When Djinn Dream


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Enjoy this urban fantasy series by USA Today bestselling author Nicole Zoltack where cops fight supernatural creatures including vampires, werewolves, demons, and more! Nightmares are one thing, but when someone else can suck your life force away as you sleep, that’s another. Detective Clarissa Tempest has finally met her match. A new threat emerges in Bethlehem, one that affects her too. A supernatural-inflicted fatigue causes all kinds of mayhem. When djinn dream, humans die. If Clarissa can’t figure out a way to find the djinn, to stop them, to even kill them, worst trouble may befall Bethlehem. In the shape of her birth father. WHEN DJINN DREAM is a part of Mayhem of Magic. KEYWORDS: mayhem of magic, witches, urban fantasy, supernatural suspense, fairytale fantasy, fantasy romance, romantic fantasy, slow burn romance, supernatural powers, magic, come into powers, dark fantasy romance, clean fantasy, vampire, werewolf, academy, young adult paranormal romance, young adult academy, paranormal romance, dark paranormal romance, war, Free Royal, Raven Kennedy, Kelly St. Clare, Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti, C.N Crawford, Elise Kova, Robin D. Mahle, Elle Madison, D.K. Holmberg, Cordelia Castel, Kay L Moody, Alisha Klaphe




Bottle Banished


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Genie thought learning how to “do” The Hustle was the worst thing about 1977, right along with strobe lights and disco balls, but she discovers something far worse the day she is bottle banished by an unsanctioned hunter obsessed with her destruction. Thirty-seven years later, she is awakened from her spellbound slumber by a homeless alcoholic who wants whiskey not a wish. Overwhelmed with shame, and keeping secrets from even himself, Reid Romans is the worst master ever. He stinks. He's dirty. He's rude, but even more maddening; he's sinfully sexy under all the filth and attitude. When his green-eyed gaze captures Genie for the first time, she's hooked, and being hooked on a human is not acceptable or allowed according to the genie rule book. While Reid's unsavory past bites hard at his heels, and he's accused of a murder he diGdn't commit, a powerful jinn is stalking Genie, intent on adding her to his harem. She has rejected him too many times to count, but he won't stop until he claims her—body and soul.Genie and Reid have way more than one love-sick jinn to deal with. A ruthless FBI agent; a cold-blooded cartel; and a hateful hunter, who wants genie back in her bottle, banished forever; keep them fighting for freedom and against the desire flaring between them. Dark secrets, forbidden love, and simmering suspense take Genie and Reid on an unforgettable journey where the past and future collide and wishes run out.




The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye


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The magnificent title story of this collection of fairy tales for adults describes the strange and uncanny relationship between its extravagantly intelligent heroine--a world renowned scholar of the art of story-telling--and the marvelous being that lives in a mysterious bottle, found in a dusty shop in an Istanbul bazaar. As A.S. Byatt renders this relationship with a powerful combination of erudition and passion, she makes the interaction of the natural and the supernatural seem not only convincing, but inevitable. The companion stories in this collection each display different facets of Byatt's remarkable gift for enchantment. They range from fables of sexual obsession to allegories of political tragedy; they draw us into narratives that are as mesmerizing as dreams and as bracing as philosophical meditations; and they all us to inhabit an imaginative universe astonishing in the precision of its detail, its intellectual consistency, and its splendor. "A dreamy treat.... It is not merely strange, it is wondrous." --Boston Globe "Alternatingly erudite and earthy, direct and playful.... If Scheherazade ever needs a break, Byatt can step in, indefinitely." --Chicago Tribune "Byatt's writing is crystalline and splendidly imaginative.... These [are] perfectly formed tales." --Washington Post Book World




Jinn Magick


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For most of us, we tend to hyper focus on beings such as Angels, demons and spirits of the dead etc. But, as you know, there is more out there than that. There is a class of being that is neither angel nor spirit of the dead. They are a parallel entity to humans. The Islamic Satan is one of these beings; which is a departure from the west where the devil is an angel gone rouge. These entities are so intertwined with us that it is impossible to go about our days without having some interaction with them. When things go bump in the night we assume it is one of the 3 classes of spiritual entities we are most familiar with, demons, angels and spirits of the dead etc. However, more often than not, they are neither of these 3. They are unto a class of their own. In folklore they are known as Jinn also known as Djinn. Jinn were brought to light via the religion of Islam, although texts do mention them before Islam. It is from Islamic stories however where we get a clearer picture of what the Jinn are. In fact, modern ideas of the Genie in the bottle is directly from stories about the Jinn. The word genie is derived from the word Jinn. Aladdin when he rubbed his lamp was speaking to a Jinn. In the west, Jinn are very much misunderstood. Often we associate them with demons or devils. Yes, some do have malevolent intent, and as I mentioned the "devil" in Islam is a Jinn, but there are many Jinn who are "good." They are more like humans than you can imagine, yet they have abilities we do not have, but can harness. In this book, we will discuss not only the nature of and type of Jinn, but also how to bind them to work for you. Before I continue however I'd like to give a warning. Jinn, like other spiritual entities need to be communicated with care. They can grant you what you want, but be careful what you ask for. Jinn are notorious pranksters, you might get what you want, but in a way you really would rather not have it...You have been warned. With that said, let us go deeper into the world of the Jinn.




