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New Releases for April 2023

Dead Vessel

By Amanda Fasciano

Having died in the line of duty, Detective Cadence Riley has been recruited to help police haunted locations so that the spirits don’t give too much away to the living. She and her partner have also helped protect the living from non-human evil spirits. All is going according to procedure until someone alive appears before her.

Cadence has been reunited with her brother–who died ten years before when the majority of coeds in his dorm were slaughtered. Restoration of the old Victorian style dorm has begun as the college is intent on opening the building up once more. The construction does more than disturb the spirits of the dead, however.

The spirit of an old classmate, one not killed in the massacre, appears out of the blue. As Cadence and Snow begin to put the pieces of the puzzle regarding his sudden appearance in place, it becomes clear that more is at stake. This case, for both the living and the dead, is as dangerous as a raging fire. Someone is bound to get burned.

Judgement

By Valerie Willis

Death is the ultimate judge.

Talib and Hotan face off against Iapetos, the element of Death. When they fail, Talib’s life flashes before his eyes. As he experiences thousands of years, memories that were once forgotten bubble to the surface.

From the fall of Helike to the plague in London, he discovers his brother has something to do with every horrifying event. Hotan’s hands are slick with the blood of thousands-no, millions-of innocent people.

Chasing Hotan’s shadow, Talib learns that family is flawed, and he may not be able to repair the damage without making sacrifices. Will he find the answers in his past in time to aid Hotan?

The Raven and the Pig

By Lou Kemp

A magician, a widower from the Sudan, and an automat travel the world…

It is 1876. Three close friends—Jonas Celwyn, the automat Professor Xiau Kang, and Bartholomew, a scientist and widower from Sudan—set out on another adventure. Celwyn has been wounded and all that keeps the immortal peyote-eating magician alive are the skills of an old enemy, his half-brother Pelaez.

After Celwyn is taken aboard the submarine Nautilus by his companions, they must journey to Thales, the healer of the immortals. Even for the intrepid Captain Nemo and his fearless crew, the adventure will prove deadly. Vampires, witches, and warlocks are gathering nearby. Friends or foes? Who is the target: Jonas or Professor Kang and his plans for a world-changing flying machine?

The Raven and the Pig is a steampunk fantasy filled with murder, magic, and adventure.

Maxwell’s Demon

By Megan Mackie

The mysteries of the universe, a journey through space and time, and a cat and dog in the middle of it all.

Pavlov lived a contented life, being an experimental dog for the great scientist Ivan, until, of course, the day the cat showed up.

Schrodinger was very concerned that she may … well … not exist. Determined to solve the mystery of her existence, her search has led her to a very unusual dog.

Now the two must join forces to find their way through a mysterious building to find Schrödinger the answers she craves and Pavlov a way home. And the only clue they have may lead them to something called Maxwell’s Demon…

Oliver Possum’s Bicycle

By Chip Haynes

When Oliver Possum was just a young joey, he walked everywhere.

Well, everywhere he could, which wasn’t far. All of that changed when he got his first bicycle.

Now the whole world is his, as long as he was back by dark. And he made sure he was, mostly. Now he is making new friends, too! Well, mostly.

Manure: The Adventure of Jim Brown Godwin

By Peggy Godwin

This is not a once upon a time story with fire breathing dragons, aliens from outer space, nor giants climbing down beanstalks.

Even something as disgusting as manure can take on magical qualities that lead to adventures in your own backyard. In the summer of 1942, while the world was at war, Jim Brown Godwin found himself covered from head to toe in manure. This is his story, how he got there, what he did, and – most importantly – how he got out.

This is a real story complete with bratty brothers, adults who never grew up, and some very ordinary, everyday heroes… and, oh yes, manure. There’s no mistaking it. If you see it, smell it, or step in it, you know it. Call it poop, dung, do-do, cow pies, scat, turds – or as your grandmother might politely say, excrement, bowel movement, feces, or defecation, there’s only one word for it – Yuck!

So We Stay Hidden

By Nick Savage

Balancing high school and being a Legend is is more than they bargained for.

Scarlett and Briana are tested by a new relationship. Allison and Connor stumble upon a gruesome murder that hits close to home and tears them apart.

With changes to the prophecy, Vistrus must find out what the future holds for The Nation by uncovering the secrets of his wife’s past.

But corruption runs deep in the Chicago suburb of West Haven and the repercussions of the prom linger. The Legends must take matters into their own hands without losing themselves.