2008 Releases – Page 5 – LDS Publisher

Last Wish: Passage of Promise by Tom Roulstone

Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc.

Release Date: June, 2008

ISBN:

Size: 6×9, softcover

Genre: Historical Romance

Ken drew his eyes from the grave and stared up at the gray outline of the Wasatch Mountains, etched into a cerulean sky. The mountains had always given him a sense of security, of permanence. But now with Karen’s death, they too seemed insubstantial.

As her health quickly fades, Ken Sanderson’s wife, Karen, pleads with him to remarry so he won’t be left to raise their children alone. But Ken can’t imagine living without his beloved wife of five years. When Karen dies, he wonders if he could ever let another woman take her place.

Struggling to move on with his life, Ken finds comfort in family, the gospel, and a longtime friend, Nell, an admired actress from London whose generosity has never been far away.

But that comfort quickly turns to fear when Ken finds out that Stephen Langton, the man who wants him dead, has escaped from jail. Now he’s after Nell, and Ken knows he’s the only one who can save her.

As Ken travels the world for Nell, he realizes that his feelings for her run deeper than he thought. But will Ken’s grief, Nell’s engagement to her pompous manager, and Stephen Langton’s deadly plots keep them apart forever?

Mended Hearts by Connie Angeline

Title: Mended Hearts

Author: Connie Angeline

Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc.

Release Date: June 2008

ISBN:

Size: 6×9, softcover

Genre: Romance

When Sydney Chase convinced her boyfriend to take her on a sailing trip, she never imagined that a terrible storm would claim his life. Five years later, Sydney is still consigned to a life of sorrow and self-punishment, but finds solace in teaching horseback-riding lessons at her grandfather’s ranch. If only he would stop setting her up on dates with guys she’s definitely not interested in.

After Grandpa Gabriel promises to end his matchmaking scheme, Sydney is both surprised and frustrated when yet another young man shows up at the ranch to meet her—even though this is a particularly attractive one. But he says he’s just there for the horses.

As Jackson and Sydney work together to breed Sydney’s favorite mare, Sydney struggles to face her past and forgive herself for her boyfriend’s death. Will she be able to overcome her fears and embrace new hope? And will she have strength enough to let love into her life again?

Trust Me by Brenda Novak

Title: Trust Me (The Last Stand, vol. 1)

Author: Brenda Novak

Publisher: Mira Books

Release Date: June 1, 2008

ISBN: 978-0778324126

Size: 448 pages, softcover

Genre: Thriller

Series: Stop Me (vol. 2), Watch Me (vol. 3)

(Caution: May contain objectionable content)

Four years ago, Skye Kellerman was attacked in her own bed. She managed to fend off her knife-wielding assailant, but the trauma changed everything about her life. As a result of that night, she joined two friends—also survivors—in starting The Last Stand, an organization to help victims of crime.

But now, her would-be rapist is getting out of prison. Skye knows that Dr. Oliver Burke hasn’t forgotten that her testimony cost him his reputation—and his freedom. Sacramento detective David Willis, who investigated her case, believes Burke is a clear and present danger—and guilty of at least two unsolved murders.

And now Burke is free to terrorize Skye again. Unless David can stop him. Unless Skye can fight back. Because Oliver Burke has every intention of finishing what he started. And that’s a promise. Trust me.

A Merger…or Marriage? by RaeAnne Thayne

Title: A Merger…or Marriage?

Author: RaeAnne Thayne

Publisher: Silhouette

Release Date: June 1, 2008

ISBN: 978-0373249039

Size: 224 pages, 4×6, softcover

Genre: Romance

To snag a coveted promotion, financial whiz Anna Wilder had to close one last important deal: the takeover of her hometown hospital, Walnut River General. Black Sheep Anna had never felt like she’d fit into the respected Wilder clan, and now her job was making the proposed merger personal—especially when she met her opponent in the boardroom!

Richard Green was the savvy attorney—and ex-love—determined to foil her plans. After one unbelievable kiss years ago, Anna had run far away from her home, her insecurities and the man who made her pulse quicken. But perhaps her return was a second chance in disguise. Could Richard convince Anna that this merger was bad business…and take over her heart instead?

