Author: Tony Bradman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 147295372X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The gripping story of Boudica and her battle against the Roman empire, told through the eyes of a young girl. Perfect for fans of historical adventure. Young Rhianna is relieved when Queen Boudica takes in her and her sister when their parents die. But there's a darkness in Boudica that's waiting to be unleashed and the Romans will suffer for their crimes against her. Soon, Rhianna witnesses much more than the kindness that Boudica has shown her and her sister. There's a battle coming... and a terrible aftermath. This exciting and engaging take on a powerful woman from history from the master historical storyteller, Tony Bradman, is a great way to cover Boudica who is covered on the Key Stage 2 (KS2) curriculum in England. Flashbacks offer dramatic stories set in key moments in history, perfect for introducing children to historical topics.
Queen of Darkness
Author: Tony Bradman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 147295372X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The gripping story of Boudica and her battle against the Roman empire, told through the eyes of a young girl. Perfect for fans of historical adventure. Young Rhianna is relieved when Queen Boudica takes in her and her sister when their parents die. But there's a darkness in Boudica that's waiting to be unleashed and the Romans will suffer for their crimes against her. Soon, Rhianna witnesses much more than the kindness that Boudica has shown her and her sister. There's a battle coming... and a terrible aftermath. This exciting and engaging take on a powerful woman from history from the master historical storyteller, Tony Bradman, is a great way to cover Boudica who is covered on the Key Stage 2 (KS2) curriculum in England. Flashbacks offer dramatic stories set in key moments in history, perfect for introducing children to historical topics.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 147295372X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The gripping story of Boudica and her battle against the Roman empire, told through the eyes of a young girl. Perfect for fans of historical adventure. Young Rhianna is relieved when Queen Boudica takes in her and her sister when their parents die. But there's a darkness in Boudica that's waiting to be unleashed and the Romans will suffer for their crimes against her. Soon, Rhianna witnesses much more than the kindness that Boudica has shown her and her sister. There's a battle coming... and a terrible aftermath. This exciting and engaging take on a powerful woman from history from the master historical storyteller, Tony Bradman, is a great way to cover Boudica who is covered on the Key Stage 2 (KS2) curriculum in England. Flashbacks offer dramatic stories set in key moments in history, perfect for introducing children to historical topics.
The Queen of Darkness
Author: Miguel Conner
Publisher: Aspect
ISBN: 9780446605069
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
After vampires take over the earth by instigating a nuclear holocaust, herding humans into concentration camp-like farms, a rebellious young "stargazer"--the MoonQueen's favorite--becomes humanity's only hope of salvation. Original.
Publisher: Aspect
ISBN: 9780446605069
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
After vampires take over the earth by instigating a nuclear holocaust, herding humans into concentration camp-like farms, a rebellious young "stargazer"--the MoonQueen's favorite--becomes humanity's only hope of salvation. Original.
Queen of the Dark Chamber
Author: Christiana Tsai
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 0802491693
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
It is a time of heavy persecution in China. Christiana Tsai becomes a follower of Christ. An autobiography, Queen of the Dark Chamber exposes Christiana’s severe suffering because of her conversion. Through her, however, the light and life of the gospel and the glory of Christ is revealed. Step into her life and taste the bitterness of sin around her and the brilliant sweetness of Christ’s light in the midst of trial.
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 0802491693
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
It is a time of heavy persecution in China. Christiana Tsai becomes a follower of Christ. An autobiography, Queen of the Dark Chamber exposes Christiana’s severe suffering because of her conversion. Through her, however, the light and life of the gospel and the glory of Christ is revealed. Step into her life and taste the bitterness of sin around her and the brilliant sweetness of Christ’s light in the midst of trial.
Queen of Air and Darkness
Author: Cassandra Clare
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442468459
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Dark secrets and forbidden love threaten the very survival of the Shadowhunters in Cassandra Clare’s Queen of Air and Darkness, the final novel in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling The Dark Artifices trilogy. Queen of Air and Darkness is a Shadowhunters novel. What if damnation is the price of true love? Innocent blood has been spilled on the steps of the Council Hall, the sacred stronghold of the Shadowhunters. Their society now teeters on the brink of civil war. One fragment of the Blackthorn family flees to Los Angeles, seeking to discover the source of the disease that is destroying the race of warlocks. Meanwhile, Julian and Emma take desperate measures to put their forbidden love aside and undertake a perilous mission to Faerie to retrieve the Black Volume of the Dead. What they find there is a secret that may tear the Shadow World asunder and open a dark path into a future they could never have imagined. Caught in a race against time, Emma and Julian must save the world of the Shadowhunters before a deadly curse destroys them and everyone they love.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442468459
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Dark secrets and forbidden love threaten the very survival of the Shadowhunters in Cassandra Clare’s Queen of Air and Darkness, the final novel in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling The Dark Artifices trilogy. Queen of Air and Darkness is a Shadowhunters novel. What if damnation is the price of true love? Innocent blood has been spilled on the steps of the Council Hall, the sacred stronghold of the Shadowhunters. Their society now teeters on the brink of civil war. One fragment of the Blackthorn family flees to Los Angeles, seeking to discover the source of the disease that is destroying the race of warlocks. Meanwhile, Julian and Emma take desperate measures to put their forbidden love aside and undertake a perilous mission to Faerie to retrieve the Black Volume of the Dead. What they find there is a secret that may tear the Shadow World asunder and open a dark path into a future they could never have imagined. Caught in a race against time, Emma and Julian must save the world of the Shadowhunters before a deadly curse destroys them and everyone they love.
