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Sourcebooks Christmas eBook Spectacular Day 16:

Backstage Pass (The Sinners on Tour) by Olivia Cunning is $0.99

Book Description

Five stunning guys, one hot woman, and a feverish romance...

For him, life is all music and no play...

When Brian Sinclair, lead songwriter and guitarist of the hottest metal band on the scene, loses his creative spark, it will take nights of downright sinful passion to release his pent-up genius...

She's the one to call the tune...

When sexy psychologist Myrna Evans goes on tour with the Sinners, every boy in the band tries to seduce her. But Brian is the only one she wants to get her hands on...

Then the two lovers' wildly shocking behavior sparks the whole band to new heights of glory...and sin...

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Originally Posted by copyrite

I claimed it... but those selections are terrible!

I claimed it too but just a note I had to switch to IE it wouldn't go through using Chrome

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On, Off by Colleen McCullough (Harper) is $3.79

Book Description:

The captivating novel from the international bestselling author of ‘The Thorn Birds ($4.74)’.

Innocence is no protection…

In Holloman, Connecticut, someone is preying on the innocent. At a prestigious research centre fondly known by its staff as the ‘Hug’, parts of a mutilated body are found. Lieutenant Carmine Delmonico of the Holloman Police learns that a string of horrifying murders – each with the same modus operandi as the one at the Hug – have been commited throughout the state. When another body is found, the medical staff become prime suspects.

With the powers that be in turmoil and every member of staff hiding something, Delmonico must delve into the lives of each and every Hug employee. This is the case of his career and he is determined to solve it. But how, when he is hunting a monster who leaves no clues and is always two steps ahead?

Leningrad by Anna Reid (Bloomsbury Publishing) is $2.51

Book Description:

On September 8, 1941, eleven weeks after Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, his brutal surprise attack on the Soviet Union, Leningrad was surrounded. The siege was not lifted for two and a half years, by which time some three quarters of a million Leningraders had died of starvation.

Anna Reid’s Leningrad is a gripping, authoritative narrative history of this dramatic moment in the twentieth century, interwoven with indelible personal accounts of daily siege life drawn from diarists on both sides. They reveal the Nazis’ deliberate decision to starve Leningrad into surrender and Hitler’s messianic miscalculation, the incompetence and cruelty of the Soviet war leadership, the horrors experienced by soldiers on the front lines, and, above all, the terrible details of life in the blockaded city: the relentless search for food and water; the withering of emotions and family ties; looting, murder, and cannibalism- and at the same time, extraordinary bravery and self-sacrifice.

Stripping away decades of Soviet propaganda, and drawing on newly available diaries and government records, Leningrad also tackles a raft of unanswered questions: Was the size of the death toll as much the fault of Stalin as of Hitler? Why didn’t the Germans capture the city? Why didn’t it collapse into anarchy? What decided who lived and who died? Impressive in its originality and literary style, Leningrad gives voice to the dead and will rival Anthony Beevor’s classic Stalingrad in its impact.

A World Without Heroes (Beyonders) by Brandon Mull (Aladdin/Simon and Schuster) is $3.99

Book Description:

Amazon Best Books of the Month, March 2011

Jason Walker has often wished his life could be a bit less predictable–until a routine day at the zoo ends with Jason suddenly transporting from the hippo tank to a place unlike anything he’s ever seen. In the past, the people of Lyrian welcmoed visitors from the Beyond, but attitudes have changed since the wizard emperor Maldor rose to power. The brave resistors who opposed the emperor have been bought off or broken, leaving a realm where fear and suspicion prevail.

In his search for a way home, Jason meets Rachel, who was also mysteriously drawn to Lyrian from our world. With the help of a few scattered rebels, Jason and Rachel become entangled in a quest to piece together the word of power that can destroy the emperor, and learn that their best hope to find a way home will be to save this world without heroes.

Loser by Jerry Spinelli (HarperCollins) is $1.99

Book Description:

Just like other kids, Zinkoff rides his bike, hopes for snow days, and wants to be like his dad when he grows up. But Zinkoff also raises his hand with all the wrong answers, trips over his own feet, and falls down with laughter over a word like “Jabip.”

Other kids have their own word to describe him, but Zinkoff is too busy to hear it. He doesn’t know he’s not like everyone else. And one winter night, Zinkoff’s differences show that any name can someday become “hero.”

