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They're cursed to become heroes… or monsters. Alex is haunted by the childhood memory of the slaughter of his mother by one of the Sundered, a man driven mad by the use of tainted magic. As the fourth child of the King, he tries not to think beyond the next drink or party. Yet his growing ability to manipulate the powerful magic of the veil could either make him a legend or transform him into the monster from his worst nightmares… As Alex along with Jess and Kyle, his equally privileged yet cursed companions are subject of a foiled kidnapping plot their world starts to collapse. The stories of tainted magic driving humans mad are actually part of a conspiracy spanning generations. Betray...
When you imprison your enemy, ensure their chains are unbreakable. Three civilisations on the brink of collapse, only one of them his own. Michael finds himself in the centre of the storm and the hope of all his allies. Much to his dismay, he’s increasingly the one everyone turns to for help. Khaliun returns to the Kallith’s new home in the Heights to recruit more warriors for Michael, only to find her people have been betrayed. While in Vallantia Steven is desperately trying to resist Jaclyn’s control and risks his life to keep passing information to the man he once hated. Aiden has betrayed everyone and stolen the title of warlord. Safe within the walls of the Stronghold he gloats over his possession of both Damien and Isabella while Michael is off fighting against Sylanna alone. With enemies in every direction, how will Michael and his Unwanted rise to the challenge and who will they save?
When Diana, Princess of Wales announced the auction of eighty of her evening gowns - most of them designed by Catherine Walker, the London-based fashion designer was thrust into the spotlight. This book tells the story of her struggle for success.
The king is dead. Evil rises. Can a prince conquer his cursed mind and save his people? After his father is murdered, Alex must fulfill a destiny he’s not sure he’s equipped for. And despite his new high-stakes responsibilities, he can’t get the girl who killed the monarch out of his head. But when she tries to convert him to the sinister Killiam Order, Alex is forced to draw on a potentially deadly power to right the betrayal. Tapping into unknown magic, the young ruler risks madness to defend his kingdom. But with his castle invaded and the Order advancing fast, the tormented noble and his small band of loyalists must fight the battle alone… Can Alex unleash his newfound skills and free his realm from darkness once and for all? Elder Born is the climactic third book in The Being of Dreams epic fantasy series. If you like mind-altering sorcery, treacherous powerplays, and a war to end all wars, then you’ll love Catherine M Walker’s thrilling conclusion.
Buy Elder Born to restore light to the land today!"These studies . . . not only illuminate the past with a fierce and probing light but also raise, with nuance and power, fundamental issues of interpretation and method."—from the Foreword, by Caroline Walker Bynum Female saints, mystics, and visionaries have been much studied in recent years. Relatively little attention has been paid, however, to the ways in which their experiences and voices were mediated by the men who often composed their vitae, served as their editors and scribes, or otherwise encouraged, protected, and collaborated with the women in their writing projects. What strategies can be employed to discern and distinguish the voices of these high and late medieval women from...
A catalouge of the unique collection of modern and contemporary prints and drawings of film critic and author Alexander Walker (1930-2003). Features artists inlcuding Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Bridget Riley, Lucian Freud, Chuck Close, Philip Guston and Vija Celmins.
With an invisible girl, a parliament of owls and a pen that writes by itself, the journey to the Garden of the Midnight Swan might be Seren's most dangerous adventure yet. In this third book of the award-winning The Clockwork Crow series, Seren and Tomos must try to help the Crow find the way back to his human form. But why is Captain Jones enquiring about Seren's past? How have the sinister Fair Family gate-crashed the Midsummer Ball, and what is the one desire of the mysterious Midnight Swan?
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THE SNOW WALKER'S SON is a book of intrigue; of banishment and sorcery; of an ice cold winter and an unseen evil eye. Jessa and Thorkil are banished by the evil witch Gudrun to the ice kingdom to the North. Here they will be incarcerated with Gudrun's son Kari; about whom there are the most terrible tales. He is rumoured to be half-man, half-beast and is a figure of dread. After an endless journey, Thorkil and Jessa arrive and, at last meet Kari. He is not as they feared but is a slight winsome young man. His only terror is that he, too, has the power. But he is determined to use the magic wisely.