoever—or whatever—is behind the mystery before anyone else gets hurt? Or will this be Sadie’s last case?

The Armor of Light by Karen E. Hoover

Title: The Armor of Light (Book 2 of The Wolfchild Saga)

Author: Karen E. Hoover

Publisher: Tin Bird Publications

Release Date: September 6, 2011

ISBN: 978-1463663100

Size: 416 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: YA Fantasy

Series: The Wolfchild Saga: The Sapphire Flute (book 1)

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Ember has been accepted into the mage academy, but not without cost. She has gained a new enemy, ancient and dark, whose entire purpose is to destroy all white magic and her along with it. After nearly losing her life in a brutal attack, DeMunth is assigned her guardian, and the keystone he wears, The Armor of Light, begins the transition that will make it a true power.

Kayla has lost most everything of importance to her—the people, the prestige, and all she fought for the past ten years. With nothing left to lose, she continues her search for the birthplace of The Sapphire Flute and the Wolfchild she believes to be its player. Her journey will take her to strange, foreign, and often dangerous places, and everything she had thought to be true will be proven wrong.

In a showdown full of betrayal and heroic loss, Ember and Kayla finally meet on the battlefield, fighting a war on two fronts—against C’Tan and her people, and the mysterious enemy bent on destroying all magic—the shadow weavers.

The story is full of power, betrayal, hope, and love. The elements of the universe are coming together, and none can know who will stand in the end.

Tyro by Ben English

Title: Tyro (Jack Be Nimble, book 2)

Author: Ben English

Publisher: CreateSpace

Release Date: September 2, 2011

ISBN: 978-1463680893

Size: 344 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Romantic Thriller

Series: Jack Be Nimble: Gargoyle (bk 1)

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Caution: (from author) This book is firmly in PG-13 territory. The protagonist is LDS and his standards are reflected by the book’s themes, descriptions, and language.

The adventure that began in fire and terror in the night sky over London has brought
Jack Flynn and his friends together again, to strike a blow against the forces of a brilliant,
sadistic technologist bent on unspeakable destruction. Yet a single blow by itself has not
turned the tide of this secret war, and Jack must divide his team to realize any chance of defeating the hidden army arrayed against them.

Mercedes Adams evades the assassins sent against her only to be visited by a more dangerous, intimate threat from her past. As her path brings her closer and closer to Jack — on a mad dash from Paris to San Francisco to Los Angeles to Havana, Cuba — Mercedes discovers the hope of survival and salvation in the lessons learned years ago in the freshness of youth, lessons learned by an eager boy, a maverick, an earnest novice … a Tyro.

A Lost Argument by Therese Doucet

Title: A Lost Argument: A Latter-Day Novel

Author: Therese Doucet

Publisher: Strange Violin Editions

Release Date: September 3, 2011

ISBN: 978-0983748410
(e-book ISBN: 978-0-983-74840-3)

Size: 260 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Literary Fiction

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Caution: This book contains mature content.

A young Mormon woman in college in the early 1990s falls in love with philosophy by way of falling in love with an atheist philosophy student. Her search for Truth (with a capital T), God, the meaning of life, and a boyfriend leads her away from religious belief, but along the way she learns there are things even atheists can have faith in.

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Witch Song by Amber Argyle

Title: Witch Song

Author: Amber Argyle

Publisher: Rhemalda Publishing

Release Date: September 1, 2011

ISBN: 978-1936850167

Size: 325 pages, 5.5×8.5, paperback

Genre: YA Fantasy

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The world is changing.

For thousands of years, witch song has controlled everything from the winds to the shifting of the seasons. But not anymore. All the Witches are gone, taken captive by the dark Witch, Espen.

As the last echoes of witch song fade, Espen grows stronger as winter and summer come within the space of a day. Now she’s coming for the one she missed—a shy, untrained girl of fifteen named Brusenna.

