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As a Louisiana parole officer, Lia St. Charles is used to tough customers, but the man in front of her doesn''t fit the description. Shane LaFitte had been a priest of vodun--a healer, not a killer--until he was put away for the brutal ritual murder of his beloved wife. Something about his case just doesn''t make sense. And now a ruthless drug lord who controls the New Orleans street trade has opened a door to the Invisible World beyond, summoning monstrous forces for a dreadful day of reckoning. To work this terrible evil, he needs the sacrifice of an innocent, a very special child. Only Shane LaFitte has the power to stop his old enemy--but first he must convince Lia not to put him back in prison for trying...

"In a Greenwich Village townhouse, a mysterious man named Colin, an orphan raised by sorcerors skilled in dark magic, awakens to find the talisman known as the Trine missing from its place of safekeeping - and an angel named Zoel impatiently ringing his doorbell." "In the death chamber of the Oregon Federal Penitentiary, Liz Russell, author of a bestseller on the serial killer called the Maneater, watches her subject receive the lethal injection that will end his life. But the Maneater has sworn that she will be his next victim - even if he has to claw his way up from Hell." "On the streets of Los Angeles, Terry Dane, a bodyguard with a dark and bloody secret, fights to protect his rock star client from a knife-wielding maniac impervious to pain and injury." "And in an Alabama backwoods clinic, a young girl gives birth to something monstrous and unholy, something that thirsts not for mother''s milk but for the blood of all that lives." "Now it''s up to Colin, with the assistance of Zoel and the demon Asdeon - aiding Colin for his own sinister purposes - to recover the Trine before its awesome power can be used to spark Armageddon. It''s a struggle that Liz and Terry will find themselves part of as well, whether they like it or not. The only trouble is, without the Trine, Colin''s magic is no match for that of his enigmatic adversary. And Zoel can be trusted no more than Asdeon to avert an apocalypse that may be as much God''s plan as the Devil''s desire."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

SOME GAMES ARE PLAYED FOR LIFE OR DEATH. Javul Charn is the most famous pop star in the galaxy—and the runaway bride of a violent lieutenant in Black Sun, the crime syndicate commanded by Prince Xizor. Or so Javul says. Soon after Dash Rendar, broke and desperate, agrees to be Javul’s bodyguard, he realizes that openness is not her strong suit—and that murder is stalking her tour. Between the discovery of dead bodies in a cargo hold and an attack by an unidentified warship, Dash and co-pilot Eaden Vrill desperately try to understand who is terrorizing Javul’s tour and why. When Han Solo suddenly joins Javul’s road show, the stakes are raised even higher. Now Dash, who has a history with Han and an even worse history with Prince Xizor, follows his instincts, his discoveries, and Javul herself—straight into a world that may be too dangerous to survive.

A killer lurks in the shadows of Whitechapel and the police have a suspect, John Watson. To save his friend from the gallows, Sherlock Holmes enlists a band of street urchins to act as his eyes and ears on the streets.

Los Angeles homicide detective Jake Hull confronts a serial killer who slays his victims--petty street hustlers, late-night entertainers--with a wooden stake, in the belief he is ridding the city of a plague of vampires

A runaway on the streets of San Francisco meets an exiled clan from Faerie, who find in him their ticket home, provided he can discover his own magical powers

Alors que la guerre des clones ravage la galaxie, la situation est désespérée sur la lointaine planète Drongar. Pour faire face à l''offensive ennemie, les Séparatistes lancent des légions de droïdes dans la bataille. Même assistée de renforts, la République faite de chair et de sang ne peut rien contre le Duracier des druides de combat. Une situation douloureusement claire, dans la jungle moite de Jasserak, où une petite unité de médecins et d''infirmières tente de faire face. Alors que morts et blessés s''amoncellent, les chirurgiens Jos Vandar et Kornell " Uli " Divini comprennent que le temps leur est compté. Même les pouvoirs Jedi de la Padawan Barriss Offee sont poussés à leurs limites. Une mise à l''épreuve qui pourrait bien causer sa perte. Le conflit s''aggrave, et pour cette obscure unité médicale, il ne reste plus qu''une seule solution. Choquante, audacieuse, sans précédent, c''est la dernière option envisageable pour Jos et ses compagnons. L''impensable est désormais inévitable. Savoir s''ils survivront est un autre débat...