crystal war

There are a lot more truths in the books we read, than we’d like to admit. What if a book delves into the lives of the very town you live in? Reveals to you some personal stories of people you know? Or thought you knew. Bookstore owner Kevin Ellison faces this truth when a mysterious book shows up in Through a Mirror, Darkly by Kevin Lucia. Through a Mirror, Darkly is a Supernatural Thriller collection masked as a novel. With elements of mystery, suspense, and otherworldly horror, Through a Mirror, Darkly successfully delves into the worlds of Lovecraft, Grant, and the mysterious Carcosa. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing Arcane Delights. Clifton Heights' premier rare and used bookstore. In it, new owner Kevin Ellison has inherited far more than a family legacy, for inside are tales that will amaze, astound, thrill...and terrify: An ancient evil thirsty for lost souls. A very different kind of taxi service with destinations not on any known map. Three coins that grant the bearer's fondest wish, and a father whose crippling grief gives birth to something dark and hungry.

Since a little boy, William always wanted to be a knight to help the Kingdom's people fend off their enemies and provide safety to his family. So, he found himself a mentor has dedicated from a nobody to a fledgling squire. But fate shall test William's resolve as every step to reach knighthood; new enemies arise to challenge him. Join William as a powerful shadow organization threatens the Kingdom and his loved ones. Would he rise to the occasion and be a knight that the Kingdom needs? Or will he crumble beneath it all?

Humans are unaware of life beyond Earth in a world where different species reside on other planets. That is until devolving werewolves invade Earth and begin attacking, breeding, and eliminating humankind from one corner of the Earth to another. Caught in the chaos, Kenzie and her family are thrust into a world of uncertainty and danger. As they struggle to make sense of the unfolding events, they find themselves with their backs against the wall, which leads to a chance encounter with Viper. Werewolves have begun to devolve. Stripped of their ability to shift from their wolf forms, they are now driven mainly by their baser instincts. In response, the Lycans, a unique breed of warriors, have been dispatched to exterminate them before they upset the delicate balance on every planet they set foot on. Viper is one of the Lycan warriors dispatched to exterminate a pack. It's while doing so that he lays eyes on Kenzie. He is immediately drawn to her skill and fierceness. Having no choice but to destroy the town after the alpha female gets free, Viper is honor-bound to take care of the little human and doesn't mind one bit. Their relationship blossoms, and they discover and receive things they never knew they needed. Viper finds his little human mate is all he needs to improve his long life, and Kenzie discovers being a Lycan warrior's mate fits like the perfect puzzle piece. Follow Viper, Kenzie, and their families on a journey of healing and new beginnings.

“Let me leave!” She yelled, trying to fight off the men who held her down. “I am not going to…” “You are the Alpha’s property now.” They said, silencing her. “Only HE will decide what is to be of you…” ************************** There is one place in the world where you enter a slave and turn into a Luna. And that place is the Alpha’s estate. The Estate where dreams and nightmares can come true. For they say, it is you who draws your fate when it comes to the harem. For it can be both your heaven or hell. But what fate can one draw when they are claimed as slaves? It is the question that Alexandra asked as she came face to face with none other than her mate. The Alpha of Alphas. Alpha Damien…

Jessica's life takes a turn for the worse when her mother decided to give her up as payment for her debts. However, that was only the beginning as Philip Edwards, the man who took her away from her mother, only sees her as his property, like an object and nothing else. What will happen when Philip orders her to marry him? How is she supposed to deal with an aloof, possessive husband who always gets what he wants?

