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The Land You Never Leave: Book 2 of the West of West Trilogy (West of West #2)
by Angus WatsonNewly and uneasily allied, two tribes from different worlds set off across the Ocean of Grass.Their mission is to fulfil a prophecy and take the child Ottar west of west to save mankind. In their way are the denizens of the Badlands, the most terrifying and powerful collection of murderers and monsters the world has ever seen...For more epic action from Angus Watson, check out:West of West TrilogyYou Die When You DieThe Land you Never LeaveWhere Gods Fear to GoThe Iron Age TrilogyAge of IronClash of IronReign of Iron
Lande sconosciute: Libro Fantasy, Suspense e Avventure (Collana: Corvi e Draghi #1)
by A. P. HernándezFuori dalle mura di Düré si sta sviluppando la più grande minaccia che l'umanità abbia mai affrontato. Dopo tanti anni di pace, l'oscurità rinasce, la dea Thënda lascia il regno delle ombre. Lord Tovel, in segreto, sceglie otto dei suoi uomini più valorosi e affida loro una missione: raggiungere Nebula e chiedere l'aiuto di Re Fird. Rodrik e i suoi uomini dovranno lasciare la sicurezza offerta dalle mura di Düré e affrontare un viaggio pieno di intrighi, magia e pericoli.
Lander (The\oberon Cycle Ser. #2)
by J. Scott CoatsworthThe Oberon Cycle: Book TwoSometimes the world needs saving twice. In the sequel to the Rainbow-Award-winning Skythane, Xander and Jameson thought they’d fulfilled their destiny when they brought the worlds of Oberon and Titania back together, but their short-lived moment of triumph is over. Reunification has thrown the world into chaos. A great storm ravaged Xander's kingdom of Gaelan, leaving the winged skythane people struggling to survive. Their old enemy, Obercorp, is biding its time, waiting to strike. And to the north, a dangerous new adversary gathers strength, while an unexpected ally awaits them. In the midst of it all, Xander’s ex Alix returns, and Xander and Jameson discover that their love for each other may have been drug-induced. Are they truly destined for each other, or is what they feel concocted? And can they face an even greater challenge when their world needs them most?
Landeron I - A filha do oráculo (Landeron #1)
by Paula de Vera GarcíaAldin sempre foi uma estranha. Durante os quinze anos que viveu como refugiada, junto com seus pais, na pequena vila élfica de Lar, ela nunca manisfetou um únido dos dons atribuidos à sua raça: os aráculos. Mas e se você não fosse quem todos gostariam que você acreditasse? E se houvesse... uma explicação? A filha do Oráculo é o primeiro volume da saga "Landeron", que pretende ser uma viagem iniciática para os seus protagonistas, enaltecendo valores como o poder da amizade, da solidariedade ou de um possível amor entre seres de origem muito diversas, cujos caminham se cruzam pela necessidade de sobreviver em um mundo hostil. Porque os únicos limites que existem são aqueles que nos impomos.
Landfall
by James BradleyA gripping near-future thriller exploring the detrimental effects of climate change on ordinary lives.
Landline
by Rainbow RowellWhat advice would you give the younger you...and would you listen?As far as time machines go, a magic telephone is pretty useless. TV writer Georgie McCool can't actually visit the past; all she can do is call it, and hope it picks up. Is she going crazy or is this a chance to make things right with her husband, Neal?Maybe she can fix the things in their past that seem unfixable in the present. Maybe this stupid phone is giving her a chance to start over...if that's what she wants...A heart-wrenching - and hilarious - take on fate, time, television and true love, Landline asks if two people are ever really on the same path, or whether love just means finding someone who will keep meeting you halfway.A heartwarming story about second chances and falling in love, perfect for fans of Rowan Coleman and Lucy Dillon.
