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The Art of Destiny
Wesley Chu
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A hero once believed to be the chosen one must find a new path with
the help of a band of unlikely allies in the sequel to The Art of
Prophecy, an epic fantasy ode to martial arts and magic from the #1
New York Times bestselling author Wesley Chu. Once there was a
prophecy that a Chosen One would rise to defeat the Eternal Khan,
an immortal god king. But the prophecy was wrong. Now Jian, the
former chosen hero of prophecy, is just an ordinary young man
trying to find his own way. But he may yet have an extraordinary
destiny, because he joins forces with Taishi, his grumpy
grandmaster who instructs him in the ways of her powerful family
war art. Jian still has a long way to go before he can become her
heir, so she recruits a band of elderly grandmasters who have come
out of retirement to whip him into shape and help with this one
last job. And there are others who are also seeking their own
destiny: Qisami, an assassin on a secret mission to protect a
powerful noblewoman from her enemies. But as Qisami goes undercover
to complete her mission, she takes on a new identity that gives her
something she never had before: friendship, found family, and a new
purpose. And Sali also thought her fate was already laid before
her. She was supposed to be looking for the next Eternal Khan, and
now finds her clain exiled from everything she ever knew. As she
leads the survivors in search of a new home, Sali discovers that
she's something she never thought she could be: a leader and
revolutionary. Because sometimes destiny is grander than any
prophecy can foresee. And the greatest destiny of all is the one
you choose for yourself. 'An ambitious and touching exploration of
disillusionment in faith, tradition, and family — a glorious
reinvention of fantasy and wuxia tropes.' — Naomi Novik, NYT
bestselling author of A Deadly Education
From #1 New York Times bestseller Cassandra Clare and award-winner Wesley Chu comes the first book in a new series that follows High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood as they tour the world after the Mortal War. The Red Scrolls of Magic is a Shadowhunters novel.
All Magnus Bane wanted was a vacation—a lavish trip across Europe with Alec Lightwood, the Shadowhunter who against all odds is finally his boyfriend. But as soon as the pair settles in Paris, an old friend arrives with news about a demon-worshipping cult called the Crimson Hand that is bent on causing chaos around the world. A cult that was apparently founded by Magnus himself. Years ago. As a joke.
Now Magnus and Alec must race across Europe to track down the Crimson Hand and its elusive new leader before the cult can cause any more damage. As if it wasn’t bad enough that their romantic getaway has been sidetracked, demons are now dogging their every step, and it is becoming harder to tell friend from foe. As their quest for answers becomes increasingly dire, Magnus and Alec will have to trust each other more than ever—even if it means revealing the secrets they’ve both been keeping.
From #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare and award-winning author Wesley Chu comes the second book in the Eldest Curses series, which continues the love story between Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. The Lost Book of the White is a Shadowhunters novel.
Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood are settling into domestic life with their son Max when the warlocks Ragnor Fell and Shinyun Jung break into their loft and steal a powerful spell book. Realizing that Ragnor and Shinyun are being controlled by a more sinister force, Magnus and Alec set out to stop them and recover the book before they can cause any more harm. With the help of Clary Fairchild, Jace Herondale, Isabelle Lightwood, and Simon Lovelace (who is fresh from the Shadowhunter Academy), they track the warlocks to Shanghai.
But nothing is as it seems. Ragnor and Shinyun are working at the behest of a Greater Demon. Their goal is to open a Portal from the demon realms to Earth, flooding the city of Shanghai with dangerous demons. When a violent encounter causes Magnus’s magic to grow increasingly unstable, Alec and Magnus rally their friends to strike at the heart of the demon’s power. But what they find there is far stranger and more nefarious than they ever could have expected…
Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Holly Black and Sarah J. Maas.
In this riveting, "gory, and action-packed" (Jonathan Maberry)
survival thriller, set in the expansive world of Robert Kirkman's
The Walking Dead series, three people from different walks of life
in China must join forces against the typhoon of undead as chaos
sweeps over Asia. In the aftermath of the zombie virus outbreak,
what remains of the Chinese government has estimated that one
billion walkers (called jiangshi) are currently roaming through the
country. Across this dramatic landscape, large groups of survivors
have clustered together for safety in villages and towns that have
been built vertically as a means of protection against the
unceasing wave of jiangshi. Before this devastation, Zhu was one of
the millions of poor farmers who left their rural roots for the
promise of consistent employment in one of China's booming factory
towns. Elena was an American teaching English in China while on a
gap year before beginning law school. Hengyen was a grizzled
military officer of some renown, and a passionate believer in his
nation's ability to surmount any obstacle. But with the
settlement's 3,000 mouths to feed and the scavengers having to
travel further and further in search of food, Zhu ends up at his
home village, where he is shocked to find survivors. Does he force
them to join the settlement or keep their existence a secret?
