A Confusion of Princes
Title | A Confusion of Princes PDF eBook |
Author | Garth Nix |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 2012-05-15 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0062213563 |
Garth Nix, bestselling author of the Keys to the Kingdom series and Shade’s Children, combines space opera with a coming-of-age story in his YA novel A Confusion of Princes. Superhuman. Immortal. Prince in a Galactic Empire. There has to be a catch…. Khemri learns the minute he becomes a Prince that princes need to be hard to kill—for they are always in danger. Their greatest threat? Other Princes. Every Prince wants to become Emperor and the surest way to do so is to kill, dishonor, or sideline any potential competitor. There are rules, but as Khemri discovers, rules can be bent and even broken. There are also mysteries. Khemri is drawn into the hidden workings of the Empire and is dispatched on a secret mission. In the ruins of space battle, he meets a young woman, called Raine, who challenges his view of the Empire, of Princes, and of himself. But Khemri is a Prince, and even if he wanted to leave the Empire behind, there are forces there that have very definite plans for his future.
Shade's Children
Title | Shade's Children PDF eBook |
Author | Garth Nix |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 2010-03-02 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0062003178 |
From renowned fantasy author of the Old Kingdom series, Garth Nix, comes a dystopian fantasy perfect for fans of Hunger Games and Divergent. Imagine a world where your fourteenth birthday is your last and where even your protector may not be trusted…. In a futuristic urban wasteland, evil Overlords have decreed that no human shall live a day past their fourteenth birthday. On that Sad Birthday, the children of the Dorms are taken to the Meat Factory, where they will be made into creatures whose sole purpose is to kill. The mysterious Shade—once a man, but now more like the machines he fights—recruits the few teenagers who escape into a secret resistance force. With luck, cunning, and skill, four of Shade's children come closer than any to discovering the source of the Overlords' power—and the key to their downfall. But the closer they get, the more ruthless Shade seems to become.
Sir Thursday (The Keys to the Kingdom #4)
Title | Sir Thursday (The Keys to the Kingdom #4) PDF eBook |
Author | Garth Nix |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2010-07-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0545278929 |
The stellar fourth book in Garth Nix's masterpiece series. The stellar fourth book in Garth Nix's masterpiece series... now in paperback!On the fourth day there was war... Following their adventures in the Border Sea, Arthur and Leaf head for home. But only Leaf gets through the Front Door. Arthur is blocked because someone . . . or something . . . has assumed his identity and is taking over his life. Before Arthur can take action, he is drafted by Sir Thursday and forced to join the Glorious Army of the Architect. While Leaf tries to banish Arthur's doppleganger on earth, Arthur must survive his basic training, avoid getting posted to the Front and work out how he can free Part Four of the Will....
Princes of the Renaissance
Title | Princes of the Renaissance PDF eBook |
Author | Orville Prescott |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2019-07-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1000012379 |
Originally published in 1970, this book offered a fresh look at the triumph and turmoil of the Renaissance by examining the lives and power of the princes of Italy, who ruled the many independent states and who dominated the society which nurtured the Renaissance painters, sculptors, writers and architects. The book discusses their magnificence, deceit and cruelty, their cultivation and moral corruption and includes specific chapters on Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, Ercole d’Este, Pope Julius II and Sigismondo Malatesta.
Tin Star
Title | Tin Star PDF eBook |
Author | Cecil Castellucci |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2014-02-25 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1596437758 |
"Beaten and left for dead, fourteen-year-old Tula Bane finds herself abandoned on a space station called Yertina Feray after traveling with the colonist group, Children of the Earth"--
Spindle's End
Title | Spindle's End PDF eBook |
Author | Robin McKinley |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 433 |
Release | 2002-05-13 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1440624941 |
The evil fairy Pernicia has set a curse on Princess Briar-Rose: she is fated to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into an endless, poisoned sleep. Katriona, a young fairy, kidnaps the princess in order to save her; she and her aunt raise the child in their small village, where no one knows her true identity. But Pernicia is looking for her, intent on revenge for a defeat four hundred years old. Robin McKinley's masterful version of Sleeping Beauty is, like all of her work, a remarkable literary feat.
The Ragwitch
Title | The Ragwitch PDF eBook |
Author | Garth Nix |
Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2006-02-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1741761271 |
Garth Nix's powerful first fantasy for younger readers, The Ragwitch is a chilling tale of witchcraft, with its starting point in Australia.