Everyone assumes the only reason he was recruited is his close personal association with King Alejandro, not because he's really earned it. But Alejandro needs Hector for a secret mission, one that gives him the chance to prove to everyone—including himself—that he is worthy to be a Royal Guard.
Hector must break into the ancient Fortress of Wind to retrieve something so important that the kingdom's future depends on it. What Hector finds in the fortress will stretch his bond of friendship with his king near to breaking.
And it will prepare him to become the fearsome warrior and lord commander Elisa will never let go. Kyri "You thought you could walk right into Az-ca, take over where you left off centuries ago, and everybody would just fall in with your plans. Is that it? An unseeable.
He'd divined Thorn II, just not his Queen and partner. You wanted to take over after practically destroying their current King—who was a very good King, and before that, an excellent Commander of the army. That's a hell of a way to get Az-ca's population to adore you, isn't it? Kaakos is still alive, remember, and he'll be coming for you—of that I have no doubt. You know it, too, and you can't take him on without Az-ca's army at your back.
That he'd see the reason in it after a while. Kaakos has escaped death, but is forced to leave Ny-nes. Now, his sole focus is revenge. Az-ca's citizens have fallen victim to the enemy's lies, and civil war threatens to split the country. Sherra is forced to divide her attention between searching for the enemy, dealing with traitors and struggling with the King's misery and desolation.
When the blood spell that rendered Kerok powerless takes a turn even its maker didn't expect, only her dreamwalker, with help from another, can hope to turn the tide The disgraced knight turned inquiry agent searches for a missing relic in this Macavity Award-finalist mystery set in fourteenth century London.
Former knight Crispin Guest is now known in the streets of medieval London as the Tracker—an investigator who can find anything and anyone. What begins as a straightforward case of murder turns complicated when Crispin realizes that the victim was an important courier in possession of a holy artifact—an object so valuable that its absence could start a war between France and England. Generations are being lost.
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Is this content inappropriate? Report this Document. Flag for inappropriate content. In some few children the old bloods show, gifting rare talents that can be honed to deadly or mystic effect. A bloodstained child of nine falsely accused of murder, guilty of worse, Nona is stolen from the shadow of the noose. Among her class Nona finds a new family—and new enemies. Her arrival sparks old feuds to life, igniting vicious struggles within the church and even drawing the eye of the emperor himself.
Beneath a dying sun, Nona Grey must master her inner demons, then loose them on those who stand in her way. At fifteen years old, Hector is the youngest squire in the most elite military force in the country.
And his first day is disastrous. Everyone assumes the only reason he was recruited is his close personal association with King Alejandro, not because he's really earned it.
But Alejandro needs Hector for a secret mission, one that gives him the chance to prove to everyone—including himself—that he is worthy to be a Royal Guard. Hector must break into the ancient Fortress of Wind to retrieve something so important that the kingdom's future depends on it. What Hector finds in the fortress will stretch his bond of friendship with his king near to breaking. And it will prepare him to become the fearsome warrior and lord commander Elisa will never let go.
King of Thorns Author : Noal B. The message of Christianity seems to go unheard by the masses. Could it be that Christ has been cleaned up to the point that the humanity He chose to live out has been lost? Noal B. Cochran shares his own quest for an authentic Christ, one who is comfortable reaching out to man in the filth of failure.
Through a much too large, painfully acquired tattoo, Noal presents the message of Christ for people who are afraid they are too dirty to ever come clean, and challenges the modern church to take off its sanitized choir robes and slog through the muck of misery with the light of hope found in the real Jesus Christ.
An insecure princess with an unclear destiny becomes a secret bride, a revolutionary, a queen, and—finally—the champion her world so desperately needs in this epic fantasy series that Tamora Pierce called "engrossing" and that Veronica Roth said was "intense, unique.
But the prophecy is vague, and Elisa has no idea why she was chosen or how she will fulfill the expectations. Her future is unknown and her potential is tremendous—even if she doesn't realize it. A sweeping fantasy series about a young woman finding her true strength, this is perfect for fans of Kristin Cashore's Graceling and George R.
The beauty of this novel is that it contains many short stories that entertain the readers from the very first page to till the last word of the novel. All the characters of the novel are unique and refreshing. There are fabulous stand-alone set pieces, engaging characters, glorious prose and a soul-stirring look into the various lives of human.
The author way of developing the characters is very impressive and his characters are well drawn and compelling.
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