Download or read book Shock of Fate written by D. L. Armillei and published by Diamond Cove Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Solo Medalist Winner of the New Apple Book Awards for Excellence in Publishing* One ordinary teenager. One extraordinary mission. And a destiny she never expected. With final exams behind her, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Cross is looking forward to a long, lazy summer on the beach, shopping, and going to the spa with her friends—anywhere but at home with her hypocritical stepmother and preoccupied father. Her entire life is flipped upside-down when her father disappears, and rumors he’s a traitor begin to fly. Selected to join an expedition to an alternate reality called the Living World to retrieve a priceless relic, Van plans a secret mission of her own. Find her father and prove his innocence. Recovering this relic, the Coin of Creation, will prevent an invasion by the warlike Balish, test the limits of Van's strength, will, and cleverness, and push her to accept that she is no ordinary teenager. But learning of her warrior destiny, handed down through generations of her family, is the biggest shock of all. Failure to rise to the challenge could cost not only her life, but that of her people, her friends, and what’s left of her family. This book is a USA Today Bestseller (2017), won the New Apple Award for Excellence in Publishing (2017), and ranked #1 in Epic Fantasy on Amz 2022.
Download or read book Fate of Flames written by Sarah Raughley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four girls with the power to control the elements and save the world from a terrible evil must come together in the first epic novel in a brand-new series. When Phantoms--massive beasts made from nightmares and darkness--suddenly appeared and began terrorizing the world, four girls, the Effigies, each gained a unique power to control one of the classical elements: earth, air, fire, and water. Since then, four girls across the world have continually fought against the Phantoms, fulfilling their cosmic duty. And when one Effigy dies, another girl gains her power as a replacement. But now, with technologies in place to protect the world's major cities from Phantom attacks, the Effigies have stopped defending humanity and, instead, have become international celebrities, with their heroic feats ranked, televised, and talked about in online fandoms. Until the day that New York City's protection against the Phantoms fails, a man seems to be able to control them by sheer force of will, and Maia, a high school student, unexpectedly becomes the Fire Effigy. Now Maia has been thrown into battle with three girls who want nothing to do with one another. But with the first human villain that the girls have ever faced, and an army of Phantoms preparing for attack, there isn't much time for the Effigies to learn how to work together. Can the girls take control of their destinies before the world is destroyed forever?
Download or read book Red Thread of Fate written by Lyn Liao Butler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of a tragedy and fueled by guilt from a secret she's kept for years, a woman discovers how delicate the thread that binds family is in this powerful novel by Lyn Liao Butler. Two days before Tam and Tony Kwan receive their letter of acceptance for the son they are adopting from China, Tony and his estranged cousin Mia are killed unexpectedly in an accident. A shell-shocked Tam learns she is named the guardian to Mia’s five-year-old daughter, Angela. With no other family around, Tam has no choice but to agree to take in the girl she hasn’t seen since the child was an infant. Overwhelmed by her life suddenly being upended, Tam must also decide if she will complete the adoption on her own and bring home the son waiting for her in a Chinese orphanage. But when a long-concealed secret comes to light just as she and Angela start to bond, their fragile family is threatened. As Tam begins to unravel the events of Tony and Mia’s past in China, she discovers the true meaning of love and the threads that bind her to the family she is fated to have.
Download or read book Ship of Fate written by Trần Đình Trụ and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ship of Fate tells the emotionally gripping story of a Vietnamese military officer who evacuated from Saigon in 1975 but made the dramatic decision to return to Vietnam for his wife and children, rather than resettle in the United States without them. Written in Vietnamese in the years just after 1991, when he and his family finally immigrated to the United States, Trần Đình Trụ’s memoir provides a detailed and searing account of his individual trauma as a refugee in limbo, and then as a prisoner in the Vietnamese reeducation camps. In April 1975, more than 120,000 Indochinese refugees sought and soon gained resettlement in the United States. While waiting in the Guam refugee camps, however, approximately 1,500 Vietnamese men and women insisted in no uncertain terms on being repatriated back to Vietnam. Trần was one of these repatriates. To resolve the escalating crisis, the U.S. government granted the Vietnamese a large ship, the Việt Nam Thương Tín. An experienced naval commander, Trần became the captain of the ship and sailed the repatriates back to Vietnam in October 1975. On return, he was imprisoned and underwent forced labor for more than twelve years. Trần’s account reveals a hidden history of refugee camps on Guam, internal divisions among Vietnamese refugees, political disputes between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the U.S. government, and the horror of the postwar “reeducation” camps. While there are countless books on the U.S. war in Vietnam, there are still relatively few in English that narrate the war from a Vietnamese perspective. This translation adds new and unexpected dimensions to the U.S. military’s final withdrawal from Vietnam.
