Bøger af Marella Sands

The Union Lost the Civil War a Long Time Ago! The Union ambassador is missing. More than a hundred years after the McClellan-Davis Accords ended the Civil War, tensions are still high between the Union and the Confederacy. But recent trade agreements and personnel exchanges have made both sides hope that good relations can be restored. That is, until the Union ambassador vanishes one night from the embassy in Perdition. Two agents are sent to investigate his disappearance. Delilah Thorn, a video surveillance analyst with zero field experience, has no idea why she's been sent on this operation, but her unshakeable faith in the Union convinces her that she must somehow have the right skills for the job. Her new partner, Dane Rook, is a seasoned veteran with a mysterious background-and a whole lot of skepticism about what their assignment entails. They've barely crossed into the Confederacy when the whole mission goes to hell. Separated, trapped in a hostile nation with no weapons or supplies, they slowly learn a terrible secret about the government just across their own border. Their lives depend on separating friend from foe and discovering the limits of their own endurance. Can they figure out not only how to survive, but also how to become agents of change in a brutal society that the world has left behind?

Getting away from the farm is all Hollis Fairfield can think about. But when the only job she can find is doing laundry at Camp Pinewood, she becomes a witness to horrific events she never dreamed could be real. Powerless to change anything, she despairs until her attention is snared by a young girl whom she vows to help. But what can one woman do when so much stands against her? Delilah Thorn is stuck in Atlanta engaged in diplomatic work and is desperate to get back into the field. She's had no word from her fellow agents for weeks and there's nothing she can do for them from afar. Now a prominent Confederate family is looking for assistance, and wants her to find their missing daughter. Thorn will have to go against orders to sneak back into enemy territory on a mission of mercy, unsanctioned by superiors and worth a court martial, even if she succeeds. Both women will have to face their deepest fears and come together in an act that will help forge the fate of nations.

A Union city is in danger of being wiped off the map. After an anthrax attack terrorized the Union's populace, Rook and Thorn have been busy attempting to figure out what the terrorist plan of Promised Land really means. The anthrax attack was merely the opening salvo. What's next? Now Rook and Thorn learn that the German Empire has created a bomb that can destroy entire cities, and that Confederacy president Bradenton has one and has plans to use it. Multiple Union cities have been targeted for terrorist attack, but the bomb can only be sent to one. How can Rook and Thorn discover which Union city is Bradenton's main target, then find it, and defuse it in time? Old friends stand beside them while new enemies block their path toward saving the Union from not only its enemies, but itself. The fifth book in the saga of Rook and Thorn brings more fast-paced action and engaging characters to this history of an alternate United States, and ties up their story in a rip-roaring fashion.

The first small gestures of rapprochement between the Union and the Free States brings not only hope for the future, but a new terror that no one had quite imagined. Disease attacks those at a governmental function, and those who have succumbed have only a small chance of survival.Can Rook and Thorn, partnered with agents from the Free States of America, get to the bottom of who is spreading disease and why before threats of plague and fire become more than mere hyperbole? Religion and politics swirl together to form a dangerous and explosive mixture from which no one may emerge unscathed.

Baton Rouge is the most alien place agent Delilah Thorn has ever been. Everything from the local cuisine to the alligators to the French-speaking populace works to keep her off-balance. Thorn is surrounded by potential enemies, a religion she does not understand, and deceit. Can she succeed in sorting through the conflicting information to understand why Louisiana has begun closing its death camps and has started to forge its own way independent of the rest of the Confederacy? Dane Rook has finally been cleared to go into the field full-time. Though it means time away from his personal life, he is excited to get back to what he does best, this time in a place he's never before visited: Louisiana. He is to be back-up to his old partner, Delilah Thorn. But forces conspire to keep them apart and his mission appears to be over before it even begins. The bayous hold many secrets, and their waters are deep and dark. Can Rook find Thorn, and together, can they determine who is friend, who is foe, and do their part to support those trying to bring Louisiana out of the darkness?

"The time for change has come; the cycle is nearly complete-Only a Bandryn hero can save your land."Lythera stood, stunned, as the voice faded away. Though the voice had not said so, the object in her hands had seemed to glint at her as if to tell her she was important, someone who would be needed when the change came. All over again, something was deciding her fate for her, and it wasn't even human, wasn't even from her own time...Lythera, the eldest daughter of an impoverished lord, has been sold to the king to pay her father's debts. But that humiliation soon gives way to alarm, as Lythera realizes that the world is changing in ways she doesn't understand. Separated from her lover and adrift in a world without a place to call her own, how can she find the courage and strength to save herself, let alone the kingdom?Yet if she can't find a way, the coming darkness will destroy whatever she is unable to protect.Praise for Fortune's Daughter from lovers of fantasy: "I've got my fingers crossed that this might become a series. Please, please tell me this is Book One!" Cheryl Medley"A beautifully written tale of a woman whose choices will lead her society into a new age. The need to find out what happens will keep you up well past your bedtime." Heather Clark-Evans"A delightful story, full of mystery, magic, romance, and a bit of steampunk. Perfect for young adult readers and lovers of cross-genres. I can't wait to read more stories about this world and the people in it. I loved this book!" Beth Bancrof

Fresh back from her errand for Ware in London, Teryl is ready to sit back and relax and not think about whatever conflict her boss and his kind are planning, or fearing. All she wants to do is hang out with her boyfriend and her pet hedgehog.But the Forlorn have other plans. A talisman collected by Teryl months before has gone missing, and that means deadly trouble is about to be visited upon St. Louis. Teryl will be forced to confront a new friend and face losing an old one.A war that spanned galaxies is about to be re-ignited. Who can Teryl turn to for help, and how can she prepare herself when her own fate seems to utterly out of her hands?