Holly Black
All Books By Holly Black
A Giant Problem
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Andrew McCarthy
- Length: 1 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2008
- Language: English
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3.83(6919 ratings)
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the #1 New York Times bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles and get ready for the series soon to be streaming on Disney+ with this seventh installment in the fantastical adventures featuring updated text.
A Giant Problem was previously published under the series title Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles.
After his last tangle with the magical creatures in his stepsister’s field guide, Nick is looking forward to kicking back and beating Laura at video games. But when even more fire-breathing giants begin to wake up, it’s out of the frying pan and into the fire for the two siblings. Can they stop the giants before they destroy all of Florida?
Black Heart
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Jesse Eisenberg
- Length: 6 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
In a world where magic is illegal, Cassel Sharpe has the most deadly ability of all. With one touch, he can transform any object—including a person—into something else entirely. And that makes him a wanted man. The Feds are willing to forgive all his past crimes if he’ll only leave his con artist family behind and go straight. But why does going straight feel so crooked?
For one thing, it means being on the opposite side of the law from Lila, the girl he loves. She’s the daughter of a mob boss and though Cassel is pretty sure she can never love him back, he can’t stop obsessing over her. Which would be bad enough, even if her father wasn’t keeping Cassel’s mother prisoner until she returns the priceless diamond she scammed off him years ago. Too bad she can’t remember where she put it.
The Feds say they need Cassel to get rid of a powerful man who is spinning dangerously out of control. But if they want Cassel to use his unique talent to hurt people, what separates the good guys from the bad ones? With no easy answers and no one he can trust, love might be the most dangerous gamble of all.
... Read moreBook of Night
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Sara Amini
- Length: 12 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: May 03, 2022
- Language: English
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3.55(32569 ratings)
“Award-winning YA author Holly Black has created an imaginary masterpiece yet again with her first foray into adult fantasy, narrated with perfection by Sara Amini.” –AudioFile (Earphones Award Winner)
In the vein of Neil Gaiman and Erin Morgenstern, #1 NYT bestselling author Holly Black’s stunning new audiobook is a dark fantasy of betrayals and cabals with a dissolute thief of shadows at the center of it all.
Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn’t pick, a book she couldn’t steal, or a bad decision she wouldn’t make.
She’s spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie Hall.
Now, she’s trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but getting out isn’t easy. Bartending at a dive, she’s still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires. Not to mention that her sister Posey is desperate for magic, and that Charlie’s shadowless, and possibly soulless, boyfriend has been hiding things from her. When a terrible figure from her past returns, Charlie descends into a maelstrom of murder and lies.
Determined to survive, she’s up against a cast of doppelgangers, mercurial billionaires, gloamists, and the people she loves best in the world–all trying to steal a secret that will give them vast and terrible power
“Dark, strange, thick with mystery and twists–a story so believable in its magic, you’ll be keeping one eye on your shadow as you turn the pages.” –Leigh Bardugo, New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House
“If Neil Gaiman channeled Stephen King, the result might be this book…scintillating prose, whiplash twists, and a voice of character that demands to be heard from again.”– ames Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Starless Crown
“Heart, soul, and a bit of kink–The Book of Night is smart, decadent fun.”–Kelly Link, Pulitzer Prize Finalist
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books.
... Read moreDoll Bones
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Nick Podehl
- Length: 5 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
A doll that may be haunted leads three friends on a thrilling adventure in this delightfully creepy novel from the New York Times bestselling cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles.
Zach, Poppy, and Alice have been friends forever. And for almost as long, they’ve been playing one continuous, ever-changing game of pirates and thieves, mermaids and warriors. Ruling over all is the Great Queen, a bone-china doll cursing those who displease her. But they are in middle school now. Zach’s father pushes him to give up make-believe, and Zach quits the game. Their friendship might be over, until Poppy declares she’s been having dreams about the Queen—and the ghost of a girl who will not rest until the bone-china doll is buried in her empty grave.
Zach and Alice and Poppy set off on one last adventure to lay the Queen’s ghost to rest. But nothing goes according to plan, and as their adventure turns into an epic journey, creepy things begin to happen. Is the doll just a doll or something more sinister? And if there really is a ghost, will it let them go now that it has them in its clutches?
