This Just In! (2/19/2012)

New Teen Fantasy

The Door Within (Wayne Thomas Batson)

Three ancient scrolls beckon high school student Aidan Thomas to enter a realm of knights, kings, and unusual creatures, but he must rely on instinct and his latent athletic ability to deal with the terror, tempest, and treason offered by this new world.

Girl of Fire and Thorns (Rae Carson)

A fearful sixteen-year-old princess discovers her heroic destiny after being married off to the king of a neighboring country in turmoil and pursued by enemies seething with dark magic.

The Outcasts (John Flanagan)

Skandian outcasts Hal, Stig, and others do battle at sea against the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race across icy waters where not everyone thinks of the competition as play.

Dungeons and Dragons: Shadowplague

A pirate-turned mercenary, a halfling rogue, a dwarven paladin, an elven exile, and a half-human, half-demon sorceress join together to form a mercenary company to fight the forces of evil. (Graphic Literature)

Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Sun. Ianto’s Tomb

After tremendous earthquakes destroy the Earth’s major cities, an ancient evil emerges, turning ordinary people into hunters, killers, and insane monsters but a small group of teens comes together in a fight for survival and safety. (Graphic Literature)

Dwarves (Markus Heitz)

Abandoned as a child, Tungdil the blacksmith labors contentedly in the land of Ionandar, the only dwarf in a kingdom of men. Although he does not want for friends, Tungdil is very much aware that he is alone – indeed, he has not so much as set eyes on another dwarf. But all that is about to change. Sent out into the world to deliver a message and reacquaint himself with his people, the young foundling finds himself thrust into a battle for which he has not been trained. Not only his own safety, but the life of every man, woman and child in Girdlegard depends upon his ability to embrace his heritage. Although he has many unanswered questions, Tungdil is certain of one thing: no matter where he was raised, he is a true dwarf. And no one has ever questioned the courage of the Dwarves.

War of the Dwarves (Markus Heitz)

Tungdil and the dwarves’ victory over the Nod’onn is interrupted by an invading army of Orcs that has been reinforced by near-supernatural powers, a situation that is further compounded by the dark lord Tion’s plotting descendants.