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Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > Fantasy & magical realism
The seductive and action-packed follow-up to Alex Aster’s instant #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and internationally bestselling novel, Lightlark.
Isla Crown has secured the love of two powerful rulers and broken the curses that plagued the six realms for centuries, but few know the true origins of her powers. Now, in the wake of a crushing betrayal, Isla finds herself hungry for distraction, preferring to frequent Lightlark’s seductive haunts instead of embracing her duties as the newly crowned leader of two separate realms. Worse, her fellow rulers haven’t ceded victory quietly, and there are others in Isla’s midst who don’t believe her ascent to power was earned. As certain death races toward Lightlark and secrets from the past begin to unravel, Isla must weigh her responsibility to her people against the whims of the most dangerous traitor of all: her heart.
Alex Aster’s intricate world expands after the riveting culmination of the Centennial games, delving more deeply into Isla’s memories of her past, as her future hurtles toward two possible fates.
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The Oracle
(Hardcover)
Matthew Oakley; Cover design or artwork by Thea Nicolescu
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R508
Discovery Miles 5 080
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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A terrible accident brings sixteen-year-old Casey Everett's life to a
halt—literally. Pulled from the water, Casey is rushed to the hospital
and miraculously revived. But her sudden return to the living is
shadowed by the drowning of her best friend, Liddy.
Overcome with grief, Casey returns home for the summer only to find the
memories of the accident won’t let her go. Shadow-drenched nightmares.
Whispers in the back of her mind. Her friend's screams. Not even Evan,
her neighbor and long-time crush, can seem to break through to her.
Casey thinks she's losing it... until she watches a boy fall from the
sky.
Red—an angel fallen to earth to regain his wings—takes her to Limbo, a
place that exists somewhere between the living and the dead. Now, as
she struggles to understand her grief as well as her growing feelings
for Evan, Casey must learn to walk these mysterious and dangerous paths
in order to save Liddy.
Failure means losing her best friend’s trapped soul to something worse
than death.
A prequel to the original Hunger Games trilogy, that explores the origins of a young Coriolanus Snow and his mentor-tribute relationship with Lucy Gray Baird during the 10th Hunger Games.
It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capital, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.
The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined -- every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death.
Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute... and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.
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