The Ungrateful Bot

Author : Ariele Sieling
Publisher : www.ArieleSieling.com
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Ungrateful Bot by Ariele Sieling Pdf

No home, no family, no nothing. This is how Rose and her sister Snow have lived for their entire lives: hiding in the bowels of Rove City, begging for scraps, and relying on the kindness of the mysterious Baron for survival tips--all while avoiding security bots, stealing to survive, and doing everything within their power to avoid capture. Then comes the purge. The city suddenly begins changing security schedules, doing random maintenance, and arresting anyone who is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Not to mention, the mysterious Baron, who has helped them so many times before, seems to have disappeared. And there's nothing Rose can do. Or so she thinks. The purge sends the sisters fleeing into the main levels of the city where they must hide in plain sight, protected only by their wits and the strange appearances of a stray dog. Rose quickly begins to realize that the way they are living their lives is unsustainable. No matter how hard they try, how fast they run, or how well they hide--eventually, they will get caught. Unless she can find the Baron. With the help of her new friend Aspen, Rose risks everything to find out who this mysterious Baron is, so together they can help save every underdweller in Rove City.

Author : Ariele Sieling
Publisher : Ariele Sieling
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Sundered Sky by Ariele Sieling Pdf

Quin Black spends most of his time on the Outer Rim of Ziri, the donut-shaped planet he calls home. His role in the military is to step through Doors, portals leading to locations all over the universe, for a variety of reasons ranging from diplomatic work, to rescue missions, to trade, and more. But after he is called back home unexpectedly for undisclosed reasons, he is shocked to find out that it has nothing to do with his job. Rather, it’s personal: his own father, a highly decorated planetary scientist, has disappeared. And behind him, he’s left something strange and potentially deadly: a brand-new type of Door, never before seen. And it seems to somehow be connected to every other Door in existence. Quin’s closest friend, a brilliant scientist and mathematician named John, quickly discovers that the existence of this new Door could have disastrous consequences for everyone everywhere. And the fastest way to solve the problem? Find Quin’s father. While Quin is happy to work within the system, John has no such compunctions. He leaps through the new Door, and when Quin tries to stop him, he gets dragged along for the ride. Together, they much traverse new worlds, searching far and wide for Quin’s father, with the hope of preventing a catastrophe that could end lives and entire civilizations across the universe. This portal fiction novel is the first in the Zirian Chronicles series. Content warnings can be found on the copyright page.

Author : Ariele Sieling
Publisher : Ariele Sieling
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Clock Watch by Ariele Sieling Pdf

Something strange is going on in Pomegranate City. People are whispering about the “end times,” protesting in the streets, and suggesting that recent events are connected to something called, “The Clock of Legend.” This is the backdrop to the surprising death of the city’s leader, Administrative Chair Aderick. Quin Black, an influential military-government liaison, and John, a top scientist and mathematician, are pulled in to help with the investigation of Chair Aderick’s death, and quickly discover that something much more sinister is going on—and have to consider that the Clock of Legend might not be just a legend. Meanwhile, Auvek Oliphant has just shown up for an internship at his uncle’s bookstore—only to discover his uncle is unprepared, unwelcoming, and incompetent at best. So when his uncle is arrested for drunken and disorderly behavior, it’s a bit of a relief. Perhaps he can bring some respectability back to this business, which has been in the family for generations. But it turns out, it’s not that simple, between the sudden appearances of a local gang leader in the store, a robot monkey, a curious reporter searching for a good story, and a secret Door hidden inside the establishment which leads to a room filled with mysterious ancient texts. Not to mention Bronwyn, a woman who comes into the shop shortly after Auvek’s arrival, looking for books about the secrets of the Clock of Legend, and with a very odd tale about being stalked by her aunt’s butler. Yes, something strange is going on—but it’s going to take a lot of digging and a little luck to figure out precisely what. This portal fiction novel is the second in the Zirian Chronicles series. Content warnings can be found on the copyright page.

Author : Ariele Sieling
Publisher : Ariele Sieling
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Singular Cipher by Ariele Sieling Pdf

Kaia loves her new job at the Globe—sorta. She’s been tasked with an important responsibility, figuring out if there’s a solution to the logistical nightmare caused by the new polylocus Door. But really, this responsibility should belong to John, her supervisor, if only he weren’t sick. As his health worsens, more and more responsibility falls onto Kaia’s shoulders, until one day, a giant, elephant-like creature crashes into her office, and she decides it’s too much. She starts asking anyone—everyone—for help, until her request finally makes it up to Doctor Bey, the head of the Globe Center. But when governmental oversight agent, Axel Vance, finds out how much trouble the Door has been causing, he gives them a 24-hour period to fix it, or else. Kaia finds herself in the most difficult quandary yet: John has disappeared, the Globe is in crisis, and Kaia is tasked to fix it. With the help of the intimidating Peacekeeper Quin Black and the kindly Dr. Winkler, Kaia races to find a solution, no matter what challenges stand in her way. But will she be able to solve the problem in only a single day? This portal fiction novel is the fourth in the Zirian Chronicles series. Content warnings can be found on the copyright page.

