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The Stunning Debut Novel From Two-Time John W. Campbell Award Nominee Felicity Savage!An ordinary girl from the countryside ... sucked into a corrupt, elite society obsessed with sex and death.Humility never expected to leave her hardscrabble farming village, until Beau, her beautiful cousin, was chosen for the cruel ritual of ghosting. Now Delta City gleams like a diamond, drawing them to a future beyond their control and a destiny entwined with...
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Princess Aria has come a long way since surviving a near-death encounter with a wierlling and averting invaders in Torrannon, but the fight against mental illness can sometimes be one step forward, two steps back. As she struggles to overcome the health anxiety, her beloved horse, Storm, becomes lost in the wilderness. Aria will once again have to find the strength to face more challenges and figure out new ways to get more control over her mind....
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Crispin is a "circus baby," born in a caravan, working as a daemon handler and aerialist... until an accident on the high wire casts him out into a world even stranger that the circus that nurtured him.Crispin falls headlong into the arms of Rae, an orphan girl of equally exotic origins. And soars in daemon-powered biplanes over the wastelands of the Raw, joining the awesome battle between Ferupe's slow-dying Queen and her adversary, the Lizard Significant.The...
4) The Dance of the Blacksmith and the Huntress Anthology: A Fantasy Romance of Two Lovers Forced to
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The Anthology edition of The Blacksmith and The Huntress series.Doyle was taken towards the tavern and saw the silhouette of a woman waiting outside. The girls mysteriously told Doyle he needed to be blindfolded. He was guided by the girls until they stopped. Doyle suddenly was filled with nerves; he knew who this woman was, and he would be forced to deal with feelings that he had repressed for many years.In a world where catarans fight to keep the...
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Escrito enquanto o autor encontrava-se exilado de Florença, sua cidade natal, devido a rixas políticas, o poema narrado em primeira pessoa retrata Dante como um protagonista peregrino, uma espécie de cidadão do mundo representante do homem medieval espremido entre a cultura clássica e a tradição cristã, em busca da excelência moral e espiritual. Levado pela mão do poeta latino Virgílio, autor da Eneida, o personagem Dante conhece o inferno...
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In this astonishing debut, Kelley Grant begins the Desert Rising trilogy by bringing to life a powerful new epic fantasy tale of determination and self-discovery.
The Temple at Illian is the crown jewel of life in the Northern Territory. There, pledges are paired with feli, the giant sacred cats of the One god, and are instructed to serve the One's four capricious deities. Yet Sulis, a young woman from the Southern Desert, has a different perspective...
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In the face of a battle that will reshape mankind's destiny and the face of the world itself, Kelley Grant brings her spellbinding, epic trilogy that began with Desert Rising and The Obsidian Temple to a thunderous and powerful conclusion, where old friendships will be tested and new alliances forged.
It has been a year since Sulis Hasifel fled to the desert, narrowly escaping death at the hands of a vengeful god. The time of the final battle,...
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In this mesmerizing sequel to the epic fantasy Desert Rising, Kelley Grant brings us back to the cities of Illian and Shpeth, where the fate of the world hangs in the balance, and two twins--Sulis and Kadar--might have enough magic and power to finally bring about peace.
After a harrowing escape to the desert, Sulis Hasifel finds her calling is not yet fulfilled. Traveling to the Obsidian Temple-the site of an ancient divine battle-Sulis is tasked...
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Back Blurb:She's earned her shield in a quarter the time it usually takes.She's slain the Evil Wizard Henig to save the Realm and extract vengeance for the murder of her parents.She's taken the reins of her far-flung merchant empire - including the Metreedis' Secret and Ancient Mission. And she's managed to navigate a solution to falling in love with both of her Knight-Companions.Karana is surely due a break...But Wind and Wave are no respecters of...
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Khosrow and Shirin is a love story by Nezami Ganjavi--considered the greatest medieval Persian romance poet--based on historical characters of the seventh-century Iranian court. Written 850 years ago, the narrative poem is presented here for the first time in a stunning modern-verse English translation by Dick Davis, the pre-eminent translator of Persian poetry.
