Patrick's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 11 Feb 2016 03:22:45 -0800 60 Patrick's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Fifth Dominion (Imajica, #1)]]> 52629 Imajica. Transforming every expectation of fantasy fiction with its heady mingling of radical sexuality and spiritual anarchy, it has carried its millions of readers into regions of passion and philosophy that few books have even attempted to map. It's an epic in every way; vast in conception, obsessively detailed in execution, and apocalyptic in its resolution. A book of erotic mysteries and perverse violence. A book of ancient, mythological landscapes and even more ancient magic.]]> 544 Clive Barker 0061094145 Patrick 5 4.27 1991 The Fifth Dominion (Imajica, #1)
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average rating: 4.27
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rating: 5
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]]> Blue World 11555 435 Robert McCammon 0671695185 Patrick 0 to-read 3.95 1989 Blue World
author: Robert McCammon
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average rating: 3.95
book published: 1989
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street]]> 22416 72 Warren Ellis 1563894459 Patrick 0 to-read 4.21 1998 Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street
author: Warren Ellis
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> <![CDATA[Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)]]> 55399 Vast legions of gods, mages, humans, dragons and all manner of creatures play out the fate of the Malazan Empire in this first book in a major epic fantasy series from Steven Erikson.

The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with the formidable Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen's rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins.

For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, surviving cadre mage of the Second Legion, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to mourn the many dead. But Darujhistan, last of the Free Cities of Genabackis, yet holds out. It is to this ancient citadel that Laseen turns her predatory gaze.

However, it would appear that the Empire is not alone in this great game. Sinister, shadowbound forces are gathering as the gods themselves prepare to play their hand...

Conceived and written on a panoramic scale, Gardens of the Moon is epic fantasy of the highest order--an enthralling adventure by an outstanding new voice.]]> 666 Steven Erikson 0765348780 Patrick 0 currently-reading 3.91 1999 Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
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average rating: 3.91
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]]> <![CDATA[Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)]]> 45244
The Prime are the Commonwealth's worst nightmare. Coexistence is impossible with the technologically advanced aliens, who are genetically hardwired to exterminate all other forms of life. Twenty-three planets have already fallen to the invaders, with casualties in the hundreds of millions. And no one knows when or where the genocidal Prime will strike next.

Nor are the Prime the only threat. For more than a hundred years, a shadowy cult, the Guardians of Selfhood, has warned that an alien with mind-control abilities impossible to detect or resist -- the Starflyer -- has secretly infiltrated the Commonwealth. Branded as terrorists, the Guardians and their leader, Bradley Johansson, have been hunted by relentless investigator Paula Myo. But now evidence suggests that the Guardians were right all along, and that the Starflyer has placed agents in vital posts throughout the Commonwealth -- agents who are now sabotaging the war effort.

Is the Starflyer an ally of the Prime, or has it orchestrated a fight to the death between the two species for its own advantage? Caught between two deadly enemies, one a brutal invader striking from without, the other a remorseless cancer killing from within, the fractious Commonwealth must unite as never before...]]> 827 Peter F. Hamilton 0345461665 Patrick 4 4.30 2005 Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
author: Peter F. Hamilton
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average rating: 4.30
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Chi Gong: The Ancient Chinese Way to Health]]> 1870356 212 Dong & Esser 1569248567 Patrick 0 to-read 3.30 1990 Chi Gong: The Ancient Chinese Way to Health
author: Dong & Esser
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average rating: 3.30
book published: 1990
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]]> <![CDATA[The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer, #2)]]> 12499290
He’d thought he had five years left—now he has less than one. With fifty thousand refugees, a bastard son, and an ex-fiancée who may have learned his darkest secret, Gavin has problems on every side. All magic in the world is running wild and threatens to destroy the Seven Satrapies.

Worst of all, the old gods are being reborn, and their army of color wights is unstoppable. The only salvation may be the brother whose freedom and life Gavin stole sixteen years ago.]]> 671 Brent Weeks 031607991X Patrick 0 to-read 4.41 2012 The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer, #2)
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average rating: 4.41
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]]> The Rhinemann Exchange 31232 486 Robert Ludlum 0752858602 Patrick 4 3.94 1974 The Rhinemann Exchange
author: Robert Ludlum
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average rating: 3.94
book published: 1974
rating: 4
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]]> The Sigma Protocol 31260
Meanwhile in Washington, D.C., Anna Navarro, field agent for the Department of justice, has been asked to investigate the sudden -- seemingly unrelated -- deaths of eleven men throughout the world. The only thing that connects them is a secret file, over a half-century old, linked to the CIA, and marked with the same puzzling codename: Sigma.

But as Anna follows the connecting thread, she finds herself in the shadows of a relentless killer who is one step ahead of her, victim by victim. Together she and Hartman must uncover the diabolical secrets long held behind the codename, Sigma. It will threaten everything they think they know about themselves and confirm their very worst fears...]]> 662 Robert Ludlum 0312982518 Patrick 3 3.83 2001 The Sigma Protocol
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average rating: 3.83
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rating: 3
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]]> The Prometheus Deception 31228
The ultimate threat. Recruited by the CIA, he's been commissioned to track the moves of the Directorate. Once, the ultra-secret intelligence agency was Bryson's training ground. Now it's a multinational terrorist conspiracy bent on global domination.

The ultimate deception. But to eliminate the core of corruption means plunging into his own past, investigating the motives of a beautiful stranger who may be his greatest downfall, and infiltrating a secret nexus of power called Prometheus that holds the terrifying clues to his past-- and the even more terrifying possibilities of the future...]]> 576 Robert Ludlum 0312978367 Patrick 3 3.72 2000 The Prometheus Deception
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average rating: 3.72
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rating: 3
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]]> The Scarlatti Inheritance 31266 381 Robert Ludlum 0752858653 Patrick 3 3.90 1971 The Scarlatti Inheritance
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average rating: 3.90
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rating: 3
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]]> The Holcroft Covenant 31233 547 Robert Ludlum 0752858572 Patrick 3 3.92 1978 The Holcroft Covenant
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average rating: 3.92
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rating: 3
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]]> Red as Blood 6034972
Only Tanith Lee could do justice to it. In RED AS BLOOD, she displays her soaring imagination at its most fantastically mischievous. Not for nothing was the title story named as a Nebula nominee. Not for nothing was the author of THE BIRTHGRAVE & THE STORM LORD called by New York's Village Voice, "Goddess-Empress of the Hot Read."

Here are the world-famous tales of such as the Brothers Grimm as they might have been retold by the Sisters Grimmer! Fairy tales for children? Not on your life!

