Bøger af Meyari McFarland

Eliza's comfortable life ended when her beloved grandmother died. Her cousin Sandra swooped in and took it all, from the house to Eliza's beloved dog, Miki. Nothing Eliza did worked but the one thing she would never give up on was saving Miki, no matter what it took. Bottling the Cold, Hard Heart is a cozy mystery where family and tradition are the true threats to life, love and liberty.

Youneda's life was as comfortable as it could be for an aging dragon with a horde of pottery instead of gold or jewels. One day he received a message that drew him out of his comfortable suburban lair and down to the glittering magical city of Belleview, WA. Once there, he confronted not a relic of the Opening but his own past and memories of a fire that had haunted him for decades. Memories of Fire is an urban fantasy focused on history, memory and the persistence of fear long after the cause has fled.

Everyone has plans for Haruka's life. They assume she'll marry her best friend Shahzad, youngest son of Lord Bilal of Breding Manor. They assume she's a pretty face with no mind or will of her own. Fatima's plans for her life had fallen apart around her ears. Her father and twin sister Zainab were at each other's throats, no matter how Fatima tried to keep the peace. Then Fatima's father, Count Rafi, offered her hand in marriage to Haruka with the assumption that Haruka would be delighted to accept. After a swift, firm denial, it was up to Haruka and Fatima to craft a future together that held not just their happiness but their families' as well. Crafting Home is a sweet romance where patience and determination bring the rewards both girls seek.

Dahlia had a problem: a stalker with powers that threatened not just her life but also her carefully crafted identity. Jacks had a problem, too: a magical doom that had destroyed his entire family. Only by trusting each other can they solve the problems destroying their lives. Midwife to Divinity is an urban fantasy focused on strength, challenges and claiming what you thought you'd left behind.

As her older sister's wedding begins, Keiko struggles to cope with a level of society she has never prepared for. Raised a peasant, Keiko is now a member of nobility. Despite that, she longs for the simplicity of her rural peasant life but her family's choices mean that Keiko will never go home again. Worse, everyone at the wedding assumes that Keiko will marry her future brother-in-law, Ammad, despite Keiko's fascination with the visiting Lady Tamami. Following the Trail is a sweet romance where cruel gossip and sheer determination create a trail to a new life that promises everything Keiko could ever want.

Ewould had spent his life in an uneasy compromise between his true self and the pressures of his parents and society. No matter what body he'd been born with, he was male. That changed the day he buried his husband. Come what may, Ewould decided to seize his destiny and set for to transform himself into the person he should always have been. Transformations is a powerful fantasy story of truth, identity and forcing the world to accept you as you truly are.

Meyari McFarland returns to the world of Mouse and Snake in a story of finding ones place in a whole new world. Kyle lived at the very base of the Web, the hugely complicated suspension system over drowned Seattle that supported a city of displaced people. Including him, an immigrant from space who had fallen in love with life in the Web itself. The one person who kept him safe was his cat Blue, though. Blue is a tender cyberpunk story of pets, the bonds forged by survival in inhospitable places and the power of love to conquer all.

Kinipela fought with her magic, strictly controlling the need to work the weather and waves surrounding her island. The broken heart left behind by Moanna, her ex-wife, made control that much harder. Then Kinipela's little brother arrived with news of storm clouds approaching against the wind, pulling Kinipela out of her grief and into a battle against her heart, her magic and everything she thought she was. Boiling the Ocean Away is a story of magic, loss, life and discovering your true self that is sure to excite.

Eashana knew, to the core of her being, that something was wrong. Her sisters were never this silent. But as she drifted towards the airlock, silence echoing in her ears, she also knew that they might not survive this disaster even if they worked together. From the Night is a SF story of family, history and facing danger when your home becomes the greatest threat to your survival.

When friendship is betrayed, there are always consequences. Riley knows this just as well as her former friend Torey did. Yet he wrote a book betraying everything Riley had shared, betraying magic and life itself. In a world where the magic that flows through your soul determines your gender, Riley uneasily exists between the witches and warlocks. Will vengeance open a path to a better life for Riley or destroy every future? Center is a thought-provoking story of gender, magic and destiny that is sure to entice.

After Shizuka's father suffered a terrible accident, she took on the challenge of apprenticing to the nobility of Ambermarle in the hopes of learning a new career that could cover for his medical care. Breding Manor surprised her with more than just career opportunities. Two potential romances with the Lord's oldest son Ammad and his willful daughter Nabeela promised a new path that Shizuka could never have imagined. A New Path is a sweet romance where second chances lead to something wonderful for everyone involved.