Author : Ariele Sieling
Publisher : www.ArieleSieling.com
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Hook's Regret by Ariele Sieling Pdf

For nearly thirty years, Penny has searched the galaxy for her missing son. She has a reputation throughout the solar systems as a relentless mother on a mission—and as a woman who won’t let the chronic pain she suffers prevent her from achieving her goal. Then Penny gets a tip. Someone on Rove City might have a clue to her son’s whereabouts. This will probably be a dud, just like the last hundred tips, but she decides to try one last time. If she still can’t find him, she’ll settle down and live out her days on a nearby planet, and maybe try to find some peace for the first time in her life. When the tip turns out to be a double cross, she finds herself flying across the galaxy toward a mysterious planet said to be inhabited by ghosts, with two disreputable people who she absolutely cannot trust—and still with no idea where her son is. Penny must confront her own hopes, fears, and grief over her lost boy as she hurtles through space, destination unknown. Hook’s Regret is the fourth book in the Rove City series, and a retelling of Peter Pan.

Author : Ariele Sieling
Publisher : Ariele Sieling
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Bald Princess and Other Tales by Ariele Sieling Pdf

Enjoy five original fairy tales in this collection by Ariele Sieling. Written in the same style as Grimm's fairy tales, each story seeks to explore modern values in the context of an eccentric world filled with wild animals, kings and queens, magic, and more. In The Bald Princess, meet Elspeth, who is in search of a hair piece that will do justice to her eventual role as queen. In The Twilight Wood, meet Eloita, a young guard tasked with protecting a prince who is determined to understand a powerful forest that kills all who enter it. In The Guilt of the Enchantress, meet Liaandra, a powerful battle mage who makes a terrible mistake that changes the course of her life forever. In The Wolf Princess, meet Sable, cursed as a child to run with the wolves, but who has embraced her new identity with gusto—until her parents start searching for her in earnest. In The Milkmaid and the Death Weed, meet Fiora, a young milkmaid who sets out to seek her fortune, only to discover that everything she touches dies. This book is the first in a series of anthologies filled with brand-new engaging and heart-warming fairy tales.

Author : Ariele Sieling
Publisher : Ariele Sieling
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Driftless by Ariele Sieling Pdf

Kaia has won the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to intern at the Globe Center under the tutelage of John, one of the most brilliant scientists and mathematicians in the world. But the moment she sets foot inside the building, she realizes it won’t be easy. John has his fingers in nearly every project, and plans to drag her along with him. To top off her first day, a group of thieves infiltrates the building, seeking to steal a specific Door—a portal that can travel somewhere else in the universe—and John, Kaia, and Clyde, the newest security officer at the Globe, end up smack dab in the middle of the chaos. Meanwhile, on the other side of the universe, Holland, Admiral of a Zirian colony fleet traveling to a newly discovered planet, has just woken up from stasis to discover that her brother is dead, as are many of the colonists who were traveling with her, and her fleet is infected by a very odd digital virus. Somehow, Holland has to get her fleet back on track, while at the same time, Kaia and John have to manage the chaos back home. And the consequences of failure could mean the end of Holland’s fleet, and possibly the end of their entire civilization. This portal fiction novel is the third book in the Zirian Chronicles series. Content warnings can be found on the copyright page.

Author : Ariele Sieling
Publisher : Ariele Sieling
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Fall of the Flighters by Ariele Sieling Pdf

Edna Oliphant's job relies on leads. A client is missing a ring? They hire her to find it. They've lost their dog? Edna is on the case. Her job as a Finder usually centers on the mundane, but every so often something extremely interesting will land in her lap. Like an ancient map that supposedly leads nowhere. When Edna's brother Lance drags her to the underground bar, BloodAxe, she is roped into playing a dangerous and illegal game of White Rabbit in exchange for a lead. She comes in second place, which gets her access to an old map supposedly leading to the lost world of Yuva. It doesn't take much digging before Edna finds herself embroiled in a family feud fight dating back generations, with her arch rival actively seeking to prevent her from succeeding. With the help of her brother, Lance, and Quin Black from the Globe, Edna sets out to discover the meaning of this ancient map, and perhaps even find the lost world herself. Meanwhile, John wants nothing to do with anything. Except sleep. If he could only fall asleep and stay asleep, then maybe when he woke up, things would be better. Maybe he would find his life interesting again. Maybe he would want to see his friends again. Maybe… But in an effort to avoid his responsibilities and potentially find a good place to nap, John flees through the polylocus Door in his office and finds himself lost in a strange new world, captive to an unfamiliar species of bird-like alien who are in the middle of a civil war, and uncertain of if he'll ever make it home. This portal fiction novel is the fifth book in the Zirian Chronicles series. Content warnings can be found on the copyright page.

Author : Ariele Sieling
Publisher : Ariele Sieling
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Frostbound by Ariele Sieling Pdf

An unbearably cold winter. A broken Door. Hundreds of tribesmen missing, scattered across the universe. Her community is broken, dying, and there's nothing Magret can do about it. And as if all that weren't enough, Magret then discovers that with her birthday drawing near, she alone must make a decision: she must choose between her mother's tribe and her father's—both of whom were exiled the same day she was born. Accompanied by an elder from the community she grew up in, she travels miles north to meet with the leader of the Kalt tribe, and discovers that sometimes the simplest choice is not the right choice. This short story is set parallel to Singular Cipher, book 4 of the Zirian Chronicles.

