Books with title The Figure in the Shadows

An evil, dark spirit invaded the world eons ago and was hell-bent on ushering in Armageddon. To accomplish its goal, the creature enlisted corrupt leaders throughout the world in exchange for untold riches. They entered an agreement with the evil entity, fulfilling its destructive plan of mass pandemonium around the globe. Now, after benefiting from centuries of prosperity, the descendants of these "men in the shadows” must now pay their debts. There is a fight for survival as each family faces the rude challenges that awaits them. Find out what lies ahead.

Until the age of fourteen Kiki lived a normal life, she was a happy, well-adjusted teenager, the only thing that marked her as different was her belief in her imaginary friend, Gabe. Shortly after her fourteenth birthday everything changed. Gabe was gone, and in his stead, came vile creatures out of her worse nightmares who wanted to control every aspect of her life.Desperately trying to get on with her life Kiki hides what is happening from everyone, except her sister Tracey. As her sister’s mental state deteriorates Tracey’s is forced to take actionKiki is hospitalised where she is drugged and is now at the mercy of her tormentors. Then begins an extraordinary journey into darkness that draws many people into her inner hell.

When the love of her past-life turns up, things hot up for Lucy Blaisdell. Trouble is, which of the feuding pair offers genuine romance, and which is just out for revenge? There’s also the small matter of a witch to contend with – or is it a gentler magic the mysterious Ellen offers with her overtures of friendship?It’s easy to fall for Alex Craven’s good looks and witty charm, but it’s Nathan Harlow’s dark and brooding, almost rude manner, that teenager Lucy can’t help but find herself being drawn to. To make things even messier, there’s no love lost between Nathan and Alex, and their history seems to go back a long way…Right back to a dark past-life in the Napoleonic era, if Lucy’s increasingly strange and seductive dreams are to be believed.When the past catches up with them, disaster strikes, and Lucy must learn the truth about her past-life before history repeats itself.

Coming in June 2012 - Darkness Rising, Book 2 of the Into the Shadows Series!!! Paivi Anderson has it all—friends, a spot on the varsity basketball team, wonderful parents, and quite possibly, her first boyfriend. It was everything a freshman in high school could ask for. Her perfect life begins to crumble when she discovers her name on a list distributed by a power-hungry presidential candidate. How could anyone think of Paivi as an Enemy of the State? Could it be because of her special powers? No one was supposed to know about them, but the mysterious messages in her tater tots say otherwise. In INTO THE SHADOWS, Paivi quickly learns who her friends are and is forced into a reality she didn’t see coming.

Rape. Rage. Violent death. Loss. They have turned Chloe Sullivan’s life in to a living nightmare in In The Shadows. Life after a very public tragedy has sent Chloe spiraling down a dark rabbit hole of addiction in attempts to escape the monster that hides within her, desperate to be free from the unwelcome spotlight. And her family will do anything to save her. The horrors of eighteen year old Chloe’s past have already seen her trapped in a never ending torrent of sex, alcohol, and fear. The Sullivan family, desperate and running out of options, moves to England to care for their ailing great grandmother, dragging an unwilling Chloe along with them. While their hope that a change of scenery and new connections may serve to offer Chloe some reprieve, she instead quickly finds herself ensnared in a startling new world of wealth, power, and pressure. And it doesn’t take long for Chloe to find that she’s not the only one with secrets. In order to survive the war against herself, she must first accept that no matter how far she runs, her demons will follow. That is—if she even wants to survive at all.

Stunning photographs and evocative text take readers to far-off Madagascar. There, primatologist Alison Jolly dwells and works among lemurs. These fascinating primates live only on the island of Madagascar, where they socialize in troops--and where, like humans, they are often involved in power struggles and family disputes. Threats to the environment have endangered lemurs, but Dr. Jolly hopes that by studying these unusual animals she’ll discover ways for people to live in harmony with their distant primate cousins.

Shadows. To us, they are nothing but silhouettes, but in a faraway kingdom, they reveal more about people than people would like to think. They are a double-edged sword, and somebody sinister has just grasped the hilt … Sixteen-year-old Lyrikee Lorelai has everything she’s ever wanted: she’s the heir princess to a prosperous kingdom, serves as her father’s most trusted advisor, and is engaged to the love of her life. But when a cold-hearted king decides to erase vulnerability from the world, she alone can save the man she loves—and the rest of the world as she knows it. Lyrikee embarks on a journey filled with magicians, lost shadows, and an arrogant guardian harboring a deadly secret. In a time where her greatest power is her greatest vulnerability, any mistake could be her last.

Yale knows she’s a freak - one of those weird loser kids that everyone ignores. She’s not pretty or popular. She doesn’t have nice hair or good friends. People tend to look right through her, like she were invisible. Yale’s not too happy about that.But then Yale discovers something: if she tries hard enough, she can actually make herself disappear. And then she can move undetected among the people who made her feel like she didn’t exist. Only this time she’s listening. Watching. Planning what to do with her newly discovered power. The question is: will she use it to help ... or to hurt?

Shadows. To us, they are nothing but silhouettes, but in a faraway kingdom, they reveal more about people than people would like to think. They are a double-edged sword, and somebody sinister has just grasped the hilt … Sixteen-year-old Lyrikee Lorelai has everything she’s ever wanted: she’s the heir princess to a prosperous kingdom, serves as her father’s most trusted advisor, and is engaged to the love of her life. But when a cold-hearted king decides to erase vulnerability from the world, she alone can save the man she loves—and the rest of the world as she knows it. Lyrikee embarks on a journey filled with magicians, lost shadows, and an arrogant guardian harboring a deadly secret. In a time where her greatest power is her greatest vulnerability, any mistake could be her last.