Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

From New York Times bestselling authors James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell comes a dark story of murder, mystery, and a brotherhood steeped in a bloody past.

As a young reporter, Arthur Crane exposed the secrets behind the Orchid Killer, a cult murderer from the late '60s whose crimes blackened the end of the Summer of Love. Half a century later, Arthur wakes to find an orchid resting on his pillow, a symbol of death from a killer connected

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Wealthy Richard Walker has just died, leaving behind his country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. His estranged family -- bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna -- have arrived for their inheritance. But the Walkers are not alone.

With her feet firmly planted in the present, Apep no longer a threat, and twins on the way, Lex is ready to settle back into her normal life-or what qualifies as normal now that her family knows everything about the secret world of the Nejerets, mythic gods of time. But an innocent day trip to Seattle feels off to Lex the moment she steps onto the ferry, and an unsettling dream quickly turns into an all-too-real nightmare. When past and future dangers...

Bitten by a vampire, first night on the job! Sarah Anderson has finally found her dream job: Clerk of Court for the Washington DC Night Court. Then she's attacked by a vampire defendant. James Morton, Sarah's alluring boss, saves her life by letting her drink his own vampire blood. But then he insists on self-defense training that's nearly as dangerous as a courtroom bloodsucker. Soon, Sarah lives a double life. By night, she works with James to...

It features sexy immortal Carpathian heroes, a remarkable breed of vampire. A beautiful doctor is perilously drawn to the far Carpathian Mountains by a mysterious stranger who needs her medical expertise. Despite the danger, she cannot deny her deep connection to this mystery man. Together, Jacques and Shea must deal with his tenuous grip on reality, her acceptance of Carpathians, their intensely passionate bond, and being hunted by vampire killers....

Joanne Walker has no use for the mystical, and up until this morning, the mystical had no use for her.But an ancient god has reared his head, and the all-too-real riders of the mythical Wild Hunt are menacing the streets of Seattle. Caught in the middle of an age-old grudge, Joanne is forced to choose between accepting an unexpected magical heritage and facing this immortal enemy, or...dying.(Look, nobody said it was a good choice.)Guided by a cryptic...

At the right time, in the right place, words have the power to change the world.A Macmillan Audio production.

This collection includes nearly 200,000 words of kick-ass action, mystery, magic, and sass:Book 4: Soul EaterBook 5: JudgementBook 6: Afterlife Humans know that immortals live among them, and the world is forever changed... Kat Dubois saved the human world from a deadly virus...and she couldn't be more miserable. Her life as she knew it is over. She has become a prisoner held captive in a gilded cage, courtesy of her newfound fame. She spends her...

When she encounters Traian, an immortal warrior, deep in the Carpathian Mountains, bodyguard Joie Sanders soon discovers that she needs his help to escape the mountains and fight enemy vampires.

-- From the Paperback edition.