Not-So-Humble Pies: An iconic dessert, all dressed up by Kelly Jaggers (Adam’s Media) is $2.99

Book Description:

Pomegranate. Fresh figs. Sea salt.

Forget apples and blueberries. Today’s trendy ingredients are unique, modern, and indulgent—and now you can find them in the pie plate in your kitchen! With more than 100 sweet and savory pie recipes—and extra recipes for crusts and toppings—Not-So-Humble Pies uses these fresh flavors to turn a simple dessert into something deliciously sophisticated. And these dressed-up pies look as good as they taste, so get ready to serve up a slice of the following:

Blood Orange Curd Pie
Cardamom and Saffron Chiffon Pie
Apple, Brie, and Bacon Tart
Chocolate Acai Chiffon Pie
Pear Gorgonzola Tart

With these mouthwatering recipes—and impressive ingredients—it’s as easy as pie to turn modest standbys into not-so-humble standouts.

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The Dead Women of Juárez by Sam Hawken from Serpent's Tail (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

This visceral crime novel is based on the true story of mass murder in a Mexican border town. When a new disappearance is reported, Kelly Courter, a washed-up Texan boxer, and Rafael Sevilla, a Mexican detective, are sucked into an underworld of organised crime, believing they can outwit the corruption all around.

Siberian Red by Sam Eastland from Faber and Faber Crime (£0.99) is the 2nd Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

September 1939: The Second World War has begun. Even as the fighting rages in Poland, Stalin's long time obsession with the missing treasure of Tsar Nicholas II is rekindled. An informant claims to have information about the whereabouts of the man entrusted by the Tsar with hiding his gold.

Red Bones (Shetland Quartet 3) by Ann Cleeves from Minotaur Books (£0.99) is the 3rd Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

On an archaeological dig at Whalsay, human remains are discovered. Is this a body from the distant past, or one of more recent provenance? Subsequently, a shooting accident takes the life of an elderly woman, and copper Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate. As Jimmy begins to dig into the circumstances surrounding the death, he finds evidence of a massive, bitter dispute between two families

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The Templeton Twins Have an Idea: Book One by Jeremy Holmes and Ellis Weiner from Chronicle Books ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (December 17)

Product Description

Fraternal twins John and Abigail Templeton are the brilliant children of a genius (if sometimes addled) inventor. And when their father's rival kidnaps them, they're not going to just sit around waiting for rescue in this clever story for clever readers of all ages.

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The Last Block In Harlem by Christopher Herz from AmazonEncore ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (December 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

In Sugar Hill, Harlem, kids run through hydrants and music blares from stereos plugged into lampposts. When a new resident notices the trash polluting the picturesque streets, he is spurred to action. However, his clean-up efforts unintentionally launch a rash of evictions and invite an influx of new, affluent tenants.

Sunny Days for Sam by Jennifer Shirk from Crimson Romance ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (December 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Internet guru Sam Calloway is only in town for the summer and needs a nanny for his two small children. The beautiful, inexperienced, and tenderhearted Sunny is not the kind of caregiver Sam had in mind. She's a dream come true, but Sam's stopped believing in fairy tales long ago.

Roadside Picnic (Rediscovered Classics) by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky from Chicago Review Press ($2.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (December 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Published in 1972 and regarded as one of the greatest science-fiction novels, Roadside Picnic follows Red Schuhart. Called a stalker, he's one of the young rebels compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts the alien visitors left scattered around.

Sanctum (Guards of the Shadowlands) by Sarah Fine from Amazon Children's Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (December 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

During a farewell ceremony for her best friend, Nadia, 17-year-old Lela Santos suffers a fatal accident. Following Nadia into the afterlife, Lela's in paradise while Nadia is in hell, a city smothered in darkness. Determined to save Nadia's soul, Lela embarks on a search of the treacherous city's endless streets.

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FYI, Amazon matched the Nook deal:

The Templeton Twins Have an Idea: Book One by Jeremy Holmes and Ellis Weiner also $1.99

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Sourcebooks Christmas eBook Spectacular Day 17

Darker Still: A Novel of Magic Most Foul by Leanna Renee Hieber is $1.99

Book Description

I was obssessed.

It was as if he called to me, demanding I reach out and touch the brushstrokes of color swirled onto the canvas. It was the most exquisite portrait I'd ever seen—everything about Lord Denbury was unbelievable...utterly breathtaking and eerily lifelike.

There was a reason for that. Because despite what everyone said, Denbury never had committed suicide. He was alive. Trapped within his golden frame.

