AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times Notable Book of the Year WINNER of the NBCC John Leonard Prize, the Kirkus Prize, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020 A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, The New York Times Book Review, O Magazine, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times, Glamour, Shondaland, Boston Globe, and many more! "So delicious that it feels illicit . . . Raven Leilani’s first novel reads like summer: sentences like ice that crackle or melt into a languorous drip; plot suddenly, wildly flying forward like a bike down a hill." —Jazmine Hughes, The New York Times Book Review No one wants what no one wants. And how do we even know what we want? How do we know we’re ready to take it? Edie is stumbling her way through her twenties—sharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. She is also haltingly, fitfully giving heat and air to the art that simmers inside her. And then she meets Eric, a digital archivist with a family in New Jersey, including an autopsist wife who has agreed to an open marriage—with rules. As if navigating the constantly shifting landscapes of contemporary sexual manners and racial politics weren’t hard enough, Edie finds herself unemployed and invited into Eric’s home—though not by Eric. She becomes a hesitant ally to his wife and a de facto role model to his adopted daughter. Edie may be the only Black woman young Akila knows. Irresistibly unruly and strikingly beautiful, razor-sharp and slyly comic, sexually charged and utterly absorbing, Raven Leilani’s Luster is a portrait of a young woman trying to make sense of her life—her hunger, her anger—in a tumultuous era. It is also a haunting, aching description of how hard it is to believe in your own talent, and the unexpected influences that bring us into ourselves along the way. “An irreverent intergenerational tale of race and class that’s blisteringly smart and fan-yourself sexy.” —Michelle Hart, O: The Oprah Magazine

Book 2 of the gritty, fast-paced, thought-provoking Eternity Loop series. What’s done cannot be undone. Don’t forget. Having broken the rules against time travel, Indigo is in trouble with everyone, but at least the problem of Billy Raven has been solved – hasn’t it? Indigo isn’t totally sure. She’s not sure about a lot of things: whether Rigel will choose her over Brie, where Andromeda comes from and what the mysterious Eternity Loop is. She will find out soon enough. It is only a matter of time.

On a windswept moor near the ancient shrine at Stonehenge, a conference to discuss differences takes place at a meeting where no weapons are allowed. Three hundred British leaders are massacred by Saxon warriors who came to the council with knives hidden in their boots. The occurrence passes into infamy as The Night of the Long Knives and ushers onto the scene twenty-five years of continual strife and bloodshed and the beginning of a century long war between Briton and Saxon. Into this bubbling cauldron of treachery and hate comes Arthur, the future King. Merlin, the Raven, is tasked with the mission of raising a boy into a warrior and king that can unite the people and conquer the enemy. Even he is surprised at the depth of the challenges that face them and the ability of his charge to meet them. But can any man, even a budding legend, overcome the treachery of those that seek to kill them all?

WHEN THE WORLD ENDS... THE WORDS "THAT'S NOT REAL" PERMANENTLY LEAVE RAVEN'S VOCABULARY, & SEND HER ON AN APOCALYPTIC JOURNEY THROUGH A BROKEN LANDSCAPE. AS SHE FIGHTS TO KEEP HER SANITY, & HER SOUL, SHE IS PUSHED TO THE BRINK OF HER PHYSICAL, & EMOTIONAL ENDURANCE, WHILE THE WORLD SHE KNOWS COLLAPSES AROUND HER. ... RAVEN IS THE FIRST BOOK OF THE 'THEY CAME FROM THE EAST' SERIES. AN EPIC HORROR THAT FOCUSES ON HOW a REAL PERSON WOULD REACT, WHEN FINDING THEMSELVES IN UNBELIEVABLE CIRCUMSTANCES.

Sometimes the strength to fight the past lies in the love and friendship of the present. Mark Carter has taken care of himself and those around him since he was a teenager. But with his younger brother and sister now packed off to college, he finds himself suddenly alone. Throwing everything he has into his new position at Sandpipers Restaurant leaves little time for anything else. And that's just fine by Mark. Then Raven stumbles into his life and everything changes. Mark can't help wanting to know more about the mysterious man—which is easier said than done. Raven is painfully shy, a single parent and stutters, especially when he's nervous. But Mark is determined to get to know the warm, intelligent man he glimpses beneath the quiet exterior. The question is, will Raven let him? Raven finally has a chance to start again. He's determined to put the past behind him and do whatever it takes to create a normal life for his young son, Ryan. Unfortunately, it's not as easy as it sounds. He doesn't have much acquaintance with 'normal', and the past has a way on intruding on the present no matter how hard he tries to escape it. Can he trust Mark with his secrets? And more importantly...should he?

Seraph must use all her skills as a Raven mage to stop the force of destruction known as the Shadowed in the second novel in this thrilling fantasy series. Seraph is among the last of the Travelers, those who strive to destroy the dark magic released by their ancestors’ mistakes. Seraph tried to escape her people’s duty and live a quiet life, until evil found her…and her family. A cunning new force for darkness called the Shadowed stalks the land, feeding on death, destruction, and the sleeping Stalker’s power. He plans to wake the Stalker, wreaking untold havoc, but he needs those who bear the Travelers’ magic to release the dark god…and he has his sights set on Seraph and her family.

JANE RAVEN ALEXANDER, A BRILLIANT ARCHAEOLOGIST, LIES TRAPPED IN A COMA . . . Modern medicine has done everything it can for her. She is now in a sanitarium where medieval therapies may break her out of her mental prison. No one suspects her mind is active and connecting to the morphic fields of other souls in their times. Descry explores Janes insanity through Jungian symbolism, Henri Bergsons work, and Rupert Sheldrakes concepts. His creation, Raven, travels back through time linking with other souls. In an attempt to find sanity, she morphs into the memories and experiences of those who caused her mind to shatter: The Professor who used her and tried to discredit her; the Grandmother who hated men and the male God; her Mother who lied to her; the academic scholars who, threatened by her conclusions, declared her insane; and the desiccated Ancients she found in a cave. This amazing work lets us explore the human conditionincluding human brutalityfrom an archaeologists point-of-view. Ravens Chance damns those who cause suffering as they use others for their own identity.