Meyari McFarland returns to the world of Mouse and Snake in a story of a found family and the cycles of life. Ben's terraced garden, cut high into the mountainside where few dared to work, was his pride and joy, source of his family's food. Twenty years of working it had taught him every nook and cranny, leaving few surprises until the cool spring day he found a beaten and abandoned toddler by the blackberry bushes. Child of Spring is a tender cyberpunk story of family, the bonds forged by working the earth together and the inevitability of death even in the far future.

Meyari McFarland returns to the world of Mouse and Snake in a story of a mother's love struggling to protect her child. Banan had never been violent. She left that to Nakato, her daughter Rafah's best friend, and her other friends. But the relentless attacks against Rafah both emotionally and now electronically had her contemplating violence on a grand scale. As Banan ventured into the electronic world of the net, she discovered that the threats to Rafah were far greater than a mere broken heart. If Banan didn't get to the heart of it, she could lose not only her daughter but also her life. Electric time is a dramatic cyberpunk story set in a decaying future where global warming has won and humanity scrapes along in a world falling to pieces around them.

The last thing Mari expected when she and her sisters arrived in Aingeal City with a load of Dana trade goods was to land squarely in the middle of a marriage alliance. But with a Delbhana plot threatening everyone, that's what Mari had.Question was whether Mari could bear to leave the open road for city life and marriage?Though Dana Gavin made the idea far more tempting than Mari expected.

Refugees from a drought that destroyed their homeland, Lesedi and her family settled in a new land with a whole new climate. Lesedi struggled to find her place not only in this new society but also in her family's weather magic. One rainy day brought Lesedi despair and hope that she never expected to find. Bringing the Rains is a poignant fantasy short story about gender identity and finding one's path when everything changes.

Bot smasher Nakato dedicated her life to taking the broken tech other people had abandoned and turning it into robots designs that the world had never seen. Only two things drew her from her home high in the Web: her best friend Rafah and commissions for customers she liked. Those two things drew Nakato out of her comfortable rut when a commission for prosthetic arms for the orca War Tooth revealed just how much she had left to learn at the same time that Rafah fell into an abusive relationship that threatened her very life. Mods is a thrilling cyberpunk story set in the Mouse and Snake universe that's sure to excite.

Noa's life revolved around scavenging for valuables left behind when global warming melted the ice caps and flooded Seattle. Her little nest in the Web was all she had other than her flipper and the precious cybernetic mods her Ma had gotten her. It was a hard life but all that Noa knew. One day, a month or so after a drift-ship nearly ran into the Web's support struts, Noa explored somewhere new. What she found threatened to either end her life or transform it forever. Unfortunately, the only person she could call on for help was War Tooth, military outcast cyborg orca from the local pod. Without his assistance Noa's one chance at a better life might drift away before she had a chance to catch it. Scavenger is an exciting cyberpunk story of survival, hope and the bonds that can form at the margins of society.

Ruby's world, the artificial jungle suspended from a web of synthetic cables, threatened to collapse around her. A larger than normal storm had driven a drifting ship towards the support stanchions that held up the web. She swam with War Tooth, the military outcast cyborg orca of the local pod, to secure it and save everyone she knew. But securing the ship was only the beginning of Ruby's fight for survival. The seas and all the creatures living in it was a bigger threat to her survival than any wayward ship. The Web is an exciting cyberpunk struggle to survive in a world that's surrendered to global warming and rising seas that is sure to excite.

Deadly danger reveals incredible powers. Those Gifted with eight Factors erupt into superheroes when faced with death. Only to discover that greater threats lurk under their new world. Meyari McFarland crafts a world where greatness lurks inside of everyone but who can say who the true villains are? The collection includes: Shadow Dreams Eruption Event Foster Home Valkyrie Intruder

Young dragon Marikellian traveled through dimensions, exploring the universe. It was lonely but Marikellian didn't mind. Much. At least until he encountered a deadly dimension like none he'd ever seen. Sucked in to be eaten, he gambled on his wits and will power. If he won, he would save all of his people's lives but that meant influencing the evolution of a new breed of deadly predators: Humans.

