Laura Anne Gilman
Author
Series
Vineart war trilogy volume 1
Description
Once, all power in the Vin Lands was held by the prince-mages, who alone could craft spellwines, and selfishly used them to increase their own wealth and influence. But their abuse of power caused a demigod to break the Vine, shattering the power of the mages. Now, fourteen centrueis later, it is the humble Vinearts who hold the secret of crafting spells from wines, the source of magic, and they are prohibited from holding power. But now rumors come...
3) Free fall
Author
Series
Retrievers novels volume 5
Pub. Date
[2010], c2008
Description
The Cosa Nostradamus is in disarray; the Truce holding violence in check has been broken. Magical Manhattan is at war, and Wren Valere is left without her partner/lover Sergei, whose past loyalties keep him from her side just when she needs him the most. Hoping to keep herself occupied, Wren takes a job-- but what should have been an ordinary Retrieval instead forces her to realize that it is time to do more. It is time for the Cosa to take the battle...
Author
Series
Retrievers novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Welcome to the world of the Cosa Nostradamus, where humans and non-humans co-exist...uneasily.
Wren Valere knows she's the best. So when she and her partner Sergei are hired to track down a missing - and deadly - parchment, she thinks it'll be a piece of cake. And getting out of the city, with its rising tensions between human Talent and the fatae, seems like a really good idea.
The problem is, their employer hasn't told them everything, and the...
5) Staying dead
Author
Series
Retrievers novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2006, c2004
Description
Wren Valere, a Retriever, specializes in finding missing things. Her job can be dangerous, and in this story she is looking for a cornerstone containing a spell. She has to ask the help of some friends: a demon, a mage, and a few others. Even with the help of her friends Wren runs into trouble.
6) Uncanny vows
Author
Series
Huntsmen volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Rosemary and Aaron Harker have been effectively, unofficially sidelined. There is no way to be certain, but they suspect their superiors know that their report on Brunson was less than complete, that they omitted certain truths. Are they being punished or tested? Neither Aaron nor Rosemary know for certain. It may be simply that they are being given a breather or that no significant hunts have been called in their region. But neither of them believes...
Author
Series
Devil's West volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Taking a job with the Devil in the untamed American West, Izzy receives training in the manipulations of human desire and travels throughout the territory to spread magical chaos.
8) Pack of lies
Author
Series
Paranormal scene investigations volume 2
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Bonnie Torres's team of paranormal investigators work to gain acceptance into the Cosa Nostradamus, a magical community who needs their help with cases that threaten to pit humans against special fairies called fatae.
Author
Series
Vineart war trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Jerzy--a young slave who has just begun an apprenticeship to become a Vineart, a mage who can create spell-making wines--must work with his master to stop a plot to complete the work of the dreaded Sin-Washer and rid the world of the last few Vinearts, in the first book of a new trilogy.
Author
Series
Grail quest (Laura Anne Gilman) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Three teenagers living in Camelot are forced to undertake a dangerous mission when King Arthur's court falls under a mysterious enchantment on the eve of the quest for the Holy Grail.
11) Hard magic
Author
Series
Paranormal scene investigations volume 1
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
A recent college graduate and magic user, Bonnie Torres, is hired on with PUPI (Private, Unaffiliated, Paranormal Investigations) in a groundbreaking career of forensic magic.
12) Weight of Stone
Author
Series
Vineart war trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2011
Description
In a world where magic is derived from the process of wine-making, vineart student Jerzy and his companions must find the source of a magic taint plaguing the Lands Vin and, after tragedy strikes, must also seek vengeance for a horrible wrong.
Author
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
"Three months ago Jan learned that elves were real, our world wasn't safe and it was up to her to save her boyfriend--and the world--from being englamoured into slavery. Now Jan has a new deadline--ten weeks, ten days and ten hours. That's when the truce she arranged between our world and the elves' realm ends, and the invasion starts."--Cover, p. [4]
Author
Series
Vineart war trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
An island nation has vanished. Men of honor and magic have died unnatural deaths. Slaves flee in terror. . . . Are the silent gods beginning to speak? Or is another force at work in the Lands Vin? Jerzy, Vineart apprentice and former slave, was sent by his master to investigate strange happenings--and found himself the target of betrayal. Now he must set out on his own journey, to find the source of the foul taint that threatens to destroy everything...
Author
Series
Paranormal scene investigations volume 3
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
While working two complicated cases, paranormal scene investigator Bonnie Torres is stretched to the limit when things get very weird and a powerful creature sets its sights on her and her team.
18) The cold eye
Author
Series
Devil's West volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"In the anticipated sequel to Silver on the Road, Isobel is riding circuit through the Territory as the Devil's Left Hand. But when she responds to a natural disaster, she learns the limits of her power and the growing danger of something mysterious that is threatening not just her life, but the whole Territory. Isobel is the left hand of the old man of the Territory, the Boss--better known as the Devil. Along with her mentor, Gabriel, she is traveling...
19) Dragon justice
Author
Series
Paranormal scene investigations volume 4
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
"In my time with PUPI, formally known as Private, Unaffiliated Paranormal Investigations, I've seen a lot. Learned a lot. And not all of it's been good. But what we do--make people accountable for crimes committed with magic--is important work. Still. Even I need to take a break every now and again. Or so I've just been told (ordered). So hey, vacation. Maybe I'll finally figure out what's going on with the 'special bond' between me and the boss man,...