Recreation

Young Adults’ New Titles October 2012 (arrived in September)

Fiction

Foretold : 14 stories of prophecy and prediction, Carrie Ryan.
Collects fourteen stories that delve into the obsession with life's unknowns and the prospect of altering the future, by such authors as Meg Cabot, Diana Peterfreund, and Michael Grant.
The sports pages, edited and with an introduction by Jon Scieszka ; stories by Dustin Brown ... et al. with illustrations by Dan Santat.
Crewel, Gennifer Albin.
As dead as it gets : a bad girls don't die novel, Katie Alender.
Alexis battles a more powerful ghost than she's ever faced before and one whose fate is tied to hers in ways she couldn't possibly imagine.
From bad to cursed : a bad girls don't die novel, Katie Alender.
Doctor Who. Prisoner of the Daleks, Trevor Baxendale.
The Daleks are advancing, their empire constantly expanding into Earth's space. The Earth forces are resisting the Daleks in every way they can but the battles rage on across countless solar systems and now the future of our galaxy hangs in the balance... The Doctor finds himself stranded on board a starship near the front line with a group of ruthless bounty hunters. Earth Command will pay them for every Dalek they kill, every eye stalk they bring back as proof. With the Doctor's help, the bounty hunters achieve the ultimate prize: a Dalek prisoner - intact, powerless, and ready for interrogation. But where the Daleks are involved, nothing is what it seems, and no one is safe. Before long the tables will be turned, and how will the Doctor survive when he becomes a prisoner of the Daleks? Featuring the Doctor as played by David Tennant in the hit BBC Television series.
The wheel of ice, Stephen Baxter.
The Wheel. A ring of ice and steel turning around a moon of Saturn, and home to a mining colony supplying a resource-hungry Earth. It's a bad place to grow up. The colony has been plagued by problems. Maybe it's just gremlins, just bad luck but the equipment failures and thefts of resources have been increasing, and there have been stories among the children of mysterious creatures glimpsed aboard the Wheel. Many of the younger workers refuse to go down the warren-like mines anymore. Then sixteen-year-old Phee Laws, surfing Saturn's rings, saves an enigmatic blue box from destruction. Aboard the Wheel, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find a critical situation and they are suspected by some as the source of the sabotage. They soon find themselves caught in a mystery that goes right back to the creation of the solar system. A mystery that could kill them all.
The boy in the olive grove, Fleur Beale.
On the night of her seventeenth birthday Bess Grey sees images of a witch-burning unfold in front of her as if in a movie. She also sees images from a different time - lovers - and the girl, she's sure is/was herself. When she meets Nick she recognises him as the boy and there's an immediate connection. However when her father nearly dies from a heart attack there's no time to brood as Bess tries to save her father's business. She falls in love with Nick but her difficult mother interferes, forcing Bess to make the hardest decision of her life. She must decide whether to lose her mother or the boy she loves.
The raft, S. A. Bodeen.
Robbie's last-minute flight to the Midway Atoll proves to be a nightmare when the plane goes down in shark-infested waters. Fighting for her life, the co-pilot Max pulls her onto the raft, and that's when the real terror begins.
Lord of misrule, Rachel Caine.
Call the shots, Don Calame.
Coop is cooking up another sure-misfire scheme (big surprise), and this time the comedy plays out from Sean's point of view. What's the new master plan? Making a cheapo horror movie guaranteed to make Coop, Sean, and Matt filthy rich! It's a terrible idea, and Sean knows it but he is desperate for cash and for a way to wipe that big fat L off his girlfriend-less forehead. But when he agrees to write a script about the attack of zombie-vampire humanzees, he has no idea just how powerful a chick-magnet this movie will be. Suddenly Sean is juggling not one but three interested ladies. Will any of them wind up as Sean's true leading lady?
Honey, baby, sweetheart, Deb Caletti.
The high lord, Trudi Canavan.
'The High Lord' concludes Trudi Canavan's epic trilogy of action, magic and high adventure.
Time thieves : someone is stealing the future, Charlie Carter.
Sweet shadows, Tera Lynn Childs.
Teen triplets Gretchen, Grace, and Greer, descendants of Medusa, continue to battle the monsters who walk the streets of San Francisco, unseen by humans, but realize they must enter the abyss if they are to protect their loved ones and their world.
The warrior heir, Cinda Williams Chima.
After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards.
The whisper, Emma Clayton.
Members of an elite squadron of mutants, the telepathic twins, Ellie and Mika have specialized skills that will enable them to steal the top-secret formula for an age-reversing drug developed by rebel scientists on the wild side of The Wall. Juiced by these potent pills, the cadaver-like Gorman foresees a future in which he'll be forever young released from the machinery that now supports him - unless the twins have a master plan of their own: to bring the all-powerful Gorman to his knees, and face-to-face with his greatest fear.
Spoiled : a novel, Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan.
Poison princess : the Arcana chronicles, Kresley Cole.
Dark horizons, J.T. Colgan.
"Now, you may or may not have noticed, but we appear to be on fire." On a windswept northern shore, at the very tip of what will one day become Scotland, the islanders believe the worst they have to fear is a Viking attack - then the burning comes. They cannot run from it. Water will not stop it. It consumes everything in its path yet the burned still speak. The Doctor is just looking for a game on the famous Lewis chess set. Instead he encounters a people under attack from a power they cannot possibly understand. They have no weapons, no strategy and no protection against a fire sent to engulf them all. Add in some marauding Vikings with very bad timing, a kidnapped princess with a secret of her own and a TARDIS that seems to have developed an inexplicable fear of water, and they all have a battle on their hands. The islanders must take on a ruthless alien force in a world without technology; without communications; without tea that isn't made out of bark. Still at least they have the Doctor on their side. Don't they? This is a thrilling new adventure starring the Doctor, as played by Matt Smith.
Dyson's drop, Paul Collins.
Carter's unfocused, one-track mind : a novel, Brent Crawford.
Fifteen-year-old WIll Carter's sophomore year at Merrian High presents new problems, from the return of Scary Terry to friends-with-benefits negotiations with Abby, but when Abby considers transferring to a New York arts school Carter's world is turned upside-down.
Rift, Andrea R. Cremer.
The girl in the steel corset, Kady Cross.
The kill order, James Dashner.
