Henry Carter Hull

Charlie Howard, a crime writer, thief, and amateur magician, is a bit jealous when he sees his agent, Victoria, being charmed at a Las Vegas roulette table by illusionist Josh Masters, so he decides to break into Master's hotel room and help himself to a safe full of casino chips, which makes him feel better until Masters disappears and he and Victoria are charged by the casino with cheating.

Robbie Darko is an old-school, pull-a-rabbit-out-of-your-hat-style magician, but despite his best efforts, something always goes wrong with his tricks until crotchety Grandma Melvyn moves in and teaches him something about the true meaning of magic.

The final installment of the award-winning Bridge of D'Arnath epic fantasy series by Carol Berg. Fear of the Lords' final curse is only one reason Gerick never intended to return to the land of Avonar. Now, he must investigate a refugee from the desert--the charismatic D'Sanya, D'Arnath's own daughter (so she claims), newly released from a thousand-year captivity. Only the deep-buried memories of Gerick's life as the Fourth Lord--memories that he...

From New York Times bestselling author Maria V. Snyder Return to the realms of Sitia and Ixia, where a young glass magician becomes ensnared in a deadly power struggle that may cost her everything… Opal Cowan, glass magician-in-training, has discovered a terrifying and powerful new ability: she can steal the power of other magicians. And that makes her too dangerous to be set free. Ordered to house arrest by the Council, Opal defies them to search...

Shakespeare meets Dante as Miranda races to gather her siblings and rescue her father…from Hell. Prospero, the exiled sorcerer made famous in William Shakespeare's play, The Tempest, has endured throughout many centuries. His daughter Miranda runs the family business--Prospero, Inc.--so smoothly that most of modern humanity has no idea that the Prosperos' magic has protected Earth from repeated disasters. But old Prospero himself has been kidnapped...

A violent fugitive who cannot speak, who has no past. A disgraced noblewoman who would rather forget her past. And a world of magic that has turned against both of them. Seriana Marguerite, daughter of a warrior house, once believed that intelligence, determination, and love could avert the consequences of youthful rebellion. She was wrong. Violating the singular tenet of the Four Realms-that sorcery and all who practice it must be reported...

"Beyond Ixia, the roots of magic run deep... After the discovery of her magical abilities leads to an execution order, Yelena has no choice but to flee to Sitia, her long-lost birthplace. There, she has the chance to meet the family she never knew. But Sitia is unfamiliar, and she's treated with suspicion and even hatred by the people she thought she could trust -- including her own brother. Then Yelena is given the chance to travel to Sitia's capital....

An alternate-history reimagining of the Faust legend from the Nebula Award–winning author of Stations of the Tide   Taking as his canvas the classic tale of the temptation of Faust-made famous by such literary luminaries as Goethe, Marlowe, and Mann-author Michael Swanwick paints a fresh vision of the dangers posed by the pursuit of knowledge. Set in Old World Germany, this tale of science and damnation begins with the great scholar Dr. Johannes...

An omnibus edition of the trilogy that's "chock full of hellish horrors" (Mike Allen, author of Unseaming ). Saddle up for a wild ride through "boundary-busting horror-fantasy . . [that] fully delivers both sizzling passions and dark chills" ( Publishers Weekly ). A Book of Tongues Pinkerton agent Ed Morrow is going undercover to infiltrate an outlaw gang led by former Confederate chaplain Asher Rook. But there is someone else who has Rook in her...