With Every Breath by Lynn Kurland

Title: With Every Breath

Author: Lynn Kurland

Publisher: Jove

Release Date: May 27, 2008

ISBN: 978-0515144703

Size: 400 pages, 4×6, softcover

Genre: Romance

Sunshine Phillips’ heart lies in Scotland, a land of rain, legend, and dangerously handsome Highland lords. She longs to call the magical place home, but after a day which includes such delights as blackening the eye of her lecherous boss and changing a flat tire in a chilly spring deluge, she’ll settle for an evening spent curled up in front of a fire with a cup of tea. But what Sunny wants is not what Sunny gets…

When Robert Cameron pounds on Sunny’s door, he isn’t paying a social call. With one brother killed in battle and another fighting for his life, the medieval laird has braved a trip onto enemy soil to fetch the MacLeod witch, a crone rumored to have healing powers. But the woman who opens her door to him is enchanting and young—and not from his century.

Now, it seems that they’ve both found just what they need—if only time will let them keep it.

The Vow by Rebecca Winters

Title: The Vow

Author: Rebecca Winters

Publisher: Harlequin

Release Date: January 1, 2008

ISBN: 978-0373654260

Size: 288 pages, 4×6, softcover

Genre: Romance

I’ve loved you more than any man has ever loved a woman. If I get out of this alive, I vow never to let a day or night go by without telling you that.

When his plane goes down in a Montana blizzard, pilot Nick Marsden is stranded with little more than notepaper, a pen and his memories. As he struggles to stay alive, he recalls the past in barely legible letters to his wife, Stefanie. Nick’s always believed that actions speak louder than words. But now words are all he has.

It all comes back: their tumultuous high school courtship, the disapproval of family and friends, a separation that almost undid them. And their marriage— with its many blessings and a loss for which Nick has always blamed himself.

Now he must fight the odds again to return to Stefanie. And there are three words he has to say to her when he does….

His Second-Chance Family by RaeAnne Thayne

Title: His Second-Chance Family

Author: RaeAnne Thayne

Publisher: Silhouette

Release Date: January 1, 2008

ISBN: 978-0373248742

Size: 224 pages, 4×6, softcover

Genre: Romance

Teacher Julia Blair is deeply grateful to Sage and Anna for giving her and her seven-year-old twins a temporary home in their rambling Victorian mansion—and for their friendship. She has loved Brambleberry House since childhood, when her family used to rent a nearby cottage every summer just down the beach. Julia certainly does not expect to encounter her first crush living next door.

As a local Cannon Beach boy, Will Garrett had stolen her heart all those years ago. But this Will is different from the boy she had known—he is now bitter and reclusive, angry at the world. Julia and her children only remind him all too painfully of what he has lost, but still he is drawn to her.

Can both of them move beyond the pain of their respective pasts to forge a new future together? They might have a shot, especially with the help of a couple of mischievous matchmakers …

United We Stand by Wendie L. Edwards

Title: Millenial Glory vol. 7: United We Stand

Author: Wendie L. Edwards

Publisher: Seventh Seal Publishing

Release Date: April 21, 2008

ISBN: 978-0971222885

Size: 335 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Speculative

Series: Hidden Light (vol. 1), Wars of Light (vol. 2), Apocalypse the Unveiling (vol. 3), The Ascension (vol. 4), Hanging by a Thread (vol. 5), Justice of Affliction (vol. 6)

Reeling from the sudden collapse of the American government, the Rogers family struggles to gain control of their world. Eventually, the UN sends food and financial relief to Utah, but requires each person to give up their American rights and submit to international laws in return for support. A computer chip is implanted in each new international citizen and each receives entrance into a new global economy.

The LDS community is surprised as the Prophet sends a message by ham radio to every stake advising all to refuse the computer chip and instead, to look to each other for their needs. Now each must make a choice: do they listen to the Prophet and lose the privileges of economy but maintain their identity and faith, or do they submit to the UN and give up every freedom America ever stood for?

Each citizen makes their own choice and communities are fractured, but the righteous are rewarded with spiritual gifts and power as independent tent cities rise all over America under the glorious banner of the flag. They enjoy miracles and blessings beyond their expectations! For country, for liberty, for freedom—for GOD! United We Stand!

