CONJURED KILLER RUNNING WILD ON THE NET Life on the streets of 21st-century Seattle can be tough, especially for a young ork like Pita. And it gets a lot tougher when she witnesses a corporate mage murdered by the violent spirit he just conjured from another dimension. Now she's in a heap of trouble with the dead mage's employer, an organization with something to hide. Fortunately, KKRU reporter Carla Harris is in a position to help. Carla needs a big story to give her career some juice, and Pita's predicament might be the ticket. Because Pita's pursuer -- MCT, the mega-huge computer firm -- has hired the heavy hand of the Yakuza crime organization as muscle, things heat up pretty fast. Moreover, the entity that MCT's mage foolishly summoned is very, very old, and unlike any power on earth. It has infiltrated the telecommunications matrix with devilish cunning -- and unless Pita can thwart it with her newly acquired magical powers, Seattle's throat will be wide open for the cutting....

Working freelance for the Lone Star police department, Romulus dreams of becoming an official uniformed officer. But as a "shifter" --a wolf who can assume human form--he is not recognized as a person by the government. When he meets "Jane Doe," a beautiful amnesiac who is linked to a major smuggling ring, he sees his chance to prove himself worthy by cracking the case. But who is importing the tentacled monsters that leave their victims smiling in their death throes? And why are so many people interested in "Jane?" In his search for the answers, Romulus may discover the secret to immortality....   

Computer hackers who have entered the grid of the worldwide computer network are becoming trapped within the virtual landscape. Those who do manage to escape are irreparably damaged, driven to suicidal madness. Five hackers remain in the grid, struggling to survive, but able to move freely. They have one thing in common: an earlier brush with death which may be the key to their survival. But can the hackers escape the grid with their minds intact? Or will the 12 minute countdown to computer crash destroy them first?.**

The second in a gripping trilogy from R.A. Salvatore’s War of the Spider Queen author Lisa Smedman. Viper’s Kiss is the second title in a new trilogy exploring the political intrigues of the yuan-ti race, the details of which have been little explored in previous Forgotten Realms products. Lisa Smedman will pen the entire trilogy, which will affect many other storylines in the Forgotten Realms setting. AUTHOR BIO: Formerly a magazine editor, Lisa Smedman splits her week between working as a reporter/editor at a weekly newspaper and writing fiction. She is a frequent contributor to various science fiction and fantasy magazines, and her most recent credits include authoring Extinction: R.A. Salvatore’s War of the Spider Queen, Book IV, Heirs of Prophecy, and Venom’s Taste, and contributing a short story to The Halls of Stormweather. *From the Paperback edition.*

Introduce yourself to the **Forgotten Realms**(R) world with *New York Times* best-selling author, Lisa Smedman. Larajin, the unacknowledged daughter of Thamalon Uskevren and a half-elf, finds herself embroiled in a bitter war between elves and humans. In an effort to bring peace to both Sembia and the Dalelands, Larajin must confront the twin brother she doesn't know and save a half-brother whose fate hangs in the balance. *From the Paperback edition.*

Is it the end for the Lady Penitent? Is it the end for Lolth? Lolth has come out of hibernation with a plan that may seem too ambitious even for her, and to pull it off she'll need the help of a drow who's betrayed her at least once already--a drow she's transformed into the demonic Lady Penitent. The shocking conclusion to a trilogy that will change the **Forgotten Realms** world forever. *From the Paperback edition.*