Download or read book Shades Of Gray 1 Noir City Shrouded By Darkness 2024 Edition written by Kristie Lynn Higgins and published by Kristie Lynn Higgins. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An experiment known as the Pandora Project or Kat escapes the corporation, which had been experimenting on her, trying to create the perfect killing machine. Kat runs into Kim, the Phoenix a Life Closer or Legal Assassin. At first, Kim is going to kill Kat for seeing her face while on a Closing, but she finds out that Kat is the key. The key to what, Kim does not know, but until she does, Kim will let Kat live, and so they form a shaky partnership. Kat has no memory beyond a year ago, and she wants to discover who she is. Kim discovers that her mother was murdered, and she wants to find out who killed her and end their life with her own hands. Shades Of Gray #1 Noir, City Shrouded By Darkness 2024 Edition: Noir was a mega-city plagued by a sun-blocking mass called Dry Clouds that had mysteriously appeared three decades earlier. The Dry Clouds covered half the planet and forced those living under them to live in endless night. In this world, corporations were in charge, and breaking your contract with them could mean the termination of your life. Kimberly Griffin a.k.a. the Phoenix existed in a world of death. She closed people for a living. It was a lonely demeaning existence, though, she wouldn't admit it. There was nothing to drive her in the bleak reality until one day she ran into Kat. Kat, also known as the Pandora Project, was hunted by bio-mechas called Un-Men. She was an experiment of the Sphinx Corporation, and they were testing her to see if she could become the ultimate weapon. Kat refused to be a killer and tried to discover the truth behind her existence. Could she be a new form of bio-mechas? Pandora of ancient times opened a box and let all good escape. Would Pandora be the hope the planet needed? Or would she destroy the world? **Shades of Gray Science Fiction Serial Series ** 1. Noir, City Shrouded By Darkness 2. From Moscow, With Love 3. Cerberus Versus Pandora 4. Sisters Enter this dystopian world where corporations rule the people like kings and queens and personal freedom is an unheard-of concept. The Earth is slowly dying as mile-thick clouds known as Dry Clouds prevent the sun from shining down on half the planet. They mysteriously appeared one day and slowly spread across the remaining planet, and if they are not stopped, the Earth is doomed. Many mysteries abound in this apocalyptic science fiction series. Where did the Dry Clouds come from and how can they be stopped? Who is Kat? And who killed Kim's mom? These are just a few of the unanswered questions that start this sci-fi action-adventure series. Prologue: On a parallel Earth, thick puffy barriercumulus also known as Dry Clouds covered the sky and prevented the glimmer of twilight from shining on the city of Noir. For three decades, the polluted high-troposphere looming clouds covered half the planet and left part of the world to live in endless night. The mile-thick clouds yielded petroleum-based contaminated water dubbed Tainted Rain and polluted the air, so they were named Dry Clouds for leaving half the planet without drinkable water. At first, scientists believed pollution caused the great cloud barrier but that theory proved to be false. What caused the Dry Clouds to form baffled scientists, and how to reverse them eluded reason, and only technology's constant battle with nature has kept the dark city alive. Man's need for conquest expanded Noir to cover more than half a continent of what would have been called North America, and Noir became a Mega-city. It was the only one in the world. Over the last twenty years, Transgenics and bio-mechas evolved at a breakneck pace. Transgenics were genetically modified organisms with an extra-genome and were mostly plants produced to survive without the sun. Bio-mechas were robots resembling living things. In this world, corporations not governments ruled the people, creating a society where profit set policy and dictated life. Those who resided in Noir were touched by darkness, and the light of goodness seemed a forgotten memory and they... they lived in the gray —Shades of Gray.
Download or read book SHADES OF GRAY UNIVERSE Flash Fiction 1 Pandora Project written by and published by Kristie Lynn Higgins. This book was released on 2025-05-07 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Type: action adventure short story 860 words A glimpse into the apocalyptic science fiction series Shades of Gray. A little girl, who will be known as the Pandora Project in the Shades of Gray Universe, investigates what is causing the loud noise in a special hospital. Her discovery will only be the beginning of the mystery.
