![]() ![]() “He will not stop me from washing away the ashes of this kingdom’s past and filling our lives with the glorious icy peace of snow.” But the mission doesn’t go as planned, and Meira soon finds herself thrust into a world of evil magic and dangerous politics – and ultimately comes to realize that her destiny is not, never has been, her own. Finally, she’s scaling towers, fighting enemy soldiers, and serving her kingdom just as she’s always dreamed she would. Training to be a warrior-and desperately in love with her best friend, and future king, Mather - she would do anything to help her kingdom rise to power again.So when scouts discover the location of the ancient locket that can restore Winter’s magic, Meira decides to go after it herself. ![]() Orphaned as an infant during Winter’s defeat, Meira has lived her whole life as a refugee, raised by the Winterians’ general, Sir. Now, the Winterians’ only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and who have been waiting for the opportunity to steal back Winter’s magic and rebuild the kingdom ever since. ![]() Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. ![]()
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![]() Through the fire and storm of experience without, firstly, succumbing to the ![]() Many people talk about Love and Light, but few are willing to pass One I have found that, while the duality of life resonates in the minds ofĮach of us, many fail, or are incapable of, actually pairing the two, and areĭeprived of living a whole and balanced life. We all follow a pathway, both in a material sense, as well as a spiritual That journey, which all of us, one way or another, share. This Work is for Love and lovers, for consummation and realization, in ![]() ![]() Each Poem is introduced with a written description of the place and time, in which each missive was penned. Introducing this one, the Reader will find a mixture of lineal, as well as Poetic interpolations, giving a sense, it is hoped, of balance, in the rhythms of the Heart. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments A Day Makes by Mary Calmes![]() Varic may want to bring Jason safely into his world, but someone who doesn’t like the human’s soothing influence on vampyrs has deadly plans that would disrupt Varic’s dreams. Varic’s devoted himself to protect the honor of his race, and he’s never wanted a mate before… but he immediately knows he must have this man, and no one else will do. He thinks to simply meet and thank Jason-until he lays eyes on him. ![]() The prince of the vampyrs, Varic Maedoc, is visiting New Orleans when he finds out the man who once helped his counselor is there in the Quarter. He’s perfectly content, having left behind the chill of a confusing and danger-filled night in Washington, until he discovers something unbelievable lurking in the steamy darkness of the shadowy streets of the Vieux Carré, something that turns out to be terrifying… and utterly mesmerizing. ![]() A new life in New Orleans is all Jason Thorpe had hoped: his quaint little store attracts a devoted staff and his warm, loving heart grants him a loyal circle of friends. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rating: 4/5 I found Evil Librarians to be annoyingly self-indulgent, but either I was more prepared for it in Scrivener’s Bones or I didn’t notice it as much, because I enjoyed the tone much more in this book. Their mission? A dangerous library-filled one, of course! They are on their way to the ancient and mysterious Library of Alexandria (which some silly people think was long ago destroyed!) where they must find Grandpa Smedry, look for clues leading to Alcatraz’s potentially undead dead father, and battle the creepy, dangerous soul-sucking curators who await them. Alcatraz Smedry has an incredible talent…for breaking things! It generally gets him into a lot of trouble, but can he use it to save the day? In this second Alcatraz adventure, Alcatraz finds himself on a mission to meet Grandpa Smedry when he gets swept up by a flying glass dragon filled with his unusual and mouthy Smedry cohorts. It is the sequel to Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians. ![]() Alcatraz versus the Scrivener’s Bones (republished title The Scrivener’s Bones), by Brandon Sanderson, was published in 2008 by Scholastic. ![]() ![]() Like Pitt, they unearth more than they expect. ![]() Meanwhile, Pitt's wife, Charlotte, their colorful and cocky cockney housekeeper, Gracie, and her beau, Sergeant Tellman, take on the task of uncovering the conspiracy that has tarnished Pitt's name. ![]() However, in this instance, the man sent to the gallows is a member of the Inner Circle, "those men who had secret loyalties which superseded every other honor or pledge." And, as a result, Edgar Award winner Perry's perennial Victorian hero, Detective Thomas Pitt, finds himself being transferred away from his wife and home and his command of the Bow Street station to Spitalfields, a remote London slum. Having provided enough damaging testimony to convict a man of murder would seem a triumph of investigative police work. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments The ringworld![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His Beowulf’s Children, coauthored with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes, was a New York Times best seller. Larry Niven is the multiple Hugo and Nebula award–winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. But who will sit on the Ringworld throne? (Photo Credit: Tim Russell courtesy of ) Solar panels on the immense shadows squares could collect energy to power the structure. Now it looks as if the Ringworld itself needs a protector. The Ringworld's arch, as seen from a great ocean. And the Ghouls have their own agenda – if anyone dares approach them to learn.