Landline
by Rainbow RowellGeorgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble. That it's been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and he still loves her - but that almost seems besides the point now. Two days before they're supposed to visit Neal's family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells him that she can't go. She's a TV writer, and something's come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her - he is always a little upset with her - but she doesn't expect to him to pack up the kids and go home without her.When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she's finally done it. If she's ruined everything.That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It's not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she's been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts...Is that what she's supposed to do?Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened?Read by Rebecca Lowman(p) 2014 Macmillan Audio
The Landlord: A tale of forced ‘renoviction’ during the Great Pandemic!
by Yves Patrick BeaulieuYou can't miss them. They'll be looking out for you, and, once they catch you, they'll chuck you into the eviction machine as soon as they can. With dollar signs for eyes, they're voracious and merciless toward their victims. Some claim they need to renovate urgently, while others say they need to adjust to the market, otherwise they'll be in trouble. Still others harass their victims, solely for the pleasure of seeing them squirm. Alfreda Leduc, an elderly lady, is forced to move because her landlord wants to repossess the house she's currently occupying. There's a pandemic in the country and everything's going from bad to worse. Despite his threats, she refuses to give up and decides to wait things out until the Housing Authority holds a hearing. However, the landlord has no end of ideas to harm his tenant. He wants her out of his building at all costs! How will this misadventure end? In her home or under a bridge?
The Lando Calrissian Adventures: The Adventures Of Lando Calrissian: Volume Three: Lando Calrissian And The Starcave Of Thonboka (Star Wars - Legends)
by L. Neil SmithFor the price of one, you get three Lando Calrissian novels: LANDO CALRISSSIAN AND THE MINDHARP OF SHARU, LANDO CLARISSIAN AND THE FLAMEWIND OF OSEON, and LANDO CALRISSIAN AND THE STARCAVE OF THONBOKA. You know him as a gambler, rogue, and con-artist; Lando's always on the frontier scanning his sensors for easy credits and looking for action in galaxies near and far.Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!
Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon (Star Wars)
by L. J. SmithWhen Lando is invited to the lavish resort of asteroid Oseon 6845, where gambling is the main order of business, he is relieved to leave the respectable life behind.
Landry Park
by Bethany Hagen<P>"Downton Abbey" meets The Selection in this dystopian tale of love and betrayal <P>Sixteen-year-old Madeline Landry is practically Gentry royalty. Her ancestor developed the nuclear energy that has replaced electricity, and her parents exemplify the glamour of the upper class. <P> As for Madeline, she would much rather read a book than attend yet another debutante ball. But when she learns about the devastating impact the Gentry lifestyle--her lifestyle--is having on those less fortunate, her whole world is turned upside down. <P>As Madeline begins to question everything she has been told, she finds herself increasingly drawn to handsome, beguiling David Dana, who seems to be hiding secrets of his own. <P>Soon, rumors of war and rebellion start to spread, and Madeline finds herself at the center of it all. Ultimately, she must make a choice between duty--her family and the estate she loves dearly--and desire.
Lands Beyond Box Set: Books 1–3 (Lands Beyond)
by Kin S. LawIn one ebook volume, the first three novels in the high-flying steampunk adventure series: Future That Never Was, Spectre of War, and Of Stations Infernal. Join Albion and Vanessa as they encounter air pirates, clockwork giants, and ghost trains! Future That Never Was (Book 1) Pillage and plunder are what air pirates do, but for Albion Clemens, that will have to wait. The Manchu Marauder needs to find his American stepfather, Captain Samuel, lost to the wayward winds of a Steam Age Europe . . . Spectre of War (Book 2) In the wake of a calamity that engulfed all of Europe, Inspector Vanessa Hargreaves of Scotland Yard is given the dubious task of policing steamcraft crime. Along with flamboyant detective Arturo C. Adler, she stumbles upon a conspiracy to use a horrific plague in an effort to prevent war. Of Stations Infernal (Book 3) Inspector Vanessa Hargreaves continues to carry a deadly plague away from villains unknown, but the new world seems to be attempting to thwart her at every turn. Titanic forces are mustering in the American heartland, from ghost trains to air pirates, challenging her convictions and her very service to her Queen. Series praise &“The atmosphere was entrancing, the airships were captivating, the action was spot on.&”—M. W. Griffith, author of The Runaway Train &“As befits steampunk, Law fills the pages with exciting gear action and fashion.&”—Publishers Weekly &“A different take on the steampunk genre.&”—InD&’tale Magazine