Download or read book A Bit Of Sweet Spice Mystery Ronin Flash Fiction 2024 3 written by Kristie Lynn Higgins and published by Kristie Lynn Higgins. This book was released on 2024-03-24 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Type: flash fiction about 700 words A Bit Of Sweet Spice Mystery is a free cozy mystery book and part of the Ronin Flash Fiction Mystery 2023 series. The ronin, the female detective, must solve a mystery surrounding missing sweet spice. Very quick reads, so sit back and enjoy this mystery short story. Maji… a world fusing East and West cultures, during an era before the emergence of the steam engine. The sword was the ultimate weapon and brought order to the planet under the Emperor. Enter this alternate reality of Japan and see a fusing of two cultures. Travel through the world of 'Ronin: Have Sword Will Travel' and see a glimpse of the age of the samurai full of intrigue and suspense. More books in the series Ronin: Have Sword, Will Travel Mystery Series: 1. The Missing Japanese Chin Mystery ( dog mysteries novel ) 2. How To Frame A Murder: Part One: Cat Painting Mystery 3. How To Frame A Murder: Part Two: Household Of Death Mystery Ronin Flash Fiction Mysteries 2023 series 1. The Tea Set Mystery ( Craft Of Tea, Not Brewing Coffee 2. The Koi Pond Murder Mystery ( Fish Of Intrigue 3. A Bit Of Sweet Spice Mystery ( Baking Mystery Into Cooking 4. The Rice Paddy Murder Mystery ( Food, Baking, And Cooking With Oil Of Mystery 5. Midnight Blue Valerian Murder Mystery ( A Flower And A Strawberry Of Suspense 6. Killer Azure Hornet Murder Mystery ( Bug Of A Thriller And An Insect Mystery 7. Calico Japanese Bobtail Cat Mystery ( Catnap! Kitty Missing! Kitten in trouble mysteries with cats 8. Ivory Jade Cat Statue Mystery ( Stolen kitty-cat statue 9. Scarlet Ibis Fever Murder Mystery ( infectious contagion 10. Scarlet Lovers Murder Mystery ( death of a merchant 11. I Spy With My Little Cat’s Eye Mystery ( a stray cat is a witness to a crime 12. Cat With One Eye Closed Mystery ( rare feline coins cat mystery 13. The Hammer And The Egg Murder Mystery ( man dead beside poached egg cooking up some murder 14. Who Is Guilty? The Kitten Or The Puppy Murder Mystery ( young cat and dog stand accused 15. The Kimono With The Red-Crowned Crane Mystery 16. The Cat Who Ate The Dog Murder Mystery 17. The Illuminated Fruit Mystery 18. What The Old Dog Saw and Heard Mystery ( dog mystery book 19. A Hawkeye View Of Murder, A Vexed Archer Mystery ( archer kills a priestess 20. The Guilty Blowfish Mystery, A Recipe For Murder ( fugu pufferfish 21. The Sword Of Death, Part One Of The Cursed Katana 22. Sharper Than A Blade, Part Two Of The Cursed Katana 23. The Leopard-Spotted Orchid Flower Mystery (plant mystery 24. The Horse And Carriage Murder Mystery Meet the mysterious ronin detective who with sword in hand solves mysteries and helps those in need. The Ronin: Have Sword-Will Travel Mystery book series is action mixed with mystery with a slash of thriller thrown in. Very quick whodunit mysteries. Be immersed in an alternate reality of the Japanese culture of the samurai mixed with a steampunk era of the American Wild West. Action-adventure thriller in a parallel world. An alternate history of Japan. An alternate reality with action adventure mysteries. Whodunnit mysteries mixed with Japanese culture. New to Flash Fiction? Flash Fiction are very very short books to tickle your fancy. They are a great way to see a writer's style and be introduced to the worlds they create and envision. Samurai detective and ronin gumshoe all rolled into one. Enjoy female sleuths mysteries then check out this crime thriller series. If you enjoy police detective mysteries, check out this ancient world where the tool of the trade was the mind. A female detective from an intriguing era. International mysteries and horrendous crimes. Ruthless murders, relentless mayhem, unthinkable secrets, malicious riddles, and merciless masterminds will not be overlooked by the Ronin Detective.
