![]() ![]() But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch. She is free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. She has found the headquarters of the rebel resistance - and people like her. He promises to help Juliette master her powers and save their dying world. The one person she never thought she could trust. But that won't keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. ![]() With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn't know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But when tragedy strikes, she must confront the darkness that dwells both around and inside her. She took over Sector 45, was named Supreme Commander, and now has Warner by her side. The girl with the power to kill with a single touch now has the world in the palm of her hand. ![]() Juliette has never fought for herself before but when shes reunited with the one person who ever cared about her, the depth of the emotion and the power within her become explosive. But not only is she a threat, potentially the most powerful weapon they could have. ![]() A touch from her can kill " one touch is all it takes. Juliette is a threat to The Reestablishment's power. Locked in a cell by The Reestablishment " a harsh dictatorship in charge of a crumbling world. A fragile young teenage girl is held captive. ![]()
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He was entirely lucid to the end, and the positions he took were easily recognizable by me as extensions or outgrowths of views he had expressed (and also declined to express) in the past. ![]() ![]() ![]() Denali is the story of this powerful friendship that shaped Ben and Denali’s lives, showing the strength and love that we give and receive when we have our friends by our side.īen Moon is an adventure and lifestyle photographer turned director and filmmaker who uses his intuitive sensibilities to bring individuals and their stories to life: from climbing and surfing images, to music videos, to behind-the-scenes moments and narratives. It was only a short time later that Denali was struck by the same disease, and Ben had the chance to return the favor. But when Ben was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at age 29, he faced a difficult battle with the disease, and Denali never once left his side until they were back out surfing and climbing crags. The two of them set out on the road together, on an adventure that would take them across the American West and through some of the best years of their lives. But when he first met the soulful gaze of a rescue pup in a shelter, Ben instantly felt a connection, and his friendship with Denali was born. When Ben Moon moved from the Midwest to Oregon, he hadn’t planned on getting a dog. ![]() ![]() I have written about Blake Crouch and his Wayward Pines trilogy on this blog before. Very rarely do we get a novel in a similar vein to Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five, where time travel is a person journey into your own memories. ![]() Threats include meeting your past self, or encountering the grandfather paradox, or making changes to the past which may affect the future. Time travel in fiction, from this ancient epic to Stargate and Doctor Who, usually involves physically transporting one-self through time, bringing your body and memories with you. When he returns to the moral world, centuries have passed. In the Sanskrit epic, Mahabharata, King Raivata Kakudmi journeys to heaven to meet Brahma, the Hindu creator god. The concept of time travel is almost as old as the history of writing, with the first known written example dating to around 400 BCE. ![]() Time travel is one of the best travelled staples of science-fiction, from books to television shows to movies, it is the ultimate form of exploration. ![]() ![]() It’s a time and setting I personally haven’t had the pleasure of reading about before. One thing that I appreciated about Daughters of Nri is that it’s set in 994 AD around the kingdom of Nri, which was located in present-day Nigeria. Eventually, their paths both lead back to the mighty Eze.ī ut can they defeat the man who brought the gods themselves to their knees? Both girls are tested in ways that awaken a mystical, formidable power deep within themselves. The twin girls were separated at birth, a price paid to ensure their survival from Eze Ochichiri, the man who rules the Kingdom of Nri. Though miles apart, both girls share an indestructible bond: they share the same blood, the same face, and possess the same unspoken magic, thought to have vanished with the lost gods. ![]() ![]() While the more reserved Sinai resides in the cold and political palace of Nri. Strong-willed Naala grows up seeking adventure in her quiet and small village. ![]() ![]() ![]() "As the story progresses, the reader learns new information, and Alice soon suspects everyone around her as the possible killer. "The Circle evokes the chills of 'The Stepford Wives.' A well-crafted psychological thriller."