I returned to my quarters, parting ways with Tanaka at the base of the stairs. In a day, they had captured the vassals who had supported Adrian’s former noblesse in their rebellion, and now they were a gruesome warning to anyone considering treason. He had ordered his loyal noblesse to hunt, and he had joined them. In the aftermath of Ravena’s attack, those who had betrayed our kingdom fled, but my husband was a merciless king. It was a horrific death, and even more horrific to watch as each body slid slowly down, their weight inevitably driving the end of the spear through their mouth or throat or chest.Īll the while, they begged any who passed to kill them faster, but no one came to their aid, not even me. Namely, that if done well, it could take hours, even days for the prisoner to die. Over the last two days, I had learned a lot about the process of impalement. I could see them now from the library window, aglow in the torchlight. Nine corpses were impaled outside the gates of the red palace. But their love for each other has cost Isolde her father and her homeland. Queen of Myth and Monsters, Isolde, newly coronated queen, has finally found a king worthy of her in the vampire Adrian.
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This book is about some families who are not. Some people are thriving in it, of course. "A new American class structure is being born - one that is harsher, in many ways, than the one it is replacing. "While the national economy has been growing, the economic prospects of most Americans have been dimming," William Finnegan writes. In this work of social journalism, a spotlight is cast on a population we find it easy, or convenient, to overlook. Christie's crime-solving characters carry on the long tradition of British detective fiction pioneered by earlier writers like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his famous main man, Sherlock Holmes. The result? She's sold more than two billion copies of her books.Īgatha Christie's iconic literary detectives – the Belgian Hercule Poirot and the spinster Miss Marple – appear regularly in her novels and have been brought to life on the small screen by a number of actors. Whether on a remote island or a posh steam engine, Christie's fiction deals in death. During her lifetime she penned 66 works of detective fiction, nearly all of them whodunit plots with bloody knives, poison pens, and smoking guns galore. This is the book for you.Īgatha Christie is the grand dame of the British murder mystery genre. Murder on the Orient Express Introductionĭo we hear you asking for a super sleuth? Oh, yes. Gruesome, snarky high jinks, with just the right amount of feels. Brief cameos feature the characters of Hold Me Closer, Necromancer (2010). With the help of humans, were-hares, and an adorable Doctor Who fangirl, they fight a plague that threatens them all. Praise for Pyromantic : Giant snails, terrified kelpies, and supernatural knitting: this is life for the teenagers running supernatural law enforcement in small-town Maine. But when a mysterious illness starts to affect magical beings, it's up to Ava and her team to stop its spread. And that's not even taking into account the feelings she might have for him. And since Ava's currently avoiding her friends after (disastrously) turning down a date with Lock, well, everything kind of sucks. Her new boss seems like an improvement, but who knows if he'll stay that way? The Coterie life changes people. Getting rid of Venus didn't set her free-she's still Coterie. This much-anticipated sequel to Lish McBride's highly praised young adult novel Firebug features a girl who can start fires with her mind, the dangerous magical mafia she's involved with, and a mysterious illness that affects magical beings. And now everyone is after Opal's special powers for their own deadly gain…Ībout the Author: Maria V. She doesn't know the real Ulrick's whereabouts and can't forget Kade, the handsome Stormdancer who doesn't want to let her get too close. In hostile territory, without proof or allies, Opal isn't sure whom to trust. Thinks because she is sure another man - now her prisoner - has switched souls with Ulrick. Trapped under house arrest, Opal dares to defy her imprisonment, searching for Ulrick, the man she thinks she loves. Aircraft & Spacecraft: General InterestĪ Game of Magic Student magician Opal Cowan's newfound ability to steal others' powers makes her too powerful.
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And she explains why, even though women have more opportunities than their mothers did, the wage gap persists: The American workplace still harbors an astonishing amount of discrimination, including blatant as well as complex hidden barriers, unspoken assumptions, unexamined attitudes, and habitual ways of behaving.īut Murphy also brings good news: The wage gap can be closed. She shows how the wage gap pinches the daily lives of families throughout the country, at every economic level and in every industry. In this intelligently argued and startling book, Evelyn Murphy, Ph.D., humanizes the numbers through real-life stories and a wealth of data that has never before been examined. And it explains how to close the wage gap - and, finally, get women even. It reveals that the wage gap is not going away on its own. Getting Even exposes the discrepancy between what women and men make - and how it affects us all. 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