Download or read book The Rice Paddy Murder Mystery Ronin Flash Fiction 2023 4 written by Kristie Lynn Higgins and published by Kristie Lynn Higgins. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Type: flash fiction about 650 words The Rice Paddy Murder Mystery is a free cozy mystery book and part of the Ronin Flash Fiction Mystery 2023 series. The ronin, the female detective, must solve a mystery surrounding a body found in a rice paddy. Very quick reads, so sit back and enjoy this mystery short story. Maji… a world fusing East and West cultures, during an era before the emergence of the steam engine. The sword was the ultimate weapon and brought order to the planet under the Emperor. Enter this alternate reality and see a fusing of two cultures. Travel through the world of 'Ronin: Have Sword-Will Travel' and see a glimpse of the age of the samurai full of intrigue and suspense. Ronin: Have Sword-Will Travel Mystery Series: 1. The Missing Japanese Chin Mystery ( dog mysteries novel ) 2. How To Frame A Murder: Part One: Cat Painting Mystery 3. How To Frame A Murder: Part Two: Household Of Death Mystery Ronin Flash Fiction Series: 1. The Tea Set Mystery ( Craft Of Tea, Not Brewing Coffee ) 2. The Koi Pond Murder Mystery ( Fish Of Intrigue ) 3. A Bit Of Sweet Spice Mystery ( Baking Mystery Into Cooking ) 4. The Rice Paddy Murder Mystery ( Food, Baking, And Cooking With Oil Of Mystery ) 5. Midnight Blue Valerian Murder Mystery ( A Flower And A Strawberry Of Suspense ) 6. Killer Azure Hornet Murder Mystery ( Bug Of A Thriller And An Insect Mystery ) 7. Calico Japanese Bobtail Cat Mystery ( Catnap! Kitty Missing! Kitten in trouble mysteries with cats) 8. Ivory Jade Cat Statue Mystery ( Stolen kitty-cat statue ) 9. Scarlet Ibis Fever Murder Mystery ( infectious contagion ) 10. Scarlet Lovers Murder Mystery ( death of a merchant ) 11. I Spy With My Little Cat’s Eye Mystery ( a stray cat is a witness to a crime ) 12. Cat With One Eye Closed Mystery ( rare feline coins cat mystery) 13. The Hammer And The Egg Murder Mystery ( man dead beside poached egg cooking up some murder ) 14. Who Is Guilty? The Kitten Or The Puppy Murder Mystery ( young cat and dog stand accused ) 15. The Kimono With The Red-Crowned Crane Mystery 16. The Cat Who Ate The Dog Murder Mystery 17. The Illuminated Fruit Mystery 18. What The Old Dog Saw and Heard Mystery ( dog mystery book ) 19. A Hawkeye View Of Murder, A Vexed Archer Mystery ( archer kills a priestess ) 20. The Guilty Blowfish Mystery, A Recipe For Murder ( fugu pufferfish ) 21. The Sword Of Death, Part One Of The Cursed Katana 22. Sharper Than A Blade, Part Two Of The Cursed Katana 23. The Leopard-Spotted Orchid Flower Mystery (plant mystery) 24. The Horse And Carriage Murder Mystery Meet the mysterious ronin detective who with sword in hand solves mysteries and helps those in need. The Ronin: Have Sword-Will Travel Mystery book series is action mixed with mystery with a slash of thriller thrown in. Very quick whodunit mysteries. Be immersed in an alternate reality of the Japanese culture of the samurai mixed with a steampunk era of the American Wild West. Action-adventure thriller in a parallel world. An alternate history of Japan. An alternate reality with action adventure mysteries. Whodunnit mysteries mixed with Japanese culture. New to Flash Fiction? Flash Fiction are very very short books to tickle your fancy. They are a great way to see a writer's style and be introduced to the worlds they create and envision. Samurai detective and ronin gumshoe all rolled into one. Enjoy female sleuths mysteries then check out this crime thriller series. If you enjoy police detective mysteries, check out this ancient world where the tool of the trade was the mind. A female detective from an intriguing era. International mysteries and horrendous crimes. Ruthless murders, relentless mayhem, unthinkable secrets, malicious riddles, and merciless masterminds will not be overlooked by the Ronin Detective.
Download or read book Midnight Blue Valerian Murder Mystery Ronin Flash Fiction 2023 5 written by Kristie Lynn Higgins and published by Kristie Lynn Higgins. This book was released on 2024-06-16 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Type: flash fiction about 650 words Midnight Blue Valerian Murder Mystery is a free cozy mystery book and part of the Ronin Flash Fiction Mystery 2023 series. The ronin, the female detective, must solve a mystery surrounding a death supposedly enacted by an old blind woman. Very quick reads, so sit back and enjoy this mystery short story. Maji… a world fusing East and West cultures, during an era before the emergence of the steam engine. The sword was the ultimate weapon and brought order to the planet under the Emperor. Enter this alternate reality and see a fusing of two cultures. Travel through the world of 'Ronin: Have Sword-Will Travel' and see a glimpse of the age of the samurai full of intrigue and suspense. Ronin: Have Sword-Will Travel Mystery Series: 1. The Missing Japanese Chin Mystery ( dog mysteries novel ) 2. How To Frame A Murder: Part One: Cat Painting Mystery 3. How To Frame A Murder: Part Two: Household Of Death Mystery Ronin Flash Fiction Series: 1. The Tea Set Mystery ( Craft Of Tea, Not Brewing Coffee ) 2. The Koi Pond Murder Mystery ( Fish Of Intrigue ) 3. A Bit Of Sweet Spice Mystery ( Baking Mystery Into Cooking ) 4. The Rice Paddy Murder Mystery ( Food, Baking, And Cooking With Oil Of Mystery ) 5. Midnight Blue Valerian Murder Mystery ( A Flower And A Strawberry Of Suspense ) 6. Killer Azure Hornet Murder Mystery ( Bug Of A Thriller And An Insect Mystery ) 7. Calico Japanese Bobtail Cat Mystery ( Catnap! Kitty Missing! Kitten in trouble mysteries with cats) 8. Ivory Jade Cat Statue Mystery ( Stolen kitty-cat statue ) 9. Scarlet Ibis Fever Murder Mystery ( infectious contagion ) 10. Scarlet Lovers Murder Mystery ( death of a merchant ) 11. I Spy With My Little Cat’s Eye Mystery ( a stray cat is a witness to a crime ) 12. Cat With One Eye Closed Mystery ( rare feline coins cat mystery) 13. The Hammer And The Egg Murder Mystery ( man dead beside poached egg cooking up some murder ) 14. Who Is Guilty? The Kitten Or The Puppy Murder Mystery ( young cat and dog stand accused ) 15. The Kimono With The Red-Crowned Crane Mystery 16. The Cat Who Ate The Dog Murder Mystery 17. The Illuminated Fruit Mystery 18. What The Old Dog Saw and Heard Mystery ( dog mystery book ) 19. A Hawkeye View Of Murder, A Vexed Archer Mystery ( archer kills a priestess ) 20. The Guilty Blowfish Mystery, A Recipe For Murder ( fugu pufferfish ) 21. The Sword Of Death, Part One Of The Cursed Katana 22. Sharper Than A Blade, Part Two Of The Cursed Katana 23. The Leopard-Spotted Orchid Flower Mystery (plant mystery) 24. The Horse And Carriage Murder Mystery Meet the mysterious ronin detective who with sword in hand solves mysteries and helps those in need. The Ronin: Have Sword-Will Travel Mystery book series is action mixed with mystery with a slash of thriller thrown in. Very quick whodunit mysteries. Be immersed in an alternate reality of the Japanese culture of the samurai mixed with a steampunk era of the American Wild West. Action-adventure thriller in a parallel world. An alternate history of Japan. An alternate reality with action adventure mysteries. Whodunnit mysteries mixed with Japanese culture. New to Flash Fiction? Flash Fiction are very very short books to tickle your fancy. They are a great way to see a writer's style and be introduced to the worlds they create and envision. Samurai detective and ronin gumshoe all rolled into one. Enjoy female sleuths mysteries then check out this crime thriller series. If you enjoy police detective mysteries, check out this ancient world where the tool of the trade was the mind. A female detective from an intriguing era. International mysteries and horrendous crimes.
Download or read book Somewhere in the Night written by Nicholas Christopher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film noir is more than a cinematic genre. It is an essential aspect of American culture. Along with the cowboy of the Wild West, the denizen of the film noir city is at the very center of our mythological iconography. Described as the style of an anxious victor, film noir began during the post-war period, a strange time of hope and optimism mixed with fear and even paranoia. The shadow of this rich and powerful cinematic style can now be seen in virtually every artistic medium. The spectacular success of recent neo-film noirs is only the tip of an iceberg. In the dead-on, nocturnal jazz of Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, the chilled urban landscapes of Edward Hopper, and postwar literary fiction from Nelson Algren and William S. Burroughs to pulp masters like Horace McCoy, we find an unsettling recognition of the dark hollowness beneath the surface of the American Dream. Acclaimed novelist and poet Nicholas Christopher explores the cultural identity of film noir in a seamless, elegant, and enchanting work of literary prose. Examining virtually the entire catalogue of film noir, Christopher identifies the central motif as the urban labyrinth, a place infested with psychosis, anxiety, and existential dread in which the noir hero embarks on a dangerously illuminating quest. With acute sensitivity, he shows how technical devices such as lighting, voice over, and editing tempo are deployed to create the film noir world. Somewhere in the Night guides us through the architecture of this imaginary world, be it shot in New York or Los Angeles, relating its elements to the ancient cultural archetypes that prefigure it. Finally, Christopher builds an explanation of why film noir not only lives on but is currently enjoying a renaissance. Somewhere in the Night can be appreciated as a lucid introduction to a fundamental style of American culture, and also as a guide to film noir's heyday. Ultimately, though, as the work of a bold talent adeptly manipulating poetic cadence and metaphor, it is itself a superb aesthetic artifact.
