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Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa (Pilar Ramirez Duology #1)
by Julian RandallThe Land of Stories meets Dominican myths and legends come to life in Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa, a blockbuster contemporary middle-grade fantasy duology starter from Julian Randall. Fans of Tristan Strong and The Storm Runner, here is your next obsession. <p><p> Twelve-year-old Pilar Violeta “Purp” Ramirez’s world is changing, and she doesn’t care for it one bit. Her Chicago neighborhood is gentrifying and her chores have doubled since her sister, Lorena, left for college. The only constant is Abuela and Mami’s code of silence around her cousin Natasha—who vanished in the Dominican Republic fifty years ago during the Trujillo dictatorship. <p><p> When Pilar hears that Lorena’s professor studies such disappearances, she hops on the next train to dig deeper into her family's mystery. After snooping around the professor's empty office, she discovers a folder with her cousin’s name on it . . . and gets sucked into the blank page within. She lands on Zafa, an island swarming with coconut-shaped demons, butterfly shapeshifters, and a sinister magical prison where her cousin is being held captive. Pilar will have to go toe-to-toe with the fearsome Dominican boogeyman, El Cuco, if she has any hope of freeing Natasha and getting back home.
Pilate's Wife: A Novel of the Roman Empire
by Antoinette MayA daughter of privilege in the most powerful empire the world has ever known, Claudia has a unique and disturbing "gift": her dreams have an uncanny way of coming true. As a rebellious child seated beside the tyrannical Roman Emperor Tiberius, she first spies the powerful gladiator who will ultimately be her one true passion. Yet it is the ambitious magistrate Pontius Pilate who intrigues the impressionable young woman she becomes, and Claudia finds her way into his arms by means of a mysterious ancient magic. Pilate is her grand destiny, leading her to Judaea and plunging her into a seething cauldron of open rebellion. But following her friend Miriam of Magdala's confession of her ecstatic love for a charismatic religious radical, Claudia begins to experience terrifying visions—horrific premonitions of war, injustice, untold devastation and damnation . . . and the crucifixion of a divine martyr whom she must do everything in her power to save.
Pile of Bones
by Bailey CunninghamIn one world, they're ordinary university students. In another world, they are a company of heroes in a place of magic and myth called Anfractus... The Cree called the area Oscana, "pile of bones," a fertile hunting ground where game abounded. The white settlers changed that to Wascana. And centuries later, it became Wascana Park, a wooded retreat in the midst of the urban sprawl of Regina. For a select few, who stay in the park until midnight, the land reverts into a magical kingdom, populated by heroes and monsters. They become warriors, bards, archers, gladiators. In the city called Anfractus, they live out a real-life role playing game. All harmless fun--until they find themselves in the middle of an assassination plot which threatens to upset the balance of everything. Politics are changing, and old borders are about to disappear. The magic of Anfractus is bleeding into the real world--an incursion far more dangerous than the students suspect. Only they know what is happening--and only they can stop it...
Pileaus: Symphony No. 1 (World of Pileaus)
by Scott Colby, Max GladstoneOtherworldly Fae kidnapping mortal musicians to satisfy their strange desires. An innocent girl who can read people's secrets. A skyship pilot drawn out to sea by a song only she can hear. A pregnant mother protecting her child with the help of friendly forest spirits. These are the stories of Pileaus, a world of music, magic, and endless mystery.While the Empire expands, the bards scheme, and the ethereal Fae play their immortal games, life goes on in countless ways. What is the essence of a land but its people, as their small parts weave together to form a beautiful symphony?
Pilgrim
by Sara DouglassIn this massive series now drawing to a close, Ms. Douglass imagines a world where three races, demons and men from the future all figure. This is the fifth of six books.
Pilgrim: A Novel
by Timothy FindleyOn April 17, 1912—ironically, only two days after the sinking of the Titanic—a figure known only as Pilgrim tries to commit suicide by hanging himself from a tree. When he is found five hours later, his heart miraculously begins to beat again. Pilgrim, it seems, can never die. Escorted by his beloved friend, Lady Symbol Quartermaine, Pilgrim is admitted to the famous Burgholzu Psychiatrist Clinic In Zurichm, where he will begin a battle of psyche and soul with Carl Jung, the self-professed mystical scientist of the unconscious Slowly, Jung coaxes Pilgrim to tell his astonishing story—one that seemingly spans 4,000 years and includes such historical figures as Leonardo da Vinci and Henry James. But is Pilgrim delusional? Are these his memories merely dreams...or is his immortal existence truly a miracle.