Mark struggles to make sense of his new, post-disaster world in this prequel to The Maze Runner.
Beyond the seas, Celia Davies.
It is 1815 in London and housemaid Florrie Cotton is sacked from her job. After stealing from her employer to survive, she is arrested and sentenced to seven years transportation to parts beyond the seas. When her ship is wrecked on the coast of New Zealand, Florrie finds herself living with sealers, then missionaries, but never gives up when things get tough.
Doctor Who and the tenth planet, Gerry Davis ; introduction by Tom MacRae.
Doctor Who and the day of the Daleks, Terrance Dicks ; introduction by Gary Russell ; illustrated by Chris Achilleos.
Doctor Who and the Loch Ness monster, Terrance Dicks ; introduction by Michael Moorcock.
The three doctors, Terrance Dicks ; introduction by Alastair Reynolds.
Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst.
When the goddess Bayla fails to take over Liyana's body, Liyana's people abandon her in the desert to find a more worthy vessel, but she soon meets Korbyn, who says the souls of seven deities have been stolen and he needs Liyana's help to find them.
High stakes ; & Hunted : 2 Vampire beach novels, Alex Duval.
Army of the dead, Christopher Edge.
Earth girl, Janet Edwards.
How to ruin your boyfriend's reputation, Simone Elkeles.
Parvana's promise, Deborah Ellis.
Dark frost : a Mythos Academy novel, Jennifer Estep.
Kiss of frost : a Mythos Academy novel, Jennifer Estep.
Tessa Masterson will go to prom, Emily Franklin & Brendan Halpin.
Feeling humiliated and confused when his best friend Tessa rejects his love and reveals a long-held secret, high school senior Luke must decide if he should stand by Tessa when she invites a female date to the prom, sparking a firestorm of controversy in their small Indiana town.
My life in black and white, Natasha Friend.
Don't turn around, Michelle Gagnon.
After waking up on an operating table with no memory of how she got there, Noa must team up with computer hacker Peter to stop a corrupt corporation with a deadly secret.
The counseling, Marley Gibson.
The blood keeper, Tessa Gratton.
For Mab, blood magic is as natural as breathing. One morning Mab encounters Will, a local boy who shuns the attraction of her craft. Then one of Mab's spells unleashes a terrifying foe who seeks to manipulate Will and gain Mab's power.
The masque of the red death, Bethany Griffin.
Death is impossible and living is impossibly hard for 17-year-old Araby Worth in this sexy, post-Apocalyptic re-imagining of Poe's gothic horror story of the same name. It's 1870 and a deadly virus has decimated the population of North America. Masked corpse-collectors roam the streets, removing the bodies before the contagion can spread. Though Araby tries to escape it all with drugs and parties, even at her most intoxicated she can't forget her brother's death or her guilt for causing it. But things begin to change when William, the fascinating proprietor of The Debauchery Club where she searches for oblivion, and Elliott, nephew of the insane dictator, enter her life. One wants her heart, and the other her name. Convinced that he has won over his uncle's army, Elliott believes that having Araby on his arm will charm the populace into supporting a new government. After all, her father is the inventor of the mask which prevents the spread of the plague and saved civilisation for those who can afford it but Araby's greatest interest is that his plans will make protective masks available to all citizens and, in particular, to Will's young siblings, whom she has come to love despite herself. But nothing is what it seems. A new contagion called the Red Death is sweeping the city and a shocking revelation about the origin of the new virus puts Araby's life in danger. The mob wants her. The rebels want her. And both boys want her. In this superb two-book series, what and who Araby chooses may just decide the fate of humanity.
Burning blue, Paul Griffen.
Claws, Mike and Rachel Grinti.
Mister Death's blue-eyed girls, Mary Downing Hahn.
Narrated from several different perspectives, tells the story of the 1956 murder of two teenaged girls in suburban Baltimore
Speechless, Hannah Harrington.
Soul fire, Kate Harrison.
Alice Forster regularly talks with her dead sister, Meggie, in the virtual world of Soul Beach an online paradise where dead teenagers are held in limbo. Alice has learned that if she can solve the mystery of someone's death in the real world, then that person is released from the Beach. Meggie needs Alice to solve her murder so she can be free, but as Alice is getting closer to discovering the murderer, the murderer is getting closer to Alice!
Back and deader than ever, Lisi Harrison.
Revenge of the wannabes : a Clique novel, Lisi Harrison.
Sealed with a diss : a Clique novel, Lisi Harrison.
Dark of the moon : a Dark Guardian novel, Rachel Hawthorne.
Doctor Who and the ice warriors, Brian Hayles ; introduction by Mark Gatiss.
The triumph of death, Jason Henderson.
Fourteen-year-old vampire hunter Alex Van Helsing teams up with a motorcycle-riding young witch to prevent a newly risen vampire queen from unleashing a curse that will plunge the world into eternal darkness.
Erasing time, C. J. Hill.
Eighteen-year-old twins Taylor and Sheridan are pulled into the future and must find a way to stop the evil government from using the time machine.
Vanquished, Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie.
This way to Paradise, Cathy Hopkins.
Tiger's destiny, Colleen Houck.
Awaken, Katie Kacvinsky.
The iron legends, Julie Kagawa.
The girl in the mirror : a novel in poems and journal entries, Meg Kearney.
In a series of poems and journal entries, seventeen-year-old Lizzie grieves over the death of her adoptive father, as her plans for college and search for her birth mother are put on hold.
Spark, Brigid Kemmerer.
Small damages, Beth Kephart.
Eighteen-year-old Kenzie of Philadelphia, pregnant by Yale-bound Kevin, is bitter when her mother sends her to Spain to deliver and give her baby away, but discovers a makeshift family with the rancher who takes her in, his cook, and the young man they have raised together.
The Vindico, Wesley King.
When supervillains of the Vindico realize they are getting too old to fight the League of Heroes, they kidnap and begin training five teens, but James, Lana, Hayden, Emily, and Sam will not become the next generation of evil without a fight.
Ungifted, Gordon Korman.
Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
Every day, David Levitahn.
Adaptation, Malinda Lo.
In the aftermath of a series of plane crashes caused by birds, seventeen-year-old Reese and her debate-team partner, David, receive medical treatment at a secret government facility and become tangled in a conspiracy that is, according to Reese's friend, Julian, connected with aliens and UFOs.
