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"Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College--Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll get through. It's not just that it's grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it's designed to stretch the riders' capacity for pain beyond endurance....

As the seals on the Dark One's prison crumble and the armies of the Shadow boil out of the Blight, Perrin Aybara, hunted by specters from his past, must seek answers in "Tel'aran'rhiod" and find a way to master the wolf within him--or lose himself to it forever. Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life ... as The Tower of Ghenjei awaits.

Between the desert plains of Karesia and the icy wastes of Ranen, there once lay the kingdom of Ro. Its men and women worshipped the One and he was much pleased with them. His armies were strong. His lands were fertile. And his people prospered and grew ... complacent. Their enemies saw they were unwatchful. And the armies of the south fell upon the land like rain. Such a fate it was that befell Haran. Now the Red Prince can only brood upon the downfall...

The lines. The soul of every ship. It was once thought there were only ten, but that was before an alien vessel appeared at the edge of spacebefore Ean Lambert heard more lines singing. Eans ways of communicating with lines is strange. But his abilities make him a valuable toolor weaponto command. Captain Selma Kari Wang has lost everythingher ship, her crew, her legs. But the New Alliance of Worlds is not done with her yet. After they rebuild her...

"Alliances have been formed. Stakes have been set. Time is running out. Aemi and her team of unlikely allies from across the ocean must find the mythic and long-lost final city before war with Nautilus destroys the rest of Itlantis. Secrets must be uncovered, and Aemi is still discovering her role in the fate of the republic. As enemies close in, who can she trust?"--Amazon.com.

"The refugees from the Empire have established a thriving city called Haven with the help of the Tayledras and their allies. But the Tayledras have begun a slow withdrawal to the dangerous lands known as the Pelagirs, leaving the humans of Haven to find their own way. But even with Haven settled, the lands around Haven are not without danger. Most of the danger comes in the form of magicians: magicians taking advantage of the abundant magical energy...

Tavore Paran struggles to hold her army together in order to combat a fearsome alien force, while the gods threaten to once again unleash dragons to destroy the world.

"Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher--for that world or ours." -- Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident...

"Shiganshina has been breached, and humanity has retreated to Wall Rose-- for the most part. Qunita District, situated at the western end of Wall Maria, is holding out depite being hemmed in by the Titans on both the exterior and the formerly interior sides. In this concluding half of the hot-off-the-press side story, Rita Iglehaut, acting commander of the local forces, struggles to turn her isolated home town into something of a city of its own....