... Read moreEl principe cruel (The Cruel Prince)
- By: Holly Black
- Length: 14 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: BookaVivo
- Publish date: May 17, 2023
- Language: Spanish
El libro de fantasía juvenil más importante del año en Estados Unidos. Empieza la nueva saga de la autora superventas en todo el mundo, Holly Black.
Jude tenía siete años cuando sus padres fueron asesinados y, junto con sus dos hermanas, fue trasladada a la traicionera Corte Suprema del Reino Feérico. Diez años más tarde, lo único que Jude desea, a pesar de ser una mera mortal, es sentir que pertenece a ese lugar. Pero muchos de los habitantes desprecian a los humanos. Especialmente el Príncipe Cardan, el hijo más joven y perverso del Alto Rey. Para hacerse un hueco en la Corte, Jude deberá enfrentarse a él. Y afrontar las consecuencias. Como resultado, se verá envuelta en las intrigas y engaños del palacio, además de descubrir su propia habilidad para el derramamiento de sangre. Al tiempo que la guerra civil amenaza con arrasar las Cortes Feéricas, Jude se verá obligada a poner en riesgo su propia vida con una peligrosa alianza.
... Read moreEl rey malvado (The Wicked King)
- By: Holly Black
- Length: 11 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: BookaVivo
- Publish date: June 07, 2023
- Language: Spanish
TE DOLERÁ. EL DOLOR TE HACE FUERTE. Jude ha llegado a un acuerdo con el rey malvado, Cardan, y se ha convertido en el poder en la sombra. Navegar en un mar de alianzas plagado de traiciones constantes ya es lo bastante complicado, pero Cardan, encima, es terriblemente difícil de controlar y hace todo lo que puede para humillar y minar a Jude, aunque su fascinación por ella permanece intacta. Cuando resulta evidente que alguien cercano a Jude planea traicionarla, lo que no solo pondrá en peligro su vida sino también la de aquellos a los que más quiere, Jude deberá desenmascarar al traidor, luchar contra sus complejos sentimientos hacia Cardan y, pese a ser mortal, mantener el control del turbulento mundo feérico.
... Read moreHeart of the Moors
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Lucy Rayner
- Length: 6 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.88(1216 ratings)
WHEN MALEFICENT PUT A CROWN ON AURORA’S HEAD, SHE DIDN’T THINK SHE WAS PUTTING HER IN DANGER.
Ruling a kingdom is challenging under any circumstances. But Aurora–queen of Perceforest and queen of the Moors–is reigning under the weight of two crowns. Caught between the prejudices that divide her kingdom and eager to establish lasting peace, Aurora is determined to sign a treaty to unify the humans and the Fair Folk.
But as spiky dark flowers grow fiercely around Perceforest’s borders and a stable boy mysteriously disappears, tensions between humans and faeries are at a dangerous high.
It’s no help that Aurora hasn’t been sleeping. After all, how can she be certain she won’t wake a hundred years later? Moreover, she can’t be sure whom to trust. Her protective godmother, Maleficent; her sly advisor, Lord Ortolan; her devoted friend, Prince Phillip; and her new admirer, Count Alain, all claim to have her best interests at heart. And it soon becomes apparent that an underhanded plot poses unforeseen danger.
With not only her peace treaty but also the safety of her loved ones at stake, it’s up to Aurora to trust in her own heart and save her kingdom.
... Read moreHow the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 2 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: November 24, 2020
- Language: English
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4.23(98635 ratings)
Once upon a time, there was a boy with a wicked tongue.
Before he was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone. #1 New York Times bestselling author, Holly Black reveals a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame’s enigmatic high king, Cardan. This tale includes delicious details of life before The Cruel Prince, an adventure beyond The Queen of Nothing, and familiar moments from The Folk of the Air trilogy, told wholly from Cardan’s perspective.
This new installment in the Folk of the Air series is a return to the heart-racing romance, danger, humor, and drama that enchanted readers everywhere. Each chapter is paired with lavish and luminous full-color art, making this the perfect collector’s item to be enjoyed by both new audiences and old.
