The Black Star Trilogy

Author : Marlon James
Publisher : Bond Street Books
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385690331

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Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James Pdf

"A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made." —Neil Gaiman "Gripping, action-packed....The literary equivalent of a Marvel Comics universe." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In this epic, internationally bestselling novel from Marlon James, the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings, myth, fantasy and history merge in the stunning story of a mercenary's quest to find a missing child. Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Hired to find a mysterious boy who has disappeared, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group assembled to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as the Leopard. As Tracker follows the boy's scent, he and the band are set upon by creatures intent on destroying them. As he fights for survival, Tracker starts to wonder: Who, really, is this boy? Why has he been missing for so long? Why do so many people want to keep the boy from being found? And perhaps most important of all: Who is telling the truth, and who is lying? Drawing from African history and mythology and his own rich imagination, Marlon James has written a saga of breathtaking adventure that's also an ambitious, involving read. Defying categorization and full of unforgettable characters, Black Leopard, Red Wolf is both surprising and profound as it explores the fundamentals of truth, the limits of power, the excesses of ambition, and our need to understand them all.

Author : John W Campbell Jr
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781365205217

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The Black Star Trilogy by John W Campbell Jr Pdf

The Black Star Passes - A sky pirate with superior weapons of his own invention. First contact with an alien race dangerous enough to threaten the safety of two planets. The arrival of a dark sun whose attendant marauders aimed at the very end of civilization in this Solar System. Islands of Space - As Earth's spaceship hung in the void between galaxies, they could see below the mass of stars that formed their own island universe. They raced through the darkness of space. But suddenly they saw two shining ships paralleling their course! Invaders from the Infinite - The scientific trio challenged by the most ruthless aliens in all the universes, blasted off on an intergalactic search for defenses. Worlds were visited, secrets unleashed, and turned to mighty weapons of intense force - and still the enemy seemed to grow in power . The Earth team hurled bolt after bolt of pure ravening energy - until it appeared that the universe itself might end in one final flare of furious torrential power.

Author : Marlon James
Publisher : Bond Street Books
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385690362

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Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James Pdf

From Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf, comes the second book in the Dark Star trilogy. In Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search of a mysterious boy who disappeared. In Moon Witch, Spider King, Sogolon takes centre stage and gives her own account of what happened to the boy, and how she plotted and fought, triumphed and failed as she looked for him. It's also the story of a century-long feud—seen through the eyes of a 177-year-old witch—that Sogolon had with the Aesi, chancellor to the king. It is said that Aesi works so closely with the king that together they are like the eight limbs of one spider. Aesi's power is considerable—and deadly. It takes brains and courage to challenge him, which Sogolon does for reasons of her own. Both a brilliant narrative device—seeing the story told in Black Leopard, Red Wolf from the perspective of an adversary and a woman—as well as a fascinating battle between different versions of empire, Moon Witch, Spider King delves into Sogolon's world as she fights to tell her own story. Part adventure tale, part chronicle of an indomitable woman who bows to no man, it is a fascinating novel that explores power, personality, and the places where they overlap.

Author : Lin Carter
Publisher : Lin Carter Discovery
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1587150956

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The Black Star by Lin Carter Pdf

Author : John Wood Campbell (Jr.)
Publisher : COSMOS
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Interplanetary voyages
ISBN : 0843959215

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The Black Star Passes by John Wood Campbell (Jr.) Pdf

Often called the father of modern science fiction, John W. Campbell rivalled E. E. "Doc" Smith with his Arcot, Morey, and Wade series of space opera novels in the 1930s, which begins with The Black Star Passes!

Author : John W. Campbell
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547403241

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The Black Star Passes, Islands of Space & Invaders from the Infinite by John W. Campbell Pdf

The Black Star Passes, Islands of Space & Invaders from the Infinite constitute the Arcot, Morey and Wade trilogy which follows the adventures of the brilliant team of scientist-astronauts Arcot, Wade, and Morey. Their adventures include a sky pirate armed with superior weapons of his own invention, first contact with an alien race and the arrival of an unseen dark sun whose attendant marauders aimed at the very end of civilization.