The rise of nine, Pittacus Lore.
The third installment in the action-packed Lorien Legacies series that launched with "I Am Number Four" and "The Power of Six", finds the stakes higher than ever as John, Number Six, and Number Seven desperately try to find the rest of the Lorien Nine before it's too late.
Turf, John Lucas.
Jay is fifteen years old and a member of the Blake Street Boyz gang. With a knife in his pocket and his best friend Milk by his side, he spends his time fiercely defending their turf. He takes his lessons from the streets and thinks he knows everything about choices. Choose the right gang, and they will protect you. Choose the right clothes, the right chat, the right snacks and you will be respected. But now he's coming of age and he's being given the chance to step up. He must stab and kill a member of a rival gang and there are no choices left. This is a story set against the backdrop of London's inner-city tower blocks, where killing can be easier than choosing a chocolate bar; where gang violence rules, and where loyalty can cost you your soul.
Falling to ash : a moth novel, Karen Mahoney.
Being a vampire is for life not just a lifestyle. A brand-new series from the author of The Iron Witch Marie 'Moth' O'Neal is an eternal teenager, cursed to live out her life as an eighteen-year-old vampire and shunned by her strictly religious family. Her Maker, Theo, prizes her as his best Retriever and sends her on increasingly difficult missions. That's how Moth finds herself investigating the suspicious deaths plaguing a group of Otherkin kids in Boston. The 'kin like to live the vampire lifestyle, but they've managed to attract the attention of a dark force that's slowly picking them off one by one. Then the dead teenagers start to rise again - as something other than vamps. Who knew that zombies actually existed? Now Moth has to infiltrate the Otherkin without them figuring out that she's the Real Deal, find out who or what is transforming them into the walking dead, all while keeping resident vampire hunter Jason Murdoch from shooting anything that doesn't breathe. It doesn't help that she and Jace have a history, and the sexy young hunter feels he has a lot to prove - and a score to settle.
The killables, Gemma Malley.
Everyone accepted that people were different physically. But inside? Inside, they were different too. You just had to know how to tell, what to look for. Evil has been eradicated. The City has been established and citizens may only enter after having the 'evil' part of their brain removed. They are labelled on the System according to how 'good' they are. If they show signs of the evil emerging, they are labelled a K. But no one knows quite what that means. Only that they disappear, never to be seen again.
Quintana of Charyn, Melina Marchetta.
Quintana of Charyn is the spine-tingling and unforgettable final volume in the Lumatere Chronicles. Separated from the girl he loves and has sworn to protect, Froi and his companions travel through Charyn searching for Quintana and building an army that will secure her unborn child's right to rule. While in the valley between two kingdoms, Quintana of Charyn and Isaboe of Lumatere come face to face in a showdown that will result in heartbreak for one and power for the other.
Saving Francesca, Melina Marchetta.
Carnival of souls, Melissa Marr.
An extraordinary new world from the New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series. Enter the Carnival. The carnival pulsed in the centre of The City, a swirl of masked pleasure and violence. Music played constantly as the dancers demonstrated their flexibility. At times it was a glorious cacophony. Jugglers and fire-twirlers showed their skills in time to the music. All around the carnival, transactions of varying degrees of legality and ethical questionability were happening. The City wasn't a world that seemed beautiful to everyone. It was their world, though.
Doctor Who and the ark in space, Ian Marter ; introduction by Steven Moffat.
Second chance summer, Morgan Matson.
Taylor Edwards' family might not be the closest-knit, everyone is a little too busy and overscheduled but for the most part, they get along just fine. Then Taylor's dad gets devastating news, and her parents decide that the family will spend one last summer all together at their old lake house in the Pocono Mountains. Crammed into a place much smaller and more rustic than they are used to, they begin to get to know each other again. And Taylor discovers that the people she thought she had left behind haven't actually gone anywhere. Her former best friend is still around, as is her first boyfriend and he's much cuter at seventeen than he was at twelve. As the summer progresses and the Edwards become more of a family, they're more aware than ever that they're battling a ticking clock. Sometimes, though, there is just enough time to get a second chance with family, with friends, and with love.
Rancour, Alfred J. McCann.
The convent, Maureen McCarthy.
'I woke up with a feeling about today,' Stella says dreamily. 'Something truly amazing is going to happen.' 'To us or to the world?' I say. 'To you.' 'To me?' I laugh. 'Nothing ever happens to me, Stella.' 'But today it will.' 'Will it be good?' She looks thoughtful and then frowns. 'I, I don't know.' Peach is nineteen and pretty happy with the way things are. She has her university work, two wildly different best friends, her sister, Stella, to look after and a broken heart to mend. But when she takes a summer job at a cafe in the old convent, her idea of who she is takes a sharp turn into the past. Where once there were nuns, young girls and women who had fallen on hard times, Peach discovers secrets from three generations of her family. As their stories are revealed, Peach is jolted out of her comfort zone. But does she really want to know who she is? Warm and real, intense and provocative, Maureen McCarthy's The Convent shows in vivid detail how fate and the choices we make ripple and reverberate through time. A novel to fall in love with.
Over you, Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus.
When seventeen-year-old Max got her heart broken, she made it her mission to help other girls get over being dumped, but did she ever really get over her own heartbreak?
Boy soldier, Andy McNab and Robert Rigby.
Dark kiss, Rowen Michelle.
Magic in Manhattan, Sarah Mlynowski.
Survive, Alex Morel.
My so-called life : the tragically normal diary of Rachel Riley, Joanna Nadin.
No crystal stair : a documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller, Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; artwork by R. Gregory Christie.
In this work of historical fiction, Nelson tells the story of a man with a passion for knowledge and of a bookstore whose influence has become legendary.
The crystal code, Richard Newsome.
Richard is this month's Star Author on the Christchurch Kids Blog
Two or three things I forgot to tell you, Joyce Carol Oates.
When their best friend, Tink, dies from an apparent suicide, high school seniors Merissa and Nadia are alienated by their secrets, adrift from each other and from themselves.
Brother/sister, Sean Olin.
Will: How many times do I have to say it? Yes, I see the picture. It's a body, obviously. It's a dead body. Asheley: You have to understand, I love my brother. I'm scared of him too, but regardless of what he has or hasn't done, I feel for him, you know. Will: I don't care what happens to me, really, I don't. But Asheley she had nothing to do with any of this. Asheley: It's not like it sounds. He had a good heart. He trusted me. And I always did the best I could to help him. Will: It's not her fault. None of it. Okay then. The guy in the photo. I killed him but I had to. I had no choice. Why? That's complicated. That'll take a while.
Such wicked intent, Kenneth Oppel.
When does obsession become madness? Tragedy has forced sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein to swear off alchemy forever. He burns the Dark Library. He vows he will never dabble in the dark sciences again, just as he vows he will no longer covet Elizabeth, his brother's betrothed. If only these things were not so tempting. When Victor and Elizabeth discover a portal into the spirit world, they cannot resist. Together with Victor's twin, Konrad, and their friend Henry, they venture into a place of infinite possibilities where power and passion reign. But as they search for the knowledge to raise the dead, they unknowingly unlock a darkness from which they may never return.
The stones of Akron. Book three, Ian Packman.
"Fact or fiction? When Peta-en's story comes to an end Tyndal and the Earth Band are thrown headlong into a fantastic journey through time that brings both tragedy and joy. Veirshnog has escaped into the Time Loop and Halidu is asked to form a Bandersnatch to bring him back a prisoner and stand trial. They encounter survivors of the Ptokolochin attack on Earth and avert a catastrophe in Scotland by finding an Inscription Stone. The Earth Band is split up. Amber and her friends go on a journey through space where they make a startling discovery and become corsair pilots, while Tyndal is asked to explore a secret city and a burning den! There he is confronted with his past and comes face to face with the storyteller!" - Back cover.
Nevermore, James Patterson.
In the beginning, there was maximum ride. A girl. A fighter. A leader. A superhuman with a mission to save the world. She's gone to the ends of the earth seeking her destiny. And now, the end isn't near. It's here.
Dead is a killer tune, Marlene Perez.
Luna : a novel, Julie Anne Peters.
Fifteen-year-old Regan's life, which has always revolved around keeping her older brother Liam's transsexuality a secret, changes when Liam decides to start the process of "transitioning" by first telling his family and friends that he is a girl who was born in a boy's body.
Snowfall, K.M. Peyton.
Dads, geeks & blue haired freaks, Ellie Phillips.
Lilies for love, Felicity Pulman.
Fire City, Bali Rai.
Dark water : a siren novel, Tricia Rayburn.
When seventeen-year-old Vanessa reunites with her biological mother, she faces the dilemma of a siren's existence, that in order to survive she must endanger the lives of those she loves most.
Defiance, C.J. Redwine.
When Rachel's father goes missing on a mission, her attempt to escape their walled city-state and find him brings danger, heartbreak, and a new romance with her father's apprentice.
Beautiful, Amy Lynn Reed.
Haunted by serious problems in her recent past, thirteen-year-old Cassie makes a fresh start at a Seattle school but is drawn by dangerous new friends into a world of sex, drugs, and violence, while her parents remain oblivious.
Crazy, Amy Reed.
Connor and Izzy, two teens who met at a summer art camp in the Pacific Northwest where they were counselors, share a series of emails in which they confide in one another, eventually causing Connor to become worried when he realizes that Izzy's emotional highs and lows are too extreme.
Geekhood : close encounters of the girl kind, Andy Robb.
Confessions of an angry girl, Louise Rozett.
After Eli, Rebecca Rupp.
After the death of his older brother, Daniel Anderson became engrossed in recording details about dead people, how they died, and whether their deaths mattered but he is eventually drawn back into interaction with the living.
What a week to get real, Rosie Rushton.
What came from the stars, Gary D. Schmidt.
In a desperate attempt for survival, a peaceful civilisation on a faraway planet besieged by a dark lord sends its most precious gift across the cosmos into the lunchbox of Tommy Pepper, sixth grader, of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
While he was away, Karen Halvorsen Schreck.
Miracle, Elizabeth Scott.
Rising senior and star soccer player Megan Hathaway, unable to remember the plane crash of which she was the sole survivor, feels like an empty shell and loses all interest in her life and her friends, but unlikely friends help her face life as a "miracle."
Flawless : a pretty little liars novel, Sara Shepard.
The four bad girls at the heart of the Pretty Little Liars series are no strangers to trouble. Now in this second title, someone named RAS is taunting them with words that could bury the girls alive with the truth.
Dogfight, Craig Simpson.
The forgetting curve, Angie Smibert.
Tells, in separate voices, of a near future in which Winter Nomura has had a psychotic break, and her friend Velvet and cousin Aiden, who is visiting from his Swiss boarding school, try to uncover and fix what is seriously wrong with their society, city, and even Aiden's family.
The curiosities : a collection of stories, Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, Brenna Yovanoff.
An anthology of darkly paranormal stories, with comments by the authors on their writing.
Smart girls get what they want, Sarah Strohmeyer.
Three sophomore best friends use their brains and their wits to find happiness in high school.
Haunters, Thomas Taylor.
Orchards, Holly Thompson ; illustrations by Grady McFerrin.
Life happens next, Terry Trueman.
Shawn McDaniel, almost fifteen, cannot speak and has no control over his body due to severe cerebral palsy, but he forms a strong connection with his mother's cousin Debi, who has Down Syndrome, and her dog Rusty.
Snowglobe 7, Mike Tucker.
The Doctor and Martha arrive in Snowglobe 7 in the Middle East, hoping for peace and relaxation. But they soon discover that it's not only ice that has been preserved beneath the Dome. While Martha struggles to help with an infection sweeping through the Dome, the Doctor discovers an alien threat that has lain hidden since the last ice age.
My soul to save, Rachel Vincent.
When Kaylee Cavanaugh screams, someone dies. So when teen pop star Eden croaks onstage and Kaylee doesn't wail, she knows something is dead wrong. She can't cry for someone who has no soul. The last thing Kaylee needs right now is to be skipping school, breaking her dad's ironclad curfew and putting her too-hot-to-be-real boyfriend's loyalty to the test. But starry-eyed teens are trading their souls: a flickering lifetime of fame and fortune in exchange for eternity in the Netherworld - a consequence they can't possibly understand. Kaylee can't let that happen, even if trying to save their souls means putting her own at risk.
Beautiful lies, Jessica Warman.
Eighteen-year-old identical twins Alice and Rachel have always shared a very special bond, so when one is abducted the other uses her connection to try to locate her.
