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Louise Marley's Books

Benedict Hall
May.28.2013
In 1920s Seattle, a young woman physician struggles to succeed in a male-dominated profession, against the wishes of her wealthy family.  The inhabitants of Benedict Hall, both family and servants, are all dealing with the challenges of post-World War I, amid a swirl of scandal, intrigue, and social change.
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Aug.28.2012
Victoria Lake discovers that it’s not difficult for a person to vanish without a trace–even if that person is herself.  Tory and her son Jack are estranged, but the mystery that swallows Tory also draws Jack in, and forces him to face, though unwillingly, the strange and unreliable gift that runs in their family.
THE BRAHMS DECEPTION
Jul.01.2011
In her highly intriguing new novel, Louise Marley masterfully intertwines the past and present with a mystery surrounding one of the world's greatest composers... The Brahms Deception Music scholar Frederica Bannister is thrilled when she beats her bitter rival, Kristian North, for the chance to be transferred back to 1861 Tuscany to observe firsthand the brilliant Johannes...
MOZART'S BLOOD e-book
Jul.01.2010
The story of an opera singer who becomes a reluctant vampire, and the mysterious Italian werewolf who befriends her.
Mozart's Blood
Jun.29.2010
Mozart’s Blood is historical fiction based on a real-life character, the opera singer Teresa Saporiti, who created the role of Donna Anna in Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni.  The story spans four centuries and takes place in half a dozen great opera houses.  It’s all about an abiding passion for music which even time and death cannot extinguish. When nineteen-year-old Teresa shares the...
The Singers of Nevya
Nov.01.2009
In the wintry world of Nevya, music is literally the only thing that keeps the population alive. Gifted Singers call up safe circles of light and heat; they use their music to heal the sick and broken. But their Gift also forces them to make great sacrifices, as they're thrust into political battles and required to give up almost all human contact. Some are strong enough to survive...
The Child Goddess
Apr.17.2009
Mother Isabel Burke, Roman Catholic priest, travels to the planet Virimund to investigate the background of an old, abandoned child.
Airs of Night and Sea
Dec.30.2008
Conclusion to THE HORSEMISTRESS SAGA
Absalom's Mother & Other Stories
May.01.2007
Collected short stories of award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Louise Marley.
Airs Beneath the Moon
Dec.26.2006
A young farmgirl accidentally bonds with a winged horse, and must go to the aristocratic Academy of the Air to learn to fly.  The Duke who owns all winged horses is furious at the bonding with a lowborn girl, and does everything in his power to thwart her.
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Oct.20.2005
On the ice planet of Nevya, people rely on Cantors and Cantrixes, men and women with the ability to channel psi energy through music, creating heat and light. Mreen is possibly the most talented Cantrix on Nevya—but she is unable to make a sound. She is accompanied to her first posting by a younger Singer, Emle, who must come to terms with her own flawed Gift. When the two young...
The Maquisarde
Dec.03.2002
From Library Journal When Parisian flautist Ebriel Serique loses her husband and daughter in a terrorist attack, she seeks justice from InCo, the global agency that rules the civilized world, only to find her protest rewarded by imprisonment in a mental institution as part of a government cover-up. After a group of resistance fighters rescues Ebriel and introduces her to a movement...
The Glass Harmonica
Jun.01.2000
A musical prodigy of the 21st century encounters the phantom of her counterpart of the 18th century when she plays the glass harmonica, invention of Benjamin Franklin. You can hear a fine example of the mystical sound of glass music here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKRj-T4l-e8    Go to http://www.glassarmonica.com to read more about Franklin's instrument.
The Terrorists of Irustan
Jun.15.1999
Womein in a repressive society rebel against the veil.
The Singers of nevya
Sep.23.1997
Omnibus reissue of the original trilogy, The Singers of Nevya:  Sing the Light, Sing the Warmth, and Receive the Gift.  Psi-Gifted Singers on an ice planet keep their people warm through their music.  Sira, the youngest and greatest Singer of all, becomes involved in intrigues as she tries to solve the mystery of why the Gift is disappearing on Nevya.