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2) Lore
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English
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Every seven years there is a hunt offering mortal descendants of gods the opportunity to claim their divinity by killing any of nine immortals made mortal for one night. Lore Perseous has no desire to participate in the Agon, embittered because her family was killed by a rival who then ascended to godhood. When a childhood friend asks her to help, and a wounded god offers an alliance, Lore overlooks the steep cost of this decision in exchange for...
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Night angel trilogy volume 3
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English
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In the trilogy's conclusion, Kylar Stern is hired for one last job--to assassinate a goddess.
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Goddess test novels volume 1
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
Eden, Michigan, high school student Kate Winters strikes a bargain with Henry, Greek god of the underworld, if he'll cure her dying mother of cancer. The bargain she strikes with him is a grim one, but the full enormity of what she has undertaken--"live forever or die trying"--Is not revealed until it's too late to recant.
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Stormlight archive volume 4
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English
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"After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar's crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move. Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin's scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation....
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Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible. He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm is coming. And...
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Series
Goddess test novels volume 2
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
Description
About to be crowned Queen of the Underworld, the immortal Kate Winters must save Henry from the depths of Tartarus. But in order to navigate the endless caverns of the Underworld, Kate must enlist the help of the one person who is the greatest threat to her future: Henry's first wife, Persephone.
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Belgariad volume 5
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English
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The final part of a saga set against a history of 7000 years of struggles of gods and kings and men. The Orb of Aldur was restored - but the Prophecy was unfulfilled. It drove Garion on, but it gave no answer to the question that haunted him: how does a man kill an immortal god?
9) Grave mercy
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His fair assassin volume 1
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English
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In the fifteenth-century kingdom of Brittany, seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where she learns that the god of Death has blessed her with dangerous gifts--and a violent destiny.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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In this retelling of the Korean legend The tale of Shim Cheong, sixteen-year-old Mina is swept away to the Spirit Realm, where, assisted by a motley crew of demons, gods, and lesser spirits, she sets out to awaken the sleeping Sea God and save her homeland and family from deadly storms.
Deadly storms have ravaged Mina's homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Her people...
11) Antigoddess
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Goddess war volume 1
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English
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Athena and Hermes' search for the cause of their unexpected, life-threatening illnesses leads them to Cassandra, a former prophetess, who may be key to a war started by Hera and other Olympians who have become corrupt anti-gods determined to destroy their rivals.
12) Sourcery
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English
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When last seen, the singularly inept wizard Rincewind had fallen off the edge of the world. Now, magically, he's turned up again, and this time he's brought the luggage. But once upon a time, there was an eighth son of an eighth son who was a wizard. Then said wizard had seven sons. And then he had an eighth son -- a wizard squared who was a source of magic: a sorcerer.
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The ancient god has been resurrected and sealed inside Beru's body, but both of them are at the mercy of the Prophet Pallas, who wants to subjugate the Six Prophetic Cities; but the god grows stronger and far away Anton is learning to harness his powers as a Prophet, and planning to lead Jude, Hassan, and Beru's sister Ephyra on a desperate quest to destroy the god, Pallas, and save the world from darkness--even if it requires an unbearable sacrifice.
The...
14) This wicked fate
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Series
This poison heart volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Briseis races to save her family even as she discovers more about their ties to ancient goddesses and deadly curses"--
Would you tempt even the most dangerous fate to save the ones you love? Briseis has one chance to save her mother, but she'll need to do the impossible: find the last fragment of the deadly Absyrtus Heart. To locate the missing piece, she must turn to the blood relatives she's never known, learn about their secret powers, and take...
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