The forces of Hell are poised to strike... Emma's beloved John Chen is a 3000 year old Chinese god. He is becoming weaker by the day in his battle to protect her & his daughter from the Demons who pursue them relentlessly. But it is Emma who is nagged by doubts about her own nature & must find the courage to save them all... Dark Heavens Book One. Emma Donahue went to Hong Kong to become a nanny to John Chen's daughter. But John's world is different & he is no ordinary businessman
- all the gods demons & dragons in hell want him dead. & though she doesn't know it Emma holds the power to save them all... Kylie Chan's Dark Heavens trilogy is the most exciting Urban Fantasy debut of 2010. Already a smash-hit in the author's native Australia it brings a world of Oriental Gods martial arts action & romance to the genre. FILE UNDER: Modern Fantasy [ Martial arts / Chinese Gods / Magical action / Save the child!]
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Raised by Father Fujimoto a famous exorcist Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth
- the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rins veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy & becoming an exorcist himself. Can Rin fight demons & keep his infernal bloodline a secret? It wont be easy especially when drawing his fathers sword releases the demonic power within him! While most of the students at True Cross Academy head home for the summer break Rin & his classmates are sent to a training camp in the forest district & the right to go on a real mission is riding on their performance! Locating & recovering their objectives in the woods is tough & will require teamwork skill & more than a little magic-and Rin will have to learn to rely on his friends. But is Mephisto masterminding something behind the scenes?!
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Raised by Father Fujimoto a famous exorcist Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth-the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rins veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy & becoming an exorcist himself. Can Rin fight demons & keep his infernal bloodline a secret? It wont be easy especially when drawing his fathers sword releases the demonic power within him! The heads of the various Myodha temple families gather to discuss recent events surrounding the Eyes of the Impure King. Revelations at the meeting only deepen suspicion of Suguros father Tatsuma & angry accusations follow. Tatsumas silence on the matter isnt helping either. Amid all the swirling distrust Rin tries to make sense of things but struggles to keep his flame in check. Then Rin receives a letter that may shed more light on the current situation-and the secret past! ...

Raised by Father Fujimoto a famous exorcist Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth-the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rins veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy & becoming an exorcist himself. Can Rin fight demons & keep his infernal bloodline a secret? It wont be easy especially when drawing his fathers sword releases the demonic power within him! ...

Awakened by the traitor Saburota Todo the Impure Kings massive form threatens to engulf the city of Kyoto. As the Exorcists of the Tokyo Branch & the monks of the Myodha temple do all they can to contain the demon Rin & his friends find themselves separated & facing their own battles. While Rin & Ryuji race to confront the full might of the Impure King Yukio takes on Todo singlehanded & discovers that he may be his own worst enemy! ...

All of Rin's friends have done their best to hold off the deadly Impure King so Rin can confront it. Now it's entirely up to Rin finish off the gigantic demon. Although Rin has finally drawn the Koma sword & found his confidence that alone may not be enough to defeat the Impure King! & Yukio's battle with the possessed Saburota Todo may have awakened something dark deep within him. ...

Raised by Father Fujimoto a famous exorcist Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth
- the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rin's veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy & becoming an exorcist himself. With the defeat of the Impure King the Exwires have returned to their routine lives back at True Cross Academy
- but the routine doesn't last for long! Halfway around the world a strange encounter in the desert is the harbinger of evil things to come. An upturn in supernatural incidents at the academy involves Rin & his friends but their seemingly simple tasks are about to draw them into a far larger conspiracy. Powerful forces have begun to awaken & an old enemy prepares for a new conflict.

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Penelope Fitzgeralds final masterpiece. Set in Germany at the very end of the eighteenth century The Blue Flower is the story of the brilliant Fritz von Hardenberg a graduate of the Universities of Jena Leipzig & Wittenberg learned in Dialectics & Mathematics who later became the great romantic poet & philosopher Novalis. The passionate & idealistic Fritz needs his fathers permission to announce his engagement to his hearts heart his true Philosophy twelve-year-old Sophie von Kuhn. It is a betrothal which amuses astounds & disturbs his family & friends. How can it be so? One of the most admired of all Penelope Fitzgeralds books The Blue Flower was chosen as Book of the Year more than any other in 1995. Her final book it confirmed her reputation as one of the finest novelists of the century. ...

The Silk sisters are back rescued from their evil uncle by the impossibly glamorous fashionista Nolita Newbuck. But could it be that the devil really DOES wear Prada? The sisters must continue the dangerous search for their mysteriously missing parents but nothing is ever quite as it seems... ...

Private eye Kate Brannigan confronts betrayal & cold-blooded greed as she investigates the alien world of medical experimentation & the underbelly of the rock music business. Kate Brannigans not just having a bad day shes having a bad week. Her boyfriends death notice is in the paper her plan to catch a team of fraudsters is in disarray & a neo-punk band want her to find out whos trashing their flyposters. & her business partner wants her to buy him out. Fine but private eyes with principles never have that kind of cash. Kate cant even cry on her best friends shoulder for Alexis has worries of her own. Her girlfriends pregnant & when the doctor responsible for the fertility treatment is murdered Alexis needs Kate like shes never done before. So whats a girl to do? Delving into the alien world of medical experimentation & the underbelly of the rock-music business Kate confronts betrayal & cold-blooded greed as she fights to save not only her livelihood but her life as well! ...