La reina de nada (The Queen of Nothing)
- By: Holly Black
- Length: 10 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: BookaVivo
- Publish date: July 11, 2023
- Language: Spanish
La exiliada reina mortal de Faerie, Jude, ya no tiene poder alguno y aún está recuperándose de la traición que ha sufrido. Pero está decidida a recuperar todo lo que le han arrebatado. Y su oportunidad llega cuando su hermana Taryn le pide ayuda porque su vida está en peligro. Jude deberá regresar a la traicionera corte de Faerie si quiere salvar a su hermana. Pero Elfhame no está como antes de que Jude se fuera. La guerra es inminente. Y Jude va a tener que entrar en territorio enemigo para retomar el sangriento juego de poder de los inmortales. Y, cuando una poderosa maldición se desate y cunda el pánico, Jude deberá elegir entre consumar su ambición o conservar su humanidad… SUPERVENTAS DEL NEW YORK TIMES. DERECHOS CINEMATOGRÁFICOS VENDIDOS A UNIVERSAL PICTURES. MEJOR SAGA DE FANTASÍA DE JOVEN ADULTO EN GOODREADS EN 2019.
... Read moreRed Glove
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Jesse Eisenberg
- Length: 7 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
Curses and Cons. Magic and the Mob.
Cassel always thought he was an ordinary guy, until he realized his memories were being manipulated by his brothers. Now he knows the truth—he’s the most powerful curse worker around. A touch of his hand can transform anything—or anyone—into something else. That was how Lila, the girl he loved, became a white cat. Cassel was tricked into thinking he killed her, when actually he tried to save her. Now that she’s human again, he should be overjoyed. Trouble is, Lila’s been cursed to love him. And if Lila’s love is as phony as Cassel’s made-up memories, then he can’t believe anything she says or does.
When Cassel’s oldest brother is murdered, the Feds recruit Cassel to help make sense of the only clue—crime-scene images of a woman in red gloves. But the mob is after Cassel too—they know how valuable he could be to them. Cassel is going to have to stay one step ahead of both sides just to survive.
... Read moreThe Bronze Key
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 2 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
Magic can save you. Magic can kill you.
Students at the Magisterium are supposed to be safe. Under the watchful eyes of the mages, they are taught to use magic to bring order to a chaotic world.
But now the chaos is fighting back. Call, Tamara, and Aaron should be worrying about things like pop quizzes and magic contests. Instead, after the shocking death of one of their classmates, they must track down a sinister killer . . . and risk their own lives in the process.
As Call, Tamara, and Aaron discover, magic can only be as good as the person who wields it. In evil hands, it has the capacity to do immeasurable harm—unless it is stopped in time.
In this striking third book of Magisterium, bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare present us with a school where anything—good or evil—can happen, and the only way to unlock the truth is to risk everything to find it.
... Read moreThe Coldest Girl in Coldtown
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Christine Lakin
- Length: 12 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 03, 2013
- Language: English
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3.84(60024 ratings)
The Copper Gauntlet
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 1 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
Callum Hunt’s summer break isn’t like other kids’. His closest companion is a Chaos-ridden wolf, Havoc. His father suspects him of being secretly evil. And, of course, most kids aren’t heading back to the magical world of the Magisterium in the fall.
It’s not easy for Call . . . and it gets even harder after he checks out his basement and discovers that his dad might be trying to destroy both him and Havoc.
Call escapes to the Magisterium — but things only intensify there. The Alkahest — a copper gauntlet capable of separating certain magicians from their magic — has been stolen. And in their search to discover the culprit, Call and his friends Aaron and Tamara awaken the attention of some very dangerous foes — and get closer to an even more dangerous truth.
As the mysteries of the Magisterium deepen and widen, bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare take listeners on an extraordinary journey through one boy’s conflict — and a whole world’s fate.
The Cruel Prince
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 12 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: January 02, 2018
- Language: English
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4.08(712227 ratings)
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By #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue.
Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.
And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.
Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.
To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.
In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.
... Read moreThe Darkest Part of the Forest
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 8 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: January 13, 2015
- Language: English
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3.87(56892 ratings)
A girl makes a secret sacrifice to the faerie king in this lush New York Times bestselling fantasy by author Holly Black
In the woods is a glass coffin. It rests on the ground, and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives….
