New Releases by Carrie Vaughn

A brand-new Wild Cards novel, edited by New York Times #1 bestselling author George R. R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass

An unabridged collection of the “best of the best” science fiction stories published in 2013 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster. In “Zero for Conduct,” by Greg Egan, an Afghani teenager, living in a near-future Iran with her exiled grandfather, makes a game-changing superconductor discovery. A young girl struggles to survive on a planet, with a stringent class structure, where Doors are used to go off-world in “Exit, Interrupted,” by C. W. Johnson. “Pathways” by Nancy Kress, follows a teenage girl from a small Kentucky mountain town, in a near-future U. S., struggling with her family and culture as she seeks treatment for Fatal Familial Insomnia. In “Entangled,” by Ian R. MacLeod, an Indian woman, in a Britain turned upside down by a disease that links people’s minds, searches for answers to her personal catastrophe. In “The Irish Astronaut,” by Val Nolan, a colleague brings the ashes of an astronaut, who died in the Aquariusdisaster, to Ireland for final burial. In “Among Us,” by Robert Reed, a government agency goes to extraordinary lengths to identify and track the aliens among us. “A Map of Mercury,” by Alastair Reynolds, showcases the plight of a failed artist dispatched to retrieve an artistic genius from a collective of cyborgs parading across the face of Mercury. In “Martian Blood,” by Allen M. Steele, a researcher from Earth goes on an expedition into the untamed regions of Mars to extract blood from its natives. “The She-Wolf’s Hidden Grin,” by Michael Swanwick, set in the same milieu as Gene Wolfe’s “The Fifth Head of Cerberus,” follows the childhoods of two sisters on a planet far from Earth. Finally, in “The Best We Can,” by Carrie Vaughn, a frustrated scientist pursues first contact among an apathetic populace.

Celebrity werewolf Kitty Norville must help three soldiers, also werewolves and suffering from post-traumatic stress, to interact with people again in this latest entry in Carrie Vaughn''s bestselling series.

The farther we''ve gotten from the magic and mystery of the past, the more we''ve come to love Halloween - the one time each year when the mundane is overturned in favor of the bizarre, the "other side" is closest, and everyone can become anyone (or anything) they wish... and sometimes what they don''t. Introducing nineteen original stories from mistresses and masters of the dark celebrate the most fantastic, enchanting, spooky, and supernatural of holidays.

The twelfth book in Carrie Vaughn''s New York Times bestselling Kitty Norville series, Kitty in the Underworld As Denver adjusts to a new master vampire, Kitty gets word of an intruder in the Denver werewolf pack''s territory, and she investigates the challenge to her authority. She follows the scent of the lycanthrope through the mountains where she is lured into a trap, tranquilized, and captured. When she wakes up, she finds herself in a defunct silver mine: the perfect cage for a werewolf. Her captors are a mysterious cult seeking to induct Kitty into their ranks in a ritual they hope will put an end to Dux Bellorum. Though skeptical of their power, even Kitty finds herself struggling to resist joining their cause. Whatever she decides, they expect Kitty to join them in their plot . . . willingly or otherwise. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The latest novel in the Carrie Vaughn''s New York Times best selling urban fantasy series featuring werewolf Kitty Vaughn On the heels of Kitty''s return from London, a new werewolf shows up in Denver, one who threatens to split the pack by challenging Kitty''s authority at every turn. The timing could not be worse; Kitty needs all the allies she can muster to go against the ancient vampire, Roman, if she''s to have any hope of defeating his Long Game. But there''s more to this intruder than there seems, and Kitty must uncover the truth, fast. Meanwhile, Cormac pursues an unknown entity wreaking havoc across Denver; and a vampire from the Order of St. Lazaurus tempts Rick with the means to transform his life forever. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A compilation of stories by twenty-first century authors featuring paranormal investigators, occult detectives, ghost hunters, and monster fighters.

