New Releases by Tessa Gratton

Fans of Neil Gaiman, Holly Black, and Maggie Stiefvater will embrace the richly drawn, Norse-influenced alternate USA in book two of Gods of New Asgard. Signy Valborn was seven years old when she climbed the New World Tree and met Odin Alfather, who declared that if she could solve a single riddle, he would make her one of his Valkyrie. For ten years Signy has trained in the arts of war, politics, and leadership, but the answer finally comes in the form of enigmatic poet Ned the Spiritless, who tells Signy she must kill a Greater Troll Mother and claim its heart. But when you follow the god of sacrifice and poetry, everything is a riddle, and nothing is safe. Unfortunately, Signy is running out of time. Accompanied by an outcast berserker named Soren Bearstar, she and Ned take off across the ice sheets of Canadia to hunt the mother of trolls and claim Signy''s destiny-as monstrous as it may be.

"In the United States of Asgard, Astrid Glyn leaves her sacred apple orchard for the first time in almost two years to search for the boy she loves, Soren Bearstar, who has gone missing"--

"In an unassuming corner of Brooklyn, a young woman learns to be ladylike, to love context, and to speak her mind from a very curious sort of tutor. In a faraway land convulsed by war, a young soldier hears the desert''s curious hum as he disarms bombs with the person he doesn''t know how to love. In a place so shriveled by drought that any drowning is a curiosity, a young writer tries again and again to tread water beneath the surface of a vast and unusual sea. Three new stories complete with commentary on the creative process from three acclaimed young adult authors working at the height of their powers."--Amazon.com.

Three novellas of dragons, neeaged gods, and the end of the world.

From acclaimed and New York Times bestselling YA authors Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff comes The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories. ? A vampire locked in a cage in the basement, for good luck. ? Bad guys, clever girls, and the various reasons why the guys have to stop breathing. ? A world where fires never go out (with references to vanilla ice cream). These are but a few of the curiosities collected in this volume of short stories by three acclaimed practitioners of paranormal fiction. But The Curiosities is more than the stories. Since 2008, Maggie, Tessa, and Brenna have posted more than 250 works of short fiction to their website www.merryfates.com. Their goal was simple: create a space for experimentation and improvisation in their writing?all in public and without a backspace key. In that spirit, The Curiosities includes the stories and each author''s comments, critiques, and kudos in the margins. Think of it as a guided tour of the creative processes of three acclaimed authors.

The seventeen original stories in Defy the Dark, an eerie, mind-bending YA anthology, could only take place in darkness. Open the pages and discover: A creepy guy who stares too long. The secrets of the core of the earth. Dreams of other people’s lives. A girl who goes mad in the darkness. Monsters in Bavaria. A generational spaceship where night doesn’t exist. And other mysteries and oddities. The contributors to the enthralling collection are: Sarah Rees Brennan, Tessa Gratton, Rachel Hawkins, Christine Johnson, Valerie Kemp, Malinda Lo, Myra McEntire, Saundra Mitchell, Sarah Ockler, Jackson Pearce, Aprilynne Pike, Dia Reeves, Beth Revis, Carrie Ryan, Jon Skovron, Courtney Summers, and Kate Espy, winner of the Defy the Dark new author contest.

In Yaleylah, Missouri, teens Silla and Nick, drawn together by loss and a shared family history of blood magic practitioners, are plunged into a world of dark magic as they try to unravel the mystery of Silla''s parents'' apparent murder suicide.

Paranormal romance fans who are looking to up the ante will be drawn to this tale of horror, fantasy, and romance. For Mab Prowd, the practice of blood magic is as natural as breathing. It''s all she''s ever known. Growing up on an isolated farm in Kansas with other practitioners may have kept her from making friends her own age, but it has also given her a sense of purpose—she''s connected to the land and protective of the magic. And she is able to practice it proudly and happily out in the open with only the crows as her companions. Mab will do anything to keep the ancient practice alive and guard its secrets. But one morning while she is working out a particularly tricky spell she encounters Will, a local boy who is trying to exorcise some mundane personal demons. He experiences Mab''s magic in a way his mind cannot comprehend and is all too happy to end their chance meeting. But secrets that were kept from Mab by the earlier generations of blood magicians have come home to roost. And she and Will are drawn back together, time again by this dangerous force looking to break free from the earth and reclaim its own dark power. "The power of this narrative lies in the gorgeous prose, lush with a gothic sensibility, ripe with sensual images of horrific beauty. . . . Passion, heartbreak, yearning and dread bleed from every page. A perfect book for those who loved Wuthering Heights and are looking for an essentially American gothic."--Kirkus Reviews

Mab est la fille de Josephine Darly, la redoutable sorcière qui a tué les parents de Silla dans Blood Magic. Elle a hérité des pouvoirs de sa mère et, pour elle, pratiquer la magie du sang est aussi naturel que respirer. Mais contrairement à Josephine, elle n’utilise son don qu’à bon escient. Un jour, alors qu’elle manipule une dangereuse malédiction, celle-ci lui échappe et contamine Will, un jeune et bel inconnu. Dès lors, le garçon est hanté par d’horribles cauchemars et des événements étranges surviennent autour de lui. Mab se sent d''autant plus coupable qu''elle en tombe amoureuse... En voulant le sauver, elle va pourtant se trouver confrontée à la réapparition d''un dangereux sorcier et ses talents de magicienne du sang vont être mis à rude épreuve...

Julie et Richard héritent d''une grande propriété mais, sur son lit de mort, leur père a été formel : « Rampling Gate » est hantée, elle doit être détruite pierre par pierre. Pourtant, après l''avoir visitée, les jeunes gens tombent sous le charme de la vieille demeure. Ils ne peuvent se résoudre à exécuter l''ordre de leur père, d''autant plus que les villageois y sont, eux-aussi, très attachés. Ils s''y installent. Quelques temps plus tard, un rêve étrange tire la jeune fille de son sommeil. Elle descend dans leur salon et se retrouve face au Maître de Rampling Gate. Dans ce recueil, 10 nouvelles, dont un inédit de la maîtresse du fantastique : Anne Rice.

Silla ha descubierto el poder mágico de la sangre y ahora debe enfrentarse a un enemigo inmortal... TE BUSCARA. TE ENCONTRARA. TE POSEERA. Con solo una gota de tu sa ngre, la magia sabrá quién eres# Para Silla y Nick, el cementerio es el centro de todo. Allí se conocieron y allí han visto nacer la magia más poderosa de todas cuantaspuedan existir: la que se realiza con hechizos de sangre. Recurriendo a ella, todo se vuelve posible: desde regenerar una simple hoja muerta# hasta vivir para siempre. Con la ayuda de un libro de magia que ha llegado a sus manos de forma misteriosa, Nick y Silla irán adentrándose en un mundo oscuro y fascinante que les revelará algunas de las piezas que conforman el puzle de sus vidas y su pasado. Pero todavía hay cosas que no saben: alguien les observa de muy cerca y ansía apoderarse de todo cuanto les pertenece# Reseña: «Adoro este libro.» Maggie Stiefvater, autora de Temblor

In Yaleylah, Missouri, teens Silla and Nick, drawn together by loss and a shared family history of blood magic practitioners, are plunged into a world of dark magic as they try to unravel the mystery of Silla''s parents'' apparent murder suicide.