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When Peter Matthiessen was 17, he was told the story of Edgar J. Watson, a popular and successful planter who had been murdered by his neighbors in 1910. This novel is Matthiessen's attempt to piece together the life of a mysterious man who became a legend, and the dangerous legend that destroyed him. During the Reconstruction Era, Edgar Watson grew up in the South at the mercy of a brutal alcoholic father and a vindictive mother. Witnessing the horrors...
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Critically-acclaimed novelist and naturalist Peter Matthiessen deftly weaves together the fortunes and tragedies of Florida Everglades folk in this foreboding thriller. Haunted by the legacy of his father's violent reputation and brutal death, historian Lucius Watson seeks to understand the man behind the legend. In 1910, an enraged mob of neighbors gunned down murder suspect E.J. Watson-each claiming it was self-defense. Over four decades later,...
3) Bone by Bone
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One of a very few National Book Award honorees to be nominated for fiction and nonfiction, Peter Matthiessen creates a curious blend of both in this tragic prequel to Killing Mister Watson and Lost Man's River. An amazing novel in its own right, Bone by Bone caps the trilogy featuring the enigmatic E.J. Watson. During the Reconstruction Era, Edgar Watson grew up in the South at the mercy of a brutal alcoholic father and a vindictive mother. Witnessing...
4) Shadowgod
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Ancient powers stir all across the domains of the defeated Khatrimantine Empire. Its last defiant defenders have won a great victory and a new, young emperor has been crowned. A harsh, unseasonal winter has shrouded the land. In the icy north, the Shadowking Byrnak musters his forces, determined to crush the Imperial remnants and their allies. But his freedom to act is hampered by the intrigues of the other four Shadowkings, while a ghostly fragment...
5) Shadowmasque
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300 years after the Great Shadowking War, the tendrils of an ancient evil are worming in through the cracks of the world. Emperor Magramon is dead, the Khatrimantine Empire mourns and soon his only son, Ilgarion, will ascend the throne. But undercurrents of dread foster unease and mistrust in the imperial capital and disturbing portents hint at unrevealed horrors. Meanwhile, the agents of an old and vicious power plot, and wait... Can Corlek Ondene,...
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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Shadow Country is Peter Matthiessen's reimagining of the legend of E. J. Watson, the Everglades sugarcane planter and notorious outlaw of the wild Florida frontier. Vividly capturing the American hinterlands at the turn of the twentieth century, it traces the story of Watson through eyewitness perspectives as he drives himself relentlessly toward his own violent end at the hands of neighbors who mostly admired him.
Shadow Country traverses
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Pub. Date
2012
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
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Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.
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They came from the shadows. They came to destroy us.
Twenty years ago, bloodthirsty assassins turned an innocent girl into a monster. Most of her humanity perished. She fell into darkness.
Now she steps from the shadows. Now she destroys the light. Now she brings the rise of the assassin king.
Dawyn Darklance was thrust into war. After mysteriously arriving on Tar Ebon he joined the Kingdom of Tar Ebon's army. Dawyn rose to the rank of commander...
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Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
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See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone. Daring rogue Nikolai finally joins the fold in Season 2 — covering explosive events of both Siege and Storm and Ruin and Rising — streaming now!
Enter the Grishaverse with Book Two of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom.
10) Ruin and rising
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2014.
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
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"The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Alina forges new alliances as she and Mal search for Morozova's last amplifier. But as she begins to unravel the Darkling's secrets, she reveals a past that alters her understanding of the bond they shareand the power she wields"
11) Time of Shadows
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A flash of light.
In one moment, the lives of three college students from Earth are changed forever. They find themselves on the fantasy world of Tar Ebon. There they uncover their destiny.
As John, Ashley and Jason traverse the world of Tar Ebon, they learn to harness the magic inside them and find unexpected allies.
But a frigid wind blows from the north. The Krai'kesh, an ancient and alien enemy of mankind, are on the march, crushing everything...