Download or read book The Library of Fates written by Aditi Khorana and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After losing everything when her father's kingdom is brutally and suddenly taken over, sixteen-year-old Princess Amrita flees the royal palace with her companion, the seer and former slave Thala, and together they hope to find the legendary Library of All Things, where they can access the stories of their lives and their loved ones, change their future, and save the kingdom.
Download or read book Life And Fate Vintage Classic Russians Series written by Vasily Grossman and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great Russian 20th-century novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stalingrad. Life and Fate is an epic tale of a country told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnikovs. As the battle of Stalingrad looms, Grossman's characters must work out their destinies in a world torn by ideological tyranny and war. Completed in 1960 and then confiscated by the KGB, this sweeping panorama of Soviet Society remained unpublished until it was smuggled into the West in 1980, where it was hailed as a masterpiece. 'A literary genius. His Life and Fate is rated by many as the finest Russian novel of the 20th Century' Mail on Sunday VINTAGE CLASSICS RUSSIAN SERIES - sumptuous editions of the greatest books to come out of Russia during the most tumultuous period in its history.
Download or read book Our Wayward Fate written by Gloria Chao and published by Simon Pulse. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A story that’s sure to stick with you for a long time.” —BuzzFeed “More than a coming-of-age novel.” —School Library Journal “[An] inventive, deeply heartfelt love story that explores connections of many kinds.” —Booklist A teen outcast is simultaneously swept up in a whirlwind romance and down a rabbit hole of dark family secrets when another Taiwanese family moves to her small, predominantly white midwestern town in this remarkable novel from the critically acclaimed author of American Panda. Seventeen-year-old Ali Chu knows that as the only Asian person at her school in middle-of-nowhere Indiana, she must be bland as white toast to survive. This means swapping her congee lunch for PB&Js, ignoring the clueless racism from her classmates and teachers, and keeping her mouth shut when people wrongly call her Allie instead of her actual name, pronounced Āh-lěe, after the mountain in Taiwan. Her autopilot existence is disrupted when she finds out that Chase Yu, the new kid in school, is also Taiwanese. Despite some initial resistance due to the “they belong together” whispers, Ali and Chase soon spark a chemistry rooted in competitive martial arts, joking in two languages, and, most importantly, pushing back against the discrimination they face. But when Ali’s mom finds out about the relationship, she forces Ali to end it. As Ali covertly digs into the why behind her mother’s disapproval, she uncovers secrets about her family and Chase that force her to question everything she thought she knew about life, love, and her unknowable future. Snippets of a love story from 19th-century China (a retelling of the Chinese folktale The Butterfly Lovers) are interspersed with Ali’s narrative and intertwined with her fate.
Download or read book Fate written by Zhou Haohui and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in China's bestselling crime series to date. THE LAW IS WEAK Last week, the vigilante killer who terrified and thrilled the city of Chengdu with his 'death notices' performed his own execution to escape capture by the police. I OFFER REAL JUSTICE But when two students are violently murdered, the only clue left by the killer is a death notice. The executioner? Eumenides. Now Captain Pei Tao and his task force face a terrifying prospect: that Eumenides left a protégé to carry on his work. NOW MEET YOUR FATE Once again, Eumenides is one step ahead of their investigation – but this time, it's worse. Because this time, someone on the inside is helping him. Can Pei and his team root out the mole, and hunt down their new opponent? Or are they doomed to watch history repeat itself? Gripping, explosive and fiendishly inventive, Fate is the second instalment in the Death Notice trilogy: the Chinese crime-writing phenomenon and a Sunday Times thriller of the year. Reviews for Death Notice: 'Fiendishly inventive' Wall Street Journal 'Extraordinary' Sunday Times 'A perfect cat-and-mouse killer' Book Riot
Download or read book Chance in the House of Fate written by Jennifer Ackerman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent discoveries in molecular biology have shown that genes governing life processes in widely different organisms from yeast to humans are essentially alike. That is the underlying theme of this book as it looks for meaning in the natural world while exploring complex questions in molecular genetics. Ackerman, a former staff writer for National Geographic and a nature author (Notes from the Shore), weaves her own personal experiences into this popular account of the natural history of heredity. (When she is pregnant with her first child, Ackerman worries that the baby will inherit the gene that caused the retardation of her younger sister.) Topics range from development and sex determination to biological clocks and cell death, and more.