I've crossed over into his world within the painting, and I've seen what dreams haunt him. They haunt me too. He and I are inextricably linked—bound together to watch the darkness seeping through the gas-lit cobblestone strets of Manhattan. And unless I can free him soon, things will only get Darker Still.

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From HarperOne, C. S. Lewis' Space Trilogy books on sale for $1.99 each

Description

Just as readers have been transfixed by the stories, characters, and deeper meanings of Lewis's timeless tales in The Chronicles of Narnia, most find this same allure in his classic Space Trilogy. In these fantasy stories for adults, we encounter, once again, magical creatures, a world of wonders, epic battles, and revelations of transcendent truths.

Out of the Silent Planet: (Space Trilogy, Book One)
Perelandra: (Space Trilogy, Book Two)
That Hideous Strength: (Space Trilogy, Book Three)

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Delirium: The Special Edition by Lauren Oliver (HarperCollins) is $2.99

Book Description

Amazon Best Books of the Month, February 2011.

“Ninety-five days, and then I’ll be safe. I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. I want to get it over with. It’s hard to be patient. It’s hard not to be afraid while I’m still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn’t touched me yet. Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don’t.”

Lauren Oliver astonished readers with her stunning debut, Before I Fall. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called it “raw, emotional, and, at times, beautiful. An end as brave as it is heartbreaking.” Her much-awaited second novel fulfills her promise as an exceptionally talented and versatile writer.

Little Black Dress with Bonus Material by Susan McBride (William Morrow Paperbacks) is $0.99

Book Description:

For a limited time, and at a special price, discover Susan McBride’s Little Black Dress with Bonus Material. Plus, receive an excerpt from McBride’s new book The Truth About Love and Lightning, available February 12th. This special edition also includes a Little Black Dress book club kit from Little Black Dress Wines, including an at-home wine tasting kit, tasting cards, wine pairing recipes, and more information about how to have the perfect Little Black Dress Wines & book club gathering.

In Little Black Dress, two sisters whose lives seemed forever intertwined are torn apart when a magical little black dress gives each one a glimpse of an unavoidable future.

Antonia Ashton has worked hard to build a thriving career and a committed relationship, but she realizes her life has gone off track. Forced to return home to Blue Hills when her mother, Evie, suffers a massive stroke, Toni finds the old Victorian where she grew up as crammed full of secrets as it is with clutter. Now she must put her mother’s house in order—and uncover long-buried truths about Evie and her aunt, Anna, who vanished fifty years earlier on the eve of her wedding.

Before I Go To Sleep: A Novel by S. J. Watson (HarperCollins) is $2.99

Book Description

Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011.

“As I sleep, my mind will erase everything I did today. I will wake up tomorrow as I did this morning. Thinking I’m still a child. Thinking I have a whole lifetime of choice ahead of me. . . .”

Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love—all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may be telling you only half the story.

Welcome to Christine’s life.

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Rage of Angels with Bonus Material by Sidney Sheldon (William Morrow/HarperCollins) is $1.99

Book Description:

A worldwide bestseller first published in 1980, this novel tells the story of Jennifer Parker, a successful lawyer who is loved by two men, one a politician, the other, a mafia don.

Jennifer Parker, a brilliant and beautiful young lawyer, survives shattering career setbacks to become one of the most successful defense attorneys in America. Jennifer’s strength and beauty win the love of 2 powerful men, but earn her the implacable hatred of a third. Adam Warner, man of integrity, born to lead his country, is tied by honor and obligation to his wife. Michael Moretti, compelling Mafia boss, nearly destroys Jennifer’s career before it begins. Robert DiSilva, the D.A. who fought his way to the top, neither forgets nor forgives those who cross him.

Bloodline with Bonus Material by Sidney Sheldon is $1.99

Book Description:

Bloodline is one of the best of Sheldon’s blockbuster thrillers.

Roffe and Sons is a family firm, an international empire filled with desperate, cash-hungry family members. At its head was one of the wealthiest men in the world — a man who has just died in a mysterious accident and left his daughter, Elizabeth, in control of the company. Now as this intelligent, tough, and gorgeous woman dares to save — not sell — Roffe and Sons, she will have to outwit those who secretly want her power . . . and the unknown assassin who wants her life.

Bloodline is a sweeping novel of high financial intrigue on three continents, love, murder, danger, and suspense.

