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Spy School Project X by Stuart Gibbs
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the tenth book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley races against time and across state lines—by car, train, boat, and plane—to avoid his new cyber enemies and track down Murray Hill.Ben Ripley’s longtime nemesis, Murray Hill, has put a price on Ben’s head and accused him of being at the center of a conspiracy on the internet...Categorized as:
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![City of the Dead by James Ponti]()
City of the Dead by James Ponti
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this fourth installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies go codebreaking in Cairo in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls.Codename Kathmandu, better known as Kat, loves logic and order, has a favorite eight-digit number, and can spot a pattern from a mile away...Categorized as:
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![Forbidden City by James Ponti]()
Forbidden City by James Ponti
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this third “thrilling” (Kirkus Reviews) installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies help a fellow agent in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls...Categorized as:
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![Hyper Lynx by Fiona Quinn]()
Hyper Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf she fails, her whole team could be destroyed.Lexi “Lynx” Sabado is more than ready for her marriage with ex-SEAL Striker Rheas. But getting her happily ever after is fraught with hurdles when her psychic abilities start going haywire, giving her vague warnings of impending danger.As it turns out, identifying threats can be overwhelming when everything and everyone is the potential source...Categorized as:
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![Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn]()
Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMore of this is true than you would believe.In her most thrilling novel yet, USA Today bestselling author Fiona Quinn exposes the dark forces threatening America. The Hydra, a monstrous group that includes a secret society that will do anything for power, is ready to strike, and only Lexi stands a chance to stop them.It’s a mind-bending plot of control and destruction...Categorized as:
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![The Traitor's Blade by Kevin Sands]()
The Traitor's Blade by Kevin Sands
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChristopher’s homecoming takes a sinister turn when a murderous conspiracy is uncovered in this fifth novel of the award-winning Blackthorn Key series.Christopher, Tom, and Sally are back in London at last. Everyone is relieved at their return—the plague has ended, and the king, pleased with their service, offers a surprising reward. But trouble has followed them home..Categorized as:
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![Her Name Is Knight by Yasmin Angoe]()
Her Name Is Knight by Yasmin Angoe
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHer Name Is Knight revolves around Nena Knight, codename Echo, a highly trained assassin for The Tribe – a clandestine international organization dedicated to the protection and advancement of the peoples and countries of Africa around the world... -
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Jack Reacher Omnibus: Killing Floor Die Trying: by Lee Child
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo bestsellers featuring Jack Reacher, an ex-military cop of no fixed abode, a righter of wrongs – the perfect action hero: KILLING FLOORJack Reacher jumps off a bus and walks fourteen miles down a country road into Margrave, Georgia. An arbitrary decision he's about to regret.Reacher is the only stranger in town on the day they have had their first homicide in thirty years... -
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Countdown by Natalie Standiford
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe 39 Clues is unstoppable! The bestselling series returns with an adventure spanning four explosive books and a website that places readers right in the action...Categorized as:
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![London Bridge is Falling Down by Christopher Fowler]()
London Bridge is Falling Down by Christopher Fowler
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was the kind of story that barely made the news.When 91-year-old Amelia Hoffman died in her top-floor flat on a busy London road, it's considered an example of what has gone wrong with modern society: she slipped through the cracks in a failing system.But detectives Arthur Bryant and John May of the Peculiar Crimes Unit have their doubts...Categorized as:
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![The Criminal Mastermind Collection, Bks 1-3 (Artemis Fowl, #1-3) by Eoin Colfer]()
The Criminal Mastermind Collection, Bks 1-3 (Artemis Fowl, #1-3) by Eoin Colfer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNow available in a gorgeous paperback box set--the first five books in the blockbuster best-selling Artemis Fowl series, starring everyone’s favorite criminal mastermind. An ingenious gift indeedArtemis FowlTwelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius—and, above all, a criminal mastermind... -
![Mission Hurricane by Jenny Goebel]()
Mission Hurricane by Jenny Goebel
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEye of the StormThirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, know that a disaster is about to strike the world. They know they are the only ones who can stop it, and they know they may already be too late. The person behind the disaster is their own relative, a man who calls himself the Outcast...Categorized as:
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![Shatterproof by Roland Smith]()
Shatterproof by Roland Smith
