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The House of Binding Thorns
by Aliette de BodardThe multi-award-winning author of The House of Shattered Wings continues her Dominion of the Fallen saga as Paris endures the aftermath of a devastating arcane war . . .As the city rebuilds from the onslaught of sorcery that nearly destroyed it, the great Houses of Paris, ruled by fallen angels, still contest one another for control over the capital.House Silverspires was once the most powerful, but just as it sought to rise again, an ancient evil brought it low. Phillippe, an immortal who escaped the carnage, has a singular goal - to resurrect someone he lost. But the cost of such magic might be more than he can bear.In House Hawthorn, Madeleine the alchemist has had her addiction to angel essence savagely broken. Struggling to live on, she is forced on a perilous diplomatic mission to the underwater dragon kingdom - and finds herself in the midst of intrigues that have already caused one previous emissary to mysteriously disappear . . .As the Houses seek a peace more devastating than war, those caught between new fears and old hatreds must find strength - or fall prey to a magic that seeks to bind all to its will.'A superb blend of intrigue, mystery and magic and urban fantasy; it's brilliantly written; and the story is gripping' Civilian Reader
The House of Binding Thorns
by Aliette de BodardThe multi-award-winning author of The House of Shattered Wings continues her Dominion of the Fallen saga as Paris endures the aftermath of a devastating arcane war . . .As the city rebuilds from the onslaught of sorcery that nearly destroyed it, the great Houses of Paris, ruled by fallen angels, still contest one another for control over the capital.House Silverspires was once the most powerful, but just as it sought to rise again, an ancient evil brought it low. Phillippe, an immortal who escaped the carnage, has a singular goal - to resurrect someone he lost. But the cost of such magic might be more than he can bear.In House Hawthorn, Madeleine the alchemist has had her addiction to angel essence savagely broken. Struggling to live on, she is forced on a perilous diplomatic mission to the underwater dragon kingdom - and finds herself in the midst of intrigues that have already caused one previous emissary to mysteriously disappear . . .As the Houses seek a peace more devastating than war, those caught between new fears and old hatreds must find strength - or fall prey to a magic that seeks to bind all to its will.'A superb blend of intrigue, mystery and magic and urban fantasy; it's brilliantly written; and the story is gripping' Civilian ReaderRead by Peter Kenny(p) 2017 Orion Publishing Group Ltd
The House of Shattered Wings
by Aliette de BodardParis in the aftermath of the Great Magicians War. Its streets are lined with haunted ruins, Notre-Dame is a burnt-out shell, and the Seine runs black, thick with ashes and rubble. Yet life continues among the wreckage. The citizens retain their irrepressible appetite for novelty and distraction, and The Great Houses still vie for dominion over France's once grand capital.House Silverspires, previously the leader of those power games, now lies in disarray. Itsmagic is ailing; its founder, Morningstar, has been missing for decades; and now somethingfrom the shadows stalks its people inside their very own walls.Within the House, three very different people must come together: a naive but powerful Fallen, an alchemist with a self-destructive addiction, and a resentful young man wielding spells from the Far East. They may be Silverspires' salvation; or the architects of its last, irreversible fall . . .
The House of Shattered Wings
by Aliette de BodardParis in the aftermath of the Great Magicians War. Its streets are lined with haunted ruins, Notre-Dame is a burnt-out shell, and the Seine runs black, thick with ashes and rubble. Yet life continues among the wreckage. The citizens retain their irrepressible appetite for novelty and distraction, and The Great Houses still vie for dominion over France's once grand capital.House Silverspires, previously the leader of those power games, now lies in disarray. Its magic is ailing; its founder, Morningstar, has been missing for decades; and now something from the shadows stalks its people inside their very own walls.Within the House, three very different people must come together: a naive but powerful Fallen, an alchemist with a self-destructive addiction, and a resentful young man wielding spells from the Far East. They may be Silverspires' salvation; or the architects of its last, irreversible fall . . .Read by Peter Kenny(p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group
The House of Sundering Flames
by Aliette de BodardThe great magical Houses of Paris - headed by Fallen angels and magicians - were, however temporarily, at peace with each other. Until House Harrier was levelled by a powerful explosion. Now that peace has become chaos, tearing apart old alliances and setting off a race in which each House hoards magic and resources to protect itself against another such blast. Thuan, the Dragon head of the divided House Hawthorn, is still consolidating his power when war comes to his doorstep. Aurore -exiled from and almost beaten to death by House Harrier - sees her moment to seek power in order to protect her family, even if she must venture back to her destroyed former home to get it. And Emmanuelle finds herself alone in the middle of it all, driven to protect others, trying to piece together what has happened, andhoping - eventually - to make sense of it all.None of them know what destroyed House Harrier, though . . . and when they do uncover that fiery, destructive magic then divided Houses, old enemies and estranged friends will all have to make a decision: stand together, or burn alone . . .None of them know what destroyed House Harrier, though . . . and when they do uncover that fiery, destructive magic then divided Houses, old enemies and estranged friends will all have to make a decision: stand together, or burn alone . . .Praise for Aliette de Bodard'Aliette de Bodard presents a gritty, otherworldly Paris in her fast-paced, fantastical thriller' Washington Post'Elegantly written' Guardian'A superb blend of intrigue, mystery and magic, and urban fantasy; brilliantly written' Civilian Reader
The House of Sundering Flames
by Aliette de BodardThe multi-award-winning author of The House of Shattered Wings continues her Dominion of the Fallen saga as Paris endures the aftermath of a devastating arcane war . . .Aliette de Bodard is 'one of the most influential voices in fantasy today', according to Starburst. A Franco-Vietnamese writer living in Paris, she's the mother of two, qualified as an officer in the French military, is a very talented cook (http://aliettedebodard.com/recipes/) understands everything it's possible to understand about Applied Maths and, in her day job, literally keeps the trains running for the Paris Metro.That's in addition to being an award-winning writer who has won:· The Nebula Awards (twice)· A Locus Award· The British Science Fiction Award (three times - most recently for The House of Shattered Wings)· Writers of the Future· And she's been a finalist for: The Hugo Awards, the Sturgeon Awards and the Tiptree AwardsWe've published two novels with her already: The House of Shattered Wings (9,000 copies sold) and The House of Binding Thorns, both of which are highly acclaimed mysteries set in a world which merges and alternate Paris with powerful Vietnamese mythology and culture. In addition to the considerable strength of her storytelling and world, Aliette is a high profile author, a regular Guest of Honour at events and conventions, and recommended by booksellers in the same breath as Zen Cho, Naomi Novik, Cixin Liu and V. E. Schwab.'A superb blend of intrigue, mystery and magic and urban fantasy; it's brilliantly written; and the story is gripping' Civilian Reader(p) Orion Publishing Group Ltd 2019
The Red Scholar's Wake
by Aliette de BodardXích Si: bot maker, data analyst, mother, scavenger. But those days are over now-her ship has just been captured by the Red Banner pirate fleet, famous for their double-dealing and cruelty. Xích Si expects to be tortured to death-only for the pirates' enigmatic leader, Rice Fish, to arrive with a different and shocking proposition: an arranged marriage between Xích Si and herself. Rice Fish: sentient ship, leader of the infamous Red Banner pirate fleet, wife of the Red Scholar. Or at least, she was the latter before her wife died under suspicious circumstances. Now isolated and alone, Rice Fish wants Xích Si's help to find out who struck against them and why. Marrying Xích Si means Rice Fish can offer Xích Si protection, in exchange for Xích Si's technical fluency: a business arrangement with nothing more to it. But as the investigation goes on, Rice Fish and Xích Si find themselves falling for each other. As the interstellar war against piracy intensifies and the five fleets start fighting each other, they will have to make a stand-and to decide what kind of future they have together...An exciting space opera and a beautiful romance, from an exceptional SF author.
Harold Bloom: Towards Historical Rhetorics (Routledge Revivals)
by Peter De BollaSince the 1960s, the literary critic Harold Bloom has been producing some of the most powerful criticism in the United States. This large body of work has, since the publication of The Anxiety of Influence in 1973, increasingly distanced itself from all critical vogues, be they psychoanalytic, post-structuralist or new formalist, in favour of a highly idiosyncratic poetic theory. First published in 1988, this title was the first to engage with this unique approach in order to extend and amplify its most crucial insights about the nature of rhetoric, as it functions both in poetry and in poetic theory. The underlying argument is for a historical conception of rhetoric, for an extension of Bloom’s ‘diachronic rhetoric’ towards historical rhetoric.
