Determined to do the right thing, Sadie will fight hard to protect those she loves.īut there are some battles she cannot win. While one relationship is embraced forever, another spirals out of control, threatening to destroy everything. Sadie’s love life is a tangled, messy affair. When hidden agendas and shocking revelations come to light, the fallout is massive. Fraught with tension and danger, the journey is not an easy one, especially when previous adversaries become new allies and cherished friends become suspicious opponents.Īs the heirs unite in a bid to restore peace to the galaxy, powerful enemies, determined to exact retribution,surround them on all sides. Having accepted her identity, Sadie sets out on a daring quest with her friends, which takes them deep into alien territory. With war looming in outer space and the Earthen government forced into hiding, the battle for ultimate world domination is only just beginning. Will I discover the truth in time to save him? Reading Challenges: 2016 ARC August, 2016 New Release Challenge, COYER 2016 Summer Vacation This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence.
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Across the Nightingale Floor won the 2004 Deutscher Jugendliterturpreis Award for outstanding children’s literature in Germany. Another novel, taking place sixteen years later, The Harsh Cry of the Heron, was released in 2006, and a prequel, titled Heaven’s Net is Wide, followed in 2007. It was followed by two more installments in the trilogy, Grass for His Pillow (2003) and Brilliance of the Moon (2004). Exploring themes of legacy, the pressures of family, and whether vengeance can truly bring peace, Across the Nightingale Floor received overwhelmingly positive reviews and became an international bestseller. Focusing on a young warrior named Takeo, as he seeks to avenge his adoptive father’s murder and escape the legacy of his biological father, the narrative expands to encompass a massive power struggle involving dozens of rival clans. It is the first installment of the Tales of the Otori series, which is set in a fictional world based on feudal Japan. 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Citizens of the brash new republic recognized kindred spirits in the bold musketeers, and the book and its sequels found an eager American readership. Collected for book publication at the end of that year, and quickly translated into a dozen languages, The Three Musketeers was a worldwide sensation-nowhere more so than in the United States. Week after week readers thrilled to the adventures of the brave and clever d’Artagnan and his loyal comrades. In March of 1844, the Parisian paper The Century began publishing installments of a new tale by France’s favorite author, Alexandre Dumas. The Three Musketeers A Novel Alexandre DumasĪ new and vibrant translation of Alexandre Dumas’s renowned The Three Musketeers, following the adventures of the valiant d’Artagnan and his three loyal comrades. |