Ceridwen of Kilton: Book Two of The Circle of Ceridwen Saga, Randolph Octavia
Автор: Butler Octavia E. Название: Parable of the Sower ISBN: 1538732181 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781538732182 Издательство: Hachette Book Group Рейтинг: Цена: 2757.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From the "grand dame" of science fiction, a dystopian classic of terror and hope about an African American teenage girl trying to survive in an all-too-real future. When unattended environmental and economic crises lead to social chaos, not even gated communities are safe. In a night of fire and death, Lauren Olamina, an empath and the daughter of a minister, loses her family and home and ventures out into the unprotected American landscape. But what begins as a flight for survival soon leads to something much more: a startling vision of human destiny...and the birth of a new faith, as Lauren becomes a prophet carrying the hope of a new world and a revoltionary idea christened "Earthseed." Chilling and thought-provoking for adult and young adult readers alike, ..".there isn't a page in this vivid and frightening story that fails to grip the reader" (San Jose Mercury News).
Автор: Butler Octavia E. Название: Parable of the Talents ISBN: 153873219X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781538732199 Издательство: Hachette Book Group Рейтинг: Цена: 2757.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Originally published in 1998, this shockingly prescient novel's timely message of hope and resistance in the face of fanaticism is more relevant than ever.In 2032, Lauren Olamina has survived the destruction of her home and family, and realized her vision of a peaceful community in northern California based on her newly founded faith, Earthseed. The fledgling community provides refuge for outcasts facing persecution after the election of an ultra-conservative president who vows to "make America great again." In an increasingly divided and dangerous nation, Lauren's subversive colony--a minority religious faction led by a young black woman--becomes a target for President Jarret's reign of terror and oppression.Years later, Asha Vere reads the journals of a mother she never knew, Lauren Olamina. As she searches for answers about her own past, she also struggles to reconcile with the legacy of a mother caught between her duty to her chosen family and her calling to lead humankind into a better future.
Описание: The definitive edition of the complete works of the grand dame of American science fiction begins with this volume gathering two novels and her collected stories An original and eerily prophetic writer, Octavia E. Butler used the conventions of science fiction to explore the dangerous legacy of racism in America in harrowingly personal terms. She broke new ground with books that featured complex Black female protagonists--"I wrote myself in," she would later recall--establishing herself as one of thepioneers of the Afrofuturist aesthetic. In 1995 she became the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, in recognition of her achievement in creating new aspirations for the genre and for American literature. This first volume in the Library of America edition of Butler's collected works opens with her masterpiece, Kindred, one of the landmark American novels of the last half century. Its heroine, Dana, a Black woman, is pulled back and forth between the present and the pre-Civil War past, where she finds herself enslaved on the plantation of a white ancestor whose life she must save to preserve her own. In Fledgling, an amnesiac discovers that she is a vampire, with a difference: she is a new, experimental birth with brown skin, giving her the fearful ability to go out in sunlight. Rounding out the volume are eight short stories and five essays--including two never before collected, plus a newly researched chronology of Butler's life and career and helpful explanatory notes prepared by scholar Gerry Canavan. Butler's friend, the writer and editor Nisi Shawl, provides an introduction.
Автор: Randolph Octavia Название: The Claiming: Book Three of the Circle of Ceridwen Saga ISBN: 0985458267 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780985458263 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2757.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
It is the year 871. Of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, five have fallen to the invading Vikings. No trait is more valued than loyalty, and no possession more precious than one's steel. Across this war-torn landscape travels fifteen year old Ceridwen, now thrust into the lives of the conquerors.
Epic...immensely satisfying...an impressive achievement - Historical Novel Society
Lost in the frozen woods, Ceridwen is discovered by the warriors accompanying young lfwyn, daughter of a Saxon lord, sold against her will in marriage as part of a peace treaty with a marauding Viking war chief. Their destination is the captured fortress of Four Stones, a ruin holding glittering treasure. There lfwyn must keep her vow and wed Yrling - and Ceridwen must do all she can to support her new friend in the rebuilding of the ravaged village and great hall.
But living with the enemy affords Ceridwen unusual freedoms - and unlooked-for conflicts. Amongst them she explores again her own heathen past, and learns to judge each man on his own merits. Yrling's nephews Sidroc and Toki, both formidable warriors yet as different as night and day, compete to win Ceridwen for their own.
Through both guile and goodness Ceridwen and lfwyn begin transforming the world of Four Stones. But the threat of full-scale war escalates, and a midnight party of furtive Danes delivers someone to Four Stones who destroys the girls' hopes of peace and contentment. Now Ceridwen must summon all her courage - a courage which will be sorely tested as she defies both Saxon and Dane and undertakes an extraordinary adventure to save a man she has never met..
Lose yourself in The Circle of Ceridwen
Автор: Randolph Octavia Название: Ceridwen of Kilton: Book Two of the Circle of Ceridwen Saga ISBN: 0985458259 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780985458256 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
An uncontrolled passion. A heart-breaking decision. A battle that seals the Fate of all.
Ninth-century Saxon England crumbles under the onslaught of a relentless foe - the Danish Vikings. Ceridwen, a young woman with divided loyalties, watches as the peace and plenty she enjoys at the Saxon stronghold of Kilton gives way to wary watchfulness. Her dearest friend, lfwyn, sold in marriage to a Dane in a desperate bid for peace, travels to Kilton and recounts the events that befell the fortress of Four Stones in captured Lindisse. But Ceridwen is also confronted by Sidroc, the Dane she ran from, and cannot forget. Ceridwen's life revolves around her beloved husband Gyric, rendered now unfit for battle and seemingly, for happiness. At the heart of Kilton is Gyric's brother Godwin, the young lord who struggles both against the Danish invaders and an unthinkable desire. Growing tensions between the brothers mirror the escalating threat to the Saxons from the Danes. The Fate of all at Kilton hangs in the balance at a single terrifying battle...
Meticulously researched and thrillingly brought to life, here is Ceridwen of Kilton, Book Two of the historical adventure The Circle of Ceridwen Saga.
Continue the saga: Ceridwen of Kilton.
Автор: Randolph Octavia Название: The Hall of Tyr: Book Four of the Circle of Ceridwen Saga ISBN: 0985458283 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780985458287 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3345.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Hall of Tyr: Book Four of The Circle of Ceridwen Saga"It is said that every man is haunted by one mistake..."
The year is 881. Ten years have passed since fifteen year old Ceridwen set out from her Priory home to make her own life. She has known love and loss, triumph and heartbreak. Yet the Circle which has moved about her is largely intact, although the counterpoint has changed, bringing with it the hope of renewed love. Ceridwen and Sidroc build their new lives together on the Baltic island of Gotland, where they are free and unknown. The bond between them, always strong even when years and wars separated them, deepens quickly into the profound and exquisite love that Sidroc had always claimed was their shared Fate.
Their new island home is a place of peace and beauty. They make fast friends of the brew-house keeper Rannveig and her deaf son, Tindr, a young man who is both an expert hunter and deeply dedicated to the service of the Goddess Freyja.
They work and plan for next year's sailing season, when they hope to send a shipment of rich goods to trade. They feel protected and safe -- until the shattering arrival of the one person they fear most in the world...Continue the Saga: The Hall of Tyr
Автор: Randolph Octavia Название: Light, Descending ISBN: 1942044011 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781942044017 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2973.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Randolph Octavia Название: The Hall of Tyr: Book Four of The Circle of Ceridwen Saga ISBN: 1942044208 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781942044208 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 5345.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Randolph Octavia Название: Wildswept: Book Seven of The Circle of Ceridwen Saga ISBN: 1942044275 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781942044277 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4931.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Wildswept: Book Seven of The Circle of Ceridwen Saga
Duty versus Desire
The Peace between the Saxons and Danes has collapsed. Viking forces led by the war-lord Haesten strike at will across borders. One more push will destroy Wessex. The Danish warriors settled under the Dane-law are tempted to join with these new invaders, wiping clear the game board as they seek full dominance of Angle-land.
Sidroc, having witnessed his son Hrald's victory at Four Stones, undertakes the perilous return to Gotland, a journey shadowed by the spirit of his long-dead uncle Yrling. Before his father's eyes Hrald has won the garrison fortress of Turcesig, but can he keep it?
Ceric, the son of Ceridwen, rides with lfred's ambitious son, Prince Eadward, in their wild pursuit of the invaders. After distinguishing himself in the field Ceric receives a startling order from the King, sending him to Four Stones. There Ashild and her mother lfwyn contend with the dual claims of duty and desire, and each come face to face with their past - and their future.
At Kilton in Wessex the young lord Edwin, just sixteen, is overwhelmed at the challenges before him both as a warrior and as a man. Yet he is unexpectedly entrusted with a secret which could shatter all he holds dear.
The fortresses of Kilton and Four Stones. What binds them together now threatens to tear them apart.
Автор: Randolph Octavia Название: Silver Hammer, Golden Cross ISBN: 1942044070 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781942044079 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4058.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Randolph Octavia Название: Tindr: Book Five of the Circle of Ceridwen Saga ISBN: 1942044046 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781942044048 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3215.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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