Download or read book A Fate of Wrath and Flame written by K a Tucker and published by . This book was released on 2023-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When she's asked to find a valuable stone, thief Romeria finds herself entangled in a web of royal politics, deception, old feuds, and elemental magic. Over 1.4M views on TikTok.
Download or read book Marked written by Sarah Fine and published by Servants of Fate. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paramedic Cacy Ferry, whose clandestine job is escorting the dead to the Afterlife, is intensely attracted to her mysterious new partner, Eli Margolis, but when a rogue element seizes the reins of fate, she learns Eli is hiding a secret of his own.
Download or read book Transforming Fate Into Destiny written by Robert Ohotto and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this penetrating book, renowned intuitive, speaker, and teacher Robert Ohotto guides us on an investigation of the Heroic Journey of the Soul. Exploring three modern-day manifestations of Fate, he shows how psychic energy from family patterns, cultural influences, generational legacy, and global evolution inform our self-concept every day, and how they often block our highest potential and "Fate" us to challenging circumstances and relationships. But, he reveals, these Fated encounters are actually the keys to our unlived life. Each chapter maps our psyche and unravels the mysterious connections of Fate, Free Will, and Destiny, transforming our Fate into Destiny and our limitations into gifts. Through this seminal work based on years of experience, discover how we’ve made two fundamental agreements with the Universe as part of our Heroic Journey—one with Fate and the other with Destiny. As we learn to dance with these two forces, they become two voices challenging and beckoning us to discover our ultimate purpose—the primary task of the modern-day Hero and Heroine; and in the process, serve to unleash the power of our Soul in delivering grace to the world.
Download or read book Silent Shock written by Michael Magazanik and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The baby started to come out. Head first, everything OK. But then I saw that there were no arms. And then no legs. The little girl had only a torso and a head. Lyn Rowe was born in Melbourne in 1962, seven months after her mother Wendy was given a new wonder drug for morning sickness called thalidomide. For fifty years the Rowe family cared for Lyn. Decades of exhausting, round-the-clock work. But then in 2011 Lyn Rowe launched a legal claim against the thalidomide companies. Against the odds, she won a multi-million-dollar settlement. Former journalist Michael Magazanik is one of the lawyers who ran Lyn’s case. In Silent Shock he exposes a fifty-year cover up concerning history’s most notorious drug, and details not only the damning case against manufacturers Grünenthal—whose enthusiastic promotion of their lucrative drug in the face of mounting evidence beggars belief—but also the moving story of the Rowe family. Spanning Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Sweden and, of course, Germany, Silent Shock is an epic account of corporate wrongdoing against a backdrop of heroic personal struggle and sacrifice. Michael Magazanik has worked as a journalist for the Age, the Australian and ABC-TV, and is now a lawyer with Slater & Gordon. He lives in Melbourne with his partner and three children. ‘Magazanik exposes myths and concealments on a grand scale... A compelling read. Highly recommended.’ BookMooch ‘Magazanik—a lawyer on the Rowes’ legal team and a former journalist—has woven an extraordinary story...Magazanik has moulded [the Rowes'] story into a modern Australian myth, the battlers who took on the pharmaceuticals and won.' Age/Sydney Morning Herald ‘A harrowing read of the damage wrought by this infamous drug.’ WA Today ‘A frightening account of secrets in the pharmaceutical industry and the inspiring story of a family and their legal team that just wouldn't give up.’ Law Society Journal ‘Silent Shock is an ambitious, important book...Magazanik does an excellent job.’ Australian Book Review
Download or read book Delver Magic Book III Balance of Fate written by Jeff Inlo and published by Jeff Inlo. This book was released on 2010-12-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ryson Acumen finds that his time of service to the Land of Uton and its people is not yet complete. Together with Holli Brances and Lief Woodson, they must work together once more to end a growing threat and to meet their own undeniable destinies. It is not without loss or sacrifice as they struggle to battle grotesque forces of malevolence. Enemies once forgotten return to hold sway over each ensuing conflict. Under the conniving guidance of the serp Sazar, legions of dark creatures rise out of Dark Spruce Forest. Allying himself with a sorceress of power in the Lacobian desert, Sazar finds the strength to rule and turns his lustful eyes eastward. Targeting the outposts and farmlands surrounding Connel, the serp forms a dark army to bring terror to the humans. Even as Ryson and his elf friends struggle against such foes, they look to the powerful wizard Enin for aid, but the spell-caster remains withdrawn from nearly every clash. It is within him to decimate the entire horde, but the consequences of such intended actions trouble his very soul. An understanding of balance has taught the wizard more than caution, it has led him to the presence of a being of equal power, but a creature with intentions of malice. Enin's unwillingness to interfere in the choices of individuals is born of the belief that he must allow all those around him to seek their own path. While these paths may differ, each will lead those that travel them to their ultimate fate.