The love between an Iranian prince (Khosrow) and an Armenian princess (Shirin) is at...
11) The StarQuest
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The Startling Sequel to The MoonQuest! Travel back in time to the Q'ntana before The MoonQuest. Here, despite the yoke of a ruthless brutality, a legend will not die...of the Heart of the Star and of the Fair One who will rekindle it to return peace to the land. Book 2 of Mark David Gerson's epic, time-twisting True Fantasy series.
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The Raven's Shadow, the third book of Elspeth Cooper's The Wild Hunt series finds war brewing on both sides of the Veil between the worlds.
The desert of Gimrael is aflame with violence, and in the far north an ancient hatred is about to spill over into the renewal of a war that, a thousand years ago, forged an empire. This time, it may shatter one.
Wrestling with his failing grip on the power of the Song, and still trying to come to terms with...
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The Romans came, conquered, and departed, leaving behind them a strange new religion called Christianity. The princes of Britannia have driven back the invading Saxons and dream of a return to bygone days, while others on the island invoke the magic of a time older still. For the revered ancient goddesses Eve on in the hearts and memories of the proud royal women of the old British tribes. And now, King Artor -- wounded in body and spirit -- proclaims...
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For fans of The Wrath and the Dawn and From Blood and AshEvery year, a virgin weds a monster.By the next sunrise, he bleeds her dry.This year, the virgin bride is Nicce Ward, but she's no helpless victim. She has been prepared for this moment, consecrated to the sun, trained to fight with magic and with weapons. She must kill the monster, Sir Eithan Draig, and free the land of the scourge of his twisted desire.Eithan Draig knows the sacrifices are...
15) A Winter Seige
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The people hide withing the walls of the cities, the refugees huddle together against the bitter winds, and Elvish warrios hold the forests. Only the chrushing cold of winter keeps the lands from erupting in a violent confrontation, but it can't last, and ever the witch of Elanda wanders the lands bringing both hope and fear wherever she goes.
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The goddess of nightmares is dead, but Nicce and Eithan now face the threat of Sullo, the sun god and Nicce's father. Arrogant and vain, Sullo thinks of his children as possessions, extensions of himself. And no daughter of his should be dallying with an abomination like Eithan.Sullo wants Eithan dead and Nicce to do exactly as he says.Ciaska's body isn't even cold and they're already back exactly where they started. They are scraping and bowing and...
17) The God Spear
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It will take a god to awaken a god. The Heir to Essera's throne, Handurin Stauberg-Randolph, has escaped from Sordan and sought out the Kheld people of Amallar. He hopes to gain them as allies, particularly against the murderous sorceror Nammuor. Dorilian Sordaneon has also left the safety of Sordan-and stopped the Rill god-machine. Handurin doesn't know it yet, but Dorilian is hot on his heels. Which means Dorilian is in Amallar too, living in secret...
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The poetry you are about to read in this book is meant to elicit a reaction and heighten your senses. You will be taken through a range of emotions as you turn the pages and live in the moment of the words. Some are fantastical dreamed up tales of imagination and some are real as well. It is up to you the reader to decipher and decide which is real and which is just fantasy. So, now without further ado it's time to slip off your shoes and make yourself...
19) Cry of Fangs
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For years, the vampire nations of Lucia and Torin have lived in an uneasy peace. That all changed when Lucia annexed the independent city-state of Cesvic. Now, war is looming on the horizon and no one is safe. A SlaveFar away in the Lucian capital, Hayden is the human blood bag of the youngest Lucian prince. And a pawn in a political game of chess that might bring the nation to its knees. A MonkMora, in Cesvic, is worried. She serves as a Monk of...
20) DarkSkull Hall
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In a world of kings, mages, and warriors, could one girl be the most powerful of all? The popular daughter of a powerful nobleman, Alyx Egalion dreams of marrying her best friend Cayr, the crown prince of Rionn, and ruling at his side. But her planned future is shattered when she's unexpectedly sent away to the distant DarkSkull Hall to become a mage. Secretive, isolated, and ruthless, DarkSkull is a cold place where only magical power and lineage...
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