An orphaned boy, uncontrollable magic, and a destiny to recover a nation’s honor.
Ren has a knack for ending up imprisoned.
Not what he envisioned when he embarked on his journey to the Sapphire Nation, but jail gave him time to think about his misadventure.
Ren’s only hope for getting out of jail and attending the sorcerer’s exam, rests with two thieves he barely knows. They got him into this mess, but can they get him out?
The bigger question is ‘Can Ren even pass?’
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Sorcerer’s Trial is the third book in the Chronicles of the Seventh Realm, a bite-size epic fantasy series. Ren may be the “chosen one”, but Chronicles of the Seventh Realm is a sprawling series of characters, with many tales to explore. This is the third book of Ren’s Tale. You can start at the beginning with Orphan’s Price. Views: 115
When a widower offers a marriage of convenience, Ruby Weaver wonders if it's worth sacrificing her hope for love in order to keep a promise. Views: 115
Ajax Demos finds himself lost in society. Graduating shortly after artificial intelligence is allowed to enter the workforce; he can’t get his career off the ground.
He clings to what he believes a responsible adult should pursue, but it just isn’t in the cards. As his last hope for a steady paycheck disappears new opportunities open.
Luck and friends come together as Ajax bets it all in hopes of becoming a professional gamer.
Join Ajax and Company as they push through the world of Legendary Rule. Views: 115
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory, a thrilling and timely novel of the human soulAfter many years of living abroad, a young writer returns to the United States to take up a position at his former college. There he encounters Philip Lentz, an outspoken neurologist intent on using computers to model the human brain.Lentz involves the writer in an outlandish and irresistible project – to train a computing system by reading a canonical list of Great Books. Through repeated tutorials, the machine grows gradually more worldly, until it demands to know its own age, sex, race and reason for existing.'An ingenious, ambitious, at times dizzily cerebral work... It soars and spins... The novel attains an aching, melancholy beauty' New York Times Views: 115
A globe-spanning history of sewing, embroidery, and the people who have used a needle and thread to make their voices heard In 1970s Argentina, mothers marched in headscarves embroidered with the names of their "disappeared" children. In Tudor, England, when Mary, Queen of Scots, was under house arrest, her needlework carried her messages to the outside world. From the political propaganda of the Bayeux Tapestry, World War I soldiers coping with PTSD, and the maps sewn by schoolgirls in the New World, to the AIDS quilt, Hmong story clothes, and pink pussyhats, women and men have used the language of sewing to make their voices heard, even in the most desperate of circumstances.Threads of Life is a chronicle of identity, protest, memory, power, and politics told through the stories of needlework. Clare Hunter, master of the craft, threads her own narrative as she takes us over centuries and across continents—from medieval France to contemporary Mexico... Views: 115
45 pagesAffairs, cougars, scandals… the Smith brothers have it all. None of them have a straight forward love life…even the ones that think they do.However, Brad’s 35th birthday sparks a change for all of them.Unraveling everything that they thought they knew. Angelo wants his brother to find love, ignoring his own issues.Alex is addicted to the girl he can’t have. Oliver is hopelessly in love with the girl next door, while Nelson eyes her mother.And Wesley… well, his mess is a permanent one. There’s no escaping now!Smith Brothers (series still ongoing)#.5 Twisted Love: A Prequel#1 The Perfect Boss#2 Tempt Me Forever#3 Rock Hard Views: 115
Samuel Rowe, Duke of Edgmont, wearies under the burden of his title and decides to take a holiday from it, exchanging it, on a dare, with his mischievous friend Oliver Pratt. Both men arrive in Bath, eager for adventure or anonymity. Neither expects to find romance.Miss Joanne Devereaux is only too delighted to escape her newly-married brother's home and visit an old school-friend in Bath She has never been to the popular spa town and is intent on adventure, excitement and a romance of her own. When she hears tell of the dashing Duke of Edgmont she promptly decides that he is the very gentleman to win her heart, although first impressions do not quite live up to her expectations. and she finds her heart turning towards not the Duke, but his charming, penniless friend... Views: 115