Miserias y esplendores del trabajo
by Alain de BottonUna reflexión irónica sobre el mundo del trabajo y del consumo El autor mismo define su libro como un himno a la inteligencia, peculiaridad, la belleza y el horror de los lugares de trabajo y al hecho extraordinario de que el trabajo sea, junto al amor, la principal fuente de sentido de nuestra vida. Hace poco más de un siglo, nuestros antepasados sabían todavía el origen preciso de lo que poseían y comían. Estaban familiarizados con los animales, las herramientas y tenían una relación cómplice con su entorno de trabajo. Ahora, todo nos llega envuelto en fundas cargadas de etiquetas y poco falta para que los niños crean que los pollos nacen en los supermercados. Dispuesto a romper esta barrera, Alain de Botton se aventura primero a darse un paseo por los muelles del puerto de Londres, para desplazarse luego a una fábrica de galletas en el interior del país, luego viaja a las Maldivas con los pescadores encargados de unafábrica de conservas para acabar en los despachos de una empresa que se dedica a la contabilidad. Lo que más le interesa es hablar con las personas que están cerca de los procesos productivos para ilustrar las peculiaridades del "homo faber", y las bondades de casi cualquier trabajo cuando lo examinamos de cerca. Tras estas conversaciones, nada es igual ya: la cereza que corona una galleta, la tapicería de un avión o una lata cualquiera de sardinas tienen a alguien con cara y ojos que estuvo al cargo de su proceso, y de repente el trabajo se vuelve algo menos abstracto y más cercano a los anhelos y las angustias del ser humano. Culto, irónico, maestro de la anécdota, Alain de Botton nos habla de Diderot y Voltaire mientras camina por los hangares de una gran fábrica y reflexiona sobre la naturaleza del arte mientras recorre las líneas de una central eléctrica. «Prepararse para la muerte con preceptos sabios es ofrecerle demasiado respeto. Dejemos que nos sorprenda mientras transportamos pasta de madera o buscamos la mejor manera de fabricar un frasco de perfume: hagamos que la muerte nos pille mientras hacemos algo para la vida.» Con estas palabras se cierra el libro y se abren un montón de puertas insólitas para el lector. La crítica ha dicho:«Si es que todavía hace falta hablar de las bondades de un escritor como Alain de Botton, pues les diré que en Miserias y esplendores del trabajo este hombre se supera a sí mismo en la perspicacia de sus reflexiones y en su complicidad con el ser humano.»Geoff Dyer «De Botton te lleva a pensar en cómo vives pero, sobre todo, en cómo podrías vivir.»The Times
On Love: A Novel (Books That Changed the World)
by Alain de BottonThe New York Times-bestselling author’s modern classic that “takes a conventional love story and textures it with philosophical ruminations” (Kirkus Reviews).A man and a woman meet over casual conversation on a flight from Paris to London, and so begins a love story—from first kiss to first argument, elation to heartbreak, and everything in between. Each stage of the relationship is illuminated with starling clarity, as novelist and philosopher Alain de Botton explores young love and its emotions, often felt but rarely understood. With a brilliant new introduction by Sheila Heti, the New York Times-bestselling author of How Should a Person Be?, On Love is a contemporary classic from an author “who seems to have been born to write” (The Boston Globe). “Smart and ironic…The book’s success has much to do with its beautifully modeled sentences, its wry humor, and its unwavering deadpan respect for the reader's intelligence.” —Francine Prose, New Republic“Witty, funny, sophisticated…full of wise and illuminating insights.” —P.J. Kavanagh, Spectator
Artful Truths: The Philosophy of Memoir
by Helena de BresOffers a philosophical perspective on the nature and value of writing a memoir. Artful Truths offers a concise guide to the fundamental philosophical questions that arise when writing a literary work about your own life. Bringing a philosopher’s perspective to a general audience, Helena de Bres addresses what a memoir is, how the genre relates to fiction, memoirists’ responsibilities to their readers and subjects, and the question of why to write a memoir at all. Along the way, she delves into a wide range of philosophical issues, including the nature of the self, the limits of knowledge, the idea of truth, the obligations of friendship, the relationship between morality and art, and the question of what makes a life meaningful. Written in a clear and conversational style, it offers a resource for those who write, teach, and study memoirs, as well as those who love to read them. With a combination of literary and philosophical knowledge, de Bres takes the many challenges directed at memoirists seriously, while ultimately standing in defense of a genre that, for all its perplexities—and maybe partly because of them—continually proves to be both beloved and valuable.