Contents:
Paid Piper (1981)
Red as Blood (1979)
Thorns (1972)
When the Clock Strikes (1980)
The Golden Rope (1983)
The Princess and Her Future (1983)
Wolfland (1980)
Black as Ink (1983)
Beauty (1983)]]> 186 Tanith Lee Patrick 0 to-read 3.94 1983 Red as Blood
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]]> Snow White and Rose Red 81078
Tor Books is proud to present the latest offering in the Fairy Tale Series -- a growing library of beautifully-designed original novels by acclaimed writers of fantasy and horror, each retelling a classic tale such as Snow White and Rose Red, Briar Rose, and Tam Lin in interesting -- often startling -- new ways.]]> 288 Patricia C. Wrede 0812534972 Patrick 0 to-read 3.78 1989 Snow White and Rose Red
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]]> White as Snow 362592 Once upon a time there was a mirror. . . .

So begins this dark, unusual retelling of the story of Snow White by the writer reviewers have called “the Angela Carter of the fantasy field”—a whole novel based on a beloved story, turning it into a dark and sensual drama full of myth and magic.

Arpazia is the aging queen who paces the halls of a warlord’s palace. Cold as winter, she has only one passion—for the mysterious hunter who courts the outlawed old gods of the woodland. Coira is the princess raised in the shadow of her mother’s hatred. Avoided by both her parents and half forgotten by her father’s court, she grows into womanhood alone . . . until the mirror speaks, and blood is spilled, and the forest claims her.

The tragic myth of the goddess Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, stolen by the king of the underworld, is woven together with the tale of Snow White to create a powerful story of mothers and daughters and the blood that binds them together, for good or ill. Black queen. White maid. Royal huntsman. Seven little folk who live in the forest. Come inside, sit by the fire, and listen to this fairy tale as you’ve never heard it told before.

Once upon a time there was a mirror, and a girl as white as snow. . . .
]]> 320 Tanith Lee 0312875495 Patrick 0 to-read 3.72 2000 White as Snow
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]]> <![CDATA[Banco: The Further Adventures of Papillon]]> 6883 PAPILLON - the great story of escape and adventure that took the world by storm.

Banco continues the adventures of Henri Charrière - nicknamed 'Papillon' - in Venezuela, where he has finally won his freedom after thirteen years of escape and imprisonment. Despite his resolve to become an honest man, Charrière is soon involved in hair-raising exploits with goldminers, gamblers, bank-robbers, revolutionaries - robbing and being robbed, his lust for life as strong as ever. He also runs night-clubs in Caracas until an earthquake ruins him in 1967 - when he decides to write the book that brings him international fame.

Henri Charrière died in 1973 at the age of 66.

BANCO is ferocious, funny, tender, crowded with incident and excitement

BANCO is as vibrantly alive as PAPILLON

BANCO is the work of a born story-teller.]]> 406 Henri Charrière 0586040102 Patrick 4 3.79 1972 Banco: The Further Adventures of Papillon
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average rating: 3.79
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]]> <![CDATA[The Runes of the Earth (The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant #1)]]> 337100 533 Stephen R. Donaldson 0399152326 Patrick 0 to-read 3.77 2004 The Runes of the Earth (The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant #1)
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average rating: 3.77
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]]> <![CDATA[The One Tree (The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, #2)]]> 22875 496 Stephen R. Donaldson 0345418476 Patrick 4 4.00 1982 The One Tree (The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, #2)
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[White Gold Wielder (The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, #3)]]> 228992

From the Paperback edition.]]> 485 Stephen R. Donaldson 0345418484 Patrick 4 4.06 1983 White Gold Wielder (The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, #3)
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wounded Land (The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, #1)]]> 404223 498 Stephen R. Donaldson Patrick 4 4.00 1980 The Wounded Land (The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, #1)
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[The Illearth War (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #2)]]> 228990
The Council of Lords found their spells useless, now that Foul the Despiser held the Illearth Stone, ancient source of evil power, High Lord Elena turned in desperation to Covenant and the legendary white hold magic of his ring. And nobody knew how to use the white hold--least of all, Thomas Covenant.

Thus continues one of the most remarkable epic fantasies ever written...]]> 527 Stephen R. Donaldson Patrick 4 4.02 1978 The Illearth War (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #2)
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> <![CDATA[The Power That Preserves (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #3)]]> 687215 "A trilogy of remarkable scope and sophistication."--Los Angeles Times

Twice before Thomas Covenant had been summoned to the strange otherworld where magic worked. Twice before he had been forced to join with the Lords of Revelstone in their war against Lord Foul, the ancient enemy of the Land.

Now he was back--to a Land ravaged by the armies of Lord Foul. The Lords were besieged and helpless. No place was safe, and Foul's victory seemed certain. Only Covenant could avert it. Desperately and without hope, he set out to confront the might of the Enemy. Along with him traveled a Giant, a Bloodguard, and the madwoman he had wronged. And in Foul's Creche, Lord Foul grew in power with each new defeat for the Land. . . .]]> 480 Stephen R. Donaldson 0345348672 Patrick 4 4.03 1978 The Power That Preserves (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #3)
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]]> Unicorn Variations 536800
Contents:
Introduction (Unicorn Variations) [essay] (1983)
Unicorn Variation (1981)
The Last of the Wild Ones [Sam Murdock] (1981)
Recital (1981)
The Naked Matador (1981)
The Parts That Are Only Glimpsed: Three Reflexes [essay] (1978)
Dismal Light [Francis Sandow] (1968)
Go Starless in the Night (1979)
But Not the Herald (1965)
A Hand Across the Galaxy (1967)
The Force That Through the Circuit Drives the Current (1976)
Home is the Hangman [Nemo] (1975)
Fire and/or Ice, Exeunt Omnes, A Very Good Year ... [essay] (1983)
Fire and/or Ice (1980)
Exeunt Omnes (1980)
A Very Good Year ... (1979)
My Lady of the Diodes (1970)
And I Only Am Escaped to Tell Thee (1981)
The Horses of Lir (1981)
The Night Has 999 Eyes (1964)
Angel, Dark Angel (1967)
Walpurgisnacht (1981)
The George Business (1980)
Some Science Fiction Parameters: A Biased View [essay] (1975)

]]> 213 Roger Zelazny 067149449X Patrick 0 to-read 4.05 1983 Unicorn Variations
author: Roger Zelazny
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> Belgarath the Sorcerer 189802
When the world was young and Gods still walked among their mortal children, a headstrong orphan boy set out to explore the world. Thus began the extraordinary adventures that would mold that youthful vagabond into a man, and the man into the finely honed instrument of Prophecy known to all the world as Belgarath the Sorcerer.
Then came the dark day when the Dark God Torak split the world asunder, and the God Aldur and his disciples began their monumental labor to set Destiny aright. Foremost among their number was Belgarath. His ceaseless devotion was foredoomed to cost him that which he held most dear--even as his loyal service would extend through echoing centuries of loss, of struggle, and of ultimate triumph.]]> 736 David Eddings 0345403959 Patrick 0 to-read 4.10 1995 Belgarath the Sorcerer
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]]> The Pit and the Pendulum 206172
We enter the mind of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition. The dank prison room is without light and he begins to feel his way around the walls. Later, as a little light enters the room, he discovers two things: a deep and dangerous pit in the centre into which he had almost fallen when he explored the cell blindly, and a scythe-like pendulum suspended from the ceiling which is slowly descending as it swings back and forth with his body as its target. You'll feel his terror.

