Triggers warning: This story contains themes that some readers might find uncomfortable.Īuthors note: From the Ashes is an unconventional story about love and loss and the hard part in between. With the odds stacked against me, I’ll have to place my life and my heart in the hands of a group of criminals,īecause the girl who was once ready to die will burn the world to ashes for a chance to live. So what will happen when the girl who has always been sick, inexplicably begins to heal? A test subject to be poked and prodded, broken and put back together again until my body finally fails me. I go from being a human to being a commodity. They will pay my family one million dollars, leaving them a lifetime of choices instead of a legacy of debt.īut the thing about a devil’s bargain is that there is inevitably a price to pay. That’s when The Phoenix group approached me with a devil’s bargain. My whole life has been defined by my illnessĪnd after twenty-four years of trying to fight it,
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And suddenly the life Nicola adores is in danger of coming to an abrupt, brutal, and terrifying end. And before she realized what she had uncovered, she found herself thrust into the midst of an alarming plot in which she would become the prey. Warned to stay away, Nicola was unable to obey. Produced by Walt Disney Productions, the film was loosely based (there are significant differences) upon a 1962 suspense novel by Mary Stewart and was directed by James Neilson. A man in hiding - for reasons he could not explain. The Moon-Spinners is a 1964 American mystery film starring Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach and Peter McEnery in a story about a jewel thief hiding on the island of Crete. She wafted me away to exotic places, and into exciting and romantic. When I found out it was also a book, I went hunting at my local library and fell in love with the way Stewart immediately pulled me into her stories, evoking awe, fear, laughter ,and romance. She links up with two hiking companions who have inadvertently stumbled upon a scene of blood vengeance, that involving a young Englishman and a group of people tied together by blood and the bonds of greed.įor the first time in her life Nicola meets a man and a situation she cannot deal with. I found The Moon-Spiners through a Disney movie of the same name (book was better). Then on her day off, her impulse led her on a little-used path into the foreboding White Mountains. On leave from her job as a secretary in Athens, has been looking forward to a quiet week's holiday in the lush island of Crete, enjoying the wild flowers and the company of her cousin Frances. Young, beautiful, and adventurous Nicola Ferris loves her life as a secretary at the British Embassy on Greece. He multiplied Rømer’s degree by four, separating the freezing and boiling points by sixtyĭegrees, but he wanted a difference of sixty four to make it easy to mark out the degrees using a compass to bisect the distances, so freezing became thirty two and body temperature became ninety six. °Rø or that body temperature is 22.5 °Rø. He started with Ole Rømer’s scale, but he didn’t like that water freezes at 7.5 Recalibrationįahrenheit chose ninety six for body temperature to improve the simplicity of his scale. Mixture maybe the salts were impure or poorly dissolved it didn’t work quite right. But something was wrong with Fahrenheit’s Reach a stable temperature regardless of their initial temperatures. Frigorific mixtureĪ mixture of equal amounts of ice, water, and ammonium chloride is a frigorific mixture. He set ninety six at the human body temperature he set thirty two at the freezing point of water and he set zero at the temperature of a mixture of ice, water, and ammonium chloride. Fahrenheit originally established three calibration points for his scale. He met and took ideas from Ole Rømer for his own He invented the mercury-in-glass thermometer in 1714. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was a glassblower who made barometers, altimeters, and thermometers. Scale in which zero was the freezing point of water and twelve was the human body temperature. In 1701, Isaac Newton described a temperature Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler’s Germany Razor-sharp, astutely observed and acerbically funny. In the hospital, Bunny clashes with the doctors, makes wicked observations on her fellow patients and writes hilariously about the hospital’s creative writing class. As the novel spools back in time, we follow Bunny’s journey from accomplished writer to psychiatric patient, by way of her best friend’s death and flashbacks to her childhood. She is in hospital following a New Year’s Eve breakdown after months of depression. Kirshenbaum’s seventh novel opens with the protagonist, Bunny, sitting on a bench in a psychiatric ward awaiting the arrival of a therapy dog that never appears. Death has plans of his own and he, too, will use whatever and whomever he must, including the mad Thaddeus. Meanwhile, Dead Eye becomes a willing vessel for the newly awakened god, Death. There is only way to stop Thaddeus, but it means a harrowing journey for Mari and Nik into the heart of darkness. He wants the power he believes Mari has stolen from him and his people and he will do anything he must to get them back, even if it means destroying everything in his path. Thaddeus betrayed his own people, killing Nik’s father and destroying their entire clan. The battle lines have been drawn and Mari, an Earth Walker and Nik, a Companion, who were once from rival clans now find themselves fighting to save each other and their people from destruction. Some of the characters relay real world information about the weapons. A world filled with beauty and danger and cruelty… Communicating plenty with the supporting cast also expands the lore in magnificent ways. Cast, brings us Sun Warrior, an epic fantasy set in a world where humans, their animal allies, and the earth itself has been drastically changed. #1 New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series, P.C. The blockbuster bestselling series is back! It's favoured one moment and betrayed the next it is one minute a legion, and the next nearly annihilated - yet this is not unusual, because while the people may come on and go, there will always be a Black Company. The Company has often been betrayed in the past by its employers, and the Lady is one of the least trustworthy ones it's had, but she pays well, and the Black Company goes where it is desired, so it commits to the contract.