The Fractured: Elena
The Fractured: Elena

Author: Sarah Dalton

Publisher: Sarah Dalton

Published: 2013-03-14

Total Pages: 51

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In a fractured Britain, the Genetic Enhancement Ministry have taken control. Parents buy designer babies and those with genetic faults are labelled Blemished and shunned from society. Elena Darcey is just as perfect as the other clones, but there is something different about Elena, because she’s in trouble. After helping Area 14’s most famous criminals escape, Elena has to get out before her teacher-- the formidable Margaret Murgatroyd --finds out that she is a sympathiser for the Blemished. The perfect opportunity arises as a beauty pageant promises the winner a trip to London. Will Elena cope with the cut-throat world of a beauty pageant filled with sabotage, violence and betrayal? If she makes it to London, will she find the safe haven she craves? Does she discover more than she'd expected after meeting the mysterious Jake Bloom? The Fractured is the first part of a spin off series based on the dystopian Blemished series, which will focus on some of the secondary characters and their stories. Part one follows the life of Elena as she experiences a life changing event. By Sarah Dalton The Blemished series - YA dystopia The Mary Hades series - YA horror Keywords: teen, fiction, dystopia, science fiction, novella, the blemished, romance, action, adventure, genetics, young adult.

The Fractured: Maggie
The Fractured: Maggie

Author: Sarah Dalton

Publisher: Sarah Dalton

Published: 2013-04-29

Total Pages: 46

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In a fractured Britain, the Genetic Enhancement Ministry have taken control. Parents buy designer babies and those with genetic faults are labelled Blemished and shunned from society. Margaret Murgatroyd failed in her mission to capture three Blemished escapees. She fears the Ministry will demote her to full-time teacher and remove her Ministry rights. But Margaret is surprised as she's given a new opportunity with new responsibilities, the only problem is old memories resurfacing after many years. Margaret remembers herself as a young girl, Maggie Powell, and the mistakes she made as a young lab technician working at the Genetic Enhancement Ministry as it first embarked on its take-over of Britain. She remembers the mistakes she made, the people who betrayed her and the way it shaped her as a woman. The Fractured is a spin off series based on The Blemished, which will focus on some of the secondary characters and their stories. Part two follows the life of Margaret as she remembers the heartbreaking events of her past. By the author: The Blemished series - YA dystopia The Mary Hades series - YA horror Keywords: teen, fiction, dystopia, evil corporations, novella, the blemished, science fiction, genetics, young adult.

The Fractured Race
The Fractured Race

Author: Victoria Middleton

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-01-22

Total Pages: 666

ISBN-13: 0359285937

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Evelyn sees a UFO one night, and from that moment not a single child on Earth is conceived. Her unborn child will be the last of our race. The government militarises, and compounds are built to protect the last generation. Scientists search for a medical answer, but Evelyn investigates her own theory that aliens have halted human procreation. Her husband, Jack, the leader of the rebel ?United Freedom Party? is captured by the army. Evelyn escapes with her son, Adam to remote Kangaroo Island. The world prepares for extinction, but in Riyadh, the Saudi King believes Adam 'The Last' to be from the line of the first man and will bring children in the future. The king orders Adam's abduction and mercenaries arrive in Australia to hunt him down.

The Ferrante Letters
The Ferrante Letters

Author: Sarah Chihaya

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2020-01-07

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 023155088X

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Like few other works of contemporary literature, Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels found an audience of passionate and engaged readers around the world. Inspired by Ferrante’s intense depiction of female friendship and women’s intellectual lives, four critics embarked upon a project that was both work and play: to create a series of epistolary readings of the Neapolitan Quartet that also develops new ways of reading and thinking together. In a series of intertwined, original, and daring readings of Ferrante’s work and her fictional world, Sarah Chihaya, Merve Emre, Katherine Hill, and Juno Jill Richards strike a tone at once critical and personal, achieving a way of talking about literature that falls between the seminar and the book club. Their letters make visible the slow, fractured, and creative accretion of ideas that underwrites all literary criticism and also illuminate the authors’ lives outside the academy. The Ferrante Letters offers an improvisational, collaborative, and cumulative model for reading and writing with others, proposing a new method the authors call collective criticism. A book for fans of Ferrante and for literary scholars seeking fresh modes of intellectual exchange, The Ferrante Letters offers incisive criticism, insouciant riffs, and the pleasure of giving oneself over to an extended conversation about fiction with friends.