Contents:
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- The Black Cat
- The Tell-Tale Heart
- The Premature Burial]]> 64 Edgar Allan Poe 0146000110 Patrick 5 4.19 1842 The Pit and the Pendulum
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average rating: 4.19
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]]> The Raven and Other Poems 269322
The Raven . . . Annabel Lee . . . Ulalume . . . these are some of the spookiest, most macabre poems ever written, now collected in this chilling, affordable volume.

Dreams
The Lake
Sonnet � To Science
[Alone]
Introduction
To Helen
Israfel
The Valley of Unrest
The City in the Sea
To One in Paradise
The Coliseum
The Haunted Palace
The Conqueror Worm
Dream-Land
Eulalie
The Raven
["Deep in Earth"]
To M.L.S___
Ulalume � A Ballad
The Bells
To Helen [Whitman]
A Dream Within a Dream
For Annie
Eldorado
To My Mother
Annabel Lee]]> 73 Edgar Allan Poe 0439224063 Patrick 5 4.32 1845 The Raven and Other Poems
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]]> <![CDATA[The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe]]> 32552 The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, by Edgar Allan Poe, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras.

Creator of the modern detective story, innovative architect of the horror genre, and a poet of extraordinary musicality, Edgar Allan Poe remains one of America's most popular and influential writers. His tales and poems brim with psychological depth, almost painful intensity, and unexpected—and surprisingly modern—flashes of dark humor and irony.

This anthology offers an exceptionally generous selection of Poe's short stories. It includes his famed masterpieces, such as "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter," featuring Poe's great detective, Dupin; his insightful studies of madness "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart"; "The Gold-Bug," his delightful exercise in "code-breaking"; and important but lesser-known tales, such as "Bon-Bon," "The Assignation," and "King Pest." Also included are some of Poe's most beloved poems, haunting lyrics of love and loss, such as "Annabel Lee," nightmare phantasmagories such as "The Raven," and his grand experiment in translating sound into words, "The Bells."

Benjamin F. Fisher, Professor of English, University of Mississippi, is a longtime enthusiast of the works of Poe. He has published books, articles, and notes about Poe, and in American, Victorian, and Gothic studies, and serves on editorial boards for several professional journals. He has also been acclaimed for outstanding teaching.]]> 688 Edgar Allan Poe 1593080646 Patrick 5 Essential, says it all 4.36 1843 The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
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Essential, says it all
]]> ’Salem’s Lot 11590 Librarian's Note: Alternate-cover edition for ISBN 0450031063

Thousands of miles away from the small township of 'Salem's Lot, two terrified people, a man and a boy, still share the secrets of those clapboard houses and tree-lined streets. They must return to 'Salem's Lot for a final confrontation with the unspeakable evil that lives on in the town.]]> 483 Stephen King 0450031063 Patrick 4 4.06 1975 ’Salem’s Lot
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average rating: 4.06
book published: 1975
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]]> Imajica 567704
That dimension is one of five in the great system called Imajica. They are worlds that are utterly unlike our own, but are ruled, peopled, and haunted by species whose lives are intricately connected with ours. As Gentle, Judith, and Pie 'oh' pah travel the Imajica, they uncover a trail of crimes and intimate betrayals, leading them to a revelation so startling that it changes reality forever.]]> 832 Clive Barker 0061053716 Patrick 5 Must read]]> 4.17 1991 Imajica
author: Clive Barker
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average rating: 4.17
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Amazing 10 stars
Must read
]]> Anackire (Novels of Vis, #2) 1539021
Kesarh, prince of Istris, has grand ambitions. Though he is only a lesser noble of Karmiss, his shrewdness and cunning ensure him a stake in the tumultuous fight for sovereignty. If he succeeds, he may yet win the power he craves—and an empire to rule.

But his plans are not infallible—a daughter, conceived from a forbidden union, could prove to be his downfall. Ashni is a child not quite human, altered by the strange circumstances of her birth and blessed by the goddess Anackire.

In a world of assassinations, concealed plots, and political machinations, Ashni must contend with the dangerous plans of her father if she is to fulfill the demands of the goddess…and avoid a war that could destroy the very empire Kesarh wishes to build.]]> 414 Tanith Lee 0879978627 Patrick 5 3.55 1983 Anackire (Novels of Vis, #2)
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average rating: 3.55
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]]> Anathem 2845024
Now, in celebration of the week-long, once-in-a-decade rite of Apert, the fraas and suurs prepare to venture beyond the concent's gates—at the same time opening them wide to welcome the curious "extras" in. During his first Apert as a fraa, Erasmas eagerly anticipates reconnecting with the landmarks and family he hasn't seen since he was "collected." But before the week is out, both the existence he abandoned and the one he embraced will stand poised on the brink of cataclysmic change.

Powerful unforeseen forces jeopardize the peaceful stability of mathic life and the established ennui of the Extramuros—a threat that only an unsteady alliance of saecular and avout can oppose—as, one by one, Erasmas and his colleagues, teachers, and friends are summoned forth from the safety of the concent in hopes of warding off global disaster. Suddenly burdened with a staggering responsibility, Erasmas finds himself a major player in a drama that will determine the future of his world—as he sets out on an extraordinary odyssey that will carry him to the most dangerous, inhospitable corners of the planet . . . and beyond.]]> 937 Neal Stephenson 0061474096 Patrick 0 to-read 4.16 2008 Anathem
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]]> The World of Null-A 951290
It is the year 2650 and Earth has become a world of non-Aristotelianism, or Null-A. This is the story of Gilbert Gosseyn, who lives in that future world where the Games Machine, made up of twenty-five thousand electronic brains, sets the course of people's lives. Gosseyn isn't even sure of his own identity, but realizes he has some remarkable abilities and sets out to use them to discover who has made him a pawn in an interstellar plot.

