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Goldfinch
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Raven Kennedy
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AUREN'S STORY ISN'T OVER YET.
SHE WILL FLY. SHE WILL SOAR.
One king caged my body.
Another has caged my mind.
War has broken out between Annwyn and Orea, though that’s not the only
battle being waged.
There’s a fight inside me, and it’s one I’m determined to win, no
matter how much they try to strip me down and hollow me out.
Yet they’ve forgotten one thing. The ancient magic of the pair bond.
One can never truly be lost when two souls are already bound.
Because Slade and I? We are connected by more than just fated magic,
and we will always find each other.
In any life.
The fae king is trying to destroy me. My heritage. My memory. But what
he hasn’t realized is this: gold bends, but stone breaks.
And a Goldfinch does not fall.
It flies.
NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO The second novel in the Wheel
of Time series - one of the most influential and popular fantasy
epics ever published. The Forsaken are loose, the Horn of Valere
has been found and the Dead are rising from their dreamless sleep.
The Prophecies are being fulfilled - but Rand al'Thor, the shepherd
the Aes Sedai have proclaimed as the Dragon Reborn, desperately
seeks to escape his destiny. Rand cannot run for ever. With every
passing day the Dark One grows in strength and strives to shatter
his ancient prison, to break the Wheel, to bring an end to Time and
sunder the weave of the Pattern. And the Pattern demands the
Dragon. 'Epic in every sense' Sunday Times 'With the Wheel of Time,
Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal'
New York Times '[The] huge ambitious Wheel of Time series helped
redefine the genre' George R. R. Martin 'A fantasy phenomenon' SFX
The Wheel of Time series: Book 1: The Eye of the World Book 2: The
Great Hunt Book 3: The Dragon Reborn Book 4: The Shadow Rising Book
5: The Fires of Heaven Book 6: Lord of Chaos Book 7: A Crown of
Swords Book 8: The Path of Daggers Book 9: Winter's Heart Book 10:
Crossroads of Twilight Book 11: Knife of Dreams Book 12: The
Gathering Storm Book 13: Towers of Midnight Book 14: A Memory of
Light Prequel: New Spring Look out for the companion book: The
World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
The legendary Keanu Reeves and
inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic of
ancient powers, modern war, and an outcast who cannot die.
A mind-blowing epic from Keanu Reeves and China Miéville, unlike
anything these two genre-bending pioneers have created before, inspired
by the world of the BRZRKR comic books.
She said, We needed a tool. So I asked the gods.
There have always been whispers. Legends. The warrior who cannot be
killed. Who’s seen a thousand civilizations rise and fall. He has had
many names: Unute, Child of Lightning, Death himself. These days, he’s
known simply as \"B.\"
And he wants to be able to die.
In the present day, a U.S. black-ops group has promised him they can
help with that. And all he needs to do is help them in return. But when
an all-too-mortal soldier comes back to life, the impossible event
ultimately points toward a force even more mysterious than B himself.
One at least as strong. And one with a plan all its own.
In a collaboration that combines Miéville’s singular style and
creativity with Reeves’s haunting and soul-stirring narrative, these
two inimitable artists have created something utterly unique, sure to
delight existing fans and to create scores of new ones.
"For someone damned to be forgettable, Addie LaRue is a most
delightfully unforgettable character, and her story is the most
joyous evocation of unlikely immortality." -Neil Gaiman A beautiful
illustrated edition of this genre-defying tour de force, featuring
new artwork selected by V.E. Schwab, illustrated plate section,
printed endpapers and exclusive jacket. When Addie La Rue makes a
pact with the devil, she trades her soul for immortality. But
there's always a price - the devil takes away her place in the
world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone. Addie flees her
tiny home town in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that
takes her across the world, learning to live a life where no one
remembers her and everything she owns is lost and broken. Existing
only as a muse for artists throughout history, she learns to fall
in love anew every single day. Her only companion on this journey
is her dark devil with hypnotic green eyes, who visits her each
year on the anniversary of their deal. Alone in the world, Addie
has no choice but to confront him, to understand him, maybe to beat
him. Until one day, in a second hand bookshop in Manhattan, Addie
meets someone who remembers her. Suddenly thrust back into a real,
normal life, Addie realises she can't escape her fate forever.