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAfter pulling some spectacular heists, Amy and Dan have become two of Interpol's most wanted criminals. So when Vesper One orders them to steal the world's largest diamond, they know they're facing life in prison...or worse. But with the Cahill hostages still in peril, Amy and Dan have no choice but to launch a mission that leads them to an ancient city full of dangerous secrets...Categorized as:
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![The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase by Wendy Mass, Mark Turetsky]()
The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase by Wendy Mass, Mark Turetsky
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe highly-anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Candymakers by beloved author Wendy MassIt has been a few months since the nationwide New Candy Contest, and Logan, Miles, Philip, and Daisy have returned to their regular lives. But when the winning candy bar comes down the conveyor belt at the Life is Sweet candy factory, Logan realizes something's very wrong...Categorized as:
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![Redwood Pack, Vol. 5 by Carrie Ann Ryan]()
Redwood Pack, Vol. 5 by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRedwood Pack Vol 5 contains the sixth book in the Redwood Pack series and a special novella in print and digital form.Hidden Destiny (Redwood Pack Book 6)North Jamenson has always held his wolf closer to the surface then others. He's the quiet one, the one no one really knows about yet he holds the darkest secret...Categorized as:
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![Ark Return of the Templars by Paul J. Humphreys]()
Ark Return of the Templars by Paul J. Humphreys
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 2008, the murder of his sister and the loss of his faith started a priest’s search for answers. It puts him on a collision course with a ruthless, evil criminal, who seeks the Ark of the Covenant. From Washington D.C. to the depths of a Castle in Scotland, the priest’s quest to find justice will lead him to the most secret religious order in the World... -
![The Dead of Night by Peter Lerangis]()
The Dead of Night by Peter Lerangis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA LIFE ON THE LINEWhen seven members of his family were kidnapped by the Vespers, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill knew he was in for the fight of his life. He knew he was up against an impossibly powerful enemy. And Dan knew the odds were that some of his family members wouldn't make it.But even as Dan steels himself to accept these facts, the unthinkable happens...Categorized as:
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![Geronimo Stilton - The Hunt for the Golden Book by Geronimo Stilton]()
Geronimo Stilton - The Hunt for the Golden Book by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeronimo is on the hunt in this special edition adventure!Grandfather William was throwing me, Geronimo Stilton, a party -- it had been 10 years since I published my first book! He wanted me to write a new book especially for the occasion. Then my laptop was stolen right from under my snout... -
![The Pillars of Enoch: Templars and the Melungeon Legacy by David S. Brody]()
The Pillars of Enoch: Templars and the Melungeon Legacy by David S. Brody
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn elderly recluse informs historian Cameron Thorne that he has discovered the secret at the core of Freemasonry. The next day, he is killed. Thorne quickly focuses on a mysterious stone tablet, given to Moses by God along with the Ten Commandments, purportedly passed down to the Freemasons by the medieval Knights Templar...Categorized as:
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![A King's Ransom by Jude Watson]()
A King's Ransom by Jude Watson
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAmy and Dan are in a race for their lives . . . and the enemy may be even closer than they think.When seven members of their family were kidnapped by a sinister organization known as the Vespers, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, vowed they'd stop at nothing to bring the hostages home. But then the ransom comes in and the Vespers demand the impossible...Categorized as:
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![Vespers Rising by Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman]()
Vespers Rising by Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Cahills aren't the only family searching for the Clues. . . .The Cahills thought they were the most powerful family the world had ever known. They thought they were the only ones who knew about Gideon Cahill and his Clues. The Cahills were wrong.Powerful enemies --the Vespers-- have been waiting in the shadows. Now it's their time to rise and the world will never be the same...Categorized as:
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![Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and the Mysterious Island by Jules Verne]()
Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and the Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHere in one binding are both of Jules Verne's Captain Nemo novels. In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea we meet the enigmatic Captain Nemo and The Nautilus. Even after many adventures and much derring-do Nemo's secrets remain his own, and at the end of the novel we are left with many mysteries concering this mysterious and tragic man. In The Mysterious Island we once again encounter Captain Nemo... -
![The Last Musketeer by Stuart Gibbs]()
The Last Musketeer by Stuart Gibbs
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first book in the thrilling time travel adventure trilogy from New York Times bestselling Spy School author Stuart Gibbs! Before they were legends, they were friends. All for one and one for all!On a family trip to Paris, Greg Rich's parents disappear. They're not just missing from the city—they're missing from the century...Categorized as:
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![39 Clues, The: Doublecross, Book 4: Mission Atomic by Sarwat Chadda, David Pittu]()
39 Clues, The: Doublecross, Book 4: Mission Atomic by Sarwat Chadda, David Pittu
