In a distant future strangely altered by mankind's folly, two brothers reenacted an ancient struggle -- Ramon, the cruel heir to a mighty empire, and Morgan, denied his rightful title by an accident of birth, who challenged him to preserve the freedom of humanity's children.
In considering the consequences of these nineteenth-century attitudes on twentieth-century Puerto Rico, Kinsbruner suggests that racial discrimination continues to limit opportunities for people of color.
In the shadows of Nocturne City, witches lurk and demons prowl, and homicide detective Luna Wilder must keep the peace—while living life as a werewolf. Now bodies are turning up all over town, the brutal murders linked by a cryptic message: We see with empty eyes... To make matters worse for Luna, she can't get wolfishly handsome Dmitri Sandovsky out of her mind. The last time he helped her with a case, Dmitri suffered a demon bite that infected him with a mysterious illness...and now his pack elders have forbidden him from associating with Luna. But she'll need his help when high-level witches start turning up slaughtered. Because a war is brewing between rival clans of blood witches and caster witches—a magical gang war with the power to burn Nocturne City to the ground.
The D'yavol pack is ruthless, vicious, and the only thing they desire in life is power. Their hunger for dominance is only reinforced when they enter Brighton, South Carolina and stumble upon Britt Thompson and her dog, Troy.Britt's life is anything but normal, and it only grows more strange when she and her family discover just how unique their two German Shepherds, Troy and Lenny, really are. Britt and Troy quickly find themselves at the top of the D'yavol pack's hit list and know that they are Brighton's only chance to defeat them. It's hard being a teenager, but it's even harder being Britt Thompson.
That the Blood Stay Pure traces the history and legacy of the commonwealth of Virginia's effort to maintain racial purity and its impact on the relations between African Americans and Native Americans. Arica L. Coleman tells the story of Virginia's racial purity campaign from the perspective of those who were disavowed or expelled from tribal communities due to their affiliation with people of African descent or because their physical attributes linked them to those of African ancestry. Coleman also explores the social consequences of the racial purity ethos for tribal communities that have refused to define Indian identity based on a denial of blackness. This rich interdisciplinary history, which includes contemporary case studies, addresses a neglected aspect of America's long struggle with race and identity.
Gear up for swashbuckling adventure in the second “riveting”* historical thriller in the internationally acclaimed Captain Alatriste series. The fearless Alatriste is hired to infiltrate a convent and rescue a young girl forced to serve as a powerful priest’s concubine. The girl’s father is barred from legal recourse as the priest threatens to reveal that the man’s family is “not of pure blood” and is, in fact, of Jewish descent—which will all but destroy the family name. As Alatriste struggles to save the young hostage from being burned at the stake, he soon finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into a conspiracy that leads all the way to the heart of the Spanish Inquisition.
Anna Immaculada begins her freshman year of college, hungry for a new beginning. When a mythology assignment leads her to investigate mysterious creatures called the Nephilim, her research begins haunting herliterally. And these demons arent the only ones pursuing her; amidst this darkness, a warm spirit with sparkling, emerald eyes has been invading her dreams. Annas first touch from this green-eyed angel sends electric power coursing through her veins. He gazes on her affectionately, for he knows something she doesnt. She is pure, untainted by angel blooda direct descendant of Noah. He is here to protect her from the dark forces that hunt her for this purity, but at what cost? If she gives into her desire for him, he could be bound in chains until judgment. Can she survive this evil long enough to figure out a way to love her Watcher and keep him on Earth?
After her mother's murder, seventeen-year-old Alex returns to the Covenant, a school for pure and half-mortal descendants of gods, and begins intense training to combat daimons, but her training becomes complicated by a forbidden attraction to her pure-blood trainer Aiden and a revelation about her past.
The Pureblood Society By: Kristen Boyens Following the secret society of humans and vampires, this love story tell the tale of Liliana, a young high schooler who finds herself mixed in an unknown world with some very dangerous creatures. With humans setting up an agreement with vampires in exchange for land, money, and other valuables, Liliana finds herself stuck in a battle of her own. She can either flee the society she’s always loathed or accept her fate of being with Xavier, a pureblood vampire with dark secrets. Fighting evil along the way, Liliana, in the face of a betrayal and violence, must decide if her hatred of the society should cost her what her heart has always longed for.