Out of Darkness
Out of Darkness

Author: Ashley Hope Pérez

Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ®

Published: 2015-09-01

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 1467776785

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A Michael L. Printz Honor Book "This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?" New London, Texas. 1937. Naomi Vargas and Wash Fuller know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. They know the signs that mark them. They know the people who enforce them. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive. Ashley Hope Pérez takes the facts of the 1937 New London school explosion—the worst school disaster in American history—as a backdrop for a riveting novel about segregation, love, family, and the forces that destroy people. "[This] layered tale of color lines, love and struggle in an East Texas oil town is a pit-in-the-stomach family drama that goes down like it should, with pain and fascination, like a mix of sugary medicine and artisanal moonshine."—The New York Times Book Review "Pérez deftly weaves [an] unflinchingly intense narrative....A powerful, layered tale of forbidden love in times of unrelenting racism."―starred, Kirkus Reviews "This book presents a range of human nature, from kindness and love to acts of racial and sexual violence. The work resonates with fear, hope, love, and the importance of memory....Set against the backdrop of an actual historical event, Pérez...gives voice to many long-omitted facets of U.S. history."―starred, School Library Journal

Eve of Darkness
Eve of Darkness

Author: S. J. Day

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2013-01-08

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1466834862

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Cursed by God, hunted by demons, desired by Cain and Abel... All in a day's work. For Evangeline Hollis, a long ago fling with a bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks just became a disaster of biblical proportions. One night with a leather-clad man of mystery has led to a divine punishment: the Mark of Cain. Thrust into a world where sinners are drafted into service to kill demons, Eve's learning curve is short. A longtime agnostic, she begrudgingly maneuvers through a celestial bureaucracy where she is a valuable but ill-treated pawn. She's also become the latest point of contention in the oldest case of sibling rivalry in history... But she'll worry about all that later. Right now she's more concerned with learning to kill while staying alive. And saving the soul she'd never believed she had ... in S.J. Day's Eve of Darkness. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

One Cycle of Darkness
One Cycle of Darkness

Author: Christopher J. Farmer

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2005-08-22

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 0595812201

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In One Cycle of Darkness, book four of The Second Neoluzian War epic fantasy series, the Orc armies commanded by the wicked Orc dictator Arkan Spiritstrike have destroyed the dark elven city of Balenwood in Frontentia as their conquest of the lower lands continues unabated. The very dangerous 8th Orc legions commanded by the feared General Deathpox the Culler, now moves to cut off the dwarves of Carpallachia from providing assistance to the other endangered peoples of the land. At the salon castle, David Parr and his companions have unlocked the secret location of the great necromancer Termaplix using a combination of information that they have gathered in the land since the human stranger arrived in Neoluzia and a gift from Queen Tara in the Dagger of Sight. However, with the destruction of Balenwood and the pending Orc attack upon the light elven city of Oakmantle, David Parr's decision to remain in Neoluzia forces his widening involvement in the war and the demands placed upon him from those that face the darkness of the enemy from the north.

The Growing Darkness
The Growing Darkness

Author: MW Beck

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-06-11

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 1453505156

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A good man is a good man. It is his goodness that will turn him away from the temptation of evil. A relic of great power over good and evil is lost. It is the salvation of one nation while the destruction of another. Lost to those who need it, it is found by those that would take its power for their own. The sparks of a world in danger are lit. It is up to one woman to find the relic and bring it safely back to her own lands. She will be joined by brave souls with challenges of their own. Entwined are the lives of many who must rise above themselves and seek out the greatest adventure of their lives for if they do not, all could be lost to the darkness of evil. They are strong and valiant, but will they be able to stop the activation of this relic and save the world they know in time?

The Orb of Darkness The Thirteen Guardians
The Orb of Darkness The Thirteen Guardians

Author: Liz J. Berni

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 587

ISBN-13: 1291148566

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As the story unfolds, the strife for the Orb escalates. A new enemy that has been biding his time in cunning darkness has reared his head. The trauma left in Arden's wake weakens the three, and while the chess pieces move into battle, Ommadon's final weapon comes into play. The renegade Arden; his cause in turmoil, struggles to trust his new family. If he remains in the belief that he is alone he won't find the strength to endure the darkness that is the Orb. The help of the Thirteen Guardians is either a blessing or a curse. Their presence is enigmatic as much as it is sinister. Will they find the answers in time?

A Walk In The Darkness
A Walk In The Darkness

Author: Jon Land

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2001-04-15

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 9780812572483

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1948: An archaeological team in Turkey is slaughtered after making an earth-shattering discovery. More than fifty years later, another group of archaeologists, this one made up of Americans, is murdered in the Judean desert. Chief Inspector Danielle Barnea of Israel's National Police is called in to investigate, accompanied by Palestinian detective Ben Kamal, whose nephew was among the victims. Joining forces once again, Ben and Danielle are swept into a maelstrom of secrets and subterfuge where truth is the rarest find of all. Together they follow a trail that spans three continents and stretches from the dusty streets of Jericho to the regent corridors of Rome, back to a conspiracy that has remained buried for more than 2,000 years. Hunted by a secret army and renounced by their own governments, Ben and Danielle close on the solution to a mystery that can destroy them at the same time it changes civilization forever. Their only hope is to find the light that lies at the end of A Walk In the Darkness.

Dark Lord
Dark Lord

Author: Jamie Thomson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2012-10-02

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0802734057

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When Dirk Lloyd awakens in the middle of a small town he's never seen before, he is confounded. What is this strange place and why is he powerless against these humans who insist on finding his parents? Could it be that Dirk Lloyd is really the earthly incarnation of a Dark Lord who, after a cataclysmic final battle with his arch nemesis, was hurled into the Pit of Uttermost Despair? Or is he just a confused boy from the cozy town of Whiteshields?