Įach race on the Ringworld has always had its own protector. Incoming spacecraft are being destroyed before they can reach the Ringworld. Vampires are massing. Something is going on with the protectors. The human Louis Wu the puppeteer known as the Hindmost Acolyte, son of the Kzin called Chmeee: legendary beings brought together once again in the defense of the Ringworld. A return voyage to the astonishing world of Larry Nivens Ringworld, with even more remarkable adventures and surprises, and a solution to that tantal. Come back to the Ringworld – the most astonishing feat of engineering ever encountered. A place of untold technological wonders, home to myriad humanoid races, and world of some of the most beloved science fiction stories ever written. ![]() ![]() ![]() She is the mother of six children: two under King Adetusa (Odewale and Aderepo), and four under King Odewale (Adewale, Adebisi, Oyeyemi, Adeyinka). Along with the Ogun Priest, it is revealed to him that the old king was his father, and that Ojuola was his mother. Odewale is confronted by Gbonka, a messenger, who tells of the event that lead to King Adetusa's end. ![]() He is found and picked up by a farmer hunter Ogundele and raised by him along with his wife Mobe. Instead, he is wrapped in a white cloth (symbolizing death) and left in a bush far from Kutuje. To prevent this from occurring, King Adetusa orders for Odewale to be killed. Similar in nature to the Greek play, Oedipus Tyrannus his royal parents receive a prophecy from Baba Fakunle that Odewale would grow up to them both. The manner in which he kills his father is revealed in a flashback when his childhood friend, Alaka, comes to Kutuje to ask him why he was not in the village of Ede as he said he would be when he departed at age thirteen. Odewale: The current king of Kutuje, who had risen to power by unknowingly murdering the old king, King Adetusa, whom, also not to his knowledge, was also his father. ![]() ![]() Every book in its path bloomed with flame. The fire scrambled to the sixth tier and then to the seventh. The fire flashed through Fiction, consuming as it traveled. Here’s a snippet of how she describes the library fire: Key Ideas from The Library Book Orlean’s writing about fire is … on fire The life and times and near-death experience of the Los Angeles Public Library was a story that felt urgent to tell, and gave me a chance to pay tribute to these marvelous places that have been such an essential part of my life. ![]() The next thing I knew, I was investigating the largest library fire in the history of the United States. I never stopped loving libraries, but they receded in my mind, and seemed like a piece of my past.Īnd then I started taking my own son to the library, and I was reminded instantly and vividly of how much libraries had meant to me, how formative they were to my love of reading and writing, and how much they mean to us as a culture. The very air in the library seemed charged with possibility and imagination books seem to have their own almost human vitality.īut over time, I had become more of a book buyer than a book borrower, and I had begun to forget how magical libraries are. My mother and I would take regular trips to the branch library near my house at least twice a week, and those trips were enchanted. She knows how to find the interesting thread in almost anything, and then bring it vivdly to life. ![]() ![]() ![]() When the god introduces himself as Seph and explains that he needs a safe place where his life-entwined mother, Demeter, can't follow, Hades is forced to confront the loneliness that dwells deep within himself-and his personal belief that he deserves little more than death as well. ![]() Hades's isolated days within his Underworld palace are interrupted by the arrival of an unfamiliar deity. ![]() Keywords: reverse harem, why choose, m/m, trans man, small town, group scenes, single dad, teacher, rock starĬLICK HERE TO GET Her Escape (Scarred Cliff 1) FOR FREE ON NOOK! What she didn’t expect was to run into the three boys who used to make her heart race. Her Escape (Scarred Cliff 1) by Skylar Heartįleeing her abusive ex, a dead-end job and no prospects for anything better, Mia returns to the coastal town where she used to spend her summers as a kid. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments De tocqueville![]() However, given that it’s impossible to halt the forces of democratization, he suggests that it would be useful to consider the example of American democracy, where equality of condition has developed further than anywhere else. Tocqueville describes a number of broad historical reasons for these changes, and then admits that he himself is terrified of this democratizing process. Although France-and Europe in general-have long been home to aristocratic monarchies (where a king and queen rule but an aristocratic class also retains power and privileges based on birth), equality of condition (a leveling out of social class hierarchies) is increasingly coming to replace such customs. ![]() Alexis de Tocqueville begins Democracy in America by discussing present-day conditions in his own nation, France. ![]() |