The Pilgrim Project
by Hank SearlsWritten as science fiction in 1964, this is the story of a secret project to send one man to the moon instead of three. The race to the moon with the Russians is tight and sending one man might help the americans gain the advantage. A colonel is ready to go, but there's another reluctant candidate, astronaut civilian steve Lawrence. Which will be chosen, and will the project be approved or quashed? How does the situation effect the friends and families of the astronauts? How will the president weigh political and moral questions when deciding whether to allow this dangerous mission to proceed? THE PILGRIM PROJECT explres all these issues in a suspenseful and heart-touching narrative which might now be viewed as alternate history. The book was the basis of Robert Altman's film "Countdown."
Pilgrimage
by Kim FieldingFiscal analyst Mike Carlson is good with spreadsheets and baseball stats. He doesn't believe in fate, true love, or fantasy. But then a fertility goddess whisks him away to another world. A promise has been broken, and if Mike is ever to return to California--and his comfortable if lonely life--he must complete a pilgrimage to the shrines of a death goddess. A humiliating event convinces Mike to hire a guard to accompany him, and hunky Goran is handy enough with a sword, if a little too liberal with his ale. A man with no home and no family, Goran is deeper than he first appears. As Mike learns more about Goran, his disbelief wavers and his goals become less clear. Contending with feuding gods, the challenges of the journey, and his growing attraction to Goran, Mike faces a puzzle far harder to solve than simple rows of numbers.
Pilgrimage
by Zenna HendersonThis book is one of the best creations of science fiction by Zenna Henderson narrating the story of The People, who were coming from another planet when their spaceship crashed, leaving those who survived on earth. . .
Pilgrimage to Earth
by Robert SheckleyTake you--add a few hundred years of progress, and you have the person of the future. You wield tremendous power over nature and the universe. You have forces and tools of undreamed-of complexity at your fingertips. There is nothing you cannot do, cannot have. Couldn't be better--could it? Only, sometimes, things get a little scary. And even the latest labor-saving devices can't save you from having to cope with the latest complications. Welcome to 15 stories of the future by Robert Sheckley including Pilgrimage to Earth, All the Things You Are, Trap, The Body, Early Model, Disposal Service, Human Man's Burden, Bad Medicine, Protection, Earth, Air, Fire and Water, Deadhead, The Academy, Milk Run, The Lifeboat Mutiny.
Pilgrimage to Earth: Stories
by Robert SheckleyScience fiction tales from &“one of the genre's leading humorists&” (The New York Times Book Review). In &“Pilgrimage to Earth,&” on a long-desired trip to the home planet, a young man finds a perfectly developed society and, finally, deep, true love—which, sadly, only lasts for a very limited time before the reset button removes all trace of it. The fourteen other stories in this collection are &“All the Things You Are,&” &“Trap,&” &“The Body,&” &“Early Model,&” &“Disposal Service,&” &“Human Man&’s Burden,&” &“Fear in the Night,&” &“Bad Medicine,&” &“Protection,&” &“Earth, Air, Fire, and Water,&” &“Deadhead,&” &“The Academy,&” &“Milk Run,&” and &“The Lifeboat Mutiny.&” From the very beginning of his career, Robert Sheckley was recognized by fans, reviewers, and fellow authors as a master storyteller and the wittiest satirist working in the science fiction field. Open Road is proud to republish his acclaimed body of work, with nearly thirty volumes of full-length fiction and short story collections. Rediscover, or discover for the first time, a master of science fiction who, according to the New York Times, was &“a precursor to Douglas Adams.&”
The Pilgrims: The Pendulum Trilogy Book 1 (The Pendulum Trilogy #1)
by Will ElliottEric Albright, a twenty-six-year-old unemployed journalist, and Stuart Casey, a homeless old drunk, fall through a door in a graffiti-covered wall into the strange world of Levall, where a mountain-sized dragon with the powers of a god lies sleeping beneath a great white castle. Here they are the otherworlders, Pilgrims, and their lives are never going to be the same again.In the castle the sinister Lord Vous rules with an iron fist as the Project, designed to effect his transformation into an immortal spirit, nears completion. But Vous' growing madness is close to consuming him, as is his fear of the imaginary being named 'Shadow'. And the arrival of the otherworlders in Levall is about to lend substance to that fear.No one has ever seen what lies beyond the impossibly vast Wall that divides Levall, but the Pilgrims possess powers strong enough to break it down. If they do, what will enter from the other side?Will Elliott's brilliantly subversive and creative imagination twists the conventions of the genre to create an unforgettable alternate-world fantasy.
The Pilgrims: A Novel (The Pendulum Trilogy #1)
by Will ElliottThe Pilgrims is no ordinary alternate-world fantasy; with this first volume in The Pendulum Trilogy, Will Elliott's brilliantly subversive imagination twists the conventions of the alternate-world fantasy genre, providing an unforgettable visionary experience.Eric Albright is a twenty-six-year-old journalist living in London. That is to say he would be a journalist if he got off his backside. But this luckless slacker isn't all bad—he has a soft spot for his sometimes friend Stuart Casey, the homeless old drunk who mostly lives under the railway bridge near his flat. Eric is willing to let his life just drift by…until the day a small red door appears on the graffiti-covered wall of the bridge, and a gang of strange-looking people—Eric's pretty sure one of them is a giant—dash out of the door and rob the nearby newsagent. From that day on Eric and Case haunt the arch, waiting for the door to reappear.When it does, both Eric and Case choose to go through…to the land of Levaal. A place where a mountain-sized dragon with the powers of a god lies sleeping beneath a great white castle. In the castle the sinister Lord Vous rules with an iron fist, and the Project, designed to effect his transformation into an immortal spirit, nears completion. But Vous's growing madness is close to consuming him, together with his fear of an imaginary being named Shadow. And soon Eric may lend substance to that fear. An impossibly vast wall divides Levall, and no one has ever seen what lies beyond. Eric and Casey are called Pilgrims, and may have powers that no one in either world yet understands, and soon the wall may be broken. What will enter from the other side? The Pendulum Trilogy#1 The Pilgrims#2 Shadow#3 World's EndAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Pilgrims of Rayne: The Merchant Of Death; The Lost City Of Faar; The Never War; The Reality Bug; Black Water; The Rivers Of Zadaa; The Quillan Games; The Pilgrims Of Rayne; Raven Rise; The Soldiers Of Halla (Pendragon #8)
by D. J. MacHaleWhen Bobby Pendragon first arrives on the tropical world of Ibara, he finds paradise. There is beauty all around and the people of Ibara are blissfully happy. It's not long before Bobby discovers, however, that they are also blissfully...oblivious. The leaders of Ibara are keeping a devastating secret from their people, one that gives Saint Dane all the opportunity he needs to launch his final assault on Halla. While Bobby struggles to learn the truth in time to thwart Saint Dane, Courtney Chetwynde desperately searches for Mark Diamond. On the heels of a shocking tragedy, Mark has disappeared. Worse, he seems to be under Saint Dane's influence. It's up to Courtney to find Mark and stop him from making a grave mistake that could change the future of all existence.
Pilgrims' Project
by Robert F. YoungA man under sentence of marriage would be lucky to have a girl like Julia assigned to him—or would he? Robert F. Young was a Hugo nominated author known for his lyrical and sentimental prose. His work appeared in Amazing Stories, Fantastic Stories, Startling Stories, Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier&’s, Galaxy Magazine, and Analog Science Fact & Fiction.
Pill and Martial Firmament: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by ZhenyinfangHe has no top talent for cultivation, but he has the heart of never say die. The arrangement of fate has ruined Chenxing's talent.When Chenxing appeared in front of the world with the strength of his smiling and proud world and the strength of Danshi's worship, the name of the once intolerant youth, the invincible Dante, had already resounded across the mainland.This is the legend of an ordinary young man and the immortal legend of Dandao.
