Against a thrilling backdrop of explosive combat, ruthless power struggles and exotic lore, Eona is the gripping story of a remarkable warrior who must find the strength to walk a deadly line between truth and justice. Can she face her own darkness within, and drive a desperate bargain with an old enemy? A wrong move could obliterate them all. Eona by Alison Goodman (Author) (951) Read Alison Goodmans blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. On the run from High Lord Sethon's army, Eona and her friends must help the Pearl Emperor, Kygo, wrest back his throne. the result: a killing force that destroys everything before it. When she tries to bond with her Mirror Dragon, the anguish of the ten spirit beasts whose Dragoneyes were murdered surges through her. But Eona has an even more dangerous secret - she cannot control her power. Her upcoming novel -The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies- is book 1 in a new series, and will be published in the USA, UK and Australia at the. Now she is Eona, thrust into the role of her country's saviour. Alison is the author of seven novels so far including the award winning Dark Days Club trilogy (aka as the Lady Helen trilogy) and EON and EONA, a New York Times Bestselling fantasy duology. Ages: 14+ Once she was Eon, a girl disguised as a boy, risking her life for the chance to become a Dragoneye apprentice. The sequel to the fabulous Two Pearls of Wisdom, also published as Eon.
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The villa was inaugurated as the Ernst Fuchs Museum in 1988.įuchs studied sculpture with Emmy Steinbock (1943), attended the St. In 1972, he acquired the derelict Otto Wagner Villa in Hütteldorf, which he restored and transformed. Ernst Fuchs (13 February 1930 – 9 November 2015) was an Austrian painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet, singer and one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.'īill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. 'We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. 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The first thing they’ll ask me is how I met her. *** Longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2014 *** Read more *** Shortlisted for the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year Award 2014 *** Greek tragedy isn't the most obvious way to win over such damaged children, yet these tales of fate, family and vengeance speak directly to them.Įnthralled by the bloodthirsty justice of the ancient world, the teenagers begin to weave the threads of their own tragedy - one that Alex watches, helpless to prevent. In desperation to reach them, Alex turns to the stories she knows best. Her fourth-year students are troubled and violent. Alex is fragile with grief and way out of her depth. It's a place for kids whose behaviour is so extreme that they cannot be taught in a normal classroom. Moving to Edinburgh to escape her demons, Alex takes a job teaching at a Pupil Referral Unit. From the Women's Prize-shortlisted author of A Thousand Ships and Pandora's Jar comes a critically-acclaimed novel of grief, myth and Greek tragedy.Īlex Morris has lost everything:her relationship, her career and her faith in the future. You can stand out on the beach at night and look at the surf breaking in the moonlight and swear that it’s one of the most beautiful places on this earth. Reproduced, printed and bound in Great Britain by Hazell Watson & Viney Limited Member of BPCC pic Aylesbury Bucks Prologue Let me tell you about Santa Carla. Moselle and Waipareira Avenues, Henderson, Auckland. Ltd., 15-23 Helles Avenue, Moorebank, NSW 2170, and in New Zealand by Transworld Publishers (N.Z.) Ltd., Cnr. Bantam Books are published by Transworld Publishers Ltd., 61-63 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London W5 5SA, in Australia by Transworld Publishers (Aust.) Pty. PRINTING HISTORY Bantam edition published 1988 Copyright © 1987 Warner Bros. AUCKLAND A BANTAM BOOK ISBN 3 1 First publication in Great Britain Published by arrangement with Warner Bros.Table of Contents Prologue One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Interlude Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-one Interlude Twenty-two Twenty-three Twenty-four Twenty-five Twenty-six Twenty-seven Twenty-eight Twenty-nine Thirty Thirty-one Thirty-two Thirty-three Thirty-five Thirty-six Thirty-seven Thirty-eight Epilogue LOST-BOYS A novel by Craig Shaw Gardner Based on a screenplay by Janice Fischer & James Jeremias and Jeffrey Boam Story by Janice Fischer & James Jeremias BANTAM BOOKS TORONTO |