*Book 1 of the Niobe Trilogy* Princess Niobe of Lydia is intelligent, unconventional, and determined to chart her own course in life â€" despite her parents’ wishes. Niobe’s brother Pelops, who narrowly survives death at the hands of their father...
EXCERPT: The death of Mrs. Bates, a very old lady whose hearing had long since gone and who had spent her last few months either in her bedroom or sitting in her chair in the parlor, would have gone unremarked in London, where people spent their time...
The Guest of Honor Is Dead! Dr. Carl Warding, the prominent origins-of-life biologist, dined at the Martin house the night only hours before someone shot him. A difficult man, plenty of people seemed to want him out of the way. Was he killed by one o...
Elizabeth Darcy receives a letter from her father informing her that her sister needs her. So Elizabeth travels from Pemberley to her old neighborhood to do what she can to support her sister in her time of distress. After her arrival, an acquaintanc...
Raised a princess in Sparta, Clytemnestra understands that leaders make many sacrifices. But she is shocked when she is forced to marry the murderer of her husband and firstborn child.
Though she wields great power as High Queen of Mycenae, a...
When Fanny Price marries Edmund Bertram, Susan Price becomes the stationary niece at Mansfield Park. With her sister gone, Susan expects that her life at the estate will be serene. But then a horse disappears from the stables, a visitor is murdered, ...
Shortly after Sol hatches, his parents and nestmates discover the young crow is a gifted thinker-linker: able to communicate with distant birds, with the souls of dead birds - and even with humans! As Sol masters flight and makes his first migrat...
Mrs. Bennet of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice always has plenty to say. In MRS. BENNET'S ADVICE FOR YOUNG LADIES, she gives her interpretation of the events of that novel, shows how she married Mr. Bennet, and has words of wisdom for anyone who will...
Sol, a thinker-linker crow, learns the Sky Council's decision about the humans who are making the planet unlivable for so many species of birds: instead of adapting or flying away, the Great Flock will fight. But what does this mean? And how can ...