Showing results for "Creature" in Coming of Age

La donna si fa chiamare Leonessa. È lei a mandare avanti una casa famiglia illegale nella periferia napoletana, dove vivono i figli dei clandestini che possono permetterselo. Sta contando delle banconote, mentre alle sue spalle un dobermann ringhia legato alla catena. Liu deve lavorare fuori città e non può tenere suo figlio con sé: paga, lo lascia e se ne va. Han ha quattordici anni ed è cinese, almeno così c'è scritto sul passaporto. Da quel momento iniziano i risvegli nella campagna imbastardita oltre l'aeroporto di Capodichino, dove gli aerei decollano verso mete ignote.

“What on earth would I gain from that?” I asked him. “Risk my own neck by violating my banishment just to leave you? The sentence placed on me if I return is execution. If I’m entering the mountains again, I’d damn well better get something out of it.” Exiled from the Silverwood and...

With the heart, daring, and evocative atmosphere of Winter’s Bone and True Grit, and driven by the raw, whip-smart voice of Percy James, a blistering debut about a fearless sixteen-year old girl whose search for her missing mother leads to an unexpected discovery, and a life or death struggle...

Tad overcame the overwhelming power of Oblivion, saving both his brother and his mentor, but the world has never been in worse shape. With the sky still smothered, the Defector's plots advance ever closer to their fruition. The warlord class trial looms ahead of our hero. Will he be the match to the severity of what is to come, or will it break him entirely?

Young Bhryen's investigation of a stolen item plunges him into a world of forbidden magic and dark powers. Unknown to Bhryen, the crown of Ellaria is already in trouble, as sorcerous powers and the threat of war gathers around eating into the fabric of its fragile peace. Bhryen discovers that he possesses a dangerous gift. With the help of the fey, young boy J'arik, he must learn to master this gift while keeping it a secret from the temple. Though forbidden by the temple laws, using Bhryen's new found gift might be the only thing that can save them all.