![]() And her past has come back to torment her.This atmospheric, haunting tale marks the stunning debut of a promising fourteen-year-old novelist.From the Hardcover edition. Three hundred years ago she was human.Now she is a vampire, a powerful one. Someone has left her a black rose, the same sort of rose that sealed her fate three hundred years ago.Three hundred years ago Risika had a family - a brother and a sister who loved her. She is used to being alone.But now someone is following Risika. By night, she hunts the streets of New York City. ![]() I continue to call myself Risika, even though I was transformed into what I am against my will.By day, Risika sleeps in a shaded room in Concord, Massachusetts. I was born to the name of Rachel Weatere in the year 1684, more than three hundred years ago.The one who changed me named me Risika, and Risika I became, though I never asked what it meant. In the Forests of the Night book by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Teen & Young Adult Books > Teen Horror Books ISBN: 1728732247 ISBN13: 9781728732244 The Devil to Pay (Shayne Davies) (Book 1 in the Shayne Davies Series) by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 4.39 - 4.79 Mass Market Paperback 4.19 - 4. ![]()
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![]() Why? Why did only a few Asian countries learn the right lessons from SARS and MERS? While populist leaders certainly performed poorly in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Niall Ferguson argues that more profound pathologies were at work–pathologies already visible in our responses to earlier disasters. Yet in 2020 the responses of many developed countries, including the United States, to a new virus from China were badly bungled. ![]() But when disaster strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted, or medieval Italians when the Black Death struck. Pandemics, like earthquakes, wildfires, financial crises, and wars, are not normally distributed there is no cycle of history to help us anticipate the next catastrophe. Setting the annus horribilis of 2020 in historical perspective, Niall Ferguson explains why we are getting worse, not better, at handling disasters.ĭisasters are inherently hard to predict. ![]() “All disasters are in some sense man-made.” ![]() ![]() ![]() Stay connected by signing up for my e-mail list: ILYSFM. ![]() ![]() Support me by purchasing a set of my limited edition mymaria777 stickers! I am using these proceeds to fund our friendship/dating app. Graham, a functioning alcoholic and Harvard medical student, stumbles across a puzzling communication. We discuss astrotheology, astronomy, astrology, the zodiac, how the Bible is an encoded book, the Lascaux caves in France, the Book of Enoch, the revelation of the method of the Deep State, and MORE.Ĭheck out my new website: Find me on Instagram: me on Twitter: my guest on Twitter: out Micah's books on amazon: I know the answer to the worlds deepest secret. We talk his first two books and his third that will be available this month. Join me and author, Micah Dank, of Beneath the Veil (Into the Rabbit Hole). ![]() ![]() ![]() In his last exploit, he managed the supreme feat of hiding the truth about himself from the one person in the solar system hardest to hide from: himself. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but his deeds are known throughout the Heterarchy, from breaking into the vast Zeusbrains of the Inner System to stealing rare Earth antiques from the aristocrats of Mars. Indeed, in his many lives, the entity called Jean le Flambeur has been a thief, a confidence artist, a posthuman mind-burglar, and more. Meanwhile, investigator Isadore Beautrelet, called in to investigate the murder of a chocolatier, finds himself on the trail of an archcriminal, a man named le Flambeur. Rescued by the mysterious Mieli and her flirtatious spacecraft, Jean is taken to the Oubliette, the Moving City of Mars, where time is a currency, memories are treasures, and a moon-turned-singularity lights the night. Jean le Flambeur gets up in the morning and has to kill himself before his other self can kill him first. So I’m going to let the back of the book describe it for you. ![]() I just know I’ll miss something, or not do it justice. ![]() To try and describe the book would leave me feeling inadequate and stupid. I don’t think I understood the whole thing. THE QUANTUM THIEF ( Amazon), by Hannu Rajaniemi, is a Hard SF book packed with ideas, twists and turns. ![]() ![]() ![]() Where did all his other friends go? Little lovable dino-babies walk through vibrant illustrations of artist Zhanna Mendel with whimsical, engaging rhymes by author Agnes Green, making reading this story an amusing adventure. Here are the heroes: Rex the Tyrannosaurus Rex Victor the Velociraptor Steggy the Stegosaurus Shelley the Spinosaurus Dippy the Diplodocus Trixie the Triceratops Pete the Parasaurolophus Terry the Pterosaur Allan the Allosaurus Iggy the Iguanodon Before you know it, there is only one sleepy dino left. ![]() But during each party activity like hide-and-seek and racing, there is one less dinosaur. : 10 Dinosaurs Party Time Large type / large print ed: Unread book in perfect condition. Maybe if we're lucky, we can join in all the fun! Ten adorable colorful dinosaurs of different shapes and sizes having fun. It's just getting started - it's only just begun. Who will dance to the end? 10 little dinos met to have