12) Shadows Fall
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The kingdom of Tar Ebon burns.
They are called the Krai'kesh, and they are not of this world. They came from the far north, crushing our mightiest fortress and slaughtering our army. Creatures of claws, pincers and endless malice, they ravage the land and seek to destroy our most wondrous city.
As the war flares, as the Krai'kesh threaten to overrun the capital city of Tar Ebon, seven heroes of might and magic go forth to unite the nations under...
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Imprint
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2017.
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
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Presents a collection of six short stories that transports readers to familiar and strange magical lands with haunted towns, hungry woods, talking beasts, and gingerbread golems.
14) Beast
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She has no past...
A woman wakes in a dark room with no recollection of how she got there, let alone her own name or where she lives. She has no idea how, but everyone else seems to know her as Gabi. A series of unknown numbers run through her head and her dreams are plagued by a faceless man.
She has no allies...
James is an enigmatic stranger who has dubbed himself Gabi's caretaker. He's a beast of a man with the gruff personality to match. It's...
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Prophecy has foretold the doom of the world.
Assassin's threaten the continued existence of the kingdom of Tar Ebon. A brave band of heroes embark on a journey to stop them before it is too late.
Then, a trio of college students arrive under mysterious circumstances from Earth. They learn they have magic and are trained.
But the doom of the world foretold in ages past has come. Monstrous alien creatures flood down from the North, destroying everything...
16) Shadow Frost
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Shadow frost volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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She holds power like no other. But can she learn to harness it in time to save her kingdom?
In the kingdom of Axaria, a darkness rises.
Some call it a monster, laying waste to the villagers and their homes.Some say it is an invulnerable demon summoned from the deepest abysses of the Immortal Realm.Many soldiers from the royal guard are sent out to hunt it down.Not one has ever returned.
When Asterin Faelenhart, Princess of Axaria
...17) God Storm
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Shadow frost volume 2
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Everything has a price.
In the kingdom of Axaria, a darkness has fallen. After defeating the evil mother who summoned an immortal demon to kill her, newly coronated Queen Asterin Faelenhart should have every reason to celebrate. Her kingdom is safe, forbidden magic eradicated, and her friends are alive. Except Asterin's triumph has come at a devastating cost—forced to choose between a lifelong friend and true love, she's lost both.
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2020
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Pubilsher Annotation: Dive into the epic world of international bestselling author Leigh Bardugo with this beautifully illustrated replica of The Lives of Saints, the Istorii Sankt?ya, featuring tales of saints drawn from the beloved novels and beyond. Out of the pages of the Shadow and Bone trilogy, from the hands of Alina Starkov to yours, the Istorii Sankt?ya is a magical keepsake from the Grishaverse. These tales include miracles and martyrdoms...
19) Brides of Rome
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It is a world of power and privilege, secrets and sacred duty. It is the world of ancient Rome. And it is the esteemed Vestal Virgins-priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the home and hearth-who protect the Eternal Flame that protects the Eternal City.
Dedicated to a thirty-year vow of chaste service, Priestess Pomponia finds herself swept up in the intrigue, violence, wars, and bedroom politics of Rome's elite-Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Octavian...
20) Queen's hope
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Star Wars novels. Queen's shadow volume 2
Star Wars The Padmé Trilogy
Star Wars Queen's Shadow volume Book 2
Star Wars The Padmé Trilogy
Star Wars Queen's Shadow volume Book 2
Publisher
Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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Padm頩s adjusting to being a wartime senator during the Clone Wars. Her secret husband, Anakin Skwyalker, is off fighting the war, and excels at being a wartime Jedi. In contrast, when Padm頧ets the opportunity to see the casualties on the war-torn front lines, she is horrified. The stakes have never been higher for the galaxy, or for the newly-married couple. Meanwhile, with Padm頯n a secret mission, her handmaiden Sab頳teps into the role of...
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