Books with author Ryan Carriere

New York Times bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan dives into a world with magic and sacrifice with the Elements of Five.It is said the Spirit Priestess will one day unite the two Kingdoms of the Maison Realm. She will one day fight alongside Wielders and unlock the five elements of power.It wasn’t until I nearly died that I realized they were talking about me. They tell me I have the power to save the world, and yet the war raging around me seems insurmountable. I must rely on those I thought shunned me long ago: a boy who isn’t who I thought, and a new realm of warriors who have come to protect me.The darkness is coming, and the Queen of Obscurité wants to ensure that the King of Lumière can’t get his hands on me. And to make that happen, the Queen will sacrifice anything—including me.

In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. But, slowly, Mary’s truths are failing her. She’s learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power. And, when the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. Now, she must choose between her village and her future, between the one she loves and the one who loves her. And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounded in so much death?[STAR] "A bleak but gripping story...Poignant and powerful."-Publishers Weekly, Starred"A postapocalyptic romance of the first order, elegantly written from title to last line."-Scott Westerfeld, author of the Uglies series and Leviathan"Intelligent, dark, and bewitching, The Forest of Hands and Teeth transitions effortlessly between horror and beauty. Mary's world is one that readers will not soon forget."-Cassandra Clare, bestselling author of City of Bones"Opening The Forest of Hands and Teeth is like cracking Pandora's box: a blur of darkness and a precious bit of hope pour out. This is a beautifully crafted, page-turning, powerful novel. I thoroughly enjoyed it."-Melissa Marr, bestselling author of Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange "Dark and sexy and scary. Only one of the Unconsecrated could put this book down."-Justine Larbalestier, author of How to Ditch Your Fairy

Richelle Mead, Lisa McMann, Michael Grant, Meg Cabot, Laini Taylor, and nine more of the hottest YA authors to hit the shelves explore the concepts of prophecy and prediction in this story collection edited by NYT bestselling author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan. Have you ever been tempted to look into the future? To challenge predictions? To question fate? It's human nature to wonder about life's twists and turns. But is the future already written—or do you have the power to alter it?From fantastical prophecies to predictions of how the future will transpire, Foretold is a collection of stories about our universal fascination with life's unknowns and of what is yet to come as interpreted by 14 of young adult fiction's brightest stars.This collection includes works from:Malinda Lo (Ash)Lisa McMann (Wake)Kami Garcia (Beautiful Creatures)Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures)Laini Taylor (The Daughter of Smoke and Bone)Michael Grant (Gone)Saundra Mitchell (The Vespertine)Richelle Mead (the Vampire Academy)Matt de la Pena (I Will Save You)Meg Cabot (The Princess Diaries)Heather Brewer (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod)Diana Peterfreund (Rampant)Simone Elkeles (Perfect Chemistry)Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth)

Scholastic's next multi-platform mega-event begins here!Dak, Sera, and Riq might be in over their heads when they attempt to stop a Viking invasion!Hundreds of ships carrying thousands of warriors are laying siege to medieval Paris. The Parisians are holding their own, but the stalemate can only last so long. And that's bad news -- especially since Dak has been captured, forced to work alongside the Vikings while Sera and Riq defend Paris from within. No matter which side wins, the kids lose!

Bursting with the full power of the Firestone and the knowledge that he has Dragon's blood running through his veins - Roeg has the power to save the world... or so he thinks. Sephonei has realized a hard truth - the Atlantean armies are systematically wiping out all the mythical creatures, the elves, the gnomes and even mythic's not described in the Bestiary. She has decided she won't go along without a fight. Now on her own, only with Pery, her large winged Peryton by her side, she haphazardly stumbles her way to through Deadman's Pass on her way to the Land of Darkness. To complicate things more, Fetch is hot on the trail of the Great Spirit Clan, and the blue-haired boy who's mother abandoned him at birth. The man with the wide-brimmed hat, a metal arm and elemental arrows knows no boundaries when he is on the hunt. Who will make it to the land of darkness first and who will make it out alive? YOUR EPIC ADVENTURE CONTINUES HERE!

