The second powerful and heart-rending novel, set in 80s Glasgow, from Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize- and British Book Award-winning author of Shuggie Bain.
Josephine Ruitenberg Books
Valentine Pontifex
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Dark dreams stir Lord Valentine's sleep. The Shapeshifters scheme in secret to regain their stolen world, and confusion and chaos are whispered on the winds of Majipoor.
Rachel Sexton works for the National Reconnaissance Office as an intelligence officer. She is also the daughter of a Senator currently running for President. Her father s main offensive, and a very popular one, against the incumbent President is to attack
At thirty-five, Mary Frazier Armstrong, called "Frazier" by friends and enemies alike, is a sophisticated woman with a thriving art gallery, a healthy bank balance, and an enviable social position. In fact, she has everything to live for, but she's lying in a hospital bed with a morphine drip in her arm and a life expectancy measured in hours. "Don't die a stranger," her assistant says on her last hospital visit. "Tell the people you love who you are." And so, as her last act on earth, Frazier writes letters to her closest family and friends, telling them exactly what she thinks of them and, since she will be dead by the time they receive the letters, the truth about herself: she's gay. The letters are sent. Then the manure hits the fan in Charlottesville, Virginia, because the funny thing is, Frazier Armstrong isn't going to die after all.
Richard en Kahlan wisten te voorkomen dat het land D'Hara werd overvallen door een pestepidemie, maar hebben daarbij per ongeluk de akkoorden ontketend. Die kunnen alles vernietigen wat met zoveel moeite is bereikt, want zelfs het Zwaard van de Waarheid staat machteloos tegen deze vloed van wilde magie. Maar wat zijn de akkoorden eigenlijk? Miljoenen lezers over de hele wereld zijn in de ban van Terry Goodkind. Zijn fantasy-epos over Richard en Kahlan krijgt met elk nieuw deel meer fans. Net als Tolkien spreekt hij een breed publiek aan.
De Poort des Doods - 2: Elfenster
- 327 pages
- 12 hours of reading
On steamy Pryan, never-ending sunlight and plentiful rain have created a jungle so vast that humans and elves dwell high in the trees and only dwarves live anywhere near the ground. From the treetops the aristocratic elves sell weapons to the other races, whose incessant warfare sends a steady steam of profits and essential resources skyward. Now, generations of dissent and race hatred will not heal -- not even under the threat of annihilation at the hands of legendary Titans. Armed with little more than their wits and prophecy, an elf, a human, and a dwarf must unite to try to save the world from destruction.
The lives of four generations in one family of wealthy German Jews, through both World War I and World War II.
De boeken van Majipoor: Het labyrint van Majipoor
- 347 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Ooit zal Hissoen naar de Burcht van Heer Valentijn gaan. Maar voorlopig werkt hij in de archieven van het Labyrint, gravend in eindeloos veel geheugens waarin de geschiedenis van de magische planeet Majipoor telepathisch ligt opgeslagen. Lijn zoektocht in het duizelingwekkende verleden levert een verhaal op dat caleidoscopisch nieuw blijft. Het Labyrint van Majipoor is het tweede boek dat de gelauwerde Amerikaanse auteur Robert Silverberg schreef over de reuzenplaneet Majipoor, in de traditie van Jack Vance. Het eerste boek, De Burcht van Heer Valentijn, prees The New York Times als 'een visionaire mengeling van actie, fantasy en science fiction'.
De wetten van de magie - 6: Zuster van de duisternis
De zesde wet van de magie
- 751 pages
- 27 hours of reading
Als een Zuster van de Duisternis Richard Cypher gevangen neemt, blijft zijn geliefde Kahlan achter en moeten ze beiden onafhankelijk van elkaar strijden voor hun leven.
A milestone of storytelling set in the world of The Sword of Truth, Debt of Bones is the story of young Abby's struggle to win the aid of the wizard Zedd Zorander, the most important man alive. Abby is trapped, not only between both sides of the war, but in a mortal conflict between two powerful men. For Zedd, who commands power most men can only imagine, granting Abby's request would mean forsaking his sacred duty. With the storm of the final battle about to break, both Abby and Zedd are caught in a desperate fight to save the life of a child...but neither can escape the shadow of an ancient betrayal. With time running out, their only choice may be a debt of bones. The world-for Zedd, for Abby, for everyone-will never again be the same. Discover why millions of readers the world over have elevated Terry Goodkind to the ranks of legend.