Jee’s Bones by W. Dave Free

Title: Jee’s Bones

Author: W. Dave Free

Publisher: Leatherwood Press

Release Date: 2008

ISBN:

Size: 5.5×8″, softcover

Genre: Children

Jeremy, nicknamed Jee, lives on a desert ranch where his family keeps a fledgling shrimp farm. A sharp and savvy kid with a passion for prehistory, Jeremy bursts with excitement when he finds a dinosaur skull in the ranch backcountry. But he and his family soon realize the discovery is more than they bargained for. After being washed with water from a nearby spring the skull transforms into a live ornithomimus, a great ostrich-like dinosaur with yellow eyes, a sharp beak, and an enormous appetite. Fearing that public involvement will harm the creature, which Jeremy names Fuji, the Free family keeps it hidden in a cave on their property. But before long, a meddling professor catches wind of the discovery and demands access to the ranch land. And when this Professor Stutts and his band of armed thugs arrive to take the ranch by force, Jeremy must use all his wits and skills to keep his family and Fuji alive.

Journey of the Heart by W. Dave Free

Title: Journey of the Heart

Author: W. Dave Free

Publisher: Leatherwood Press

Release Date: 2008

ISBN:

Size: 5.5×8″, softcover

Genre: YA

Steve is a typical teenage boy immersed in the material things of the world. He was raised by active LDS parents who taught him the right, but he has never experienced the fire and truth of the Gospel. Instead he has just gone through the motions. The morning he tells his parents he is not going to serve a mission is the same morning he is in a serious skiing accident. When he wakes up he discovers that he is a on a train and about to embark on a trek across the states to Utah.

While with the pioneer company he struggles with his desires to return home and his knowledge that many of the pioneers will die. In the process he learns that the truth is worth any amount of sacrifice. He also meet a young girl, traveling on her own because her parents disowned her when she joined the church. She becomes Steve’s friend and confidant and has an impact on his life Steve could have never imagined.

Freshman for President by Ally Condie

Title: Freshman for President

Author: Allyson Condie

Publisher: Shadow Mountain

Release Date: May, 2008

ISBN: 978-1590389133

Size: 304 pages; 5.5×8″, softcover

Genre: YA

Fifteen- year- old Milo J. Wright and his best friend, Eden, are crazy to even consider participating in the election for President of the United States of America, aren’t they? Never mind that Milo is twenty years too young. Never mind the fact that he’ll have to balance the election with school, his lawn- mowing job, soccer practice, and trying to understand girls. There are times in life when you just have to go for something, no matter how impossible. Readers will discover that everyone, no matter what age, has something valuable to say.

A Modest Proposal by Michele Ashman Bell

Title: A Modest Proposal (The Butterfly Box)

Author: Michele Ashman Bell

Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc.

Release Date: May, 2008

ISBN:

Size: 6×9, softcover

Genre: General, Women’s

All my life I had dreamed of changing the ordinary girl’s world of fashion by designing modest formal gowns—ones that you’d actually want to wear. With my super-hero stitching I would save you mothers and daughters crying in dressing rooms over yet another “the straps are just too small” prom dress. Don’t worry, I even thought of a catchy tagline for my brand: “Modest Is Hottest.” I told you I was good!

So I moved to New York and am finally living that dream . . . well, almost. I am at one of the top fashion companies, and my designs are definitely modest—but let’s face it, when it comes to outerwear, would you want to buy a skimpy trench coat? Didn’t think so.

Even though I don’t have my dream job, my family is a mess, and my love life stinks, I have a feeling things are going to change. I mean, they have to soon, or I’ll be forced to marry Jace. I did promise to become his wife only if I turned thirty and was still single, but I honestly didn’t think it was possible. Now twenty-nine, I’m cutting it way too close. Right now I’m flying back to Utah for our Butterfly Girls reunion. And since it is the Mormon Mecca, I might find myself a modest proposal. Utah engagements can take mere weeks. Never mind, I’m not that desperate. Really.

But maybe the girls can help. We’ve been best friends since high school. We Butterfly Girls are not the typical Pink Ladies, although we’ve definitely had our share of drama. We’ll laugh and cry over memories, from pageant glory to tragic endings, but the ones stored inside our butterfly box will surprise you most. We only open it when we’re all together, and our lives never seem the same after.

Free Men and Dreamers: Twilight’s Last Gleaming by L.C. Lewis

Title: Free Men and Dreamers: Twilight’s Last Gleaming (vol. 2)

Author: L. C. Lewis

Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc.

