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Stormlight archive volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 58
Language
English
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A new epic series by the best-selling writer of Robert Jordan's final Wheel of Time novels introduces the world of Roshar through the experiences of a war-weary royal compelled by visions, a highborn youth condemned to military slavery and a woman who would save her impoverished house.
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Adrian X Isolde volume 1
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English
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Their union is his revenge. Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day to be her death day. To end a years-long war, she is to marry vampire king Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev, and kill him. But her assassination attempt is thwarted, and Adrian threatens that if Isolde tries to kill him again, he will raise her as the undead. Faced with the possibility of becoming the thing she hates most, Isolde seeks other ways to defy him and survive the brutal vampire...
3) Rhapsodic
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Bargainer volume 1
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English
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"Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she's been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she's received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then will the beads disappear. Everyone knows that if you need a favor, you go to the Bargainer to make it happen. He's a man who can get you anything you want...
4) The warlord
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Series
Rise of the warlords volume 1
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.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Halt, Will, and Horace set out for Hibernia, where a quasi-religious group, the Outsiders, is sowing confusion and sedition, and they find that secrets from Halt's past may hold the key to restoring order before the last kingdom is undermined.
When a cult springs up in neighboring Clonmel, promising to quell the recent attacks by lawless marauders, people flock from all over to offer gold in exchange for protection. But Halt is all too familiar with...
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Publisher
[Distributed in the United states by St. Martin's Press]
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
The Danish prince Hadding, who was brought up by giants after his father and mother were slain, sets out to avenge their death and reclaim the throne. A retelling of a Scandinavian legend. The story of the great King Hadding is one of the darkest and most violent to come down to us from the old North. Hadding was raised by giants far from his rightful throne, as his father, a Danish king, was slain shortly after Hadding's birth. But the time comes...
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On Devonshire shores volume 2
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English
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"When the Duke and Duchess of Kent rent a nearby house for the winter, the Summers sisters are called upon to host three of the royal couple's male staff in their seaside cottage--but soon they realize they've invited mysterious secrets into their home. With the arrival of their new guests, the sisters face surprising romance and unexpected danger."--
"Royalty comes to Sidmouth, bringing unexpected danger and the sweet possibility of romance. . ....
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Powder mage trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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"Field Marshal Tamas' coup against his king sent corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brought bread to the starving. But it also provoked war with the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics, and greedy scrambling for money and power by Tamas's supposed allies: the Church, workers unions, and mercenary forces. Stretched to his limit, Tamas is relying heavily on his few remaining powder mages, including the embittered Taniel, a brilliant...
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Series
Stormlight archive volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 60
Language
English
Description
Six years ago, the Assassin in White, a hireling of the inscrutable Parshendi, assassinated the Alethi king on the very night a treaty between men and Parshendi was being celebrated. So began the Vengeance Pact among the highprinces of Alethkar and the War of Reckoning against the Parshendi. Now the Assassin is active again, murdering rulers all over the world of Roshar, using his baffling powers to thwart every bodyguard and elude all pursuers. Among...
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Song of ice and fire volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 45
Language
English
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Read Alikes for Dune
Read-Alikes for 'The Empyrean' by Rebecca Yarros
NYT - Combined Hardcover & Paperback Fiction
Read Alikes for Dune
Read-Alikes for 'The Empyrean' by Rebecca Yarros
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Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King’s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings...
11) Gilded
Author
Series
Gilded duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. He agrees to...
12) Kingdom of blood
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When Emperor Huizong vanishes after an attempt on his life, the only warriors that can rescue him are the now-disbanded Divine Constabulary. But it is their former member, Emotionless, that has the emperor. Can her former lover, Coldblood, convince her to free Huizong, rejoin the team, and battle a deadly conspiracy? Explosive hand-to-hand battles, supernatural visions, and the dazzling spectacles of ancient China bring to life this thrilling, epic...
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Thorne chronicles volume 1
Language
English
Description
Princess Rory Thorne must use the fairy blessings gifted to her at birth to change the multiverse--or possibly destroy it. How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse is a feminist reimagining of familiar fairytale tropes and a story of resistance and self-determination--how small acts of rebellion can lead a princess to not just save herself, but change the course of history.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Nombeko Mayeki, a chief adviser at the helm of one of the world's most secret projects in South Africa, holds the fate of the world in her hands when she discovers a nuclear missile that was supposed to have been dismantled.
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English
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"England is under attack. Chaos reigns. Northumbria, the last kingdom, is threatened by armies from all sides, by land and sea -- and only one man stands in their way. Torn between loyalty and sworn oaths, the warrior king Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg faces his greatest ever battle -- and prepares for his ultimate fate…"--
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In this suspenseful and heart-pounding novel from New York Times bestselling author Lucinda Riley, an ambitious young journalist unravels a dangerous mystery that threatens to devastate the British monarchy. Keeping secrets is a dangerous game. When Sir James Harrison, one the greatest actors of his generation, passes away at the age of ninety-five, he leaves behind not just a heartbroken family but also a secret so shocking, it could rock the...
20) The nightingale
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Though the emperor banishes the nightingale in preference of a jeweled mechanical imitation, the little bird remains faithful and returns years later when the emperor is near death and no one else can help him.
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