Archaea
Archaea

Author: Bill Valiontis

Publisher: Bill Valiontis

Published: 2024-02-28

Total Pages: 159

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A team of archaeologists investigating a submerged city off the coast of Greece uncovers evidence of a highly advanced underwater civilization that predates known human history. As they piece together the clues, they must navigate treacherous waters and rival factions vying for control of the ancient technology hidden beneath the waves. One of the team members starts experiencing vivid dreams that seem to be messages from the ancient civilization, guiding them towards a remarkable discovery that could change everything. A rival archaeological team, funded by a wealthy tech mogul with questionable motives, arrives on the scene and is determined to beat the original team to uncovering the secrets of the underwater civilization. A series of mysterious accidents and equipment malfunctions plague the expedition, leading the team to suspect sabotage from an unknown source who doesn't want the truth about the civilization to come to light. As the team delves deeper into the ruins, they unearth a powerful artifact that possesses a dangerous energy, causing rifts within the group as some members are drawn to its power while others fear its potential consequences. The underwater city is guarded by sentient guardians left behind by the ancient civilization, who view the archaeologists as intruders and must be appeased or outwitted in order to continue the investigation. A sudden shift in underwater currents uncovers a hidden chamber that has been sealed for millennia, revealing a secret society within the civilization that used advanced technology for mysterious purposes. The team's progress is hindered by a series of puzzles and riddles scattered throughout the city, requiring them to use their knowledge of history, science, and mythology to unlock the secrets of the ancient civilization. A member of the team forms a bond with a local marine biologist who provides crucial insight into the ecosystem surrounding the sunken city, leading to the discovery of a symbiotic relationship between the civilization and the underwater creatures. A powerful storm threatens to destroy the underwater site, forcing the team to race against time to salvage as many artifacts and data as possible before they lose their chance to uncover the truth hidden beneath the waves.

Nalini Singh: Guild Hunters Novels 1-4
Nalini Singh: Guild Hunters Novels 1-4

Author: Nalini Singh

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 1555

ISBN-13: 1101579056

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Angels rule, vampires serve, and passions ignite in the first four novels of the Guild Hunter series by New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh. Angels’ Blood Archangel’s Kiss Archangel’s Consort Archangel’s Blade

Chicana/o and Latina/o Fiction
Chicana/o and Latina/o Fiction

Author: Ylce Irizarry

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2016-02-15

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0252098072

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In this new study, Ylce Irizarry moves beyond literature that prioritizes assimilation to examine how contemporary fiction depicts being Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, or Puerto Rican within Chicana/o and Latina/o America. Irizarry establishes four dominant categories of narrative--loss, reclamation, fracture, and new memory--that address immigration, gender and sexuality, cultural nationalisms, and neocolonialism. As she shows, narrative concerns have moved away from the weathered notions of arrival and assimilation. Contemporary Chicana/o and Latina/o literatures instead tell stories that have little, if anything, to do with integration into the Anglo-American world. The result is the creation of new memory. This reformulation of cultural membership unmasks the neocolonial story and charts the conscious engagement of cultural memory. It outlines the ways contemporary Chicana/o and Latina/o communities create belonging and memory of their ethnic origins. An engaging contribution to an important literary tradition, Chicana/o and Latina/o Fiction privileges the stories Chicanas/os and Latinas/os remember about themselves rather than the stories of those subjugating them. NACCS Book Award, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, 2018; MLA Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies, Modern Language Association, 2017

Archangel's War
Archangel's War

Author: Nalini Singh

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 045149167X

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Return to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s darkly passionate Guild Hunter world, where human-turned-angel Elena Deveraux, consort to Archangel Raphael, faces a new challenge that threatens the balance of the world. Wings of silver. Wings of blue. Mortal heart. Broken dreams. Shatter. Shatter. Shatter. A sundering. A grave. I see the end. I see. . . . The world is in chaos as the power surge of the Cascade rises to a devastating crescendo. In furiously resisting its attempts to turn Elena into a vessel for Raphael’s power, Elena and her archangel are irrevocably changed. . .far beyond the prophecy of a cursed Ancient. At the same time, violent and eerie events around the world threaten to wipe out entire populations. And in the Archangel Lijuan’s former territory, an unnatural fog weaves through the land, leaving only a bone-chilling silence in its wake. Soon it becomes clear that even the archangels are not immune to this deadly evil. This time, even the combined power of the Cadre may not be enough. . . . This war could end them all.

Kisses Beneath a Broken Sky
Kisses Beneath a Broken Sky

Author: Rafi Ahmed Riyadh

Publisher: Rafi Ahmed Riyadh

Published:

Total Pages: 14

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In the quiet town of Graywater, storms carry more than just rain—they carry the weight of secrets and broken promises. For five long years, Elena has lived in the shadow of one stormy night, the night Gabriel disappeared without a trace, leaving her with unanswered questions and a shattered heart. When Gabriel suddenly reappears, drenched from another storm and haunted by an unknown force, Elena is torn between her lingering love for him and the pain of his betrayal. Gabriel returns with secrets of his own—secrets about the storm that took him away, and the reckoning that follows him now. As the skies break open and danger looms ever closer, Elena must decide if she can trust Gabriel again. Together, they must confront the past, navigate the storm’s fury, and uncover the truth hidden beneath the broken sky. In this emotional tale of love, loss, and redemption, "Kisses Beneath a Broken Sky" weaves together romance, mystery, and the forces of nature in a powerful journey of second chances.

The Reality Paradox
The Reality Paradox

Author: Bill Valiontis

Publisher: Bill Valiontis

Published: 2024-02-13

Total Pages: 175

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A reclusive artist creates a series of paintings that come to life when viewed through a special lens. As the boundaries between reality and art blur, the characters within the paintings rebel against their creator, seeking freedom from their painted prison. A young artist discovers a mirror that reflects the true nature of things. As she explores its powers, she learns the consequences of seeing the world as it truly is, both beautiful and unsettling.