Science Fiction Grandmaster A. E. van Vogt was one of the giants of the 1940s, the Golden Age of classic SF. Of his masterpieces, The World of Null-A is his most famous and most influential. Published in 1949 it was the first major trade SF hardcover, and has been in print in various editions ever since.

The entire careers of Philip K. Dick, Keith Laumer, Alfred Bester, Charles Harness, and Philip Jose Farmer were created or influenced by The World of Null-A, and so it is required reading for anyone who wishes to know the canon of SF classics.]]> 272 A.E. van Vogt 0765300974 Patrick 4 Love it 3.74 1945 The World of Null-A
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name: Patrick
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1945
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Love it
]]> <![CDATA[The Neutronium Alchemist (Night's Dawn, #2)]]> 479561
The ancient menace has finally escaped from Lalonde, shattering the Confederation's peaceful existence. Those who succumbed to it have acquired godlike powers, but now follow a far from divine gospel as they advance inexorably from world to world.

On planets and asteroids, individuals battle for survival against the strange and brutal forces unleashed upon the universe. Governments teeter on the brink of anarchy, the Conferderation Navy is dangerously over-stretched, and a dark messiah prepares to invoke his own version of the final Night.

In such desperate times the last thing the galaxy needs is a new and terrifyingly powerful weapon. Yet Dr Alkad Mzu is determined to retrieve the Alchemist - so she can complete her thirty-year vendetta to slay a star. Which means Joshua Calvert has to find Dr. Mzu and bring her back before the alchemist can be reactivated.

But he's not alone in the chase, and there are people on both sides who have their own ideas about how to use the ultimate doomsday device.]]> 1273 Peter F. Hamilton 0330351435 Patrick 4 4.26 1997 The Neutronium Alchemist (Night's Dawn, #2)
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average rating: 4.26
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]]> Stephen King's N. 7006562 112 Marc Guggenheim 0785134530 Patrick 0 to-read 4.26 2008 Stephen King's N.
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Clive Barker's The Great And Secret Show]]> 34871 Clive Barker's epic journey into the fantastic, The Great and Secret Show. Adapted by Chris Ryall and artist Gabriel Rodriguez, this collection presents the ultimate battle between good and evil that spans many decades and dimensions.

Also featuring complete art galleries by Gabriel Rodriguez and Clive Barker, full issue-by-issue annotations by Ryall and Rodriguez, and more!]]> 332 Chris Ryall 1600100295 Patrick 4 4.24 1989 The Complete Clive Barker's The Great And Secret Show
author: Chris Ryall
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average rating: 4.24
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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]]> The Stars My Destination 333867
The Stars My Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative enchantment by an acknowledged master of science fiction.]]> 258 Alfred Bester 0679767800 Patrick 0 to-read 4.08 1956 The Stars My Destination
author: Alfred Bester
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average rating: 4.08
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes]]> 23754
In PRELUDES & NOCTURNES, an occultist attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother Dream instead. After his 70 year imprisonment and eventual escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power. On his arduous journey, Morpheus encounters Lucifer, John Constantine, and an all-powerful madman.

This book also includes the story "The Sound of Her Wings," which introduces us to the pragmatic and perky goth girl Death.

Includes issues 1-8 of the original series.]]> 240 Neil Gaiman 1563892278 Patrick 0 to-read 4.25 1988 The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
author: Neil Gaiman
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average rating: 4.25
book published: 1988
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]]> <![CDATA[Land of Nod, The Prophet (Land of Nod, #2)]]> 14622482
While Jeff searches for The Prophet, his friend, Artimus, faces a less obvious but just as deadly maze of political conspiracies as he tries to convince a reluctant public that the invasion he helped thwart was only the beginning of a much more serious threat.

War is coming.]]> 300 Gary Hoover 0615668623 Patrick 0 to-read 4.04 2012 Land of Nod, The Prophet (Land of Nod, #2)
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> 11/22/63 10644930
In 2011, Jake Epping, an English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, sets out on an insane � and insanely possible � mission to prevent the Kennedy assassination.

Leaving behind a world of computers and mobile phones, he goes back to a time of big American cars and diners, of Lindy Hopping, the sound of Elvis, and the taste of root beer.

In this haunting world, Jake falls in love with Sadie, a beautiful high school librarian. And, as the ominous date of 11/22/63 approaches, he encounters a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald...]]> 849 Stephen King 1451627289 Patrick 0 to-read 4.33 2011 11/22/63
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average rating: 4.33
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]]> <![CDATA[Journey to the Center of the Earth]]> 32829
The expedition descends into an extinct volcano toward a sunless sea, where they encounter a subterranean world of luminous rocks, antediluvian forests, and fantastic marine life � a living past that holds the secrets to the origins of human existence.]]> 240 Jules Verne 0553213970 Patrick 3 3.87 1864 Journey to the Center of the Earth
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average rating: 3.87
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rating: 3
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]]> A Clockwork Orange 227463 A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom. And when the state undertakes to reform Alex to "redeem" him, the novel asks, "At what cost?"

This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition and Burgess's introduction "A Clockwork Orange Resucked."]]> 192 Anthony Burgess Patrick 4 3.98 1962 A Clockwork Orange
author: Anthony Burgess
name: Patrick
average rating: 3.98
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)]]> 29580 256 Isaac Asimov 0553803735 Patrick 4 4.27 1953 Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)
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average rating: 4.27
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)]]> 29581 256 Isaac Asimov 0553803727 Patrick 4 4.23 1952 Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
author: Isaac Asimov
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average rating: 4.23
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rating: 4
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]]> Dune (Dune, #1) 234225 Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for...

When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul's family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.

A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.]]> 604 Frank Herbert 0340839937 Patrick 3 4.21 1965 Dune (Dune, #1)
author: Frank Herbert
name: Patrick
average rating: 4.21
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rating: 3
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]]> The Day of the Jackal 540020 Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.

The Jackal. A tall, blond Englishman with opaque, gray eyes. A killer at the top of his profession. A man unknown to any secret service in theĚý world. An assassin with a contract to kill the world's most heavily guarded man.