***an original short story set in the world of The Forest of Hands and Teeth***When the zombie apocalypse hits, brother and sister Danny and Julie are stranded at home alone. As the world crumbles around them, they take refuge in the attic over the garage. But it only takes one small mistake for the illusion of safety to break and for any chance of survival to disappear.

★★★★★ Firestone: The Dragon's Blood Prophecy: Action-packed adventure and well-written fantasy crammed with fire gods and monsters, mythology and heroes, alternate history, funny characters and is a ticking time-bomb oozing with epic battles in a time of myth and war!Roeg is an elemental fire warrior... He just doesn't know it yet.Forced on an epic journey searching for a powerful elemental stone, Roeg is not only tasked with saving the world, he has to do it before 'the great fire in the sky' kills them all... the extinction countdown is on!Little does he know that across the Atlantean Sea, a troop of steampunk Crystal Hunters are battling their way through monsters and mythical creatures searching for the same elemental stone!To top it off, Sin, an evil blood mage, is raising an army to 'cleanse' the world of the 'Mythics' to steal their power and become immortal. Sending his best bounty hunter to claim the long lost 'blue-haired boy' - its only a matter of time before he finds Roeg...YOUR JOURNEY BEGINS HERE

NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues Lyric’s epic journey in this spellbinding sequel to From Breath and Ruin.I lost my past, my friends, and even my connections to both worlds when I found out about the Maison realm and my calling. Now I must put that aside and travel back to the kingdoms to continue my training as the Spirit Priestess. Only my journey isn’t to Rhodes and those I fought alongside before. This time, Easton and the other Obscurité warriors will stand by my side as I try to unlock my final three elements. A Seer’s wish and the calling of the Lumière kingdom calls me forth, thrusting me into another journey where I must trust those on both sides of the age-old war to survive…and keep those I love safe.

There are many things that Annah would like to forget: the look on her sister's face before Annah left her behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth, her first glimpse of the Horde as they swarmed the Dark City, the sear of the barbed wire that would scar her for life. But most of all, Annah would like to forget the morning Elias left her for the Recruiters. Annah's world stopped that day, and she's been waiting for Elias to come home ever since. Somehow, without him, her life doesn't feel much different than the dead that roam the wasted city around her. Until she meets Catcher, and everything feels alive again. But Catcher has his own secrets. Dark, terrifying truths that link him to a past Annah has longed to forget, and to a future too deadly to consider. And now it's up to Annah: can she continue to live in a world covered in the blood of the living? Or is death the only escape from the Return's destruction?

When the zombie apocalypse hits and the dead begin to rise, Jonah and his friends are on a class field trip downtown. Panicked, they make a split-second decision to seek shelter in the Overlook, an apartment complex built like a fortress on the edge of town. But as they begin to face the realities of what it will take to survive, they realize that while making the decision of where to run was easy, living out the consequences of that decision may be impossible. From Carrie Ryan, the New York Times bestselling author of the Forest of Hands and Teeth books, What Once We Feared is an original digital short story about facing a world that is forever changed and in which survival means more than merely escaping the undead.

Richelle Mead, Lisa McMann, Michael Grant, Meg Cabot, Laini Taylor, and nine more of the hottest YA authors to hit the shelves explore the concepts of prophecy and prediction in this story collection edited by NYT bestselling author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan. Have you ever been tempted to look into the future? To challenge predictions? To question fate? It's human nature to wonder about life's twists and turns. But is the future already written—or do you have the power to alter it?From fantastical prophecies to predictions of how the future will transpire, Foretold is a collection of stories about our universal fascination with life's unknowns and of what is yet to come as interpreted by 14 of young adult fiction's brightest stars.This collection includes works from:Malinda Lo (Ash)Lisa McMann (Wake)Kami Garcia (Beautiful Creatures)Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures)Laini Taylor (The Daughter of Smoke and Bone)Michael Grant (Gone)Saundra Mitchell (The Vespertine)Richelle Mead (the Vampire Academy)Matt de la Pena (I Will Save You)Meg Cabot (The Princess Diaries)Heather Brewer (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod)Diana Peterfreund (Rampant)Simone Elkeles (Perfect Chemistry)Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth)