A princess in exile. Six enchanted cranes. An unspeakable curse.A beautiful and immersive YA fantasy retelling of the Grimm brothers' The Six Swans fairytale, set in an East-Asian inspired world, by the author of Spin the Dawn.'A dazzling fairy tale full of breathtaking storytelling' Stephanie Garber, Sunday Times bestselling author of CaravalShiori'anma, the only princess of Kiata, has a secret. Forbidden magic runs in her veins. And on the morning of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori loses control. At first, her mistake seems like a stroke of luck, forestalling the wedding she never wanted, but it also catches the attention of Raikama, her stepmother.A sorceress in her own right, Raikama banishes the young princess, turning her brothers into cranes, and warning Shiori that she must speak of it to no one: for with every word that escapes her lips, one of her brothers will die.Penniless, voiceless, and alone, Shiori searches for her brothers, and uncovers a dark conspiracy to seize the throne. Only Shiori can set the kingdom to rights, but to do so she must place her trust in a paper bird, a mercurial dragon, and the very boy she fought so hard not to marry. And she must embrace the magic she's been taught all her life to contain - no matter what it costs.
When a dystopian government controls every aspect of society, siblings Wisty and Whit Allgood may be the world's only hope in this magical beginning of James Patterson's Witch & Wizard series.The world is changing: the government has seized control of every aspect of society, and now, kids are disappearing. For 15-year-old Wisty and her older brother Whit, life turns upside down when they are torn from their parents one night and slammed into a secret prison for no reason they can comprehend. The New Order, as it is known, is clearly trying to suppress Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Being a Normal Teenager. But while trapped in this totalitarian nightmare, Wisty and Whit discover they have incredible powers they've never dreamed of. Can this newly minted witch and wizard master their skills in time to save themselves, their parents & mdash;and maybe the world?
Sons Of Encouragement By Francine Rivers
In this five-book compilation of the Sons of Encouragement series, New York Times best-selling author Francine Rivers illuminates the lives of five Biblical men who stood behind the heroes of the faith and quietly changed eternity. Aaron, Caleb, Jonathan, Amos, and Silas each faithfully sought after God in the shadows of His chosen leaders. They answered God & rsquo;s call to serve without recognition or fame. And they gave everything, knowing their reward might not come until the next life.
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (mechanicals), who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.
Kingdoms will clash. Choose your side.The incredible conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer's Cursebreaker series.Face your fears, fight the battle.Emberfall is crumbling fast, torn between those who believe Rhen is the rightful prince and those who are eager to begin a new era under Grey, the true heir. Grey has agreed to wait two months before attacking Emberfall, and in that time, Rhen has turned away from everyone--even Harper, as she desperately tries to help him find a path to peace.Fight the battle, save the kingdom.Meanwhile, Lia Mara struggles to rule Syhl Shallow with a gentler hand than her mother. But after enjoying decades of peace once magic was driven out of their lands, some of her subjects are angry Lia Mara has an enchanted prince and a magical scraver by her side. As Grey & rsquo;s deadline draws nearer, Lia Mara questions if she can be the queen her country needs.As the two kingdoms come closer to conflict, loyalties are tested, love is threatened, and an old enemy resurfaces who could destroy them all, in this stunning conclusion to bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer & rsquo;s Cursebreaker series.
Seventeen-year-old Savannah is cursed. It's a sinister family heirloom; passed down through the bloodline for hundreds of years, with one woman in every generation destined to die young. The family call them Hella's girls, named for their ancestor Hella; the enslaved woman with whom it all began. Hella's girls are always angry, especially in the months before they die.The anger is bursting from Savannah - at the men who cat-call her in the street, at her mother's disingenuous fianc & eacute;, even at her own loving family. Each fit of rage is bringing her closer to the edge and now Savannah has to act to save herself. Or die trying. Because the key to survival lies in the underbelly of Cape Town, where the sinister veilwitches are waiting for just such a girl.Blood to Poison is a furious and mesmerising story about discovering magic, historical rage and love in all its guises.