Author : Kwame Alexander
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-09-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316442794

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Black Star by Kwame Alexander Pdf

The riveting second book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Door of No Return trilogy stars Kofi’s granddaughter, Charley, who’s set on becoming the first female pitcher to play professional ball but who soon has to contend with the tensions about to boil over in her segregated town. You can’t protect her from knowing. The truth is all we have. 12-year old Charley Cuffey is many things: a granddaughter, a best friend, and probably the best pitcher in all of Lee’s Mill. Set on becoming the first female pitcher to play professional ball, Charley doesn't need reminders from her best friend Cool Willie Green to know that she has lofty dreams for a Black girl in the American South. Even so, Nana Kofi's thrilling stories about courageous ancestors and epic journeys make it impossible not to dream big. She knows he has so many more to tell, but according to her parents, she isn't old enough to know about certain things like what happened to Booker Preston that one night in Great Bridge and why she can never play on the brand-new real deal baseball field on the other side of town. When Charley challenges a neighborhood bully to a game at the church picnic, she knows she can win, even with her ragtag team. But when the picnic spills over onto their ball field, she makes a fateful decision. A child cannot protect herself if she does not know her history, and Charley's choice brings consequences she never could have imagined. In this thrilling second book of the Door of No Return trilogy, set during the turbulent segregation era, and the beginning of The Great Migration, Kwame Alexander weaves a spellbinding story of struggle, determination, and the unflappable faith of an American family.

Author : M. J. Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 173540991X

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Black Star by M. J. Jones Pdf

Black Star published in 2020, is a science fiction novel by American author M.J. Jones. A single mother living in Ohio discovers that her daughter has disappeared without a trace. As she searches for the truth about her daughter, Mia must come to terms with her past and her sanity. Follow Mia Black in this alternate reality on a journey of discovery to take back control of her life.

Author : Frederik Pohl
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345319028

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Black Star Rising by Frederik Pohl Pdf

When a mysterious alien spacecraft approaches Earth and demands to speak with the President of the United States, then destroys a large Pacific island to demonstrate its strength and underscore its seriousness, you would expect the President to talk. Problem is, in the late twenty-first century, there is no President, not even a United States. In fact, in this world of the future, China rules the Americas; and to most people, USA and USSR are just quaint abbreviations in the historical dictionaries. Then the aliens prove unreasonable about accepting substitutes... so one Anglo rice-cultivator from the Heavenly Grain Collective Farm, near Biloxi, Mississippi, is forced to begin an adventure that will take him from peasant to President, from Pettyman to Spaceman.

Author : Edward W. Robertson
Publisher : Edward W. Robertson
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Black Star by Edward W. Robertson Pdf

The Chainbreakers' War freed the norren. Won independence for Narashtovik. And drove a rift between Dante and Blays that may never be mended. After three years of wandering, Blays has returned to Gask. Blaming its king for the loss of his love, Lira, he poses as a merchant and infiltrates the enemy nobility. His goal is to bankrupt the kingdom and force its ruler from the throne. But his scheme is ruined when Dante arrives and outs him to the king. In desperation, Blays flees to the one place Dante can't follow: the forbidden Pocket Cove. There, he intends to learn whatever secrets have kept its people hidden for centuries. Meanwhile, Dante is called back to Narashtovik. Strange lights have been seen in the nearby Wodun Mountains. His investigation reveals the lights herald the return of the Black Star, a long-lost item capable of making wishes real. With it, Dante plans to make himself immortal. To find it, he must cross the Woduns into the mysterious country of Weslee. But there are others vying for the Black Star—and if they find it first, they will use it to scour Narashtovik from the earth. THE BLACK STAR is the final book in an epic fantasy trilogy.

Author : Louise D'Arcens
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Arts, Modern
ISBN : 9780198825944

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World Medievalism by Louise D'Arcens Pdf

Explores the ways in which a range of modern textual cultures have continued to engage creatively with the medieval past in order to come to terms with the global present.