Download or read book Haiti Noir Akashic Noir written by Edwidge Danticat and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haiti has had a tragic history and continues to be on of the most destitute places on the planet, especially in the aftermath of the devastating 2010 earthquake. Here, however, editor Edwidge Danticat reveals that even while the subject matter remains dark, the calibre of Haitian writing is of the highest order. Features stories by Edwidge Danticat, Madison Smartt Bell, Gary Victor, Jessica Fievre, Marilene Phipps, Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel, Katie Ulysse, Yanick Lahens, Evelyne Trouillot, Kettly Mars, Rodney Saint-Eloi and many more.
Download or read book Big Macs Burgundy written by Vanessa Price and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The national bestseller that turns you into “an expert at pairing wine with just about anything, from pizza and Lucky Charms to pad thai and Popeye’s” (Maxim). Featured on Today and CBS This Morning Named one of the best books of the year by Food & Wine, Saveur, and Town & Country Sancerre and Cheetos go together like milk and cookies. The science behind this unholy alliance is as elemental as acid, fat, salt, and minerals. Wine pro Vanessa Price explains how to create your own pairings while proving you don’t necessarily need fancy foods to unlock the joys of wine. Building upon the outsize success of her weekly column in Grub Street, Price offers delightfully bold wine and food pairings alongside hilarious tales from her own unlikely journey as a Kentucky girl making it in the Big Apple and in the wine business. Using language everyone can understand, she reveals why each dynamic duo is a match made in heaven, serving up memorable takeaways that will help you navigate any wine list or local bottle shop. Charmingly illustrated and bubbling with personality, Big Macs & Burgundy will open your mind to the entirely fun and entirely accessible wine pairings out there waiting to be discovered—and make you do a few spit-takes along the way. “The book explores all different kinds of combinations, including breakfast pairings like avocado toast and Rueda Verdejo, pairings for entertaining like shrimp cocktail & Valdeorras Godello, and even some pairings with popular Trader Joe’s items.” —Food & Wine “A smart, useful guide to drinking the world’s great wine, whether you’re pairing it with foie gras or Fritos.” —Town & Country
Download or read book Woman of Light written by Kali Fajardo-Anstine and published by One World. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “dazzling, cinematic, intimate, lyrical” (Roxane Gay) epic of betrayal, love, and fate that spans five generations of an Indigenous Chicano family in the American West, from the author of the National Book Award finalist Sabrina & Corina “Sometimes you just step into a book and let it wash over you, like you’re swimming under a big, sparkling night sky.”—Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere and Everything I Never Told You A PHENOMENAL BOOK CLUB PICK AND AN AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Book Riot There is one every generation, a seer who keeps the stories. Luz “Little Light” Lopez, a tea leaf reader and laundress, is left to fend for herself after her older brother, Diego, a snake charmer and factory worker, is run out of town by a violent white mob. As Luz navigates 1930s Denver, she begins to have visions that transport her to her Indigenous homeland in the nearby Lost Territory. Luz recollects her ancestors’ origins, how her family flourished, and how they were threatened. She bears witness to the sinister forces that have devastated her people and their homelands for generations. In the end, it is up to Luz to save her family stories from disappearing into oblivion. Written in Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s singular voice, the wildly entertaining and complex lives of the Lopez family fill the pages of this multigenerational western saga. Woman of Light is a transfixing novel about survival, family secrets, and love—filled with an unforgettable cast of characters, all of whom are just as special, memorable, and complicated as our beloved heroine, Luz. LONGLISTED FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION
Download or read book The Daughter of Doctor Moreau written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a lavish historical drama reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. “This is historical science fiction at its best: a dreamy reimagining of a classic story with vivid descriptions of lush jungles and feminist themes. Some light romance threads through the heavier ethical questions concerning humanity.”—Library Journal (starred review) “The imagination of Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a thing of wonder, restless and romantic, fearless in the face of genre, embracing the polarities of storytelling—the sleek and the bizarre, wild passions and deep hatreds—with cool equanimity.