Books with title Shadowmaker

Katie Gillian’s mother is a dedicated investigative reporter. Her articles have helped innocent men on death row and have halted the illegal dumping of toxic wastes. Now the Gillians have moved from their home in Dallas to a small, quiet Texas town, where Katie’s mother is taking six months off to write a novel. In the local high school, Katie feels like an outsider. But as she meets the townspeople, she begins to feel fear as well. Someone prowls around outside her house at night. A homely girl who befriends Katie suddenly disappears. Now the Gillians are determined to discover what evil is lurking in the shadows of this seemingly ordinary town. Joan Lowery Nixon has written more than 90 books for young readers. A four-time winner of the Edgar Award and recipient of numerous other honors, she creates mysteries that immediately grab the attention of young adults. The psychological suspense of Shadowmaker is heightened by Stina Nielsen’s dramatic narration.

Two strangers. Two planets. One epic conclusion.Forced to leave his family behind as Earth is destroyed, Buzz finds himself hurtling away from everything he knows and loves. Alone. Frightened. But alive.He lands on a deserted planet. A place so similar to Earth, yet so very different. Just as he wonders how he'll survive, a girl with a familiar soul emerges from a civilisation deep under the ocean and changes everything once more.Without so much as a language in common, Buzz and Nahlah must learn to thrive. Together, they create a new kind of world to live in - one that not only binds them but draws others to their side.It's here that two worlds will finally become one. As hearts merge and threaten to break, souls will entwine, and we discover if the power of soulmates is greater than the power of time. Lovers of Outlander and The Time Traveler's Wife will be spellbound by this stunning conclusion of the award-winning series, The Soulweaver. Grab your copy now.

For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes Shadowmaker from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon. When Katie Gillian and her mother move from Houston to a small Texas town, they never imagine that violence and intrigue will interrupt their six-month stay. Could the two bodies found have anything to do with the newspaper articles Katie’s reporter mother is writing—or with the shadowy figures Katie has noticed lurking outside her house at night? “Strong female characters[,]…affecting and fast-paced, this mystery delivers.” –Publishers Weekly “Nixon deftly weaves the ordinary difficulties of a new kid in school into a suspenseful mystery…[and her] characters are interestingly complicated.” –Booklist “[A] smoothly knit novel.” –Kirkus Reviews

DON’T FEAR YOUR DEMONS… FIGHT THEM! Orphaned as a child and raised on the margins of society, Jack Boniface never knew his place in the world. Until he discovered it waiting for him… in a darkness far older than the reign of men… Unbeknownst to him, Jack was fated to become the next in a long lineage of Shadowmen – mortals bound to violent voodoo spirits of immense power – that could safeguard our world against incursions from realms beyond. For years, he struggled to control the loa’s murderous urges – a battle he eventually lost. But now, after years of self-imposed exile, the man once known as Shadowman is returning home to sharpen the weapon within…and unleash a reckoning on the evils of our world that will soon send shockwaves through heaven and hell alike… Shadowman storms to the forefront of the Valiant Universe – more powerful, more terrifying, and more relentless than ever before – in an adrenaline-fueled ongoing series from superstar writer Andy Diggle (Green Arrow: Year One, The Losers) and high-octane artist Stephen Segovia (Action Comics)! Collecting SHADOWMAN (2018) #1–3.

​NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER This novel, Shadowmancer, reached #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers List in 2004 and has been translated into 48 languages. The second novel, Wormwood is another New York Times best seller which was nominated for a Quill Book Award. G. P. Taylor also authored The Shadowmancer Returns: The Curse of Salamander Street, Tersias the Oracle, and Mariah Mundi. An apocalyptic battle between good and evil is vigorously, violently fought in British author G.P. Taylor's suspenseful, action-packed fantasy. The story, set in the 1700s on the Yorkshire coastline, revolves around Vicar Obadiah Demurral, a corrupt-but-inept, dead-conjuring "shadowmancer" who desires to control the universe by overthrowing God, or Riathamus. When two hard-luck near-orphans, (13-year-old Thomas Barrick, a bitter enemy of Demurral, and his troubled friend Kate Coglund) band together with a young African stranger named Raphah, they spend the rest of the book trying to stop the wicked Vicar as if their very souls are at stake...they are. Along the way, the three youths meet an enormous cast of friends and foes, some agents of Riathamus, others of Satan (Pyratheon), and some godless (but not for long) smugglers like Jacob Crane.Readers who love fanciful storybook characters will find mermaidlike Seloth, smelly hobs, leg-dragging servants, goodhearted whores, and benevolent boggles. Age-old superstitions abound, though old magic and witchcraft are clearly denounced here as the work of the devil. Indeed, the author, an English vicar himself, tells a very Christian story and his often deliciously dramatic adventure lapses into stiffly presented glowing-halo Touched by an Angel moments(readers will be lured into the Enchanted Forest, but tricked into Sunday school). Nonetheless, Shadowmancer, the first of a series, is a pageturner bursting with magic and myth, and will appeal to fantasy lovers who don't mind the Bible mixed in with their boggles. (Ages 11 and older) --Karin Snelson --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Mystical espionage agency vs. Lovecraftian horrors.Jules was born with a gift, but only used it for small and selfish reasons.That will change as he's inducted into The Circle, a mystical espionage agency that is tasked with saving an unknowing world from malevolence that hides in the shadows.And Jules knows shadows all too well; he can command them to do his bidding...But it's not just The Circle that has their eye on Jules.There's another magician that watches him, intervening in his life, trying to put him on a path to discover the truth.Because The Circle is not what it seems. The world is not as it seems...And soon, Jules will have to choose between the status quo or the greater good.Either way, the lives of everyone he loves are on the line...Shadowmancer channels Lovecraft via Neil Gaiman. A non-stop magic thriller that winds and weaves familiar contemporary fantasy tropes in new and exciting ways.What readers are saying about The Circle series"Lee has created characters that slide their way into your heart.""Imaginative, creative and fast-paced""Calls out for a Hollywood treatment" "Will take you out-of-this-world!" "Poe in all his uniqueness doesn't hold a candle to this Creator" "Devlishly wild, unforgiving and surprising!" Titles in The Circle chronologyMurder at Raven's Lodge (Freelancers case files #1) - FREE!The Spirit Box (The Freelancers #1) The Loiterers (Freelancers case files #2) - FREE!Shadowmancer (The Circle #1) The Roving Death (The Freelancers #2)The Knowledge (The Circle #2)The Prince Of Darkness (The Freelancers #3)Red Rain (The Circle #3)Spirited Words (The Freelancers #4)Snake's kin (The Freelancers #5)The Night Garden (The Freelancers #6) - Seed of Evil (The Freelancers #7) - The First Men (The Circle #4) - March 2018Colossus Reign (The Circle #5) - April 2018

DON’T FEAR YOUR DEMONS… FIGHT THEM! Orphaned at birth and raised on the margins of society, Jack Boniface never knew his place in the world. Until he discovered it waiting for him… in a darkness far older than the reign of men… Unbeknownst to him, Jack was fated to become the next in a long lineage of Shadowmen – mortals bound to violent voodoo spirits of immense power – that could safeguard our world against incursions from realms beyond. For years, he struggled to control the loa's murderous urges – a battle he eventually lost. But now, after years of self-imposed exile, the man once known as Shadowman is returning home to sharpen the weapon within…and unleash a reckoning on the evils of our world that will soon send shockwaves through heaven and hell alike… In the epic tradition of X-O MANOWAR and BLOODSHOT REBORN, Shadowman storms to the forefront of the Valiant Universe – more powerful, more terrifying, and more relentless than ever before – in an adrenaline-fueled ongoing series from superstar writer Andy Diggle (Green Arrow: Year One, The Losers) and high-octane artist Stephen Segovia (Action Comics)!