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe thrilling conclusion to 39 Clues Part VI: Doublecross...Categorized as:
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![Operation Trinity by Clifford Riley, David Pittu]()
Operation Trinity by Clifford Riley, David Pittu
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsFor 500 years, the Cahills have been the most powerful family in the world. For 500 years, they've protected the source of their power - the 39 Clues. And for 500 years, they've kept their secrets silent. Until now...Categorized as:
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![Gloria's Legacy by Robin Alexander]()
Gloria's Legacy by Robin Alexander
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the third installment of the series, Hayden and Adrienne have decided to take the next step in their relationship—motherhood. Adrienne embraces the challenges that pregnancy presents, Hayden…not so much. To convolute matters, a strange guest has arrived at the inn alone. Along with her baggage, she carries two secrets that bring disruption and danger to the island paradise... -
![The Illuminati Secret by Rob Jones]()
The Illuminati Secret by Rob Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***Don't miss the second high-octane, adrenaline-pumped, action-adventure quest in the Jed Mason thriller series!***Former British Army Boxing Champion and MI6 operative Jed Mason is enjoying an early retirement on his Portuguese farm when he receives a telephone call informing him of the kidnap of Dr Holly Hope, an academic he worked alongside in April to locate the Ark of the Covenant...Categorized as:
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![The Secret Seven: Mystery Of The Skull by Pamela Butchart, Enid Blyton]()
The Secret Seven: Mystery Of The Skull by Pamela Butchart, Enid Blyton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSolve the mystery with the Secret Seven - everyone's favourite detective club! A brand-new, action-packed Secret Seven adventure by prizewinning author Pamela Butchart. When Peter discovers an old skull hidden in his bedroom, it's time for an urgent meeting of the Secret Seven. Setting off to investigate, the friends see a gigantic hole in the grounds of a local hotel...Categorized as:
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![The Darkness Dwellers by Kirsten Miller]()
The Darkness Dwellers by Kirsten Miller
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDon’t miss Strike three!First they ventured deep under New York to save the city itself.Then things got personal as the Irregulars ventured into a haunted mansion in Chinatown to uncover an evil twin...Categorized as:
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![The Prey by Joseph Delaney]()
The Prey by Joseph Delaney
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe second instalment of Joseph Delaney’s exhilarating new ARENA 13 series.Sixteen-year-old Leif continues on his quest to find out the truth about his legendary father...Categorized as:
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![The Ability by M.M. Vaughan]()
The Ability by M.M. Vaughan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDelve into the extraordinary abilities of the twelve-year-old mind in this “fast-paced, superhero-tinged spy novel” (Publishers Weekly), the thrilling start to a middle grade series that expands the possibilities of power.No one has any confidence in twelve-year-old Christopher Lane. His teachers discount him as a liar and a thief, and his mom doesn’t have the energy to deal with him... -
![Leslie by Omar Tyree]()
Leslie by Omar Tyree
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling novel about a beautiful young woman with a dangerous secret At the historically black Dillard University in the lush city of New Orleans, Leslie Beaudet struggles with a dark secret of power in a world that is pulling her in many different directions... -
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Hunted by Sophie McKenzie
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe fourth title in a thrilling series about four teenagers with psychic abilities, from Red House award-winning author, Sophie McKenzie... -
![Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop by Jennifer Allison]()
Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop by Jennifer Allison
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Gilda lands a summer internship at Washington, D.C.'s International Spy Museum, she finds herself embroiled in both a museum haunting and a real case of espionage. While investigating a cemetery where Abraham Lincoln's son was once buried, Gilda stumbles upon a spy's ?dead drop? of classified information...Categorized as:
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![Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter]()
Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“A fast-paced thrill ride of a book. . . it’s Batman meets Annie.” —Stuart Gibbs, New York Times best-selling author of the Spy School series “An adventure-filled read with a twisty mystery and spunky friendships. I loved it!” –Melissa de la Cruz, New York Times best-selling author of The Descendants series April didn't mean to start the fire. She wasn’t the one who broke the vase...Categorized as:
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![Day of Doom by David Baldacci]()
Day of Doom by David Baldacci
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Ultimate SacrificeIt started with a kidnapping. A shadowy organization known only as the Vespers snatched seven members of the Cahill family and demanded a series of bizarre ransoms from around the world. Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister Amy began a global treasure hunt, determined to bring back whatever Vesper One needed, so long as it kept the hostages safe...Categorized as:
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![The Circle: MM Dark Found Family Fantasy Adventure LGBTQ+ by Silencio]()
The Circle: MM Dark Found Family Fantasy Adventure LGBTQ+ by Silencio