Hazel and her brother, Ben, live in Fairfold, where humans and the Folk exist side by side. Since they were children, Hazel and Ben have been telling each other stories about the boy in the glass coffin, that he is a prince and they are valiant knights, pretending their prince would be different from the other faeries, the ones who made cruel bargains, lurked in the shadows of trees, and doomed tourists. But as Hazel grows up, she puts aside those stories. Hazel knows the horned boy will never wake.
Until one day, he does….
As the world turns upside down, Hazel has to become the knight she once pretended to be.
The Darkest Part of the Forest is bestselling author Holly Black’s triumphant return to the opulent, enchanting faerie tales that launched her YA career.
... Read moreThe Golden Tower
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 7 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
All good magicians come to an end.
Callum Hunt has been a hero and an outcast, a force of good and a portent of evil. While the doors of the Magisterium have been open to him, he has never felt entirely welcome. If anything, he has felt others’ resentment . . . and fear.
Now, as he begins his final year at the magical school, his place is less certain than ever. With one unique exception, he is estranged from most of his friends. A furtive darkness still hounds him. And the greatest challenge he will ever face is right around the corner.
In this monumental conclusion to the Magisterium series, bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare push Callum to the brink of annihilation, showing how magic has the ability to both save and doom, create and destroy.
... Read moreThe Iron Trial
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 3 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
Most kids would do anything to pass the Iron Trial.
Not Callum Hunt. He wants to fail.
All his life, Call has been warned by his father to stay away from magic. If he succeeds at the Iron Trial and is admitted into the Magisterium, he is sure it can only mean bad things for him.
So he tries his best to do his worst – and fails at failing.
Now the Magisterium awaits him. It’s a place that’s both sensational and sinister, with dark ties to his past and a twisty path to his future.
The Iron Trial is just the beginning, for the biggest test is still to come . . .
From the remarkable imaginations of bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a heart-stopping, mind-blowing, pulse-pounding plunge into the magical unknown.
... Read moreThe Lost Sisters
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 1 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: October 02, 2018
- Language: English
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3.45(41649 ratings)
Sometimes the difference between a love story and a horror story is where the ending comes…
While Jude fought for power in the Court of Elfhame against the cruel Prince Cardan, her sister Taryn began to fall in love with the trickster, Locke.
Half-apology and half-explanation, it turns out that Taryn has some secrets of her own to reveal.
The Lost Sisters is a companion e-novella to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince, by master writer Holly Black.
... Read moreThe Nixie’s Song
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Andrew McCarthy
- Length: 1 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2007
- Language: English
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3.74(10846 ratings)
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the #1 New York Times bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles and get ready for the series soon to be streaming on Disney+ with this sixth installment in the fantastical adventures featuring updated text.
The Nixie’s Song was previously published under the series title Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles.
The Spiderwick Chronicles leaves the old-fashioned charm of New England far behind and heads south for some fiendish faerie fun in the hot Florida sun. Eleven-year-old Nicholas Vargas only thinks his life has been turned upside down after his developer father remarries and moves his new wife and daughter into the soon-to-be completed Mangrove Hollow.
But an expedition to a nearby lake turns up a little nixie with a giant problem—the huge, lumbering, fire-breathing variety—and it’s up to Nick; his stepsister, Laurie; and his big brother, Julian to figure out the best way to stop a host of rampaging giants before all of Florida goes up in smoke.
The Queen of Nothing
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 9 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: November 19, 2019
- Language: English
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4.37(362456 ratings)
He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne
Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power.
Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan’s betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her twin sister, Taryn, whose life is in peril.
Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict’s bloody politics.
And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity . . .
The Silver Mask
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 1 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
Power over death is the ultimate power.
A generation ago, Constantine Madden came close to achieving what no magician had ever achieved: the ability to bring back the dead. He didn’t succeed . . . but he did find a way to keep himself alive, inside a young child named Callum Hunt.
Now Call is one of the most feared and reviled students in the history of the Magisterium, thought to be responsible for a devastating death and an ever-present threat of war. As a result, Call has been imprisoned and interrogated. Everyone wants to know what Constantine was up to — and how he lives on.
