Author: Anne Lauppe-Dunbar
Publisher: Seren
ISBN: 1781722692
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
A shocking story of the horrors of a political system that doped its youngsters to sporting superhero status, and then left them to fend for themselves. Shortlisted for the Impress and Cinnamon First Novel Prize, this East German noir thriller is set in 1990, a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Unhappy West Berlin police officer Sophia is called on to investigate the murder of her childhood friend Käthe, after her beaten body is discovered in Sophia's local park. Sophia is forced to return to the hometown she fled as a teenager with her enigmatic father Petrus, and Mia - a frightened child who turned up on her doorstep. She must investigate Käthe's murder and care for a mother she believed abandoned her. As she reluctantly delves into the sordid Stasi secrets of those she grew up with, Sophia uncovers a web of horrors about her own abusive past as a child-swimming star in the former GDR. But her hunt for the truth has not gone unnoticed by those close to her, people who still have too much to hide.
Dark Mermaids
Author: Anne Lauppe-Dunbar
Publisher: Seren
ISBN: 1781722692
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
A shocking story of the horrors of a political system that doped its youngsters to sporting superhero status, and then left them to fend for themselves. Shortlisted for the Impress and Cinnamon First Novel Prize, this East German noir thriller is set in 1990, a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Unhappy West Berlin police officer Sophia is called on to investigate the murder of her childhood friend Käthe, after her beaten body is discovered in Sophia's local park. Sophia is forced to return to the hometown she fled as a teenager with her enigmatic father Petrus, and Mia - a frightened child who turned up on her doorstep. She must investigate Käthe's murder and care for a mother she believed abandoned her. As she reluctantly delves into the sordid Stasi secrets of those she grew up with, Sophia uncovers a web of horrors about her own abusive past as a child-swimming star in the former GDR. But her hunt for the truth has not gone unnoticed by those close to her, people who still have too much to hide.
Publisher: Seren
ISBN: 1781722692
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
A shocking story of the horrors of a political system that doped its youngsters to sporting superhero status, and then left them to fend for themselves. Shortlisted for the Impress and Cinnamon First Novel Prize, this East German noir thriller is set in 1990, a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Unhappy West Berlin police officer Sophia is called on to investigate the murder of her childhood friend Käthe, after her beaten body is discovered in Sophia's local park. Sophia is forced to return to the hometown she fled as a teenager with her enigmatic father Petrus, and Mia - a frightened child who turned up on her doorstep. She must investigate Käthe's murder and care for a mother she believed abandoned her. As she reluctantly delves into the sordid Stasi secrets of those she grew up with, Sophia uncovers a web of horrors about her own abusive past as a child-swimming star in the former GDR. But her hunt for the truth has not gone unnoticed by those close to her, people who still have too much to hide.
The Dark Mermaid
Author: Christina Barr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692945346
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
On the day Luna proves that she is powerful enough to be her father's heir, she is banished for saving the life of an enchanting human boy. Her father, the king, gives her two options: kill Ian and regain her honor by the time she comes of age, or be destroyed.Luna finds shelter in forbidden waters and comes under the protection of her father's greatest enemy, the Sea Witch. As her ward, Luna becomes a fearsome warrior, but struggles with the fear of turning her powerful magic dark.With only days remaining before her seventeenth birthday, Luna finds Ian sailing the seas in search of answers. Luna is determined to escape her father's wrath, and the Sea Witch's plot of revenge, but dark forces won't allow her to live a human life without making an impossible sacrifice.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692945346
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
On the day Luna proves that she is powerful enough to be her father's heir, she is banished for saving the life of an enchanting human boy. Her father, the king, gives her two options: kill Ian and regain her honor by the time she comes of age, or be destroyed.Luna finds shelter in forbidden waters and comes under the protection of her father's greatest enemy, the Sea Witch. As her ward, Luna becomes a fearsome warrior, but struggles with the fear of turning her powerful magic dark.With only days remaining before her seventeenth birthday, Luna finds Ian sailing the seas in search of answers. Luna is determined to escape her father's wrath, and the Sea Witch's plot of revenge, but dark forces won't allow her to live a human life without making an impossible sacrifice.
