"Върви на запад. Плени Аполон преди той да успее да намери следващия оракул. Ако не успееш да ми доведеш жив, убий го." Това бяха думите, с които древният ми враг, Нерон, заповяда на Мег Макафри да тръгне на мисия. Но защо римски император би обърнал взор към Индианаполис? И след като вече съм тук (все още в унизителния образ на Лестър Пападополус), къде е Мег? Мег, моята господарка с божествен произход, е като настръхнал таралеж. Предаде ме на Нерон, още докато бяхме в лагера на нечистокръвните. А и докато съм смъртен, може да ми заповядва да правя каквото си поиска... дори да се самоубия. И въпреки това, ако ... |
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Книга четвърта от поредицата "Изпитанията на Аполон" на издателство Егмонт. ... 8 април. Според ужасната шофьорска книжка, с която баща ми Зевс ме удостои, когато ме превърна от невероятния бог Аполон в жалък простосмъртен на име Лестър, на 8 април е моят рожден ден. На точно тази дата императорите Калигула и Комод планират да атакуват лагер "Юпитер". О, споменах ли, че тогава се пада и Кървавата луна и зъл цар е намислил да отприщи своята армия от немъртви срещу нас? А почетният гост на рождения ми ден ще бъде Кумейската сибила, която не ми е особено голям фен. Това обещава да се превърне в купон, ... |
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След победата над Гея лагер "Юпитер" би трябвало да празнува. Само че мистериозни и необичайни събития всяват смут сред героите. Нещо или някой създава хаос и всички следи водят към новобранеца Клаудия. Освен че е в пробация и несполуките са част от ежедневието ѝ, изглежда, проблемите в лагера започват след нейното появяване. Дали Клаудия ще разкрие кой е истинският виновник преди лагер "Юпитер" да потъне в разруха? Книгата е част от поредицата "Изпитанията на Аполон" на издателство Егмонт. ... |
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Когато тримата са познати и стигнат Тибър живи, тогава Аполон ще започне да танцува. Все още не мога да повярвам, че баща ми, Зевс, превърна мен, нявга божественият Аполон, в смъртен пубертет с пъпки, коремче и името Лестър Пападопулос. Освен това ме продаде в робство на една нахална дванайсетгодишна героиня на име Мег и ме изпрати на опасно пътешествие, за да освободя петимата велики Оракули от трио зли римски императори. Само не знам как очаква това да се случи, като не разполагам с божествените си сили? Досега успях да се спася двама от оракулите и получих пророчество, в което се говори за "черни лабиринти", ... |
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Epic heroes, legendary adventures from the creator of "Percy Jackson". Includes a sneak peek at "The Trials of Apollo" Risck's new series. ... Magic meets mythology in this explosive trilogy of short stories from Rick Riordan. When a mysterious magical disturbance draws magicians Carter and Sadie Kane to New York, they meet another pair of kids with abilities as incredible as their own: Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase! And it's no coincidence that they've all been drawn to the Big Apple. A crazed sorcerer, Setne, is stirring up double trouble, unleashing dangerous creatures from both ... |
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Hunted. Hunter. Destined for each other. She is the very thing he's spent his whole life hunting. He is the very thing she's spent her whole life pretending to be. Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya... Red Queen meets The Hunger Games in this epic and sizzling fantasy romance not to be missed. The Elites have possessed powers for decades, gifted to them by the Plague, while those born Ordinary are just that, banished from the kingdom of Ilya and shunned from society. No one knows this better than Paedyn Gray, an Ordinary posing as a Psychic to blend in with the Elites. When she unsuspectingly ... |
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The second book of The Powerless Trilogy. Adena and Paedyn have always been inseparable. Fate brought them together when they were young, but friendship ensured they'd always protect each other and the home they built in the slums of Loot. But now Paedyn - an Ordinary - has been selected for The Purging Trials, which means almost certain death. Now alone in Loot, Adena must fend for herself. After attempting to steal, it's a mysterious man from the market who comes to her rescue. Mak's shadowy past and secretive power set him apart from the other low-level Elites of Loot. And as the pair team up to see ... |
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A parable about life, about the trials and hardships the seeker experiences along the path to his own spiritual self. Since ancient times the eternal spiritual world has been sending via its messengers vital light to humanity. Its rays can be traced as a "thread of silver" in the sacred books of the world's major religions. Although modified later by zealous copiers and followers, the eternal light can still be seen by the unbiased eye and the loving heart. This is a parable about life, about the trials and hardships the seeker experiences along the path to his own spiritual self. A "Prince ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The eccentric Mortmain family have been rattling around in a vast, decrepit castle for years, gradually slipping into financial ruin. Mortmain is crippled by writer's block, while his beautiful second wife Topaz struggles to be a dutiful stepmother to Rose, Cassandra and Thomas. Rose needs a husband, Thomas an education but Cassandra lives for her writing. Through her gloriously witty and shrewd diaries, she chronicles the trials of family life, the impact on their prospects of the arrival of a glamorous American family, and the agonies of falling in ... |
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At Zalindov, the only person you can trust is yourself. Seventeen-year-old Kiva Meridan is a survivor. For ten years, she has worked as the healer in the notorious death prison, Zalindov, making herself indispensable. Kept afloat by messages of hope from her family, Kiva has one goal and one goal only: stay alive. Then one day the infamous Rebel Queen arrives at the prison on death's door and Kiva receives a new message: Don't let her die. We are coming. The queen is sentenced to the Trial by Ordeal: a series of elemental challenges against the torments of air, fire, water, and earth, assigned to only the most ... |
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Packed with doodles and cartoons, this is the wry, witty and very funny diary of Norse god Loki and the trials of being trapped on Earth as a weedy eleven-year-old boy. After one prank too many, trickster god Loki is banished to live as a "normal" school boy. If he can show moral improvement within one month, then Loki can return to Asgard... and if he can't? Then it's eternity in a pit of angry snakes. To keep track of his progress, Odin has handed over this magical diary in which Loki is forced to confess the truth. (Even when that truth is as ugly as a naked mole-rat.) As if moral improvement and ... |
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Every word is an accusation... and every whisper kills. This staggering graphic novel explores the infamous Salem witch trials and the long shadows they cast more than 300 years later. 1692 is a year of terror. In Salem, Massachusetts, Giles and Martha Corey are forced to confront their troubled past when accusations of witchcraft plunge their community into a violent moral panic. Based upon true events, and set in three centuries, More Weight is a unique inquiry into the Salem witchcraft tragedy and the misunderstood city now synonymous with it. ... |
