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|  | Merrick by Anne Rice, Derek Jacobi
MERRICK is the seventh volume in the Vampire Chronicles and is also linked to author Rice`s Mayfair Witches series. This volume follows the life of Merrick Mayfair, an orphan raised by a scholar with connections to Lestat. As she grows, Merrick develops and hones a power over life and death, but, unable to render herself immortal, falls in with Lestat who is reluctant to turn her into a vampire for fear of repeating the debacle with the 7-year-old Claudia (from INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE). AUTHOR: Anne Rice, Derek Jacobi
PUBLISHER: Random House Audio Publishing Group
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Old Devil Wind by Bill Martin
On a dark and stormy night, a ghost begins to wail, setting off a chain of events that results in a haunted house all ready for Halloween--complete with flickering candles and creaking floors. Illustrated with color paintings. AUTHOR: Bill Martin
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Another World by Pat Barker, Steven Crossley
In Barker's many-leveled novel, a First World War veteran, old Geordie, now dying of cancer, is tortured by memories of his brother's death in the trenches, his own agonizing guilt, and his mother's misplaced grief. His grandson Nick is trying to hold his troubled extended family together. The novel weaves the past into the present, dramatically illustrating the effects of long-ago events on the ongoing story of a family. AUTHOR: Pat Barker, Steven Crossley
PUBLISHER: Picador
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Iron Lady by Gilbert Morris
Morris adds another thrilling saga of American history to one of the best-loved and bestselling historical fiction series in the CBA market. When the Winslow cousins come to New York City in the early 1900s to find careers, Ruth finds love and fulfillment in her job as a nurse at Baxter Hospital, while Priscilla leaves nursing to try her hand at show business. Meanwhile, Esther attempts to establish herself as the first woman news photographer. AUTHOR: Gilbert Morris
PUBLISHER: Bethany House Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Temple of Iconoclasts by Juan Rodolfo Wilcox
This novel by Argentinean-Italian novelist J. Rodolfo Wilcock, who died in 1978, is heavily influenced by the work of Borges. It consists of short essays about people--some real, some imagined--with uncontrollable obsessions: a theatre director who believes he is a rabbit, a telepathic hypnotist, and a man who crusaded for his belief that the earth is hollow. AUTHOR: Juan Rodolfo Wilcox
PUBLISHER: Mercury House
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Elvenbane by Andre Norton, Mercedes Lackey
Two masters of epic fantasy collaborate to create a rousing tale. This is the story of Shana, a halfbreed born of the forbidden union of an Elvenlord father and a human mother. Her exiled mother dead, Shana is rescued and raised by dragons. Reaching adulthood, she explores her magical abilities and ultimately leads a revolt against the decadent elves. AUTHOR: Andre Norton, Mercedes Lackey
PUBLISHER: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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