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Language
English
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Tom Hazard has been alive for centuries because of a rare condition. He moves back to London to become a high school history teacher--the perfect job for someone who has witnessed the city's history first hand. Better yet, a captivating French teacher at his school seems fascinated by him. But the Albatross Society, the secretive group which protects people like Tom, has one rule: Never fall in love.
Author
Series
Secret series volume 1
Language
English
Description
Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality.
3) Edgedancer
Author
Series
Stormlight archive volume 2.5
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older - a wish she believed was granted. Now, in Edgedancer, the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one. Although the young Azish emperor granted her safe haven from an executioner she knows only as Darkness, court life is suffocating the free-spirited Lift, who can't help heading to Yeddaw when she hears the relentless Darkness is there hunting...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"By turns suspenseful and enchanting, this breathtaking first novel weaves a story of love, family, history, and myth as seen through the eyes of one immortal woman. Collette LeSange is a lonely artist who heads an elite fine arts school for children in upstate New York. Her youthful beauty masks the dark truth of her life: she has endured centuries of turmoil and heartache in the wake of her grandfather's long-ago decision to make her immortal like...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Ever since she made a deal to save her son's life in Roman-occupied Jerusalem, Rachel has been doomed to live eternally, but as her descendants develop new technologies for immortality, she realizes that, for them to live fully, she must die.
"What would it really mean to live forever? Rachel is a woman with a problem: she can`t die. Her recent troubles--widowhood, a failing business, an unemployed middle-aged son--are only the latest in a litany...
Author
Series
Pandava volume 5
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The Pandavas call on old friends, make new allies, and face fearsome trials as they embark on a mission to stop the Sleeper from accessing the nectar of immortality, but ultimately Aru must decide who deserves immortality--the devas or the asuras--and anunexpected answer comes from an unexpected place.
8) Everneath
Author
Series
Everneath novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Nikki Beckett, who has just spent the past six months in the underworld having the life force sucked out of her by an immortal, has returned to the Surface for another six months before she's banished back to the underworld for eternity.
9) The asphyx
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Blending elements of Gothic horror with the more contemporary ingredients of steampunk, The asphyx has emerged from obscurity to become a cult favorite of the sci-fi/fantasy genre. Utilizing an experimental photographic device, a scientist (Robert Stephens) captures what appears to be the image of the Asphyx, the ancient Greek spirit of the dead. With the help of his adopted son (Robert Powell), he conducts further experiments and conceives of a way...
11) Everlasting
Author
Series
Immortals (Alyson Noel) volume 6
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ever and Damen have spent centuries facing down bitter rivals, jealous friends, and their own worst fears in the hope of being together forever, but something threatens to tear them apart.
12) Dark flame
Author
Series
Immortals (Alyson Noel) volume 4
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
As her friendship with Haven becomes strained after Haven abuses her new powers as an immortal, Ever delves into the dangerous world of dark magick to free her beloved Damen from Roman's power.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When a mummy disappears from the local history museum while Cass and her friends Max-Ernest and Yo-Yoji are there, they try to solve the case in order to clear their names and, they hope, discover the Secret they have been seeking.
14) Tuck everlasting
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Young Winnie Foster, stifled by the formality of her proper life and her domineering mother, escapes into the woods only to get lost. Her magical summer begins when she meets Jesse Tuck. Jesse is full of life and adventure and Winnie falls in love. The Tuck family has a powerful secret-- a spring that holds the magic of everlasting life. Now Winnie must choose whether she wants to live life as she knows it or drink from the spring.
Author
Series
Secret series volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cass finds herself alone and disoriented in a dream-like world, while back at home she is in the hospital in a coma with Max-Ernest desperately searching for a way to awaken her.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Cursed with immortality, Ankou has become a monster-hunter but when he meets Flora, the handmaiden who is prophesied to finally end his torment, he finds she has other priorities.
"By night, the Ankou is the most fearsome sword for hire in all the Five Lands - a legendary, permanently young mercenary, and its most abiding mystery. But when the sun rises, a dark magic leaves him no more than bones. Trapped in a cycle of death and resurrection, the...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Lou, a young Black woman, wakes up in an alley in 1930s Los Angeles, nearly naked and with no memory of how she got there or where she's from, only a fleeting sense that this isn't the first time she's found herself in similar circumstances. Taken in by a caring foster family, Lou dedicates herself to her education while trying to put her mysterious origins behind her. She'll go on to become the first Black female journalist at the Los Angeles Times,...
Author
Series
Dodge novels volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow, a imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In his youth, Richard "Dodge" Forthrast founded Corporation 9592, a gaming company that made him a multibillionaire. Now in his middle years, Dodge appreciates his comfortable, unencumbered life, managing his myriad business interests, and spending time with his beloved niece Zula and her young daughter, Sophia. One beautiful autumn day, while he undergoes a routine medical procedure, something goes irrevocably wrong. Dodge is pronounced brain dead...
19) Medusa the mean
Author
Series
Goddess girls. Main series volume 8
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Seeking to become immortal like the other Goddess Girls, Medusa searches for a magical necklace, an effort that is compromised by her mean reputation, her snaky hair, and unexpected consequences.
Author
Publisher
Boom! Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality. As a result, the avatar of Death is cast down to Earth to live a mortal life in Mumbai as twenty-something Laila Starr. Struggling with her newfound mortality, Laila has found a way to be placed in thetime and place where the creator of immortality will be born. Will Laila take her chance to stop mankind from permanently altering the cycle of life, or will death really become a thing of the past?"--...
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