Clandestina is a realm of secrets and dark magics. Among the nobles there is talk of a goddess of death, and a forbidden magic she grants to those that follow her—cræft that can heal injuries that should be fatal or even bring back the dead. But she asks for much in return; blood and sometimes even life itself. Duc Pierre Salvador has returned to court after finishing his studies and becoming a surgeon. But, as he flirts with his childhood friend Elizabeth Anne, another waits for him… Mora, The Lady of Death

A retired group of legendary mercenaries get the band back together for one last impossible mission in this award-winning debut epic fantasy. "Fantastic, funny, ferocious." -- Sam Sykes Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best, the most feared and renowned crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk, or a combination of the three. Then an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help -- the kind of mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for. It's time to get the band back together.

The ninth book in Shannon Mayer’s USA Today bestselling Rylee Adamson urban fantasy/paranormal romance series, available to the trade for the first time. “My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker.” When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. One last salvage and the final battle with Orion and the demon hordes will be upon me. I don't know the name of the person I'm Tracking, or what she looks like so finding her is going to be . . . impossible. But she is the key to defeating the demons. The world has been swept with a plague that is killing not only the humans, but every supernatural it touches. While I'm out Tracking, my allies are being wiped out. Worse than all of this? I am losing Pamela to the darkness with every second that passes. I'm not sure even I can control any of these outcomes. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to try. Starring the irresistible, ass-kicking heroine Rylee Adamson, Rising Darkness is the ninth book in USA Today-bestselling author Shannon Mayer’s sexy, exciting, and laugh-out-loud series, a dangerously addictive paranormal romance.

A comprehensive reassessment of this towering figure of twentieth-century music, examining works, cultural context and reception in Britain and beyond.