Frost Shadows

Author : Caroline Frost
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063065369

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Shadows of Pecan Hollow by Caroline Frost Pdf

Winner of the Crook's Corner Book Prize, finalist for the Golden Poppy Award, and longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize "This immersive, full-bodied novel will keep its hooks in you long after the last page is read, and marks the arrival of a tremendously wise and talented writer."—Ben Fountain Set in 1970-90s Texas, a mesmerizing story about a fierce woman and the partner-in-crime she can’t escape, perfect for readers of Where the Crawdads Sing and Valentine. It was 1970 when thirteen-year-old runaway Kit Walker was abducted by Manny Romero, a smooth-talking, low-level criminal, who first coddled her and then groomed her into his partner-in-crime. Before long, Kit and Manny were infamous for their string of gas station robberies throughout Texas, making a name for themselves as the Texaco Twosome. Twenty years after they meet, Kit has scraped together a life for herself and her daughter amongst the pecan trees and muddy creeks of the town of Pecan Hollow, far from Manny. But when he shows up at her doorstep a new man, fresh out of prison, Kit is forced to reckon with the shadows of her past. A gritty, penetrating, and unexpectedly tender novel, Shadows of Pecan Hollow is a hauntingly intimate and distinctly original debut about the complexity of love—both romantic and familial—and the bonds that define us. “Paper Moon meets Badlands in this mesmerizing Texas backroads thriller, a twisty story of a runaway girl who finds a home and a desperate love on the road with an opportunistic criminal.”—Janet Fitch

Author : Coco Ma
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781982527433

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Shadow Frost by Coco Ma Pdf

In the kingdom of Axaria, a darkness rises. Some call it a monster, laying waste to the villagers and their homes.Some say it is an invulnerable demon summoned from the deepest abysses of the Immortal Realm.Many soldiers from the royal guard are sent out to hunt it down.Not one has ever returned. When Asterin Faelenhart, Princess of Axaria and heir to the throne, discovers that she may hold the key to defeating the mysterious demon terrorizing her kingdom, she vows not to rest until the beast is slain. With the help of her friends and the powers she wields—though has yet to fully understand—Asterin sets out to complete a single task. The task that countless trained soldiers have failed. To kill it. But as they hunt for the demon, they unearth a plot to assassinate the princess herself instead. Asterin and her companions begin to wonder how much of their lives have been lies, especially when they realize that the center of the web of deceit might very well be themselves. With no one else to turn to, they are forced to decide just how much they are willing to sacrifice to protect the only world they have ever known. That is ... if the demon doesn’t get to them first. From young author Coco Ma comes a dazzling new tale of adventure, power, and betrayal, weaving together a stunning world of magic with a killer cast in an explosive, unforgettable debut.

Author : Roberto Casati,Patrick Cavanagh
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262550840

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The Visual World of Shadows by Roberto Casati,Patrick Cavanagh Pdf

How the perception of shadows, studied by vision scientists and visual artists, reveals the inner workings of the visual system. In The Visual World of Shadows, Roberto Casati and Patrick Cavanagh examine how the perception of shadows, as studied by vision scientists and visual artists, reveals the inner workings of the visual system. Shadows are at once a massive problem for vision—which must distinguish them from objects or material features of objects—and a resource, signaling the presence, location, shape, and size of objects. Casati and Cavanagh draw up an inventory of information retrievable from shadows, showing their amazing variety. They present an overview of the visual system, distinguishing between measurement and inference. They discuss the shadow mission, the work done by the visual brain to parse, and perhaps discard, the information from shadows; shadow ownership, the association of a shadow with the object that casts it; shadow labeling, the visual system's ability to tell shadows from nonshadows; and the shadow concept, our knowledge about shadows as a category. Casati and Cavanagh then apply the theoretical apparatus they have developed for shadows to other phenomena: illumination, reflection, and transparency. Finally, they examine the art of the shadow, paying tribute to artists' exploration of shadow, analyzing a series of artworks (reproduced in color) from a rich and fascinating art historical corpus.

