Lyric, a reluctant violinist, is transported by an eerie black cocoon into a strange world 50 years into the future with bewildering rules. In this new world, where Creepers run rampant in the darkness beneath city limits, Lyric’s ability to make music is treasured by the remaining population, but also feared at the same time by those in power.
Sierra Rouge’s life will never be the same. After her mother dies, Sierra travels to South Africa to live with her father. There, she discovers sharks are being illegally finned and killed. Though some people are all for shark finning and others are completely against it, Sierra makes a plan to put a stop to it.
James Salley turns sixteen on the day that the story begins, and after being bullied almost all day he finds himself on top of a water tower contemplating suicide. His family couldn't even be bothered to stay at their house long enough that morning to wish him a happy birthday! When he notices someone following him, he begins to ask questions he wished he wouldn't have. James is told that he is the Anti-Christ. After he lets that sink in for a while, he notices that it puts a wrench in his plan of Dorian Delaney falling in love with him.
Bullying is a well known topic all over the world. There are many different groups that try to put an end to it, but it seems they are only successful for so long. What if there was a group of mysterious masked persons who were more advanced and effective than the local police?
The Immortal Throne is a lover's story. A girl is ripped away from the sunlight, and a boy is taken away from his kingdom. They use every opportunity to find each other again. The Underworld, the vast, gloomy place of Ancient Greek mythology is now a kingdom - a dark kingdom. Hades has disappeared, and it has been thousands of years since anyone has seen him. Meanwhile, the boy fights for his life against a deadly virus, and only true love's kiss can save him, and that true love is kept secluded in the grasp of an evil king.
Tribal conflict. Environmental desolation. Societal suffering. Based on ten years of Easter Island research, Edward Stanton’s novel “Wide as the Wind” tells the coming of age tale of two Polynesian siblings who embark on a dangerous journey to restore natural and cultural life and prosperity to their diminishing home island.