Somehow, Brusenna has to succeed where every other Witch has failed. Find Espen. Fight her. Defeat her.

Or there won’t be anything left to save.

Embers of Atlantis by Tracy Hickman

Title: Embers of Atlantis (Fireborn)

Author: Tracy Hickman

Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

Release Date: August 30, 2011

ISBN: 978-1616611002

Size: 304 pages, 4×6, paperback

Genre: Speculative

Powerful scions walk the streets of modern London, oblivious to their true nature. Unknowingly, they carry within them the spirits of reincarnated dragons from an age of high fantasy. As magic begins to emerge once more in the 21st century, long-dormant memories begin to flood the minds of these scions, reminding them of their mystical heritage.

Welcome to the world of Fireborn! Ethan Gallows knows things about his world. He knows there is magic, and he knows he wants nothing to do with it. Yet, when he is sent on the seemingly menial job of filming a museum curator’s antique art collection in London, Ethan discovers that he has much more to learn. After witnessing a violent display of sorcery, ancient memories come rushing back to Ethan – memories seen through the eyes of a dragon! With minions of the Taint now seeking him for their own twisted purposes, Ethan must put his trust in Sojourner – a woman claiming to be a draconic scion. Could he really be a dragon of old, or is this some sort of fanatic conspiracy?

Embers of Atlantis is the first novel based on the acclaimed Fireborn roleplaying game setting.

Garden Plot by Kristen McKendry

Title: Garden Plot

Author: Kristen McKendry

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: August 2011

ISBN: 978-

Size: 222 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Mystery

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Finding a body in the garden of her Whole-Life Wellness Center has left social worker Erin Kilpatrick more than a little annoyed. It can’t be good for business to have a dead body in the bush beans — particularly if the one who’s been killed is a paying patient — correction: guest. Even though her first thought was to hide the corpse, Erin does feel sorry for the guest who has checked out permanently from her rehab inn. But her pity turns to alarm when she and Detective Liam Harris dig a little deeper to discover that maybe the dead man isn’t who they think he is. And now she has to deal with a missing guest and a killer on the loose.

Rattled by memories of her husband’s death three years prior, Erin sets about to discover the connection between the dead man and her absent guest. But while conducting her own investigation, she’s also got to juggle a rehab center full of eccentric guests, annoyingly amorous renovators, an enigmatic staff, her struggling teenage daughter, and an orphaned dog. And her keen eye and out-of-boundaries sleuthing catch the attention of Detective Harris in more ways than one, adding the complications of romance to this delightful and dangerous case of fraud, impersonation, and, of course, murder.

In Seconds by Brenda Novak

Title: In Seconds (The Bulletproof Trilogy, Book 2)

Author: Brenda Novak

Publisher: Mira

Release Date: August 30, 2011

ISBN: 978-0778312444

Size: 448 pages, 4×6″ mass market paperback

Genre: Suspense

Series: Inside (bk 1)

Caution: This book may contain objectionable content.

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In the whole state of Montana, there’s nowhere to hide. . .

Laurel Hodges has changed her identity twice. She’s been on the run for the past four years, trying to outdistance the men who blame her for the death of one of their own. She’s finally found the peace and stability she needs, for herself and her two children, in the small town of Pineview, Montana. But just when she thinks they’re safe — the nightmare starts all over again.

The Crew, a ruthless prison gang with ties to Laurel’s brother, will never forget and they’ll never forgive. And now that they’ve finally found her again, they’ll stop at nothing. It could all end in seconds.

Only Sheriff Myles King stands between Laurel and the men who want her dead.

Bringing Stella Home by Joe Vasick

Title: Bringing Stella Home (book 1)

Author: Joe Vasicek

Publisher:

Release Date: August 2011

ISBN: 978-1-4658-1247-6

Size: eBook; 110,000 words

Genre: Science Fiction (Space Opera)

Series: Gaia Nova

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Caution: This book may contain objectionable content. (PG-13)

When the brutal Hameji battle fleets conquer his homeworld, young James McCoy runs away from home to rescue his older brother and sister, Ben and Stella. Though the undefeated Hameji are feared throughout all of inhabited space, James will stop at nothing to get his family back.