Author : Jessie Vallée
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781039170599

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Frost & Shadows by Jessie Vallée Pdf

Seventeen-year-old Emma has been on the run her whole life. Born Gifted, with a powerful connection to Winter, she has dedicated her life to avoiding the Institute, the worldwide organization that oversees all who are born Blessed with powers. Separating the Gifted from their families, the Institute protects the world against Cursed creatures, those born with an insatiable hunger to devour the energy of all Gifted. When Emma is forced to join the Institute, she’s eager to test her warrior prowess but reluctant to use her power to defend an organization she’s been taught to hate. While patrolling the Institute borders, Emma encounters Dimitri, a young Cursed man unlike anyone she’s ever met. Dimitri’s full control of his hunger is not nearly as shocking as his unfathomable connection to her. But when the Institute is attacked by mysterious forces, every long-held conviction and belief will need to be called into question, and its members must turn to those they have labeled as traitors to save them all. Can Emma prevent a war, or will the world fall to chaos?

Author : Rick Anthony
Publisher : Rick Anthony
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Veiled Shadows: A Crime-Fiction Novella by Rick Anthony Pdf

In a world ruled by violence and corruption, a super-assassin known as Shadow becomes disillusioned with his life of killing and yearns for redemption. When he meets Emma, the daughter of a police officer who is testifying against his boss, Shadow sees an opportunity to make amends for his past sins. As he works to protect Emma from the dangerous and ruthless members of The Syndicate, Shadow begins to question his loyalties and his own sense of right and wrong. Along the way, he forms an unlikely alliance with Detective Sullivan, Emma's father, and together they must navigate the complex web of deceit and violence that threatens to destroy them all. As the stakes become higher and the dangers more intense, Shadow, Emma, and Detective Sullivan must learn to rely on each other and trust in their own strength and resilience if they are to survive. Will they be able to bring down The Syndicate and find redemption, or will the shadows of their past consume them all? Find out in this thrilling tale of action, suspense, and the power of human connection.

Author : Coco Ma
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1982527447

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Shadow Frost by Coco Ma Pdf

In the kingdom of Axaria, a darkness rises. Some call it a monster, laying waste to the villagers and their homes. Some say it is an invulnerable demon summoned from the deepest abysses of the Immortal Realm. Many soldiers from the royal guard are sent out to hunt it down. Not one has ever returned. When Asterin Faelenhart, princess of Axaria and heir to the throne, discovers that she may hold the key to defeating the mysterious demon terrorizing her kingdom, she vows not to rest until the beast is slain. With the help of her friends and the powers she wields--though has yet to fully understand--Asterin sets out to complete a single task. The task that countless trained soldiers have failed. To kill it. But as they hunt for the demon, they unearth a plot to assassinate the princess herself instead. Asterin and her friends begin to wonder how much of their lives has been lies, especially when they realize that the center of the web of deceit might very well be themselves. With no one else to turn to, they are forced to decide just how much they are willing to sacrifice to protect the only world they have ever known. That is, of course, if the demon doesn't get to them first.

Author : David Weller
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462898787

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Vampire Shadows My Forgotten Love I by David Weller Pdf

Forgotten Love is a Vampire novel that will grab almost any readers attention. If you love Vampire diaries then you will love this.

Author : Peter Wilks
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780886725

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Vampire Hunt by Peter Wilks Pdf

A humorous, vampire-themed fantasy action novel, that shifts between the 17th century and today.

Author : Chris Evans
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781439180679

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Ashes of a Black Frost by Chris Evans Pdf

"Bones jutted from the sand at angles--not odd angles, though, for that would suggest that there were ways bones could protrude that made sense--and the eyes of those still living stared and saw nothing. Amidst a scene of carnage on a desert battlefield blanketed in metallic snow, Major Konowa Swift Dragon sees his future, and it is one drenched in shadow and blood. Never mind that he has won a grand victory for the Calahrian Empire. He came here in search of his lost regiment of elves, while the Imperial Prince came looking for the treasures of a mystical library, and both ventures have failed. But Konowa knows, as do the Iron Elves--both living and dead--that another, far more important battle now looms before them. The campaign in the desert was only the latest obstacle on the twisted, darkening path leading inexorably to the Hyntaland, and the final confrontation with the dreaded Shadow Monarch"--Publisher description.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : NEW Magazine
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Périple, a novel by Anonim Pdf