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, Time, NPR, Polygon, Tordotcom, Paste, CrimeReads, Booklist Carlota Moreau: A young woman growing up on a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of a researcher who is either a genius or a madman. Montgomery Laughton: A melancholic overseer with a tragic past and a propensity for alcohol. An outcast who assists Dr. Moreau with his experiments, which are financed by the Lizaldes, owners of magnificent haciendas and plentiful coffers. The hybrids: The fruits of the doctor’s labor, destined to blindly obey their creator and remain in the shadows. A motley group of part human, part animal monstrosities. All of them live in a perfectly balanced and static world, which is jolted by the abrupt arrival of Eduardo Lizalde, the charming and careless son of Dr. Moreau’s patron, who will unwittingly begin a dangerous chain reaction. For Moreau keeps secrets, Carlota has questions, and, in the sweltering heat of the jungle, passions may ignite. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is both a dazzling historical novel and a daring science fiction journey.
Download or read book Untamed Shore written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and published by Polis Books. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of MEXICAN GOTHIC and GODS OF JADE AND SHADOW, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, comes the 2021 International Latino Book Award medal-winning UNTAMED SHORE, a coming-of-age story set in Mexico which quickly turns dark when a young woman meets three enigmatic tourists. Baja California, 1979. Viridiana spends her days watching the dead sharks piled beside the seashore, as the fishermen pull their nets. There is nothing else to do, nothing else to watch, under the harsh sun. She’s bored. Terribly bored. Yet her head is filled with dreams of Hollywood films, of romance, of a future beyond the drab town where her only option is to marry and have children. Three wealthy American tourists arrive for the summer, and Viridiana is magnetized. She immediately becomes entwined in the glamorous foreigners’ lives. They offer excitement, and perhaps an escape from the promise of a humdrum future. When one of them dies, Viridiana lies to protect her friends. Soon enough, someone’s asking questions, and Viridiana has some of her own about the identity of her new acquaintances. Sharks may be dangerous, but there are worse predators nearby, ready to devour a naïve young woman who is quickly being tangled in a web of deceit.
Download or read book The Last Smile in Sunder City written by Luke Arnold and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world that's lost its magic, a former soldier turned PI solves cases for the fantasy creatures whose lives he ruined in an imaginative debut fantasy by Black Sails actor Luke Arnold. Welcome to Sunder City. The magic is gone but the monsters remain. I'm Fetch Phillips, just like it says on the window. There are a few things you should know before you hire me: 1. Sobriety costs extra. 2. My services are confidential. 3. I don't work for humans. It's nothing personal--I'm human myself. But after what happened to the magic, it's not the humans who need my help. Walk the streets of Sunder City and meet Fetch, his magical clients, and a darkly imagined world perfect for readers of Ben Aaronovitch and Jim Butcher. Praise for The Last Smile in Sunder City: "A richly imagined world...Winningly combining the grit of Chinatown with the quirky charm of Harry Potter, this series opener is sure to have readers coming back for more." ―Publishers Weekly "A marvelous noir voice; Arnold has captured the spirit of the genre perfectly and wrapped it around a fantasy setting with consummate skill." ―Peter McLean, author of Priest of Bones Fetch Phillips Novels The Last Smile in Sunder City Dead Man in a Ditch One Foot in the Fade
Download or read book Sabrina Corina written by Kali Fajardo-Anstine and published by One World. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • Latinas of Indigenous descent living in the American West take center stage in this haunting debut story collection—a powerful meditation on friendship, mothers and daughters, and the deep-rooted truths of our homelands. “Here are stories that blaze like wildfires, with characters who made me laugh and broke my heart.”—Sandra Cisneros WINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE STORY PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s magnetic story collection breathes life into her Latina characters of indigenous ancestry and the land they inhabit in the American West. Against the remarkable backdrop of Denver, Colorado—a place that is as fierce as it is exquisite—these women navigate the land the way they navigate their lives: with caution, grace, and quiet force. In “Sugar Babies,” ancestry and heritage are hidden inside the earth but tend to rise during land disputes. “Any Further West” follows a sex worker and her daughter as they leave their ancestral home in southern Colorado only to find a foreign and hostile land in California. In “Tomi,” a woman leaves prison and finds herself in a gentrified city that is a shadow of the one she remembers from her childhood. And in the title story, “Sabrina & Corina,” a Denver family falls into a cycle of violence against women, coming together only through ritual. Sabrina & Corina is a moving narrative of unrelenting feminine power and an exploration of the universal experiences of abandonment, heritage, and an eternal sense of home. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • Library Journal “Sabrina & Corina isn’t just good, it’s masterful storytelling. Fajardo-Anstine is a fearless writer: her women are strong and scarred witnesses of the violations of their homelands, their culture, their bodies; her plots turn and surprise, unerring and organic in their comprehensiveness; her characters break your heart, but you keep on going because you know you are in the hands of a master. Her stories move through the heart of darkness and illuminate it with the soul of truth.”—Julia Alvarez, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents “[A] powerhouse debut . . . stylistically superb, with crisp dialogue and unforgettable characters, Sabrina & Corina introduces an impressive new talent to American letters.”—Rigoberto González, NBC News
Download or read book Projecting Citizenship written by Gabrielle Moser and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Projecting Citizenship, Gabrielle Moser gives a comprehensive account of an unusual project produced by the British government’s Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee at the beginning of the twentieth century—a series of lantern slide lectures that combined geography education and photography to teach schoolchildren around the world what it meant to look and to feel like an imperial citizen. Through detailed archival research and close readings, Moser elucidates the impact of this vast collection of photographs documenting the land and peoples of the British Empire, circulated between 1902 and 1945 in classrooms from Canada to Hong Kong, from the West Indies to Australia. Moser argues that these photographs played a central role in the invention and representation of imperial citizenship. She shows how citizenship became a photographable and teachable subject by tracing the intended readings of the images that the committee hoped to impart to viewers and analyzing how spectators may have used their encounters with these photographs for protest and resistance. Interweaving political and economic history, history of pedagogy, and theories of citizenship with a consideration of the aesthetic and affective dimensions of viewing the lectures, Projecting Citizenship offers important insights into the social inequalities and visual language of colonial rule.
Download or read book Obsidian written by Sarah Daley and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **FINALIST for the Compton Crook Award, 2023** Shade Nox is the only witch in a land of wizards – a fiend, a rogue, a wanted criminal. Defying those who think her an abomination, Shade wears her tattoos openly and carries obsidian blades at her hips. For years, she has protected the outcast clans who wander the blighted Wastes, but the land is growing more unstable and her blades are no longer enough. To save her people, Shade vows to raise a Veil of protection – a feat not accomplished in over a hundred years. But the magical Veils are said to belong to the Brotherhood church; if she succeeds in raising one, it will expose their lies. They swear to see her obliterated first. Treading a dangerous path where allies can be as deceitful as enemies, and where demons lurk in the shadows, Shade chases a vision which could lead to her people’s salvation… or her own destruction. File Under: Fantasy [ Tattoos At Dawn | Underestimated Women | Old Jealousies | The End of Whose World ]
Download or read book The Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book Three Titan s Curse written by Rick Riordan and published by Disney-Hyperion. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this third book of the acclaimed series, Percy and his friends are escorting two new half-bloods safely to camp when they are intercepted by a manticore and learn that the goddess Artemis has been kidnapped.
Download or read book The Court of Miracles written by Kester Grant and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les Misérables meets Six of Crows in this page-turning adventure as a young thief finds herself going head to head with leaders of Paris's criminal underground in the wake of the French Revolution. In the violent urban jungle of an alternate 1828 Paris, the French Revolution has failed and the city is divided between merciless royalty and nine underworld criminal guilds, known as the Court of Miracles. Eponine (Nina) Thénardier is a talented cat burglar and member of the Thieves Guild. Nina's life is midnight robberies, avoiding her father's fists, and watching over her naïve adopted sister, Cosette (Ettie). When Ettie attracts the eye of the Tiger--the ruthless lord of the Guild of Flesh--Nina is caught in a desperate race to keep the younger girl safe. Her vow takes her from the city's dark underbelly to the glittering court of Louis XVII. And it also forces Nina to make a terrible choice--protect Ettie and set off a brutal war between the guilds, or forever lose her sister to the Tiger.
