Books with author Annie Davidson

A New York Times BestsellerThe Gargoyle: the mesmerizing story of one man's descent into personal hell and his quest for salvation.On a dark road in the middle of the night, a car plunges into a ravine. The driver survives the crash, but his injuries confine him to a hospital burn unit. There the mysterious Marianne Engel, a sculptress of grotesques, enters his life. She insists they were lovers in medieval Germany, when he was a mercenary and she was a scribe in the monastery of Engelthal. As she spins the story of their past lives together, the man's disbelief falters; soon, even the impossible can no longer be dismissed.

Color together and discover the incredible natural world. From a flutter of butterflies to a beachful of beautiful shells, there is a new challenge every time you turn a page. Each scene is lavishly illustrated – a large, simple illustration on one side and a more complicated, patterned picture on the other, so parent and child or older and younger siblings can have fun creating a piece of art together. Creative play is a great way to spend relaxing time together, and each page will inspire all ages to go out and discover new things about the world of nature.

Take a break this Christmas for some creative colour-together time. From festive decorations to scenes of celebration, there's a new challenge every time you turn a page. Each scene is lavishly illustrated with a large, simple picture on one side and a more complicated, patterned picture on the other, so parent and child or older and younger siblings can have fun creating art to treasure together. The perfect way to find a little piece of peace on earth this Christmas.

Kyle Ross has been having the same dream every night for a month. A dream of war between the light and the underworld. A dream of blood. A dream of death.Last night, the dream came to an end. Finally, his mind can be at ease and he can focus on what’s important in his life: school, girls and his upcoming birthday. But when the dreams return, even more ominous and vivid than before, he is suddenly cast into a hidden world of darkness.Now things are going crazy. A demonic messenger of war has appeared in the city, stirring up trouble. Kyle’s family secrets are being shoved in his face. And he, like the world around him, may be even more than what he seems.Will Kyle be torn apart by the rising darkness, or will he manage to find himself and save everyone he loves from the impending storm.

A young man is fighting for his life. Into his room walks a bewitching woman who believes she can save him. Their journey will have you believing in the impossible. The nameless and beautiful narrator of The Gargoyle is driving along a dark road when he is distracted by what seems to be a flight of arrows. He crashes into a ravine and wakes up in a burns ward, undergoing the tortures of the damned. His life is over – he is now a monster. But in fact it is only just beginning. One day, Marianne Engel, a wild and compelling sculptress of gargoyles, enters his life and tells him that they were once lovers in medieval Germany. In her telling, he was a badly burned mercenary and she was a nun and a scribe who nursed him back to health in the famed monastery of Engelthal. As she spins her tale, Scheherazade fashion, and relates equally mesmerising stories of deathless love in Japan, Greenland, Italy and England, he finds himself drawn back to life – and, finally, to love.

Kyle Ross has been having the same dream on repeat, for a month now. A dream of war, between the light and the underworld. A dream of blood. A dream of death.Last night, the dream came to an end. Finally, his mind can be at ease and he can focus on what’s important in his life; school, girls and his upcoming birthday. That is until more ominous and vivid dreams plague him, and he is casted into the hidden world of darkness.Now things are going crazy. A demonic messenger of war has appeared in the city, stirring up trouble. Kyle’s family secrets are being thrusted in his face, and he, like the world, may be more than what he seems.Will Kyle be torn apart by the rising darkness or will he be able to find himself and save those he loves from the impending storm.

On a dark road in the middle of the night, a car plunges down into a ravine. The driver survives the crash, but suffers horrible burns over much of his body. As he recovers in the hospital, planning his suicide, a strange woman appears at the foot of his bed, insisting she saved his life a century ago. Spanning medieval Germany, Japan, Iceland, and beyond, "The Gargoyle" is a mesmerizing novel of death, history, obsession, and faith.

Kyle Ross has been having the same dream every night for a month. A dream of war between the light and the underworld. A dream of blood. A dream of death.Last night, the dream came to an end. Finally, his mind can be at ease and he can focus on what’s important in his life: school, girls and his upcoming birthday. But when the dreams return, even more ominous and vivid than before, he is suddenly cast into a hidden world of darkness.Now things are going crazy. A demonic messenger of war has appeared in the city, stirring up trouble. Kyle’s family secrets are being shoved in his face. And he, like the world around him, may be even more than what he seems.Will Kyle be torn apart by the rising darkness, or will he manage to find himself and save everyone he loves from the impending storm.