Land's End
by Frederik Pohl Jack WilliamsonSURVIVING THE END OF THE WORLD ' When Comet Sicara brushed near enough to strip the ozc layer from the Earth's atmosphere, civilization effectively ended fact, life on Earth was nearly extinguished. But the underwater cit survived, and some heavily protected land enclaves held on as w When the "ozone summer" years were ending, submarine capti Ron Tregarth rediscovered his lost love, Graciela Navarro. But th triumph against all odds was only the beginning, for the alien kno\ as the Eternal stood between them and threatened to destroy they held dearest. The Eternal's goal was to absorb the minds every living thing, to create a death-in-life to enslave the planet
Landscape with Invisible Hand
by M. T. AndersonWhen the vuvv first landed, it came as a surprise to aspiring artist Adam and the rest of planet Earth -- but not necessarily an unwelcome one. Can it really be called an invasion when the vuvv generously offered free advanced technology and cures for every illness imaginable? As it turns out, yes. With his parents' jobs replaced by alien tech and no money for food, clean water, or the vuvv's miraculous medicine, Adam and his girlfriend, Chloe, have to get creative to survive. And since the vuvv crave anything they deem "classic" Earth culture (doo-wop music, still-life paintings of fruit, true love), recording 1950s-style dates for the vuvv to watch in a pay-per-minute format seems like a brilliant idea. But it's hard for Adam and Chloe to sell true love when they hate each other more with every passing episode. Soon enough, Adam must decide how far he's willing to go -- and what he's willing to sacrifice -- to give the vuvv what they want.
Landscapes
by Christine LaiA darkly absorbing, prismatic debut novel from Christine Lai, set in a near future that is fraught with ecological collapse and geopolitical upheaval, Landscapes explores memory, empathy, and art as an instrument for recollection and renewal. In a ruinous country house in the now barren English countryside--decimated by heat and drought--and in a dusty library damaged by earthquake and floods, Penelope archives what remains of the estate&’s once notable, now diminished, art collection. As she delves into the objects and images, she also keeps a diary of her final months in the dilapidated estate that has been her home for two decades and a refuge for those who have been displaced by disasters. Out of necessity, Penelope and her partner, Aidan, have sold the house and with its scheduled demolition comes this pressing task of building the archive. But with it also comes the impending arrival of Aidan&’s brother, Julian, who will return to have one final look at his childhood home. Penelope suffered at the hands of Julian twenty-two years ago during a brief but violent relationship, and as his visit looms large over her, she finds herself unable to tamp down the past in her efforts to build a possible, if uncertain, future. In this elegiac and spellbinding blend of narrative, essay and diary, Penelope&’s past, present and future collide as fear and loss close in around her, and she clings to art as a means of understanding, of survival, and of reckoning. Recalling the works of Rachel Cusk and Kazuo Ishiguro, Landscapes is an evocative reinvention of the pastoral and the country house novel for our age of catastrophe, and announces the arrival of an extraordinarily gifted new writer.
L'anello dei desideri della vecchia Regina Maab
by Steve VernonRamsey vuole solo un po' di fortuna e un sacco di soldi. Ancora non lo sa, ma una passeggiata nel bosco gli porterà la fortuna di cui ha bisogno. Oppure no? Questa è la storia di un giovane contadino, di un anello dei desideri e di una fata di nome Regina Maab. "La migliore narrazione favolistica vecchia scuola." - recensione COSA DICE LA GENTE DI STEVE VERNON "Questo genere ha bisogno di sangue nuovo e Steve Vernon è un'ottima trasfusione." –Edward Lee, autore di FLESH GOTHIC e CITY INFERNAL "Se Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson e Robert Bloch facessero sesso selvaggio a tre nell'idromassaggio e poi un gruppo di scienziati venisse a filtrare l'acqua e miscelasse i residui di DNA in una provetta, l'esperimento genetico risultante probabilmente si svilupperebbe in Steve Vernon." - Bookgasm "Steve Vernon è una sorta di anomalia nel panorama della letteratura horror. È una delle nuove voci più fresche del genere nonostante la sua carriera vada avanti da vent'anni. Con una scrittura di una rara spavalderia e sicurezza, Steve Vernon sa condurre i suoi lettori attraverso un'intera gamma di emozioni, dal terrore e dalla repulsione assoluti alla compassione e alla risata." - Cemetery Dance "Dotato di un senso dell'umorismo bizzarro, di un'enorme quantità di originalità, di una predisposizione ad assumersi rischi e di una forte padronanza della caratterizzazione, Steve ha sicuramente tutte le carte in regola." - Dark Discoveries "Steve Vernon è nato per scrivere. È uno dei migliori e siamo fortunati ad averlo." - Richard Chizmar Anche la mia mamma pensa che io sia figo.