Doomsday Conspiracy with Bonus Material by Sidney Sheldon is $1.99

Book Description:

When Navy Commander Robert Bellamy is assigned to investigate the crash of a NATO weather balloon near an isolated village in Switzerland, he is told that its cargo includes new and highly classified equipment. All witnesses to the accident should therefore be found and questioned. However, as Bellamy conducts his search he begins to suspect that he too is being hunted by an unknown lethal force, and that what he was told about the balloon is only part of an almost unbelievable event.

From Washington to London, Zurich, Rome, and Paris, the story unfolds to reveal Bellamy’s past : why the woman he loves the most cannot return his love; why his friends become his deadly enemies; and why the world must never learn the incredible secret hidden in the Swiss Alps.

Here is Sidney Sheldon at his best as the master of the unexpected.

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The first five books in the Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep is $2.99 each:

Spider's Bite (Elemental Assassin, Book 1)
Web of Lies
Venom
Tangled Threads
Spider's Revenge

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One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season by Chris Ballard (Harper) is $2.24

Book Description:

The Inspirational Story of a Coach, a Baseball Team, and the Season They’ll Never Forget

In 1971, a small-town high school baseball team from rural Illinois playing with hand-me-down uniforms and peace signs on their hats defied convention and the odds. Led by an English teacher with no coaching experience, the Macon Ironmen emerged from a field of 370 teams to represent the smallest school in Illinois history to make the state final, a distinction that still stands. There, sporting long hair and warming up to Jesus Christ Superstar, the Ironmen would play a dramatic game against a Chicago powerhouse that would change their lives forever.

In this gripping, cinematic narrative, Sports Illustrated writer Chris Ballard tells the story of the team and its coach, Lynn Sweet, a hippie, dreamer, and intellectual who arrived in Macon in 1966, bringing progressive ideas to a town stuck in the Eisenhower era. Beloved by students but not administration, Sweet reluctantly took over the ragtag team, intent on teaching the boys as much about life as baseball. Inspired by Sweet’s unconventional methods, the undersized, undermanned Macon Ironmen embarked on an improbable postseason run that infuriated rival coaches and buoyed a town suffering from a damaging drought and the shadow of the Vietnam War—one in desperate need of something to celebrate.

In a final grace note, Ballard returns to the present day, revisiting the 1971 Ironmen to explore the effect the game had on their lives’ trajectories—and the men they’ve become because of it. Engaging and poignant, One Shot at Forever is a testament to the power of high school sports to shape the lives of those who play them, and it reminds us that there are few bonds more sacred than that among a coach, a team, and a town.

That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott (Bloomsbury Publishing) is $2.99

Book Description:

WINNER: Miles Franklin Award,Victorian Prize for Literature, Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for the South East Asia and Pacific Region, Australian Literary Society Gold Medal, Adelaide Festival Award for Fiction, Adelaide Festival Premier’s Award for Best Book

Set in Western Australia in the first decades of the nineteenth century, That Deadman Dance is a vast, gorgeous novel about the first contact between the Aboriginal Noongar people and the new European settlers.

Bobby Wabalanginy is a young Noongar man, smart, resourceful, and eager to please. He befriends the European arrivals, joining them as they hunt whales, till the land, and establish their new colony. He is welcomed into a prosperous white family, and eventually finds himself falling in love with the daughter, Christine. But slowly-by design and by hazard-things begin to change. Not everyone is happy with how the colony is progressing. Livestock mysteriously start to disappear, crops are destroyed, there are “accidents” and injuries on both sides. As the Europeans impose ever-stricter rules and regulations in order to keep the peace, Bobby’s Elders decide they must respond in kind, and Bobby is forced to take sides, inexorably drawn into a series of events that will forever change the future of his country.

That Deadman Dance is inevitably tragic, as most stories of European and native contact are. But through Bobby’s life, Kim Scott exuberantly explores a moment in time when things could have been different, when black and white lived together in amazement rather than fear of the other, and when the world seemed suddenly twice as large and twice as promising. At once celebratory and heartbreaking, this novel is a unique and important contribution to the literature of native experience.

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Trains and Lovers: The Heart's Journey by Alexander McCall-Smith from Polygon (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Four passengers meet on a train between Edinburgh and London, and exchange stories on the themes of love and railways. This is a charming and evocative book from the author of the highly successful No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series; a book of poignant stories infused with warmth, romance and charm.