Download or read book Accepting Fate written by Vaya Thorn and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The games of fate saw you finding love and giving you a glimpse of happiness, only to grant you with what seems like endless sorrow. The story of Raffaele Dante Morelli and Asimina Alexiou continues...We have watched a relationship grow. We've felt the heart-wrenching moments between Raffaele and Asimina, their love for each other undeniable. Asimina has always been strong and independent. Then, for Raffaele, she surrendered and became dependent on him as he desired her to do. Together they pulled through the hardest moment of their lives, a moment weighing heavily on Raffaele and drowning him with guilt. Clouded, he decided to leave her, and now seeing her again, he has regrets, his decision costing him more than even he could predict. What has it cost him so far? What will it cost him to win back his Red Rose? The only woman to ever captivate and intrigue him! Will they overcome the hurt? Will she give in to the Demon, Beast, and lover? Can he win her back?
Download or read book The Fate of Tomorrow written by R. W. Marcus and published by Laughing Bird Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised Third Edition
Download or read book Awaken written by Skye Malone and published by Wildflower Isle. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Awesome lore, thrilling story, and tons of characters to adore...I just loved Awaken!" - Jena of ShortieSays review blog A girl surrounded by secrets. Two mysterious guys vying for her heart. A magical destiny that will change the ocean forever. I never intended to run away from home. Not for long, anyway. Life had other plans. Turns out mermaids exist. I’m changing into one of them. The only problem? Becoming a mermaid might kill me. And that’s not all. I’m powerfully drawn to someone who could spell disaster for me. Noah hides dangerous secrets behind his surfer-boy hotness, but I'm also pulled to Zeke, a protective, playboy merman who tempts me with magic that could cost me everything. Turning into a mermaid could ruin my life. But will my heart survive the choice between Noah and Zeke? Dive in and join the thousands of readers who have explored the magical world of the mermaids in this thrilling, complete young adult paranormal romance series! Start today with Awaken! "A refreshing, skillfully imagined read—fans of mermaid lore and paranormal YA will really enjoy this one!" - J.C. Lillis, Author of How to Repair a Mechanical Heart and You First "It hasn’t been two or three weeks since I made a statement that I wasn’t a fan of mermaid books, in a review for another site. I am about to take back those words." - Lorna, RabidReads Review Blog "I absolutely adore Skye Malone's writing style and basically everything about this book!" - Kaylin, The Reading Bum Reviews The Awakened Fate Series - Now Complete! #1 - Awaken #2 - Descend #3 - Return #3.5 - Abide #4 - Arise #5 - Become #6 - Rebirth #7 - Memory #8 - Defiance #9 - Destiny Perfect for fans of: Cassandra Clare, Mortal Instruments, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, Amanda Hocking, Sarra Cannon, A.L. Knorr, Stacy Clafin, Anna Banks, Kim Richardson, W.J. May, Michelle Dare, Megan O'Russell, M. Lynn, Quinn Loftis, Mary E Twomey, Melissa A Craven, Maggie Stiefvater, Alicia Rades, Sara C Roethle, Sacha Black, Leigh Bardugo, Melissa Marr, Lauren Kate, Julianna Haygert, Raven Steele, Kami Garcia, Kimberly Loth Related subjects: mermaid, young adult, romance, paranormal, action, adventure, fantasy, sirens, teenage, urban fantasy, paranormal romance, mermaid books, mermaid series, young adult mermaid series, coming of age, love, story, magic, wizard, ya fantasy, fantasy romance, love triangle, found family, touch her and die vibes, protective heroes, merman, little mermaid, summer romance, action-packed romance, complete series
