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Ten people, each with a dark past, are invited to an isolated mansion on Hare Island by a mysterious host. Once on the island, they are cut off from the outside world. Accusations are made and secrets revealed as guests die one by one, indicating one of them to be the culprit.

KeeKee’s education takes Harrell to the edge of the Frozen Continent, then down to the source of the Jungle River in search of an animal long thought extinct. But no matter how many miles he flies, he can’t escape the monster’s grasp. And this time he might not escape with his life.

Thyra, a Redtail Gryphoness, once lived happily in the state of Georgia with her human husband, Johnathen, despite being harassed by an anti-gryphon organization called The Gathering. Now that the hate-filled organization has crumbled to pieces, Thyra and Johnathen are free to live their life in peace. Unfortunately, the wake of destruction caused by The Gathering has cost them their home, their belongings, and has lasting effects on the community around them.

After The Gatherings cult leader, Matthew, fails to rally the public against the gryphons, he attracts unwanted attention. Desperate to avoid public scrutiny, he searches for ways to make Thyra’s and Johnathen’s life miserable. While Thyra excels in her new Gryphball team, Matthew puts plans into action to resurrect a ghost from her past to haunt her, but his rashness may spell his downfall. He's determined to rid the city of these "Gryphon abominations" and burn all in his path to accomplish his objective.

Zaiya the phoenix and her human companion Kin Woodsmith almost have the perfect life and family. They have a phoenix daughter, and the trio is set to settle down to a peaceful, quiet life. But manipulative, sinister forces have cruel intentions aimed at this magical family.

Griffin Ranger: The Monster Lands concludes the story begun in Griffin Ranger: Crossline Plains, as Ranger Harrell seeks to discover the fate of his missing daughter and the other creatures taken by the greenies.

Just when victory seemed inevitable for the Seraph King, his forces withdrew to the far reaches of the continent. Now. the seas are full of treacherous flamingos, the poison reeve’s assassins stalk the desert, and the armies of the Golden Sky hunt gryphons across the air.

Years ago, Satra left the leader of the Crackling Sea to die in the conflagration. Still haunted by the nightmares of what he did to her pride, she believed his corpse rested under the ashes of the Redwood Valley. Until a bloody wingsaw showed up outside the throne room.

Griffin Ranger Harrell White-shoulders is undisputed master of his territory. His word is law, and he enforces it with deadly beak and talons. He’s never encountered a problem he can’t overcome…until now.

Something haunts the desert, something that was once an opinicus.Cherine—scholar, adventurer, metal-beak, and popular kidnapping victim. While his old mate and friends fight for his amnesty, he lives out his exile in the aneda forest. When Zeph and Kia approach him about hunting down the infamous Nighthaunt, he’s all too happy to leave his hovel behind.

Griffin Lanner Redtail is a professional hunter nearing the end of his career. When he’s given a rare opportunity to take down a giant ground sloth, he jumps on it. But with only an untried apprentice to help tackle the huge animal, and a quarreling flock of greenies covering his every move, this hunt could be his last.

When the Ashen Weald captured Cherine, they made a grave mistake. In the months since the bog expedition, bodies have begun appearing in the night. Is this the owl gryphon’s vengeance? Or is something more sinister haunting the night? As Cherine’s trial approaches, Ninox’s allies and enemies alike attempt to hunt her down before she goes too far.

Zaiya, a powerful phoenix with a terrible past, descends from the skies to find a mate. Instead, captured by Rikka, the sorceress, the firebird is forced to attack a village. When the inhabitants fight back, the phoenix is nearly destroyed. But fate decrees that she is be rescued by a kind carpenter, Kin Woodsmith. As the phoenix and the carpenter grow closer, the young man helps Zaiya to regain her powers and overcoming her past. In return, she gives him special gifts, and together the pair creates a miracle. Even so, danger awaits them.

Lost aerie ruins, a horde of rabid starlings, and a sinister discovery at a lost dig site. Tresh is an aquatic gryphon on a mission. She watched her home burn and the last of her family disappear into the bog. Now she’ll do anything to join an elite rescue team searching for survivors. A rescue team led by the same gryphon who killed her nieces and nephews. An owl that blinks. A medicine gryphon with a mane. A goofy guardsman. When new allies and old foes join forces to delve into the secrets of the bog, will they find their missing loved ones or something more sinister?

They might be cold-blooded, but they get the job done. Join these four Lizards in finding out who-done-it before they become a pair of boots. This collection includes Scarlet Crop, The Lamarre Curse, The Persian Penguin, The Crystal Screw, and The Lean Male.

When an inventor’s secretary is murdered, everyone assumes Mick will take the case because he knows the accused. Why won't the squirrel come out of hiding and talk to the police? Everyone who knows anything does nothing but lie. If not for his wife's taste for adventure, Mick would wash his hands of the whole affair.

Monitor lizard, Horace Avraham, has always steered his best friend and boss in the right direction. Only this time, the pit bull is ignoring his advice. Victor Lenox is a cheerfully corrupt ward-heeler who aspires to something better: the daughter of Senator Jared Wilson Vale, the heiress to a dynasty of political purebred Dalmatians. Does he want her badly enough to commit murder? And if Lenox is innocent, which of his dozens of enemies is doing an awfully good job of framing him? Can Avraham solve the puzzle in time, or will the next stop be the gas chamber?

For years, Satra rotted in the dungeon depths while her kin were forced to wage wars to keep her safe. Now the eyrie is ash, and she controls the largest army the continent has ever seen. As her opinicus enemies plot and scheme, she sets her sights on the Crackling Sea, where the last of her kin are held hostage. The snowy taiga gryphon Younce is one step away from being banished. Sent to investigate the frozen catacombs on the Southern Coast, he discovers dead gryphons, violent wildlife, and a hidden camp.

Private detective Dean Diamond and his partner, Simon Mills, are hired by the beautiful Mrs. Lavender to track down her sister’s brutish boyfriend, Lenny King. Diamond is dubious, but the pair take the case, and when both Mills and King wind up in body bags within 24 hours, Diamond realizes that there is far more to this case than Lavender had let on.

The lizard, known only as the Mainland Detective, investigates a theft of diamonds only to uncover a tangled web of lies and murder seemingly connected to a family curse. The lizard can’t get away from Odette Wembley because every time he solves one issue, another arises.