OneĚý man with a rifle who can change the course of history. One man whose mission is so secretive notĚýeven his employers know his name. And as theĚýminutes count down to the final act of execution, itĚýseems that there is no power on earth that can stopĚýthe Jackal.]]> 358 Frederick Forsyth Patrick 4 4.27 1971 The Day of the Jackal
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name: Patrick
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1971
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Rainbow Six (John Clark, #2; Jack Ryan Universe, #10)]]> 5720 Tom Clancy’s “genius for big, compelling plots� and his “natural narrative gift� (The New York Times Magazine) have mesmerized hundreds of millions of readers and established him as one of the preeminent storytellers of our time. Rainbow Six, however, goes beyond anything he has done before.

At its heart is John Clark, the ex-Navy SEAL of Without Remorse, well known from several of Clancy's novels as a master of secret operational missions. Whether hunting warlords in Japan, druglords in Colombia, or nuclear terrorists in the United States, Clark is efficient and deadly, but even he has ghosts in his past, demons that must be exorcised. And nothing is more demonic than the peril he must face in Rainbow Six.

Newly named the head of an international task force dedicated to combating terrorism, Clark is looking forward to getting his teeth into a new mission, but the opportunities start coming thicker and faster than anyone could have expected: an incident at a Swiss bank, the kidnapping of an international trader in Germany, a terrible raid on an amusement park in Spain.

Each episode seems separate, discrete, yet the timing disturbs Clark. Is there a connection? Is he being tested? With the help of his close associates, executive officer Alistair Stanley and strike team leaders Domingo Chavez and Peter Covington, Clark tries to figure out where all this activity is heading, but there is no way to predict the real threat: a group of terrorists like none the world has ever encountered, a band of men and women so extreme that their success could literally mean the end of life on Earth as we know it.

]]> 912 Tom Clancy 0425170349 Patrick 3 4.12 1998 Rainbow Six (John Clark, #2; Jack Ryan Universe, #10)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sum of All Fears (Jack Ryan, #6)]]> 34993 But too many groups have invested too much blood. Shunned by their erstwhile Soviet sponsors, increasingly isolated by the realignment of the Mideast, these terrorists have one more desperate card to play, requiring a degree of ruthlessness never before seen. With one terrible act, the world is plunged into an instant nuclear crisis -- and the floundering President is plunged into the ultimate nightmare. Forces collide. Shots are exchanged. What had seemed to be an isolated and horrible incident appears to each side as the incendiary mischief of the other. With the world poised on the brink of nuclear war, Ryan and his FBI counterpart, Dan Murray, frantically seek a solution before the chiefs of state lose control of themselves -- and the world.

]]> 914 Tom Clancy 0425184226 Patrick 3 4.07 1991 The Sum of All Fears (Jack Ryan, #6)
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)]]> 19691 Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision. The Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. And the most incredible chase in history is on...

]]> 432 Tom Clancy 0425172902 Patrick 3 4.11 1984 The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)
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average rating: 4.11
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rating: 3
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]]> The Osterman Weekend 356248 336 Robert Ludlum 0194242846 Patrick 3 3.71 1972 The Osterman Weekend
author: Robert Ludlum
name: Patrick
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1972
rating: 3
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]]> The Gemini Contenders 763594 Decades pass: The order, killer Nazis, governments, and assassins chase the Italian magnate and family across continents.
1970ish: Dying father assigns search to his twin sons. The liberal lawyer and killer soldier oppose each other to the death. Murders follow them from Vietnam and American States to the mountains of Italy.]]> 411 Robert Ludlum 0553282093 Patrick 3 3.92 1976 The Gemini Contenders
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name: Patrick
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1976
rating: 3
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]]> The Parsifal Mosaic 251823 760 Robert Ludlum 075285853X Patrick 3 3.86 1980 The Parsifal Mosaic
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average rating: 3.86
book published: 1980
rating: 3
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]]> The Aquitaine Progression 31268 “The generals . . . they’re back . . . Aquitaine!� Suddenly Converse is running for his life, alone with the world’s most shattering secret. Pursued by anonymous executioners to the dark corners of Europe, he is forced to play a game of survival by blood rules he thought he’d long left behind. One by one, he traces each thread of a lethal progression to the heart of every major government, a network of coordinated global violence that no one believes possible—no one but Converse and the woman he once loved and lost, the only two people on earth who can wrest the world from the iron grasp of Aquitaine.
Ěý
Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Aquitaine Progression
Ěý
“You won’t be able to put it down. (Don’t ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day).��Chicago Sun-Times
Ěý
“Ludlum at his best.��Publishers Weekly


From the Paperback edition.]]> 800 Robert Ludlum 0752858521 Patrick 3 3.98 1984 The Aquitaine Progression
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]]> <![CDATA[The Matarese Circle (Matarese, #1)]]> 31231 544 Robert Ludlum 0752858556 Patrick 4 4.07 1979 The Matarese Circle (Matarese, #1)
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bourne Ultimatum (Jason Bourne, #3)]]> 31259
At a small-town carnival two men, each mysteriously summoned by telegram, witness a bizarre killing. The telegrams are signed Jason Bourne. Only they know Bourne's true identity and understand the telegram is really a message from Bourne's mortal enemy, Carlos, known also as the Jackal, the world's deadliest and most elusive terrorist. And furthermore, they know that the Jackal wants: a final confrontation with Bourne.

Now David Webb, professor of Oriental studies, husband, and father, must do what he hoped he would never have to do again: assume the terrible identity of Jason Bourne. His plan is simple: to infiltrate the politically and economically Medusan group and use himself as bait to lure the cunning Jackal into a deadly trap, a trap from which only one of them will escape.]]> 725 Robert Ludlum 0752858491 Patrick 4 4.09 1990 The Bourne Ultimatum (Jason Bourne, #3)
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average rating: 4.09
book published: 1990
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]]> The Icarus Agenda 573201 Ěý
Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Icarus Agenda
Ěý
“[Robert] Ludlum is light-years beyond his literary competition in piling plot twist upon plot twist, until the mesmerized reader is held captive. . . . Ludlum pulls out all the stops.��Chicago Tribune
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“[An] intricate story of conspiracies within conspiracies . . . Once you start reading you just can’t stop.��Library Journal
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“Readers will be hooked.��The New York Times]]> 678 Robert Ludlum 0553278002 Patrick 4 3.99 1988 The Icarus Agenda
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne, #2)]]> 15769 A killer with no face, no identity and a name the world wanted to forget:

Jason Bourne

Reenter the shadowy world of Jason Bourne, an expert assassin still plagued by the splintered nightmares of his former life. This time the stakes are higher than ever. For someone else has taken on the Bourne identity—a ruthless killer who must be stopped or the world will pay a devastating price. To succeed, the real Jason Bourne must maneuver through the dangerous labyrinth of international espionage—an exotic world filled with CIA plots, turncoat agents, and ever-shifting alliances—all the while hoping to find the truth behind his haunted memories and the answers to his own fragmented past. This time there are two Bournes—and one must die.]]> 688 Robert Ludlum 0752863886 Patrick 4 4.12 1986 The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne, #2)
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average rating: 4.12
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)]]> 7869 Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

Who is Jason Bourne? Is he an assassin, a terrorist, a thief? Why has he got four million dollars in a Swiss bank account? Why has someone tried to murder him?...