The Invisible Circus by Jennifer Egan from Corsair (£0.99) is the 2nd Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Phoebe is obsessed with the memory of her sister Faith, a beautiful idealistic hippie who died in Italy in 1970. In order to find out the truth about Faith's life and death, Phoebe retraces her steps from San Francisco across Europe, a quest that yields complex revelations about family, love and Faith's lost generation.

The Still Point by Amy Sackville from Portobello Books (£0.99) is the 3rd Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Explorer Edward sets out for the North Pole and vanishes into the icy landscape, leaving behind young wife Emily. 100 years later, Edward's great-grand-niece Julia attempts to impose order on the old family house, ignoring deepening cracks within her own marriage. The Still Point is a powerful literary debut about the distances that can exist between two people.

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No Proper Lady by Isabel Cooper from Sourcebooks ($0.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (December 18)

Product Description

Get ready for sizzling time-tossed romance from Isabel Cooper (Lessons After Dark). Joan is a soldier from a future where dark forces rule. To prevent this future, she's sent back in time to Victorian England. Can her warrior heart fit into polite society? And will she be able to complete her mission without being distracted by the devilish charms of one Simon Grenville?

** FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

No Proper Lady by Isabel Cooper also $1.99

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The Devil of Nanking by Mo Hayder from Grove Press ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (December 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

With the redolent atmosphere of Ian Rankin and the spine-chilling characters of Thomas Harris, Mo Hayder's The Devil of Nanking takes the reader on an electrifying literary ride from the palatial apartments of yakuza kingpins to deep inside the secret history of one of the 20th century's most brutal events: the Nanking Massacre.

Love, Eternally: Book One of the Roman Time Travel Series by Morgan O'Neill from Crimson Romance ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (December 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

A witch's ancient curse propels talented flutist Gigi Perrin back to A.D. 408, to the court of the depraved Roman Emperor Honorius and his admirable sister, Princess Galla Placidia. Grappling with her disbelief, she also struggles with her powerful attraction to a pagan senator and military commander, Quintus Magnus.

Old Man's War by John Scalzi from Tor Books ($2.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (December 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

At 75, John Perry's wife has died, but he chooses an adventurous new beginning by joining the Colonial Defense Force (CDF). In charge of human colonization and fending off marauding aliens, the CDF promises to restore the youth senior citizens by building new, battle ready bodies from their own DNA.

Legend by Marie Lu from Putnam Juvenile ($2.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (December 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

The western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war. Born into an elite family, 15-year-old June is being groomed for military success while 15-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. When the two cross paths, they uncover the sinister truth about their country.

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Miss Marple Bundle: The Murder at the Vicarage, The Body in the Library, and The Moving Finger (eBook Bundle) by Agatha Christie (William Morrow Paperbacks) is $9.99

Book Description:

The first three of Agatha Christie's twelve, celebrated Miss Marple novels in one collection. Including The Murder at the Vicarage, The Body in the Library and The Moving Finger.

Hercule Poirot Bundle: The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Murder on the Links, and Poirot Investigates (eBook Bundle) by Agatha Christie (William Morrow Paperbacks) is $9.99

Book Description:
The first three of Agatha Christie's thirty-three celebrated Hercule Poirot novels in one collection. Including The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Murder on the Links and Poirot Investigates.

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The 13th Reality, Volume 1: The Journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner

Book Description
| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up

“Wonderful . . . Dashner shares with Rowling a nimble use of fancy, delayed revelation, and charm.” — Chicago Sun Times

What if every time you made a choice that had a significant consequence, a new, alternate reality was created — the life that would've been had you made the other choice? What if those new realities were in danger? What if it fell to you to save all the realities?

Atticus Higginbottom, a.k.a. Tick, is an average thirteen-year-old boy until the day a strange letter arrives in his mailbox. Postmarked from Alaska and cryptically signed with the initials "M.G.," the letter informs Tick that dangerous — perhaps even deadly — events have been set in motion that could result in the destruction of reality itself. M.G. promises to send Tick twelve riddles that will reveal on a certain day, at a certain time, at a certain place, something extraordinary will happen. Will Tick have the courage to follow the twelve clues M.G. sends to him? Will he be able to solve the riddles in time? Will Tick discover the life he was meant to live?

The first volume of an outstanding new children's fantasy series, The Journal of Curious Letters is filled with adventure, humor, riddles, and, oh, yes — danger. . . As M.G. warns Tick, Very frightening things are coming your way. Will you join Tick and his friends on an amazing journey through the Realities? What will your choice be?