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Books of the Raksura volume 5
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"A former friend has betrayed the Raksura and their groundling companions, and now the survivors must race across the Three Worlds to rescue their kidnapped family members. When Moon and Stone are sent ahead to scout, they quickly encounter an unexpected and potentially deadly ally, and decide to disobey the queens and continue the search alone. Following in a wind-ship, Jade and Malachite make an unlikely alliance of their own, until word reaches...
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La Odisea es un poema épico griego que narra la vuelta a casa, tras la guerra de Troya, del héroe griego Odiseo (Ulises). Además de haber estado diez años fuera luchando, Ulises tarda otros diez años en regresar a la isla de Ítaca, de la que era rey, período durante el cual su hijo Telémaco y su esposa Penélope han de aguantar en su palacio a los pretendientes que buscan desposarla (pues creían muerto a Ulises), al mismo tiempo que consumen...
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Lothar Face uses laboratory enhanced diseases to begin a gigantic depopulation of the world to follow his computer's model of an idyllic world environment. There is a massive sea and air battle over the Caribbean Sea. Williams is heroic and successful in a prototype jet, before the enemy downs him, and sends him towards certain death. But the powerful good witches are always there to protect him and all of us, as they also resist the powers of evil....
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Princess Nixa can't find an assassin willing to take care of her stepmother for her, but the queen has better resources at her disposal. Only days after the king's death, Nixa finds herself running for her life. Though she discovers temporary shelter with the dwarves, her curiosity leads her down a path toward the ancient enemies of her people. Enormous, terrifying enemies. Enemies she had thought only existed in stories. When the king of these behemoths...
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The risk of dying from a goldfish attack is low, but it isn't zero.The sole survivor of a hunt gone horribly wrong, Yeveka is forced to ally with Maran. While potentially a deranged mystic, he claims to have knowledge of a weapon lost to history - her first glimmer of hope for getting the revenge she so desperately desires.After setting off on a wild journey through space and time, she is left with a few pressing questions; Has Maran eaten one too...
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Will civilisation collapse with a donkey on the throne? Carson Barker certainly doesn't think so, and appoints himself into the unenviable role of imperial translator.However, it isn't going to be an easy ride. With assassins, blood-thirsty fishmongers and furious homemakers around every corner, each seeking to be the first to kill the new regent and seize the throne for themselves, Carson finds himself squarely in the firing line by association.Little...
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Getting assassinated in his sleep certainly wasn't on the top of Eric's to do list, but apparently these things happen when you are set to inherit a crime syndicate. Fortunately, for Eric at least, a previously unknown power is keeping him alive and well, despite numerous attempts and successes, to stab, maim and dismember him.Armed with his suspicions, and aided by a Captain just the wrong side of drunk, Victor Claye seeks to bring Eric to the legendary...
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When an ancient artifact falls into the hands of a young, inexperienced sorceress, Allsa, a battle-priestess of Thon, finds herself shepherding the young girl through a dangerous land. Their mission: to find an ancient wizard from a tale she doesn't even believe is true. Luckily, she has the help of a grumpy old dwarf, an obnoxious mercenary, an erudite elven wizard, and a new-wave minstrel. Allsa can only wonder at the circumstances that made her...
9) Soulbound
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In a relationship that violates rules and expectations, Mayr and Tash have found their perfect match in each other. Despite their fears and difficult pasts, they hope for a shared future with security and a family. When Mayr's secret first love, Arieve, proposes they create that family with her, it seems dreams could become reality.But life is complicated, and so is the delicate balance between duty and love. While Mayr protects the Dahe family at...
10) The Heir
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Sisters separated by war... Brothers divided by hate... To stop their world being torn apart by darkness, will they find a way to unite? A royal rivalry divides the two princes of Erlingue. A bloody battlefield separates the two princesses of Arbinad. And a creature of darkness waits to destroy them all. When Kat's father, the King of Arbinad, tells her and her sister to flee the coming war, only one of them listens. Determined to help her army, Kat...
