She memorized the mark that killed her father. She never expected to find it on the boy the ancient magic chose for her.Three years ago, seventeen-year-old Eveline Ashford lost her father to a shadowy assassin known only as the Hunter — a killer bound to a centuries-old blood oath and controlled by someone powerful enough to bury the truth. Before he died, Commander Aldric Ashford pressed a single drawing into his daughter's hands: a compass-rose mark, four points, ...

Ama Calloway knows the rules. Don't stand out. Don't react. Don't let them see the fire. As a scholarship ward student at Ashveil Academy. one of five common-born students admitted each year to an institution built for the magical elite. Ama has survived by staying invisible. She's brilliant, she's careful, and she has absolutely no intention of letting anyone discover the forbidden Fireborn magic burning beneath her skin.Then a fire-sigil appears scorched into the academy wall ove...

SHORTLISTED AS A 2025 BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG NON-FICTIONContributions by Katrin Althans, Jayson Althofer, Naomi Simone Borwein, Persephone Braham, Krista Collier-Jarvis, Shane Hawk, Jade Jenkinson, June Scudeler, and Sabrina ZachariasGlobal Indigenous Horror is a collection of essays that positions Indigenous Horror as more than just a genre, but as a narrative space where the spectral and social converge, where ...

Cultural Analysis, Cultural Studies, and the Law is a field-defining collection of work at the intersection of law, cultural analysis and cultural studies. Over the past few decades the marked turn toward claims and policy arguments based on cultural identity—such as ethnicity, race, or religion—has pointed up the urgent need for legal studies to engage cultural critiques. Exploration of legal issues through cultural analyses provides a rich supplement to other approaches—includin...

Temeraire * Book 4Tragedy has struck His Majesty’s Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defend England’s shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the noble dragons’ ranks–forcing the hopelessly stricken into quarantine. Now only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dragons remain uninfected–and stand as the only means of an ai...

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the sixth volume of the Temeraire series, as Will Laurence and Temeraire are exiled to Australia in the ever expanding war between Napoleon and Britain.“Temeraire and his fellow dragons are surely Novik’s finest accomplishment.”—BookPageConvicted of treason despite their heroic defense against Napoleon’s invasion of England, Temeraire and Capta...

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the seventh volume of the Temeraire series, as the Napoleonic Wars bring Will Laurence and Temeraire to South America.“An absorbing adventure.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)The French have invaded Spain, forged an alliance with Africa’s powerful Tswana empire, and brought revolution to Brazil. Captain Will Laurence and his indefatigable f...

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the ninth and final volume of the Temeraire series, as the Napoleonic Wars draw to a close and the final battles play out.“An extremely satisfying resolution.” —Booklist (starred review)The deadly campaign in Russia has cost both Napoleon and those allied against him. Napoleon has been denied his victory . . . but at a terrible price. Laurence ...

Grief and bereavement are a universal part of the human experience. The impact of grief on human lives is increasingly evident as the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental disasters, and—in the United States in particular—gun-related violence upend normal life and expose vast swaths of society to recurring and profound trauma.It was only in 2022, with the publication of DSM-5-TR and in the context of considerable scientific progress, that prolonged grief disorder (PGD) was included as a...

The fourth edition of the Oxford Handbook of Urology has been fully updated to reflect the significant advances in medical and surgical opportunities since the previous edition, including pelvic laparoscopic and robotic surgery, new drugs in incontinence and male sexual health, and new laser devices for prostate surgery. Guidelines from the European Association of Urology, the American Association of Urology, and the British Association of Urology, as well as NICE, have all been u...

This collection of poems and prose is inspired by the many readings, creative prompts, and late night conversations of Roath Writers. Moving, funny, intelligent, and even nonsensical, this collection reflects the many voices of our members. This is the first ever recorded audiobook version of the anthology.Also available as a physical copy titled 'Roath Writers 2024 Anthology'. ISBN: 9798342462754

She wasn't supposed to get through the gate.Veilmoor Academy has kept humans out for three hundred years. Ancient wards, pack magic, a school hidden somewhere in the Scottish Highlands that the ordinary world simply cannot find. Seventeen-year-old Cora Ellis wasn't supposed to walk straight through those wards, uninvited, on a grey October morning with one bag and a letter she never applied for.But she did. And now she can't leave.Stuck inside a supernatural boarding s...