Hospitals are not hospitable. I mean, technically they are. They provide food, water and shelter, but so do zoos. That's basically what hospitals are. People poke and prod at you, then lock you up in a room and watch you day and night. I was one of the ones that would watch you. Study you. The one thing we don't realise, we who sit and study you, is that you are sitting and studying us right back. And although our observations may sometimes be incorrect, yours never are. Which is why I'm here right now, falling the 1,000 feet off of Wayne Enterprises.

[season 1] In the near-future, mankind succeeds in curing A.I.D.S. However, something much worse fills the void, an aggressive sickness that only affects females. Though only 50% of Earth's population is at risk of contracting M.A.I.D.S., the illness impacts everyone. World War III begins as panic-stricken governments seize healthy females in order to ensure the survival of their people, but even warfare and forced breeding programs can't halt the inevitable: mankind is dying out. An international team of scientists combine existing technologies, theories, and desperation to create Synthia, a synthetic human female capable of M.A.I.D.S.-free existence and, most importantly, reproduction. Biomechanical humans, dubbed Synthias, are mass-produced, and mankind's population begins to slowly increase after being decimated by the illness and war. The cost of salvation is souls. Synthias are denied basic human rights because they are manufactured, not born. After staging an unsuccessful uprising, the facilities where Synthias are mass-produced undergo great changes. Synthia manufactories are re-opened as boutiques where a man's mate can be custom-ordered, right down to the various skills and knowledge the Synthia possesses. A truly male-oriented world emerges around this new technology. Adam, the first son of a Synthia, wants something more than a mere breeding machine. He wants a true partner and something like the "love" he only knows about from pre-war media. The Synthia he creates is something new that threatens to destroy the status quo... Adam's Synthia is not an it. Adam's Synthia is a she. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M.A.I.D.S. is the winner of two Watty Awards (2011).

Chased by a hideous monster down a dark alley isn't most teenagers average activity, but then again, Hex, Belle and Scarlett-Rose aren't average. Already aware of their powers and the world of magic, waiting just beside the ordinary one, the girls meet wise-cracking skeleton detective, Skulduggery Pleasant, who happens to have the unfortunate habbit of attracting trouble. The three young sorcerers have no problem with this, there's plenty of action, and even more people to hit. Everythings great... yeah, right. The bad guys turn up, as most bad guys do, and start breaking things, with the slight difference from your normal hostage takers, bank robbers, etc... Their asking for a weapon of mass destruction, a weapon they very well know doesn't exist anymore. Things are getting serious as mutiple attacks on the Roarhaven Scantuary arrise. Can Hex, Belle, and Scarlett figure out what these dangerous lunatics want before they acheive it?

The wonderful Derrek Landy created the Skulduggery Pleasant series and all rights of the characters go to him! (Apart from Raven, and all the other characters he didn't make up, lol) Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery Pleasant are called out to a mission in London. Valkyrie and Skulduggery discover shocking secrets and are faced with one of their greatest enemies yet. A new ally falls into their lives with an exuberant entrance, her name is Raven, and soon the allies will have to make their final stand and make difficult choices. This could either bring them together or tear them apart.