the biggest, the craziest, the funniest and the toothiest party of the Prehistoric times! It's dinosaur party time! All the guests are there, With big balloons and ribbons and fun hats to wear. ![]() ![]() What could be more prescient at this time of global climate emergency and mental health concerns? To tolerate and encourage the vast variety of expression that we humans embody. ![]() So, this is not just a book about racing with a donkey it’s about our need as a species to connect with the world around us to give, to receive and to learn from nature, animals and fellow humans. The magic of Chris is his combination of curiosity, open heartedness and warmth. Or donkey for the more adventurous and patient) – or is that just me? It will also nurture a desire in you to get a goat (yes, goat. ![]() ![]() Chris McDougall’s first book Born to Run was a sensation, inspiring millions to find new enjoyment in their running. This latest book – Running with Sherman – will have you falling in love with running all over again and inspire you to feed the fun in your runs. ![]() ![]() ![]() The general tone isn’t quite as bleak as Abercrombie’s previous tomes, but make no mistake – this isn’t a watered-down version of his previous novels. ![]() Take the violence, complexity and world-weariness from Abercrombie’s adult fare and what do you get? It’s impossible to say, as Half a King keeps all the traits that make Abercrombie so special, earning its place beside his previous works.Īfter reading Half a King, it’s clear that too much was made of the book’s “young adult” description. But as the first book in a young adult trilogy, Half a King faced a different challenge than its predecessors. The Heroes is Abercrombie’s take on a war novel Red Country is a fantasy western. With his debut trilogy under his belt, Abercrombie began blending his fantasy tales with other genres – Best Served Cold is a revenge novel that just happens to be set in the same world as his First Law trilogy. What Half a King does is remind us that it’s not the violence or occasional profanity that has made Abercrombie such a tour de force – it’s his perceptive ability to craft characters, and to tell stories that show us all the nooks and crannies that make them more than just characters on a page.Ībercrombie’s exploration of the fantasy genre is nothing new. ![]() Those credentials were long established with the First Law trilogy, which turned our expectations on their heads and introduced a new way to explore fantasy storytelling. Half a King isn’t the book that proves Joe Abercrombie’s skill. ![]() ![]() “Homegoing”-the title is taken from an old African-American belief that death allowed an enslaved person’s spirit to travel back to Africa-is rooted, like the Bible, in original sin. If the girl could not shake his hand, then, surely, she could never touch her own.” The Fante had protection from trading them. ![]() “The Asante had power from capturing slaves. “James had spent his whole life listening to his parents argue about who was better, Asante or Fante, but the matter could never come down to slaves,” Gyasi writes. Both of them are West Africans, members of the Akan people, although she is Asante, from the interior of what we now call Ghana, and he is Fante, from the coast. “Respectfully, I will not shake the hand of a slaver,” she says, withholding the customary gesture of condolence. ![]() In Yaa Gyasi’s début novel, “Homegoing” (Knopf), a boy greeting the line of mourners at his grandfather’s funeral encounters a beautiful girl. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gritzmacher spends much of his time unwinding the knots his twisted narratives bind him in. Titles/Year of Published Work(s): The Relict 2022 The Quarry 2023 (Both part of my Skulldiggery series) Bio: David M. ![]() ![]() But readers/reviewers consistently say it is equal parts horror/mystery/thriller). **Jack Ketchum’s Interview from December 2017 is PINNED at the bottom of this page** So, without further ado, let’s get to know Meet & Greet Author: #227 David Gritzmacher Your Name: David Gritzmacher Pseudonym: DM Gritzmacher ( & Gritzmonster on Social Media) Genre(s) of your work: Horror/Mystery/Thriller (I considered what I wrote as horror. Older ones may be found under the Archive: Author Meet & Greet on the main page of this blog by the author’s last name. The 4 most current interviews are posted here. C onnect with authors through their social media links (if they choose to share them), learn about their writing process, and purchase their works. Author Meet & Greet All are welcome here. ![]() ![]() Things start off promisingly enough from the point of view of a crazed (and unknown) lifeguard reflecting on a murder. It then shifts to Kelsey's arrival to the island with her Mother. It isn't a bad book, it's just not as good as some of her other work. Someone forgot to tell her that lifeguards don't always like to save lives."Ī rare miss from Richie Cusick. And there have been a number of suspicious drownings.At least she has the lifeguards around to protect her.Poor Kelsey. Then there's the crazy man in the lighthouse who won't leave Kelsey alone. It starts with the note under her pillow from a girl who's missing. But Kelsey's summer is the opposite of paradise. ![]() ![]() "Kelsey's summer should have been paradise: An invitation to rich and famous Beverly Island, complete with sun-drenched beaches and three gorgeous lifeguards on duty. ![]() |