Books with title Fracture

On the surface, Ashlyn Woods seems like the luckiest girl in the world. She goes to college in one of the most beautiful spots in the United States. She’s found her soulmate, Kai, a totally hot guitar player who is madly in love with her. Her roommate, Rebecca, is the best friend she’s ever had. And most amazing of all, Ashlyn found out that she is a Soterian, a person who develops special powers to restore the balance of good and evil, enabling her to generate fire, become invisible, and fly. But deep down, she is haunted by a past she can’t seem to leave behind. While she and the other Soterians battle a drug ring that is selling a powerful and highly dangerous new drug, Ashlyn must also battle her inner demons . . . and the dark secret that threatens to consume her.

There was absolutely no way a black dragon hovered outside of Newtimber. Sianna rubbed her eyes, but the dragon was still there, clutching a round object that looked like a spotted egg. And then the egg fell, hitting the ground like an atomic bomb, sending out waves of a slow-moving fog that distorted everything it touched. The citizens of Newtimber change. The old man down the street stretches into a screaming tree. Sianna’s skateboarding friend, Matt, transforms into a giant green dragon. Pegasus. Sirens. Griffins. Vampires. Zombies. Creatures from the myths of every culture come to life through the people. Even Sianna changes, her skin becoming stone hard, and she gains the ability to travel from the human realm into the dimension of the fae, using it to free her father from prison and enlist his aid in battling the evil bent on taking over the world. One person to heal a family, a town, and save the world. It seems an impossible task, but with the help of her new friends, it could happen. Right?

When Piper discovers an old antique mirror on the attic of her new home, she has no idea what terror she unlocked.Eerie shadows lurking in the night and estranged voices crying out for help are only the beginning. As Piper’s world comes crumbling down, she realizes everything that she believed was imaginary, might have been real all along.Something is very wrong with that mirror. And if she doesn’t find out what, the mirror might end up killing her. With some help of old and new friends, Piper tries to get to the bottom of the mystery. One thing is for certain: the mirror preys on the guilty. But what exactly is she guilty of?

Twelve year old Selena Calvin has always loved ballet. She devotes her life to it every single day by taking as many classes as she can. She dreams of being a professional ballerina when she gets older, but it's hard to afford as many dance classes as she would like when there are six other children that have other desires that seem more important than hers. When an opportunity to audition for the production of "The Nutcracker" comes Selena's way, Selena must persuade her parents to pay the fee so she can perform in the ballet. Luckily, Selena's best friend Opal Robinson loves ballet as well and is here to help. Will the girls succeed in persuading Selena's parents to pay for The Nutcracker? What surprises will come Selena's way?

Welcome, neighbor!Julie Prentice and her family move across the country to the idyllic Mount Adams district of Cincinnati, hoping to evade the stalker who’s been terrorizing them ever since the publication of her bestselling novel, The Murder Game. Since Julie doesn’t know anyone in her new town, when she meets her neighbor John Dunbar, their instant connection brings measured hope for a new beginning. But she never imagines that a simple, benign conversation with him could set her life spinning so far off course.We know where you live.…After a series of misunderstandings, Julie and her family become the target of increasingly unsettling harassment. Has Julie’s stalker found her, or are her neighbors out to get her, too? As tension in the neighborhood rises, new friends turn into enemies, and the results are deadly.

The world of Apparatum is divided. To the west lies the high-tech city of Apparati, governed by a corrupt mayor and his brutal military general. To the east, spread around the mountains and forests, the seven enclaves of Apparata are ruled by an overbearing sovereign and his evil chancellor. Between them lies the Ruins, or the Broken Lands – all that's left of a sprawling civilization before it fractured. Hundreds of years have passed, and neither world knows the other exists. Laws are harsh. Two young fugitives – Kyle from the city and Logan from the enclaves – escape their homes and set out into the wastelands to forge a new life. But their destinies are intertwined, for the separate worlds of Apparati and Apparata are two faces of the same coin... and it turns out that everyone has a twin. This novel is the first of a 2-part story, although the book is complete in itself. The second book, UNEARTHED, takes the story deep underground. For sci-fi and fantasy fans aged 10 and up.

When Decker found Delaney kissing his best friend Carson, he told himself that it meant nothing. But then Carson calls to Delaney from across the vast frozen lake. Jealous, Decker insists they walk over the fragile ice. Halfway, he leaves her there ...Ten minutes without air, Delaney will be dead. Decker pulls her out of the icy waters after eleven. Delaney is alive, but now she is drawn to those who are dying ...and to stranger, Troy - someone Decker should see as a threat.

Welcome, neighbor!Julie Prentice and her family move across the country to the idyllic Mount Adams district of Cincinnati, hoping to evade the stalker who’s been terrorizing them ever since the publication of her bestselling novel, The Murder Game. Since Julie doesn’t know anyone in her new town, when she meets her neighbor John Dunbar, their instant connection brings measured hope for a new beginning. But she never imagines that a simple, benign conversation with him could set her life spinning so far off course.We know where you live.…After a series of misunderstandings, Julie and her family become the target of increasingly unsettling harassment. Has Julie’s stalker found her, or are her neighbors out to get her, too? As tension in the neighborhood rises, new friends turn into enemies, and the results are deadly.

In the week since Lela returned to Rhode Island, local news has been dominated by chilling sightings of human-like creatures running on all fours. Lela knows there’s only one explanation: the Mazikin have arrived in the land of the living.Needing to maintain the appearance of a normal life, Lela returns to Warwick High along with Malachi. At night they hunt for the Mazikin nest along with two new Guards. Jim, one rogue recruit, repeatedly challenges Lela’s authority. Lela struggles to keep all her Guards on the right side of the law, but their mistakes come at a terrible cost.As one painful revelation follows another and the Mazikin start targeting those closest to her, Lela finds herself more vulnerable than ever. With an enemy determined to separate soul from body, Lela must decide how much she’s willing to sacrifice to protect those she loves.

'Fracture Point' deals with the consequences of our dependence on electricity in general and automated systems in particular. It's set in a world suddenly finding itself without electricity or electronic communications. The title comes from a simple question. How extensive would the damage, in this case caused by a solar flare, have to be before the decline continued, faster than the infrastructure could be repaired.Ask most people, and they'll say that if such a disaster occurred then they could hunt or grow crops. They seem to think that food is the biggest concern but it's not. Without pumping stations how would cities get enough water and deal with sewage.David is a petty criminal with a contempt for authority. Suddenly it becomes an asset as he tries to lead his friends to safety, always just one step ahead of the disaster.