11) Infatuation
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Brietta was like a sister to him. Nothing more. Ever. Until she grew up.
Fifteen-year-old Kegan Adair has known Brietta Gilmore since she was born. He's taught her tricks, caught her falls and watched her grow, but he's never seen her like this. The girl he's always loved like a sister suddenly disrupts his pulse, catches his breath, and wreaks havoc on his teenage hormones. He wants her, but exposing his feelings for her would risk more than a broken...
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The Borun-Ma.A world rife with magic and dangers, threatened as it is by the haunting of demons and creatures that take the bodies and lives of the common people and feed on their souls.Or so it is, in the head of David Lau, travel photographer turned novelist, who created this imaginary world for his soon-to-be-published first book, where he tells the story of Liòng Dashià, Hawkeye and Zephyr, Reapers of the Borun-Ma who destroy Infestations in...
13) Legacy's Price
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When Lady Elizabeth "Liz" Bryne suddenly manifests ancient magic during a duel, she finds herself at the center of an ancient mystery that puts her at odds everyone around her. Complicating matters, her grandfather, the King, has gone missing on a diplomatic mission and everyone seems to believe that she is somehow responsible.In order to clear her name, Liz will have to save the King herself. Failure means the end of Segen as she knows it. But when...
14) The Crown
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The world in tatters... Only they can help... Thomas, Kat, and Lucy work together to rebuild the world Eric destroyed. Is Marcus alive so he can help them? Just as they think their job is done, monsters that don't belong in their world attack them. Will they be able to find the key to send the monsters back from where they came? Or will these monsters destroy the world as they know it? All the while, a mysterious Creature lurks behind the scenes threatening...
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Dust: The Complete Trilogy includes "Dust", "Dust: The Great Garden" and "Dust: The First Oasis." The Everlasting Desert has known peace until Athia, a young thief, unwittingly frees Nef, the Goddess of Death. Nef tasks Athia to free the remaining gods who once ruled the desert. With the warrior-nomad Bayek by her side, Athia embarks on a journey across the desert to find the next gods' powers and free them from their mortal form. As they traverse...
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Best friends Kyle and Tina go on an epic high seas adventure when they discover a pirate ship while at the beach, contains a treasure map to the legendary city of Atlantis. From there the two must brave through hurricanes, a dark whirlpool and sinister pirates who seek to steal the treasure for themselves.
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The Raven Queen...Siobhan didn't choose this name.But now she will take control of it.The secrets of this world are deeper and darker than Siobhan knew, and those she once trusted seem strange and sinister. But her Will is as abyssal as the ocean, and she is determined to uncover the truth.As Sebastien's reputation begins to bloom with its own light, new eyes turn her way. With new magic and old plans come to fruition, she feels the inklings of true...
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Systems fall, planets die-darkness dawns on us all. When a god known simply as the Dark Creator enters our universe, the concord of the world inhabited by the spirits of men and their kings, the gods' chosen few, fades. As this being and his overwhelming force of corrupted horrors and children eclipse Afterworld and its territories, the kingdoms of men must put aside their differences and band together.After millennia of fighting, the final blockade...
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When Adol Christin boards the passenger liner Lombardia for an easy voyage across the Gaete Sea, he has no idea this journey will land him shipwrecked on the mysterious Seiren Island, home of an ancient curse that has plagued these waters for millennia. Nor can he possibly imagine that this act of fate will throw him into a battle against primordial powers, set out to destroy the entire human race. Joined by Dana, a powerful young woman from another...
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"Leonardo Garzaro recrea la historia de Brasil a través de la idiosincrasia del ser humano, sus deseos, aspiraciones, maldad que lo llevan a un destino, esperado o equivocado, en función de su nombre. Una obra bien construida que dibuja un mapa de las actitudes humanas hacia el mundo. Historia, fantasía, realidad, reflexión y crítica social hacen de este libro un fiel reflejo de nuestro universo humano."
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