Heart of stone : a Verity Gallant tale, M.L. Welsh.
When a strange white sand invades the harbor town of Wellow and land begins shifting, Verity Gallant finds clues in ancient books and, with her friends, tries to stop the Earth Witch's evil plan to deprive the world of happiness as she was once robbed of her true love.
Endlessly, Keirsten White.
Waiting, Carol Lynch Williams.
As the tragic death of her older brother devastates the family, teenaged London struggles to find redemption and finds herself torn between her brother's best friend and a handsome new boy in town.
The far west, Patricia C. Wrede.
When the unlucky magical twin Eff joins an expedition to map the Far West, she endures a long prairie winter and encounters with previously unknown creatures before realising the importance of ending a magical flood.
Rebel heart, Moira Young.
Saba has rescued her kidnapped brother and defeated the fanatical Tonton. But the price to be paid for her violent victory is terrible. Jack has disappeared and can no longer be trusted. A new and formidable enemy is on the rise in the dustlands. No one is safe and Saba must confront the terrible secret hidden in the darkest depths of her soul.
A want so wicked, Suzanne Young.
Elise is a normal seventeen-year-old girl until the day she wakes up in a desert park with no idea who she is. After that bizarre event Elise experiences unexpected flashes of insight into the lives of people she's never met before, strangers frighten her with warnings about the approaching Shadows, and she finds herself torn between two handsome but very different young men, charming bad boy Abe and the mysterious Harlin who's new to town. Who is Elise, really?

Non-Fiction

Kiki's delivery service. 1, screenplay written, directed and produced by Hayao Miyazaki ; from the novel by Eiko Kadono ; film comic adaptation, Yuji Oniki ; lettering, Rina Mapa.
Kiki, a young witch-in-training, and her talking cat fly away to live in the seaside town of Korico. After starting her own delivery service (using her broom as the delivery vehicle), Kiki must learn how to deal with her new life, especially after she loses the power to fly.
Puella magi madoka magica. 2, story by Magica Quartet ; art by Hanokage ; translation, William Flanagan.
While Madoka continues to deliberate over the decision to join Akemi as a Puella Magi, her best friend, Sayaka, seizes the chance to wish for the recovery of the boy she loves after he was injured in an accident. But being a Puella Magi is more than a simple matter of wielding magic and fighting evil, and Sayaka is soon caught in a territory dispute with a more experienced (and more deadly) Puella Magi named Kyouko. Madoka wants desperately for her friend to leave the Puella Magi and return to their carefree school days, but leaving the Magi is more than a matter of hanging up the costume - it is a matter of life and death!
Astonishing Spider-Man and Wolverine, writer, Jason Aaron ; pencils, Adam Kubert ; inks issues, #1-2, Mark Morales with Dexter Vines (issue #1) ; digital inks, issues #3-6, Mark Roslan.
Spider-Man and Wolverine, fellow Avengers but not each other's biggest fans, are lost in time and running out of time. Millions of years in the past, they're about to be blasted by the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs. Their only path to safety is an uncontrollable trip through history that will take them to the end of the world and beyond. But if they're going to figure out who's been pulling their strings and get back to their own era they'll have to learn to work together. In other words, they're probably going to die.
Aya. Life in Yop City, Marguerite Abouet, Clement Oubrerie.
Ivory Coast, 1978. It's a golden time, and the nation too, an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa, seems fueled by something wondrous. "Aya" is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet's youth in Yop City. It is the story of the studious and clear-sighted nineteen-year-old Aya, her easygoing friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbours. It's a wryly funny, breezy account of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City.
Negima! omnibus. 1, Ken Akamatsu ; translated and adapted by Alethea Nibley and Athena Nibley ; lettered by North Market Street Graphics.
When ten-year-old wizard Negi Springfield receives his diploma in magic, his first graduate work assignment is teaching English at an all-girl Japanese high school.
The earl & the fairy. 1, story & art by Ayuko ; original concept by Mizue Tani ; English translation & adaptation, John Werry.
Lydia Carlton is a fairy doctor, one of the few people with the ability to see the magical creatures who share our world. During one of her rare trips to London to visit her father, Lydia's quiet life is suddenly transformed when she is rescued from kidnappers by a mysterious young man! Edgar Ashenbert claims to be descended from the human ruler of the fairy kingdom, and he urgently needs Lydia's help to find and claim his birthright, the legendary sword of the Blue Knight Earl. Things will never be the same for Lydia as she is pulled into a dangerous quest against dark forces!
The earl & the fairy. 2, story & art by Ayuko ; original concept by Mizue Tani ; English translation & adaptation, John Werry.
Edgar and his small band must travel to the Isle of Manan, once home to the Blue Knight Earl. But the island is surrounded by merfolk, whose tragic songs cause rough seas and shipwrecks. And even if Edgar and his companions reach the island, they face death if it turns out he isn't a true heir to the Earl.
Spider-Man. Season one, writer, Cullen Bunn ; penciler, Neil Edwards ; inker, Karl Kesel ; colourist, David Curiel ; letterer, VC's Clayton Cowles.
A modernised retelling of Spider-Man's origin follows bookworm Peter Parker as he is bitten by a radioactive spider, gaining amazing powers.
Cardcaptor Sakura omnibus. 2, story and art by CLAMP.
"The beautiful new teacher in Sakura's class, Kaho Mizuki, soon reveals that she's a shrine maiden with magic powers of her own. But, as always, the struggle to capture the Clow cards is woven together with the mysterious and complicated threads of love and affection between Sakura and all the people in her life. Will her heart be strong enough as she faces the one who will judge her worthiness to master the cards at last?"
Cardcaptor Sakura omnibus. 1, story and art by CLAMP
Fourth grader Sakura Kinomoto finds a strange book in her father's library, a book made by the wizard Clow to store dangerous spirits sealed within a set of magical cards. But when Sakura opens it up, there is nothing left inside but Kero-chan, the book's cute little guardian beast who informs Sakura that since the Clow cards seem to have escaped while he was asleep, it's now her job to capture them!
Cardcaptor Sakura omnibus. Book 3, story and art by CLAMP.