Īs time goes by, the Company struggles to survive and recover its past as it goes from employer to employer, drifts from conflict to conflict, and sees its fortunes wax and wane. A prophecy concerned with her downfall is about to be fulfilled, and the people are rising up in anticipation of the event. The series begins as the Company reluctantly accepts the commission of a northern sorceress tyrant known as "the Lady". The series is notable for its unusual choice of protagonists in a fantasy setting: being a group of mercenaries, the Black Company does not turn down potential employers, and it prides itself on its sense of professional honour. The Black Company is a series of Dark Fantasy books by Glen Cook, and chronicles an ancient mercenary company - the titular Black Company, last of the Free Companies of Khatovar - as it plies its trade across the world and tries to find its lost roots. The book fell short towards the middle though. I also loved the ending and all the fighting scenes. There was drama with scorpion at the beginning and I loved that part. We got friendship and family stories, but I wanted more Remy. When Brooke got pregnant the whole mood of the book changed! She was put on bed rest at just a couple months into the pregnancy, which I felt was kind of far fetched and personally, the book was slow when Remy was traveling alone. I loved the suspense and drama with Brooke and Remy traveling together. This book was good don't get me wrong, but I felt the storyline was lacking. Remy has been on fire, but he is Black and everyone is worried about his safety. They miss one another like crazy and when Brooke is finally allowed to travel again it is time for the big fight with Scorpion. Remy then travels alone and Brooke is left with her friends and her ipod. Shortly after though, an unexpected surprise takes place and leads Brooke to bed rest. Remy and Brooke are back to traveling together and sharing tons of sexual moments. The beginning takes us back to where REAL left off. Once Alex arrives in New York City, and finds out that his grandmother had no intentions of collecting him at the airport and is forced to walk to her apartment, several blocks away. Meanwhile, Kate announces that she will be taking Alex with her to the Amazon rain-forest during his visit. His sisters, however are sent to live with their Grandmother Carla. Despite his desperate pleading, Alex is sent off to New York City to stay with his eccentric grandmother Kate Cold, a reporter for International Geographic Magazine. While his parents leave for Texas to try to treat his mother's cancer, Alex and his sisters are sent to live with their grandmothers. Published in 2002.Ĭity of the Beasts begins with the story of Alexander Cold, who is 15 years old and going through a family crisis. La ciudad de las bestias = City of the Beasts (Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar #1), Isabel AllendeĬity of the Beasts is the first young adult novel by Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende. Ĭomic Book Resources considers it "a more successful adaptation than most", and posits that this is because Gillen "plays fast and loose with Arthurian legend" and acknowledges that there is no single canonical version. 4: Monarchies in the UK Kieron Gillen 4. Screen Rant calls it "(t)he best modern King Arthur adaptation", because it is set in the present day and "explores the power of stories" rather than "the myths themselves". Kindle 11.39 Rate this book Once & Future Once & Future, Vol. The first Once & Future trade paperback ( Once & Future: The King is Undead, comprising issues #1-6) was a finalist for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, and the third trade paperback ( Once & Future: The Parliament of Magpies) was a finalist for the 2022 award. As Arthur leaves a trail of death and destruction in his wake, octogenarian Bridgette McGuire - a retired monster hunter - and her grandson Duncan must try to stop him before other creatures from story begin emerging as well. When a group of British nationalists perform a supernatural ritual in order to resurrect King Arthur, they discover that Arthur has his own agenda. 1 Kindle & comiXology by Kieron Gillen (Author), Dan Mora (Cover Art, Artist), & 1 more Format: Kindle Edition 689 ratings Book 1 of 5: Once & Future See all formats and editions Kindle & Comixology 0.00 Free with Membership Kindle & Comixology Paperback 13.39 26 Used from 6.76 20 New from 9.30 The King is Undead. Once & Future is a horror comic by Kieron Gillen, with art by Dan Mora and colors by Tamra Bonvillain, about King Arthur. Read Once & Future by Kieron Gillen,Dan Mora with a free trial. The book starts out with Storm and Keira already separated following the events of his f*ckups. But I happen to love the angst of a good cheating story. If that's not your thing, don't read this book. Let's not address the other elephant in the room. But you can easily read this book and enjoy it without having read the others because there's perfect amount of background given. This series is not really read as standalones. Now let's address the elephant in the room. Storm was emotional, gritty, unapologetic, and completely unforgettable. This story was a kick straight to the feels. And this story? It was all of the things. And I'm absolutely gone for a cheating redemption story. I'm an even bigger sucker for a gritty MC. I had to read it and I took a chance to read it completely out of order without having read the rest of the series. But when I read the blurb to this book, I had zero chill. I also haven't read any of the other books in this series. I don't even have the words for all that I feel right now. I was trying to live like a fucking priest, but I was a sinner. |