Stories by @mr95

Poison Princess

She could save the world--or destroy it. Sixteen year old Evangeline"Evie" Greene leads a charmed life--until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, killing everyone she loves, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future--and they're still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux.

Empire of Storms

The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those don’t. As the kingdoms of Erilea fracture around her, enemies must become allies if Aelin is to keep those she loves from falling to the dark forces poised to claim her world. With war looming on all horizons, the only chance for salvation lies in a desperate quest that may mark the end of everything Aelin holds dear. Aelin’s journey from assassin to queen has entranced millions across the globe, and this fifth installment will leave fans breathless. Will Aelin succeed in keeping her world from splintering, or will it all come crashing down?

Queen of Shadows

Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past... She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen's triumphant return. But most of all, she will fight for her crown. Celaena’s epic journey has captured the hearts and imaginations of millions across the globe. This fourth volume will hold readers rapt as Celaena’s story builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world.

Shadow and Light

France, year of Grace 1678. Tonight, Paris, bathed in the light of its divine monarch, falls asleep peacefully. The city then finds a time of calm. The hustle and bustle of the day dissipates as traders close their shops. And soon the candles are out. Then the nightmare begins. In dark, putrid and ill-fated alleys, monsters are awakening. These creatures who know no compassion are Greed, Malevolence and Ambition, all three human, who rush into nocturnal Paris to find satisfaction in their darkest aspirations.

Heir of Fire

Lost and broken, Celaena Sardothien’s only thought is to avenge the savage death of her dearest friend: as the King of Adarlan’s Assassin, she is bound to serve this tyrant, but he will pay for what he did. Any hope Celaena has of destroying the king lies in answers to be found in Wendlyn. Sacrificing his future, Chaol, the Captain of the King’s Guard, has sent Celaena there to protect her, but little did he know, she had other plans. If she can overcome her troubles and weakness she will be Adarlan’s biggest threat – and his own toughest enemy. While Celaena learns of her true destiny, and the eyes of Erilea are on Wendlyn, a brutal and beastly force is preparing to take to the skies. Will Celaena find the strength not only to win her own battles but to fight a war that could pit her loyalties to her own people against those she has grown to love?

Crown of Midnight

After a year of hard labor in the Salt Mines of Endovier, eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien has won the king's contest to become the new royal assassin. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown – a secret she hides from even her most intimate confidantes. Keeping up the deadly charade—while pretending to do the king's bidding—will test her in frightening new ways, especially when she's given a task that could jeopardize everything she's come to care for. And there are far more dangerous forces gathering on the horizon -- forces that threaten to destroy her entire world, and will surely force Celaena to make a choice. Where do the assassin’s loyalties lie, and who is she most willing to fight for?

Throne of Glass

After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men: thieves, assassins, and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for four years and then be granted her freedom. But she had to work, fight, and live under an alias that she was given by the prince. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best. Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.

Capturing the Devil

Audrey Rose Wadsworth and Thomas Cresswell have landed in America, a bold, brash land unlike the genteel streets of London they knew. But like London, the city of Chicago hides its dark secrets well. When the two attend the spectacular World’s Fair, they find the once-in-a-lifetime event tainted with reports of missing people and unsolved murders. Determined to help, Audrey Rose and Thomas begin their investigations, only to find themselves facing a serial killer unlike any they’ve heard of before. Identifying him is one thing, but capturing him—and getting dangerously lost in the infamous Murder Hotel he constructed as a terrifying torture device—is another. Will Audrey Rose and Thomas see their last mystery to the end—together and in love—or will their fortunes finally run out when their most depraved adversary makes one final, devastating kill?

Escaping From Houdini

Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they’re delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly. But then, privileged young women begin to go missing without explanation, and a series of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship. The strange and disturbing influence of the Moonlight Carnival pervades the decks as the murders grow ever more freakish, with nowhere to escape except the unforgiving sea. It’s up to Audrey Rose and Thomas to piece together the gruesome investigation as even more passengers die before reaching their destination. But with clues to the next victim pointing to someone she loves, can Audrey Rose unravel the mystery before the killer’s horrifying finale?

Hunting Prince Dracula

Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with the arrogant yet charming Thomas Cresswell, she journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe's best schools of forensic medicine...and to another notorious killer, Vlad the Impaler, whose thirst for blood became legend. But her life's dream is soon tainted by blood-soaked discoveries in the halls of the school's forbidding castle, and Audrey Rose is compelled to investigate the strangely familiar murders. What she finds brings all her terrifying fears to life once again.

Stalking Jack the Ripper

Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. When her work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags Audrey into the investigation of a serial murderer, her search for answers brings her close to her own sheltered world.

Vikings

The series introduces us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnheiður Lothbrok, a Viking Shield-maiden and farmer who yearns to explore—and raid—the distant shores across the ocean. Her ambition puts her at odds with local chieftain Earl Haralddottir, who insists on sending her raiders to the impoverished east rather than the uncharted west. When Ragnheiður teams up with her boat builder friend Flokia to craft a new generation of intrepid ships capable of conquering the rough northern seas, the stage is set for conflict. But for all its warfare and bloodshed, Vikings is also a story of family and sisterhood, capturing the love and affection between Ragnheiður and her husband, Lagerth, a fierce warrior. It is the tale of Ragnheiður's sister Ralla, a fierce fighter who simmers with jealously; of Earl Haralddottir's husband Sigg, a dutiful handsome who may be less than loyal; and of the monk Athelstina, whose Christian morals clash with the Vikings’ pagan society. As ambition and innovation rattle a civilization, these characters will be put to the test—and their way of life will never be the same again.

