I found the descriptions of urban slums and city-edge wastelands a disturbing commentary on present trends. There’s realism too, however, and not a little humour, in the humans’ tendency to fail spectacularly (like Icarus) – or at least to fall short. "There’s magic in the descriptions of visionary architecture and idealistic modified environments, as well as in the imagined realisation of the ancient human aspiration for flight. When We Have Wings is that rare thing, a compelling read that is both emotionally and intellectually satisfying." Author: Amanda Lohrey "A brilliantly conceived vision, bold in its execution and utterly convincing in its detail. This is an addictive mystery, clever and compelling." Author: Jane Campion, director of The Piano and Bright Star The world of flying is so complete, so detailed and real, it was as if I was flying, as if I could feel my wings. "This book is intoxicating it made me imagine things I never imagined before.
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When we meet Viv, she’s full of hope and trepidation for her new adventure she’s reasoned that she doesn’t want to die in battle like most of her kind do, but she struggles to cut ties with her old way of life, particularly her old way of thinking. When Viv sets out to introduce people to the wonder of coffee, a gnomish invention in this world, she doesn’t expect the difficulties it will carry, though she does rise to the occasion with the help of the people she meets along the way. To finally build something that will last, Viv will need some new partners and a different kind of resolve.Ī hot cup of fantasy slice-of-life with a dollop of romantic froth. Old frenemies and Thune’s shady underbelly may just upset her plans. However, her dreams of a fresh start pulling shots instead of swinging swords are hardly a sure bet. A forgotten legend, a fabled artifact, and an unreasonable amount of hope lead her to the streets of Thune, where she plans to open the first coffee shop the city has ever seen. Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior’s life with one final score. When Viv the Orc chooses a change of career, she faces unexpected obstacles and even more precious gains in Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree. That’s the thing when you turn against a king-everyone else turns against you. Because my wings may have been clipped, but I am not in a cage, and I’m finally free to fly from the frozen kingdoms I’ve been kept in. Like a phoenix caught fire, I will need to rise from the ashes and learn to wield my own power. A means to get to where he wanted to go, and I paved that path in gold.” Of course, we know that’s not true but we get to see how this narrative plays out in Glow. Stating that Auren can steal powers and seduced Slade in an attempt to steal his as well, all so the other kingdoms could appear more powerful. However, in their attempt to flee the palace, the other kingdoms decide to come up with their own narrative of what happened. Slade has escaped the Fifth Kingdom’s palace with her after temporarily rotting her to save her life. Auren has killed King Midas and is no longer under his control. It takes place immediately following the events of Gleam, so spoiler warning for that book. Glow is the fourth installment in the reimaging of the King Midas myth series called The Plated Prisoner. These help support the blog, so I can keep creating content. This post may contain affiliate or referral codes, for which I receive a small compensation and you get a discount in exchange. 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Dees' current subject of investigation is the Night Flier, an apparent serial killer who travels between small airports in a Cessna Skymaster, gruesomely killing people in a way that leads Dees to think the man is a lunatic who believes himself to be a vampire.Īfter only a few days of interviewing witnesses and following the killer's trail in his own Beechcraft Bonanza, Dees overtakes the Night Flier during a violent thunderstorm at Wilmington International Airport, and quickly learns that he is badly mistaken about his would-be quarry: it is, indeed, a vampire that is doing the killings. The story centers on Richard Dees, a deeply cynical reporter from a trashy supermarket tabloid called Inside View. "The Night Flier" is a horror short story by American writer Stephen King, first published in the 1988 anthology Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror, and then in King's own 1993 Nightmares & Dreamscapes collection. Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror (1st release), Short story by Stephen King "The Night Flier" Part of the influential Raje family, she is poles apart from her social superstar family members. She is a very talented neurosurgeon who is the best in her field of expertise but socially inept. Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev revolves around Trisha Raje. With this said, I was very excited when I heard of her upcoming book, Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev that is set to release on 7th May 2019 and luckily got an ARC to read before the release. Sonali Dev’s books are vivid in detail, well crafted and with characters that make an impression. Ever since I read Sonali Dev’s second book, The Bollywood Bride, I have been a huge fan of her writing. The work Latour-Marliac did gave rise to development of specialist lily nurseries and growers across Europe and North America in fact, Latour-Marliac's nursery still exists today, owned by Robert Sheldon, an American who shared Latour-Marliac's passion for water lilies and water gardening and has been the force behind the nursery's continued success today. Claude Monet, for example, used lilies from Latour-Marliac's nursery to create his garden in Giverny. It is a comprehensive and detailed account of their introduction into European culture, largely through the passion and devotion of one man, Joseph Bory Latour-Marliac (1830-1911), whose lifelong work in the field of propagation, cultivation and commercialisation of water lilies inspired a generation of horticulturists, artists and poets to create the words and images that are deeply embedded in our culture today. This volume meticulously records our enduring love affair with the most beautiful and exotic of plants, the water lily. Water lilies are inextricably linked to the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome, Egypt and the Far East, where they were highly valued, just as precious metals or gemstones, their properties were thought to be medicinal, spiritual and purely aesthetic they have been represented in architecture, printed textiles, religious paintings and illustrations, cited in mythology, folklore, mysticism and the creative imagination. Brought together under calamitous circumstances, their lives are now entwined-but they’re not yet certain of what they mean to each other.īoth Chava and Ahmad have changed the lives of the people around them. Fearing they’ll be exposed as monsters, these magical beings hide their true selves and try to pass as human-just two more immigrants in the bustling world of 1900s Manhattan. Ahmad is a jinni, a restless creature of fire, once free to roam the desert but now imprisoned in the shape of a man. In this enthralling historical epic, set in New York City and the Middle East in the years leading to World War I- the long-awaited follow-up to the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Golem and the Jinni-Helene Wecker revisits her beloved characters Chava and Ahmad as they confront unexpected new challenges in a rapidly changing human world.Ĭhava is a golem, a woman made of clay, who can hear the thoughts and longings of those around her and feels compelled by her nature to help them. “A layered novel of many complex characters…To keep their worlds safe, Chava and Ahmad must access both their greatest supernatural powers and their deepest human impulses.” (Historical Novels Review) An immersive and magical tale of loneliness, love, and finding hope.” (Buzzfeed) Read moreĪ meaty hand slapped down on top of the alarm clock. It's entirely possible that this month might be even more eventful than the last. And Gerald is going to have to make a choice between his love for his friends and the darkest desires of his heart. A whole mess of pigeons will be involved. A city buried under the sea will be rediscovered. Now Gerald and his friends are off to India to try to find out the truth. And you thought your school vacation was eventful.Īs book two of the Archer Legacy opens, Gerald, Ruby, and Sam come upon papers, drawings, and reams of research, all indicating that Gerald's family has been protecting a secret concerning nothing less than the fate of the world. One month since Sir Mason Green made off with the contents of the diamond casket, an object of unspeakable power. One month since he found out his great-aunt Geraldine had left him all her fortune and, with it, a murder mystery, clues to a diamond heist, and a target on his back. It has only been a month since Gerald Wilkins be-came the richest kid on earth. Before she’s 20, she’s become the coquettish Kitty’s lover and also her stage partner, “fellow” male impersonator “Nan King.” All is bliss until Kitty protects her reputation by escaping into marriage, and the abandoned Nancy finds work posing as a male street prostitute (or “renter”) and undergoing undreamt-of sexual permutations and indignities as the girl/boytoy of lustful widow Diana Lethaby (at the latter’s posh mansion, Felicity Place, and among jaded members of the militantly sapphic Cavendish Club) before seeking, losing, then reclaiming true love with selfless “charity visitor” Florence Banner and finding her own voice as a fledgling Socialist. Nancy Astley has been plucked away from her close-knit family of fishmongers in seaside Whitstable and whisked off to London as (unofficial) “dresser” to music-hall entertainer Kitty Butler-the girl what dresses up as a feller- and the first love of stagestruck Nancy’s young life. Echoes of Tom Jones, Great Expectations, and anonymous confessional pornography resound throughout this richly entertaining first novel from England: the picaresque tale of its lesbian heroine’s progress through several levels of both polite and refreshingly impolite Victorian society. |