Books published by publisher Dark Quest

Rachel Griffin wants to know everything. As a freshman at Roanoke Academy for the Sorcerous Arts, she has been granted to opportunity to study both mundane and magical subjects. But even her perfect recollection of every book she has ever read does not help her when she finds a strange statue in the forest-a statue of a woman with wings. Nowhere-neither in the arcane tomes of the Wise, nor in the dictionary and encyclopedia of the non-magic-using Unwary-can she find mention of such a creature. What could it be? And why are the statue's wings missing when she returns? When someone tries to kill a fellow student, Rachel soon realizes that, in the same way her World of the Wise hides from mundane folk, there is another, more secret world hiding from everyone-which her perfect recall allows her to remember. Her need to know everything drives her to investigate. Rushing forward where others fear to tread, Rachel finds herself beset by wraiths, magical pranks, homework, a Raven said to bring the doom of worlds, love's first blush, and at least one fire-breathing teacher. Curiosity might kill a cat, but nothing stops Rachel Griffin! The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin, a plucky band of children join forces to fight evil, despite the best efforts of incompetent adults, at a school for wizards. YA fiction really doesn't get better than that. -Jonathan Moeller, author of The Ghosts series Rachel Griffin is curious, eager and smart, and ready to begin her new life at Roanoke Academy for the Sorcerous Arts, but she didn't expect to be faced with a mystery as soon as she got there. Fortunately she's up to the task. Take all the best of the classic girl detective, throw in a good dose of magic and surround it all with entertaining, likeable friends and an intriguing conundrum, and you'll have The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin, a thrilling adventure tailor-made for the folks who've been missing Harry Potter, Exciting, fantastical events draw readers into Rachel's world and solid storytelling keeps them there. -Misty Massey, author of Mad Kestrel

Same War, Different Perspective! With a clap of thunder from above, the Aerospace fighters tear through the sky, while below, our women warriors cross the hell of No Man's Land, to close with the enemy; in fourteen all-new military science fiction stories; with an introduction by David Weber, bestselling author of the Honor Harrington novels. Contains stories by: Brenda Cooper, Nancy Jane Moore, Maria V. Snyder, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Kimberley Long-Ewing, Ann Wilkes, Laurie Gailunas, S.A. Bolich, Lee C. Hillman, Deborah Teramis Christian, Lisanne Norman, Judi Fleming, Jennifer Brozek, Phoebe Wray. "There's not a single piece here that isn't well worth reading." -David Weber, bestselling author of the Honorverse series.

"You will never read another shapeshifter book like this. Every surprise will catch you unwary. And, like me, you will find that others will have to pry it out of your fingers." -Tamora Pierce, bestselling author "Alma Alexander has created a gripping and complicated story of family loyalty and teenage rebellion. [..] An excellent start to a brave new series." -Ysabeau Wilce, award-winning author of the Flora Segunda series RANDOM My name is Jazz Marsh. I am a Random Were, which means I am a Were of no fixed form - like all Random Were, my family can become any warm-blooded creature which is the last thing they see before they Turn. For me, when my time came, that meant... trouble. I was quite young when I lost my older sister, Celia, and my family never spoke about her. It was only when I found the secret diaries that she had left behind that I began to discover the truth behind her life and her death. I never understood what drove my moody and dangerous older brother until I began to get an inkling about his part in Celia's death... and until, driven to the edge of patience and understanding, he finally had to face his own Turn problems... and disastrously took matters into his own hands. One thing is clear. Everything I thought I knew about Were-kind was wrong. THIS IS BOOK ONE IN THE WERECHRONICLES SERIES

"The British boarding school mystery meets the best imagined of fantasies at breakneck speed and with fully realized characters." Sarah A. Hoyt, author of the best-selling Darkship Thieves Before coming to Roanoke Academy, Rachel Griffin had been an obedient girl-but it's hard to obey the rules when the world is in danger, and no one will listen. Now, she's eavesdropping on Wisecraft Agents and breaking a lot of rules. Because if the adults will not believe her, then it is up to Rachel and her friends-crazy, orphan-boy Sigfried the Dragonslayer and Nastasia, the Princess of Magical Australia-to stop the insidious Mortimer Egg from destroying the world. But first she must survive truth spells, fights with her brother, detention, Alchemy experiments, talking to elves, and conjuring class. As if that were not bad enough, someone has turned the boy she likes into a sheep. Oh, and the Raven with blood-red eyes continues to watch her. It is said to be an omen of the Doom of Worlds. Will her attempts to save her world bring the Raven's wrath down upon her?

Although she was orphaned at birth, Eden Moore is never alone. Three dead women keep watch from the shadows, bound to protect her from the violence that took their lives a century ago. But in the woods a gunman waits, convinced that God has spoken. Now Eden must pay for the sins of her great-grandfather or history may do far worse than repeat itself... Includes bonus short story, "Horror at Snodgrass Hill"

They were the stuff of legends. Tales to frighten adventurous children away from the dangerous mountain reaches. They were The Winter People fierce and strong and-some whispered-magical, surviving as they did in the realm of the snow leopards, high in the snow-locked mountains. None in generations of generations had seen the People, though the bold and foolish alike claimed to have encountered signs of their passage on the slopes of the great mountain. And then the weather shifted and the once-thick blanket of snow shrouding the peaks crept higher and higher, leaving the mountain bare, uncovering a path leading to the doorstep of legends, in truth hardy, peaceful people now vulnerable to the curious, the interested, and, finally, the ruthless, bandits invading from the south. Anya, the chief's daughter and the last in the line of hereditary rule, survived the brutal attack, but not unchanged. The Winter People had no word for "vengeance," but her heart sent her on a quest to find it.