Release Date: May, 2008

ISBN:

Size: hardcover

Genre: Historical

Series: Dark Sky at Dawn (v0l. 1)

While cannons roar and rockets ignite American skies, disease ravages the upper Connecticut Valley. Few notice the sufferings of the families . . . of a single child . . . a remarkable lad named Joseph. Attentions are forced elsewhere on the Chesapeake, which guards the entrance to the infant nation’s threatened capital.

It is the height of the War of 1812. As the beleaguered American forces begin to rally, Britain’s military is divided between battlefronts on two continents. Until Napoleon can be toppled and all of the Crown’s resources can be diverted to the American campaign, Britain needs a tactical diversion. They attack the Chesapeake Bay!

Lieutenant Jed Pearson heads to war, leaving his beloved Willows estate in the care of powerless freed slaves. But soon circumstances will blur the line between adversary and friend, family and foe, British and American.

In this second volume of the epic historical series Free Men and Dreamers, witness the saga of five families caught in the tumult of the oft-forgotten war that cemented American liberty and set the stage for the great work of the Restoration.

Finding Dad by Alma J. Yates

Title: Finding Dad

Author: Alma J. Yates

Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc.

Release Date: May, 2008

ISBN:

Size: 6×9, softcover

Genre: General

Porter Huggins has never been so thankful for the tinted windows of his shiny Mercedes. He hopes they are dark enough to hide him from the unforgiving neighbors in the small town of his youth. When he drove away years ago, no one understood how he could leave behind his wife, Allyson, and their small son, Alma.

After years on a road leading nowhere, Porter has finally started to get his life on track. He’s active in the Church and his business is successful. However, his relationship with his son has deteriorated to annual birthday cards and even less frequent visits. Then came the phone call. Allyson is dead.

Now Porter is back in Utah to reclaim his son. However, Alma will leave the only life he’s known under one not-so-simple condition—his broken-down truck must come too. Even if Porter has to push it the entire five hundred miles to Eager, Arizona.

Join acclaimed storyteller Alma Yates on a heartwarming journey of faith, redemption, and forgiveness as this father and son come to learn that their relationship, like the old truck, is worth fixing.

Waiting for the Light to Change by Annette Haws

Title: Waiting for the Light to Change

Author: Annette Haws

Publisher: Bonneville Books/Cedar Fort

Release Date: May 2008

ISBN: 978-1-59955-156-2

Size: 340 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: General

Sarah’s had difficult years before—what high school teacher hasn’t?—but this year is the worst. Although Sarah’s managed as a single mother well enough, she’s frequently exhausted and still angry at the curves life has thrown her way. Shepherding her painfully shy daughter, Jenny, through high school as well as the return of her ex-husband after a twelve-year absence shakes Sarah’s fragile equilibrium. Additional trouble comes through the classroom door as Sarah winds up in a disastrous war with two senior boys who are determined to undermine Sarah and dominate her debate team.

Anger and revenge, joy and frustration, and ultimately consequences trap Sarah, her students, and her children as they all learn—through tragedy—that love isn’t ownership and that only forgiveness can heal families.

With the backdrop of an American high school, this is a story for anyone who understands that growing up is a life long process, but it is also a story about the dedicated people who teach children. Annette Haws has a clear, steady voice as she opens a w indow into the troubled world of adolescent angst and the lives of teachers trying to see into that world.

The Great and Terrible: From the End of Heaven (Vol 5) by Chris Stewart

Title: The Great and Terrible: From the End of Heaven (Vol. 5)

Author: Chris Stewart

Publisher: Deseret Book

Release Date: May 10, 2008

ISBN: 978-1590388587

Size: 336 pages, hardback

Genre: Speculative

Series: Prologue, The Brothers (vol.1), Where Angels Fall (vol. 2), The Second Sun (vol. 3), Fury and Light (vol. 4)

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What happens when the world goes dark?

The battle of good against evil intensifies in the darkness of an EMP-devastated America. The electromagnetic pulses that wiped out the country’s entire electrical grid have reduced people to an almost animal existence. While those with good hearts pull together to help each other, those inclined to evil find free reign for the rage that Satan and his minions are stirring up in their hearts.

For Sara Brighton, the time is fast approaching when she must face the frightening realities her husband, Neil, warned her about before his death. Sam’s problem is more immediate: How can he get his family to a safe place? Bono is still trying to get to his family, and Azadeh is struggling to find her role in the family that has reached out to welcome her in. Meanwhile, the followers of Satan plot to take over the government of the United States and remake it to fulfill their own greed and lust for power.

