Best Selling Books by Scott Mebus

Thirteen-year-old New Yorker Rory Hennessy can see things no one else can. When a magician''s trick opens his eyes to Mannahatta, Rory finds an amazing spirit city coexisting alongside modern-day Manhattan. A place where Indian sachems, warrior cockroaches, and papier-mƒch‚ children live, ruled by the immortal Gods of Manhattan - including Babe Ruth, Alexander Hamilton, and Peter Stuyvesant. But Rory''s power to see Mannahatta brings danger, and he is pursued by enemies, chasing history and trying to free those who have been enslaved. And when he is given the chance to right Mannahatta''s greatest wrong, seeing Mannahatta may not be a gift after all. . . .

Rory has known about Mannahatta—the spirit world filled with the "gods" who ruled New York City in its early days—only a month when an earthquake strikes. This is no ordinary earthquake, though—it is the island''s attempt at breaking the Trap around Central Park. The Trap must open or the balance between Mannahatta and Manhattan will be destroyed—and only Rory can open it. But it will take help from Rory''s newfound friends, including the band of children of the gods—aka the Rattle Watch—and encounters with some of New York''s famous figures, including Washington Irving, Captain Kidd, and Bill the Butcher, to help him figure out how to do that. And the answer may just surprise him. . . .

War is brewing in Mannahatta, the spirit city that coexists alongside Manhattan, as the truce between the Munsee Indians and the Gods grows increasingly fragile. Rory?who has the ability to see both worlds?is the City?s last, best hope for survival. In their race to expose power-hungry Willem Kieft?s nefarious plans to incite war, Rory and his friends traverse the boroughs to uncover the secrets of Mannahatta?s past that could finally restore order to the city. With the future of the godly and mortal realms in the balance, New York?s notorious villains and celebrated heroes face off in a heart-stopping battle of epic proportions.

Is a moment of pure happiness worth all the pain along the way David certainly thinks so; he has left behind his comfortable career as a TV producer for a shot at the big happy. But while he waits for his novel to sell, his life is falling down around him. He''s almost thirty, he''s single, and his apartment is the size of a Tic Tac. To pay the bills, he takes on work as a downmarket DJ, doing weddings and bar mitzvahs for chump change. At least he has his friends, or does he His best friend Annie is about to marry a man David dubs "Rat Boy" and disappear forever. David''s trusty bachelor buds Dustin and Cameron are doing the unthinkable and settling down, while Zach, the model of cool, as aloof and evasive as a wisp of smoke, is harboring a secret that could capsize the whole crew. On top of everything, David finds himself falling in love with Janey, an alluring younger woman whose knack for witty repartee is matched only by her instability. The Big Happy asks the big questions: Can love and happiness coexist? Do friendships ripen, or rot, as we age? And do we ever know what makes us happy?

David has just dumped the girl he loved. But it wasnt his fault. Not really. She made him do it. After all, she was The Eater of Souls. And now she''s buried in the relationship graveyard that is David''s cell phone directoryalongside Opera Girl, Bendy Girl, and Totem Pole. The only problem is, The Eater of Souls is still eating him up. He misses everything about her. Even her stubborn refusal to have sex with him because she felt like her dog was watching. Then along comes The Goddess. She''s perfect: funny, attractive and, most importantly, single. In short, she''s every booty nomad''s fantasy: she might just be The One. But the Goddess is, um, a Goddessnot so easy to catch and even harder to keep. And nobody is capable of messing up the really important things in life quite like our romantically inspired hero. From the pathetic paranoias of the lovelorn to the cringe-worthy screwups of the love- struck, Booty Nomad is a wickedly funny and unexpectedly touching novel. Shot through with smart dialogue and lovably mixed-up characters, it presents a view of modern life that will seem painfully familiar to all booty nomads out there....