Vashaels Leben andert sich unerwartet, als eines der sagenumwobenen Ao in ihm erwacht. Ein Licht, das seinem Trager unbeschreibliche Macht verleiht. Er wurde auserwahlt ein Bewahrer zu sein und ist fortan dazu verpflichtet, dem Orden des Lichts beizutreten, um das Land vor einer finsteren Bedrohung zu beschutzen. Schon bald muss Vashael allerdings erkennen, dass der Orden einige finstere Geheimnisse hutet, die ihn an seiner Uberzeugung zweifeln ...
Through Watson's work running an annual writers conference in Florida, Watson has many high level supporters such as Dennis Lehane, Laura Lippman, Stewart O'Nan, Tom Franklin, etc. All of these authors will support the book. Watson is also well-connected in the academic world–he was director of creative writing program at Eckerd College for 20 years and continues to teach at Pine Manor College in Boston, MA. Like his previous novel, Su ...
A snowy small town. A snow globe that grants wishes. A love that's meant to be. Evergreen, Vermont is about to be in the rearview mirror of Allie Shaw’s vintage red pickup truck. It’s hard to say goodbye to her small town and her veterinarian practice, but she’s moving to Washington D.C., where her big-city-loving boyfriend lives. Ever since Ryan Bellamy’s wife died, he hardly knows how to celebrate Christmas. He’s decided to ta ...
Карла Гальярди много лет преподавала литературу в школе, но в 2012-ом она серьезно заболела и ей пришлось перестроить всю свою жизнь. Сейчас она живет попеременно в Лондоне и в Венеции, углубленно изучает иностранные языки, переводит, пишет книги и устраивает книжные презентации. Карла любит жизнь и охотно откликается на разные культурные начинания; она делает проекты, выступает как организатор и как член оргкомитетов международных мероприятий, ...
Ten-year-old Claire adores her brand-new baby sister, but her mother doesn't feel the same. Trapped in the suffocating culture of the small-town South in the early 1960s, Claire's mother tries to cope with her own mental illness and all the expectations placed upon a woman of her class. While Claire's father remains too dazzled by his beautiful wife to recognize the impending dangers, Claire is left largely on her own to save hers ...
Tess Wycheski is a standout bowler, just like her father before her. And just like her father, she is haunted and driven by the famous, career-ending humiliation he suffered at his first pro match. Joe teaches Tess that bowling is an art form and tries to coach her toward the success that eluded him. Then there’s Leo Florida, the ex-hustler bowling coach who figured in Joe’s youthful tournament disaster. No one knows why Leo abandoned his star s ...