The Book of the New Sun

The Book of the New Sun
Author: Gene Wolfe
Publisher: Gollancz
Total Pages: 608
Release: 2015-03-12
Genre: Fantasy fiction, American
ISBN: 9781473211971

An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, a torturer's apprentice, is exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners. Ordered to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est, Severian must make his way across the perilous, ruined landscape of this far-future Urth. But is his finding of the mystical gem, the Claw of the Conciliator, merely an accident, or does Fate have a grander plans for Severian the torturer . . . ? This edition contains the first two volumes of this four volume novel, The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator.

The Claw

The Claw
Author: Karen Witt
Publisher: Little Steps Publishing
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1922358193

‘Clive was charming, friendly and chipper, and on each side of his body, he boasted a nipper.’ But... when Clive loses a nipper one terrible night, he also loses his confidence. Can Clive rise to the occasion when a greedy fisherman, Mr Beerbellio, arrives in the bay hungry for crab sandwiches?

The Claw

The Claw
Author: Verity A. Buchanan
Publisher: Ambassador International
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2022-07-19
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1649603207

A disfigured corpse. The young man who found it. And the lawman resolved to clear up the matter at all costs. Mordred Kenhelm's survivalist existence has acquired a measure of stability—even peace. He is ready to put down roots . . . until warnings from the past start rearing ugly heads, that is. He sets out to extinguish old ghosts, but a simple trip downriver threatens to unearth far more than it conceals. Alone with his secrets, he faces a trial of conflict, honor, and humiliation. Inspector Wilhelm Dickson has never given up on a mission. A zealous search for truth and reparation leads him into a net of affairs much bigger than himself, and one he might not escape with both life and reputation intact. After all, it helps to at least know what you're chasing. Worst of all, the arrogant young man who happens to be the key to everything is more closemouthed than a clam at low tide. The Claw, third in The Ceristen series, weaves a tense narrative with the flavor of old detective novels and a touch of English Gothic. Under it all, the quiet question prevails: is there a lasting good at all? And if so, is it meant for us?

The Claw and the Crowned

The Claw and the Crowned
Author: Sarah M. Cradit
Publisher: Storyville Press
Total Pages: 598
Release: 2023-01-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Freedom is her desire. Vengeance is his price. Slip into this scintillating tale of a young royal whose loyalty is torn between the prince she was sold to and the tempestuous knight determined to ruin her. Imryll is unfit to be a princess. Everyone has always told her so. So when the king stuns everyone by crowning her the prince’s consort, her life is completely upended, crushing any lingering dreams of a future away from the suffocating Rhiagain court. Still reeling from the news, she meets Drazhan, the formidable, mercurial knight who wins the right to be her personal guard. But when he defiantly refuses any show of respect, a dangerous spark ignites between them, one she doesn’t know how to extinguish. Worse, she’s not sure she wants to. The dark knight’s licentious midnight whispers linger over her, commands she feels inexplicably called to obey. His dangerous promises spread their tendrils over her desperate, failed attempts to embrace life with the prince, her childhood best friend. They take her apart and put her back together, piece by agonizing piece. Yet she can’t shake the sense Drazhan is hiding something important. He refuses to explain why he surrendered a life of privilege to become her guard. The roaring vengeance burning in his heart, scorching him from the inside out, is a painful mystery Imryll can’t solve. But she will. Because Drazhan’s revenge doesn’t just start with Imryll. It ends with her. __ The Claw and the Crowned is an electric enemies to lovers fantasy romance set in the Kingdom of the White Sea Universe, with hints of Hades and Persephone. It is the first story in the Sceptre Cycle of The Book of All Things. The next two novels in the trilogy, The Duke and the Disciple and The Tempest and the Tides, feature characters introduced in this novel. The Book of All Things is a series of fantasy romance tales set in the vibrant, epic world first introduced by USA Today Bestselling Author Sarah M. Cradit in the Kingdom of the White Sea trilogy. For content advisories visit sarahmcradit.com.

