Alphabet Of Thorn

Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473205536

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Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip Pdf

Deep inside a palace on the edge of the world, the orphan Nepenthe pores over books in the royal library, translating their languages and learning their secrets. At sixteen, she knows little of the outside world. But when a young mage gives Nepenthe a book that has defied translation - a book written in a language of thorns - it speaks to Nepenthe's soul, and becomes her secret obsession. As the words escape the brambles they reveal themselves - and begin to reveal Nepenthe's destiny ...

Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101208281

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Alphabet Of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip Pdf

Fantasy author Patricia A. McKillip, the 21st century's response to Hans Christian Andersen, has mastered the art of writing fairy tales -- as evidenced by previous works like The Tower at Stony Wood, Ombria in Shadow, and In the Forests of Serre. Alphabet of Thorn is yet another timeless fable suitable for children and adults alike. In the kingdom of Raine, a vast realm at the edge of the world, an orphaned baby girl is found by a palace librarian and raised to become a translator. Years later, the girl -- named Nepenthe -- comes in contact with a mysterious book written in a language of thorns that no one, not even the wizards at Raine's famous Floating School for mages, can decipher. The book calls out to Nepenthe's very soul, and she is soon privately translating its contents. As she works tirelessly transcribing the book -- which turns out to be about the historical figures of Axis, the Emperor of Night, and Kane, his masked sorcerer -- the kingdom of Raine is teetering on the brink of chaos. The newly crowned queen, a mousy 14-year old girl named Tessera who wants nothing to do with matters of state, hides in the woods as regents plot revolution. The queen's destiny, however, is intertwined with Nepenthe's ability to unravel the mystery of the thorns.

Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0441012434

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Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip Pdf

Fantasy author Patricia A. McKillip, the 21st century's response to Hans Christian Andersen, has mastered the art of writing fairy tales -- as evidenced by previous works like The Tower at Stony Wood, Ombria in Shadow, and In the Forests of Serre. Alphabet of Thorn is yet another timeless fable suitable for children and adults alike. In the kingdom of Raine, a vast realm at the edge of the world, an orphaned baby girl is found by a palace librarian and raised to become a translator. Years later, the girl -- named Nepenthe -- comes in contact with a mysterious book written in a language of thorns that no one, not even the wizards at Raine's famous Floating School for mages, can decipher. The book calls out to Nepenthe's very soul, and she is soon privately translating its contents. As she works tirelessly transcribing the book -- which turns out to be about the historical figures of Axis, the Emperor of Night, and Kane, his masked sorcerer -- the kingdom of Raine is teetering on the brink of chaos. The newly crowned queen, a mousy 14-year old girl named Tessera who wants nothing to do with matters of state, hides in the woods as regents plot revolution. The queen's destiny, however, is intertwined with Nepenthe's ability to unravel the mystery of the thorns.

Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101662137

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The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A. McKillip Pdf

Twenty years ago, the powerful mage Atrix Wolfe unleashed an uncontrollable force that killed his beloved king. Now, the Queen of the Wood has offered him one last chance for redemption. She asks him to find her daughter, who vanished into the human world during the massacre he caused. No one has seen the princess-but deep in the kitchens of the Castle of Pelucir, there is a scullery maid who appeared out of nowhere one night long ago. She cannot speak and her eyes are full of sadness. But there are those who call her beautiful.

Author : De Witt Clinton Falls
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
ISBN : HARVARD:32044088085295

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The Comic Military Alphabet by De Witt Clinton Falls Pdf

Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440635878

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The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip Pdf

An “elegant” (Library Journal) fantasy from the World Fantasy Award-winning author of Solstice Wood Sealey Head is a small town on the edge of the ocean, a sleepy place where everyone hears the ringing of a bell no one can see. On the outskirts of town is the one truly great house, Aislinn House, where the aged Lady Eglantyne lies dying, and where the doors sometimes open not to its own dusty rooms, but to the wild majesty of a castle full of knights and princesses…

Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Tachyon Publications
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616962791

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The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip Pdf

World Fantasy Award-Winner First time available in an e-book edition "Rich and regal." —The New York Times Young Sybel, the heiress of powerful wizards, needs the company of no-one outside her gates. In her exquisite stone mansion, she is attended by exotic, magical beasts: Riddle-master Cyrin the boar; the treasure-starved dragon Gyld; Gules the Lyon, tawny master of the Southern Deserts; Ter, the fiercely vengeful falcon; Moriah, feline Lady of the Night. Sybel only lacks the exquisite and mysterious Liralen, which continues to elude her most powerful enchantments. But Sybel's solitude is to be shattered when a desperate soldier arrives bearing a mysterious child. Soon Sybel will discover that the world of men is full of love, deceit, and the temptations of vast power.

Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473205666

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The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip Pdf

Eager to graduate from the school on the hill, Phelan Cle chose Bone Plain, oft immortalised by poets and debated by scholars, for his final paper because he thought it would be an easy topic. It was commonly accepted - even at a school steeped in bardic tradition - that Bone Plain, with its three trials, three terrors and three treasures, was nothing more than a legend, a metaphor. But as his research leads him to the life of Nairn, the Wandering Bard, the Unforgiven, Phelan starts to wonder if there are any easy answers...

Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101208106

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Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip Pdf

When Ombria’s prince, Royce Greve, breathes his last—in palace rooms high above the city—he leaves his young son and mistress at the mercy of his ancient and powerful great-aunt, Domina Pearl. Meanwhile, in a dreamlike underworld peopled by Ombria’s ghosts, a sorceress weaves her spells and brews her potions, never revealing her real face—or true heart. And somewhere in between, the struggle to rule the whole of Ombria—both its light and shadows—will rest in the hands of those whose fractured lives align like the lost pieces of a magical puzzle….

Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1417689358

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Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip Pdf

"Romantic, magical, respectful of fantasy's traditions without being awed by them, McKillip's novels are near perfect examples of fantasy in the fairy-tale or folkloric mold, and the latest, "Alphabet of Thorn," is among her best."--"Locus."

Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473205567

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The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip Pdf

During the wedding festivities of his king, Cyan Dag, a knight of Gloinmere, is sought out by a mysterious bard and told a terrifying tale: that the king has married a false queen - a lie cloaked in ancient and powerful sorcery. Spurred on by his steadfast honour and loyalty, Cyan departs on a dangerous quest to rescue the real queen from her tower prison - to prevent war, and to awaken magic in a land that has lost its way ...

Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101662151

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Riddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillip Pdf

For over twenty years, World Fantasy Award winner Patricia A. McKillip has captured the hearts and imaginations of thousands of readers. Now at last her renowned Riddle-Master trilogy–The Riddle-Master of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire, and Harpist in the Wind–long out of print, is collected in one volume. It is considered her most enduring and beloved work. Now it is collected in one volume for the first time–the epic journeys of a young prince in a strange land, where wizards have long since vanished...but where magic is waiting to be reborn.

Author : Ava Reid
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062973184

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Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid Pdf

From highly acclaimed, bestselling author Ava Reid comes a gothic horror retelling of The Juniper Tree, set in another time and place within the world of The Wolf and the Woodsman, where a young witch seeks to discover her identity and escape the domination of her abusive wizard father, perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Catherynne M. Valente. A gruesome curse. A city in upheaval. A monster with unquenchable appetites. Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblya’s last true witches, she and her sisters are little more than a tourist trap as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm. Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside world. But at night, Marlinchen and her sisters sneak out to enjoy the city’s amenities and revel in its thrills, particularly the recently established ballet theater, where Marlinchen meets a dancer who quickly captures her heart. As Marlinchen’s late-night trysts grow more fervent and frequent, so does the threat of her father’s rage and magic. And while Oblya flourishes with culture and bustles with enterprise, a monster lurks in its midst, borne of intolerance and resentment and suffused with old-world power. Caught between history and progress and blood and desire, Marlinchen must draw upon her own magic to keep her city safe and find her place within it.

Author : M. L. Webb
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781683691631

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The GayBCs by M. L. Webb Pdf

A Moms Demand Action Book Club Pick “The perfect way to teach your kiddos LGBTQ+ vocab while celebrating the beauty of embracing yourself and others.”—KIWI Magazine A joyful celebration of LGBTQ+ vocabulary for kids of all ages! A playdate extravaganza transforms into a joyful celebration of friendship, love, and identity as four young friends sashay out of all the closets, dress up in a wardrobe fit for kings and queens, and discover the wonders of their imagination. In The GayBCs, M. L. Webb’s playful illustrations and lively poems delight in the beauty of embracing one’s truest self—from A is for Aro and Ace to F is for Family to T is for Trans. The GayBCs is a heartwarming and accessible gift to show kids and adults alike that every person is worthy of being celebrated. A bonus glossary offers opportunities for further discussion of complete terms, communities, and inclusive identities.

Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101208403

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Od Magic by Patricia A. McKillip Pdf

Brenden Vetch has a gift. With an innate sense he cannot explain to himself or describe to others, he connects to the agricultural world, nurturing gardens to flourish and instinctively knowing the healing properties each plant and herb has to offer. But Brenden’s gift isolates him from people—and from becoming part of a community.Until the day he receives a personal invitation from the wizard Od. She needs a gardener for her school in the great city of Kelior, where every potential wizard must be trained to serve the Kingdom of Numis. For decades the rulers of Numis have controlled the school, believing they can contain the power within it—and punish any wizard who dares defy the law.But unknown to the reigning monarchy is the power possessed by the school’s new gardener—a power that even Brenden isn’t fully aware of, and which is the true reason Od recruited him...