Meanwhile, Hengyen is tasked with the impossible: fortifying the
Beacon against a 100,000-strong "typhoon" of walkers header their
way. Even though he realizes that the Beacon hardly stands a
chance, Hengyen is a believer and will stand with his compatriots
to the very last, bringing him into conflict with Zhu, who intends
to flee the path of the typhoon and make for the safety of China's
dramatic mountain ranges before it's too late. Given "two decaying
thumbs up," (Jonathan Mayberry, author of Rot & Ruin), this
book is sure to get your heart racing and leave you wanting more!
From #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra
Clare and award-winning author Wesley Chu comes the second book in
the Eldest Curses series, which continues the love story between
Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. The Lost Book of the White is a
Shadowhunters novel. Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood are settling
into domestic life with their son Max when the warlocks Ragnor Fell
and Shinyun Jung break into their loft and steal a powerful spell
book. Realizing that Ragnor and Shinyun are being controlled by a
more sinister force, Magnus and Alec set out to stop them and
recover the book before they can cause any more harm. With the help
of Clary Fairchild, Jace Herondale, Isabelle Lightwood, and Simon
Lovelace (who is fresh from the Shadowhunter Academy), they track
the warlocks to Shanghai. But nothing is as it seems. Ragnor and
Shinyun are working at the behest of a Greater Demon. Their goal is
to open a Portal from the demon realms to Earth, flooding the city
of Shanghai with dangerous demons. When a violent encounter causes
Magnus's magic to grow increasingly unstable, Alec and Magnus rally
their friends to strike at the heart of the demon's power. But what
they find there is far stranger and more nefarious than they ever
could have expected... Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Holly
Black and Sarah J. Maas. Also by Cassandra Clare: The Dark
Artifices: Lady Midnight Lord of Shadows Queen of Air and Darkness
The Eldest Curses: The Red Scrolls of Magic
With the growing use of information technology and the recent
advances in web systems, the amount of data available to users has
increased exponentially. Thus, there is a critical need to
understand the content of the data. As a result, data-mining has
become a popular research topic in recent years for the treatment
of the "data rich and information poor" syndrome. In this carefully
edited volume a theoretical foundation as well as important new
directions for data-mining research are presented. It brings
together a set of well respected data mining theoreticians and
researchers with practical data mining experiences. The presented
theories will give data mining practitioners a scientific
perspective in data mining and thus provide more insight into their
problems, and the provided new data mining topics can be expected
to stimulate further research in these important directions.
With the growing use of information technology and the recent
advances in web systems, the amount of data available to users has
increased exponentially. Thus, there is a critical need to
understand the content of the data. As a result, data-mining has
become a popular research topic in recent years for the treatment
of the "data rich and information poor" syndrome. In this carefully
edited volume a theoretical foundation as well as important new
directions for data-mining research are presented. It brings
together a set of well respected data mining theoreticians and
researchers with practical data mining experiences. The presented
theories will give data mining practitioners a scientific
perspective in data mining and thus provide more insight into their
problems, and the provided new data mining topics can be expected
to stimulate further research in these important directions.
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Conceptual Modeling - ER 2004 - 23rd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Shanghai, China, November 8-12, 2004. Proceedings (Paperback, 2004 ed.)
Paolo Atzeni, Wesley Chu, Hongjun Lu, Shuigeng Zhou, Tok Wang Ling
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On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we would like to welcome you
to the proccedings of the 23rd International Conference on
Conceptual Modeling (ER 2004). This conference provided an
international forum for technical discussion on conceptual modeling
of information systems among researchers, developers and users.
This was the third time that this conference was held in Asia; the
?rst time was in Singapore in 1998 and the second time was in
Yokohama, Japan in 2001. China is the third largest nation with the
largest population in the world. Shanghai, the largest city in
China and a great metropolis, famous in Asia and throughout the
world, is therefore a most appropriate location to host this
conference. This volume contains papers selected for presentation
and includes the two keynote talks by Prof. Hector Garcia-Molina
and Prof. Gerhard Weikum, and an invited talk by Dr. Xiao Ji. This
volume also contains industrial papers and demo/poster papers. An
additional volume contains papers from 6 workshops. The conference
also featured three tutorials: (1) Web Change Management andDelta
Mining: Opportunities andSolutions, by SanjayMadria, (2)A Survey of
Data Quality Issues in Cooperative Information Systems, by Carlo
Batini, and (3) Visual SQL - An ER-Based Introduction to Database
Programming, by Bernhard Thalhe
Goodreads Choice Finalist for Science Fiction A pizza-loving
slacker becomes the host of an ancient alien-and a pawn in an
ongoing alien war-in this "science fiction romp" full of wit and
humor (Huffington Post) When out-of-shape IT technician Roen woke
up and started hearing voices in his head, he naturally assumed he
was losing it. He wasn't. He now has a passenger in his brain-an
ancient alien life-form called Tao, whose race crash-landed on
Earth before the first fish crawled out of the oceans. Now split
into two opposing factions-the peace-loving, but under-represented
Prophus, and the savage, powerful Genjix-the aliens have been in a
state of civil war for centuries. Both sides are searching for a
way off-planet, and the Genjix will sacrifice the entire human
race, if that's what it takes. Meanwhile, Roen is having to train
to be the ultimate secret agent. Like that's going to end up well.