Dreams and Shadows
Author: C. Robert Cargill
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006219044X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Screenwriter and acclaimed film critic C. Robert Cargill makes his fiction debut with Dreams and Shadows, taking beloved fantasy tropes, giving them a twist, and turning out a wonderful, witty, and wry take on clash between the fairy world and our own. Something is missing from Ewan and Colby’s lives. Residing in the corners of their memories is their time in Limestone Kingdom, a realm filled with magic and mystery, a world where only some may travel amongst the menagerie of mystical souls and sinister demons. Cargill offers well-crafted characters and an absorbing, intricate plot that will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman and Lev Grossman. Dreams and Shadows pulls you into an extraordinary universe of darkness that exposes the magic and monsters in our world, and in ourselves.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006219044X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Screenwriter and acclaimed film critic C. Robert Cargill makes his fiction debut with Dreams and Shadows, taking beloved fantasy tropes, giving them a twist, and turning out a wonderful, witty, and wry take on clash between the fairy world and our own. Something is missing from Ewan and Colby’s lives. Residing in the corners of their memories is their time in Limestone Kingdom, a realm filled with magic and mystery, a world where only some may travel amongst the menagerie of mystical souls and sinister demons. Cargill offers well-crafted characters and an absorbing, intricate plot that will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman and Lev Grossman. Dreams and Shadows pulls you into an extraordinary universe of darkness that exposes the magic and monsters in our world, and in ourselves.
Return of the Dark Queen (Book 6)
Author: EDC Publishing
Publisher: Usborne
ISBN: 9780794536848
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Can you keep a secret? By day, Molly Holmes is just like any other little girl, but by night, she becomes the secret mermaid in this magical series. Far out in the ocean live the Shell-Keeper mermaids. While the rest of the world sleeps, one little girl joins them for some magical mermaid adventures. Disaster has struck - the Dark Queen has captured the last piece of the magical conch shell! Unless Molly and the Shell-Keepers can stop her, she will seize control of the ocean, and cast her wicked spell over all the undersea creatures...
Publisher: Usborne
ISBN: 9780794536848
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Can you keep a secret? By day, Molly Holmes is just like any other little girl, but by night, she becomes the secret mermaid in this magical series. Far out in the ocean live the Shell-Keeper mermaids. While the rest of the world sleeps, one little girl joins them for some magical mermaid adventures. Disaster has struck - the Dark Queen has captured the last piece of the magical conch shell! Unless Molly and the Shell-Keepers can stop her, she will seize control of the ocean, and cast her wicked spell over all the undersea creatures...
Thirsty Mermaids
Author: Kat Leyh
Publisher: Gallery 13
ISBN: 1982133570
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Eisner and Lambda Literary Award nominated graphic novel about a group of mermaids trapped on dry land—from prolific comic artist and writer Kat Leyh, creator of the acclaimed Snapdragon and coauthor of the bestselling Lumberjanes series! Fresh out of shipwreck wine, three tipsy mermaids decide to magically masquerade as humans and sneak onto land to indulge in much more drinking and a whole lot of fun in the heart of a local seaside tourist trap. But the good times abruptly end the next morning as, through the haze of killer hangovers, the trio realizes they never actually learned how to break the spell and are now stuck on land for the foreseeable future. Which means everything from: enlisting the aid of their I-know-we-just-met-can-we-crash-with-you bartender friend, struggling to make sense of the world around them, to even trying to get a job with no skill set…all while attempting to somehow return to the sea and making the most of their current situation with tenacity and camaraderie (especially if someone else is buying). Hilarious and big-hearted, Thirsty Mermaids is “a bright, bold shot of fun with a chaser of feels” (Kirkus Reviews).
Publisher: Gallery 13
ISBN: 1982133570
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Eisner and Lambda Literary Award nominated graphic novel about a group of mermaids trapped on dry land—from prolific comic artist and writer Kat Leyh, creator of the acclaimed Snapdragon and coauthor of the bestselling Lumberjanes series! Fresh out of shipwreck wine, three tipsy mermaids decide to magically masquerade as humans and sneak onto land to indulge in much more drinking and a whole lot of fun in the heart of a local seaside tourist trap. But the good times abruptly end the next morning as, through the haze of killer hangovers, the trio realizes they never actually learned how to break the spell and are now stuck on land for the foreseeable future. Which means everything from: enlisting the aid of their I-know-we-just-met-can-we-crash-with-you bartender friend, struggling to make sense of the world around them, to even trying to get a job with no skill set…all while attempting to somehow return to the sea and making the most of their current situation with tenacity and camaraderie (especially if someone else is buying). Hilarious and big-hearted, Thirsty Mermaids is “a bright, bold shot of fun with a chaser of feels” (Kirkus Reviews).
Rolling in the Deep
Author: Mira Grant
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781596067080
Category : Horror tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781596067080
Category : Horror tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Mermaid's Secret
Author: Katie Schickel
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765381311
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
When she, on her 23rd birthday, catches a wave that transforms her into a mermaid, Jess Creary becomes reborn into a confident, powerful predator with superhuman strength, but back on land, her relationship with Captain Matthew heats up and so does her search for the truth about her sister's death.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765381311
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
When she, on her 23rd birthday, catches a wave that transforms her into a mermaid, Jess Creary becomes reborn into a confident, powerful predator with superhuman strength, but back on land, her relationship with Captain Matthew heats up and so does her search for the truth about her sister's death.