Pill God Returns: Volume 12 (Volume 12 #12)
by Nan KeHuLvsupreme pill god ambushed by others his real body killed reborn after defying the will of the heavens living a new life .wu chen was destined to rise up with power, he wanted to cultivate the strongest mystical arts refine the best pills control the strongest divine weapons and possess the most beautiful women in this life . wu chen was destined to defy the will of the heavens , he was destined to kill gods upon meeting gods to kill buddhas upon encountering buddhas ,he was the one who reigned supreme under the nine heavens
Pill God Returns: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Nan KeHuLvsupreme pill god ambushed by others his real body killed reborn after defying the will of the heavens living a new life wu chen was destined to rise up with power he wanted to cultivate the strongest mystical arts refine the best pills control the strongest divine weapons and possess the most beautiful women in this life wu chen was destined to defy the will of the heavens he was destined to kill gods upon meeting gods to kill buddhas upon encountering buddhas he was the one who reigned supreme under the nine heavens
Pill God Returns: Volume 9 (Volume 9 #9)
by Nan KeHuLvsupreme pill god ambushed by others his real body killed reborn after defying the will of the heavens living a new life wu chen was destined to rise up with power he wanted to cultivate the strongest mystical arts refine the best pills control the strongest divine weapons and possess the most beautiful women in this life wu chen was destined to defy the will of the heavens he was destined to kill gods upon meeting gods to kill buddhas upon encountering buddhas he was the one who reigned supreme under the nine heavens
Pill God Returns: Volume 6 (Volume 6 #6)
by Nan KeHuLvsupreme pill god ambushed by others his real body killed reborn after defying the will of the heavens living a new life wu chen was destined to rise up with power he wanted to cultivate the strongest mystical arts refine the best pills control the strongest divine weapons and possess the most beautiful women in this life wu chen was destined to defy the will of the heavens he was destined to kill gods upon meeting gods to kill buddhas upon encountering buddhas he was the one who reigned supreme under the nine heavens
Pill God Returns: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Nan KeHuLvsupreme pill god ambushed by others his real body killed reborn after defying the will of the heavens living a new life wu chen was destined to rise up with power he wanted to cultivate the strongest mystical arts refine the best pills control the strongest divine weapons and possess the most beautiful women in this life wu chen was destined to defy the will of the heavens he was destined to kill gods upon meeting gods to kill buddhas upon encountering buddhas he was the one who reigned supreme under the nine heavens
Pill God Returns: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Nan KeHuLvsupreme pill god ambushed by others his real body killed reborn after defying the will of the heavens living a new life wu chen was destined to rise up with power he wanted to cultivate the strongest mystical arts refine the best pills control the strongest divine weapons and possess the most beautiful women in this life wu chen was destined to defy the will of the heavens he was destined to kill gods upon meeting gods to kill buddhas upon encountering buddhas he was the one who reigned supreme under the nine heavens
Pill God Returns: Volume 11 (Volume 11 #11)
by Nan KeHuLvsupreme pill god ambushed by others his real body killed reborn after defying the will of the heavens living a new life wu chen was destined to rise up with power he wanted to cultivate the strongest mystical arts refine the best pills control the strongest divine weapons and possess the most beautiful women in this life wu chen was destined to defy the will of the heavens he was destined to kill gods upon meeting gods to kill buddhas upon encountering buddhas he was the one who reigned supreme under the nine heavens
Pill God Returns: Volume 8 (Volume 8 #8)
by Nan KeHuLvsupreme pill god ambushed by others his real body killed reborn after defying the will of the heavens living a new life wu chen was destined to rise up with power he wanted to cultivate the strongest mystical arts refine the best pills control the strongest divine weapons and possess the most beautiful women in this life wu chen was destined to defy the will of the heavens he was destined to kill gods upon meeting gods to kill buddhas upon encountering buddhas he was the one who reigned supreme under the nine heavens
Pill God Returns: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Nan KeHuLvsupreme pill god ambushed by others his real body killed reborn after defying the will of the heavens living a new life wu chen was destined to rise up with power he wanted to cultivate the strongest mystical arts refine the best pills control the strongest divine weapons and possess the most beautiful women in this life wu chen was destined to defy the will of the heavens he was destined to kill gods upon meeting gods to kill buddhas upon encountering buddhas he was the one who reigned supreme under the nine heavens