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The Name of the Wind meets Pirates of the Caribbean in this
eco-epic fantasy, where ships kept afloat by magical hearthfires
sail an endless grass sea. After setting fire to the Forever Sea
and leaving the surface world behind, Kindred Greyreach dives below
to find a Seafloor populated by roving bands of scavengers. Among
them, Kindred discovers a familiar face working to save the Sea
from the continued spread of the Greys and the ravages of the world
above. But when Kindred finds herself at odds with them, she and
her friends will have to use every power available to
them-including their link to the surface world-to forestall
disaster. Meanwhile, above, a boy named Flitch, son of the Baron of
the Borders, finds himself caught in a dangerous political crisis
as survivors from Arcadia and the Once-City arrive on the Mainland.
When Flitch begins to receive messages from someone below the Sea,
the denizens of the Mainland see it as a sign that ancient enemies
from across the Forever Sea are returning. The resulting crisis
forces Flitch and his siblings to flee, as they seek out the truth
hidden in old stories. Above and below, Flitch and Kindred will
have to work together to save themselves, their loved ones, and the
Forever Sea itself.
Sing. A story of hope and adventure, of loss and sacrifice, of the
blue-sky surface world far above, where ships sail upon the endless
grasses, a story of the Forever Sea, a story of you and I... Every
story has its beginning and this one starts when a young sailor,
Kindred Greyreach, hearthfire keeper and sailor aboard The Errant,
receives some devastating news. Her grandmother-The Marchess,
legendary captain and hearthfire keeper-has stepped from her vessel
and disappeared into the Forever Sea. But the note she leaves
Kindred suggests this was not an act of suicide. Something waits in
the depths, and the Marchess has set out to find it. To follow in
her grandmother's footsteps, Kindred will embroil herself in
conflicts bigger than she could imagine: a water war; a mythic
pirate city where monsters lurk; battles against beasts of the
deep, driven to the brink of madness; and the elusive promise of a
world below the grasses. Of all this, and much more, sing, memory.
THE FOREVER SEA is a story about the beauty and threat of nature
and the relationship between finite natural resources and infinite
greed. It's about leaving behind everything that is familiar and
plunging into the terrifying unknown. I can rarely remember being
this excited for a debut novel" Mary Robinette Kowal, Hugo- and
Nebula Award winning author "Calls to mind Ursula K. Le Guin's
Earthsea series" Publishers Weekly Kindred needs to find the truth:
why and how did the Marchess disappear? Can Kindred trust her own
people? And most importantly: what lies below the sea? These
questions take Kindred further than she's ever voyaged on the
Forever Sea, to a floating pirate city in decay, to dangerous
encounters with gargantuan wyrms from the deeps, and finally to a
hidden world beneath the waves. THE FOREVER SEA is a story about
the beauty and threat of nature and the relationship between finite
natural resources and infinite greed. It's about leaving behind
everything that is familiar and plunging into the terrifying
unknown.
Challenging a long-standing trend that sees the Renaissance as the
end of communal identity and constitutive group affiliation, author
Joshua Phillips explores the perseverance of such affiliation
throughout Tudor culture. Focusing on prose fiction from Malory's
Morte Darthur through the works of Sir Philip Sidney and Thomas
Nashe, this study explores the concept of collective agency and the
extensive impact it had on English Renaissance culture. In contrast
to studies devoted to the myth of early modern individuation,
English Fictions of Communal Identity, 1485-1603 pays special
attention to primary communities-monastic orders, printing house
concerns, literary circles, and neighborhoods-that continued to
generate a collective sense of identity. Ultimately, Phillips
offers a new way of theorizing the relation between collaboration
and identity. In terms of literary history, this study elucidates a
significant aspect of novelistic discourse, even as it accounts for
the institutional disregard of often brilliant works of early
modern fiction.
Securing privacy in the current environment is one of the great
challenges of today s democracies. "Privacy vs. Security" explores
the issues of privacy and security and their complicated interplay,
from a legal and a technical point of view. Sophie
Stalla-Bourdillon provides a thorough account of the legal
underpinnings of the European approach to privacy and examines
their implementation through privacy, data protection and data
retention laws. Joshua Philips and Mark D. Ryan focus on the
technological aspects of privacy, in particular, on today s attacks
on privacy by the simple use of today s technology, like web
services and e-payment technologies and by State-level surveillance
activities."
The second book in this environmental epic fantasy series delves
into the mysteries of a world where ships kept afloat by magical
hearthfires sail an endless grass sea. After setting fire to the
Forever Sea and leaving the surface world behind, Kindred Greyreach
dives below to find a Seafloor populated by roving bands of
scavengers. Among them, Kindred discovers a familiar face working
to save the Sea from the continued spread of the Greys and the
ravages of the world above. But when Kindred finds herself at odds
with a faction below the Sea, she and her friends will have to use
every power available to them-including their link to the surface
world-to forestall disaster. Meanwhile, above, a boy named Flitch,
son of the Baron of the Borders, finds himself caught in a
dangerous political crisis as survivors from Arcadia and the
Once-City arrive on the Mainland. As monsters from the depths of
the Sea begin to surface near the Mainland's shores, Flitch must
also navigate a crisis closer to home. As Flitch, his family, and
their allies search for solutions, the truth they seek may lay
hidden in old stories and long-held family secrets. Above and
below, Flitch and Kindred must work together to save themselves,
their loved ones, and the Forever Sea itself.
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Fuels (Paperback)
H. Joshua Phillips
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R423
Discovery Miles 4 230
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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