A gorgeous and heartrending novel about love, family, and faith, perfect for fans of Laura Ruby, John Corey Whaley, and Jandy Nelson. Marlena Oliveira has—mysteriously, miraculously—been given the power to heal all kinds of ailments. People around the world believe she is a saint. But it all comes at a price. Because of her power, she’ll never be able to live a normal life. And the older she gets, the more trapped she feels. Then she meets Finn, a boy who makes her want to fall in love. For the first time, she begins to doubt her power—and herself. Is her gift worth all she must give up to keep it? And who would—or could—she be without it? “I couldn’t put it down—The Healer is a tonic.”—Gregory Maguire, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked and Hiddensee

In the year 2024 an ailing eighty year old man stumbles upon the ability to Time-travel. During his first experience he is transported back to the year 1950 to the Pasture of a farm on the plains of Eastern Colorado. There he encounters a six year old boy who to the shock of both of them, discovers is himself as a child. The Old man soon realizes that he is being guided by an unknown entity. Not only has he been given the ability to Time-Travel he is also blessed with several abilities and powers. Foremost the ability to heal the most deserving of people. He uses these powers selflessly for the ultimate achievement of a very special quest, this quest being instigated due to a scientific discovery made by a young teenaged boy genius in the year 1960. Due to a certain element created as a side effect of the old man's Time-Travel, this young genius discovers a method for developing an Artificial Weather System inside a test tube. In the year 2024 the planet is on the verge of an environmental meltdown. If Things can't be reversed; in another twenty years Mankind will cease to exist. The Quest therefore is to reverse the future decimation of the planet. During this quest he encounters a myriad of colorful characters, each with a heart felt story. Wanny, his passionate soul mate is always by his side, body and soul. Only time will tell what can or will be reversed

Hope Fairmont is a normal teenage girl. She attends public school, gets good grades, has a normal best friend...sort of normal...and works as a janitor at the local hospital. Unfortunately, that's where the ruse ends. Oh, sure, she might be tidying up hospital rooms here and there, but Hope is also using a gift she hides from everyone in order to heal any patients who might need her, which, in her mind is everyone. She and her father may have been able to keep her healing gift a secret for most of her life, but there are others out there who know who Hope really is and what her gift for healing is truly meant to accomplish. Hope's life spirals out of control when two, handsome young men mysteriously appear, claiming they must protect her from a demon god determined to end her life before she can fulfill her destiny.

A tale of mystery and healing from the Canadian forests, where Nature can be nasty and men can easily go mad.

In this award-winning dystopian crime novel, one man searches for his missing wife in a futuristic Helsinki struggling with climate change. It’s two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling a ruthless climate catastrophe: subway tunnels are flooded; abandoned vehicles are left burning in the streets; the authorities have issued warnings about malaria, tuberculosis, Ebola, and the plague. People are fleeing to the far north of Finland and Norway where conditions are still tolerable. Social order is crumbling, and private security firms have undermined the police force. Tapani Lehtinen, a struggling poet, is among the few still able and willing to live in the city. When Tapani’s beloved wife, Johanna, a newspaper journalist, goes missing, he embarks on a frantic hunt for her. Johanna’s disappearance seems to be connected to a story she was researching about a politically motivated serial killer known as “The Healer.” Desperate to find Johanna, Tapani’s search leads him to uncover secrets from her past. Secrets that connect her to the very murders she was investigating . . . The Healer is set in desperate times, forcing Tapani to take desperate measures in order to find his true love. Written in an engrossingly dense but minimal language, Antti Tuomainen’s The Healer is a story of survival, loyalty, and determination. Even when the world is coming to an end, love and hope endure. Praise for The Healer “Tapani’s amatuer sleuthing is all the more fascinating in light of the unimaginable barriers posed by the changing city, with inhabitants focused on their own survival. Readers attracted either to dystopian fiction or to Scandinavian crime will find gold here: Tuomainen’s spare, nostalgic style emphasizes the definitive nature of climate catastrophe, where neither revolution nor cure offers respite.” —Booklist (starred review)

The Healer Sharon Sala Jonah Gray Wolf has always had an uncanny connection to animals, and the power to heal the sick and the wounded. But, driven from his home by those seeking to harness his gift for profit, he becomes a drifter working in out–of–the–way places, never staying long. Then, in West Virginia, he finds Luce – a tough beauty who knows all about keeping people at a distance. A kindred soul with whom he might dare to make a life. But the hunters are on Jonah's scent again. Danger is closing in on their refuge and only a force of nature will decide the future...