Author : M. P. Kozlowsky
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780545833264

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Frost by M. P. Kozlowsky Pdf

Cinder meets The Walking Dead in a chilling futuristic fairy tale that will reboot everything you thought about family, love... and what it means to be human. Before he died, Frost's father uploaded his consciousness into their robot servant. But the technology malfunctioned, and now her father fades in and out. So when Frost learns that there might be medicine on the other side of the ravaged city, she embarks on a dangerous journey to save the only living creature she loves.With only a robot as a companion, Frost must face terrors of all sorts, from outrunning the vicious Eaters. . .to talking to the first boy she's ever set eyes on. But can a girl who's only seen the world through books and dusty windows survive on her own?

Author : Coco Ma
Publisher : Shadow Frost Trilogy
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-20
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9798212174831

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God Storm by Coco Ma Pdf

Everything has a price. In the kingdom of Axaria, a darkness has fallen. After defeating the evil mother who summoned an immortal demon to kill her, newly coronated Queen Asterin Faelenhart should have every reason to celebrate. Her kingdom is safe, forbidden magic eradicated, and her friends are alive. Except Asterin's triumph has come at a devastating cost--forced to choose between a lifelong friend and true love, she's lost both. But the shadows in Axaria have begun to stir once again, and no one is more starved for vengeance than Asterin ... Yet it soon becomes clear that the shadows plaguing her kingdom are just the beginning. Another realm coexists with the mortal world--the beautiful, nightmarish Immortal Realm ruled by the wicked God of Shadow, King Eoin. When their paths entwine, Asterin realizes that Eoin possesses exactly what--and who--she seeks most. And the fates of all those that she holds dear--Orion, her missing Guardian; Luna, the friend she could not save; Harry, the demon who saved them all; and Quinlan, her beloved broken prince--ultimately rest in the god's hands. But in a world of magic, not everyone is always as they seem. When shocking discoveries threaten everything and everyone that Asterin has sworn her life to protect, she won't be the only person forced to make a choice ... a choice that will change the mortal world forever. And maybe even destroy it.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 906 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Cosmetics industry
ISBN : IND:30000098217668

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Product Marketing and Cosmetic & Fragrance Retailing by Anonim Pdf

Includes section: Cosmetic & fragrance retailing, a "magazine-within-a-magazine."

Author : J. V. Jones
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429975988

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A Fortress of Grey Ice by J. V. Jones Pdf

"Wonderful . . . J. V. Jones is a striking writer." So says Robert Jordan, the author of The Wheel of Time epic fantasy series. And Jones lives up to that praise in the highly charged epic adventure of Ash March and Raif Sevrance, two outcasts whose fate are entwined by ancient prophecies and need, in the cold, dark world that threatens to be torn asunder by a war to end all wars. Isolated by their birthrights, they are but two who fight the dreaded Endlords, and their strength and courage will be needed if the world is to be saved from darkness." Raif, wrongly accused and cut off from his clan by the treachery of their new headsman, has a talent for killing that is part of his curse and his burden. But he bears another burden of greater weight. Ash is a sacred warrior to the Sull, an ancient race whose numbers have declined. Raised as a foundling, never knowing her true history, she must learn to accept the terrible gifts of her heritage. But as Ash learns more of her greater fate, Raif's task looms dark and desperate, for he must journey through the nightmare realm of the Want, a place where even the Sull now fear to tread. For deep within the Want is the Fortress of Grey Ice, and there he must heal the breach in the Blindwall that already threatens the world. Should he fail, not even Ash's powers can save them. . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Carolyn Bradley
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781664190245

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Surrounded by His Love by Carolyn Bradley Pdf

“You gave me life and showed me kindness and in Your care, You watch over my life” (Job 10:12). SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVE is a book of love, family, and togetherness and deals with issues that are pertinent in our lives. Surrounded by God’s love, we are given great peace and joy, knowing that he is there—with us—for all our lives and into eternity. Our families, our friends, and our lives are all intertwined with God’s love, comfort, hope, care, and help for us and for all. We live our lives surrounded by his love.