Author : Becky Siegel Spratford
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838937426

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The Readers' Advisory Guide to Horror by Becky Siegel Spratford Pdf

Like the zombies, ghouls, and vampires which inhabit many of its books, the popularity of horror fiction is unstoppable. Even if you don’t happen to be a fan yourself, you won’t be “scared” to advise readers on finding their next great fright thanks to the astute guidance provided by horror expert Spratford in her updated guide. This definitive resource for library workers at any level of experience or familiarity with horror fiction details the state of the genre right now, including its appeal factors and key authors, assisting readers in getting up to speed quickly; presents ten annotated lists of suggested titles, all published since 2000, each with a short introduction providing historical context; delves into horror movies, TV shows, podcasts, and other formats; and offers abundant marketing advice, programming options, and pointers on additional resources.

Author : M. J. Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1735409944

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Black Star Eclipsed by M. J. Jones Pdf

Black Star Eclipsed, continues this epic drama. Mia has prided herself, on the one role in her life that has been constant: that of being a mother. Yet, when Ashton no longer recognizes Mia as a mother, moving on with her life proves to be difficult. The past and her sanity continue to collide. As she races up against the clock, can she free her daughters mind from the puppet master, before it's too late? Is there an evil strong enough, to break the bonds of love? Has the Black Star been eclipsed? Has her daughter now become the evil villain, of her own story? Follow Mia Black in this alternate reality, where things are not quite a mirror image, of our world.

Author : Patrick O'Donnell,Stephen J. Burn,Lesley Larkin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1607 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781119431718

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The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction, 2 Volumes by Patrick O'Donnell,Stephen J. Burn,Lesley Larkin Pdf

Fresh perspectives and eye-opening discussions of contemporary American fiction In The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction: 1980-2020, a team of distinguished scholars delivers a focused and in-depth collection of essays on some of the most significant and influential authors and literary subjects of the last four decades. Cutting-edge entries from established and new voices discuss subjects as varied as multiculturalism, contemporary regionalisms, realism after poststructuralism, indigenous narratives, globalism, and big data in the context of American fiction from the last 40 years. The Encyclopedia provides an overview of American fiction at the turn of the millennium as well as a vision of what may come. It perfectly balances analysis, summary, and critique for an illuminating treatment of the subject matter. This collection also includes: An exciting mix of established and emerging contributors from around the world discussing central and cutting-edge topics in American fiction studies Focused, critical explorations of authors and subjects of critical importance to American fiction Topics that reflect the energies and tendencies of contemporary American fiction from the forty years between 1980 and 2020 The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction: 1980-2020 is a must-have resource for undergraduate and graduate students of American literature, English, creative writing, and fiction studies. It will also earn a place in the libraries of scholars seeking an authoritative array of contributions on both established and newer authors of contemporary fiction.

Author : Janelle Rodriques
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429998652

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Narratives of Obeah in West Indian Literature by Janelle Rodriques Pdf

This book explores representations of Obeah – a name used in the English/Creole-speaking Caribbean to describe various African-derived, syncretic Caribbean religious practices – across a range of prose fictions published in the twentieth century by West Indian authors. In the Caribbean and its diasporas, Obeah often manifests in the casting of spells, the administration of baths and potions of various oils, herbs, roots and powders, and sometimes spirit possession, for the purposes of protection, revenge, health and well-being. In most Caribbean territories, the practice – and practices that may resemble it – remains illegal. Narratives of Obeah in West Indian Literature analyses fiction that employs Obeah as a marker of the Black ‘folk’ aesthetics that are now constitutive of West Indian literary and cultural production, either in resistance to colonial ideology or in service of the same. These texts foreground Obeah as a social and cultural logic both integral to and troublesome within the creation of such a thing as ‘West Indian’ literature and culture, at once a product of and a foil to Caribbean plantation societies. This book explores the presentation of Obeah as an ‘unruly’ narrative subject, one that not only subverts but signifies a lasting ‘Afro-folk’ sensibility within colonial and ‘postcolonial’ writing of the West Indies. Narratives of Obeah in West Indian Literature will be of interest to scholars and students of Caribbean Literature, Diaspora Studies, and African and Caribbean religious studies; it will also contribute to dialogues of spirituality in the wider Black Atlantic.