Anne Bishop

"The New York Times bestselling author of The Black Jewels Trilogy transports readers to a world of magic and political unrest--where the only chance at peace requires a deadly price... The Others freed the cassandra sangue to protect the blood prophets from exploitation, not realizing their actions would have dire consequences. Now the fragile seers are in greater danger than ever before--both from their own weaknesses and from those who seek to...

"New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop returns to her world of the Others, as humans struggle to survive in the shadow of shapeshifters and vampires far more powerful than themselves... After a human uprising was brutally put down by the Elders--a primitive and lethal form of the Others--the few cities left under human control are far-flung. And the people within them now know to fear the no-man's-land beyond their borders--and the darkness......

Unabridged, Digital Only, 14 hours

Read by Holter Graham

Her worlds have been described as "vividly painted" (Lynn Flewelling) and "lavishly sensual" (Library Journal). Now the award-winning bestselling author Anne Bishop invites you into a new realm, one that is ever-changing, caught between the Light and Dark forces of the heart...

"In this powerful and exciting fantasy set in the world of Others series, humans and the shape-shifting Others will see whether they can live side by side... without destroying one another. There are ghost towns in the world--places where the humans were annihilated in retaliation for the slaughter of the shape-shifting Others. One of those places is Bennett, a town at the northern end of the Elder Hills--a town surrounded by the wild country. Now...

"Crowbones will gitcha if you don't watch out! Deep in the territory controlled by the Others--shape-shifters, vampires, and even deadlier paranormal beings--Vicki DeVine has made a new life for herself running The Jumble, a rustic resort. When she decides to host a gathering of friends and guests for Trickster Night, at first everything is going well between the humans and the Others. But then someone arrives dressed as Crowbones, the Crowgard bogeyman....

Responding to an invitation sent by "Jaenelle Angelline," Surreal SaDiablo, former courtesan and assassin, arrives at the party and finds herself trapped in a living nightmare created by the tangled webs of Black Widow witches...and if she uses Craft to defend herself, she risks being sealed in the house forever. But Jaenelle did not send the invitation. And now Jaenelle and her family must rescue Surreal and the others inside without becoming trapped...

The second in the Black Jewels Trilogy finds Jaenelle, physically and mentally wounded in an attack, recovering under the care of her vampiric, adoptive father Saetan, until she is finally ready to take her place as Witch, the Queen of Terreille, and restore balance to the land.

Jared, a slave in a world in which the color of the jewel a person wears determines the course of his or her life, must choose between freedom and honor when he is sold to a notorious queen whose former slaves have all mysteriously disappeared.

"In this short story collection of courage, adventure, and magic, heroes--ordinary people who do the right thing--bravely step forward. But running toward danger might cost them everything..."--Page 4 of cover.