The Language of Dead Flowers
by Charlotte Amelia PoeMany people are born with magic. Tao&’s happens to be the kind that will get them killed.Tao never had a choice about their power. Unfortunately, necromancy is punishable by death. No one can ever know the truth, but it&’s fine—they can handle it. They keep their head down, make friends at the tattoo studio where they work, and stay out of trouble.Then trouble finds them and turns their quiet life upside down. Tao stumbles onto the scene of a crime—a crime where someone committed murder and then brought the victim back to life—and meets a boy who slips through their carefully constructed defenses, all in the same day.Tao can&’t help but agree to a date with Adam, the boy with the freckles. Just one date before Tao says goodbye—because Tao has to track down the other necromancer, and it might be the last thing they ever do.But Adam knows more about necromancers than Tao ever suspected—including how to kill one. If they&’re going to solve this murder and get out alive and undiscovered, Tao&’s going to need his help….
A Language of Dragons
by S. F. WilliamsonIn an alternate London in 1923, one girl accidentally breaks the tenuous truce between dragons and humans in this sweeping debut and epic retelling of Bletchley Park steeped in language, class, and forbidden romance. Perfect for teen fans of Fourth Wing and Babel.Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn’t worried. She’s going to follow the rules, get a summer internship studying dragon languages, be smart, be sweet, and make sure her little sister never, ever has to risk growing up Third Class. She just has to free one dragon.By midnight, Viv has started a civil war.With her parents and cousin arrested and her sister missing, Viv is brought to Bletchley Park as a codebreaker—if she succeeds, she and her family can all go home again. If she doesn’t, they’ll all die.As Viv begins to discover the secrets of a hidden dragon language, she realizes that the fragile peace treaty that holds human and dragon societies together is corrupt, and the dangerous work Viv is doing could be the thread that unravels it.
The Language of Ghosts
by Heather FawcettThe Penderwicks meets Howl’s Moving Castle in this thrilling middle grade fantasy adventure about a trio of royal siblings who unlock a long-forgotten magical language in their bid to reclaim their stolen throne—from Ember and the Ice Dragons author Heather Fawcett. Perfect for fans of Kelly Barnhill and Robert Beatty. Forced into exile on an enchanted, moving island, ex-princess Noa Marchena has two missions: reclaim her family’s stolen throne and ensure that the dark powers her older brother, Julian, possesses don’t go to his head in the process. But between babysitting her annoying little sister, Mite, and keeping an eye on the cake-loving sea monster that guards the moving island, Noa has her hands full. When the siblings learn that their enemies are searching for a weapon capable of defeating Julian—whose legendary spell weaving is feared throughout the kingdom—once and for all, they vow to get to it first. To everyone’s surprise, the key to victory turns out to be a long-lost magical language—and only Noa can speak it.But what if by helping her brother, Noa ends up losing him?