He soon finds a band of interstellar mercenaries who agree to take him in, but what he doesn’t know is that Stella has become a concubine to the main Hameji overlord–and Ben has been brainwashed and made an elite shock trooper in the Hameji Army.

A new series of epic space opera.

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Serpent’s Tooth by Michael R. Collings

Title: Serpent’s Tooth: A Victoria Sears/Lynn Hanson Mystery

Author: Michael R. Collings

Publisher: Borgo Press

Release Date: August 27, 2011

ISBN: 978-1434435620

Size: 214 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Mystery

Series: Devil’s Plague

In this sequel to DEVIL’S PLAGUE, Victoria Sears and her new down-mountain friend, Lynn Hanson, investigate the unusual death of a young man new to the Fox Creek community. The first person to see the body is Carver Ellis, and the first policeman on the scene is already convinced that Ellis is the murderer. But the two lady detectives, in consort with Chief Deputy Wroten, soon find indications to the contrary. The only problem is figuring how Eric Johansson really died–and proving it before a crucial piece of evidence disappears! Another great read by a master storyteller.

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Fires of Jerusalem by Marilyn Brown

Title: Fires of Jerusalem

Author: Marilyn Brown

Publisher: Parables

Release Date: August 24, 2011

Size: eBook

Genre: Historical

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The siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrian and Babylonian armies in 586 B.C. created devastation and despair. . . especially for Jeremiah and Lehi, who tried to tell the people what was coming if they did not turn their lives around.

This Old Testament story, intriguingly told, is Marilyn Brown’s latest novel

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The Outer Edge of Heaven by Jacklyn M. Hawkes

Title: The Outer Edge of Heaven

Author: Jaclyn M. Hawkes

Publisher: Spirit Dance Books

Release Date: August 3, 2011

ISBN: 978-0615517773

Size: 269 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Romance

Montana truly is heavenly. Especially those handsome cowboys.

When her “all-powerful” parents actually choose her future husband, who just happens to be a divorce lawyer named Elroy, Charlie opts out and heads for Big Sky Country. After all, who marries a divorce lawyer? She and her best friend Fo, who have been buddies since the third grade, go to work on his cousin’s sprawling ranch in the heart of the Montana Rockies.

She has the time of her life, but her heart may never recover.

Sea Born by Clover Autrey

Title: Sea Born

Author: Clover Autrey

Publisher: Red Rover Books

Release Date: August 23, 2011

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Size: ebook

Genre: Young Adult Speculative

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One of the Ocean’s Children, Daire Tiernan was raised far from the sea, hidden from his cursed destiny and those who would use him.

Paedra Breen has always loved Daire, in spite of his strange underwater abilities. When strangers come to their village, claiming Daire is the long lost Champion of the Sea—cursed to unleash the angered god of Ruin upon the world, Paedra is determined to make sure Daire gets to the ocean in one piece.

The Tokens by A.D. Duling

The charming,handsome young man Anna just danced with turns out to be the Chancellor she had thought was defeated.

Now Anna must hurry and find a book called Dominion and the legendary Red Stone to remove a curse placed upon her dear Hayden by him.

She has also began to collect her “Tokens”. Symbols magically burned onto the flesh of her wrist by each guardian of the four elements- Fire, Wind, Water and Earth. The beholder of these tokens controls the elements….

As Anna learns to use them, she, Hayden and their friend Valencia (Val) must travel far to aquire the Chancellor’s requested items.they must tackle dangerous sink holes in the Dunes of Tundra, out wit a thief leader named Fallon and face wolf men in the Forests of Venier.
As they collect his required items, Anna is reminded how nothing is ever simple for her here in Tatania and the Chancellor’s fight is far from over, but it will take more than that to deter the determined Anna Kippling!

