A phantom moose, a razor-fanged Quarkbeast, and an elderly Volkswagen round out the family circle. Soon enough she has an apprentice of her own-another plucky foundling with the unlikely name of Tiger Prawns. Jennifer is really only an apprentice, but her boss has gone missing and no one else wants the job. A high-rise residential block full of tetchy wizards comes with the deal. She manages Kazam, a service that matches magical talent to clients’ needs. She doesn’t know her real name, being a foundling, and probably an orphan from the Fourth Troll War. In the middle of it all is a remarkable young woman-barely more than a girl, really-named Jennifer Strange. Suddenly thousands of people are camped outside the magical force-field that contains the Dragonlands, waiting to stake their claim on the pristine wilderness and develop it for, say, the Consolidated Useful Stuff LLC. A world where knights in shining armor are TV celebrities, where foundlings are placed in indentured servitude, and where widespread premonitions of the death of the last dragon triggers mass hysteria. It’s a world where magic is slowly dying out, its practitioners reduced to delivering pizzas on flying carpets and rewiring houses by spell. In a twisted alternate world, the Dragonlands are situated between the Kingdom of Hereford and the Duchy of Brecon, in the west of a balnkanized version of England and Wales known as the Ununited Kingdoms.
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One of the most widely read feminist texts of the twentieth century, and Monique Wittig' s most popular novel, Les Guerilleres imagines the attack on the language and bodies of men by a tribe of warrior women. A path-breaking novel about creating and sustaining freedom, the book derives much of its energy from its vaunting of the female body as a resource for literary invention. In this breathtakingly rapid novel first published in 1969, Wittig animates a lesbian society that invites all women to join their fight, their circle, and their community. Among the women’s most powerful weapons in their assault is laughter, but they also threaten literary and linguistic customs of the patriarchal order with bullets. One of the most widely read feminist texts of the twentieth century, and Monique Wittig’s most popular novel, Les Guérillères imagines the attack on the language and bodies of men by a tribe of warrior women. 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Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best NovelĪ Locus, and Nebula Award nominee for 2019Ī Best Book of 2019: Library Journal, Polygon, Den of GeekĪ Guardian Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2019 and “Not the Booker Prize” NomineeĪ Goodreads Biggest SFF Book of 2019 and Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee This Present Darkness takes place in the small college town of Ashton. Peretti followed This Present Darkness up with a sequel in 1988, Piercing the Darkness. "For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." Its title comes from Ephesians 6:12 (RSV). The book has sold in excess of 2.7 million copies worldwide as of 2013 and remained on the Christian Booksellers Association top best sellers list for over 150 consecutive weeks after its release. Sales were initially slow but jumped dramatically after singer Amy Grant promoted the book. It is critical of Eastern and New Age spiritual practices, portraying meditation as a means of demonic possession. Published in 1986 by Crossway Books, This Present Darkness was Peretti's first published novel for adults and shows contemporary views on angels, demons, prayer, and spiritual warfare as demons and angels interact and struggle for control of the citizens of the small town of Ashton. This Present Darkness is a Christian novel by suspense, horror, and fantasy author Frank E. Two youngsters, friends forever, find a way to survive, to love, to begin again. Not just any strong, mind you, but loving strong. Parents want their children to grow up to be strong. This lesson plan will help students summarize the story. Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes 6,518 ratings, 4.01 average rating, 1,008 reviews Open Preview Ninth Ward Quotes Showing 1-2 of 2 The world can be a hard place sometimes. 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