New Releases by Jason Waguespack

16-year-old Michelle Castillo never dreamed that her friends would go missing, or that everyone would lose all memory of them, or that their absence was caused by a terrifying creature of metal and chains that dominates a hidden domain of fear and death. One evening, the Night Crusaders visit Michelle''s Florida home to offer the answer to her friends'' disappearance, along with a new purpose: to fight the Spawns-evil creatures in human disguise-and prevent their ascension into powerful Thralls. To do so, she must become a technomancer-a wielder of casterfire. Michelle''s first mission takes her into the halls of an all-girls high school. Aided by her mentor Cedrick, Michelle starts to master her new powers while blending in as a new student. However, someone at Addison''s Academy is not who she appears to be. If there is a secret mancer within the school, Michelle must act fast before the Spawns shed the mancer''s blood and unleash an even greater terror...

At Last, The In-Depth Story of the 1980s'' TV Cartoon Explosion, With Dozens Of Quotes From Cartoon Writers and Producers Who Contributed To The ''80s Legacy. He-Man. She-Ra. The Transformers. G.I. Joe. Thundercats. Voltron. Robotech. Rainbow Brite. Care Bears. My Little Pony. Jem. Inspector Gadget. All names that changed American pop culture. Now you''ll learn the incredible story behind their arrival on American television. Rise and Fall of the 80s Toon Empire is a bird''s eye view of a time in television history. It not only reveals the creative inspiration behind so many ''80s cartoons, but it looks at the overall TV industry - showing how new cartoons were sold to TV stations (hint, the stations didn''t pay a penny for many of them), how cartoons helped innovate the selling of home video cassettes, the ratings wars for the attention of young audiences, the fight by He-Man, Optimus Prime and G.I. Joe to conquer the big screen, and in the end, why the toon boom crashed.