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Title: The Tokens (Anna Kippling Book 2)

Author: A.D. Duling

Publisher: Self

Release Date: August 22, 2011

ASIN: B005IJ744S

Size: 160 pages, ebook

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

Anna Kippling Series: The Key (bk 1)

Bloodborne by Gregg Luke

Title: Bloodborne

Author: Gregg Luke

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: August 2011

ISBN: 978-1-60861-366-3

Size: 366 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Suspense

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One ordinary afternoon, research specialist Dr. Erin Cross enters a small deli for lunch … and nearly takes a bullet instead. Thanks to the intervention of former Special Ops Marine Sean Flannery, she walks away from the seemingly freak incident. But when she returns to work she finds her lab under security lockdown, and later, that her apartment has been ransacked. She realizes the attack in the deli was anything but random. She can’t make sense of the attack given her low profile following a disastrous H1N1 vaccine trial. She is unaware the her former colleague Dr. Jacob Krantz has used her vaccine to develop a deadly bio-weapon he calls the Armageddon Virus, or that his collaborators want her dead before she discovers their evil plans.

Fleeing for safety with her research in hand, Erin seeks the help of the former Marine. But they get closer to unraveling the mystery behind her threats, the more erratic his behavior becomes. His suspicious communication with his daughter and his bipolar swings seem more befitting an enemy than a friend. As the crisis comes to a head, Erin can’t be sure who harbors more secrets, the evil organization trying to kill her or the one man who can save her life.

Fractured by Cheri Schmidt

The Fateful Trilogy continues with Fractured.

No, it’s not called Fractured because Ethan and Danielle break up, because they don’t…in case you were wondering. They had thought they’d escaped most of the danger surrounding them, when in truth they’ve made it worse by unintentionally sparking a civil war amongst vampires.

Many vampires want to protect them for discovering the cure to the curse binding their kind. However many more want to destroy them for that same discovery. Ethan’s and Danielle’s struggle for survival intensifies while they sink deeper into the midst of this danger.

The romantic fairytale bliss they once had will soon fracture under the pressure of the curse….

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Title: Fractured

Author: Cheri Schmidt

Publisher: Self

Release Date: August 20, 2011

ISBN: 978-1466251502

Size: 318 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, softcover

Genre: YA Paranormal

Fateful Series: Fateful (bk 1)

The Defender of God by Kurt Kammeyer

Title: The Defender of God (Clan of Stone, book 2)

Author: Kurt Kammeyer

Publisher: Smashwords

Release Date: Aug 15, 2011

ISBN: 978-1-4658-3126-2

Size: approx 117, ebook

Genre: YA Speculative

Series: The Clan of the Stone (book 1)

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Book Two of The Clan of the Stone: At the dawn of the Fifth Eon, the Seer Abdiel adopts a young hunter-gatherer named Brynmor, who is the Chieftain of the White Eagle Clan. He educates Brynmor in the duties of a Seer. Brynmor leads his people across the Olami Mountains to Ganedom, where they face a dual threat from the invading Nordsmen and the space-faring Mangalans.

Shadow Valley by Michael R. Collings

Title: Shadow Valley: A Novel of Horror

Author: Michael R. Collings

Publisher: Borgo Press

Release Date: August 20, 2011

ISBN: 978-1434435217

Size: 196 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Horror

Shadow Valley is an isolated farming community known to few, but in one of its ramshackle farmhouses dwells a power that threatens death and destruction to any who walk within its walls. Now, Lila Ellis arrives to make the final arrangements for a project that will flood Shadow Valley for a reservoir–and the house is not happy. When she enters the old place, she alone must face its terrors–beginning with a pile of seventy boxes of chocolate, one piece missing from each, that have been delivered to the decaying ruin each year on St. Valentine’s Day. Can Lily escape the horror that fills the Stevenson place? Or will the curse continue for yet another generation?

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