Ra's Spiral Path

Category: Books and Reading

  • Three Days To Never

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    By Tim Powers Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper, 2007, c2006 Genres:Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, suspense, thriller, mystery ISBN:9780380798377, 0380798379 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 405 Setting: Mainly Southern CA, but also Israel, various Europeans locations, Mt. Shasta, and NJ. Time period: Most of the story takes place immediately following the Hamornic…

  • Already Dead

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    By Charlie Huston Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ballantine Books, 2005 Genres: Mystery, suspense,  paranormal, vampire Series: Joe Pitt Casebook; 1 ISBN: 034547824X, 9780345478245 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 268 Setting: Manhattan, NYC Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Joe Pitt wasn’t born with his name.  Like most Vampyres he knows, he changed his…

  • Bone Dance: a Fantasy for Technophiles

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    By Emma Bull Place: Publisher & Year: Orb Books: New York, 2009, c1991 Genres: Fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction, mythic fiction ISBN: 9780765321732 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 315 Setting: The City (formerly the Twin Cities, MN) Time period: A post- Armageddon future Plot summary: In the post-Bang world, Sparrow makes a living by…

  • Terrier

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    By Tamora Pierce Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Random House, 2006 Genres: Fantasy, mystery, paranormal Series: Beka Cooper trilogy; 1 ISBN: 9780375814686 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 581 Setting: City of Corus, Tortall Time period: 246 H.E. (medieval) Plot summary: Sixteen year old Beka Cooper has just begun her training with the…

  • Neverwhere

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    By Neil Gaiman Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Avon Books, 1998, c1997 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, mythic fiction, horror ISBN: 9780380789016 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 370 Setting: London, England Time period: mid 1990s Plot summary: When Richard Mayhew stops to help a bleeding girl one night, his life…

  • Seduced by Moonlight

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    By Laurell K. Hamilton Place: Publisher, Year: New York: Ballantine Books, 2004 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal romance, romantic suspense, horror, mystery, occult fiction, erotic fiction Series: Meredith Gentry series ; 3 ISBN: 034544356X Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 372 Setting: Los Angeles, CA and the Unseelie Court at Cahokia Time period:…

  • Track of the Cat

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    By Nevada Barr Place: Publisher & Year: New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c1993 Genre: Mystery Series: Anna Pigeon mysteries; 1 ISBN: 9780425190838 Intended audience: Adults Number of pages: 263 Setting: Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas & nearby New Mexico Time period: early 1990s Plot summary: When Anna Pigeon finds the remains of a co-worker/ park…

  • The Coldest Winter Ever

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    By Sister Souljah Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Pocket Star Books, 2006, c1999 Genres: Urban lit, street lit Series: Not at this time, although somewhere in the back of the book Sister Souljah mentions there might be sequel from Porshe’s perspective. ISBN: 9781416521693 Intended audience: Adults Number of pages: 534 Setting: Brooklyn and the…

  • Voyager

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    By Diana Gabaldon, narrated by Davina Porter Place: Publisher & Year: Prince Frederick, Md.: Recorded Books, p1999. Genres: Historical fantasy, fantasy, historical fiction, romance, time travel fantasy Format: Audiobook Series: Outlander series; 3 ISBN: 141935972X Intended audience: Adults Number of discs: 36 (43.75 hrs) Setting: Scotland, England, Boston, the Atlantic Ocean, and the West Indies…

  • Lord John and the Hand of Devils

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    By Diana Gabaldon Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Delacorte Press, 2007 Genres: Historical fiction, mystery Series: Lord John Grey series ISBN: 9780385311397 Intended audience: adults Number of pages: 302 Setting: England and Germany Time period: Eighteenth century Plot summary: The book is a compilation of three different stories – “Lord John and the Hellfire…