But Call has no idea.
It is only when he’s broken out of prison that the full potential of Constantine’s plan is suddenly in his hands . . . and he must decide what to do with his power.
In this spellbinding fourth book of Magisterium, bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare take us beyond the realm of the living and into the dangers of the dead.
The Stolen Heir
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 10 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: January 03, 2023
- Language: English
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4.23(7798 ratings)
- NYT Best Sellers
Return to the opulent world of Elfhame, filled with intrigue, betrayal, and dangerous desires, with this first book of a captivating new duology from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black.
A runaway queen. A reluctant prince. And a quest that may destroy them both.
Eight years have passed since the Battle of the Serpent. But in the icy north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel. There, she is using an ancient relic to create monsters of stick and snow who will do her bidding and exact her revenge.
Suren, child queen of the Court of Teeth, and the one person with power over her mother, fled to the human world. There, she lives feral in the woods. Lonely, and still haunted by the merciless torments she endured in the Court of Teeth, she bides her time by releasing mortals from foolish bargains. She believes herself forgotten until the storm hag, Bogdana chases her through the night streets. Suren is saved by none other than Prince Oak, heir to Elfhame, to whom she was once promised in marriage and who she has resented for years.
Now seventeen, Oak is charming, beautiful, and manipulative. He’s on a mission that will lead him into the north, and he wants Suren’s help. But if she agrees, it will mean guarding her heart against the boy she once knew and a prince she cannot trust, as well as confronting all the horrors she thought she left behind.
The Wicked King
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 10 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: January 08, 2019
- Language: English
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4.33(406379 ratings)
The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince.
The Wyrm King
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Andrew McCarthy
- Length: 2 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2009
- Language: English
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3.88(4730 ratings)
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the #1 New York Times bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles and get ready for the series soon to be streaming on Disney+ with this eighth and final installment in the fantastical adventures featuring updated text.
The Wyrm King was previously published under the series title Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles.
Nick and Laurie thought their worries were behind them when they drove all the giants into the sea. But now, the Grace kids have come to tell them they may have more trouble coming their way! It turns out the giants control the population of Hydra, a dragon-like creature that is creating sinkholes all over Florida. But with the mermaids refusing to return the giants to the shore, the nixies still missing and the threat of a destroyed Florida drawing closer, the kids have to take matters in their own hands.
Will Nick and Laurie be able to stop the destruction they unwittingly caused with the help of the Field Guide?
Valiant
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Renée Raudman
- Length: 7 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
When seventeen-year-old Valerie Russell runs away to New York City, she’s trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city’s labyrinthine subway system.
But there’s something eerily beguiling about Val’s new friends. Impulsive Lolli talks of monsters in the subway tunnels they call home and shoots up a shimmery amber-colored powder that makes the shadows around her dance. Severe Luis claims he can make deals with creatures that no one else can see. And then there’s Luis’s brother, timid and sensitive Dave, who makes the mistake of letting Val tag along as he makes a delivery to a woman who turns out to have goat hooves instead of feet.
When a bewildered Val allows Lolli to talk her into tracking down the hidden lair of the creature for whom Luis and Dave have been dealing, Val finds herself bound into service by a troll named Ravus. He is as hideous as he is honorable. And as Val grows to know him, she finds herself torn between her affection for an honorable monster and her fear of what her new friends are becoming.
White Cat
- By: Holly Black
- Narrator: Jesse Eisenberg
- Length: 6 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2010
- Language: English
Cassel comes from a family of curse workers—people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they’re all criminals. Many become mobsters and con artists. But not Cassel. He hasn’t got magic, so he’s an outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family. You just have to ignore one small detail—he killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago.
Cassel has carefully built up a façade of normalcy, blending into the crowd. But his façade starts to crumble when he finds himself sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a white cat that wants to tell him something. He’s noticing other disturbing things too, including the strange behavior of his two brothers. They are keeping secrets from him. As Cassel begins to suspect he’s part of a huge con game, he must unravel his past and his memories. To find out the truth, Cassel will have to outcon the conmen.