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  Princess of Lanfor

  F. P. Spirit, K. J. Fogleman

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  A mad monarch bent on world domination. A cult seeking ultimate destruction. Darkness rises on two fronts. 
    
  A century and a half after the Thrall Masters’ reign of terror, a relic of their forbidden magic has resurfaced. The insane Princess of Lanfor, soaring in her flying fortress and backed by an army of dragons, will stop at nothing to claim it. 
    
  Yet a darker shadow stirs in silence. The Serpent Cult, thought vanquished, plans to unleash an ancient evil—one that could destroy the entire world. 
    
  From the shadowed depths of the Darkwoods to the cult’s hidden mountain stronghold, a band of young heroes must fight on two fronts. Can they thwart a mad monarch and stop the rise of a demonic queen—or will Thac fall to chaos and ruin?

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  War and Peace - Second Epilogue...

  Leo Tolstoy

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  War and Peace is a literary work mixed with chapters on history and philosophy by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It was first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature.
  Second Epilogue: History is the life of nations and of humanity. To seize and put into words, to describe directly the life of humanity or even of a single nation, appears impossible. The ancient historians all employed one and the same method to describe and seize the apparently elusive the life of a people. They described the activity of individuals who ruled the people, and regarded the activity of those men as representing the activity of the whole nation.

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  Not Quite Home - A Novel

  Temple Lentz

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  Claire, wealthy and recently widowed, is adrift. She has access to tools to make a real difference but can't figure out where to apply them. Erica, a young outreach worker to the homeless, has grown so cynical about the broken system that she's breaking rules herself—and for that, she's about to get fired. One day, Erica finds Claire giving away gourmet sandwiches and twenty-dollar bills at a homeless encampment, and yanks her out of there with a lecture about systemic problems and feel-good solutions. Their conflict soon becomes a partnership, and they craft a plan to help ten unhoused women get off the streets and build a community of their own. Together, they navigate nasty neighbors and difficult politicians. And just when it seems like they're going to pull it off, a shadow from one woman's past jeopardizes the entire project.

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  Deadly Vengeance - A Detective...

  OMJ Ryan

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  A young girl taken. Now the clock is ticking. 
   
   
   
  When fifteen-year-old Hollie, daughter of the UK's biggest munitions dealer Sir Richard Hawkins, vanishes without a trace, the race is on to find her. 
   
   
   
  But the family's worst nightmare is realized when they receive a video of Hollie tied to a chair with a masked man holding a gun to her head. The ransom demands are simple—pay four million pounds or they'll never see their daughter again. 
   
   
   
  DCI Jane Phillips is assigned to the case and soon realizes that Hollie has been kidnapped by an especially ruthless gang—who will stop at nothing to get what they want. 
   
   
   
  As the pressure mounts, can Phillips find Hollie before it's too late? Or will this investigation signal not only the death of the Major Crimes Unit but one of her beloved team as well? 
   
   
   
  Deadly Vengeance—the third in a gripping new detective series featuring DCI Jane Phillips.

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  The Old Man and The Sea

  Ernest Hermingway

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  "The Old Man and the Sea" is one of Ernest Hemingway's most enduring works, earning him the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953 and contributing to his Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. The novella tells the tale of Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman who has not caught a fish for 84 days. In his relentless pursuit of a great marlin, Santiago embarks on a solitary journey that becomes as much about his internal struggle and resilience as it is about the physical battle with the fish. The narrative delves into themes of man versus nature, pride, aging, and the eternal struggle for personal triumph against odds.

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  One Grain of Sand - Book One:...

  David Somerfleck

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  "One Grain of Sand" by David Somerfleck is a speculative novel set in a climate-ravaged America where democracy and equality have crumbled under corporate rule. Noah Harpster, a pickpocket sentenced to a brutal prison system, volunteers for a dangerous experimental procedure—one that could kill him, maim him, or grant him a second chance. Emerging into a world fractured by failed genetic experiments and weaponized media, Noah finds himself entangled with a resistance movement branded as terrorism. Guided by a surrogate father, falling for a visionary climatologist, and bonded to an exosuit that grants access to every signal, screen, and voice on Earth, Noah is forced to confront the machinery of power itself. In a nation where rebellion is criminal and truth is controlled, he must decide: is he just one grain of sand in the giant hourglass of life—or the one grain of sand that brings the gears of society’s machinations grinding to a halt?

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