Zura Johnson
1) Nocturne
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"In this haunting, lyrical fantasy set in 1930s Chicago, a talented ballerina finds herself torn between her dreams and her desires when she's pursued by a secretive patron who may be more than he seems. Grace Dragotta has always wanted to be a ballerina, ever since she first peeped through the windows of the Near North Ballet Company. So when Grace is orphaned, she chooses the ballet as her home, imagining herself forever ensconced in a transcendent...
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What would you do if you were kidnapped by alien robots?Ruby Palmer finds herself on an entire planet surrounded by the things she hates the most: robots. Besides taking everything she says way too literally, the robots have problems of their own. A myriad of technical glitches are, on the cosmological scale, quickly destroying them. Ruby has the programming knowledge and skills that matter to them, but can she overcome her fears and find it within...
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He was supposed to collect the dead. Instead, he rescued a single soul. Now watching her adventure, he's faced with making the ultimate sacrifice. The Collector can't tell how to fix what he's undone. Ever since impulsively saving the baby in the rowboat, the walking bringer of death has spent his days searching for the key to rolling back his misstep. But the greater his fascination with human mortality and the allure of taking just one life-giving...
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Six of Crows meets Disney's Atlantis and Indiana Jones in this captivating YA Fantasy series about a world powered by arcane ore … and the crew of treasure hunters destined to save it.
Memories of his last expedition were stolen and erased from his mind. He'll never be the same if he gets them back…
The House of Matchsticks is calling ...
Jack Fael can't shake an uneasy feeling something's off. Already riddled with doubt over coming out of...
6) Extant
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Trust isn't an option.Question everything.Every family has secrets and Natalie Morrigan was used to being kept in the dark. But when her childhood home is destroyed following the mysterious disappearance of her parents, Natalie soon discovers her secrets are darker than most. With nowhere else to turn, Natalie and her four lifelong friends seek out their estranged Uncle for guidance and he cannot wait to tell her the truth. Her entire life has been...
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For fans of Leigh Bardugo and Disney's "Atlantis" comes a thrilling YA series set in a world of high adventure. Her academy prepared her for battle. But is she ready to fight when danger emerges from the murky forest? The House of Matchsticks is calling … Sixteen-year-old Isaline is under massive pressure. Only alive thanks to Death's intervention when she was a baby, she's too shy to speak up when there's an attempt to steal her mysterious red...
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"Everly Winters is perfectly happy to navigate life like a good neutral paint color: appreciated but unnoticed. That's why she's still a receptionist instead of exploring a career in art, why she lurks but never posts on the forums for her favorite makeover show, On the Plus Side, and why she's crushing so hard on her forever-unattainable co-worker. When no one notices you, they can't reject you or insist you're too much. This plan is working perfectly...
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In age-old Slavic fairy tales, the witch Baba Yaga is sought out by those with a burning need for guidance. In contemporary life, Baba Yaga--a dangerous, slippery oracle--answered earnest questions on The Hairpin for years. These pages collect her most poignant, surreal, and humorous exchanges along with all-new questions and answers for those seeking her mystical advice.
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Baba Yaga offers more off-kilter remedies for the modern dilemmas of an unstable age using her uncanny style, poetic simplicity, and surprising candor.
In this follow-up to Ask Baba Yaga: Otherworldly Advice for Everyday Troubles, award-winning writer Taisia Kitaiskaia once again embodies the legendary witch of Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga, to provide life advice to the questioning and the hurting. Answering real questions from readers, Baba Yaga provides...
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Discover what happens to Isaiah, Margot, Nathan, and the rest of the folks in Port Lawrence in this official Goosebumps audiobook based on the hit Disney Plus series! Includes an exclusive ending only available in this audiobook!
Thirty years ago, Harold Biddle died in a tragic accident -- but there's more to the story. Now, the teenage kids of Harold's classmates are determined to find out what happened to him all those years ago... as long as...
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One woman will travel to the stars and beyond to save her beloved in this lyrical space opera that reimagines “The Little Mermaid”.
Gene-edited human clans have scattered throughout the galaxy, adapting themselves to environments as severe as the desert and the sea. Atuale, the daughter of a Sea-Clan lord, sparked a war by choosing her land-dwelling love and rejecting her place among her people. Now her husband and his clan are dying of a virulent...
14) Chymist
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Nautilus is rising, and Natalie's demons are coming to drown her.
Haunted by a power she can't control, Natalie and her friends are determined to reunite their families and uncover the truth of their past. But with Leo missing in action and Uncle Chris out of the picture, Natalie is left harboring a mysterious key and a secret that isn't hers to tell. Invited to masquerade as a Nautilus recruit, Natalie finds herself in the Helix: Nautilus's center....
15) Jailbreak
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Breaking into one of the most secure prison planets in the system isn't the hard part. The hard part is going to be getting back out again. They just pulled off the heist of the century. Now ex-smuggler pilot Jez and the motley crew of the Ungovernable have a promise to keep: an extraction from a high-security political prison. But the timeline for the rescue is shorter than they ever imagined, and if they want to save their target from certain death,...
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The crew of The Ungovernable might have just gambled more than they can pay. Ex-smuggler pilot Jez and the crew of The Ungovernable desperately need a way to stop the government from killing them all. And they're running out of time. So, when Grigory Korzhikov - godfather of the biggest mafia organization in the System - invites them aboard his private gambling ship and tells them he can give them a way out, it's an offer they can't refuse. But accepting...
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It's kill or be killed for the crew of the Ungovernable. With the mafia after their heads, ex-smuggler pilot Jez and the crew have two choices-run, or fight back. Problem is, there's nowhere in the System to run. So instead, they're going to take the entire crime syndicate down. But pulling a sting on the mafia-and living to tell the tale-is going to take a hell of a lot more than just good intentions. And when you can't even trust the people you're...
18) Threat Agent
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They've taken down the mafia, infiltrated the government, and thrown the System into chaos. But the final stage of the plan will test them to their very limits....
Decades ago, Masha hid under a table and watched her parents die. Now, with war in the streets and chaos in the government, she can at last put the ultimate piece of her revenge into action. But it will involve murder, deception, and cunning on an unprecedented scale, and she's no longer...
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The entire Svodrani System is about to go up in flames-and the crew of the Ungovernable is sitting right in the centre of the explosion.
After taking down the two most powerful mafia bosses in the system, ex-smuggler pilot Jez and the crew race back to the capital to head off an impending civil war in the ensuing power vacuum. But to stop a bloodbath, they need to buy themselves time to prepare. So while Masha, Ysbel, and Tanya provide a distraction,...
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Someone's hunting the Ungovernable. And they're not going to stop until every one of the crew is dead. When an enemy from ex-smuggler pilot Jez's past reappears, determined to extract revenge, the crew of the Ungovernable have two options: fight, or run. But when a hyperjump gone wrong leaves the Ungovernable crippled, her weapons down and her cloaking disabled, their options become scarce indeed. As they scramble to repair the ship with rapidly-dwindling...