Heir Apparent

For Giannine's 14th birthday, her father gets her a gift certificate for Rasmussem Gaming Center Virtual Reality Arcade. She's happy with the gift that she told her dad's secretary that she wanted. She'd be happier if her dad would have called and asked what she wanted but he didn't so she's off to enjoy her virtual half hour. Giannine decides to try out the new game Heir Apparent where there are way too many ways to get killed. Unless she can get the magic ring, find the stolen treasure, answer the dwarf's dumb riddles, impress the head-chopping statue, charm the army of ghosts, fend off the barbarians, and defeat the man-eating dragon, she'll never win. The problem is that the equipment has been damaged and if she doesn't win, she will die -- for real this time. Anybody who has repeatedly lost a video game will be able to relate to the Giannine's frustration with trying to make the right moves. Is the game fun any more when your life is at stake? Can she make the right decisions to become the king of the virtual world?

Dead Witch Walking

Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
Rachel Morgan's career is at a standstill. She's been given the jobs with the least amount of responsibility and even then every assignment has some problem. She is considering leaving her position, but no one gets out of the I.S. without a price on their head. When Rachel catches her latest criminal, a leprechaun who is accused of fabricating a rainbow for illegal gain, the leprechaun offers her a chance at three wishes. Rachel teams up with a vampire, Ivy and a Pixy, Jenks to try their luck at running their own business. But, Rachel must first find a way to pay off the price on her head before the I.S. kills her. She decides to find the "Brimstone" drug lord and turn him over to the I.S.. What she finds is more than she bargained for.



Summary from Novelist: Sexy bounty hunter and witch Rachel Morgan prowls the dark streets of Cincinnati, keeping tabs on the vampires and other creatures of the supernatural who prey on the city's innocent and vulnerable inhabitants.


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