The Dark Queen
Author: Susan Carroll
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345437969
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
From Brittany’s misty shores to the decadent splendor of Paris’s royal court, one woman must fulfill her destiny–while facing the treacherous designs of Catherine de Medici, the dark queen. She is Ariane, the Lady of Faire Isle, one of the Cheney sisters, renowned for their mystical skills and for keeping the isle secure and prosperous. But this is a time when women of ability are deemed sorceresses, when Renaissance France is torn by ruthless political intrigues, and all are held in thrall to the sinister ambitions of Queen Catherine de Medici. Then a wounded stranger arrives on Faire Isle, bearing a secret the Dark Queen will do everything in her power to possess. The only person Ariane can turn to is the comte de Renard, a nobleman with fiery determination and a past as mysterious as his own unusual gifts. Riveting, vibrant, and breathtaking, The Dark Queen follows Ariane and Renard as they risk everything to prevent the fulfillment of a dreadful prophecy–even if they must tempt fate and their own passions.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345437969
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
From Brittany’s misty shores to the decadent splendor of Paris’s royal court, one woman must fulfill her destiny–while facing the treacherous designs of Catherine de Medici, the dark queen. She is Ariane, the Lady of Faire Isle, one of the Cheney sisters, renowned for their mystical skills and for keeping the isle secure and prosperous. But this is a time when women of ability are deemed sorceresses, when Renaissance France is torn by ruthless political intrigues, and all are held in thrall to the sinister ambitions of Queen Catherine de Medici. Then a wounded stranger arrives on Faire Isle, bearing a secret the Dark Queen will do everything in her power to possess. The only person Ariane can turn to is the comte de Renard, a nobleman with fiery determination and a past as mysterious as his own unusual gifts. Riveting, vibrant, and breathtaking, The Dark Queen follows Ariane and Renard as they risk everything to prevent the fulfillment of a dreadful prophecy–even if they must tempt fate and their own passions.
Queen of the Dark Things
Author: C. Robert Cargill
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575130172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Compared by many to Neil Gaiman but also praised for establishing his own unique, powerful yet warm voice, C. Robert Cargill has now moved his brilliant contemporary fantasy into a new world, a new mythology. Two boys, spirited away into a dark world of myth and folklore that has lived, grown and changed alongside our world, have grown into men and now make their way. But faerie has not forgotten them, it never could, they wield too much power, too much hinges on them, so it reaches out again. And a trip to Australia becomes a terrifying adventure amongst new gods, new spirits, new embodiments of an ancient land and power.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575130172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Compared by many to Neil Gaiman but also praised for establishing his own unique, powerful yet warm voice, C. Robert Cargill has now moved his brilliant contemporary fantasy into a new world, a new mythology. Two boys, spirited away into a dark world of myth and folklore that has lived, grown and changed alongside our world, have grown into men and now make their way. But faerie has not forgotten them, it never could, they wield too much power, too much hinges on them, so it reaches out again. And a trip to Australia becomes a terrifying adventure amongst new gods, new spirits, new embodiments of an ancient land and power.
Dark Queen
Author: Faith Hunter
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101991429
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Jane Yellowrock used to hunt vampires, but now she must fight--and win--beside them. As Enforcer to the vampire Master of the City of New Orleans, Jane Yellowrock stakes her reputation and her life on keeping her territory safe. But Leo has been issued a blood challenge by the emperor of the European vampires, who seeks to usurp all of his power and possessions. If Leo loses the match to the death, the city will be forfeit, and the people of New Orleans will suffer the consequences. Jane can't let that happen. Preparing for the duel requires all of Jane's focus, but with so much supernatural power in play, nothing goes according to plan. She has to rely on herself and the very few people she knows she can trust to stand and fight. Only two things are guaranteed: nothing is sacred, and no one is safe.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101991429
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Jane Yellowrock used to hunt vampires, but now she must fight--and win--beside them. As Enforcer to the vampire Master of the City of New Orleans, Jane Yellowrock stakes her reputation and her life on keeping her territory safe. But Leo has been issued a blood challenge by the emperor of the European vampires, who seeks to usurp all of his power and possessions. If Leo loses the match to the death, the city will be forfeit, and the people of New Orleans will suffer the consequences. Jane can't let that happen. Preparing for the duel requires all of Jane's focus, but with so much supernatural power in play, nothing goes according to plan. She has to rely on herself and the very few people she knows she can trust to stand and fight. Only two things are guaranteed: nothing is sacred, and no one is safe.