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDeep in a forest, miles from any town, stands Whitewood Orphanage, a place of heavy silence and long shadows.When fifteen-year-old Tristan arrives, he braces for strict rules and cold discipline. Instead, he finds a place where friendship blurs into forbidden longing, and every shadow hides a secret too heavy to name... -
![The Medusa Plot by Gordon Korman]()
The Medusa Plot by Gordon Korman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsAre you ready to save the world? The bestselling series returns with an adventure spanning 6 explosive books, 2 secret-filled card packs, and a website that places readers right in the action.Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, thought they belonged to the world's most powerful family. They thought the hunt for 39 Clues leading to the source of that power was over...Categorized as:
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![The Empress's Tomb by Kirsten Miller]()
The Empress's Tomb by Kirsten Miller
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhat's happening in New York City?Giant Squirrels.A Haunted Mansion.Six fierce friends with fiercer secrets. Ananka is in danger of being sent to a remote boarding school; Kiki's life (as always) is in danger, Betty seems to have found love in all the wrong places, and Oona….well, Oona's the one in the most serious trouble of all...Categorized as:
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![Small Magic: Short Fiction, 1977-2020 by Terry Brooks]()
Small Magic: Short Fiction, 1977-2020 by Terry Brooks
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEscape to worlds full of adventure and magic in the first-ever Terry Brooks short-story collection, featuring both new and fan-favorite stories from all three of his major literary worlds: Shannara, Magic Kingdom, and The Word and the Void.Here are heroes fighting new battles and struggling to conquer the ghosts of the past...Categorized as:
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![The Witch’s Warning by Joseph Delaney]()
The Witch’s Warning by Joseph Delaney
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA gloriously spooky horror-fantasy story from Joseph Delaney, the internationally multi-million bestselling author of The Spook's Apprentice Crafty halted, his heart lurching with fear, his mouth dry. There were bare footprints in the white snow, and each one was smeared with red, as if the owner of those clawed feet had stepped in a puddle of blood . . -
![How to Win Friends and Influence People by olivieblake]()
How to Win Friends and Influence People by olivieblake
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Real heroes never quit. Real villains never die"After the war, Hermione discovered she liked to break things; bones, specifically. Similarly, Draco, whose life had crumbled to rubble, became fascinated with explosives. Dramione, post-war, espionage AU... -
![The Beast Awakens by Joseph Delaney]()
The Beast Awakens by Joseph Delaney
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCalling all budding Stephen King fans... this is the book for you! The first book in a horrifying new fantasy sequence from Joseph Delaney, the internationally multi-million-selling author of The Spook's Apprentice.They heard shouting, and cries of fear. Crafty looked down the slope and realised what had happened to cause so much panic. Without warning, the dark wall of the Shole had advanced... -
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![The Emerald Casket by Richard Newsome]()
The Emerald Casket by Richard Newsome
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's only been a month since Gerald Wilkins became the richest kid on earth and uncovered a plot of murder and deception stretching back hundreds of years. But the events of The Billionaire's Curse were just the beginning.As book two opens, Gerald, Sam, and Ruby discover that Gerald's family has been protecting a secret concerning nothing less than the fate of the world... -
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Storm and Stone by Joss Stirling
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBehind the ivy-clad walls of an exclusive boarding school, lurks a sinister web of corruption, scandal, and conspiracy. American student Raven Stone has noticed something is horribly wrong. First there were the unexplained disappearances. Then there were the teachers' lies. And now the death threats ..Categorized as:
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![Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller]()
Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLife will never be the same for Ananka Fishbein after she ventures into an enormous sinkhole near her New York City apartment...Categorized as:
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![The Emperor's Code by Gordon Korman]()
The Emperor's Code by Gordon Korman
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsAs the race to find the 39 Clues builds to its explosive finish, Amy and Dan must explore an ancient culture and steal a Clue guarded by thousands of the world's best-trained soldiers. It's the most dangerous Clue search yet. As their enemies crowd in, Amy and Dan find themselves separated for the first time ever...Categorized as:
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![Closer to Home by Mercedes Lackey]()
Closer to Home by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMags was once an enslaved orphan living a harsh life in the mines, until the King's Own Herald discovered his talent and trained him as a spy. Now a Herald in his own right, at the newly established Heralds' Collegium, Mags has found a supportive family, including his Companion Dallen... -
![The Evermores Chronicles Complete Series Boxed Set: An Oriceran Urban Cozy by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle]()
The Evermores Chronicles Complete Series Boxed Set: An Oriceran Urban Cozy by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSay the right words in just the right way, and step through a mirror into Mana Valley. A pocket dimension hidden on Oriceran.Something dark is stirring under Mana Valley and what it wants could transform the world in terrible ways...Categorized as:
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