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1) King's cage
Author
Series
Red queen (Victoria Aveyard) volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother's web in an attempt to maintain control over his country--and his prisoner"--
2) Glass sword
Author
Series
Red queen (Victoria Aveyard) volume 2
Language
English
Description
Mare's blood is red -- the colour of common folk -- but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from the prince and friend who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind. Pursued by the Silver king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red and Silver fighters...
3) Red Queen
Author
Series
Red queen (Victoria Aveyard) volume 1
Language
English
Description
Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood -- those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own. To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess...
Author
Series
Hollows (Kim Harrison) volume 10
Language
English
Description
When she discovers that a would-be creator is determined to make his (or her) own demons and needs her blood, former witch-turned-day-walking-demon Rachel Morgan, a bounty hunter, faces her toughest adversary yet --humanity.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The New York Times–bestselling saga of Creek Indian Mary Musgrove and her descendants, whose lives parallel the American story through two centuries.
In Creek Mary’s Blood, Dee Brown fictionalizes the astonishing true story of Mary Musgrove—born in 1700 to a Creek tribal chief—and five generations of her family. By tracing her struggles with colonists in Georgia, and then the lives of her two...
In Creek Mary’s Blood, Dee Brown fictionalizes the astonishing true story of Mary Musgrove—born in 1700 to a Creek tribal chief—and five generations of her family. By tracing her struggles with colonists in Georgia, and then the lives of her two...
7) Witch blood
Author
Publisher
Berkley Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Berkley Sensation mass-market edition.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Nora Kelly novels volume 1
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
512 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Fleeing a crushing affair, Nora Kelly enters the Left Bank society of early twentieth-century Paris, where she joins the struggle to free Ireland.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sylah dreams of days growing up in the resistance, being told she would spark a revolution that would free the Empire from the red-blooded ruling classes' tyranny. That spark was extinguished the day she watched her family murdered before her eyes. Anoor has been told she's nothing, no one, a disappointment by the only person who matters: her mother, the most powerful ruler in the Empire. But dust always rises in a storm. Hassa moves through the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Captain Blood is an adventure story set during the end of the seventeenth century. Dr. Peter Blood is an ex-soldier and sailor whose work as a physician on the battlefield sees him convicted for treason and sent as a slave to the Caribbean. Blood's talents are soon recognized, though he doesn't remain on the plantation for long. When the Spanish attack, Blood is among a group of ex-slaves who capture their ship and become some of the most
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Series
Molly Southbourne trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
119 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
For as long as Molly Southbourne can remember, she's been watching herself die. Whenever she bleeds a copy of her is made, identical to her in every way and intent on her destruction. Molly knows every way to kill herself, but she also knows that as long as she survives she'll be hunted.
12) Broken throne
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Return once more to the deadly and dazzling world of Red Queen in Broken Throne, a beautifully designed, must-have companion to the chart-topping series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Aveyard. The perfect addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Red Queen series, this gorgeously designed package features three brand-new novellas, two previously published novellas, Steel Scars and Queen Song, and never-before-seen maps, flags,...
13) Wise blood
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Tells the story of Hazel Motes of Eastrod, Tennessee. After release from the army at twenty-two, he comes to a Southern city where he falls under the spell of Asa Hawks, a "blind" street preacher who is led around by his degenerate daughter, Sabbath Lily Hawks, age fifteen. In his struggle to outpreach and outfox Asa Hawks, Hazel founds his own religion, "The Church Without Christ", and announces his mission: "I'm member and preacher to that church...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1944, just days after the liberation of Paris, Charles Jackson sees something horrific: a man in a dark tunnel, apparently drinking the blood of a murdered woman. Terrified, he does nothing, telling himself afterward that worse tragedies happen during war. Seven years later he returns to the city--and sees the same man dining in the company of a fascinating, beautiful young woman. When they leave the restaurant, Charles decides to follow. A Love...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
18 CDs (22 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Victory comes at a price. Mare Barrow learned this all too well when Cal's betrayal nearly destroyed her. Now determined to protect her heart, and secure freedom for Reds and newbloods like her, Mare resolves to overthrow the kingdom of Norta once and for all.
Author
Series
Molly Southbourne trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
151 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Whenever Molly Southbourne bled, a murderer was born. Deadly copies, drawn to destroy their creator, bound by a legacy of death. With the original Molly Southbourne gone, her remnants drew together, seeking safety and a chance for peace. The last Molly and her sisters built a home together, and thought they could escape the murder that marked their past. But secrets squirm in Molly Southbourne's blood--secrets born in a Soviet lab and carried back...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
271 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"While overseas fighting in the Afghan war, U.S. Army soldier Coop - a man haunted by the things he has seen and done in the war - is told that his wife has been killed back home in the States. The ticking of the clock begins as Coop is given a brief leave to attend to his wife's affairs. But while back in New York City, Coop discovers his wife's death was far more suspicious than anyone told him. He decides to go AWOL, using his military training...
19) Our frail blood
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
x, 485 pages : geneological table ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"By way of Italy, the Felice family puts down new roots in Southern California, settling into a grand Victorian home and buying a share of the great American Dream. But for their five, first-generation children, an idyllic childhood didn't quite translate into success and happiness. Rather, the pressures of living up to expectations drove a wide rift through the family. After decades apart, the five siblings find themselves together again at their...
20) Blood world
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
436 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A drug that makes the blood of carriers a fountain of youth, a psychopath who doesn't care how many bodies he leaves in his wake, and an LAPD detective hopelessly compromised by a dark secret. Together, they're an explosive mix that's going to shatter the city of Los Angeles into a million corpuscles. The most valuable commodity on earth is the blood of "carriers." These young people hold within them a virtual fountain of youth. Those with the right...
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