Now that Sakura has proven herself as a magician, she finds that there are other unnatural forces threatening her town - forces linked, somehow, to two mysterious transfer students who've just arrived, one attracted to her brother, the other attracted to her! Li and Sakura may be friends now instead of rivals, but if there's a rival for Sakura's affections, is he going back to Hong Kong?
Gate 7. 3, CLAMP ; translation by William Flanagan ; English adaption by William Flanagan & Philip R. Simon.
A battle for supernatural supremacy rages in Kyoto! When a strange dimension overlaps with our reality, Hana and the members of her Inou squad use their mystical dominion over the elements to protect humanity against a torrent of invading creatures. Thrust in the middle of this war, Chikahito is a seemingly ordinary boy who's been accepted into Hana's group but it's possible that he has latent powers of his own!
X. Vol. 3, story and art by CLAMP ; translation, Lillian Olsen.
As the gears of fate turn, Kamui draws ever closer to the moment when he must make his inevitable choice: become either humanity's savior or its scourge. After his last surviving blood relative sacrifices herself to bring forth the Sacred Sword, the weapon he will need in the war to come, that moment finally arrives. With Kamui's decision, however, come unimaginable consequences for Fuma and Kotori. Meanwhile, the members of both sides of the conflict - the Dragons of Heaven and the Dragons of Earth - converge on Tokyo, obeying the call of their intertwined destinies. Among them is Subaru Sumeragi, a powerful magic user, who arrives just in time to help Kamui see the path that he must take. But Subaru must conquer his own doubts and fears when he's finally reunited with the one person who is truly special to him - and whom he must fight to the death.
The Hunger Games : the official illustrated movie companion, Kate Egan.
From the screenwriting process, casting decisions, and sets and costumes to the actors' performances and directors' vision, fans can go behind the scenes of "The Hunger Games" movie with this companion to the film.
The world of the Hunger Games, Kate Egan.
A companion guide to Panem, the world in the "Hunger Games," as portrayed in the motion picture based on the novel by Suzanne Collins.
Oh my goddess! 42, story and art by Kosuke Fujishima ; translation by Dana Lewis and Christopher Lewis ; lettering and touchup by Susie Lee and Betty Dong with Tom2K.
Mokkurkalfi, Hell's mistress of machines, is the next door warden Keiichi and the goddesses must pass. With her mechanical skills, she's the natural opponent of Skuld but unlike her, Mokkurkalfi has no love for her inventions, instead setting them against each other viciously, to retain only those strongest in battle! Will so ruthless an approach to robots be the defeat of the youngest goddess and of them all?
Astonishing X-Men. Vol. 8, Children of the brood, writer, Christos Gage, James Asmus, Chris Claremont ; penciller, Juan Bobillo, David Yardin, Dave Cockrum ; inker, Marcelo Sosa, Norman Lee, Bob Wiacek.
While Cyclops, Emma and Wolverine are off in Japan dealing with giant monsters, something dire happens that demands the X-Men's attention. With their leaders away, Storm, Colossus and Kitty Pryde join Beast and Agent Brand to take on the Brood. But when intergalactic law prevents the destruction of an enemy who can only be defeated by extermination, the X-Men have a problem. Are Storm and her crew up to the task? And what is Cyclops going to say when he learns of this?
Secret girls' business : life, love, fashion, craft, food, fun, imagination, friends, Maggie Hamilton.
Secret Girls' Business will put the individuality and creative spark back into your life. Craft, stories, fashion tips, recipes and helpful advice will inspire you to develop your artistry, discover different cultures, experiment with style and revel in the joys of friends and family.
Ultimate Comics. The Ultimates. Vol. 2, writer, Jonathan Hickman with Sam Humphries ; artists, Esad Ribic ... et al..
The Ultimates deal with the fallout of the new world! An old friend returns! Can Nick Fury pick up the pieces of his broken team?
Vampire knight. Vol. 14, story and art by Matsuri Hino ; adaptation, Nancy Thistlethwaite ; translation, Tetsuichiro Miyaki.
The Vampire Hunter Society has imprisoned Aido in order to interrogate him about Kaname's connection to Sara Shirabuki. Meanwhile, Yuki wants a fresh start with Kaname, but circumstances arise that may force them apart.
Justice League. Volume 1, Origin, Geoff Johns, writer ; Jim Lee, penciler ; Scott Williams, inker ; Alex Sinclair ... et al., colourist ; Patrick Brosseau, letterer.
The Dark Knight, facing a threat more powerful than he can handle alone, must trust inexperienced superheroes, including Superman, The Flash, and Green Lantern.
A certain scientific railgun. Vol. 5, story: Kazuma Kamachi ; art: Motoi Fuyukawa ; translation, Nan Rymer ; adaptation, Janet Houck, Maggie Danger.
"Misaka Mikoto, a.k.a. the "Railgun," is left reeling from the revelation that Academy City's scientists have used the DNA she donated as a child, meant to be used for curing diseases, to create a veritable army of emotionless clones. And worse, these clones have only one purpose in life... to die over and over at the hands of the Accelerator, so that he can achieve ultimate power..."--P. 4 of cover.
Nabari no ou. 11, Yuhki Kamatani ; translation, Alethea Nibley and Athena Nibley.
The Shinra Banshou activated, Miharu has finally become the Nabari no Ou. But at what price? Something has been lost, but no one seems to remember what or who it is. All that remains is a hollow in the ninjas' hearts and minds as they nurse a sense of loss for the memories that have been torn away from them.
Naruto. Vol. 10, A splendid Ninja, story and art by Masashi Kishimoto ; English adaptation, Jo Duffy ; translation, Mari Morimoto.
Naruto. Vol. 57, Battle, story and art by Masashi Kishimoto ; translation, Mari Morimoto ; English adaptation, Joel Enos.
Madara of the Akatsuki joins the fray on the battlefield. His powerful attacks and a secret plan take their toll on the Allied Shinobi Forces. Naruto and Bee rush to help their friends, but the leader of the Cloud Village will do anything to stop Naruto from risking his life even if he has to fight Naruto to do it!
Bleach. Vol. 42, Shock of the queen, story and art by Tite Kubo ; English adaption, Lance Caselman ; translation, Joe Yamazaki.
The battle between the Soul Reaper Captains and Aizen's Espadas continues with the fate of Karakura Town in the balance. And just as things take a turn for the worse, some surprising allies make their grand entrance!