The Novel and the Multispecies Soundscape (Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature)
by Ben De BruynThe contemporary novel is not as silent as we tend to believe, nor does it only attend to human plots and characters. As this book shows, writers in a range of subgenres have devoted considerable attention to the voices of nonhuman animals, and to the histories and technologies of listening that shape twenty-first-century cultures and environments. In doing so, their multispecies novels illuminate the cultural meanings we attach to creatures like dogs, frogs, whales, chimpanzees, and Tasmanian tigers – not to mention various bird species and even plants. At the same time, these stories explore the attitudes of distinct communities of human listeners, ranging from vets and musicians to chimp caretakers and sonar technicians. In highlighting animal sounds and their cultural meanings, these novels by authors including Amitav Ghosh, Julia Leigh, Richard Powers, Karen Joy Fowler, Cormac McCarthy, and Han Kang also enrich pressing debates about species extinction, sound pollution, nonhuman communication, and human-animal relations. As we are violently reshaping the planet, they invite us to reimagine our own humanity and animality – and to rethink how we tell stories about multispecies contact zones and their complex soundscapes.
The Hunter and His Dog
by Sassafras De BruynSpotting a bird in the distance, the hunter and his dog begin a madcap chase across the world of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. They stumble into some of the artist&’s most famous scenes: wedding dances, snowy villages, even the winding stairs of the Tower of Babel. Will they ever find the place where they belong? This wordless book introduces young readers to the Flemish Renaissance artist and his most beloved works, including The Hunters in the Snow and Children&’s Games. Includes informational endnote on Bruegel and an index of the paintings that inspired each illustration.
Getting His Game Back: A Novel
by Gia De Cadenet&“A thoroughly satisfying love story with a big, beating heart.&”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) &“This book is emotional, steamy and sweet—a triple threat! De Cadenet tackles mental health, gender stereotypes, and interracial romance with care and creativity. I loved it!&”—Chantel Guertin, author of Instamom Khalil Sarda went through a rough patch last year, but now he&’s nearly back to his old self. All he has to do is keep his &“stuff&” in the past. Real men don&’t have depression and go to therapy—or, at least they don&’t admit it. He&’s ready to focus on his growing chain of barbershops, take care of his beloved Detroit community, and get back to being the ladies&’ man his family and friends tease him for being. It&’ll be easy . . . until Vanessa throws him completely off his game. Vanessa Noble is too busy building a multimillion-dollar tech career as a Black woman before age thirty to be distracted by a relationship. Not to mention, she&’s been burned before, still dealing with the lingering hurt of a past breakup. Besides, as her friends often remind her, she&’ll never find a man who checks all the boxes on her famous List. Yet when she desperately needs a shape-up and happens upon one of Khalil&’s barbershops, the Fade, he makes her reconsider everything. Khalil is charming, intelligent, sexy, and definitely seems like he&’d treat a woman right . . . but he&’s not Black. Vanessa may be willing to take a chance on Khalil, but a part of him is frustratingly closed off, just out of her reach. Will old patterns emerge to keep them apart? Or have they both finally found a connection worth throwing away the playbook for?
Not the Plan
by Gia De CadenetAn ambitious chief of staff risks her career and her heart when she falls hard for her new colleague in this steamy workplace romance from the author of Getting His Game Back.&“A sexy and sensitive love story set against a backdrop of political intrigue . . . I loved it!&”—Ava Wilder, author of How to Fake It in HollywoodAfter nearly a decade of experience in state politics, Isadora Maris is damn good at her job. Aggressive lobbyists and stonewalling senators are no match for her diplomacy and her unflappable commitment to her principles. If all goes according to her meticulous plan, she&’ll soon be managing her boss&’s successful campaign for U.S. representative and finally land her dream role: congressional aide in Washington, D.C., where she can really make a difference.But Isadora&’s cool professionalism is knocked off-kilter when she meets Karim Sarda. Karim is gorgeous and brilliant and seems to share many of her ideals. So why is he working for the California senate&’s most detestable scumbag? Given their bosses&’ fierce political rivalry, Isadora finds she can&’t risk tarnishing her reputation by flirting with the enemy, and she&’s been betrayed enough times to want to keep people at a distance. So she deems Karim off-limits—no matter how flustered she feels whenever he enters the room.Karim knows that struggle all too well: Still processing the wounds from his failed marriage, he&’s ready for a fresh start. But Karim can&’t hide his attraction to Isadora&’s commanding presence. Her strength is captivating, even as he recognizes something fragile beneath its surface.When Karim and Isadora succumb to their undeniable chemistry, their initial desire blossoms into something more—something real. But if Karim&’s boss takes control of the California senate, everything Isadora worked for could be destroyed. Will workplace politics shatter their chance at love?