From #1 New York Times bestseller Cassandra Clare and award-winner Wesley Chu comes the first book in a new series that follows High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood as they tour the world after the Mortal War. The Red Scrolls of Magic is a Shadowhunters novel.
All Magnus Bane wanted was a vacation--a lavish trip across Europe with Alec Lightwood, the Shadowhunter who against all odds is finally his boyfriend. But as soon as the pair settles in Paris, an old friend arrives with news about a demon-worshipping cult called the Crimson Hand that is bent on causing chaos around the world. A cult that was apparently founded by Magnus himself. Years ago. As a joke.
Now Magnus and Alec must race across Europe to track down the Crimson Hand and its elusive new leader before the cult can cause any more damage. As if it wasn't bad enough that their romantic getaway has been sidetracked, demons are now dogging their every step, and it is becoming harder to tell friend from foe. As their quest for answers becomes increasingly dire, Magnus and Alec will have to trust each other more than ever--even if it means revealing the secrets they've both been keeping.
When Ella Patel's mind was invaded by the Quasing alien, Io, she
was dragged into the raging Prophusversus Genjix war. Despite her
reservations, and Io's incompetence, the Prophus were determined to
train her as an agent. It didn't go well. Expelled after just two
years, Ella happily returned to con artistry, and bank robberies.
But the Quasing war isn't done with them yet. The Genjix's plan to
contact their homeworld has reached a critical stage, threatening
all life on Earth. To complete the project they need Io's knowledge
- and he's in Ella's head - so now they're both being hunted,
again.File Under: Science Fiction [ Brain Slug | Hidden Threats |
Aliens vs Aliens | Wrong Place, Right Time ]
Having been haunted by the past and enslaved by the present, James
Griffin-Mars is taking control of the future. Earth is a toxic,
sparsely inhabited wasteland - the perfect hiding place for a
fugitive ex-chronman to hide from the authorities. James has
allies, scientists he rescued from previous centuries: Elise Kim,
who believes she can renew Earth, given time Grace Priestly, the
venerated inventor of time travel herself Levin, James's mentor and
former pursuer, now disgraced and the Elfreth, a population of
downtrodden humans who want desperately to believe that James and
his friends will heal their ailing home world. James also has
enemies. They include the full military might of benighted solar
system ruled by corporate greed and a desperate fear of what James
will do next. At the forefront of their efforts to stop him is Kuo,
the ruthless security head, who wants James's head on a pike and
will stop at nothing to obtain it. File Under: Science Fiction
In a future when Earth is a toxic, abandoned world and humanity has
spread into the outer solar system to survive, the tightly
controlled use of time travel holds the key to maintaining a
fragile existence among the other planets and their moons. James
Griffin-Mars is a chronman - a convicted criminal recruited for his
unique psychological makeup to undertake the most dangerous job
there is: missions into Earth's past to recover resources and
treasure without altering the timeline. Most chronmen never reach
old age, and James is reaching his breaking point. On his final
mission, James meets scientist Elise Kim, who is fated to die
during the destruction of an oceanic rig. Against his training and
common sense, James brings her back to the future with him, saving
her life, but turning them both into fugitives. Remaining free
means losing themselves in the wild and poisonous wastes of Earth,
and discovering what hope may yet remain for humanity's home world.
File Under: Science Fiction
When out-of-shape IT technician Roen woke up and started hearing
voices in his head, he naturally assumed he was losing it. He
wasn't. He now has a passenger in his brain - an ancient alien
life-form called Tao, whose race crash-landed on Earth before the
first fish crawled out of the oceans. Now split into two opposing
factions - the peace-loving, but under-represented Prophus, and the
savage, powerful Genjix - the aliens have been in a state of civil
war for centuries. Both sides are searching for a way off-planet,
and the Genjix will sacrifice the entire human race, if that's what
it takes. Meanwhile, Roen is having to train to be the ultimate
secret agent. Like that's going to end well... File Under: Science
Fiction [ The Tug of War | I Was Genghis | Diary of a Slob | Spy vs
Spy ]
Many years have passed since the events in The Deaths of Tao: the
world is split into pro-Prophus and pro-Genjix factions, and is
poised on the edge of a devastating new World War; the Prophus are
hiding; and Roen has a family to take care of. A Genjix scientist
who defects to the other side holds the key to preventing bloodshed
on an almost unimaginable scale. With the might of the Genjix in
active pursuit, Roen is the only person who can help him save the
world, and the Quasing race, too. And you thought you were having a
stressful day... File Under: Science Fiction [ Father & Son |
The Final Program | The Hero's Path | The Circles of Life ]
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