SCHISM is the first book in a new dystopian trilogy that tells a tale of survival, of good versus evil, and of constructing a future with only memories of childhood.
A government-created virus is accidentally released before testing is complete and within weeks it kills six billion people, children are the only survivors. Andy Christensen and her two friends travel across the country searching for a safe place to live, but nowhere, it seems, is capable of resurrection. Views: 11
Moving from the chilly intrigues of the Russian Court to the secretive palace of the Ottoman Empire, Ethan Gage and his family seek a relic that promises imperial invincibility. Gage believes he has a chance at a royal title as a foreign advisor to the Russians in St. Petersburg. But when Ethan and Astiza are pressed into a perilous quest for symbolic swords, they plunge into a far deeper conspiracy for a prize far older, and far more powerful. From the snow of Russia to the seraglio of Constantinople, they must overcome treachery, heartbreak, and an encounter with fundamental evil. The Trojan Icon sees the heroes collide and collude with a desperate empress, a one-armed Prussian, an exiled monarch, a Polish patriot, a French harem slave and a Transylvanian duke. As armies march, fleets thunder, and diplomats plot, can Ethan, Astiza, and Harry find home? Views: 11
Set in Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans, and Ottawa, Ontario, the stories in The Museum at the End of the World span the life of writer Robert Ford and his wife Sheila. Playing with various forms of comedy throughout, author John Metcalf paints a portrait of 20th century literary life with levity, satire, and unsuspecting moments of emotional depth. Views: 11
Through a haze of cigarettes and vodka there lies a version of Prague in the heart of the Cold War, where spies practice sorcery in their games of intrigue. While the political lines may be as clear as the Iron Curtain, the battles of magic seldom stay clean and the combating forces of Ice and Flame dance across borders and loyalties. Tanya Morozova is a KGB officer and the latest in a long of Ice sorceresses; Gabe Pritchard is a CIA officer and reluctant Ice recruit. Enemies at one turn, but forced into alliances at the next, their relationship is as explosive as the Cold War itself.Written by: Lindsay Smith, Max Gladstone, Ian Tregillis, Cassandra Rose Clarke, and Michael Swanwick.Season One, Volume One contains episodes 7–13. Views: 11
Voodoo in Haiti is a masterwork of observation and description by one of the most distinguished anthropologists of the twentieth century. Alfred Métraux has written a rich and lasting study of the lives and rituals of the Haitian mambos and adepts, and of the history and origins of their religion. It is an accurate and engaging account of one of the most fascinating and misunderstood cultures in the world."Métraux's book is a landmark in the serious study of Afro-Atlantic religion. The breadth and subtlety of its approach is such that it remains an essential classic of Afro-American ethnology."—Robert Farris Thompson, professor of art history, Yale University, author of Flash of the Spirit"This is a work deserving of wide readership, and assured of it by its understanding and appeal."—Library Journal"This book gives what is surely the most authoritative general account of that complex of belief and practice called vaudou available in the literature....No other observer... Views: 11