Age range 9+ The classic role-playing adventure returns! YOU are
the sole survivor of a devastating attack on the monastery of the
Kai, who for thousands of years have protected the realm of
Sommerlund. The servants of darkness hunt you across every turn of
the page. Can you reach the capital and warn the king of the
gathering evil in time? Will you survive? Choose your skills and
your weapons wisely - your choice may be the difference between
life and death in the most fantastic and terrifying journey of your
life. For you are now the last of the Kai - you are LONE WOLF. The
first episode in a unique interactive series of 32 books. A
must-read for fans of gaming and fantasy.
When priceless pictures and antiques from a wealthy colonel's manor
house go on the market after his death, the news well and truly
puts the cat among the pigeons. Antiques dealer Freddie Simson
hopes to make a killing, while fine art specialist Justin
Cransbrook sees an opportunity to reverse the flagging fortunes of
his company, and crooked saleroom owners Joe and Alice Dobson make
plans to cash in - big time. The Colonel's disinherited niece, the
beautiful and forthright Samantha Rivington-Pratt, is determined to
get her hands on some of the treasures which should rightfully have
been hers - to say nothing of the handsome yound man she finds
cutting wood in the grounds of the manor. Meanwhile the Colonel's
housekeeper, disapproving of her late employer's taste in
paintings, starts consigning some of them to a bonfire. Old Secrets
is a sexy, light-hearted romp through the world of antiques and
fine art, written by an authur with a sense of humour as well as a
professional knowledge of the antiques world.
The complete four-book boxed set of the greatest fantasy epic of all time: The Lord of the Rings and its enchanting prequel, The Hobbit
When Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon a dangerous quest to reclaim the hoard of gold stolen from them by the evil dragon Smaug, Gandalf the wizard suggests an unlikely accomplice: Bilbo Baggins, an unassuming Hobbit dwelling in peaceful Hobbiton.
Along the way, the company faces trolls, goblins, giant spiders, and worse. But as they journey from the wonders of Rivendell to the terrors of Mirkwood and beyond, Bilbo will find that there is more to him than anyone—himself included—ever dreamed.
Unexpected qualities of courage and cunning, and a love of adventure, propel Bilbo toward his great destiny . . . a destiny that waits in the dark caverns beneath the Misty Mountains, where a twisted creature known as Gollum jealously guards a precious magic ring.
Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate.
The one thing you never talk about while you’re in the Scholomance is what you’ll do when you get out. Not even the richest enclaver would tempt fate that way. But it’s all we dream about: the hideously slim chance we’ll survive to make it out the gates and improbably find ourselves with a life ahead of us, a life outside the Scholomance halls.
And now the impossible dream has come true. I’m out, we’re all out—and I didn’t even have to turn into a monstrous dark witch to make it happen. So much for my great-grandmother’s prophecy of doom and destruction. I didn’t kill enclavers, I saved them. Me and Orion and our allies. Our graduation plan worked to perfection: We saved everyone and made the world safe for all wizards and brought peace and harmony to all the enclaves everywhere.
Ha, only joking! Actually, it’s gone all wrong. Someone else has picked up the project of destroying enclaves in my stead, and probably everyone we saved is about to get killed in the brewing enclave war. And the first thing I’ve got to do now, having miraculously gotten out of the Scholomance, is turn straight around and find a way back in.
Suddenly out of the blue a letter arrived that would change Norma's
life completely. After reading it and not really taking in what was
written there she read it a second time asking herself 'Why Me'!
She could not believe what was written there and kept saying to
herself over and over 'Why Me' why has he left it to me? It must be
meant for someone else! She couldn't be that lucky could she? After
all the dark days she had endured since her husband Ben had died so
suddenly this would be some sort of miracle if it was true but she
knew it couldn't possibly be! But what if? A 'New Chapter in her
Life' about to begin and if so where might it lead?
He's fire and brimstone.
I'm shattered ice …
I'll gladly burn beneath him until the world comes crumbling down.
As an assassin for the rebellion, Raeve’s job is to complete orders and
never get caught. When a rival bounty hunter shatters her world, Raeve
finds herself captured by the Guild of Nobles – a group of powerful fae.
Crushed by the loss of his great love, dragon rider Kaan Vaegor took
the head of a king and donned his melted crown. Now on a tireless quest
to quell the never-ebbing ache in his chest, a clue lures him into the
capital’s high-security prison where he stumbles upon the imprisoned
Raeve …
Together, they seek truths that threaten to unravel everything they
knew about their world – and each other.
Bestselling sensation When the Moon Hatched will transport you into a
world filled with magic, dragons and a love that blazes through the
ages…
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