The latest novel in the New York Times bestselling series

Fall under the intoxicating spell of their hex appeal... In the magical world that lies hidden beneath our own, witches and conjurers play deadly games. They know just the right spell to kill a man with one kiss—or raise him back again. And they''re not afraid to exact sweet revenge on those who dare to cross them. But what if you''re the unlucky soul who falls victim to a conjurer''s curse? And if you had the power to cast a magic spell of your own, would you use it? In this bewitching collection, nine of today''s hottest paranormal authors tell all-new, otherworldly tales. Spellbinding stories featuring bigfoot, albino vampires, professional wizards, resurrected boyfriends and even a sex droid from the twenty- third century named Silicon Lily. But as our conjurers are about to discover, it''s all fun and games until someone gets hexed. And sometimes, even the best spun spells can lead to complete and utter mayhem. Includes Stories From: Ilona Andrews Jim Butcher Rachel Caine Carole Nelson Douglas P. N. Elrod Simon R. Green Lori Handeland Erica Hayes Carrier Vaughn

La licántropa más famosa, la locutora de radio Kitty Norville, prefiere ser oída y no vista. Pero cuando es invitada a comparecer en una sesión del Senado en representación de los seres sobrenaturales, su rostro copará la televisión nacional. Kitty sabe lo que es estar en una situación comprometida, pero su desembarco en el averno de la ciudad la acarreará nuevos problemas? Y le granjeará nuevas amistades y enemistades, incluyendo a la reina vampira de la ciudad, un hombre jaguar increíblemente sexi y un senador paranoico y fanático religioso que quiere mostrar a Kitty como un monstruo. Esta aprenderá que siempre hay una batalla que librar en la ciudad de la corrupción y las traiciones.

High School Summer Reading List 2015.

Kitty Norville, disc jockey de una emisora de radio de Denver, es una mujer lobo no reconocida. Cansada de que sus oyentes le pidan siempre las mismas canciones, comienza de manera accidental un nuevo programa, Kitty a medianoche, un consultorio radiofónico para seres sobrenaturales con problemas. Cuando hombres lobo, brujas y vampiros desesperados de todo el país comienzan a llamar para compartir sus penas, su nuevo programa se convierte en un gran éxito y las cosas empiezan a ponerse feas. Con un atractivo cazador de hombres lobo y unos cuantos no muertos con instintos homicidas pisándole los talones, Kitty pronto descubrirá que quien mucho abarca, poco «muerde»?

A story collection inspired by the Kitty Norville series features new adventures and original tales for such favorite characters as Denver''s Master vampire Rick, werewolf T.J., and reluctant vampire Emma.

When her investigations into Wyatt Earp, vampire hunter, and the government''s use of werewolves in combat lead her to San Francisco, Kitty Norville, along with her friends, becomes a pawn in the supernatural Long Game, which has been played by vampires through the millennia.

It was a slender length of rusted steel, tapered to a point at one end and jagged at the other, as if it had broken. A thousand people would step over it and think it trash, but not her. This was the tip of a rapier. Sixteen-year-old Jill has fought in dozens of fencing tournaments, but she has never held a sharpened blade. When she finds a corroded sword piece on a Caribbean beach, she is instantly intrigued and pockets it as her own personal treasure. The broken tip holds secrets, though, and it transports Jill through time to the deck of a pirate ship. Stranded in the past and surrounded by strangers, she is forced to sign on as crew. But a pirate''s life is bloody and brief, and as Jill learns about the dark magic that brought her there, she forms a desperate scheme to get home—one that risks everything in a duel to the death with a villainous pirate captain. Time travel, swordplay, and romance combine in an original high-seas adventure from New York Times bestseller Carrie Vaughn.

Discovering a magical storeroom in a house she is destined to inherit, Evie Walker finds a cache of mythological and legendary artifacts that she is charged to keep out of the hands of villains who threaten the world with apocalyptic violence.

In this fast-paced monster mash-up, creatures of the night face the fight of their lives when they square off against one another on TV''s first all-supernatural reality show. Talk radio host and werewolf Kitty Norville is expecting cheesy competitions and manufactured drama starring shapeshifters, vampires, and psychics when she signs on for TV''s first all-supernatural reality show. But as soon as filming starts, violence erupts, and Kitty suspects that the show is a cover for a far more nefarious plot. When the cameras stop rolling, cast members start dying, and Kitty realizes that she and her monster housemates are -- ironically -- the ultimate prize in a very different game. Stranded with no power, no phones, and no way to know who can be trusted, she must find a way to defeat the evil closing in . . . before it kills them all.