Dog is man & rsquo;s best friend, they say, but is man dog & rsquo;s best friend? After he sees the film adaptation of Animal Farm by George Orwell, Bobby becomes dissatisfied with his life as a dog in Nigeria & rsquo;s economic capital, Lagos. He vows to do all he can to be free from human captivity and ownership. Before he can do this, circumstances force him to create a family with Liz, a fellow German Shepherd, who, while pregnant with his puppies, is sent to Abuja. In his quest for freedom, Bobby escapes from his human owner's home. He also longs to be united with Liz and his offspring. He puts together an army of dogs of various breeds, promising them leadership that will provide equality, diversity, inclusion, and equity. They march with him in his fight for dogs & rsquo; independence from humans, as he searches for freedom & mdash;and his family.
Liz raises her puppies as best as she can, as they are passed from one human owner to another. In the middle of the COVID-19 lockdown in Abuja, Nigeria, in April 2020, strange events impact the lives of Bobby, Liz, and their children in ways they had not anticipated.
"In this 157-page masterpiece, which brings to mind George Orwell's Animal Farm, Olatunde's imagination runs wild...Everyone can read this book. It raises issues around loyalty, equality, substance abuse, mediocrity, nepotism and communism. Whatever the intention of the author, the book is affecting in ways beyond the surface." -- Olukorede Yishua, author of In the Name of Our Father, Vaults of Secrets
An Instant New York Times Bestseller!Winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author AwardFilled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonn & rsquo;s YA contemporary fantasy Legendborn offers the dark allure of City of Bones with a modern-day twist on a classic legend and a lot of Southern Black Girl Magic.After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC & ndash;Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape & mdash;until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.A flying demon feeding on human energies.A secret society of so called & ldquo;Legendborn & rdquo; students that hunt the creatures down.And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a & ldquo;Merlin & rdquo; and who attempts & mdash;and fails & mdash;to wipe Bree & rsquo;s memory of everything she saw.The mage & rsquo;s failure unlocks Bree & rsquo;s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there & rsquo;s more to her mother & rsquo;s death than what & rsquo;s on the police report, she & rsquo;ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates.She recruits Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society & rsquo;s secrets & mdash;and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur & rsquo;s knights and explain that a magical war is coming, Bree has to decide how far she & rsquo;ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down & mdash;or join the fight.
Two-time British Fantasy Award WinnerAstounding Award WinnerLambda Literary Award FinalistHugo Award FinalistLocus Award FinalistOtherwise Award Finalist"Magnificent in every way." Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree"A dazzling new world of fate, war, love and betrayal." Zen Cho, author of Black Water SisterShe Who Became the Sun reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty & rsquo;s founding emperor.To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything & ldquo;I refuse to be nothing & hellip; & rdquo;In a famine stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness & hellip;In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family & rsquo;s eighth born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the family & rsquo;s clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected.When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chongba who succumbs to despair and dies. Desperate to escape her own fated death, the girl uses her brother's identity to enter a monastery as a young male novice. There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how callous, to stay hidden from her fate.After her sanctuary is destroyed for supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu takes the chance to claim another future altogether: her brother's abandoned greatness.
The searing follow-up to 2018 & rsquo;s most celebrated fantasy debut & ndash; THE POPPY WAR.Rin is on the run & hellip;Haunted by the terrible choices she had to make to save her people, Rin's only reason for living is to take revenge on the traitorous Empress who sold her homeland to its enemies.Forced to ally with the powerful Dragon Warlord in his plan to unseat the Empress, Rin throws herself into the struggle using the fearsome power bestowed on her by the vengeful god PhoenixAfter all, making war is all she knows how to do & hellip;
Soon to be an original series starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!The first novel in Robert Jordan's #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time & reg;.The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond & rsquo;s Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One, a malicious entity sowing the seeds of chaos and destruction. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the village seeking their master & rsquo;s enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al & rsquo;Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time & reg; has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters.
"The best fantasy novel I & rsquo;ve read in years, because it & rsquo;s about real people... Impossible to put down." Stephen KingThe smash New York Times bestseller from Leigh Bardugo, a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite.Goodreads Choice Award WinnerLocus FinalistGalaxy & ldquo;Alex & rdquo; Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale & rsquo;s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she & rsquo;s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world & rsquo;s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What & rsquo;s the catch, and why her?Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale & rsquo;s secret societies. Their eight windowless & ldquo;tombs & rdquo; are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street & rsquo;s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living.