Lia-Va is an eighteen year old addict -- a black sword-wielding princess who has claimed her throne the traditional way of her people: by killing her father in a bloody battle.

In Crossover Fiction, Sandra L. Beckett explores the global trend of crossover literature and explains how it is transforming literary canons, concepts of readership, the status of authors, the publishing industry, and bookselling practices. This study will have significant relevance across disciplines, as scholars in literary studies, media and cultural studies, visual arts, education, psychology, and sociology examine the increasingly blurred borderlines between adults and young people in contemporary society, notably with regard to their consumption of popular culture.

The brilliant 1969 Hugo Award-winning novel from John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar, now included with a foreword by Bruce Sterling Norman Niblock House is a rising executive at General Technics, one of a few all-powerful corporations. His work is leading General Technics to the forefront of global domination, both in the marketplace and politically---it's about to take over a country in Africa. Donald Hogan is his roommate, a seemingly sheepish bookworm. But Hogan is a spy, and he's about to discover a breakthrough in genetic engineering that will change the world...and kill him. These two men's lives weave through one of science fiction's most praised novels. Written in a way that echoes John Dos Passos' U.S.A. Trilogy, Stand on Zanzibar is a cross-section of a world overpopulated by the billions. Where society is squeezed into hive-living madness by god-like mega computers, mass-marketed psychedelic drugs, and mundane uses of genetic engineering. Though written in 1968, it speaks of now, and is frighteningly prescient and intensely powerful. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

From dragons and wyverns to vampires, werewolves and mischievous gremlins, pixies and fairies, Breverton's Phantasmagoria is a unique compendium of over 250 mythical animals. Prepare to revisit familiar myths, such as vampires, werewolves and the Loch Ness Monster, the Minotaur and Medusa from Greek legend, and Biblical beasts such as Behemoth and Leviathan. Discover new mysterious animals like the giant serpents of Central America, the lethal Mongolian death worm, and the Ennedi tiger in Africa, and investigate the evidence for sightings of Bigfoot and the reclusive Yeti. Packed with quirky line illustrations and a wealth of weird and wonderful information, Breverton's Phantasmagoria surveys the globe to uncover over 250 imaginary creatures passed down from generation to generation.

Now in paperback, this novel is the haunting tale of orphaned Stephen, who learns he's inherited an enormous estate. When he arrives at Lansbury Hall, Stephen finds his great-uncle's diary of a journey taken to a hidden valley in the Amazon long ago. Illustrations.

In Crossover Fiction, Sandra L. Beckett explores the global trend of crossover literature and explains how it is transforming literary canons, concepts of readership, the status of authors, the publishing industry, and bookselling practices. This study will have significant relevance across disciplines, as scholars in literary studies, media and cultural studies, visual arts, education, psychology, and sociology examine the increasingly blurred borderlines between adults and young people in contemporary society, notably with regard to their consumption of popular culture.

Shadowmancer takes you into a world of superstition, magic and witchcraft, where the ultimate sacrifice might even be life itself. Obadiah Demurral is a sorcerer who is seeking to control the highest power in the Universe. He will stop at nothing. The only people in his way are Raphah, Kate, Thomas and the mysterious Jacob Crane. Packed full of history, folklore and smuggling, Shadowmancer is a tale of an epic battle that will grip both young and old. The thrills, suspense and danger are guaranteed to grab the attention and stretch imaginations to the limit.

Jesse Jameson and the Golden Glow is aimed at 8 years and older...Jesse Jameson and the Golden Glow is a children's fantasy adventure, journeying in to the realms of myths, legend and folklore. It's heroine, Jesse, discovers she can transform into any creature she can imagine - a useful power for rescuing her kidnapped Mum from dark forces in the fairy kingdoms. Wizards, witches, goblins ghosts and dragons abound.Although Jesse Jameson is not a wizard, or a witch, she has two rather unusual gifts for a child who is almost eleven. Firstly she can see in to the future, and discovers to her amazement that she is one in an ancient line of soothsayers. Secondly, and most astoundingly, she finds that she is a changeling - a fairy swapped at birth and bought up by human parents that Jesse believes are normal in every way. Except her mother does something fantastically bizarre one day while out walking their dog Roamer. Right before Jesse's disbelieving eyes, Cathal Jameson vanishes when she steps in to a fairy ring.Within a week, Jesse's dad falls in live again with a wizened old hag, and to Jesse's horror, she moves in to their home with her two disgustingly ugly daughters. But there's something suspicious about Jesse's stepmother and twin stepsisters, Judy and Trudy Scratchit, that she just can't put her finger on. Jesse is sure that her dad has been charmed, and certain that her mum is still alive somewhere in the Fairy Kingdoms. But who has held her captive? How can she be rescued? And who is brave, or foolish enough, to accopmany her? Jesse Jameson and the Golden Glow is a fast-moving children's adventure that journey's inyo the thrilling realms of fairy lore and legend. Unravellingtwists and turns, surprises and laughs, the Golden Glow is filled with unforgetable characters and a strong, original plot line that has the reader hooked from the first page until the last.

Northern Gothic is the story of supernaturally crossed worlds — Manhattan’s Chelsea district of the present and New York during the Civil War draft riots. William, a young Irish immigrant trying to avoid the war, and Ahmadi, a gay man from the South trying to make it in the Big Apple, find their paths — and destinies — intertwined as William is sucked into the racist violence of the riots and Ahmadi is pulled inexorably into the past.