Jason Bourne does not know the answer to any of these questions. Suffering from amnesia, he does not even know that he is Jason Bourne. What manner of man is he? What are his secrets? Who has he killed?]]> 566 Robert Ludlum 0752864327 Patrick 4 4.06 1980 The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Magic of Recluce (The Saga of Recluce, #1)]]> 185253 501 L.E. Modesitt Jr. 0812505182 Patrick 0 to-read 3.86 1991 The Magic of Recluce (The Saga of Recluce, #1)
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name: Patrick
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1991
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]]> <![CDATA[Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1)]]> 81992
Distant descendants of this ultra high-tech Earth live in parochial simplicity on the far-flung worlds of the New Republic. Their way of life is threatened by the arrival of an alien information plague known as the Festival. As forbidden technologies are literally dropped from the sky, suppressed political factions descend into revolutionary turmoil.

A battle fleet is sent from Earth to destroy the Festival, but Spaceship engineer Martin Springfield and U.N. diplomat Rachel Mansour have been assigned rather different tasks. Their orders are to diffuse the crisis or to sabotage the New Republic's war-fleet, whatever the cost, before the Eschaton takes hostile action on a galactic scale.

]]> 389 Charles Stross 1841493341 Patrick 0 to-read 3.84 2003 Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1)
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average rating: 3.84
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]]> The Stand: Captain Trips 6344097 The Stand: Captain Trips series of comics (#1-5) into one Hardcover volume. It all begins here: the epic apocalyptic battle between good and evil. On a secret army base in the Californian desert, something has gone horribly, terribly wrong. Something will send Charlie Campion, his wife and daughter fleeing in the middle of the night. Unfortunately for the Campion family, and the rest of America, they are unaware that all three of them are carrying a deadly cargo: a virus that will spread from person to person like wildfire, triggering a massive wave of disease and death, prefacing humanity's last stand.]]> 160 Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa 0785136207 Patrick 4 4.47 2009 The Stand: Captain Trips
author: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
name: Patrick
average rating: 4.47
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Clive Barker's Nightbreed Genesis]]> 543154 127 Alan Grant 0871357674 Patrick 0 to-read 4.18 1992 Clive Barker's Nightbreed Genesis
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1)]]> 219205
Yet the Land tempted him. He had been sick; now he seemed better than ever before. Through no fault of his own, he had been outcast, unclean, a pariah. Now he was regarded as a reincarnation of the Land's greatest hero--Berek Halfhand--armed with the mystic power of White Gold. That power alone could protect the Lords of the Land from the ancient evil of Despiser, Lord Foul. Only...Covenant had no idea of how the power could be used!

Thus begins one of the most remarkable epic fantasies ever written...]]> 480 Stephen R. Donaldson 0345348656 Patrick 4 3.72 1977 Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1)
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name: Patrick
average rating: 3.72
book published: 1977
rating: 4
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]]> Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, #1) 68488 alternate cover for ISBN 9780006486015

Fifteen years have passed since the end of the Red Ship War with the terrifying Outislanders. Since then, Fitz has wandered the world accompanied only by his wolf and Wit-partner, Nighteyes, finally settling in a tiny cottage as remote from Buckkeep and the Farseers as possible.

But lately the world has come crashing in again. The Witted are being persecuted because of their magical bonds with animals; and young Prince Dutiful has gone missing just before his crucial diplomatic wedding to an Outislander princess. Fitz’s assignment to fetch Dutiful back in time for the ceremony seems very much like a fool’s errand, but the dangers ahead could signal the end of the Farseer reign.

Cover illustration by John Howe

]]> 661 Robin Hobb Patrick 0 to-read 4.35 2001 Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, #1)
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average rating: 4.35
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]]> <![CDATA[Nine Princes in Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #1)]]> 92121 175 Roger Zelazny 0380014300 Patrick 0 to-read 4.07 1970 Nine Princes in Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #1)
author: Roger Zelazny
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average rating: 4.07
book published: 1970
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)]]> 1128434 384 Andrzej Sapkowski 0575077832 Patrick 0 to-read 4.19 1993 The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
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average rating: 4.19
book published: 1993
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]]> The Hobbit 659469
'The Hobbit' is the story of Bilbo Baggins…a quiet and contented hobbit whose life is turned upside down when he joins the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves on their quest to reclaim the dwarves' stolen treasure. It is a journey fraught with danger � and in the end it is Bilbo alone who must face the guardian of this treasure, the most-dreaded dragon Smaug.

Illustrated in full colour throughout, and accompanied by the carefully abridged text of the original novel, this handsome authorised edition will introduce new generations to a magical masterpiece � and be treasured by Hobbit fans of all ages, everywhere.]]> 133 Chuck Dixon 0345368584 Patrick 4 4.52 1989 The Hobbit
author: Chuck Dixon
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average rating: 4.52
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Silverthorn (The Riftwar Saga, #3)]]> 149302
To save his beloved,ĚýArutha sets out in search of the mystic herb calledĚýSilverthorn that only grows in the dark andĚýforbidding land of theĚýSpellweavers.

Accompanied by a mercenary, a minstrel, and a cleverĚýyoung thief, he will confront an ancient evil and doĚýbattle with the dark powers that threaten theĚýenchanted realm of Midkemia.]]> 432 Raymond E. Feist 0586064176 Patrick 0 to-read 4.11 1985 Silverthorn (The Riftwar Saga, #3)
author: Raymond E. Feist
name: Patrick
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1985
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]]> Papillon 6882
Charrière's astonishing autobiography, Papillon, was published in France to instant acclaim in 1968, more than twenty years after his final escape. Since then, it has become a treasured classic -- the gripping, shocking, ultimately uplifting odyssey of an innocent man who simply would not be defeated.]]> 544 Henri Charrière 0061120669 Patrick 4 Great descriptions loved it 4.22 1969 Papillon
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Great descriptions loved it
]]> Nightfall 99245
Imagine living on a planet with six suns that never experiences Darkness. Imagine never having seen the Stars. Then, one by one the suns start to set, gradually leading into Darkness for the first time ever. Kalgash is a world on the edge of chaos, torn between the madness of religious fanaticism and the unyielding rationalism of scientists. Lurking beneath it all is a collective, instinctual fear of the Darkness. For Kalgash knows only the perpetual light of day; to its inhabitants, a gathering twilight portends unspeakable horror. And only a handful of people on the planet are prepared to face the truth, their six suns are setting all at once for the first time in over two thousand years, signaling the end of civilization as it explodes in the awesome splendor of Nightfall.

