Showing results for "The Book of Flora" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

In the wake of the apocalypse, Flora has come of age in a highly gendered post-plague society where females have become a precious, coveted, hunted, and endangered commodity. But Flora does not participate in the economy that trades in bodies. An anathema in a world that prizes procreation above all else, she is an outsider everywhere she goes, including the thriving all-female city of Shy. Now navigating a blighted landscape, Flora, her friends, and a sullen young slave she adopts as her own child leave their oppressive pasts behind to find their place in the world.

Het is de taak van de Luministen om de mensheid liefde, moed, vreugde, creativiteit, kennis, wijsheid en vrijheid te brengen. Maar wat als hun missie in gevaar komt?Dana is een verlegen tiener die met haar oma in het meest westelijke puntje van Frankrijk woont. Wanneer een mysterieuze man haar vertelt dat haar oma vermoord is door Achromanten – mensen zonder ziel – verandert alles. Ze ontdekt dat ze geen mens is, maar een Luminist, een wezen dat mensen een ziel geeft.

Deirdre Green is no stranger to losing it all. Nearly two decades after her father's mysterious disappearance, her boyfriend, her job, and her London flat all go up in smoke. But when she suddenly inherits what’s left of her family’s publishing business, Deirdre is shocked to discover the cryptic magical conspiracy revealed in its remains.

Making bills and earnin' like a baller with l33tskillz4va's crypto fast cash is not what happens in this book! But there are killer trees and bloody arena battles. What more could you want? Except sex. That happens too. It also resolves plot points like certain characters stuck in a painting and what's Petra's mom doin' at that volcano, yo! I mean, I guess there's stuff like personal character growth and human connection and all that warm, squishy stuff. But did I mention sex that happens in this book, and magic, swords, battle axes, battles, and plenty of limbs being chopped off?