"Aku, nggak bisa menaklukkan hati Mas Giga? Ih, lebih baik jerawatan di sekujur tubuh. Kalau perlu, kalian jangan panggil aku dengan nama Prameswari lagi. Catat baik-baik ya, kalau sampai aku gagal mendapatkan cinta Mas Giga, kalian boleh memanggilku dengan nama Mytha, selama-lamanya." (Prameswari) "Jujur, aku mulai jatuh cinta sama Mytha. Tapi kan aku sudah punya Peony. Kami sudah menikah dan sekarang dia sedang mengandung anak pertama kami. Apa nggak dosa, kalau aku menuruti langkah cinta ini menuju hati Mytha?" (Giga) "Apa, Mytha? Jadi, itu yang namanya Mytha? Kok kayaknya aku nggak asing banget, ya? Siapapun dia, awas saja kalau sampai macam-macam sama Mas Giga. Aku nggak akan segan-segan untuk memberinya pelajaran berharga. Lagian, kenapa sih Mas Giga harus deket-deket sama dia? Sudah punya istri, juga. Nggak inget apa, kalau aku lagi hamil?" (Peony) PRAMESWARI, mengisahkan tentang perjalanan hidup seorang puteri Kyai Sepuh di sebuah Pondok Pesantren yang kabur dari rumah, karena menolak untuk dijodohkan. Padahal, Abah menjodohkannya dengan Ustadz Rayyan yang mengajar Tahfidz Al-Qur'an di Pondok Pesantren abahnya. Ada apa dengan Ustadz Rayyan, mengapa Prameswari menolak perjodohan mereka? Apa karena Mas Eiden yang telah berhasil merenggut seluruh hatinya? Kepada siapakah akhirnya cinta Prameswari berlabuh? Seberapa lama dia mampu bertahan dengan kehidupan kota Yogyakarta yang pahit-pahit manis? Bagaimana dengan Abah dan Ummi, apakah akhirnya mereka bisa menerima Prameswari kembali setelah dulu menyakiti hati mereka? Bagaimana dengan Giga? Apakah dia benar-benar jatuh cinta pada Mytha yang seorang Ladies Club? Jika benar, apa yang membuatnya jatuh cinta, sedangkan sudah ada Peony dalam hidupnya? Bukan hanya itu, bahkan mereka sedang menantikan kelahiran Sang Buah Hati. Apakah tidak membahayakan rumah tangga mereka? Siapakah sebenarnya Peony? Mengapa dia merasa pernah mengenal Mytha dan bagaimana tanggapannya setelah tahu siapa Mytha yang sebenarnya? Apakah akhirnya dia rela, Giga membagi separuh hatinya untuk Mytha? Selamat membaca! (Humairah Samudera)

Eidolon Avenue: Where the secretly guilty go to die. One building. Five floors. Five doors per floor. Twenty-five nightmares feeding the hunger lurking between the bricks and waiting beneath the boards. The sequel to Eidolon Avenue: The First Feast (“a great read...powerful and jarring” - Cemetery Dance) returns to the voracious Eidolon as it savors The Second Feast. A narcoleptic man in apartment 2A battles a vengeful past determined to rob him of everything as he runs from the barbaric disaster of a delusional love. A woman in 2B, reinventing herself to please a callous boyfriend, discovers the horrors that wait in the shadows of her self-renovation. The man in 2C, a teacher at the nearby Catholic girl’s school, collapses beneath the brutal consequences of his lecherous desires. An older woman in 2D, after decades dedicated to the church, is cornered at last by the grisly carnage beating at the hollow center of her faith. And a college student in 2E, hungry to escape an ignored life of invisible anonymity, finds herself captured between the pages of a ravenous book. All thrown into their own private hell as every cruel choice, every drop of spilled blood, every silent, complicit moment of cowardice is remembered, resurrected and relived to feed the ancient evil that lives on Eidolon Avenue. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

A story that's not literally hunting for a treasure that full of jewelry, gold-bars and diamonds. But about a life of a maiden, named treasurer that gone missing for almost a decade. The organization that she was in, tried to find her but all end up dead. Everyone thinks that treasure is a man, not knowing it's a woman. How fools of all man degrading people by their genders. Over the years, Treasure live a life. Nothing bothers her. She'll simple kill people who gets on her way. An easy deal for an easy will. One unexpected day, her parents decided to arrange her marriage to a stranger. Treasure as an obedient daughter, she didn't disagree and gladly accept her parents offer as long as she have their money. There's no such thing as love in Treasures vocabulary. What her parents want is what she do. She may act innocent, talks and move childish as what she seems to her husband. But you wouldn't know what else could be done by this woman. Treasure live a life, life that she have been dreaming through the years.

Book 4 of The Elemental Lovers series Daisy Dyer is a Ph.D. student that is experimenting with outer space matter to understand the Paleoclimate of the Earth even more. But with Dylan Windell as her lab partner, it might take more than the meteorite composition to get on the same page.Dylan Windell has been waiting for the moment where he will be showing his skill in understanding the vacuum capacity and how the wind will be directing its direction according to the composition of the air from time to time. But Daisy was making it harder for him. And the secret that his father had with Daisy's father was making it even more difficult.What will happen when they shared something intimate in the heat of the moment? Will they forget it and move on, or will one of them never forget it and they will do whatever it takes to make sure the other person push their difference and start something new together.

Daniel adalah seorang seniman bela diri nomor satu di kota A, pada suatu hari dia ikut balapan dan menemukan bahwa dirinya menjadi orang lain yang sama percis dirinya, dia menjalani pernikahan tanpa cinta, namun siapa sangka ternyata istrinya adalah seorang wanita yang dia cari selama ini.