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The Witch of Lime Street

The true story inspired by real events chronicles the thrilling rivalry that simmered and grew more intense and mysterious as Harry Houdini and a panel of investigative experts embarked on a quest to debunk the world's most gifted and accurate psychic and spirit medium of the era, Margery Crandon, known as The Witch of Lime Street.

A Conspiracy of Paper

Set in early 18th century London against the backdrop of the beginnings of stock speculation and the retreat from a mineral-based currency, Benjamin Weaver, a Jewish former boxer living on the fringes of criminal society, becomes entangled with powerful financial giants.

Aru Shah and the End of...

Aru Shah, a twelve-year old girl of Indian descent, lives in an annex of the Museum of Ancient Indian Arts and Culture and is known to lie to her classmates at a rich Atlanta private day school to get them to view her traditional wardrobe as something exotic and not freaky.

Beautiful Ruins

In an Italian seaside village in 1962, a charming young man runs a hotel with no guests, until one day an American starlet, fresh from the set of Cleopatra, appears and captures his heart. Five decades later in Hollywood, a jaded assistant to a powerhouse producer gets caught up in the magic of his story, and takes it upon herself to find a happy ending.

Dune Messiah

Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known—and feared—as the man christened Muad’Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne—and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence.

Mean Moms

A happily married mother of two moves from small town America to the high class suburbs and is faced with confronting the cut throat world of competitive parenting.

On Beauty

Set in New England and London, a pair of feuding families find their lives, race and sexual politics increasingly intertwined.

Red Queen (series)

Set in a world where society is divided by the color of blood, a 17 year old girl must assume the role of a long-lost princess to save her family, while secretly aiding a revolution; her actions put into motion a deadly and violent dance, pitting prince against prince and her against her own heart.

Rendezvous with Rama

Two centuries from now, scientists detect a 10 trillion ton object, nicknamed "Rama," hurtling through Earth's solar system at an unfathomable speed. After deploying a space probe, it turns out: Rama is an extra-terrestrial spacecraft. The Spaceship Endeavor commander leads a team of astronauts discover a self-contained world of alien wonders and unknown purpose.

Shibumi

Details the struggle between the “Mother Company,” a conspiracy of energy companies that secretly controls much of the Western world, and a highly skilled assassin named Nicholaï Hel.

The Absolutely True Dia...

A teen named Junior, a budding cartoonist, grows up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, he leaves his troubled school on the reservation to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

The Giver of Stars

Set in Depression-era Kentucky and rooted in true events, the story of a group of young women who defy the odds to bring knowledge to a remote mountain community.

The Great High School I...

Follows Artur Samarin, a young Ukranian man who posed as a teenager so he could be adopted by a childless couple in a small Pennsylvania town and became the top student in his high school.

The Long Ships

Set in the 10th century, Red Orm, canny, courageous, and above all lucky boy, is abducted from his Danish home by Vikings and made to take his place at the oars of their dragon-prowed ships.

The Traveler

Set in the near future, a battle exists between the Tabula, which manages society through constant observation, and the Travelers, a nearly extinct group of people who can project their spirit into other dimensions.

Think of a Number

Detective Dave Gurney comes out of retirement in an attempt to solve a mysterious serial killing spree in upstate New York.

To the White Sea

During World War II, an aviator gunner is shot down over Tokyo while on a bombing raid. The man embarks on an intense and violent journey, physically and mentally, across hostile territory to return home alive by trekking to Alaska.

William Wenton and the ...

William Wenton, a 12-year old code-breaking genius, is trying to make sense of his dramatic escape from London to live in secrecy in sleepy little Norway. When his extraordinary talent for cracking codes is suddenly revealed, he faces the dangers that have been lurking around him for years.