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"Hailed by critic E.F. Bleiler as a 'landmark book in the history of fantasy, ' Mervyn Wall's classic The Unfortunate Fursey (1946) is set in 10th century Ireland, where the forces of evil have launched an assault on the monastery of Clonmacnoise. Their task is made easier by the fact that one hapless monk, the simple-minded Brother Fursey, cannot manage to pronounce the necessary words of exorcism. When the other monks discover this, the unfortunate...
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Tales of Valdur volume 1
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"Acquel Galenus, former thief and now monk, uncovers a terrible secret under the Great Temple at Livorna, one that could shake the faith to its core. A secret that could get him killed. A secret that could enable an older, more sinister form of worship to be reborn. Pirate princeling Nicolo Danamis, mercenary to the King and captain of the largest fleet in Valdur, has made one deal too many, and enemies are now closing in to destroy him. Citala, fair-haired...
83) Silent angel
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"This tale opens up with a scene of carnage and devastation, from the ruins of a monstary to lifeless bodies the doings of an army of young Turks. Silent Angel follows the story of five survivors: three women, a child, and a Greek monk. They are forced to wander through the deserted Valley of Moush in search of a new life and a better destiny than their Armenian brothers. During the most painful moment of their lives, they become guardians of a book...
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A teenage girl has vanished in Santa Fe. Nearby, in the Trappist monastery of St. Mary of the Snows, a beautiful young nun is stabbed to death. Father Nicholas Fortis is on sabbatical at St. Mary's, and when Lieutenant Christopher Worthy of the Detroit Police Department is flown in to help find the missing teenager, the Orthodox monk asks his friend to delve into the nun's murder as well. The two men make a perfect team: the monk's gregarious manner...
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"After saving the Knights of Saint Kruza from the brink of destruction, Col and Myuri form their very own knightly order. Although Myuri is thrilled by the idea, she quickly realizes that her position as a knight is making it harder for her to keep making advances on Col. Before she has time to think of a solution, however, Hyland arrives with a request to investigate Raponell, a region whose prodigious wheat production is rumored to be the product...
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Three Pines mystery volume 8
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A bordo de una lancha a motor, el inspector jefe Armand Gamache y el inspector JeanGuy Beauvoir estan a punto de convertirse en los primeros seres humanos fuera de la orden de los gilbertinos, casi extinguida por el acoso de la Inquisicion, en acceder a su fortin, tallado en la roca y encerrado en una bahia. Su billete de entrada es un muerto; el prior, frère Mathieu, maestro del coro y autoridad mundial en canto gregoriano.
Boarding a motorboat,...
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In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness... In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family's eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the family's...
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