Encompassing the psychology of disaster, the tenacity of the human spirit, and, ultimately, the regenerative power of hope, Nightfall is a tale rich in character and suspense that only the unique collaboration of Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg could create.]]> 339 Isaac Asimov 0553290991 Patrick 4 4.06 1990 Nightfall
author: Isaac Asimov
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> The War of the Worlds 8909
Inspiring films, radio dramas, comic-book adaptations, television series and sequels,The War of the Worlds is a prototypical work of science fiction which has influenced every alien story that has come since, and is unsurpassed in its ability to thrill, well over a century since it was first published.]]> 192 H.G. Wells 0375759239 Patrick 4 3.84 1898 The War of the Worlds
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average rating: 3.84
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]]> Foundation (Foundation, #1) 29579 The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.]]> 244 Isaac Asimov 0553803719 Patrick 4 4.18 1951 Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)]]> 18512 here.

The Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures as the quest continues. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escaped into Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents. Gandalf returned, miraculously, and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Meanwhile, Sam and Frodo progressed towards Mordor to destroy the Ring, accompanied by SmEagol--Gollum, still obsessed by his 'precious'. After a battle with the giant spider, Shelob, Sam left his master for dead; but Frodo is still alive--in the hands of the Orcs. And all the time the armies of the Dark Lord are massing. J.R.R. Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labeled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail.]]> 404 J.R.R. Tolkien Patrick 5 CLASSIC must read<br /> 4.54 1955 The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)]]> 15241
Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs.

Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin -- alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.]]> 322 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618346260 Patrick 5 CLASSIC must read<br /> 4.45 1954 The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)]]> 34
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkeness bind them

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
--back cover]]> 398 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618346252 Patrick 5 CLASSIC must read<br /> 4.36 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)]]> 43615
He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which frighteningly mirrors our own, Roland pursues The Man in Black, encounters an alluring woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the Kid from Earth called Jake. Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, The Gunslinger leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next chapter.]]> 231 Stephen King 1501143514 Patrick 3 3.95 1982 The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)]]> 43889
His world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence. In a dark age it takes courage to live, and more than mere courage to challenge those who hold dominion, Richard and Kahlan must take up that challenge or become the next victims. Beyond awaits a bewitching land where even the best of their hearts could betray them. Yet, Richard fears nothing so much as what secrets his sword might reveal about his own soul. Falling in love would destroy them—for reasons Richard can't imagine and Kahlan dare not say.

In their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan calls upon Richard to reach beyond his sword—to invoke within himself something more noble. Neither knows that the rules of battle have just changed . . . or that their time has run out.

This is the beginning. One book. One Rule. Witness the birth of a legend.]]> 836 Terry Goodkind 0765346524 Patrick 4 4.12 1994 Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)]]> 228665
Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond’s Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One, a malicious entity sowing the seeds of chaos and destruction. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the village seeking their master’s enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al’Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.]]> 800 Robert Jordan 0812511816 Patrick 4 4.19 1990 The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
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]]> Weave World 52640
Barker turns from his usual horror to epic-length fantasy for this account of the Fugue, a magical land inhabited by descendants of supernatural beings who once shared the earth with humans. The Fugue has been woven into a carpet for protection against those who would destroy it; the death of its guardian occasions a battle between good and particularly repulsive evil forces for control of the Fugue. Weaveworld is rich with memorable characters, exciting situations, and pockets of Barker's trademark horror.]]> 721 Clive Barker 0007117140 Patrick 5 LOVE IT<br /> 4.14 1987 Weave World
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]]> Imagica 437547 Die Erde ist nur eine von fünf kosmischen Domänen - was ihre Bewohner längst vergessen haben.
Während sich vier von ihnen zusammengeschlossen haben, existiert die Erde in Unwissenheit am Rande des Ozeans der Geheimnisse und Mysterien, die nur wenigen Eingeweihten bekannt sind.]]> 1069 Clive Barker 3453082060 Patrick 5 LOVE IT 4.28 1991 Imagica
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]]> <![CDATA[Misspent Youth (Commonwealth Universe #0.5)]]> 45248 439 Peter F. Hamilton 0330480227 Patrick 3 3.38 2002 Misspent Youth (Commonwealth Universe #0.5)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Evolutionary Void (Void, #3)]]> 7438179
Meanwhile, the parallel story of Edeard, the Waterwalker -- as told through a series of addictive dreams communicated to the gaiasphere via Inigo, the First Dreamer -- continues to unfold. But now the inspirational tale of this idealistic young man takes a darker and more troubling turn as he finds himself faced with powerful new enemies -- and temptations more powerful still.

With time running out, a repentant Inigo must decide whether to release Edeard's final dream: a dream whose message is scarcely less dangerous than the pilgrimage promises to be. And Araminta must choose whether to run from her unwanted responsibilities or face them down, with no guarantee of success or survival. But all these choices may be for naught if the monomaniacal Ilanthe, leader of the breakaway Accelerator Faction, is able to enter the Void. For it is not paradise she seeks there, but dominion.
]]> 694 Peter F. Hamilton 0345496574 Patrick 4 4.28 2009 The Evolutionary Void (Void, #3)
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]]> The Temporal Void (Void #2) 3437328
Countering the various and increasingly desperate agents and factions is Paula Myo, a ruthlessly single-minded investigator, beset by foes from her distant past and colleagues of dubious allegiance...but she is fast losing a race against time.

At the heart of all this is Edeard the Waterwalker, who once lived a long time ago deep inside the Void. He is the messiah of Living Dream, and visions of his life are shared by, and inspire billions of humans. It is his glorious, captivating story that is the driving force behind Living Dream's Pilgrimage, a force that is too strong to be thwarted. As Edeard nears his final victory the true nature of the Void is finally revealed.]]> 746 Peter F. Hamilton 1405088834 Patrick 4 4.25 2008 The Temporal Void (Void #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Naked God (Night's Dawn, #3)]]> 45260 1174 Peter F. Hamilton 0333725034 Patrick 4 4.21 1999 The Naked God (Night's Dawn, #3)
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]]> The Dreaming Void (Void #1) 866136 At the very heart of the galaxy is the Void, a self-contained microuniverse that cannot be breached, cannot be destroyed, and cannot be stopped as it steadily expands in all directions, consuming everything in its path: planets, stars, civilizations. The Void has existed for untold millions of years. Even the oldest and most technologically advanced of the galaxy’s sentient races, the Raiel, do not know its origin, its makers, or its purpose.

