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The phenomenal fifth book in the Hunger Games series, this brand-new prequel focuses on a young Haymitch Abernathy!
When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?
As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes.
Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves.
When Haymitch’s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He’s torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who’s nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he’s been set up to fail. But there’s something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.
A feature film for Sunrise On the Reaping is currently in production and is slated for release in November 2026.
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Where Shadows Lie
(Hardcover)
Allegra Pescatore; Illustrated by John Fisher
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R767
R721
Discovery Miles 7 210
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Lost in the frozen polar wastes, an explorer huddles in his
shelter, typing, with frozen fingers, the story of his lonely,
extraordinary exploits, preparing to send the story to the nephew
he has never seen. With his only companion, the tortoise-like
mutant Jackson, the Uncle has gone in search of his ambition and
his destiny: the awesome and mysterious White Lion. Illustrated on
every page with stunning, beautiful, eerie original drawings,
"Letters from a Lost Uncle" is the product of a unique imagination
and a distillation of all that is most powerful in the strange
genius of Mervyn Peake. Painstakingly re-originated from Peake's
original artwork and typescript, this edition celebrates the
centenary of Mervyn Peake's birth in 2011 and is re-issued
alongside Peake's illustrated edition of Lewis Carroll's "The
Hunting of the Snark" (Methuen ISBN 978 0413 777140).
The third book in Sergei Lukyanenko's dark and thrilling Night
Watch series--a visionary blend of urban fantasY and riveting
thriller, set in contemporary Moscow
Night Watch and Day Watch revealed the "Others," an ancient race
of supernatural beings--magicians, shape-shifters, vampires, and
healers--who live among us and swear allegiance to either the Dark
or the Light. For a millennium, these opponents have coexisted in
an uneasy truce, guarding each other and tottering on the brink of
war.
In Twilight Watch, the Others face their greatest threat yet. An
ancient book of spells with the power to turn ordinary humans into
Others has fallen into the wrong hands, threatening to destroy the
precarious balance between the forces of Darkness and Light. Now
the Night Watch and the Day Watch must cooperate to stop the
culprit. Anton, the hero from Night Watch, is back, but when the
renegade Other turns out to be closer to home than he expected, the
race to prevent global war becomes more urgent than ever. And as
Anton gets closer to discovering the true nature of the Others, he
begins to question how much of a difference there truly is between
the Dark and the Light.
Before Iris sat at her typewriter and before Enva sang her song, a
young goddess wandered dreams…
Born to the firelit domain of the underworld, Matilda is the youngest
goddess of her clan, blessed with humble messenger magic. But in a land
where gods kill each other for magic, Matilda must come of age sooner
than most. She may be known to carry letters through the realms, but
she also carries secrets of her own: one of them deadly, the other a
mortal boy who dreams of her, despite the fact they have never met…
Ten years ago, Vincent of Beckett wrote to Matilda on the darkest night
of his life – begging the goddess he befriended in dreams for aid. But
his prayer went unanswered, forever hardening his heart against the
gods. That is until the same goddess comes tumbling through his window,
bearing a letter to change both their destinies. For Matilda and
Vincent are tangled together by threads of fate and the promise of a
future beyond dreams, one that might rewrite the dark, blood-soaked
ways of the gods…or end them.
'Reminds me of why I became a fantasy enthusiast in the first place. Fantasy can be an escape from reality, but some stories carry the reader to an enhanced reality, a place where the world seems to have brighter colours and sharper contrasts'
Robin Hobb on A Time of Dread (book one)
Defy the darkness. Defend the light . . .
At the battle of Starstone Lake, Drem and his friends witnessed horrors they’ll never forget. They saw magic warping men into beasts and a demon rise from the dead, creating something new and terrifying. So they flee to warn the Order of the Bright Star. But the demons’ high priestess, Fritha, is determined to hunt them down.
Concealed in Forn Forest, Riv struggles to understand her half-breed lineage. It represents the warrior angels’ most dangerous secret, so when their high captain tracks her down, he aims to kill.
Meanwhile, demonic forces are gathering a mighty war-host, to crush their enemies and rule the world of man. And the angels are already fractured and facing betrayal. Like heroes of old, Riv, Drem and the Bright Star’s warriors must battle to save their land. But can the light triumph when the dark is rising?
A Time of Blood (Of Blood and Bone: Book Two) is the spectacular follow-up to A Time of Dread by John Gwynne.
From the #1 Kickstarter campaign of all time #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson adds to his Cosmere universe shared by Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive with a standalone novel that combines fantasy and science fiction.
Years ago he had comrades in arms and a cause to believe in, but now the man who calls himself Nomad knows only a life on the run. Forced to hop from world to world in the Cosmere whenever the relentless Night Brigade gets too close, Nomad lands on a new planet and is instantly caught up in the struggle between a tyrant and the rebels who want only to escape being turned into mindless slaves-all under the constant threat of a sunrise whose heat will melt the very stones.
Unable to understand the language, can he navigate the conflict and gain enough power to leap offworld before his mind or body pay the ultimate price?
Special unjacketed hardback edition of the first part of J.R.R.
Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. This edition
features the complete story with a unique cover design embellished
with gold foil and the iconic maps of Middle-earth appearing in red
and black as endpapers. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him
all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule
Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One
Ring - the ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the
hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the
Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense
task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care.
Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across
Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and
foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
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