![]() |a France |x History |y Charles VIII, 1483-1498 |v Juvenile fiction. ![]() |a Brittany (France) |x History |y 1341-1532 |v Juvenile fiction. Set in an alternate 15th century Brittany, the story follows 17-year-old assassin Ismae as she infiltrates the high court of Brittany andagainst her better judgmentfalls in love with her target. |a Accelerated Reader AR |b UG |c 5.9 |d 20 |z 150408. Published in 2012, Grave Mercy is a young adult fantasy novel by Robin LaFevers. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart? Ismae’s most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany-where she finds herself woefully under prepared-not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts-and a violent destiny. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. ![]() ![]() |a Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. |a "New bonus content inside: epilogue, additional scenes"-Back cover. |a Boston : |b Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, |c ![]()
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It wasn’t until seeing Ben Wheatley’s cinematic adaptation of High-Rise though that my interest was really piqued so I picked up a copy of the source novel and delved into a world only hinted at in Wheatley’s rather fine film.Ĭharting the story of three residents of the titular high-rise apartment block over the course of three months the opening sentence, concerning recent arrival Dr Laing tucking into the leg of a dog cooked on a primitive fire on his balcony, hints at what’s to come before we go back to see what led to this apparently unusual happening. ![]() ![]() By reputation, and having seen David Cronenberg’s interpretation of Crash many years ago, the work of JG Ballard had always hovered around the edges of my cultural consciousness. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s also a story about surveillance capitalism, culture clashes, dysfunctional families / friendships / workspaces / urban societies a decade in the future but reflecting the fast-changing India of now, under threat from forces both medieval and futuristic. ![]() It’s about two people, a man and a woman, trying to find their place in the world, and a way to make it better. The City Inside is a near-future anti-dystopian science fiction novel set in Delhi about a decade from now. Let’s begin with a plot overview: What is The City Inside about, and when and where does it take place? Take The City Inside ( hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), Samit Basu’s near-future anti-dystopian science fiction novel, which, he reveals in the following email interview, was originally a rather different novel. But on some occasions, the terrible times we’ve been living through may have made some things better. ![]() Weddings were delayed or reworked TV shows were cancelled because they couldn’t film them correctly (R.I.P., Stumptown) and don’t get me started on my plans for world domination. 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