New Releases by Sharon Cramer

RISEN What if you stepped from a nightmare into a dream... ...and then back? Ravan, has been given a chance at a new life. His first task? …journey to save Nicolette from the tyrant who has taken her. Believing it will be a venture against all odds—a death mission—he discovers, instead, a world of happiness he’d never imagined possible. But old enemies lurk in unforgiving shadows, turning his newfound joy into the most unspeakable terror of his life. Now he must learn to depend on those most loyal to him while embarking on a flight like no other. The Turkish empire is his final destination as Ravan tries desperately to save his son. Little does he know Nicolette is fast on his heels to help in ways that only she can. Worlds collide in the Ottoman Empire as a dark mercenary, an enchantress, their son and the crippled girl he loves find the power to rise above and overcome for the noblest of all reasons… …perfect love. RISEN is the sequel to THE EXECUTION. Coming soon, the third in the trilogy, NIVEUS.

When three alien children take their parents’ ship, the Cerulean Star, out without their permission, no one knows. They are totally hidden when a galactic tsunami sweeps across their galaxy. Caught entirely unaware, they are swept violently into a dark matter thread. Now they are lost, with no way home. Two years later, the three aliens are still searching for a way home when they discover an unusual little planet—Earth. A small forest in Kansas appears to be the perfect, safe place to harvest oxygen. That is, until they are accidentally discovered. The human kids are not the only ones who’ve seen the beautiful, blue ship. Now the six children struggle to regain the ship and its precious freedom.

Marlow has a monster! And he doesn’t know what to do about it… Every night, the little pest visits Marlow’s room, only Mom and Dad can’t see it. In trouble on several fronts and at his wits end, Marlow decides the only option is to pawn the annoying visitor off on his baby sister, Sarah. However, all does no go as planned when Sarah helps Marlow to see his monster in a different light. Strikingly illustrated in black and white with only the monster in color, Marlow and the Monster is an award-winning picture book that is sure to become a family favorite as monster fears fly out the window, replaced with happy fun and friendship.

THE EXECUTION What if you had only one night to live…and you met someone worth dying for? Tomorrow…he would be dead Fourteenth Century France D’ata, a young priest, is a dark angel amid the death and despair of the medieval prison. As he enters the cell of the condemned man, the mercenary—the evil one—D’ata is immediately transfixed by the killer’s eyes. He is shocked to discover that the face of the murderer is his own, a mirror image of himself. The twins, unknown to each other until now, reveal the life events that brought them to this fetid dungeon, creating an unbreakable bond sealed with their darkest secrets. But with only hours until the execution, D’ata begins to question which man should truly be condemned. Should it be Ravan, the ruthless killer—a boy from an orphanage who suffered the unimaginable? Or, should it be himself, the man of God whose own tormented desires ended in the inescapable darkness of his own soul? As the sun rises, D’ata knows what he must do. Only one man would die…but two men would be free.

When Brother Cub falls ill, Sister Cub helps him seek the advice of their well intentioned forest friends.

Written and illustrated by Sharon Cramer, Cougar Cub Tales: Lost and Alone is the first in the children''s picture book series, Cougar Cub Tales. It is a hardbound edition of 37 pages and is illustrated with watercolors. The story is the first in the ongoing adventure series of a brother and sister cougar cub; it deals with the childhood issues of rivalry and conflict resolution and communicates to a child in a delightful, nonsensical rhyme. The tale is the prestigious winner of a Silver Award for Mom''s Choice Award for best picture book about family values.