Dark Queen
Author: Ker Dukey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
He was my boss. Rich, ambitious, dominating. I was a waitress, struggling to pay the fees for ballet school. Poor, talented, desperate. He needed to marry to appease his dying father, to inherit the family empire. It wasn't supposed to be real, or forever. Until he changed the rules. What Mafia king Luca Leto wants, he gets, and he's crowned his queen. Me. I'm under his rule now. And his reign is cruel and toxic. They call him the dark king and to gain my freedom I'm going to have to become a dark queen. #Standalone Mafia romance.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
He was my boss. Rich, ambitious, dominating. I was a waitress, struggling to pay the fees for ballet school. Poor, talented, desperate. He needed to marry to appease his dying father, to inherit the family empire. It wasn't supposed to be real, or forever. Until he changed the rules. What Mafia king Luca Leto wants, he gets, and he's crowned his queen. Me. I'm under his rule now. And his reign is cruel and toxic. They call him the dark king and to gain my freedom I'm going to have to become a dark queen. #Standalone Mafia romance.
The Once & Future King
Author: T. H. White
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 1551999145
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 705
Book Description
The definitive modern take on the timeless tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round table. The legends of King Arthur date back to medieval Europe, and have become some of the dominant myths of Western culture. In The Once & Future King, T. H. White reinvents the story for a modern audience. The novel starts by introducing the reader to a young Arthur – just a child, and far from the King he will become – as he is raised by the wizard Merlyn, and moves on to chronicle his rise to Kingship, the affair between Guinevere and Lancelot, and the eventual destruction of the round table. The first section, released independently as The Sword in the Stone, was adapted into an animated film by Walt Disney Pictures. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 1551999145
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 705
Book Description
The definitive modern take on the timeless tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round table. The legends of King Arthur date back to medieval Europe, and have become some of the dominant myths of Western culture. In The Once & Future King, T. H. White reinvents the story for a modern audience. The novel starts by introducing the reader to a young Arthur – just a child, and far from the King he will become – as he is raised by the wizard Merlyn, and moves on to chronicle his rise to Kingship, the affair between Guinevere and Lancelot, and the eventual destruction of the round table. The first section, released independently as The Sword in the Stone, was adapted into an animated film by Walt Disney Pictures. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.
Queen of Darkness
Author: Samantha Britt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Sera's officially Queen of the Dark, but enemies threaten her reign before it has the chance to begin. Rebels control Seelie Court, led by none other than Camden, Sera's former fiancé and new ruler of Seelie. As evil Dark Fae threaten the safety of The Fae Realm, the only hope for peace lies in Sera's diadem. She must learn to control The Darkness, but no one is able to help her master the unruly power. That is... no one on land. Undine Fae live in the sea. Before being exiled from land, they were renowned masters of The Darkness. Now, Sera and her friends must journey to the isolated court and beg their queen for help. Otherwise, the rebels will win, and The Fae Realm will be cast into darkness. Will Sera master her powers and defeat her enemy? Or will the rebels take control of The Fae Realm and cast it into Darkness? Discover the conclusion to Sera's journey in Queen of Darkness, the final installment of The Dark Fae Trilogy.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Sera's officially Queen of the Dark, but enemies threaten her reign before it has the chance to begin. Rebels control Seelie Court, led by none other than Camden, Sera's former fiancé and new ruler of Seelie. As evil Dark Fae threaten the safety of The Fae Realm, the only hope for peace lies in Sera's diadem. She must learn to control The Darkness, but no one is able to help her master the unruly power. That is... no one on land. Undine Fae live in the sea. Before being exiled from land, they were renowned masters of The Darkness. Now, Sera and her friends must journey to the isolated court and beg their queen for help. Otherwise, the rebels will win, and The Fae Realm will be cast into darkness. Will Sera master her powers and defeat her enemy? Or will the rebels take control of The Fae Realm and cast it into Darkness? Discover the conclusion to Sera's journey in Queen of Darkness, the final installment of The Dark Fae Trilogy.