A collection of short horror stories that involve werewolves, including selections from Peter Bell, Amanda Downum, Laura Anne Gilman, Carrie Vaughn, C.E. Murphy, Erzebet YellowBoy, and others.

Werewolf Kitty Norville returns in this action-packed story of paranormal investigations, full moons, curses,and cults -- sometimes what happens in Vegas doesn''t stay in Vegas. Kitty and Ben flee The City That Never Sleeps, thinking they are finished with the dangers there -- but the sadistic cult of lycanthropes, led by a vampire priestess, has cursed Kitty in retaliation for the disruption of its rituals. She enlists the help of a group of TV paranormal investigators -- one of whom has real psychic abilities -- to help her get to the bottom of the curse that''s been laid on her. Rick, the Master vampire of Denver, believes a deeper plot lies behind the curse, and he and Kitty argue about whether or not to accept the help of a professional demon hunter -- and vampire -- named Roman, who arrives a little too conveniently in the nick of time. Unable to rely on Rick, and unwilling to accept Roman''s offer of help for a price, Kitty and her band of allies, including Vegas magician Odysseus Grant and Kitty''s own radio audience, mount a trap for the supernatural being behind the curse, a destructive force summoned by the vengeful cult, a supernatural being that none of them ever thought to face.

Werewolf Kitty Norville and her mate Ben face-off against werewolf-hating bounty hunters -- on their honeymoon, no less --in this suspenseful follow-up to Kitty and the Silver Bullet. Already the alpha pair of Denver''s werewolf pack, Kitty and Ben are planning to tie the knot human-style by eloping to Vegas. Kitty is looking forward to sipping fru-fru drinks by the pool and doing her popular radio show on live TV -- but her hotel is stocked with werewolf-hating bounty hunters. Elsewhere on the Strip, an old-school magician might be wielding the real thing; the vampire community is harboring a dark secret; and the irresistible star of a suspicious animal act is determined to seduce Kitty. Sin City has never been so wild, and this werewolf has never had to fight harder to save not only her wedding, but her very life.

After getting caught turning wolf on national television, Kitty retreats to a mountain cabin to recover and write her memoirs. But this is Kitty, so trouble is never far behind, and instead of Walden Pond, she gets Evil Dead. When werewolf hunter Cormac shows up with an injured Ben O''Farrell, Kitty''s lawyer, slung over his shoulder, and a wolf-like creature with glowing red eyes starts sniffing around the cabin, Kitty wonders if any of them will get out of these woods alive...

Kitty''s radio show is as popular as ever and she has a boyfriend who actually seems to understand her. Can she finally settle down to a normal life? Not if this is just the calm before the storm. When her mother falls ill, Kitty rushes back to Denver--and right back to the abusive pack of werewolves she escaped a year ago. To make matters worse, a war is brewing between the city''s two oldest vampires, threatening the whole supernatural community. Though she wants to stay neutral, Kitty is again drawn into a world of politics and violence. To protect her family, her lover, and herself, she''ll have to choose sides. And maybe become what she hates--a killer.

In this tantalizing sequel to Kitty and the Midnight Hour, celebrity werewolf and late-night radio host Kitty Norville returns to take on dirty politicians in America''s capital. Kitty Norville prefers to be heard and not seen. So when she''s invited to testify at a Senate hearing on behalf of supernaturals, and her face gets plastered on national TV, she inherits a new set of friends. She also inherits a new set of enemies, including the vampire mistress of the city; an über-hot Brazilian were-jaguar; and a Bible-thumping senator who wants to expose Kitty as a monster. Kitty quickly learns that in this city of dirty politicians and backstabbing pundits, everyone''s itching for a fight.

In this action-packed story of supernaturals, a werewolf talk show host for the supernaturally disadvantaged has bitten off way more than she can chew. Kitty Norville is a midnight-shift DJ for a Denver radio station. She''s also a closeted werewolf. Her new late-night advice show for the supernaturally disadvantaged is a raging success, but it''s Kitty who can use some help. With a sexy werewolf-hunter on her tail -- and a few homicidal undead following her every move -- Kitty''s about to face the fight of her life.