The situation for all of these people is desperate, but even in a world gone mad, there are moments of hope, the possibility of miracles, and help from the other side of the veil. Discover the truth: The last days are terrible, but they are also great. Don’t miss the next gripping volume in this landmark series!

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

Title: The Host

Author: Stephenie Meyer

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Release Date: May 6, 2008

ISBN: 978-0316068048

Size: 624 pages, Hardcover

Genre: Speculative, Romance

Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.

Wanderer, the invading “soul” who has been given Melanie’s body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn’t expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

Melanie fills Wanderer’s thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves-Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body’s desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she’s never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.

Featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel that will bring a vast new readership to one of the most compelling writers of our time.

The Book of Jude by Kimberley Heuston

Title: The Book of Jude

Author: Kimberley Heuston

Publisher: Front Street

Release Date: April 2008

ISBN: 978-1-932425-26-0

Size: 232 pages, Hardcover

Genre: YA

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A brilliant young woman’s fight against a debilitating psychological illness is set against the historical events of the Prague Spring and the anti-Soviet struggles in Czechoslovakia. When Jude’s mother gets a fellowship to go to Prague to study, Jude’s world is thrown into chaos. The teenage girl feels threatened and isolated. It turns out her whole family is going, but still Jude feels adrift. When she arrives in Prague and discovers that their life in the embassy compound is closely circumscribed by rules and regulations and that they are closely watched at all times, she begins to suffer even more. Desperate to break out of the constraints imposed on her and her family, Jude sneaks out one night only to encounter a security crackdown on students and dissenters. Although she makes it home safely, her consciousness continues to deteriorate as she fluctuates in and out of rationality. Only when Jude steals a friend’s car and drives into the countryside does the true seriousness of her condition become apparent to her family. Then the long road to recovery begins.

Promise of Spring by Kristen McKendry

Title: Promise of Spring

Author: Kristen McKendry

Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc.

Release Date: April 2008

ISBN: 978-1598115491

Size: 6×9, softcover

Genre: Romance

Melinda Keith was never a “farm person.” She grew up in Albuquerque with electric lights, gas heating, and two cars in the driveway. But after a painful divorce, she decides that life on an isolated farm in the Texas panhandle is exactly what she needs. Fiercely independent, Melinda is determined to live completely off the land and keep other people at a distance.

But then Ryan Delaney, a handsome widower with a two-year-old son, moves in next door. He insists on helping Melinda with her farming chores and is stubborn enough to make Melinda’s carefully built walls of self-isolation begin to crumble.

Meanwhile, sinister acts of vandalism make it clear that not everyone is happy about Ryan Delaney’s arrival. Whoever is behind them wants him gone—and is willing to resort to just about anything. Will Ryan and Melinda’s blossoming relationship be able to withstand the storms?

Dragon Flight by Jessica Day George

Title: Dragon Flight

Author: Jessica Day George

Publisher: Bloomsbury Books

Release Date: April 28, 2008

ISBN: 978-1599901107

Size: 272 pages, 5.5×8, hardback

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy

Series: Sequel to Dragon Slippers

With the Dragon Wars over, Creel finds herself bored with life as a seamstress. Then word comes that a bordering country has been breeding dragons in preparation for an invasion. Never one to sit around, Creel throws herself headlong into an adventure that will reunite her with her dragon friend Shardas, pit her against a vicious new enemy and perhaps rekindle a friendship with Prince Luka that seems to have gone cold.

In far off Citatie, Prince Luka has made an alarming discovery: the southern country’s entire army is mounted on dragons, and they plan to attack Feravel. It’s up to Creel to gather her dragon friends and lead them south, first as spies, then as soldiers, in a battle against an unexpected enemy. But the Citatian dragons outnumber those from Feravel, and some of Creel’s friends are still recovering from the first dragon war. Will they be able to win this fight, and will they still have a home to return to even if they do?

Silhouette by Nancy Cratty

Title: Silhouette

Author: Nancy Cratty

Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc.

Release Date: April 2008

ISBN: 978-1598115439

Size: 6×9, softcover

Genre: General

She closed her eyes and remembered that cold December night many years ago. Every detail played in her mind. Even the scents and chill of the night were vivid in her memory. And the silhouette. That horrible silhouette that haunted her thoughts and dreams. She tried to remember details of the dark form, but there were none. If only she . . . had made a different choice the night her young son disappeared. If only she hadn’t made that drastic mistake.