Author : Ariele Sieling
Publisher : Ariele Sieling
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Combustible by Ariele Sieling Pdf

Planets at war. People displaced. Ten thousand refugees. And they only have one place to go. They have arrived at the planet Path and set up camp on the outskirts of the main city. Moke has been here from the beginning. He doesn't mind all the new arrivals—he just wants everyone to be safe. Except that fire after fire has begun to alight throughout the makeshift neighborhoods. They know it's arson—but who is responsible? And why are they doing it? The firebug must be stopped, but there is only so much Moke can do on his own. So, when the mayor, Meriym, makes him Fire Chief, he must use all of his wits and knowledge of the town to stop the deadly fires rushing through his beloved city. And the answer comes from the place he least expects. This short story is set parallel to Singular Cipher, book 4 of the Zirian Chronicles.

Author : Dina Nayeri
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781646220212

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The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri Pdf

A Finalist for the 2019 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction "Nayeri combines her own experience with those of refugees she meets as an adult, telling their stories with tenderness and reverence.” —The New York Times Book Review "Nayeri weaves her empowering personal story with those of the ‘feared swarms’ . . . Her family’s escape from Isfahan to Oklahoma, which involved waiting in Dubai and Italy, is wildly fascinating . . . Using energetic prose, Nayeri is an excellent conduit for these heart–rending stories, eschewing judgment and employing care in threading the stories in with her own . . . This is a memoir laced with stimulus and plenty of heart at a time when the latter has grown elusive.” —Star–Tribune (Minneapolis) Aged eight, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother and lived in the crumbling shell of an Italian hotel–turned–refugee camp. Eventually she was granted asylum in America. She settled in Oklahoma, then made her way to Princeton University. In this book, Nayeri weaves together her own vivid story with the stories of other refugees and asylum seekers in recent years, bringing us inside their daily lives and taking us through the different stages of their journeys, from escape to asylum to resettlement. In these pages, a couple fall in love over the phone, and women gather to prepare the noodles that remind them of home. A closeted queer man tries to make his case truthfully as he seeks asylum, and a translator attempts to help new arrivals present their stories to officials. Nayeri confronts notions like “the swarm,” and, on the other hand, “good” immigrants. She calls attention to the harmful way in which Western governments privilege certain dangers over others. With surprising and provocative questions, The Ungrateful Refugee challenges us to rethink how we talk about the refugee crisis. “A writer who confronts issues that are key to the refugee experience.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer and The Refugees

Author : Bracy Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1815
Category : Botflies
ISBN : BL:A0021707380

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An Essay of the Bots of Horses, and Other Animals by Bracy Clark Pdf

Author : A. J. Sieling
Publisher : Ariele Sieling
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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How To Pants A Novel by A. J. Sieling Pdf

If you've spent much time in the writing community, you've probably run across this question: "Are you a plotter or a pantser?" Plotters plan and organize their books ahead of time, while pantsers "write by the seat of their pants"—or, in other words, wing it. But how? How does that work? How is it possible to just sit down and write a book? The short answer is: it's not. There is a lot more that goes on in a writer's brain than just sitting down and writing a book. Even if that's what it looks like from the outside. How To Pants A Novel is an explication of my experience as a lifelong pantser. It explores what the process of pantsing a book might look like, delves into the intricacies of crafting a story on the fly, and answers a few common questions often posed to pantsers. Pantsing is a less frequently discussed method of writing a book, but for many writers, it’s the only way that works. And if you’re one of those writers—or if you’re not sure what kind of writer you are—hopefully this book will help you better understand and refine your own process into something that works the best for you.

Author : Robin Herbert
Publisher : Robin Herbert
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Rame Head Deck by Robin Herbert Pdf

"We had never been on the side of good. In the battle between Good and Evil, Good simply hadn't shown up, or if it had, it turned up too late and without a plan and slunk off, seeing how dangerous things had become. But we did feel that our brand of evil was a better option than Thomas Halyard's. That was the day of Morgan's ninth birthday and the day when the epic battle between Evil and Not-So-Evil began." Thomas Halyard has taken control of the world and nobody seems to mind much. His rule is good and just because there is no good but the good of Thomas Halyard and no evil but for disobedience to Thomas Halyard. He is beginning to remake the world in his own image. Now the Magi who were his loyal lieutenants, Malcolm, Cyril and Serena, who helped him take control, find they must lead the resistance and thwart his evil plans for his granddaughter, Morgan. They must struggle with the contradictions between their evil natures and the love they feel that compels them to do good. And what is the secret of Thomas Halyard's last cursed deck, the Rame Head Deck?

Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1096 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1812
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0027125876

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A Dictionary of the English Language ... This Edition Contains a Correct Standard of Pronunciation, and an Historical Account of the Author's Life ... The Eighth Edition by Samuel Johnson Pdf