But then Inigo, an astrophysicist studying the Void, begins dreaming of human beings who live within it. Inigo’s dreams reveal a world in which thoughts become actions and dreams become reality. Inside the Void, Inigo sees paradise. Thanks to the gaiafield, a neural entanglement wired into most humans, Inigo’s dreams are shared by hundreds of millions–and a religion, the Living Dream, is born, with Inigo as its prophet. But then he vanishes.

Suddenly there is a new wave of dreams. Dreams broadcast by an unknown Second Dreamer serve as the inspiration for a massive Pilgrimage into the Void. But there is a chance that by attempting to enter the Void, the pilgrims will trigger a catastrophic expansion, an accelerated devourment phase that will swallow up thousands of worlds.

And thus begins a desperate race to find Inigo and the mysterious Second Dreamer. Some seek to prevent the Pilgrimage; others to speed its progress–while within the Void, a supreme entity has turned its gaze, for the first time, outward...]]> 630 Peter F. Hamilton 0345496531 Patrick 4 4.19 2007 The Dreaming Void (Void #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)]]> 45245
But now something has gone catastrophically wrong. On a primitive colony planet a renegade criminal's chance encounter with an utterly alien entity unleashes the most primal of all our fears. An extinct race which inhabited the galaxy aeons ago called it "The Reality Dysfunction." It is the nightmare which has prowled beside us since the beginning of history.]]> 1223 Peter F. Hamilton 0330340328 Patrick 4 4.13 1996 The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga #1)]]> 45252 Second Chance, is dispatched to learn what has occurred and whether it represents a threat. In command is Wilson Kime, a five-time rejuvenated ex-NASA pilot whose glory days are centuries behind him.

Opposed to the mission are the Guardians of Selfhood, a cult that believes the human race is being manipulated by an alien entity they call the Starflyer. Bradley Johansson, leader of the Guardians, warns of sabotage, fearing the Starflyer means to use the starship's mission for its own ends.

Pursued by a Commonwealth special agent convinced the Guardians are crazy but dangerous, Johansson flees. But the danger is not averted. Aboard the Second Chance, Kime wonders if his crew has been infiltrated. Soon enough, he will have other worries. A thousand light-years away, something truly incredible is waiting: a deadly discovery whose unleashing will threaten to destroy the Commonwealth... and humanity itself. Could it be that Johansson was right?]]> 768 Peter F. Hamilton 0345461622 Patrick 4 4.23 2004 Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga #1)
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]]> It 18342
The adults, knowing better, knew nothing. Time passed and the children grew up, moved away. The horror of It was deep-buried, wrapped in forgetfulness. Until the grown-up children were called back, once more to confront It as It stirred and coiled in the sullen depths of their memories, reaching up again to make their past nightmares a terrible present reality.]]> 1090 Stephen King 0451169514 Patrick 4 4.11 1986 It
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]]> The Stand 149267 For hundreds of thousands of fans who read The Stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is Stephen King's gift. And those who are listening to The Stand for the first time will discover a triumphant and eerily plausible work of the imagination that takes on the issues that will determine our survival.]]> 1152 Stephen King Patrick 3 4.35 1978 The Stand
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]]> The Shining (The Shining, #1) 11588 497 Stephen King 0450040186 Patrick 4 classic, must read<br /> 4.28 1977 The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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classic, must read

]]> <![CDATA[The Fires of Heaven (The Wheel of Time, #5)]]> 13895
In The Fires of Heaven, the fifth novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time, four of the most powerful Forsaken band together against the Champion of Light, Rand al’Thor.

Prophesized to defeat the Dark One, Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, has upset the balance of power across the land. Shaido Aiel are on the march, ravaging everything in their path. The White Tower's Amyrlin has been deposed, turning the Aes Sedai against one another. The forbidden city of Rhuidean is overrun by Shadowspawn.

Despite the chaos swirling around him, Rand continues to learn how to harness his abilities, determined to wield the One Power--and ignoring the counsel of Moiraine Damodred at great cost.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light]]> 912 Robert Jordan 1857232097 Patrick 0 4.19 1993 The Fires of Heaven (The Wheel of Time, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time, #4)]]> 9539
In Tar Valon, Min sees portents of hideous doom. Will the White Tower itself be broken?

In the Two Rivers, the Whitecloaks ride in pursuit of a man with golden eyes, and in pursuit of the Dragon Reborn.

In Cantorin, among the Sea Folk, High Lady Suroth plans the return of the Seanchan armies to the mainland.

In the Stone of Tear, the Lord Dragon considers his next move. It will be something no one expects, not the Black Ajah, not Tairen nobles, not Aes Sedai, not Egwene or Elayne or Nynaeve.

Against the Shadow rising stands the Dragon Reborn.....]]> 1007 Robert Jordan 0812513738 Patrick 0 4.27 1992 The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, #3)]]> 34897 The Dragon Reborn—the leader long prophesied who will save the world, but in the saving destroy it; the savior who will run mad and kill all those dearest to him—is on the run from his destiny.

Able to touch the One Power, but unable to control it, and with no one to teach him how—for no man has done it in three thousand years—Rand al'Thor knows only that he must face the Dark One. But how?

Winter has stopped the war—almost—yet men are dying, calling out for the Dragon. But where is he?

Perrin Aybara is in pursuit with Moiraine Sedai, her Warder Lan, and Loial the Ogier. Bedeviled by dreams, Perrin is grappling with another deadly problem—how is he to escape the loss of his own humanity?

Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve are approaching Tar Valon, where Mat will be healed—if he lives until they arrive. But who will tell the Amyrlin their news—that the Black Ajah, long thought only a hideous rumor, is all too real? They cannot know that in Tar Valon far worse awaits...

Ahead, for all of them, in the Heart of the Stone, lies the next great test of the Dragon reborn....
]]> 624 Robert Jordan 0765305119 Patrick 0 4.27 1991 The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)]]> 233649
Rand cannot run for ever. With every passing day the Dark One grows in strength and strives to shatter his ancient prison, to break the Wheel, to bring an end to Time and sunder the weave of the Pattern.

And the Pattern demands the Dragon.]]> 705 Robert Jordan 0812517725 Patrick 4 4.25 1990 The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)
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Loved the complete series Recommended
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