In doing so, she raises questions surrounding the nature of memory, what we allow to thrive, and what we determine to execute. “The novel has a timeless quality McFadden is a master of taking you to another time and place. Entertainment Weekly, One of 20 New Books to Read in August Exploring ritual sacrifice in contemporary West Africa, Praise Song offers a fascinating, painful glimpse into a world beyond America’s shores, filled with tragedy and love and hope.” “McFadden, writer of great, imaginative novels for years now (including Sugar and Gathering of Waters), is back with one of her best yet. Longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction!Ī Black Caucus of the American Library Association 2019 Honor title, Fiction
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Are the two events connected? The villagers turn to the vampire hunter known only as D, but as he follows the children, now adults, the answers he finds may be more terrifying than anything he could ever imagine. Now vampires have begun to hunt in the daylight. Ten years ago four children disappeared while playing near the castle, only to mysteriously reappear a month later. But what happens when those rules no longer apply? The village of Tsepesh sits in the eternal shadow of an abandoned castle, a onetime stronghold of the Nobility, the vampire lords who rule the devastated wasteland of the future. vampires have ruled the Earth for almost 300 years, and it is only these weaknesses that have kept these foul monsters from totally overrunning the world. Seemingly immortal, they can be destroyed only by the use of a stake through the heart, severing of their heads, or exposure to sunlight. "The adventures of Vampire Hunter D continue! Vampires: murderous creatures in the shape of humans, they stalk the night feeding on the blood of innocents. When a Broadway or West End show opens on its first night, everyone knows their lines. Goodwin has shown that female writers can make flesh crawl, both living and undead, just as well as her male peers.” -Ĭhallenge the 'business as usual' rhetoric and create a stronger narrative in today's purpose-driven society with Words That Work. In order serve and protect their compound, will the gang have to abandon their own moral code and engage in a war against the uninfected? How far is Orissa willing to go? Praise for Contagious “I can’t give this post-apocalyptic story six stars but I wish I could!” -Tamara Rose Blodgett “In her narrative storytelling, Emily Goodwin presents a refreshingly strong female hero in her zombie-infested, survival tale. What foe could be more frightening than zombies? A fortress for the criminally insane-unhinged survivors who will stop at nothing to take Orissa and her friends down for good. Fuller’s soldiers and Marines have no choice but to venture out into the lawless wastelands of America where they discover a new kind of enemy. Orissa Penwell and her friends are faced with disaster, as their zombie-proof compound starts to fill and food supplies dwindle. Third in the series that dominated the Contagious Reads Horror Con Awards. It’s kill or be eaten as the zombie apocalypse rages. Zhade, the exiled bastard prince of Eerensed, has other plans. She knows she's nothing special, but she'll play along if it means she can figure out why she was left in stasis and how to get back to Earth. They died centuries ago, and for some reason, their descendants think Andra's a deity. Worst of all, the rest of the colonists-including her family and friends-are dead. When Andra went into a cryonic sleep for a trip across the galaxy, she expected to wake up in a hundred years, not a thousand. Not only that, but she's in a hot, dirty cave, it's the year 3102, and everyone keeps calling her Goddess. Andra wakes up from a cryogenic sleep 1,000 years later than she was supposed to, forcing her to team up with an exiled prince to navigate an unfamiliar planet in this smart, thrilling sci-fi adventure, perfect for fans of Renegades and Aurora Rising. I was really excited.īoth you and Dan pull off a real high-wire act in terms of balancing tone in this book. They had seen a copy of ‘Cafe Racer’ (Thank you Sean!) and told me how they were drawn to the expressiveness in my style. He’s the ultimate life coach.Ĭorin, what was it like getting the call from DC to work on the book? Did they tell you what caught their eye about your work?Ĭorin Howell: It was actually a little surprising because I’ve never worked on a superhero book before. 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At Oxford he met Helen Palmer, who he wed in 1927. He graduated Dartmouth College in 1925, and proceeded on to Oxford University with the intent of acquiring a doctorate in literature. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born 2 March 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Seuss is a global best-seller, with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic 'Cat in the Hat', and ranked among the world's top children's authors, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. With his unique combination of hilarious stories, wacky pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. And Marco's singular kind of optimism is also evident in McElligot's Pool. Now over seventy-five years old, this story is as timeless as ever. Seuss fans of all ages, who will cheer when our hero proves that a little imagination can go a very long way - Who wouldn't cheer when an elephant-pulled sleigh raced by? 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