Seventeen years ago, Leah and Garrett’s three-year-old son was abducted. And for seventeen years they’ve been searching for him. Now, with their emotional and physical resources exhausted, Garrett feels that they need to face reality—Austin is never coming back.

But Leah can’t let go, and her obsession with finding Austin takes a terrible toll on her relationship with her husband and their two daughters. The family is on the brink of collapse. Then a stranger appears who changes everything—perhaps not for the better. Compelling and stirring, Silhouette is a story of love, loss, and redemption, with real-life parallels that will affect the reader long after the last page is turned.

Home Again at Last by Jerry Borrowman

Title: Home Again at Last

Author: Jerry Borrowman

Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc.

Release Date: April 2008

ISBN: 1598115316

Size: 330 pages, hardcover

Genre: Historical

Series: As Time Goes By (v.1); ‘Till the Boys Come Home (v.2); I’ll Be Seeing You (v.3)

Britain has been battling the Second World War for three discouraging years. Nazi Germany is at the pinnacle of its power. But now, with the Americans drawn into the monumental conflict, a critical turning point has been reached. First Lieutenant Michael Carlyle is being transferred from captaining a motor torpedo boat close to home in the English Channel to fighting against the Germans and Italians in North Africa.

As Michael fights on the unforgiving Mediterranean shores of North Africa and the rugged countryside of Italy and Southern France, his father, Lord Philip Carlyle, undertakes a special diplomatic mission to Washington, D.C., and the White House. His hope is that he can ease the burdens of the American soldiers who must pass through Britain on their way to the liberation of Europe. Little does Phillip know that his son and family friend, Jules Ellington, are on a mission that places their lives in mortal peril.

Experience drama and heroism in this poignant and exciting chronicle of the greatest conflict in human history—a story of how America and Britain worked in a unique and enduring partnership to secure freedom in the war that forever changed the world.

Fablehaven: The Grip of the Shadow Plague by Brandon Mull

Title: Fablehaven: The Grip of the Shadow Plague (Vol 3)

Author: Brandon Mull

Publisher: Shadow Mountain

Release Date: April 21, 2008

ISBN: 978-1590388983

Size: 5.5×8, 480 pages, hardback

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy

Series: Fablehaven (vol. 1), Rise of the Evening Star (vol. 2)

Strange things are afoot at Fablehaven. Someone or something has released a plague that transforms beings of light into creatures of darkness. Seth discovers the problem in its infancy, but as the infectious disease spreads, it becomes clear that the preserve cannot hold out for long.

In dire need of help, the Sorensons question where to turn. The Sphinx has always given sound advice—but is he a traitor? Inside the Quiet Box, Vanessa might have information that could lead to a cure—but can she be trusted?

Meanwhile, Kendra and members of the Knights of the Dawn must journey to a distant preserve and retrieve another hidden artifact. Will the Society of the Evening Star recover it first? Will the plague eclipse all light at Fablehaven? Find out in Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague.

Keeper of Dreams by Orson Scott Card

Title: Keeper of Dreams

Author: Orson Scott Card

Publisher: Tor Books

Release Date: April 15, 2008

ISBN: 978-0765304971

Size: 656 pages, hardback

Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy; short story collection

Multiple Hugo- and Nebula-winner Card offers short, revealing commentaries on these 22 compelling short stories, novelettes, and novellas, noting that short work has inspired some of his best and best-known long fiction. These short science fiction, fantasy and “literary” stories, along with a handful of Hatrack River tales (related to the Alvin Maker series) and four stories “written by a Mormon, about Mormon culture, for Mormon readers,” illustrate Card’s fascination with complex child protagonists, touchingly portrayed in “Inventing Lovers on the Phone”; absorption with moral dilemmas, wrapped up in family love and tensions in “Worthy to Be One of Us”; and new views of old traditions, familiar and discomfiting in “Homeless in Hell” and “Christmas at Helaman’s House.” Card intended several of the included stories, like the powerful “In the Dragon’s House,” to open novels not yet written, but even on their own they provide significant examples of his perennial themes: morality, salvation and redemption.

This book is not eligible for a Whitney Award.