The Last Hundred Days
Author: Patrick McGuinness
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1608199150
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Once the gleaming "Paris of the East," Bucharest in 1989 is a world of corruption and paranoia, in thrall to the repressive regime of Nicolae Ceau?escu. Old landmarks are falling to demolition crews, grocery shelves are empty, and informants are everywhere. Into this state of crisis, a young British man arrives to take a university post he never interviewed for. He is taken under the wing of Leo O'Heix, a colleague and master of the black market, and falls for the sleek Celia, daughter of a party apparatchik. Yet he soon learns that in this society, friendships are compromised, and loyalty is never absolute. And as the regime's authority falters, he finds himself uncomfortably, then dangerously, close to the eye of the storm. By turns thrilling and satirical, studded with poetry and understated revelation, The Last Hundred Days captures the commonplace terror of Cold War Eastern Europe. Patrick McGuinness's first novel is unforgettable.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1608199150
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Once the gleaming "Paris of the East," Bucharest in 1989 is a world of corruption and paranoia, in thrall to the repressive regime of Nicolae Ceau?escu. Old landmarks are falling to demolition crews, grocery shelves are empty, and informants are everywhere. Into this state of crisis, a young British man arrives to take a university post he never interviewed for. He is taken under the wing of Leo O'Heix, a colleague and master of the black market, and falls for the sleek Celia, daughter of a party apparatchik. Yet he soon learns that in this society, friendships are compromised, and loyalty is never absolute. And as the regime's authority falters, he finds himself uncomfortably, then dangerously, close to the eye of the storm. By turns thrilling and satirical, studded with poetry and understated revelation, The Last Hundred Days captures the commonplace terror of Cold War Eastern Europe. Patrick McGuinness's first novel is unforgettable.
Mermaids, Werewolves, and Witches, Oh My! - Paranormal Tails of the Dark and Deep
Author: A.J. Scudiere
Publisher: Griffyn Ink
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1301
Book Description
An amazing collection of paranormal stories for the lover of the mysterious and the unknown. Meet mermaids, talk with ghosts, join an elite unit of the FBI, and cast a few spells with us… UNDER DARK SKIES Eleri and Donovan have just been assigned to their first case with the FBI unit, NightShade. They have to crack the case, but each of them is working hard to keep their own strange secrets hidden… LORELEI’S LYRIC If Lorelei sings, someone will die. Follow this Rhinemaiden on a journey to find her perfect match. It’s harder than she thinks. Everyone around her has their own problems to deal with, including Lorelei. WISHCRAFT Delilah is an 8th generation witch dealing with a heartbreaking betrayal the only way she knows how: witchcraft. What happens when Brandon figures out what she’s been doing? WHO BY WATER Jo Wiley thought she had her life figured out and had made peace with her past when she moved around the world to Slovenia. Only there are more ghosts in Slovenia than in the life she left behind… Over 1400 pages of amazing stories that walk the edge of reality. Each book opens the door to a new series. So come join us and find a new read to dive into!
Publisher: Griffyn Ink
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1301
Book Description
An amazing collection of paranormal stories for the lover of the mysterious and the unknown. Meet mermaids, talk with ghosts, join an elite unit of the FBI, and cast a few spells with us… UNDER DARK SKIES Eleri and Donovan have just been assigned to their first case with the FBI unit, NightShade. They have to crack the case, but each of them is working hard to keep their own strange secrets hidden… LORELEI’S LYRIC If Lorelei sings, someone will die. Follow this Rhinemaiden on a journey to find her perfect match. It’s harder than she thinks. Everyone around her has their own problems to deal with, including Lorelei. WISHCRAFT Delilah is an 8th generation witch dealing with a heartbreaking betrayal the only way she knows how: witchcraft. What happens when Brandon figures out what she’s been doing? WHO BY WATER Jo Wiley thought she had her life figured out and had made peace with her past when she moved around the world to Slovenia. Only there are more ghosts in Slovenia than in the life she left behind… Over 1400 pages of amazing stories that walk the edge of reality. Each book opens the door to a new series. So come join us and find a new read to dive into!
Drowning Mermaids
Author: Nadia Scrieva
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781469932736
Category : Man-woman relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Includes excerpt from: Fathoms of forgiveness.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781469932736
Category : Man-woman relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Includes excerpt from: Fathoms of forgiveness.