In Emberwick Crossing, where ancient magic pulses beneath modern facades, Sage Holland thought she had seen the worst of the magical underworld. She was wrong. Fresh from vanquishing a necromancer, Sage Holland thought her biggest problem would be hiding her forbidden romance with the hunky warlock next door. But as she delves deeper into the mystery surrounding her parents’ deaths, she uncovers a truth more frightening than any dark spell – corruption at the highest levels of magical authority. Forced to hide her forbidden romance with Brad and armed only with her cat, her design magic, and a mysteriously powerful artifact, Sage must traverse a traitorous landscape of lies and betrayal. Every step brings her closer to answers, but also nearer to danger. With allies turning to enemies and trusted mentors revealing hidden agendas, Sage realizes that in a world where magic and secrecy intertwine, the greatest threat may come from those sworn to protect. As the shadows lengthen and the stakes rise, Sage must make an impossible choice: preserve the world she knows, or risk everything to forge a new future.

Grab your plasma rifles, spell components, and jetpacks! Name your game; Fate Core is the foundation that can make it happen. Fate Core is a flexible system that can support whatever worlds you dream up. Have you always wanted to play a post-apocalyptic spaghetti western with tentacle monsters? Swords and sorcery in space? Wish there was a game based on your favorite series of books, film, or television, but it never happened? Fate Core is your answer. Fate Core is a tabletop roleplaying game about proactive, capable people who lead dramatic lives. The type of drama they experience is up to you. But wherever they go, you can expect a fun storytelling experience full of twists...of fate. GAME INFORMATION Number of players: 3-6 Age of players: 12+ Length: 2-8 hours Type of Game: Roleplaying Game Languages Available: English Suggested Retail: $25.00 Game Designers: Leonard Balsera, Brian Engard, Jeremy Keller, Ryan Macklin, Mike Olson

Victor North came from a prominent family, in a country hidden by the world, rumored to breed monsters. But the fates had other plans for him, he soon learned. Dishonored and cast into slavery he must now fight to regain what was once his, but will he be strong enough to defy Fate?

'By the time it was over I was so thoroughly violated that I needed to scrub my brain with steel wool' Tor.com In Award-winning author Lisa Tuttle's first solo novel Sarah is looking for a fresh start and a home of her own, but something is waiting for her in the night . . . When Sarah breaks up with the partner she has shared her home with for the last year, she is determined to make a new start. The house she finds, nestled in the woods just back from the road, seems like the perfect place to do that. Almost from the moment she looks at it, Sarah knows that it should belong to her. But this house has invisible eyes that watch Sarah from the darkness. For the previous owner, Valerie, is keeping a secret: one that involves the house, a ritual . . . and a spirit called back from the grave. 'She brings to the literature a subtlety and power, which, sometimes shading into horror, is a quite distinctive voice demanding to be heard . . . exceptional, very female, art' Independent on Sunday

When Aldwyn, a young alley cat on the run, ducks into a mysterious pet shop, he doesn’t expect his life to change. But that’s exactly what happens when Jack, a young wizard, picks Aldwyn to be his magical familiar. Finally off the tough streets, Aldwyn thinks he’s got it made. He just has to convince the other familiars—the know-it-all blue jay Skylar and the friendly tree frog Gilbert—that he’s the telekinetic cat he claims to be. But when Jack and two other wizards in training are captured by a terrible evil, it will take all of Aldwyn’s street smarts, a few good friends, and a nose for adventure to save the day!

A funny Coming-of-Age Urban Fantasy series with a touch of romance, a spell book-full of magic, and a talking familiar that will have you wanting your very own… The Arcane Arts and Familiars boxset is bound to enchant and entertain! Join Sage Holland in a once-in-a-lifetime magical adventure to save her beloved town of Emberwick Crossing and find her very own happily ever after! Book 1 – Familiar Magic A malevolent spirit on the loose, a blossoming romance, and a high-profile party… what could go wrong? Book 2 – Familiar Love A secret relationship, dark revelations, and dealings with a notorious necromancer… life just got seriously complicated! Book 3 – Familiar Fate A forbidden romance, unsettling truths, and danger at every turn… life as a witch is never dull! Book 4 – Familiar Destiny A locket to recover, a masked killer, and the woes of young love… the stakes are higher than ever before!

This is a two-volume work with entries on individuals who made some contribution to philosophy in the period 1900 to 1960 or soon after. The entries deal with the whole philosophical work of an individual or, in the case of philosophers still living, their whole work to date. Typically the individuals included have been born by 1935 and by now have made their main contributions. Contributions to the subject typically take the form of books or journal articles, but influential teachers and people otherwise important in the world of philosophy may also be included. The dictionary includes amateurs as well as professional philosophers and, where appropriate, thinkers whose main discipline was outside philosophy. There are special problems about the term "British" in the twentieth century, partly because of human migration, partly because of decolonialization and the changing denotation of the term. The intention has been to include not only those who were British subjects at least for a significant part of their lives (even if they mostly lived outside what is now the U.K.) but also people who spent a significant part of their lives in Britain itself, irrespective of their nationality or country of origin. In the first category are included, for instance, a number of people who were born and educated in Britain but who subsequently taught in universities abroad. In the second category are included those who were born elsewhere but who came to Britain and contributed to its philosophical culture.