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Queen of the Tearling volume Prequel
Language
English
Description
The Tearling, founded as a utopia, has collapsed and reverted to feudalism. As the gap between rich and poor widens and famine threatens the land, rumors of a prophecy begin to spread: a great hope, a True Queen who will ascend and save the kingdom. Lazarus, a boy on the verge of manhood, is trapped in the underworld known as the Creche. Enlisted from his earliest days to kill without mercy, he has never seen sun or sky until a quest for vengeance...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Facing homelessness after the death of her master, Cuban former slave Caridad becomes a freedom fighter at the side of rebellious gypsy Milagros Carmona, with whom she confronts increasingly hostile elements in mid-eighteenth-century Madrid.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Renowned author Kit Carradine is approached by an MI6 officer with a seemingly straightforward assignment: to track down a mysterious woman hiding somewhere in the exotic, perilous city of Marrakesh. But when Carradine learns the woman is a dangerous fugitive with ties to international terrorism, the glamour of being a spy is soon tainted by fear and betrayal. Lara Bartok is a leading figure in Resurrection, a violent revolutionary movement whose...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Rochdale is a town in post-industrial Britain, but it could be anywhere on the digitalized, environmentally-decimated planet: a place devoid of hope, where poverty, violence, and squalor are the near-future consequences of decisions being made at this very moment. Grime is the dazzling multi-voice story of four teenagers haphazardly brought together by individual tragedy and a collective love of grime, the music genre that replaced punk as the sound...
5) Brotherhood
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"A novel about cowardice and courage in the face of repression, from a powerful new voice of French-African literature. The imaginary country of Sumal is a happy place, until, that is, it's taken hostage by a fundamentalist jihadist organization called The Brotherhood. The populace quickly becomes locked in a climate of violence, falling under the control of the militias as they impose silence, terror and the most rigid moral laws. Prohibitions and...
6) Blue warrior
Author
Series
Troy Pearce novels volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A brutal conflict in Mali and an international race for rare elements sets the stage for Troy Pearce and his drone technology to rescue an old friend in this adrenaline-fueled series. Blue Warrior is set in the remote Sahara Desert, where a recently discovered deposit of strategically indispensable Rare Earth Elements (REEs) ignites an international rush to secure them. Standing in the way are the Tuaregs, the fierce tribe of warrior nomads of the...
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From the internationally bestselling author of Disquiet, a brilliant political allegory that vividly illustrates how capitalism and authoritarianism harm us and the environment. A retired General-the leader of the latest military takeover-moves to a peaceful island and decides to rid it of what he sees as its last remaining "anarchic" components. The island, described by its people as a utopia, the last peaceful resort for mankind, morphs into dystopia...
Author
Series
Royal Highlander volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A VOW FOR VENGEANCE... Fleeing to the Highlands after her father's murder, fiery Morrigan Drummond has a score to settle with Sir Rupert Burney, the English spymaster responsible for his death. Trained to fight alongside the other rebels determined to break Britain's hold on Scotland, she swears to avenge her father's death--until a chance encounter with a barrister as proud and principled as she is presents her with a hard choice... and a bittersweet...
Author
Publisher
Schocken Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Battling numbing cold, ever-present hunger, and German soldiers determined to hunt them down, four dozen resistance fighters--escapees from a nearby ghetto--hide in a Ukrainian forest, determined to survive the war, sabotage the German war effort, and rescue as many Jews as they can from the trains taking them to concentration camps. Their leader is relentless in his efforts to turn his ragtag band of men and boys into a disciplined force that accomplishes...
Author
Series
Prince Charlie's Angels volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Annie MacPherson's world was torn apart when her family's castle was ravaged during the war. Determined to aid her countrymen, she braves the battlefield and finds gravely wounded Lieutenant Craig MacLean. Soon her heart belongs to the fierce warrior."--Publisher description.
Author
Series
Prince Charlie's Angels volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Toran Fraser is hell-bent on taking down the Jacobites. On a late-night mission, he's intercepted by a woman known only as 'Mistress J', who's determined to put Prince Charlie back on the throne of Scotland. Toran can't resist her appeal--especially with her pistol pointed at his heart--and suddenly finds himself joining the rebellion... By day, highborn Jenny Mackintosh runs her estate in the Highlands. By night, she's one of Prince Charlie's Angels--a...
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