coups d'?tat

"Aurelia thought she saved her kingdom, only to watch it fall apart and have her people turn against her. Retreating to Greythorne, a friend's ancestral home, she is surrounded by enemies -- even the house itself seems to have a sinister desire to harm her -- yet she's determined to protect her family even through her darkest moments"--Provided by publisher.

"After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation and chance lead them to the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will. As the twins learn more about the Communion, and themselves, they begin to hatch a plan to avenge their family and retake their royal home. While Hawke wants to return to his old life, Grayce struggles to keep the threads of her new life from unraveling, and realizes she wants to stay in the one place that will allow her to finally live as a girl"--Provided by publisher.

Security consultant Peter Avakian becomes snarled in a complex plot to stage a political coup in central Africa, and is forced to become a CIA mole inside the conspiracy.

On cover: The antecedents, character and history of the revolutions of the modern age--from the American Revolution to the revolutionary violence of the 1980's.

Jamey Barlowe, who has been in a wheelchair since his childhood, has been sent to the Moon after coup d'?tat has toppled the American government. He soon finds that one of his fellow refugees is more important than she first seemed.