Interesting Books
(Descriptions from Goodreads)
Sorne, the
estranged son of a King on the verge of madness, is being raised as a weapon to
wield against the mystical Wyrds. Half a continent away, his father is planning
to lay siege to the Celestial City, the home of the T En, whose wyrd blood the
mundane population have come to despise. Within the City, Imoshen, the only mystic to be raised
by men, is desperately trying to hold her people together. A generations long
feud between the men of the Brotherhoods and the women of the sacred
Sisterhoods is about to come to a head. With war without and war within, can an
entire race survive the hatred of a nation? Rowena Cory Daniells, the creator
of the bestselling Chronicles of King Rolen s Kin, brings you a stunning new
fantasy epic, steeped in magic and forged in war.
In a city of daimons, rigid class lines separate the
powerful from the power-hungry. And at the heart of The City is the Carnival of
Souls, where both murder and pleasure are offered up for sale. Once in a
generation, the carnival hosts a deadly competition that allows every daimon a
chance to join the ruling elite. Without the competition, Aya and Kaleb would
both face bleak futures--if for different reasons. For each of them, fighting
to the death is the only way to try to live.
All Mallory knows of The City is that
her father--and every other witch there--fled it for a life in exile in the
human world. Instead of a typical teenage life full of friends and maybe even a
little romance, Mallory scans quiet streets for threats, hides herself away,
and trains to be lethal. She knows it's only a matter of time until a daimon
finds her and her father, so she readies herself for the inevitable. While
Mallory possesses little knowledge of The City, every inhabitant of The City
knows of her. There are plans for Mallory, and soon she, too, will be drawn
into the decadence and danger that is the Carnival of Souls.
Greece in the age of Heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young
prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia. Here he is nobody, just
another unwanted boy living in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son,
Achilles. Achilles, 'best of all the Greeks', is everything Patroclus is not —
strong, beautiful, the child of a goddess — and by all rights their paths
should never cross. Yet one day, Achilles takes the shamed prince under his
wing and soon their tentative companionship gives way to a steadfast
friendship. As they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and
medicine, their bond blossoms into something far deeper — despite the
displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a cruel and deathly pale sea goddess
with a hatred of mortals.
I have listed these titles in earlier SSS posts:
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Giveaways
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Artwork of Jian Guo
Thanks to A Dribble of Ink, who posted a link to
these amazing pieces: stained-glass images from The Lord of the Rings. They are
stunning and anyone wanting to buy me massive versions for Christmas will be my
best friend forever! :)
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