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1) Angel mage
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English
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Liliath is one of the greatest practitioners of angelic magic to have ever lived, summoning angels and forcing them to do her bidding. More than a century has passed since she crept into the empty sarcophagus of Saint Marguerite, fleeing the Fall of Ystara. She emerges from her magical sleep still beautiful, looking no more than nineteen, and determined to be united with her lover, Palleniel, the archangel of Ystara. Most of the inhabitants of Ystara...
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Sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape shifter, a "skin man, " Roland Deschain takes charge of Bill Streeter, a brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast's most recent slaughter. Roland, himself only a teenager, calms the boy by reciting a story from the Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime, "The Wind through the Keyhole." (The novel can be placed between Dark Tower...
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Lord of the rings volume 3
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English
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Recounts the defeat of Sauron and the triumph of Aragorn, made possible by the fulfillment of Frodo's quest.
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Dark Tower volume 1
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English
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Roland Deschain of Gilead is the last gunslinger. He is a haunting, solitary figure at first, on a mysterious quest through a desolate world that eerily mirrors our own. Pursuing the man in black, an evil being who can bring the dead back to life, Roland is a good man who seems to leave nothing but death in his wake.
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In the realm of Awara, where gods, monsters, and humans exist side by side, Miuko is an ordinary girl resigned to a safe, if uneventful, existence as an innkeeper's daughter. But when Miuko is cursed and begins to transform into a demon with a deadly touch, she embarks on a quest to reverse the curse and return to her normal life. Aided by a thieving magpie spirit and continuously thwarted by a demon prince, Miuko must outfox tricksters, escape demon...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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How do you kill a god? As her father's chosen heir, Rasmira has trained her whole life to become a warrior and lead her village. But when her coming-of-age trial is sabotaged and she fails the test, her father banishes her to the monster-filled wilderness. To win back her honor, Rasmira must fulfill an impossible quest: kill the oppressive god who claims tribute from the villages each year... or die trying. --
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Young elites volume 3
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English
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"With new threats looming, Adelina's forced to revisit old wounds, putting not only herself at risk, but every Elite and the very world they live in"--
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Under the never sky trilogy volume 3
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English
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"In their effort to reach the fabled Still Blue, Aria and Perry will have to rescue Cinder, defeat Sable and Hess, and unite the Dwellers and the Outsiders once and for all"--
9) Furyborn
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Empirium trilogy volume 1
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English
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"When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven elemental magic trials. If she fails, she will be executed ... unless the trials kill her first. One thousand years later, the legend of Queen Rielle is a fairy tale to Eliana Ferracora. A bounty hunter for the Undying...
11) City of glass
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Series
Mortal instruments volume 3
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters -- never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight. As Clary uncovers more about her family's...
12) Ice kissed
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Kanin chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Having failed in her mission to locate the missing Skojare Queen, and capture the ex-tracker Konstantin, tracker Bryn Aven returns to Doldastam to help prepare the kingdom for war against Viktor Dalig--but dark secrets lurk in the halls of the crystal palace, and uncovering them will threaten the half-Skojare tracker and change her life and the Kanin Kingdom forever.
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
375 pages : map ; 24 cm.
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English
Description
Daphne has spent her entire life honing her body and mind into that of a warrior, hoping to be accepted by the unyielding people of ancient Sparta. An unexpected encounter with the goddess Artemis, who holds Daphne's brother's fate in her hands, upends the life she has worked so hard to build. Nine mysterious items have been stolen from Mount Olympus and if Daphne cannot find them, the gods' waning powers will fade away, the mortal world will descend...
14) The iron tree
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Series
Crowthistle chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
399 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
15) Cursed
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
408 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"Nimue grew up an outcast. Her connection to dark magic made her something to be feared in her Druid village, and that made her desperate to leave. . . . That is, until Red Paladins slaughter her entire village, and Nimue's fate is forever altered. Charged by her dying mother to reunite an ancient sword with a legendary sorcerer, Nimue is now her people's only hope"--
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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The ancient god has been resurrected and sealed inside Beru's body. Both of them are at the mercy of the Prophet Pallas, who wants to subjugate the Six Prophetic Cities; but the god is growing stronger. Far away, Anton is learning to harness his powers as a Prophet. He plans to lead Jude, Hassan, and Beru's sister Ephyra on a desperate quest to destroy the god, Pallas, and save the world from darkness-- even if it requires an unbearable sacrifice....
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Series
Publisher
EOS
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 386 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Enduring years of painful loyalty to a ruler he has never respected, Sir Wolf is ordered to accompany a mysterious inquisitor and his impetuous younger brother on a mission to rescue former royal mistress Lady Celeste, a task that leads to the discovery of threatening secrets.
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The quest for the missing Elfstones has drawn the leader of the Druid order and her followers into the Forbidding: the hellish dimension that imprisons the most dangerous creatures banished from the Four Lands. But now the powerful magic barrier that surrounds the Forbidding is crumbling, and an evil horde is poised to break free, unless one young Druid is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice.
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