Strickland, AdriAnne

When nineteen-year-old Fin volunteers to take her secret love's place in their village's Finding, she is terrified. Those who are chosen at the Finding are whisked away to Castle Courtsheart, a vampire school where human students either succeed and become vampires, fail and spend the rest of their lives as human thralls...or they don't survive long enough to become either.

"We all have souls. Some are beautiful gardens, others are frightening dungeons. Soulwalkers--like Kamai and her mother--can journey into other people's souls while they sleep. But no matter where Kamai visits, she sees the black door. It follows her into every soul, and her mother has told her to never, ever open it. Kamai has touched the door; it was warm and beating, like it had a pulse. She has put her ear to it; she heard her own name whispered from the other side. And when tragedy strikes, Kamai does the unthinkable: She opens the door"--Provided by publisher.

"In Thanopolis, those precious few gifted with magic are assigned undead spirits who guard them and closely control them. Ever since Rovan's father died trying to keep her from this fate, Rovan has hidden her magic. But when she accidentally reveals her powers to save a life, she's bound to one of the undead and thrust into a world of palace intrigue and deception. Desperate to regain her independence, Rovan still finds herself falling in love with two people she can't fully trust: Lydea, a beguiling and rebellious princess struggling against her destiny; and Ivrilos, the handsome, powerful spirit with the ability to take control of Rovan, body and soul. Together, they uncover a terrible secret that will destroy everyone in Thanapolis, both the living and the dead. To save them all, Rovan will have to start a rebellion in both the mortal world and the underworld, and find a way to trust the princess and the undead spirit battling for her heart"--Provided by publisher.

"Now sharing the responsibilities of captaining the Kaitan with Nev, Qole sets out to stop an evil plan"--Provided by publisher.

"The captain of a starship and a prince are forced to revise their ideas of family and loyalty, with the fate of their worlds hanging in the balance"--Provided by publisher.

Now a prisoner in Eden City, Tavin Barnes is cursed with being the next Word of Death and can kill with a touch, but Ryse, the Godspeaker charged with Tavin's training, is pushing him to be an elite assassin and he must rally his fellow Words in order to subvert the Godspeakers' master plan of dominating an illiterate wordless class.

After helping Khaya, the Word of Life, escape from her prison, seventeen-year-old trash collector Tavin Barnes joins her on the run, attempting to prevent Khaya's captors from using the Words for world domination.