Archie vs. Predator II
by Alex De CampiAmerica's favorite teen meets the galaxy's fiercest hunter - again!Betty, Veronica and Predator-Archie have been left in the wreckage of their town, all their friends dead. Normally, they'd just go down Memory Lane and get home again where everything's okay, but that's no longer an option. It isn't until they find an undamaged car and drive it down a different road where they can finally return to Riverdale--but their hometown feels different. And it's made even more bizarre when they come face-to-face with a few people they'd never expect: themselves. Only different, newer versions. Little do they know, Predators on Mars are watching them--planning their next attack!
The Backups: A Summer of Stardom
by Alex de CampiStep into the spotlight with The Backups, a graphic novel from writer Alex de Campi and artist Lara Kane about crushes, confidence, and catchy choruses!Spending an entire summer on tour as a backup singer for pop star Nika Nitro? What?! That’s the DREAM, right? Especially for Jenni, Lauren, and Maggie, three misfit performing arts students with hopes of making it in the music world. But being twenty feet from fame isn’t easy. Between crushes, constant rehearsals, Nika’s sky-high expectations, and their own insecurities, this dream is starting to feel more like a nightmare. And that’s before they accidentally start a beef with a rival band threatening to reveal a secret that could end Nika’s career.Can this trio of new friends come together to save the tour, or will the Backups be kept out of the spotlight forever? An Imprint Book
Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight Double Feature Volume 3
by Alex De CampiCheck your good taste at the door, because Grindhouse is back, and it's meaner, badder, and dirtier than ever, with two brand-new exploitation opuses from writer Alex de Campi (Smoke/Ashes)! Take a "Slay Ride" with R. M. Guéra (Scalped) through a snow-covered West terrorized by child-flaying demons! Go around the world with Afua Richardson (24 Seven) and that superfly black super spy, "Lady Danger: Agent of B.O.O.T.I.," as she tussles with Thai drug lords and sticks it to the CIA! We know you love it filthy, and we're going all night long! Collects Grindhouse: Drive In, Bleed Out issues #1-#4!
Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight Double Feature Volume 4 (Grindhouse)
by Alex De CampiIf humankind was not meant to get nasty, we wouldn't have evolved the capacity to make COMICS! Celebrate your proclivity for freaky foulness with another volume in Grindhouse's sweet, sweet flipbook series, this time chronicling mastermind Alex de Campi's collaborations with Chris Peterson and Nolan Woodard on the Bee Vixens from Mars sequel Blood Lagoon, and Ulises Farinas and Ryan Hill on the star-bound sex romp Nebulina!Collects Grindhouse: Drive In, Bleed Out issues #5-#8!
Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight Volume 1 - Double Feature (Grindhouse)
by Alex De CampiLiterature: overrated. Morality: expendable. Midnight is right for some over-the-top sex and violence, and this Grindhouse double feature is packing the aisles with blood 'n' guts and T 'n' A! Gasp as insatiable alien insects overtake a Southern town with only a one-eyed deputy to stop them in "Bee Vixens from Mars"! Shudder as the sexy lady convicts of Block E revolt against an insane warden in "Prison Ship Antares"! Tremble in anticipation at the gallery of shocking "coming attractions"! Get filthy with this unique experience from Alex de Campi's Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight!
Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight Volume 2
by Alex De CampiBack for more, eh? We knew you couldn't stay away! Line on up for a sick and twisted double feature! First, in Bride of Blood, Branwyn's wedding is marked by atrocity beyond comprehension. With everything she's ever loved destroyed by reavers, all she has left is revenge! Then it's Flesh Feast of the Devil Doll! When a Puritan-era demon returns to her old stomping grounds to seduce and kill once more, the Camp Oneida hockey girls step up and make with the high-sticking! Don't miss a lick of the thrills, starting at midnight!
