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    • Against All Things Ending Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Against All Things End­ing is the penul­ti­mate vol­ume in Stephen R. Donaldson’s decades-span­ning Chron­i­cles of Thomas Covenant, where meta­phys­i­cal despair and frag­ile hope col­lide in the Land’s dark­est hour. As the Worm of the World’ End awak­ens to devour all exis­tence, three bro­ken heroes face impos­si­ble choic­es: ​Thomas Covenant, res­ur­rect­ed as pure wild mag­ic but par­a­lyzed by the para­dox of his own exis­tence ​Lin­den Avery, wield­ing…
    • Buried Prey Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In Buried Prey, ​Lucas Dav­en­port​ con­fronts a chill­ing ghost from his past when the bod­ies of two miss­ing girls—Kate Jones and Martha John­son—are unearthed after 25 years. Orig­i­nal­ly dis­missed as a cold case from Davenport’s ear­ly days as a Min­neapo­lis cop, the dis­cov­ery reopens old wounds and expos­es a web of lies, cor­rup­tion, and a killer who’s been hid­ing in plain sight. As Dav­en­port revis­its…
      Fiction • Mystery • Politics • Thriller
    • Wait Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Wait is a reflec­tive, emo­tion­al­ly inti­mate novel­la that cen­ters around a woman nav­i­gat­ing an uncer­tain wait­ing peri­od — lit­er­al and metaphor­i­cal — in her life. Told through sharp, lyri­cal prose, the sto­ry explores themes of time, long­ing, wom­an­hood, and the body, set against the back­drop of qui­et domes­tic moments and inter­nal con­flict. The nar­ra­tor moves through a phase of sus­pend­ed ani­ma­tion — wait­ing for…
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      by testsuphomeAdmin The Wed­ding Peo­ple is a heart­felt and wit­ty nov­el about unex­pect­ed con­nec­tion, grief, and sec­ond chances. The sto­ry fol­lows Phoebe, a woman reel­ing from per­son­al tragedy, who impul­sive­ly checks into a Con­necti­cut sea­side hotel where a wed­ding is tak­ing place. She soon finds her­self entan­gled with a group of wed­ding guests and strangers, lead­ing to a week­end filled with emo­tion­al rev­e­la­tions, sur­pris­ing friend­ships, and…
    • [The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant 10] • The Last Dark Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The Last Dark con­cludes Stephen R. Don­ald­son’s epic four-decade saga of Thomas Covenant with apoc­a­lyp­tic grandeur. As the Land faces ulti­mate anni­hi­la­tion from Foul’s cor­rup­tion and the Worm of the World’s End, three reluc­tant heroes must make their final stand: ​Thomas Covenant, the twice-dead lep­er and Unbe­liev­er, now incar­nat­ed as pure wild mag­ic ​Lin­den Avery, the guilt-rid­den heal­er wield­ing both Staff and White Gold ​Jere­mi­ah, her adopt­ed…
    • 1984 Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin 1984 is a dystopi­an nov­el pub­lished in 1949 by British author George Orwell. Set in a total­i­tar­i­an super­state called Ocea­nia, the nov­el explores a world where every aspect of life is con­trolled by an oppres­sive gov­ern­ment led by Big Broth­er. The regime uses con­stant sur­veil­lance, pro­pa­gan­da, and mind con­trol to main­tain pow­er and elim­i­nate indi­vid­ual free­dom. The sto­ry fol­lows Win­ston Smith, a work­er at…
    • Never Let Me Go Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In Nev­er Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishig­uro weaves a haunt­ing and intro­spec­tive tale set in an alter­nate-real­i­ty ​1990s Eng­land, where ​Kathy H.​, a ​car­er, reflects on her child­hood at ​Hail­sham, an idyl­lic yet unset­tling board­ing school. As Kathy reunites with her for­mer class­mates ​Ruth​ and ​Tom­my, she con­fronts the dark truth about their exis­tence: they are ​clones, cre­at­ed sole­ly to pro­vide ​organ dona­tions​ for “nor­mal”…
    • The Stone Sky Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The Stone Sky is the explo­sive, Hugo Award-win­ning con­clu­sion to N.K. Jemisin’s ground­break­ing Bro­ken Earth trilogy—the first series in his­to­ry to win three con­sec­u­tive Hugo Awards for Best Nov­el. As the Fifth Season’s apoc­a­lyp­tic dev­as­ta­tion reach­es its peak, the sto­ry con­verges on two women whose choic­es will deter­mine the fate of the Still­ness: ​Essun, the oro­gene moth­er turned rev­o­lu­tion­ary, who must wield the pow­er of the Obelisk…
      Dystopian • Fantasy • Fiction • Science Fiction
    • Mad Honey Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Mad Hon­ey (2022) by ​Jodi Picoult​ and ​Jen­nifer Finney Boy­lan​ is a ​mul­ti-lay­ered nov­el​ blend­ing ​mys­tery, court­room dra­ma, and LGBTQ+ themes. The sto­ry fol­lows ​Olivia McAfee, a bee­keep­er and sin­gle moth­er, whose son ​Ash­er​ stands accused of mur­der­ing his girl­friend, ​Lily Cam­pan­el­lo. As the tri­al unfolds, secrets about Lily’s trans­gen­der iden­ti­ty and Asher’s volatile behav­ior emerge, forc­ing Olivia to con­front her past—including her own escape…
    • White Gold Wielder Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In White Gold Wield­er, the dev­as­tat­ing con­clu­sion to The Sec­ond Chron­i­cles of Thomas Covenant, the fate of the Land hangs by a thread. ​Thomas Covenant, wield­ing the apoc­a­lyp­tic pow­er of white gold, must final­ly con­front ​Lord Foul—but at what cost? ​The Cor­rup­tion of Pow­er: Covenant’s wild mag­ic threat­ens to destroy the very world he seeks to save. ​Lin­den Avery’s Choice: Torn between love and duty, Lin­den…
      Fantasy • Fiction • Psychological
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