Powers
John Olson
Paperback, 400 pp., $14.99
B&H Books (December 1, 2009)

“Bury me standing. I must be buried standing.” Mariutza’s grandfather utters a mysterious last request before dying in her arms. Even afer his killers die, strange powers pursue Mari through the swamps of southern Louisiana where she has always hidden from “the Badness.” Mari’s only hope of survival is to find Jaazaniah the Prophet, the hero of her grandfather’s bedtime stories. But she has never been outside the swamp or known anyone besides her grandfather and one teacher. How can one lone girl survive?

Shade
John B. Olson
Trade paperback, 416 pp., $14.99
B&H Fiction (October 1, 2008)

A monstrous waking nightmare pursues Hailey Maniates into Golden Gate Park, where she is rescued by a towering homeless man. Doctors diagnose her as a paranoid schizophrenic and try to prescribe away her alleged hallucinations, but too many questions remain. The man who saved her suffers from the same mental condition, and believes a Gypsy vampire is trying to kill them both. Against reason, Hailey finds herself more and more attracted to him. But what if he’s a fantasy? What if he is the monster?