The New Gossip Girl

Story of the manhattan elite.

The Borgias

It has been almost two years since Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia known as His Holiness Pope Alexander VI sat on the throne of Saint Peter. Rome has changed and is still changing under his pontificate. It is no longer the prosperous city it once was. The reign of the late Pope Innocent VIII tarnished the image of our Holy Church by flouting its responsibilities since he had two illegitimate children and surely more. And it is not much better with his successor who allows himself to surround himself with his four children at his court. The Sovereign Pontiff has publicly recognized them, but that does not mean that they are no longer bastards. These children breathe evil, there is not one to catch up with the other. The eldest son, Cesare is prince of the Church, he dishonored him by behaving like a layman. He is suspected of having used various forms of poisons. The youngest, Juan indulges in forbidden pleasures.

Why Can't We Be Friends ?

Ah, Delacroix. I could talk to you about it for hours. Before, it was just a rotten, dingy city. You lived there because you didn't have the choice and it was cheap. Then you got all those assholes from Chicago saying to themselves; Hey, don't we go to a town next door? And that's where the mess comes from. It is because these bourgeois of Chicago were too cramped in their city and that it began to smell of fir for them and to give themselves a clear conscience they came to us. That's what old Bob tells his grandchildren every time. Memories of an abandoned industrial city for years, with people helping each other. Then from the population of Chicago who begins to arrive towards Delacroix, little by little. After all, the city is beautiful, it has potential. A forest, a city, houses to renovate, neighborhoods to beautify, parks.

Aemon the Conqueror: The Rise of the Dragonknight

After a prophetic dream, Aegon and his sister-wives looked East instead of West and the Valyrian Empire was born. Now at its Zenith under the leadership of the High Emperor Rhaegar Targaryen, a falling out between him and his second son Aemon will change Westeros forever. Jon Snow was born a prince of the empire, as the first Dragonknight in over a hundred years he was born to wage war and strike down the empire's enemies. Exiled to Dragonstone because of his desire for his sister, how will the Seven Kingdoms react when the Dragonknight seeks to unite them under one ruler.

The Magicians

Quentin Coldwater, a teenager from Brooklyn who discovers that magic is real and that the world from his favorite fantasy series, Fillory and Further is real! Instead of attending a regular college with his friends, Julia Wicker and James, he goes to a magical boarding school called Brakebills. At Brakebills, Quentin and his classmates study magical theory and application. They soon learn, however, that magic is both wondrous and deadly. Quentin and his friends also discover that the world of Fillory, a realm written about in fictional books, is actually very real and is very, very different than the world portrayed by Christopher Plover, the Author of the Fillory and Further book series.

The Trials of Apollo - The Tower of Nero

Will the Greek God Apollo, cast down to earth in the pathetic mortal form of Lester Papadopolous, finally regain his place on Mount Olympus? Lester’s demigod friends at Camp Jupiter just helped him survive attacks from bloodthirsty ghouls, an evil Roman king and his army of the undead, and the lethal emperors Caligula and Commodus. Now the former god and his demigod master Meg must follow a prophecy uncovered by Ella the harpy. Lester‘s final challenge will be at the Tower of Nero, back in New York. Will Meg have a last showdown with her father? Will this helpless form of Apollo face his arch-nemesis, Python? Who will be on hand at Camp Half-Blood to assist? These questions and more will be answered in this book that all demigods are eagerly awaiting.

The Trials of Apollo - The Tyrant's Tomb

In his penultimate adventure, a devastated but determined Apollo travels to Camp Jupiter, where he must learn what it is to be a hero, or die trying. It's not easy being Apollo, especially when you've been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. On his path to restoring five ancient oracles and reclaiming his godly powers, Apollo (aka Lester Papadopoulos) has faced both triumphs and tragedies. Now his journey takes him to Camp Jupiter in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the Roman demigods are preparing for a desperate last stand against the evil Triumvirate of Roman emperors. Hazel, Reyna, Frank, Tyson, Ella, and many other old friends will need Apollo's aid to survive the onslaught. Unfortunately, the answer to their salvation lies in the forgotten tomb of a Roman ruler . . . someone even worse than the emperors Apollo has already faced.

F9

In 1989, during the last stock car race of the season, the Torettos are on the track. Jackie Toretto is one of the racers and comes off for a pit stop. Jackie’s daughters Dominique and Jaklyn are a part of her Pit Crew. While Jaklyn works under the hood, Dom argues with the Pit Crew of rival racer Kennya Linder as she is being a dirty racer. As Jackie is about to get back into the race she tells Dom to let it go, saying it’s not about being the stronger woman but about being the bigger woman. As Jackie gets back on the track to resume the race, Kennya resumes as well, as they near the next lap Kennya’s car clips Jackie’s bumper and causes her to hit a wall at 120 Mph, her car then bursting into flames in the process and killing her. Dom sees this and tries to run on to the track to save her mom but is held back by Lina, another member of Jackie's pit crew. Dom and Jaklyn both watch as their mother dies in front of them.