Nick Willing
1) Tin man
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
DG, a misfit waitress from a midwestern town, finds herself on a journey to a fantasy world where she meets fellow misfits Glitch, Cain, and Raw who help her save the once-beautiful O.Z. from complete destruction at the hands of the sorceress, Azkadellia.
Dorothy Gale, a.k.a. DG, is all grown up and bored. She mopes around working as a waitress and goes to school part time. Before she knows it, she's back in OZ and on the run from the evil sorceress...
Author
Series
Olympus volume 13
Language
English
Description
Hero, Oracle, Daedalus and Medea have made it inside the doors to Olympus - and now their real journey begins. Along the way, they are tested, judged, enlightened and bitterly disappointed. Nothing in the world of the gods turns out quite as they expected or hoped for. In the end, Hero and Oracle are faced with the most incredible and daunting task ever asked of Mortal Man.
Author
Series
Olympus volume 1
Language
English
Description
Hero risks his life to rescue the Oracle of Gaia from the Cyclops... she's the only person who can answer questions about his mysterious past. What she reveals is shocking, and changes Hero's life forever. In Athens, the siegetorn city is mired in political turmoil and someone inside the royal court is planning a coup, starting with killing King Aegeus.
Author
Series
Olympus volume 2
Language
English
Description
Hero, Oracle and the genius inventor Daedalus form an unlikely alliance to find Hero's birthright - the Ring of the Magi. Meanwhile, Queen Medea finds out that Hero is the King's illegitimate firstborn son and she dispatches ruthless warrior priests to track him down and bring him to Athens.
Author
Series
Olympus volume 8
Language
English
Description
The Minoans take over Athens, and King Minos is about to put Aegeus and the rest of the royal family to death when Hero comes to their rescue, striking a bargain with Minos - the Lexicon in return for sparing their lives. Minos agrees, unaware that Hero has plan which will either set him on the road to Olympus, or lead to the death of everyone he holds dear.
Author
Series
Olympus volume 9
Language
English
Description
En route to the door of Olympus, Hero and Princess Ariadne unexpectedly fall in love. They hurry through the country side, eager to reach Olympus, not realizing that their destination may not turn out to be what they expect. In Athens, Lykos and Aegeus are being held in the dank prison caves where they must hide their identities, or suffer the terrifying rage of the other prisoners.
Author
Series
Olympus volume 12
Language
English
Description
Medea trades her body and soul to the demon goddess Circe in exchange for leading her, Hero, Daedalus and Oracle to the door of Olympus. Medea has only 24 hours before Circe claims her prize and Medea's life is forfeit. On their dangerous trek, they are attacked by the deadly Fates, as well as the trickster God Hermes. When they arrive at the door to Olympus, they are stunned by what they find.
Author
Series
Olympus volume 11
Language
English
Description
Hero and Medea are trapped in the frozen palace where Hero has a vision of Gaia who tells him if he tries to enter Olympus, he will die. Hero realizes that if he is to survive, he'll need Medea's faith in the Gods, Daedalus' scientific genius and Oracle's visionary gifts. However, Oracle is with Minos on Mount Ida, snowbound and slowly freezing to death with King Minos.
Author
Series
Olympus volume 3
Language
English
Description
Hero, Oracle and Daedalus narrowly escape capture and dismemberment by the warrior priests as they make their way to the forest of Troezen in search of the ring. In Athens, Medea agrees to take part in a tribute to Apollo, unaware that she's walking into a trap that could cost the Queen her life.
Author
Series
Olympus volume 7
Language
English
Description
Hero and Medea travel to the Temple of Aphrodite where Hero must complete a critical task: to kill love. However, when he arrives he is stunned by what he finds there. Outside the temple, Medea is confronted by her sister, Chalciope: a Magi warrior and cold blooded killer who has come to reclaim her sacred ring and will do anything to get it back.
Author
Series
Olympus volume 4
Language
English
Description
Hero, Oracle and Daedalus are captured by the Minoan troops and brought before King Minos and his daughter, Ariadne who subject them to sadistic torture. As life in Athens grows more dire, Medea arranges for a Dorian mercenary to go on a mission: sneak into the Minoan camp and against all odds, kidnap Hero.
Author
Series
Olympus volume 10
Language
English
Description
Medea risks her life to find Hero before he can accidently open Pandora's tomb, but when she gets to him she realizes she's too late - Ariadne's dead. A thick fog rolls out of the tomb, quickly spreading its freezing breath throughout the land. Hero and Medea barely get back to the safety of the palace, where Hero faces his second task - taking on his father in a fight to the death.
Author
Series
Olympus volume 5
Language
English
Description
Hero slips way into Athens to confront his father the King, only to be arrested and turned over to Prince Lykos. Once Lykos discovers Hero's identity, he realizes that his place in the court, and in his father's heart, is threatened. Back at the Minoan camp, Daedalus unveils his plans for the ultimate war machine that will bring Athens to its knees.
Author
Series
Olympus volume 6
Language
English
Description
Medea and Aegeus try to convince Hero of the importance of solving the riddle of the Lexicon with the hope that he'll use his power to save Athens. Hero is not easily persuaded and must decide whether the Lexicon is a gift or a curse that he should rid himself of forever.
15) The River King
Author
Language
English
Description
In this thrilling murder mystery, a detective (Edward Burns) believes the apparent suicide of a student may have been a hazing ritual gone awry.
Author
Series
Neverland volume 1
Language
English
Description
A London orphan named Peter is transported to Neverland, where the secret of eternal youth has spawned a war between a Native American tribe and an 18th century female pirate.
Author
Series
Neverland volume 2
Language
English
Description
The inspired prequel to Peter Pan continues, sweeping in time from the turbulent seas of the pirates of the Caribbean to the back alleys of a vividly rendered Dickensian London to a world of pure imagination.
Author
Series
Tin Man volume 3
Language
English
Description
An imaginative reworking of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," with modern-day twists. A leather-clad, soul-sucking sorceress named Azkadellia has scorched the once-beautiful O.Z. into a desolate wasteland. Its only hope lies with an "outsider" named DG, a young Midwestern woman, whose troubling dreams have summoned her to the doomed paradise. She not only changes the fate of the O.Z. but discovers, as well, her own destiny in this strange new world.
Author
Series
Tin Man volume 2
Language
English
Description
An imaginative reworking of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," with modern-day twists. A leather-clad, soul-sucking sorceress named Azkadellia has scorched the once-beautiful O.Z. into a desolate wasteland. Its only hope lies with an "outsider" named DG, a young Midwestern woman, whose troubling dreams have summoned her to the doomed paradise. She not only changes the fate of the O.Z. but discovers, as well, her own destiny in this strange new world.
Author
Series
Tin Man volume 1
Language
English
Description
An imaginative reworking of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," with modern-day twists. A leather-clad, soul-sucking sorceress named Azkadellia has scorched the once-beautiful O.Z. into a desolate wasteland. Its only hope lies with an "outsider" named DG, a young Midwestern woman, whose troubling dreams have summoned her to the doomed paradise. She not only changes the fate of the O.Z. but discovers, as well, her own destiny in this strange new world.