Bleach. Vol. 43, Kingdom of hollows, story and art by Tite Kubo ; English adaptation, Lance Caselman ; translation, Joe Yamazaki.
The battle against Aizen's Espadas continues as the Soul Reapers search for a way to defeat Barragan's terrifying abilities. Meanwhile, Shunsui will need every trick in his bag to compete against Stark!
Bleach. Vol. 44, Vice it, story and art by Tite Kubo ; English adaptation, Lance Caselman ; translation, Joe Yamazaki.
Old friends turn against each other as Tosen and Komamura battle it out. Will Tosen's new powers be too much for the Soul Reapers? And when Hirako reveals his Bankai for the first time, can he turn the tables against Aizen?
Bleach. Vol. 45, The burnout inferno, story & art by Tite Kubo ; English adaptation, Lance Caselman ; translation, Joe Yamazaki.
The great battle heads for a climax as Aizen joins the battlefield and faces the Soul Society's greatest captains. Captain General Yamamoto reveals his true powers for the first time, but will it be enough to stop Aizen?
Year 12 physical education study guide : NCEA level two, Shawn Martin.
Pandora hearts. 10, Jun Mochizuki ; translation, Tomo Kimura.
As Gil, Oz, and Alice wander the ruins of the former capital, they are assaulted by illusions from the past. But how much of it is real? And how much of it illusion?
Pandora hearts. 11, Jun Mochizuki ; translation, Tomo Kimura.
Once, following the tragedy of Sablier, Jack Vessalius made a valiant sacrifice to stop his best friend, Glen Baskerville, by allowing his body to anchor a set of seals by which Glen's soul was confined. But now these seals are being smashed one by one by the Crimson Shinigami, whose aim is to return their master to his once-whole state. And so, the fragile peace achieved over the last century begins to writhe, like a horror released from Pandora's forbidden box.
New X-Men, writer, Grant Morrison ; pencilers, Frank Quitely ... et al. ; inkers, Frank Quitely ... et al.
The wildly innovative, Eisner Award-Nominated Grant Morrison X-Men saga, collected in its entirety in a single volume!
Polly and the pirates. Volume two, Mystery of the dragonfish, written by Ted Naifeh ; illustrated by Robbi Rodriguez ; lettered by Ed Brisson ; design by Troy Look ; edited by Jill Beaton.
Polly Pringle reunites with her pirate crew at long last! Honour-bound to rescue Emperor Norton from his unfair imprisonment, Polly escapes her cozy boarding school and returns to the high seas! But Polly and the Emperor have stumbled onto the fiendish plot of a foreign power, which endangers not only their own lives, but everyone in the Americas!
One piece. Vol. 18, Ace arrives, story and art by Eiichiro Oda ; English adaptation, Lance Caselman ; translation, JN Productions.
The Straw Hats at long last reach Alabasta! But their stay is cut short when Luffy attracts too much attention from the Navy. They're not the only ones interested in Luffy - someone from his past has been waiting for him too! Meanwhile, the Baroque Works' agents are summoned together when their leader, the dastardly Mr. Zero, aka Sir Crocodile, learns that Luffy is still alive and orders his immediate extermination!
One piece. Vol. 63, Otohime and Tiger, story and art by Eiichiro Oda ; English adaptation, Lance Caselman ; translation, Laabaman, HC LAnguage Solutions, Inc..
Luffy and the princess of Fish-Man Island escape the castle and head to the mysterious Forest of the Sea. Meanwhile, the kingdom is under attack by dark forces. What is the source of the hatred between humans and the merfolk?
One piece. Vol. 64, 100,000 vs. 10, story and art by Eiichiro Oda ; English adaptation, Lance Caselman ; translation, Laabaman, HC Language Solutions, Inc., Stephen Paul.
With their queen dead, the people of Fish-Man Island carry on her will and hope to one day achieve her dream. But Hody Jones and the New Fish-Man pirates have other ideas, including ruling the kingdom themselves. The fate of Fish-Man Island will rest on Luffy's shoulders, but will he destroy it instead?
The good witch of the west. Volume 3, story by Noriko Ogiwara ; art by Haruhiko Momokawa ; translation, Adrienne Beck ; English adaptation, Barbara Randall Kesel.
Firiel Dee's necklace is proof of her royal blood - and that she might inherit the throne of Graal!
The good witch of the west. Volume 5, story by Noriko Ogiwara ; art by Haruhiko Momokawa ; translation, Adrienne Beck ; English adaptation, Barbara Randall Kesel
Firiel soon learns the price of her bargain with the Count of Rualgo. At Taurus Academy, the girls treat her lower than a dog. She's willing to take the abuse for the sake of Rune's protection by the Count.
Scott Pilgrim gets it together. 4, written, design and layout by Bryan Lee O'Malley.
Scott Pilgrim is finding his summer vacation stressful with a girlfriend with seven evil ex-boyfriends who want to kill him. But worse than that, Ramona Flowers wants him to get a job.
Usagi Yojimbo. 26, Traitor's of the Earth, created, written, and illustated by Stan Sakai, introduction by Walter Simonson.
The rabbit ronin faces a horde of the undead when a harmless-looking but powerful charm brings a betrayed army back to life. With hundreds of zombies and an evil wizard to contend with, Usagi finds himself far out of his depth! Fortunately, he has the aid of fan-favorite character Sasuke the Demon Queller, most recently seen in the Yokai graphic novel. This volume also features several action-packed short stories, including the Eisner-nominated "Death of Lord Hikiji"!
Rasl. 4, The lost journals of Nikola Tesla, Jeff Smith.
Jeff Smith's fast-paced sci-fi thriller about an inter-dimensional art thief continues in this action-packed graphic novel. When Rasl, a thief and ex-military engineer, discovers the lost journals of Nikola Tesla, he bridges the gap between modern physics history's most notorious scientist. But his breakthrough comes at a price. In a twisting tale of violence, intrigue, and betrayal, Rasl finds himself in possession of humankind's greatest and most dangerous secret.
The amazing Spider-Man. Vol. 7, The book of Ezekiel, writers, J. Michael Straczynski with Fiona Avery ; pencils, John Romita Jr..
The amazing Spider-Man. Vol. 8, Sins past, writer, J. Michael Straczynski ; penciler, Mike Deodato, Jr..
