Steve West
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Every five years the Nine Kingdoms gather to choose a new king.Cabac never wanted to be Queen of Amalem, but she was thrust into the role when her parents died. She didn't want to be a witch either, and has spent her life trying to avoid learning anything about her capabilities.Now trouble is rising, and it's going to take all the power of both queens and witches for the Nine Kingdoms to survive. Will Cabac accept the challenge she faces or run from...
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Every five years the Nine Kingdoms gather to choose a new king.Nobody likes Vedi, not even her mother. When she's chosen to represent Falland at the Kingsmoot, she sets out on a journey that may save her life. Will her burgeoning magical power help or hinder? Will she follow her instructions or her heart? Can one person change the fate of all?Vedi's Salvation is the first book of the Kingsmoot, an intertwined series about the choices people make to...
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Every five years the Nine Kingdoms gather to choose a new king.Petr has spent his entire life fighting for the Nine Kingdoms. The only challenge left is to become captain of his own ship, but no one from a hill town has ever done that. When fate steps in and gives him the power to gain the promotion, he has to make a choice. Will he use the power to help his people, or himself?Petr's Aspiration is the third book of the Kingsmoot, an intertwined series...
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Every five years the Nine Kingdoms gather to choose a new king.As Lord Mayor of Mubanem, Haprel has spent his life defending his people from the depredations of witches. They owe him everything for his noble sacrifice. So when a rebellion led by witches threatens the land, he intends to show them why he is to be both loved and feared.Haprel's Deception is the fourth book of the Kingsmoot, an intertwined series about the choices people make to gain...
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Every five years the Nine Kingdoms gather to choose a new king.Lassen hated school, so he never bothered trying. As the second son of a king, why would he need it, anyway? Until the day his father gives him the most important mission of his life, and the only people to help him are his little sister and the teacher he refused to listen to. Now, his entire kingdom is threatened, and Lassen better learn fast if he wants his family to survive.Lassen's...
6) Warlight
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In a narrative as beguiling and mysterious as memory itself--shadowed and luminous at once--we follow the story of fourteen-year-old Nathaniel, and his older sister, Rachel. In 1945, just after World War II, they stay behind in London when their parents move to Singapore, leaving them in the care of a mysterious figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a criminal, and they grow both more convinced and less concerned as they come to know his...
7) The widow
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Kate Waters novels (Fiona Barton) volume 1
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"Following the twists and turns of an unimaginable crime, The Widow is an electrifying debut thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife. There's a lot Jean hasn't said over the years about the crime her husband was suspected of committing. She was too busy being the perfect wife, standing by her man while living with the accusing glares and the anonymous harassment. Now her husband is dead, and there's...
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"A captivating novel about two women, centuries apart, fighting to be heard -- one of whom may be the real author of Shakespeare's plays -- from the New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here. As an undergraduate, Melina Green had a rare opportunity to have one of her first plays judged by famous theater critic Jasper Tolle, only to be publicly humiliated by a harsh and biased critique. Ten years later, her confidence as a playwright...
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Sands of Arawiya volume 1
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In a world inspired by ancient Arabia, seventeen-year-old huntress Zafira must disguise herself as a man to seek a lost artifact that could return magic to her cursed world.
Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to feed her people. Nasir is the Prince of Death, assassinating those foolish enough to defy his autocratic father, the king. Both are legends in the kingdom of Arawiya-- but neither...
10) The child
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Kate Waters novels (Fiona Barton) volume 2
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"The author of the stunning New York Times bestseller The Widow returns with a brand-new novel of twisting psychological suspense. As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers a tiny skeleton, buried for years. For journalist Kate Waters, it's a story that deserves attention. She cobbles together a piece for her newspaper, but at a loss for answers, she can only pose a question: Who is the Building Site Baby?...
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""An absorbing and uplifting read."--M.L. Stedman, author of The Light Between Oceans "This is a book in which grief and love are so entwined they make a new and wonderful kind of sense."--Fiona McFarlane, author of The Night Guest Amidst the strange, silent aftermath of World War II, a widow, a poet, and a doctor search for lasting peace and fresh beginnings in this internationally acclaimed, award-winning novel. When Anikka Lachlan's husband, Mac,...
13) The rocks
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What was the mysterious, catastrophic event that drove two honeymooners apart so suddenly and absolutely in 1948 that they never spoke again despite living on the same island for sixty more years? Centered around a popular seaside resort club and its community, The Rocks is a double love story that begins with a mystery, then moves backward in time, era by era, to unravel what really happened decades earlier.
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"Why We Sleep is an important and fascinating book...Walker taught me a lot about this basic activity that every person on Earth needs. I suspect his book will do the same for you." —Bill Gates
A New York Times bestseller and international sensation, this "stimulating and important book" (Financial Times) is a fascinating dive into the purpose and power of slumber.
With two appearances on CBS...
A New York Times bestseller and international sensation, this "stimulating and important book" (Financial Times) is a fascinating dive into the purpose and power of slumber.
With two appearances on CBS...
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Wilderlore volume 1
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Eleven-year-old Barclay Thorne yearns for the quiet life of a mushroom farmer, but after unwittingly bonding with a beast in the forbidden Woods, he must seek Lore Keepers to break the bond and return home.
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The Unwanteds volume 7
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2016.
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"Head mage Alexander Stowe and his friends successfully fended off the latest threat to their magical world of Artimé with the help of a surprise ally. But old enemies have secretly been plotting against them. Now Alex must lead his people in a final epic battle, one they can't hope to win alone"--
17) Island of Graves
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The Unwanteds volume 6
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2015.
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Everything Aaron has worked so hard to build in Quill has crumbled. Fallen from the height of power and influence and left for dead in a foreign place, Aaron has lost everything, and now he must humbly beg for food from those who saved his life. In Artime, Alex chooses his people over his brother and abandons his search for Aaron, closing the door on that relationship forever. The Artimeans need his focus now more than ever as they face the terrifying...
18) The ever storms
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Wilderlore volume 4
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Thirteen-year old Barclay and his fellow Lore Keeper apprentices are excited to travel to the Desert to study at the respected University of Al Faradh, but when dangerous, unnatural sandstorms and a magical library appear, more than their exams are at stake.
19) The weeping tide
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Wilderlore volume 2
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Lore Keeper apprentice Barclay helps his teacher investigate a carnivorous algae bloom and its possible connection to recurring attacks by the Legendary Beast of the Sea.
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Strange the dreamer volume 2
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2018
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"As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel's near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected"--