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1) Chasm
Author
Series
Glacian trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Dawsyn's miraculous escape from the Ledge was just the beginning. In the queens' dungeon, Dawsyn awaits her execution while reliving the death of her lover, Ryon. There is no chance of mercy. But hope finds her in the form of rescue by her village friends. Now on the run and struggling to tame her newly-gained and greatly unstable powers, Dawsyn's journey continues. Facing betrayal anew, she must learn patience and trust as she builds strength on...
2) Ledge
Author
Series
Glacian trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In a place known as the Ledge, a civilization is trapped by a vast chasm and sheer mountain face. Rations are small, living is tough and there is no way for anyone to escape without befalling a deathly drop. What's more, every season the people must present themselves as a human sacrifice to The Glacians -- mysterious winged creatures who reside beyond the Ledge. Dawsyn, ax wielder and only remaining member of her family, has so far avoided the annual...
3) Damsel
Author
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Elodie never dreamed of a lavish palace or a handsome prince. Growing up in the famine-stricken realm of Inophe, her deepest wish was to help her people survive each winter. So when a representative from a rich, reclusive kingdom offers her family enough wealth to save Inophe in exchange for Elodie's hand in marriage, she accepts without hesitation. Swept away to the glistening kingdom of Aurea, Elodie is quickly taken in by the beauty of the realm--and...
Author
Series
Kinder poison novels volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In the magical kingdom of Orkena, a teenaged girl is chosen to be the human sacrifice in a deadly game between three heirs who will do anything for the crown.
Author
Series
Klaatu diskos volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The much-anticipated sequel to The Obsidian Blade transports readers to the terrifying and thrilling world of Lah Lia, the enigmatic girl who changed Tucker Feye's life.
More than half a millennium in the future, in the shadow of the looming Cydonian Pyramid, a pampered girl named Lah Lia has been raised for one purpose: to be sacrificed through one of the mysterious diskos that hover over the pyramid's top. But just as she is about to
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
He is our best hope. He is our last hope. On a lonely moor in the northeast of England, the body of a young woman is discovered near the site of a vanished church. In the south, a girl lies buried beneath an Iron Age mound. To the southeast, the ruins of a priory hide a human skull. Each is a sacrifice, a summons. And something in the darkness has heard the call. But another is coming: Charlie Parker the hunter, the avenger. From the forests of Maine...
Author
Series
False goddess trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Binsa is a "living goddess," chosen by the gods to dispense both mercy and punishment from her place on the Scarlet Throne. But her reign hides a deadly secret. Rather than channeling the wisdom of an immortal deity, she harbors a demon. But now her priests are growing suspicious. When a new girl, Medha, is selected to take over her position, Binsa and her demon strike a deal: To magnify his power and help her wrest control from the priests, she...
10) The warlord
Author
Series
Rise of the warlords volume 1
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
For a chance to save her people, Taliyah Skyhawk must wed the fearless leader of the Astra Planeta, Alaroc Phaethon, but the ice maiden and the merciless king never anticipated their battles turning into games that only one spouse can win.
11) Given to the sea
Author
Series
Given duet (Mindy McGinnis) volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Khosa is destined to be sacrificed to the sea and struggles to understand her destiny as the kingdom comes under attack and the ocean threatens to destroy them all"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Eve Duncan novels volume 10
Thorndike Press large print basic
Eve Duncan forensics thriller) volume 10
Thorndike Press large print basic
Eve Duncan forensics thriller) volume 10
Language
English
Formats
13) Ever
Author
Series
Ella enchanted volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teenaged Kezi is to be sacrificed to the Hyte god because of a rash promise made by her father, but young Olus, Akkan god of the winds, falls in love with her and together they try to change her fate through a series of quests.
14) Blood vines
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In this bare-knuckled adrenaline ride from New York Times bestselling author Erica Spindler, Alex Clarkson's worst nightmares are about to come true…
A sinister, hooded figure…
When Alexandra Clarkson starts having terrifying visions filled with blood and ceremonial images, she tries to find a rational explanation – maybe her mind is playing tricks on her, resurrecting creepy tableaux from her research on religious ceremonies and sects. But...
Publisher
Questar Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Join explorers, scholars, adventurers and archaeologists as they search for long-buried clues and missing pieces to the puzzle of history. Unravel the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphics; uncover clues to Stonehenge; shed new light on the mythical Minoan civilization. Follow the celebrated Silk Road; discover why the ancient city of Catal Hoyuk was so prosperous; reconstruct the city of Petra's underground water system. Venture into the Andes to seek...
Author
Series
Ben Hope thrillers volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Former British Special Air Service member Ben Hope returns to investigate the mysterious death of his ex-girlfriend's brother. Leigh Llewellyn is sure the death of her pianist brother, Oliver, is no accident. But she'll need Hope's help to prove it. Thus starts a dangerous investigation that takes Hope to the heart of a centuries-old mystery involving the death of Mozart.
Author
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The Priest: trained to kill for God; now fighting for survival in a religion tearing itself apart. The Builder: son to a traitor; now ordered to spy on those who overthrew his land. The Child: protected, lied to; now learning the truth. . . In a harsh, high land the plans of rulers and ruled, conquerors and conquered, Tzans and zealots play out beneath the spread wings of the Custodians and the shifting light and dark of Craithe, the God Mountain....
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Indiana Jones, his sidekick Short Round, and nightclub singer Willie Scott go from high-flying action above the Himalayas to a nail-biting runaway mine car chase and finally a spine-tingling escape from a fortress-like mine in India while on the trail of a sacred stone.
19) Apocalypto
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Mayan
Description
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression.
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