The Amazing Spider-Man. Happy birthday, writer, J. Michael Straczynski ; pencils, John Romita Jr. ; special guest illustrator, John Romita, Sr., inks, Scott Hanna.
Peter Parker spends his birthday battling alongside the Fantastic Four, the Avengers and Doctor Strange to defeat a deadly, inter-dimensional threat.
Wonder Woman. Volume one, Odyssey, J. Michael Straczynski, Phil Hester, writers ; Don Kramer ... et al., pencillers ; Michael Babinski ... et al., inkers.
Diana must track down the truth behind what's happened to her timeline and face the biggest stunner of all: who destroyed Paradise Island? If you think you knew who Wonder Woman was, think again! Perfect for new readers as Wonder Woman embarks on an odyssey to find her past and gets a new costume, a new set of foes, and a new tone from the ground up!
Inuyasha. 12, story & art by Rumiko Takahashi ; translation, Mari Morimoto ; English adaption, Gerard Jones.
Kagome is an ordinary modern schoolgirl living an ordinary life. Who would have thought the dried-up old well on the site of her family's shrine would be a gateway to Japan's ancient past? Drawn through the gate against her will, Kagome finds herself battling demons for control of what she thought was a worthless trinket but is actually a powerful magical gem, the Shikon Jewel! Together with an unlikely ally, the half demon Inuyasha, Kagome begins a quest to recover the shards of the Shikon Jewel and learn more about her link to the past.
Shifting Alliances. Naraku steals the sacred stone of the "living mountain" demon Gakusanjin. Then thieves have their eye on the gift Gakusanjin gives Inuyasha to help him and his friends retrieve the stone! Old and new enemies, all a manifestation of Naraku or each other, rear their ugly heads: Hakudoshi, Moryomaru, Goryomaru, Kagura, Kanna, and the infant who houses Naraku's heart. Now they're not only attacking our friends, but each other. Who will come out on top?! And how will the changes in allegiances affect our heroes? On the personal front, Inuyasha travels to the future and meets Kagome's classmates, Shippo pulls malicious pranks on his friends, and Sango is wildly jealous when Miroku visits his fiancee?
Toradora! 5, based on the novels by Yuyuko Takemiya ; manga artwork by Zekkyou ; original character design by Yasu ; translation, Adrienne Beck ; adaption, Bambi Eloriaga-Amago.
Ryuji Takasu thought that his ill-fated luck had turned around now that he was in Junior High sitting next to the girl of his dreams, Minori Kushieda. Ryuji was wrong; for after unwittingly crossing the most feared and fearsome girl in school, Taiga Aisaku, everything went off the deep end! Its taken time, but Ryuji and Taiga have slowly found some common ground and can at least tolerate each other (just a little). The problem is, Fate just doesn't seem to throw Ryuji a bone, everyone in Ryuji's class is now convinced that he and Taiga are dating - even Minori! And to make matters even more embarrassing, Minori has given Ryuji and Taiga her blessings. How's Ryuji ever going to win Minori's heart now?
Pretty guardian Sailor Moon. 7, Naoko Takeuchi ; translator/adapter, William Flanagan ; lettering, Deron Bennett.
Old friends and new enemies lurk in the mysteries surrounding Mugen Academe. The Death Busters crave the Hoste, the human energies, of Sailor Moon and her friends and they'll prey on the girls' dreams and weaknesses to get it! Furthermore, prophetic dreams hint of 'talismans' that could awaken a 'Deity of Destruction.' Could these things be connected to the guardians' power? And are the Sailor Senshi capable of murdering the innocent to save the entire world?
The melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. 13, original story by Nagaru Tanigawa ; manga by Gaku Tsugano ; character design by Noizi Ito ; translation, Paul Star.
After months of squatting in the Literature Club's clubroom, the SOS Brigade puts pen to paper and starts writing some literature of their own! The Brigade has just one week to create a literature newsletter if they want to keep the Lit Club's space from being reallocated by the student council. As each member prepares his or her contribution, Supreme Editor in Chief Haruhi keeps a watchful eye on her team, especially as Kyon's assigned romance story unfolds!
Black Jack. Volume 12, Osamu Tezuka ; translation, Maya Rosewood, Kate Robinson.
A devil and her love song. Volume 4, story & art by Miyoshi Tomori ; English adaptation, Ysabet MacFarlane ; translation, JN Productions.
"Meet Maria Kawai - she's gorgeous and whip-smart, a girl who seems to have it all. But when she unleashes her sharp tongue, it's no wonder some consider her to be the very devil! Maria's difficult ways even get her kicked out of an elite school, but this particular fall may actually turn out to be her saving grace... Maria encourages antagonistic Ayu to be true to her feelings, but that simple action snowballs into a huge rift within their class! As secret crushes and hidden motives are revealed, the backlash of honesty just might destroy Maria's efforts in uniting everyone for the choral competition!"--P. 4 of cover.
Dragon ball. Vol. 16, story and art by Akira Toriyama ; English adaptation, Gerard Jones ; translation, Lillian Olsen.
Bunny drop. 6, Yumi Unita ; translation, Kaori Inoue.
Rin rejected Kouki flat not long ago, but her feelings are still a mess. However, Akari, Kouki's ex-girlfriend, isn't one to forget a grudge, and she's always had her eye on Rin! Will Rin be able to escape the wrath of a woman scorned, or does Akari have another mean trick or two up her sleeve?
Runaways. Vol. 5, Escape to New York, writer, Brian K. Vaughan ; pencilers, Adrian Alphona & Takeshi Miyazawa ; inker, Craig Yeung ; colourist, Christina Strain ; created by Brian K. Vaughan & Adrian Alphona.
When a dangerous alien invades Los Angeles, the Runaways' own Karolina Dean may be the only hero in the Marvel Universe who can stop him. But at what cost?
Astonishing X-Men. Vol. 7, Monstrous, writer, Daniel Way ; pencilers, Jason Pearson with Sara Pichelli and Nick Bradshaw ; inkers, Karl Story ... et al..
Mentallo has the perfect plan: take mental control of the denizens of Monster Island and use them to extort his old employers at Roxxon. But when his monsters attack Tokyo at the same time the X-Men are in town helping one of their own cope with a family tragedy, the mutant heroes are drawn into the conflict. Can Wolverine, Cyclops, Emma Frost and Armor take on an entire island of giant monsters?