Smoke/Ashes
by Alex De CampiReporter Katie Shah's exposés of the corruption of the English ruling class put her in the crosshairs of powerful men on a good day. Smoke and Ashes tells the stories of the bad days; as she and assassin Rupert Cain become targets of a sinister cabal bent on controlling the nation's oil and of a psychotic intelligence that has uploaded itself onto the Internet! EISNER NOMINEE FOR BEST LIMITED SERIES! * Art by Dan McDaid; Carla Speed McNeil; Bill Sienkiewicz; Igor Kordey; Richard Pace; Colleen Doran; and more! "Alex de Campi makes the wonderful look effortless. I'm buying this; and you should too; if you have any sense at all."—Gail Simone (Batgirl; Secret Six) "There is a dedication to expanding the language of comic books; the kind of thing you rarely see these days." —Bleeding Cool
Ethnographic Narratives as World Literature: Uneven Entanglements in European and South Asian Writing (New Comparisons in World Literature)
by Lucio De CapitaniThis book links world-literary studies with anthropology and ethnography. It shows how ethnographic narratives can represent a compelling point of departure for world-literary explorations. The volume compares the travel writing and fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling as colonial ethnographic narratives; the militant writings of Carlo Levi and Mahasweta Devi; and the travelogues and ethnographic fiction of Amitav Ghosh and the literary journalism of Frank Westerman. Each of these readings focuses on a set of social, political and historical circumstances and relies on a dialogue with anthropological theory and history. This book demonstrates how imperialism, colonialism, capitalism and ecology are interdependent, and contributes to methodological debates within both anthropology and world-literary studies.
La mentira más hermosa
by Sebastián De CaroLa nueva novela del escritor, actor y cineasta Sebastián De Caro: un regreso al universo de La flor más falsa del mundo y a sus personajes atrapados entre el amor y la violencia en un contexto de redes, virtualidad, apariencias y cinismo. Bobby Atkins, el poderoso empresario cuya máxima creación -la red social Londa- fue responsabilizada por la muerte del escritor de culto Remo Ingrao, desembarca en Argentina con un plan. Un proyecto para redimirse ante el mundo y resurgir de sus cenizas. Sin embargo, lejos de proponer el renacer filosófico y moral que algunos esperaban de él, su nuevo "emprendimiento" redobla la apuesta. Convencido de que no hay experiencia que no pueda capturarse, sintetizarse, convertirse en un producto y capitalizarse, Atkins presenta Londa 23 e inaugura un porvenir de aristas inciertas y temibles. Con una trama que toma forma entre apuntes, recortes periodísticos, entradas de un diario personal y fragmentos de ficciones inconclusas, De Caro regresa al universo de La flor más falsa del mundo y a una de sus obsesiones más constantes y genuinas: la virulencia del mundo virtual en el que hundimos nuestras existencias a diario sin horizonte de fuga. Una distopía a lo Black Mirror ambientada en una sociedad de apariencias, perfiles y avatares en la que ya no es posible distinguir qué es real; en un futuro tan cercano que quema. ¿De dónde salió esta novela? Podría decir que de varias lecturas y fascinaciones relacionadas con la era de la hiperconectividad y el nuevo siglo. En cuarentena Philip K. Dick, Mario Levrero, Fogwill y Grant Morrison me salvaron de la tristeza. Quise volver una vez más al universo de Remo Ingrao y contar, entre otras cosas, cómo es enamorarse mucho. Al final mi sueño es ese: que, si a alguien le gusta mucho una persona, quiera regalarle estas páginas...Sebastián De Caro, marzo 2023
Solomon's Song
by Sarah De Carvalho'You have to search for the key to the song of your life and when you find it, don't let it go.' Fourteen year old Solomon lives for adventures with his cousin Ze, his dog Duke and above all, to sing and play the piano, for which he has a rare gift. But when life in the idyllic mountains of the Serra dos Orgaos is shattered by injustice, the family is uprooted to the slums of Rio de Janeiro. Everything Solomon loves is stripped away and life seems worthless.Growing up at 'Goodnight', her family's vast cattle ranch in Montana, Kiera Kavanagh dreams of finding the love of her life - the key to her song. But the untimely deaths of two people close to her leave her in turmoil and questioning her romantic teenage notions.Born on the same day, thousand of miles apart, will these two young lives find a love that overcomes their suffering, discovering who they are meant to be, and each other?Solomon's Song is a beautiful debut novel, interlacing the lives of many vividly drawn characters across continents and cultures.