We All Fall Down
Title | We All Fall Down PDF eBook |
Author | Rose Szabo |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2022-06-07 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0374314330 |
The first book in a dark fantasy YA duology by Rose Szabo, the author of What Big Teeth, about the power and danger of stories and the untold costs of keeping magic alive, perfect for fans of Rory Power and Marie Rutkoski. In River City, where magic used to thrive and is now fading, the witches who once ruled the city along with their powerful King have become all but obsolete. The city's crumbling government is now controlled primarily by the new university and teaching hospital, which has grown to take over half of the city. Moving between the decaying Old City and the ruthless New, four young queer people struggle with the daily hazards of life—work, school, dodging ruthless cops and unscrupulous scientists—not realizing that they have been selected to play in an age-old drama that revives the flow of magic through their world. When a mysterious death rocks their fragile peace, the four are brought into each other's orbits as they uncover a deeper magical conspiracy. Devastating, gorgeous, and utterly unique, We All Fall Down examines the complex network of pain created by power differentials, even between people who love each other—and how it is possible to be queer and turn out just fine.
River City
Title | River City PDF eBook |
Author | John Farrow |
Publisher | HarperCollins Canada |
Pages | 1010 |
Release | 2011-07-19 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1443408328 |
On the night of the Rocket Richard Riot in 1955, the legendary Cartier Dagger is stolen from Montreal’s Sun Life Building. Many believe the dagger gives whoever possesses it mystical powers, and its journey through history is as spectacular as it is bloodstained. The same night, a police informer is found murdered in a nearby park with a dagger wound to his heart. But who murdered him, and why? Thirteen years later, Pierre Elliott Trudeau is prime minister, and the separatist movement is gaining momentum in Quebec. The case is still unsolved, and a young constable named Émile Cinq-Mars is asked to investigate. Suspenseful and labyrinthine, River City is at once a prequel to John Farrow’s bestselling novels City of Ice and Ice Lake, a panoramic window onto a city’s storied past, and a brilliant novel of politics, greed, murder and myth.
River City One
Title | River City One PDF eBook |
Author | John J. Waters |
Publisher | Knox Press |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2023-11-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1637588968 |
The tale of a man and the memory that haunts him, River City One is the poetic and compassionate story of John Walker, a lawyer and ex-Marine adrift in a nameless city. Home from the war, he has become a man on the edge, quietly raging against the people he must now work for and live among—the kind of people incapable of understanding the terror he felt in combat and the guilt he carries in his heart. When he meets Ruth, a beautiful, famous singer traveling through the city, John discovers a new passion for living. But as the lies pile up, he takes more and more foolish risks to hold onto his family and the newfound love that threatens them both. Moving and lyrical, River City One is the story of a man discovering that the hardest part of going to war is coming home to face yourself.
River City
Title | River City PDF eBook |
Author | Doc Macomber |
Publisher | Floating Word Press |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781941297001 |
"Patrolling Portland's Liquid Streets"As a frozen fog lifts, River Patrol Deputy, Jason Colefield, motors ashore on an idyllic Pacific Northwest island to recover a body. Colefield has a history with Sauvie Island and any return triggers unpleasant boyhood memories. This visit he comes face-to-face with his childhood nemesis, now a timeworn man, who leads him to the bullet riddled body of a young boy he claims he stumbled upon while hunting. Colefield suspects the man is lying but it will take more than just gut instincts to prove it.Within hours the FBI dispatches Agent Tamara Costa, an old high school sweetheart, to assist in the investigation and its possible connection to a serial killer. With her marriage on the rocks, only an indecipherable clue to go on, she pushes her way back into Colefield's life and wastes no time igniting the fire that still lingers between them. Colefield, torn between his renewed affection for his old flame and his teetering relationship with a feisty saloon owner, has a choice to make. As the story unfolds, with more twists and turns than the majestic Columbia River, island life is disrupted, family secrets exposed and it becomes clear the past isn't done with him.
10 Years of River City
Title | 10 Years of River City PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff Holmes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | River city (Television program) |
ISBN | 9781845024529 |
Published to coincide with the show's 10th anniversary, this is the definitive companion to 'River City', featuring 10 years of drama, unforgettable characters and behind-the-scenes secrets.
A River of Royal Blood
Title | A River of Royal Blood PDF eBook |
Author | Amanda Joy |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 386 |
Release | 2021-02-16 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0525518606 |
Two sisters must fight to the death to win the crown in this first installment of a gripping, action-packed duology set in an ancient North African-inspired fantasy world. Now in paperback. Sixteen-year-old Eva is a princess, born with the magick of blood and marrow--a dark and terrible magick that hasn't been seen for generations in the vibrant but fractured country of Myre. Its last known practitioner was Queen Raina, who toppled the native royalty and massacred thousands, including her own sister, eight generations ago, thus beginning the Rival Heir tradition. Living in Raina's long and dark shadow, Eva must now face her older sister, Isa, in a battle to the death if she hopes to ascend to the Ivory Throne--because in the Queendom of Myre only the strongest, most ruthless rulers survive. A River of Royal Blood is an enthralling debut set in a lush ancient North African inspired fantasy world that subtly but powerfully challenges our notions of power, history, and identity.
One More River
Title | One More River PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Glickman |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2011-11-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1453219463 |
A Southern man delves into his father’s past in this National Jewish Book Award Finalist from the “fantastically talented” author of Home in the Morning (Good Choice Reading). Bernard Levy was always a mystery to the community of Guilford, Mississippi. He was even more of a mystery to his son, Mickey Moe, who was just four years old when his father died in World War II. Now it’s 1962 and Mickey Moe is a grown man, who must prove his pedigree to the disapproving parents of his girlfriend, Laura Anne Needleman, to win her hand in marriage. With only a few decades-old leads to go on, Mickey Moe sets out to uncover his father’s murky past, from his travels up and down the length of the Mississippi River to his heartrending adventures during the Great Flood of 1927. Mickey Moe’s journey, taken at the dawn of the civil rights era, leads him deep into the backwoods of Mississippi and Tennessee, where he meets with danger and unexpected revelations at every turn. As the greatest challenge of his life unfolds, he will finally discover the gripping details of his father’s life—one filled with loyalty, tragedy, and heroism in the face of great cruelty from man and nature alike. A captivating follow-up to Mary Glickman’s bestselling Home in the Morning, One More River tells the epic tale of ordinary men caught in the grip of calamity, and inspired to extraordinary acts in the name of love.