Exiled: Clan of the Claw

Exiled: Clan of the Claw
Author: S. M. Stirling
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1618248138

First entry in a new series with three big all new linked novellas from multiple best-sellers S.M. Stirling, John Ringo & Jody Lynn Nye, and Harry Turtledove! After the extinction asteroid DOESN'T strike Earth, the dinosaurs keep evolving¾but so do the mammals. We mammals have achieved human-like shapes, but now it's cold-blooded, magic-using reptiles against the hot-blooded, hot-tempered descendants of cats. In a heroic, bronze-age world similar to 300, the Mrem Clan of the Claw and its sister warbands are expanding their rough-and-tumble territory, but now they face the Lishkash, masters of a cold-blooded empire of slave armies and magic. It's mammalian courage and adaptation against reptile cunning in a clash of steel and will that will determine which line shall inherit the Earth. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

The Book of the Claw

The Book of the Claw
Author: Eric R. Asher
Publisher: Eric R. Asher
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2019-10-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A pack torn. An enemy revealed. The werewolves face a long-forgotten foe ... As they battle vampires in Kansas City, Hugh and the wolves learn the war in Falias has gone horribly wrong. The Mad King stole humanity’s most dangerous weapons. Now Damian Vesik, necromancer and ally of the River Pack, has been lost to the Abyss. Vicky longs to save Damian, to return the favor he once granted her, but soon discovers the only chance to rescue him means facing a gauntlet of ancient trials. Nudd’s madness has unleashed nightmarish new obstacles, and it seems the wolves have met their match. Vicky, Hugh, and the pack must protect Kansas City from the rising darkness even as Nudd’s will threatens to crumble the city itself.

Ronin 4 - The Claw

Ronin 4 - The Claw
Author: Jesper Nicolaj Christiansen
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2018-04-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 8711858176

Ronin continues his journey to Meifumad&ô. On the way, he is attacked by enemies that are more evil than anything he has encountered yet. Joined by more friends, he is forced to make difficult choices and overcome his most difficult obstacles. A boy wakes up in the forest with no memory of who he is or where he came from. Through the course of this series, Ronin undertakes many adventures that push him to his limit. Along the way, he meets people who help him grow and learn what is important. With the aid of his magic sword and the powers it brings him, Ronin fights for good. On every adventure, Ronin comes closer and closer to understanding who he truly is. Jesper Christiansen (b. 1972) is a Danish writer. He is a graduate from the Writers' School for Children's Fiction and he writes adventure and fantasy stories for children of all ages.

Reach of the Claw

Reach of the Claw
Author: Lawrence Crossett
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2007-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595454143

Sandy Mathers is worried about her son. Ten year old Brent is ill, and he's getting worse fast. He's delusional, he's suffering chills, and his fever is out of control. They could probably do something for Brent at the hospital--IV drip, antibiotics something. But first she has to get him there, and that will be tough. Brent has just savaged two EMT's, dodged the police, and run off into the woods, where that thing is waiting for him The local police don't believe a word Sandy is saying. The only person who does is a loose cannon detective from New York. And no one is about to follow him into those woods. No one but Sandy, that is. Brent is counting on her.

Against the Claw

Against the Claw
Author: Shari Randall
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2018-07-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250116732

Finger-licking delicious, Shari Randall's Against the Claw is the second in the Lazy Mermaid Lobster Shack series. Welcome back to the seaside village of Mystic Bay, where someone’s been found sleeping with the fishes. . . Ballerina Allie Larkin is still back home, healing up from a broken ankle and lending a hand at her aunt’s Lazy Mermaid Lobster Shack. But now that the famed restaurant is branching out into the world of catering, Allie’s help is needed more than ever—even on the lobster boat. The last thing she expects to find once she’s out on the bay, however, is the dead body of a beautiful young woman. When days pass and not even the police can ID the corpse, Allie takes it upon herself to learn the truth about what happened. Her investigation leads her all the way from the local piers to the secluded estates of Mystic Bay’s posh elite. But how can she crack this case when everyone seems dead-set on keeping their secrets beneath the surface? “Suspenseful and entertaining—left me longing to visit the Lazy Mermaid Lobster Shack!” —Donna Andrews on Curses, Boiled Again! “Delightful...Full of New England coastal charm...and clever sleuthing [that] will keep you turning the pages.”—Krista Davis, New York Times bestselling author of the Domestic Diva mysteries