Dreams and Visions


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Let your imagination soar and take flight with these fourteen original tales of fantasy and science fiction by a distinguished line-up of award-winning children's and young adult authors. Joan Bauer gives us Chloe, a fantasy writer trying to tell a new story—but her characters won't cooperate. Suzanne Fisher Staples introduces us to the powers of djinn in her magical tale set in Pakistan. Charles de Lint offers a romantic tale set during the Summer of Love in his mythical city of Newford. A witch's son seeks revenge in a chilling murder mystery by Michael O. Tunnell. Craig and Jessica, two high school runners, star in this story of transformation by Rich Wallace. Patrice Kindl's mysterious Mrs. Duck moves into the boring town of Refreshing Acres—and nothing is ever the same again. In S.L. Rottman's action-packed tale, the world is on fire, and it's a race to the water's edge. David Lubar thrills us with his story of Deborah, an aspiring magician. Mel Glenn shares a conversation between Ryan and an Angel in the afterlife. Jessie's encounter with a toad changes her life in this uplifting tale by Nancy Springer. A soldier meets the ghost of Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, in John Ritter's thought-provoking story. An oracle makes an unsettling prediction in Sharon Dennis Wyeth's tale. Neal Shusterman introduces us to a young thief who holds the fate of the universe in his hands. Tamora Pierce's story takes us to the land of Hartunjar, where women are subservient to men—but not for long...




Blackbringer


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When the ancient evil of the Blackbringer rises to unmake the world, only one determined faerie stands in its way. However, Magpie Windwitch, granddaughter of the West Wind, is not like other faeries. While her kind live in seclusion deep in the forests of Dreamdark, she's devoted her life to tracking down and recapturing devils escaped from their ancient bottles, just as her hero, the legendary Bellatrix, did 25,000 years ago. With her faithful gang of crows, she travels the world fighting where others would choose to flee. But when a devil escapes from a bottle sealed by the ancient Djinn King himself- the creator of the world- she may be in over her head. How can a single faerie, even with the help of her friends, hope to defeat the impenetrable darkness of the Blackbringer? At a time when fantasy readers have an embarrassment of riches in choosing new worlds to fall in love with, this first novel by a fresh, original voice is sure to stand out.




Heat Stroke


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Mistaken for a murderer, Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is hunted down and killed by her colleagues. Reborn as a Djinn, she senses something sinister entering earth's atmosphere-something that makes tomorrow's forecast look deadly.




Temporal Gifts


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Sometimes taking the high road isn’t an option. The elven summit taught Arden Finch one thing: that some people only respond to tough consequences. It’s not the way she wants to rule, but securing her territory and her home comes first—especially when werewolf blood finds its way into human hands. Now Arden must tackle the threat the mundanes have become, even if it exposes her true power to the Bureau for Supernatural Investigation. When she’s also forced to confront betrayal from her own people, the fallout is deadly. All that would be difficult enough on its own, but both Arden’s magic and the trickster gods are making more trouble for her. Hell breaks loose like never before, leaving Arden to face her greatest challenge since the Wild Hunt. Content warnings: This book contains strong physical violence and gore, on-page death, swearing, slurs (not toward any real racial or ethnic group/identity), alcohol use, knife violence, threat of sexual violence, mention of past abuse by a guardian, threats by law enforcement, blood-drinking, and consensual on-page sex scenes.




Djinn on the Rocks


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Countles emigrants who've hit the shores of New York have long since Americanized their names and bought into their new culture. That's just what half-breed djinn, Rabriel, does when he suddenly finds himself in Manhattan. He changes his name to John Denny and sets up shop, selling wishes to those who can afford them. Only when the gods come calling does he learn that he's violated some core rules of the universe. Now he's face with becoming indentured to one of them, and who it will be depends on how he performs on a test they've created just for him.




The Rope of God


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The Acehnese, a Muslim people of Sumatra, fought Dutch attempts to colonize them for forty years. After its "pacification," Acehnese society evolved peacefully, yet nonetheless the Acehnese participated fully in the Indonesian revolution and in a rebellion against the Indonesian central government not long after. Based on field work done in the early 1960s, James Siegel's The Rope of God, traces the evolution in Islam, in the economy, and in the structure of the family to show how it was that Aceh mobilized itself as a society from the time of the colonial war to the emergence of the republic. At a time when this Indonesian society is once again in movement, this influential study has gained a certain new relevance. To bridge this span of time since its initial publication in 1969, Siegel has added two additional chapters to his original volume: one a description of political elements today and the other a previously published piece on Acehnese domestic politics. Important when it first appeared, The Rope of God continues to be of enduring importance today and will be warmly welcomed back into print. James Siegel is Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies, Cornell University and is the author of New Criminal Type in Jakarta: A Counter-Revolution Today, among other books.