New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay (World of Wakanda, Difficult Women) adapts her short story “We Are the Sacrifice of Darkness” as a full-length graphic novel with writer Tracy Lynne Oliver (This Weekend), and artist Rebecca Kirby (Biopsy.) Expanding an unforgettable world where a tragic event forever bathes the world in darkness, The Sacrifice of Darkness follows one woman’s powerful journey through this new landscape as she discovers love, family, and the true light in a world seemingly robbed of any. This young adult drama challenges notions of identity, guilt, and survival in a graphic novel for fans of On A Sunbeam and Are You Listening?

"First published in the United States of America by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018"--Title page verso.

Blood Sacrifices contributors: - Dawn Perlmutter, Ph.D. - Robert J. Bunker, Ph.D. - Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D. - Paul Rexton Kan, Ph.D. - Lt.Col. Lisa J. Campbell, B.A., SME Beheadings - Tony M. Kail, B.A., SME Esoteric Religions - Pamela Ligouri Bunker, M.Litt., M.A. - Charles Cameron, B.A., SME Religious Violence - SA Andrew Bringuel, II, M.A., SME Criminal Extremism - Jo?se de Arimate?ia da Cruz, Ph.D. - Mark Safranski, M.A., M.Ed. - Alma Keshavarz, M.P.P., Ph.D. Student - Pauletta Otis, Ph.D. The acknowledgment that blood sacrifice, particularly human sacrifice, actively occurs in the 21st century is a pivotal triumph in scholarly research. Twenty years ago, this book could not have been published. In most universities, think tanks, and government research facilities, characterizing any type of murder as sacrificial was viewed at best as a secondary motive and at worst as junk science. - Dr. Dawn Perlmutter

The Dark Water has always called to the Blackwell family.Devastated by the loss of his daughter, Adam Blackwell Flees his hometown of Scarsville, Georgia.Something lurks beneath the churning black water and its patience is running out.Two years later, he receives a phone call telling him his father is dead and has left him everything, including the lake where his daughter drowned. Now, Adam must return to the last place he ever wanted to go and settle the affairs of the man he blames for everything.The time has come for the next sacrifice, and it will stop at nothing to make sure it gets what it needs.Adam believes it will be a short trip to get the house ready for sale, but the closer he gets to the lake, the more memories return from the worst day of his life.Living in the past is dangerous, but there is nowhere to hide when the past comes back for you.Staying in the family home, Adam hears small footsteps in the dark. Soon after, her hears the voice of his daughter. She wants him to join her in the depths of the black lake.In his unceremonious return, Adam will face the wife he abandoned and memories he tried to outrun.When the waters rise, Adam must decide whether he will begin the slow process of healing and somehow find peace between the world of the living and the dead-or become the next Dark Water Sacrifice.

Never kiss a Fae the first time you meet... you'll always end up getting burned. I'm so stupid. I shouldn't have accepted their job offer. But the money, the excitement...the glamour was just too tempting to pass up. Even stupider, when I arrive for work, I lock eyes-and lips-with the most arrogant, but delicious guy I've ever seen, and an unbelievable truth is revealed... My so-called employers are murderous, dark Fae from a parallel realm, and the whole elaborate offer is a damn lie. Oh, and that sexy guy I made out with? He's the Heir to the Winter Throne. And somehow, he's my fated mate. He's hot as hell, but I need to run... immediately. But when I try, a dangerous secret about myself is exposed, sending the Fae courts into chaos and seeking war with the human world... And now the prince is hot on my tail... in more ways than one. The insatiable heat drawing us together is only tempered by the hate that smolders between us. Forced together to survive, I have no choice but to trust him-or risk letting their cruel war shatter all I've ever known...

From rising star Angie Sandro, a steamy Southern gothic romance that will appeal to fans of Beautiful Creatures . . . A GIFT AND A CURSE Mala LaCroix sees dead people - really. After using her psychic gifts to catch a killer, she's locked in a psych ward and must strike a deal with the devil to secure her release. Apprenticed to a dark arts practitioner, Mala vows to free herself and save her loved ones from danger. But she doesn't know who to turn to when her crush on Landry Prince turns into something more serious. A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH Landry has sacrificed everything to protect Mala. A near-death experience changes him forever, and now he, too, possesses supernatural powers he doesn't understand. Mala and Landry must band together to defeat the dark forces- both human and otherworldly- who would use their abilities for evil. Even as they fall for each other, they must prepare to battle for their very souls . . .

How much pain and sacrifice can one person endure? How far would one go to protect the ones they love? Renetha, an Alycorian princess, fell in love with Cornelius, an exiled prince and the Alycorn's warring enemy. They planned to marry and unite the races, but fate had other plans for them. Betrayed by her own father, Renetha was forced to marry Cornelius's older brother Puteoli a possessed madman who tortures her day and night. Cornelius fights through all odds to rescue Renetha, but it is only she that can end the madness around them by sacrificing everything to save Puteoli, the very man who abused her for so many years. She had suffered a great number of years for the people she loved. Could she do it again? Peace, for everyone? This was the fate Renetha was left with. This was the sacrifice she soon would have to make . . .

The Treasures of Darkness is an eight chapter nonfiction book that examines the various aspects of suffering and asks the question ‘can anything good come from it?’ Because we live in a tarnished world full of muck and mire, readers are more than familiar with different kinds of suffering and pain. The question is not if we will suffer in this life, but rather, to what degree. Instead of focusing believers and nonbelievers who will see firsthand that there really are benefits to our pain. There are truly treasures of darkness.

"Women and Sacrifice is an original and lucid book that explores the anthropology and developmental psychology of male violence in blood sacrifice and its implications in religion and culture. It is the first comprehensive study of the psychology of gender and religion using the controversial ideas of Heinz Kohut and self-psychology." "Beers not only makes an important contribution to our psychological understanding of sacrifice, he explores how narcissistic anxiety fuels rituals and social structures that subordinate women. He bases his provocative theory on three general premises: sacrifice is traditionally performed only by men; the gender specificity of sacrifice can be traced to gender-specific developments of men and women and is reflected in religions throughout the world; and the male violence of sacrifice is related to other forms of male violence. Beers reviews the theories of symbol-formation of Freud, Jung, Klein, and Winnicott and argues that Kohut's self-psychology is more appropriate for understanding the psychology of symbolic ritual. The psychological claims in the book are presented in the context of social structures, cultural expressions, and individual and group history. Beers includes critiques of such leading theorists of ritual and sacrifice as Durkheim, Levi-Strauss, Douglas, Turner, Geertz, Freud, Jung, and Girard." "In analyzing sacrifice among the Malekulans of Melanesia and the eucharist of the American Episcopal Church, Beers develops the theory that such rituals have a psychological function that diminishes and controls women. He claims that men so fear women that religious ritual excludes women in order that men can gain and retain power over them."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved