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An Emotion of Great Delight
by Tahereh MafiFrom bestselling and National Book Award–nominated author Tahereh Mafi comes a stunning novel about love and loneliness, navigating the hyphen of dual identity, and reclaiming your right to joy—even when you’re trapped in the amber of sorrow. It’s 2003, several months since the US officially declared war on Iraq, and the American political world has evolved. Tensions are high, hate crimes are on the rise, FBI agents are infiltrating local mosques, and the Muslim community is harassed and targeted more than ever. Shadi, who wears hijab, keeps her head down. She's too busy drowning in her own troubles to find the time to deal with bigots. Shadi is named for joy, but she’s haunted by sorrow. Her brother is dead, her father is dying, her mother is falling apart, and her best friend has mysteriously dropped out of her life. And then, of course, there’s the small matter of her heart— It’s broken. Shadi tries to navigate her crumbling world by soldiering through, saying nothing. She devours her own pain, each day retreating farther and farther inside herself until finally, one day, everything changes. She explodes. An Emotion of Great Delight is a searing look into the world of a single Muslim family in the wake of 9/11. It’s about a child of immigrants forging a blurry identity, falling in love, and finding hope—in the midst of a modern war.
The Emotionary: A Dictionary of Words That Don't Exist for Feelings That Do
by Eden SherA dictionary of words that don't exist for feelings that do written by The Middle actress Eden Sher and illustrated by acclaimed graphic novelist Julia Wertz.&“A must-read for bad, good and just plain complicated days.&” —Oprah.com All her life, Eden Sher has suffered from dyscommunicatia (n. the inability to articulate a feeling through words.). Then, one day, she decided that, whenever she had an emotion for which she had no word, she would make one up. The result of this is The Emotionary, which lives at the intersection of incredibly funny and very useful. Chock full of words you always wanted/never knew you needed, often accompanied by illustrations of hilarious and all-too-familiar situations, The Emotionary will be a cherished tool for you or the world-class feelings-haver in your life. At long last, all your complicated feelings can be put into words, so you can recognize them for what they are, speak their names aloud, and move on. Finally!
Empathy and its Limits
by Aleida Assmann Ines DetmersThis volume extends the theoretical scope of the important concept of empathy by analysing not only the cultural contexts that foster the generating of empathy, but in focusing also on the limits of pro-social feelings and the mechanisms that lead to its blocking.
El emperador de las ocho islas: Cuentos de Shikanoko
by Lian HearnLas leyes del destino se ciernen en un japón mítico y medieval habitado por guerreros y asesinos, fantasma y espíritus guardianes. De la autora de "Leyendas de los otori", serie que ha vendido más de 4 millones de copias en cerca de 40 idiomas. Un joven guerrero de gran aplomo se involucra en un juego que se vuelve mortal. Un ambicioso caudillo militar abandona a su sobrino, a quien da por muerto, y se adueña de sus tierras. Un padre obstinado obliga a su hijo menor a ceder a su esposa a su hermano mayor. Una misteriosa mujer busca cinco padres para sus hijos que dirigirán el rumbo de la nación. Un sacerdote poderoso se entromete en la sucesión del Trono de Loto. Éstos son los hilos que se entretejen en un intrincado tapiz de parajes silvestres, elegantes castillos y brutales campos de batalla, donde las leyes del destino hacen de las suyas. La crítica ha opinado: "Con meticulosa atención al detalle, junto con un profundo conocimiento de la cultura japonesa, Hearn hace un homenaje sumamente entretenido al Japón. Brillantemente imaginada, en la leyenda de Shikanoko hay drama, intriga y fantasía, pasión y traición." Michael Giltz, BookFilter "La fluida prosa de Hearn y sus personajes moralmente ambiguos son mágicamente seductores." Kirkus Reviews "Una apasionada y trepidante historia de fantasía con emocionantes giros, intriga política, romance y un ambiente rico en detalles, mitología japonesa y desconocidas influencias del mundo sobrenatural." Karin Thogersen, Library Journal
La Emperatriz de los Etéreos (edición ilustrada)
by Laura GallegoEncantadora edición ilustrada de una gran novela de fantasía donde la aventura es la verdadera amistad. Cuentan que más allá de los Montes de Hielo, más allá de la Ciudad de Cristal, habita la Emperatriz de los Etéreos en un deslumbrante palacio. Dicen que es tan bella que nadie puede mirarla sin perder la razón. Solo los más osados intentan llegar hasta ella. Pero Bipa no cree en los cuentos de hadas. No le interesa nada más allá de las cuevas donde vive su gente. En cambio, su amigo Aer, el hijo del extranjero, parece que cada vez se aleja más de la realidad y va dejándose absorber por el brillo de la estrella azul... donde dicen que vive la Emperatriz de los Etéreos. ¿Por qué quiere partir si en el exterior solo hay hielo y, al parecer, lo único que se encuentra es la muerte? Cuando Aer desaparece rumbo al Palacio de la Emperatriz, Bipa se ve obligada a ir tras él para devolverle a casa. Lleva consigo el Ópalo que le ha prestado Maga, la chamana de la tribu, un colgante que la protegerá del frío y repondrá sus fuerzas. Además, enseguida se sumará a su expedición Nevado, un silencioso gólem de nieve que la ayudará a afrontar los peligros. Durante su intensa búsqueda de Aer, Bipa se afirmará en su propia identidad, la única arma que posee frente a la negación de la naturaleza, que solo conduce a la muerte. Una autora galardonada con el Premio Cervantes en 2011y el Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil en 2012.Más de 3.000.000 de ejemplares vendidos de sus novelas. La crítica ha dicho...«Una legendaria aventura en la que la poética Gallego exhibe su capacidad para iluminar con brillantez las virtudes del fantascy.»El Periódico «Una vuelta de tuerca a la leyenda sobre la búsqueda de la pureza, aquí a partir de un ciaje, un rescate y un enamoramiento capaces de fundir el fabuloso mundo de hielo que habitan Bipa y Aer.»Babelia «A lo largo del libro los protagonistas emprenden un viaje en busca de un mundo mejor, ya sea más cálido o más perfecto. Un viaje que el lector vive a través de Bipa y que nos enseña las maravillas que puede haber en los lugares que no conocemos y a la vez las que dejamos atrás, en nuestro hogar.»El Templo de las Mil Puertas
La Emperatriz de los Etéreos (edición ilustrada)
by Laura GallegoEncantadora edición ilustrada de una gran novela de fantasía donde la aventura es la verdadera amistad. Cuentan que más allá de los Montes de Hielo, más allá de la Ciudad de Cristal, habita la Emperatriz de los Etéreos en un deslumbrante palacio. Dicen que es tan bella que nadie puede mirarla sin perder la razón. Solo los más osados intentan llegar hasta ella. Pero Bipa no cree en los cuentos de hadas. No le interesa nada más allá de las cuevas donde vive su gente. En cambio, su amigo Aer, el hijo del extranjero, parece que cada vez se aleja más de la realidad y va dejándose absorber por el brillo de la estrella azul... donde dicen que vive la Emperatriz de los Etéreos. ¿Por qué quiere partir si en el exterior solo hay hielo y, al parecer, lo único que se encuentra es la muerte? Cuando Aer desaparece rumbo al Palacio de la Emperatriz, Bipa se ve obligada a ir tras él para devolverle a casa. Lleva consigo el Ópalo que le ha prestado Maga, la chamana de la tribu, un colgante que la protegerá del frío y repondrá sus fuerzas. Además, enseguida se sumará a su expedición Nevado, un silencioso gólem de nieve que la ayudará a afrontar los peligros. Durante su intensa búsqueda de Aer, Bipa se afirmará en su propia identidad, la única arma que posee frente a la negación de la naturaleza, que solo conduce a la muerte. Una autora galardonada con el Premio Cervantes en 2011y el Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil en 2012.Más de 3.000.000 de ejemplares vendidos de sus novelas. La crítica ha dicho...«Una legendaria aventura en la que la poética Gallego exhibe su capacidad para iluminar con brillantez las virtudes del fantascy.»El Periódico «Una vuelta de tuerca a la leyenda sobre la búsqueda de la pureza, aquí a partir de un ciaje, un rescate y un enamoramiento capaces de fundir el fabuloso mundo de hielo que habitan Bipa y Aer.»Babelia «A lo largo del libro los protagonistas emprenden un viaje en busca de un mundo mejor, ya sea más cálido o más perfecto. Un viaje que el lector vive a través de Bipa y que nos enseña las maravillas que puede haber en los lugares que no conocemos y a la vez las que dejamos atrás, en nuestro hogar.»El Templo de las Mil Puertas
The Emperor of Any Place
by Tim Wynne-JonesThe ghosts of war reverberate across the generations in a riveting, time-shifting story within a story from acclaimed thriller writer Tim Wynne-Jones. <P><P> <p>When Evan's father dies suddenly, Evan finds a hand-bound yellow book on his desk--a book his dad had been reading when he passed away. <p>The book is the diary of a Japanese soldier stranded on a small Pacific island in WWII. <p>Why was his father reading it? What is in this account that Evan's grandfather, whom Evan has never met before, fears so much that he will do anything to prevent its being seen? And what could this possibly mean for Evan? <p>In a pulse-quickening mystery evoking the elusiveness of truth and the endurance of wars passed from father to son, this engrossing novel is a suspenseful, at times terrifying read from award-winning author Tim Wynne-Jones.
Empire: A Groundwork Guide (Groundwork Guides)
by James LaxerA fascinating look at empires and imperialism, and the new kind of empire the United States has become. An excellent introduction for young adults. The United States presides over the most far-flung imperial system ever established. Empire compares the American Empire to those of the past, finding that much can be learned from the fates of the British, Roman, Chinese, Incan, and Aztec empires. James Laxer draws ominous parallels with the British who discovered too late that empire building ultimately threatens the health of democracy at home. Documenting how the American Empire works and what it means to the rest of the world, Empire asks: Does the American Empire bring stability to a troubled world? Or, like its imperial predecessors, does it impose inequality and oppression on humanity? And what happens when an empire stumbles? "[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them." -- Globe and Mail Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
Empire Boys: Adventures In A Man's World (Routledge Library Editions: Children's Literature #2)
by Joseph BristowOriginally published in 1991. Focusing on ‘boys' own’ literature, this book examines the reasons why such a distinct type of combative masculinity developed during the heyday of the British Empire. This book reveals the motives that produced this obsessive focus on boyhood. In Victorian Britain many kinds of writing, from the popular juvenile weeklies to parliamentary reports, celebrated boys of all classes as the heroes of their day. Fighting fit, morally upright, and proudly patriotic - these adventurous young men were set forth on imperial missions, civilizing a savage world. Such noble heroes included the strapping lads who brought an end to cannibalism on Ballantyne's "Coral Island" who came into their own in the highly respectable "Boys' Own Paper", and who eventually grew up into the men of Haggard's romances, advancing into the Dark Continent. The author here demonstrates why these young heroes have enjoyed a lasting appeal to readers of children's classics by Stevenson, Kipling and Henty, among many others. He shows why the political intent of many of these stories has been obscured by traditional literary criticism, a form of criticism itself moulded by ideals of empire and ‘Englishness’. Throughout, imperial boyhood is related to wide-ranging debates about culture, literacy, realism and romance. This is a book of interest to students of literature, social history and education.
Empire in British Girls’ Literature and Culture
by Michelle J. SmithWhile the gender and age of the girl may seem to remove her from any significant contribution to empire, this book provides both a new perspective on familiar girls' literature, and the first detailed examination of lesser-known fiction relating the emergence of fictional girl adventurers, castaways and 'ripping' schoolgirls to the British Empire.
The Empire of Dreams
by Rae CarsonNew York Times–bestselling author Rae Carson makes a triumphant return to the world of her award-winning Girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy in this extraordinary stand-alone novel. Fans of Leigh Bardugo, Kendare Blake, and Tomi Adeyemi won’t want to put this book down. Red Sparkle Stone is a foundling orphan with an odd name, a veiled past, and a mark of magic in her hair. But finally—after years and years of running, of fighting—she is about to be adopted into the royal family by Empress Elisa herself. She’ll have a home, a family. Sixteen-year-old Red can hardly believe her luck. Then, in a stunning political masterstroke, the empress’s greatest rival blocks the adoption, and everything Red has worked for crumbles before her eyes.But Red is not about to let herself or the empress become a target again. Determined to prove her worth and protect her chosen family, she joins the Royal Guard, the world’s most elite fighting force. It’s no coincidence that someone wanted her to fail as a princess, though. Someone whose shadowy agenda puts everything—and everyone—she loves at risk. As danger closes in, it will be up to Red to save the empire. If she can survive recruitment year—something no woman has ever done before.New York Times–bestselling author Rae Carson returns to the world of The Girl of Fire and Thorns in this action-packed fantasy-adventure starring an iconic heroine who fights for her family and her friends, and for a place where she will belong.
Empire of Dust (Blood of Gods and Royals #2)
by Eleanor HermanIn Macedon, war rises like smoke, forbidden romance blooms and ancient magic tempered with rage threatens to turn an empire to dust After winning his first battle, Prince Alexander fights to become the ruler his kingdom demands-but the line between leader and tyrant blurs with each new threat. Meanwhile, Hephaestion, cast aside by Alexander for killing the wrong man, must conceal the devastating secret of a divine prophecy from Katerina even as the two of them are thrust together on a dangerous mission to Egypt. The warrior, Jacob, determined to forget his first love, vows to eradicate the ancient Blood Magics and believes that royal prisoner Cynane holds the key to Macedon's undoing. And in chains, the Persian princess Zofia still longs to find the Spirit Eaters, but first must grapple with the secrets of her handsome-and deadly-captor. New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Herman entwines the real scandals of history with epic fantasy to reimagine the world's most brilliant ruler, Alexander the Great, in the second book of the Blood of Gods and Royals series.
Empire of Night: Book 2 in the Age of Legends Trilogy (Age of Legends #2)
by Kelley Armstrong'The immersive Asian-inflected fantasy world, tricky political machinations, and steamy romance between Moria and Tyrus will keep the pages turning.' - Booklist'For those already familiar with the characters and the painstakingly built world from the previous volume, this title is even more compelling. The introduction of new characters...adds further depth, intrigue, and even humor to this romantic fantasy. Throw in shades of richly imagined Japanese-inspired culture and Armstrong's talent shines.' - Library JournalTwo sisters. An empire on the brink of war. And a ruthless traitor prepared to unleash hell upon the world... Moria and Ashyn have lost everything except each other. Betrayed, orphaned and kept under close guard at court, they are desperate to find help for the children of their village, kidnapped by a terrifying enemy. But their quest is tangled in a much greater battle - for the fate of the empire itself. Torn apart by violence and intrigue, the sisters will learn a great deal about their powers and their potential. But they will also learn the heartbreak of betrayal and loss, as those they love reveal their dark secrets... The second volume in the Age of Legends trilogy, Empire of Night is a breathtaking dark fantasy from international bestselling author Kelley Armstrong.Books by Kelley Armstrong: Women of the Otherworld series Bitten Stolen Dime Store Magic Industrial Magic Haunted Broken No Humans Involved Personal Demon Living with the Dead Frost Bitten Walking the Witch Spellbound Thirteen Nadia Stafford Exit Strategy Made to be Broken Wild JusticeRocktonCity of the LostA Darkness AbsoluteThis Fallen PreyWatcher in the WoodsAlone in the Wild Darkest Powers The Summoning The Awakening The Reckoning Otherworld Tales Men of the Otherworld Tales of the Otherworld Otherworld Nights Otherworld Secrets Otherworld Chills Darkness Rising The Gathering The Calling The Rising Cainsville Omens Visions Deceptions Betrayals Rituals
Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5)
by Sarah J. MaasKingdoms collide in Sarah J. Maas's epic fifth installment in the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series. The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't. With her heart sworn to the warrior-prince by her side, and her fealty pledged to the people she is determined to save, Aelin will delve into the depths of her power to protect those she loves. But as monsters emerge from the horrors of the past, and dark forces become poised to claim her world, the only chance for salvation will lie in a desperate quest that may mark the end of everything Aelin holds dear. In this breathtaking fifth installment of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series, Aelin will have to choose what -- and who -- to sacrifice if she's to keep the world of Erilea from breaking apart.