- Booklist " thrill-stuffed novel about a posh London gated community that’s a hotbed of secrets and lies."- The Washington Post One of the "July 2021 Books Will Have You Turning Pages"- Parade One of the "Best Books of 2021, For All Your TBR Needs"- Popsugar One of the "Spring and Summer Thriller and Mystery Must-Reads"- Ms. One of the "Best Beach Reads of Summer 2021"- SheReads One of "The Most Anticipated Mysteries and Thrillers of 2021"- Goodreads One of the "Best Summer Reads of All Time"- Reader's Digest The Prisoner is a propulsive page-turner written by a true master of suspense!" -Wendy Walker Using a cleverly plotted split time frame, the truth about her unconventional marriage is revealed, ramping up the tension. After the shocking abduction of a wife from her bedroom, we are with her at every turn as she desperately tries to understand why she’s been taken and how she can escape. Paris takes readers on a thrill-ride in her latest novel, The Prisoner. "A harrowing Cinderella thriller featuring an underestimated heroine in ruthless survivor Amelie, whose sharp-edged narrative keeps the suspense churning and offers a counterweight to the malignant entitlement of Hawthorpe’s world."- Booklist "Book Gifts for the Holidays" - Westport Magazine A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Book for November 2022! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Raven discovers that two fairy-tale sisters long ago broke their pledge, she enlists the sleuthing skills of her wacky roommate, Madeline (as in Hatter), and Apple herself to unravel the sisters' ultimate fate. ![]() If she signs, she is duty-bound to poison Apple White (Snow's daughter), but she wants to create her own future. Once they ink their names, the stories they spring from will be safely preserved, but if one does not, rumors have it that the tale-as well as the student-will vanish in a posthaste "poof." Most are all aflutter to fulfill their requisite destinies, but Raven Queen, the daughter of the exquisitely wicked Evil Queen, doesn't have an evil bone in her body. For these students, Legacy Day beckons, at which time each will sign the Storybook of Legends and take the pledge to replay their parents' roles. This is a good bet for those who can't get enough of fractured and retold tales.", Praise for Ever After High: Storybook of Legends : "What's a girl to do when her mother is the fairy-tale world's worst evil queen? Follow in her footsteps? Never! At the beginning of this series opener, it's the first day of school at Ever After High, where the offspring of famous fairy-tale characters begin their second year. "Rollicking.a fun read.Unexpected plot twits lead to an ending that, unlike a traditional "happy ever after," promises continued intrigue in new outings. ![]() ![]() Zoa world-builds a fourth-dimension, lives in the cyber space, and survives in NDN-time – they have learned to sing the skin back onto their bodies and remain #woke at the end of the world. They dazzlingly and fiercely take on the likes of Edmund Spenser, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, and John Milton while also not forgetting contemporary pop culture figures such as Lana Del Rey, Grindr, and Peter Pan. Following oral tradition (Ã la Iktomi, Nanaboozho, Wovoka), Zoa infects, invades, and becomes a virus to canonical and popular worksin order to re-centre Two-Spirit livelihoods. This Trickster is a Two-Spirit / Indigiqueer invention that resurges in the apocalypse to haunt, atrophy, and to reclaim. This poetry collections focuses on a hybridized Indigiqueer Trickster character named Zoa who brings together the organic (the protozoan) and the technologic (the binaric) in order to re-beautify and re-member queer Indigeneity. ![]() ![]() ![]() Alternating between the past and present, Meredith and Nina will finally hear the singular, harrowing story of their mother’s life, and what they learn is a secret so terrible and terrifying that it will shake the very foundation of their family and change who they believe they are. Thus begins an unexpected journey into the truth of Anya’s life in war-torn Leningrad, more than five decades ago. ![]() On his deathbed, their father extracts a promise from the women in his life: the fairy tale will be told one last time-and all the way to the end. ![]() As children, the only connection between them was the Russian fairy tale Anya sometimes told the girls at night. But when their beloved father falls ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters. ![]() One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard the other followed a dream and travelled the world to become a famous photojournalist. Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn’t know her mother?įrom the author of the smash-hit bestseller Firefly Lane and True Colours comes a powerful, heartbreaking novel that illuminates the intricate mother-daughter bond and explores the enduring links between the present and the past. ![]() |