The Language of Paradise: A Novel
by Barbara Klein MossSet in nineteenth-century New England, this exquisite novel tests a woman’s love against her husband’s utopian quest.Sophy Hedge, the artistic daughter of the town's minister, falls in love with Gideon Birdsall, a driven theology student assisting her father with a Hebrew lexicon. Sophy is drawn to Gideon's intellect, passion, and spiritual nature, while Gideon glimpses in her a free soul unbound by convention. Yet Gideon's restlessness after they wed worries Sophy, and she finds his friendship with Leander Solloway, the charismatic new schoolmaster, a cause for anxiety. As the men immerse themselves in Gideon’s mystical theories, Sophy translates her fears into secret paintings.When Sophy becomes pregnant, Gideon and Leander construct a faux Eden in a greenhouse as part of a daring experiment to discover the language of paradise—the tongue Adam spoke when he named the creatures of the earth. Sophy must decide whether to live and paint in the world her husband has made or escape to save her child and herself.Addressing the timeless issues of faith, art, and the elusive dream of perfection, Barbara Klein Moss has captured the fragility of human longing.
The Language of Power
by Rosemary KirsteinRosemary Kirstein’s acclaimed epic continues, as a servant of truth journeys through a world where the powerful rule by lies. The steerswomen were seekers, collectors of knowledge, and whatever they learned was free for the asking. The wizards also had knowledge– the knowledge to command nature itself–but they jealously guarded their dark wisdom. The two groups have been at odds for centuries: They do not agree, they do not converse, they do not associate. Now the steerswoman Rowan has uncovered evidence that the master wizard, Slado, is conjuring dangerous spells in shadow, devastating the distant lands called the Outskirts and changing the course of the world. Rowan has no choice: Slado must be stopped . . . if he can even be found. Following a dubious clue, Rowan and her friend Bel, an Outskirter, have come to the city of Donner, seeking answers from the past for a danger in the present. But the secrets go deeper than Rowan had ever imagined, compelling her to wonder: What if all this time she has been askingthe wrong questions? From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Language of Spells
by Katie Harnett Garret WeyrGrisha is a dragon in a world that's forgotten how to see him. Maggie is a unusual child who thinks she's perfectly ordinary. They're an unlikely duo—but magic, like friendship, is funny. Sometimes it chooses those who might not look so likely. And magic has chosen Grisha and Maggie to solve the darkest mystery in Vienna. Decades ago, when World War II broke out, someone decided that there were too many dragons for all of them to be free. As they investigate, Grisha and Maggie ask the question everyone's forgotten: Where have the missing dragons gone? And is there a way to save them? At once richly magical and tragically historical, The Language of Spells is a novel full of adventure about remembering old stories, forging new ones, and the transformative power of friendship.
The Language of Spells (The Language of Spells #1)
by Sarah PainterWhen you are ready, seek, and you shall find. It is your gift. Gwen Harper left Pendleford thirteen years ago and hasn’t looked back. Until an inheritance throws her into the mystical world she thought she’d escaped. Confronted with her great-aunt’s legacy Gwen must finally face up to her past. The magic she has long tried to suppress is back with a vengeance but gift or burden, for Gwen, it always spells trouble. She has to stay – she has nowhere else to go – but how can she find her place in the town that drove her out after branding her a witch...?
The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
by Ursula K. Le Guin"In these conversational, feisty essays, an energizing mind trip for SF fans, she dissects her own fiction, discusses technique and explores the potential of SF and fantasy, which she considers different branches of the same form of writing."--from "Publisher's Weekly"
The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
by Ursula K. Le GuinFeaturing a new introduction by Ken Liu, this revised edition of Ursula K. Le Guin&’s first full-length collection of essays covers her background as a writer and educator, on fantasy and science fiction, on writing, and on the future of literary science fiction.&“We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark; and fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night.&” —Ursula K. Le Guin Le Guin&’s sharp and witty voice is on full display in this collection of twenty-four essays, revised by the author a decade after its initial publication in 1979. The collection covers a wide range of topics and Le Guin&’s origins as a writer, her advocacy for science fiction and fantasy as mediums for true literary exploration, the writing of her own major works such as A Wizard of Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness, and her role as a public intellectual and educator. The book and each thematic section are brilliantly introduced and contextualized by Susan Wood, a professor at the University of British Columbia and a literary editor and feminist activist during the 1960s and &’70s. A fascinating, intimate look into the exceptional mind of Le Guin whose insights remain as relevant and resonant today as when they were first published.