Empire's Children: Empire and Imperialism in Classic British Children's Books (Children's Literature and Culture #Vol. 16)
by M. Daphne KutzerEmpire's Children looks at works at by Rudyard Kipling, Frances Hodgson Burnett, E. Nesbit, Hugh Lofting, A.A. Milne, and Arthur Ransome for the ways these writers consciously and unconsciously used the metaphors of empire in their writing for children.
Empire's Nursery: Children's Literature and the Origins of the American Century
by Brian RouleauHow children and children’s literature helped build America’s empireAmerica’s empire was not made by adults alone. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, young people became essential to its creation. Through children’s literature, authors instilled the idea of America’s power and the importance of its global prominence. As kids eagerly read dime novels, series fiction, pulp magazines, and comic books that dramatized the virtues of empire, they helped entrench a growing belief in America’s indispensability to the international order.Empires more generally require stories to justify their existence. Children’s literature seeded among young people a conviction that their country’s command of a continent (and later the world) was essential to global stability. This genre allowed ardent imperialists to obscure their aggressive agendas with a veneer of harmlessness or fun. The supposedly nonthreatening nature of the child and children’s literature thereby helped to disguise dominion’s unsavory nature.The modern era has been called both the “American Century” and the “Century of the Child.” Brian Rouleau illustrates how those conceptualizations came together by depicting children in their influential role as the junior partners of US imperial enterprise.
The Empirium Trilogy Ebook Bundle: The Empirium Trilogy Book 3 (The Empirium Trilogy #1)
by Claire LegrandAll three books in the New York Times bestselling dark fantasy series, the Empirium Trilogy, included in one bundle!Furyborn: In this thrilling new high-fantasy trilogy, a magic-wielding queen and a ruthless bounty hunter are separated by centuries but connected by a prophecy.Kingsbane: The second book in the epic Empirium Trilogy that follows two young women as they fight to either save their world or doom it.Lightbringer: The epic, final installment in the bestselling series follows Rielle and Eliana as they struggle against a mysterious force that may change the course of history forever.Perfect for those looking for:Epic fantasy with stunning and elaborate world buildingTeen fantasy books for girlsStrong complex female charactersAn immersive series with an intricate magic systemFriendship and teen romance booksLGBTQ contentThe Empirium Trilogy:Furyborn (Book 1)Kingsbane (Book 2)Lightbringer (Book 3)Praise for Furyborn:A BuzzFeed Most Anticipated Title of Spring 2018A Goodreads Most Anticipated Title of Spring 2018A Bustle Most Anticipated Title of Spring 2018"A must-read."—Refinery29"A series to watch."—Paste Magazine"Visionary."—Bustle Magazine"One of the biggest new YA fantasies."—Entertainment Weekly"Empowering."—BuzzFeed"Beautiful, brutal, heart-stopping, and epic."—Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of Strange the Dreamer and the Daughter of Smoke and Bone saga
Empower: Book 5 (Embrace #5)
by Jessica ShirvingtonIt has been two years since Violet Eden walked away from the city, her friends, her future and - most painfully - her soulmate, Lincoln. Part angel, part human, Violet is determined to stand by the promises she made to save the one she loves. Living in the perpetual coldness of a broken soul she survives day to day as a Rogue Grigori in London. It has been more than a year since she felt Lincoln searching for her and Violet has learnt to focus on nothing more than the war against exiled angels. But when an unexpected visitor shows up at her door, the news he bears about someone she swore to protect leaves Violet with no choice. Even worse, she fears that this might all lead back to the night she tries hardest to forget. And what was taken without her permission. Violet is going back to New York...and she knows exactly who is going to be there. With Phoenix in her dreams and Lincoln in heart she knows it is only a matter of time before the final choice must be made.
Empowered Black Girl: Joyful Affirmations & Words of Resilience (Badass Black Girl Ser.)
by M.J. FievreYouth Empowerment for Black Teen Girls from Famous Black Women“It’s time for us Black girls and Black women to be empowered, and I’m glad we have Fievre to show us the way.”―Monique Jones, author of The Book of Awesome Black Americans#1 Best Seller in Teen & Young Adult Nonfiction on PrejudiceEven strong, fearless, and badass Black teen girls and Black women need empowering words of affirmation.Now more than ever, we must give our minds and bodies the TLC they deserve because Black women empowerment begins with the youth empowerment of Black teen girls. Author of Badass Black Girl, M.J Fievre brings you inspirational words of wisdom through famous Black women who have changed the world, including Audre Lorde, Lupita Nyong'o and Angela Davis.Take a deep breath. We don’t always have to be strong. It’s essential for Black women and Black teen girls to understand that taking a break to focus on our mental health is bravery. We, too, need reminders and empowering words of affirmation that we are incredible and enough.Empowered Black Girl teaches you to:Master using daily words of affirmationExperience a life filled with love, Black joy, fulfillment, and satisfactionTake control of your destiny and direct your futureStrengthen your self-esteem and youth empowermentIf you enjoyed empowering books like Badass Black Girl, Badass Affirmations, Well-Read Black Girl, or Brave: A Teen Girl’s Guide to Beating Worry and Anxiety, then you’ll love Empowered Black Girl: Joyful Affirmations and Words of Resilience.
The Empress: The Diabolic; The Empress; The Nemesis (The Diabolic #2)
by S. J. KincaidThe thrilling sequel to S.J. Kincaid&’s New York Times bestselling novel, The Diabolic, which TeenVogue.com called &“the perfect kind of high-pressure adventure.&”It&’s a new day in the Empire. Tyrus has ascended to the throne with Nemesis by his side and now they can find a new way forward—one where they don&’t have to hide or scheme or kill. One where creatures like Nemesis will be given worth and recognition, where science and information can be shared with everyone and not just the elite. But having power isn&’t the same thing as keeping it, and change isn&’t always welcome. The ruling class, the Grandiloquy, has held control over planets and systems for centuries—and they are plotting to stop this teenage Emperor and Nemesis, who is considered nothing more than a creature and certainly not worthy of being Empress. Nemesis will protect Tyrus at any cost. He is the love of her life, and they are partners in this new beginning. But she cannot protect him by being the killing machine she once was. She will have to prove the humanity that she&’s found inside herself to the whole Empire—or she and Tyrus may lose more than just the throne. But if proving her humanity means that she and Tyrus must do inhuman things, is the fight worth the cost of winning it?
Empress Crowned in Red
by Ciannon SmartPerfect for fans of Sabaa Tahir and Roseanne A. Brown, this highly anticipated sequel to Witches Steeped in Gold finds rival witches Jaz and Iraya in an alliance that hangs by a thread, with a brand-new enemy on the horizon.The Doyenne is dead, and the throne is empty.Iraya, her revenge taken and magic unfettered, turns her sights on a bigger goal: freeing Aiyca for the Obeah. But first she must shed the guise of the rogue warrior and become the Lost Empress her people need. Jazmyne’s mother has been overthrown, but her people aren’t ready to call her doyenne. She’s no stranger to a fight, though, and she’s prepared to go to extreme lengths—and court ruthless danger—to secure her title.But a new threat is awakening—an enemy with vicious intent and an army of nightmares from beyond the veil. An enemy who has waited a decade to strike, who would claim both Iraya’s birth right and Jazmyne’s bloody crown.Trust is scarce, and betrayal a breath away. And Iraya and Jazmine must once again turn to each other—after all, better the witch you know than the nightmare you don’t. The war has just begun.
Empress of a Thousand Skies
by Rhoda BellezaFor fans of Pierce Brown and Firefly comes an epic sci-fi fantasy that Kiersten White, author of And I Darken, calls "dazzling--an adventure as sweeping in scope as the galaxies it spans!”Empress Rhee, also known as Crown Princess Rhiannon Ta’an, is the sole surviving heir to a powerful dynasty. She’ll stop at nothing to avenge her family and claim her throne. Fugitive Aly has risen above his war refugee origins to find fame as the dashing star of a DroneVision show. But when he’s falsely accused of killing Rhee, he's forced to prove his innocence to save his reputation – and his life. Madman With planets on the brink of war, Rhee and Aly are thrown together to confront a ruthless evil that threatens the fate of the entire galaxy. Rhoda Belleza crafts a powerful saga of vengeance, warfare, and the true meaning of legacy in this exhilarating debut, perfect for readers of Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles and Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman's Illuminae Files.
Empress of all Seasons
by Emiko JeanIn a deadly tournament to become empress, any may enter but only one will survive, and one competitor doesn't just plan to win, she's going to steal the Emperor's fortune. . . In each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple. Survive the palace's enchanted seasonal rooms. Conquer Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall, and you can marry the prince. All are eligible to compete - all except yokai, supernatural monsters and spirits whom the human emperor is determined to enslave and destroy. Mari has spent a lifetime training to become empress. Winning should be easy. And it would be, if she weren't hiding a dangerous secret. Mari is a yokai with the ability to transform into a terrifying monster. If discovered, her life will be forfeit. As she struggles to keep her true identity hidden, Mari's fate collides with that of Taro, the prince who has no desire to inherit the imperial throne, and Akira, a half-human, half-yokai outcast. Torn between duty and love, loyalty and betrayal, vengeance and forgiveness, the choices of Mari, Taro and Akira will decide the fate of Honoku.
Empress of all Seasons
by Emiko JeanIn a deadly tournament to become empress, any may enter but only one will survive, and one competitor doesn't just plan to win, she's going to steal the Emperor's fortune. . . In each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple. Survive the palace's enchanted seasonal rooms. Conquer Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall, and you can marry the prince. All are eligible to compete - all except yokai, supernatural monsters and spirits whom the human emperor is determined to enslave and destroy. Mari has spent a lifetime training to become empress. Winning should be easy. And it would be, if she weren't hiding a dangerous secret. Mari is a yokai with the ability to transform into a terrifying monster. If discovered, her life will be forfeit. As she struggles to keep her true identity hidden, Mari's fate collides with that of Taro, the prince who has no desire to inherit the imperial throne, and Akira, a half-human, half-yokai outcast. Torn between duty and love, loyalty and betrayal, vengeance and forgiveness, the choices of Mari, Taro and Akira will decide the fate of Honoku.
Empress of all Seasons
by Emiko JeanIn a deadly tournament to become empress, any may enter but only one will survive, and one competitor doesn't just plan to win, she's going to steal the Emperor's fortune. . . In each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple. Survive the palace's enchanted seasonal rooms. Conquer Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall, and you can marry the prince. All are eligible to compete - all except yokai, supernatural monsters and spirits whom the human emperor is determined to enslave and destroy. Mari has spent a lifetime training to become empress. Winning should be easy. And it would be, if she weren't hiding a dangerous secret. Mari is a yokai with the ability to transform into a terrifying monster. If discovered, her life will be forfeit. As she struggles to keep her true identity hidden, Mari's fate collides with that of Taro, the prince who has no desire to inherit the imperial throne, and Akira, a half-human, half-yokai outcast. Torn between duty and love, loyalty and betrayal, vengeance and forgiveness, the choices of Mari, Taro and Akira will decide the fate of Honoku.