Girl Serpent Thorn

• Author : Melissa Bashardoust
• Publisher : Flatiron Books
• Release : 12 May 2020

A captivating and utterly original fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch, and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse... There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it’s not just a story. As the day of her twin brother’s

• Author : Melissa Bashardoust
• Publisher : Hachette UK
• Release : 07 July 2020

SOMETIMES THE PRINCESS IS THE MONSTER From the author of Girls Made of Snow and Glass, this captivating and utterly original Persian-inspired fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch is perfect for fans of Natasha Ngan and Naomi Novik. 'Monstrously beautiful and enchanting' Tasha Suri, author of Empire of Sand There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived

• Author : Melissa Bashardoust
• Publisher : Hachette UK
• Release : 16 April 2020

ONLY ONE CAN BE QUEEN 'A feminist fantasy fairy tale not to be missed' BookPage Sixteen-year-old Mina is motherless, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone. In fact, it has never beat at all, for her father cut it out and replaced it with one of glass. When she moves to Whitespring Castle, Mina forms a plan: win the king's heart with her beauty, become queen, and finally know love. The

• Author : Jeri Westerson
• Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
• Release : 23 September 2015

The disgraced knight turned inquiry agent searches for a missing relic in this Macavity Award-finalist mystery set in fourteenth century London. Former knight Crispin Guest is now known in the streets of medieval London as the Tracker—an investigator who can find anything and anyone. What begins as a straightforward case of murder turns complicated when Crispin realizes that the victim was an important courier in possession of a holy artifact—an object so valuable that its absence could start

• Author : Jeri Westerson
• Publisher : Minotaur Books
• Release : 29 September 2009

Convicted of treason, Crispin Guest was stripped of his title, his land, his money and his friends. Now with only his considerable wits to sustain him, Guest works the mean streets of 14th century London, building a small reputation for his skill. In 1383, a simple-minded tavern girl comes to his door—a body was found where she works and she’s the only person who could have killed him. Except for the fact that the man was killed in place

• Author : Troy Denning
• Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
• Release : 10 January 2012

This title is the final book in the popular Avatar series. At the time of its original release, this series presented key events that impacted the entire Forgotten Realms world, and the effects of those events are still felt in current novels. Cyric the Mad Who betrayed his friends Midnight and Kelemvor and sought to destroy them. Who ascended to godhood and now spreads his lies and intrigues into every corner of Faerun. Who is the Lord of Murder, the

• Author : Lesley K. Twomey
• Publisher : BRILL
• Release : 05 June 2008

Drawing on scholastic defence of the Immaculate Conception and on liturgies in medieval Iberia, this book examines how poets took apocryphal stories and biblical figures, like Eve confronting the serpent, to express how Mary was preserved from original sin.

• Author : Sir Francis Cowley Burnand
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 July 1886

• Author : Patricia A. McKillip
• Publisher : Hachette UK
• Release : 29 October 2015

Deep inside a palace on the edge of the world, the orphan Nepenthe pores over books in the royal library, translating their languages and learning their secrets. At sixteen, she knows little of the outside world. But when a young mage gives Nepenthe a book that has defied translation - a book written in a language of thorns - it speaks to Nepenthe's soul, and becomes her secret obsession. As the words escape the brambles they reveal themselves - and

• Author : Mark Glick
• Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
• Release : 27 January 2021

Serpent Kind: Existence By: Mark Glick In religious teachings, it is said that the beginning of mankind was deceived by a serpent, causing man to sin. The serpent was then cursed by God to crawl on its belly. Some believe that the curse has been lifted and they are the demons that terrorize man in the end of days. Others believe that scientists evolved a species they couldn’t control. Either way, “serpentkind” is here and dominate the world.

• Author : Raja Rao
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 July 1963

About the marriage of Rama, a young Brahmin doing graduate work in France, to Madeleine, an ethereal French college teacher, some six years his senior. In her eagerness to attain Eastern wisdom, Madeleine first casts her husband in the role of guru. Later, as her "saintliness" (or madness) progresses, she transcends the need for human companionship, leaving Rama free to pursue his own search for self-awareness.

• Author : Lauren Kate
• Publisher : Delacorte Books for Young Readers
• Release : 27 July 2021

Hidden by her cursed angelic boyfriend in a school for Nephilim, Luce discovers the meaning of the Shadows that have always followed her and begins manipulating them to learn about her past lives. By the best-selling author of Fallen. 400,000 first printing.

• Author : J. L. Bourne
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release : 25 July 2017

A riveting, ultra-realistic example of “dystopian fiction at its best” (Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author) from the acclaimed author of the Day By Day Armageddon novels! During an unacknowledged mission inside the Syrian border, a government operative had unwittingly triggered an incredible worldwide event that irrevocably shaped the future of the United States. In the aftermath of the crisis, families have struggled to survive in a world short on food, water, and electricity. Hyperinflation cripples the United States

• Author : Kate Quinn
• Publisher : Penguin
• Release : 06 August 2013

A gripping novel about history’s most infamous family—The Borgias—and an innocent girl pulled into their treacherous rise to power, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Alice Network. Rome, 1492. The Holy City is drenched with blood and teeming with secrets. A pope lies dying and the throne of God is left vacant, a prize awarded only to the most virtuous—or the most ruthless. The Borgia family begins its legendary rise, chronicled by an innocent girl

• Author : Colleen McCullough
• Publisher : Head of Zeus
• Release : 28 March 2013

A sweeping saga of dreams, titanic struggles, dark passions, and forbidden love in the Outback.