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1) Bride
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Language
English
Description
"A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis. Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast-again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance...
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Series
Language
English
Description
The Seven Kingdoms are torn by strife as the three surviving contenders for the throne continue their struggle for power, Robb Stark defends his fledgling kingdom from the ravaging Greyjoys, Winterfell lies in ruins, Jon Snow confronts an escalating threat from behind the Wall, and Danerys Stormborn and her dragon allies continue to grow in power. Here is the third volume in George R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones...
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment, six Alexandrians grapple with the ethics of their astronomical abilities while the outside world mobilizes to destroy them, forcing them to decide what they're willing to betray for limitless power and who will be destroyed along the way.
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Series
The radiant emperor duology volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory that tore southern China from its Mongol masters. Now she burns with a new desire: to seize the throne and crown herself emperor. But Zhu isn't the only one with imperial ambitions. Her neighbor in the south, the courtesan Madam Zhang, wants the throne for her husband--and she's strong enough to wipe Zhu off the map. To stay in the game, Zhu will have to gamble everything on a risky...
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Series
Carve the mark volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Language
English
Description
On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some are favored by fate, everyone develops a currentgift, a unique power meant to shape the future. While most benefit from their currentgifts, Akos and Cyra do not--their gifts make them vulnerable to the control of others. Can they reclaim their gifts, their fates, and their lives, and reset the balance of power in this world? Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the...
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Series
Queen of the Tearling volume 3
Language
English
Description
"The finale to the ...Tearling trilogy, in which Kelsea is imprisoned by the Red Queen and her guard must find a way to set her free" --
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Language
English
Description
"A gifted student foretells an apocalypse. Her reward is a sentence of death. Fleeing into the unknown she is drawn into a team of outcasts: A broken soldier, who once again takes up the weapons he's forbidden to wield and carves a trail back home. A drunken prince, who steps out from his beloved brother's shadow and claims a purpose of his own. An imprisoned thief, who escapes the crushing dark and discovers a gleaming artifact--one that will ignite...
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The hurricane wars volume 1
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English
Description
"The heart is a battlefield. War has raged for a decade in Lir, and orphaned soldier Talasyn has learned to keep her powers hidden to survive. As the last known Lightweaver on the continent, she can create radiant weapons that cut through the invading Shadowforged warriors' dark magic. But all that changes when she is forced to reveal her abilities on the battlefield to defend herself from the Shadowforged prince himself, Alaric Ossinast. In a clash...
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Series
Queen of the Tearling volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
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Description
The evil kingdom of Mortmesne invades the Tearling, with dire consequences for Kelsea and her realm.
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The king of Yusan must die. The five most dangerous liars in the land have been mysteriously summoned to work together for a single objective: to kill the God King Joon. He has it coming. Under his merciless immortal hand, the nobles flourish, while the poor and innocent are imprisoned, ruined...or sold. And now each of the five blades will come for him. Each has tasted bitterness, from the hired hitman seeking atonement, a lovely assassin who seeks...
11) The passenger
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"With her husband's corpse still warm at the bottom of the stairs, 'Tanya Dubois' has one option: to go on the run. Again. When the police figure out that she doesn't officially exist, they'll start asking questions she can't answer. Desperate to keep the past buried, our heroine hopscotches across the country, adopting and shedding identities as she fights to escape anyone who wants to silence her for good. Along the way, she collides with Dominic,...
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, one special girl is destined to hold the fate of the universe in her hands. When Lyra Belacqua becomes the keeper of the Golden Compass, she discovers that her world and all those beyond are threatened by the secret plans of Ms. Coulter. With the help of Lord Asriel and a group of unlikely allies ready to stand at her side, Lyra embarks on an extraordinary...
Author
Series
Moon fall volume 2
Publisher
Tor/Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
655 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"To stop the coming apocalypse, a fellowship was formed. A soldier, a thief, a lost prince, and a young girl bonded by fate and looming disaster. Each step along this path has changed the party, forging deep alliances and greater enmities. All the while, hostile forces have hunted them, fearing what they might unleash. Armies wage war around them. For each step has come with a cost--in blood, in loss, in heartbreak. Now, they must split, traveling...
14) Captain's fury
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Series
Codex Alera volume 4
Language
English
Description
After two years of bitter conflict with the hordes of invading Canim, Tavi of Calderon realizes that a greater peril exists--the terrifying Vord. Now Tavi must find a way to bring Aleran and Cane together as allies.
15) Sun warrior
Author
Series
Tales of a new world volume 2
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Lexile measure
HL 790L
Physical Desc
vii, 563 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The battle lines have been drawn and Mari, an Earth Walker and Nik, a Companion, who were once from rival clans now find themselves fighting to save each other and their people from destruction.
Author
Series
Tales of a new world volume 3
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. Edition.
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
517 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A world filled with beauty and danger and cruelty... Mari, Nik, and their newly formed Pack are being hunted. Thaddeus and the God of Death will stop at nothing until they are obliterated from the earth. But Mari and Nik have one goal: to reach the plains of the Wind Riders, in order to band together to stop Thaddeus from destroying all that Mari and Nik hold dear. But will the mysterious Wind Riders accept the Pack, or will Mari and Nik and their...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
433 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Tearling, founded as a utopia, has collapsed and reverted to feudalism. As the gap between rich and poor widens, rumors of a great prophecy begin to spread and people begin to hope for the True Queen to save the kingdom.
The Tearling, founded as a utopia, has collapsed and reverted to feudalism. As the gap between rich and poor widens and famine threatens the land, rumors of a prophecy begin to spread: a great hope, a True Queen who will ascend...
Author
Series
Tales of a new world volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 597 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mari is an Earth Walker, heir to the unique healing powers of her Clan, but she has cast her duties aside until she is chosen by a special animal ally, altering her destiny forever. When a deadly attack tears her world apart, Mari reveals the strength of her powers and the forbidden secret of her dual nature as she embarks on a mission to save her people. It is not until Nik, the son of the leader from a rival, dominating clan strays across her path,...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Banished from Inkasisa to the Yanu Jungle, Catalina knows her life is in danger but is absolutely certain her destiny is to rule. Rescued by the son of her former general, she is incorporated into a years-in-progress plan to ally with the fierce Illari people and raise an army to retake her throne -- and Catalina's abilities as a seer may be the only thing that will convince them to help. If only she was actually able to predict the future....
20) The good hawk
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Series
Lexile measure
HL 620L
Language
English
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Description
"Agatha is a Hawk, brave and fierce, who patrols the high walls of her island home. She takes pride in her duties, though some in her clan whisper that she has only been given them to keep her out of the way, because of the condition she was born with. Jaime, thoughtful and anxious, is an Angler, but he hates the sea. To make matters worse, he's been chosen for a duty that has been outlawed by the clan for generations: to marry. The elders won't say...