Maria hated Anthony. The teachers at their school doted on Anthony and joined him in bullying anyone that Anthony targeted. He was Gifted and Maria wasn't so Maria was always wrong. Then Anthony's bullying took on overtones that frightened Maria. She couldn't let Anthony do that to her. Or anyone else. No matter what it cost her, Maria had to stop him. Somehow.

Collecting six varied stories, Infinite Dreams examines what it means to be a woman facing a hostile world. In Dragon Rider's Song, a young woman returns to her mother's home only to find romance and understanding waiting for her. Monsters from outer space threaten in Darkness Rising. Jade Claws stretches the definition of what it means to be a person and shows that even monsters have hearts. Cloud Cover returns to the world of Dragon Rider's Song for a thrilling dragon-back escape from sure death. Then in Ghosts of the Dead, the stories of those who died before are the true ghosts holding back women's lives. The second Infinite collection highlights Meyari McFarland's varied worlds and takes us on an exploration of where dreams can lead.

Madoka did not know what in the little village had compelled so much attention. Despite Madoka's intention to spend no more than a matter of weeks, Madoka had been in the village for several years. It had been long enough for Madoka to watch little Hoshiko grow from a babbling toddler to a shy near-adult. The quiet period ended when Hoshiko's uncle decided that rape was an appropriate method of proposing marriage. Madoka abandoned the human disguise that had concealed Madoka's true form to teach him and Hoshiko's parents their mistake. Doing so sparked a change in Hoshiko that revealed exactly what had kept Madoka in the village for so long. Jade Claws is a tale of dragons in ancient Japan and discovering that the mistakes of the past do not have to be transmitted to the future.

Survival was hard enough but when your space station was half destroyed and the population was slowly trickling away it became even harder. Paulina lived with the scars of the accident that had nearly killed their station. She wasn't sure if she could live with the plan her lover Tina and their friends had come up with to revive the station's failing future. It was hard enough to live with the ghosts of the dead in her heart. Paulina wasn't sure she could stand to be surrounded by them all the time. Ghosts of the Dead is a near future SF story of recover from disaster, regaining your strength and moving into the future.

The mission went wrong from the beginning. Leto and her messenger dragon Cloud Song were left scrambling to make sure that the plans they'd stolen from the enemy camp made it home to their commanders. At first, Leto thought that their team would be able to get out together. Then a patrol found them and Leto had to flee on Cloud Song's back. If they could just distract the enemy dragons then their team might survive. Leto directed Cloud Song ever higher into the sky in hopes that they could lure the pursuit away. Cloud Cover is a tense fantasy adventure set in an alternate ancient Greece with dragons.

Archaelaos: Distant island where men ruled, against all the laws of nature.When Anwyn's friend Iola got a letter to come home, Anwyn decided to go with her. A quick trip to a strange land might also get the Dana a new trade deal.What could go wrong?But the trip revealed plots against the Dana that Anwyn could never have anticipated. If she wasn't careful, Anwyn could doom everyone she loved.

Kia's life revolved around the monsters that stalked her tribe every night. The Dark killed at will and there was nothing that Kia could do. Until one night, Kia's anger overwhelmed her fear. Her life went on a different path, one that she could never have anticipated. Defender of her tribe, Kia bided her time until she discovered a weakness in the Dark that promised everyone freedom. Darkness Rising is a moody science fiction story set in humanity's ancient past where one woman's life made a huge difference in humanity's development and in first contact with a mysterious alien race.

Young dragon rider Amynta returned to her senator mother Timo's home expecting conflict, the possibility of good food and a very nice bath. Instead she found the lovely Pallas, a mysterious visitor to her mother's home. Dinner brought a request that Amynta hadn't expected along with possibilities that Amynta had given up on years ago. Perhaps with Pallas' help Amynta might fly beyond her mother's domain to make her own life. Dragon Rider's Song is a sweet fantasy romance between two young women whose lives revolve around dragons and the songs they use to communicate.

Wade knew that he had very few choices in life. His family lived at the edge of starvation. He could choose to support them or run away. He could choose to live or die. Either way, the world wouldn't care. Every day he chose to support his family until the day when everything changed. Sold into slavery, Wade had new choices to make: obey or rebel.

Trapped at his father's court, Coby believed that he would live and die by his father's tyrannical rules. But Coby's lover Rodolf had no intention of allowing that to happen. Stolen in the dead of night, Coby woke to a new home full of warriors, frigid weather and the age-old battle to establish his place among the people surrounding him. Fortunately Cody learned survival at his father's knee.