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- A palace near the wind / by Jiang, Ai,author.;
Liu Lufeng is the eldest princess of the Feng royalty and, bound by duty and tradition, the next bride to the human king. With their bark faces, arms of braided branches and hair of needle threads, the Feng people live within nature, nurtured by the land. But they exist under the constant threat of human expansion, and the negotiation of bridewealth is the only way to stop--or at least delay--the destruction of their home. Come her wedding day, Lufeng plans to kill the king and finally put an end to the marriages. Trapped in the great human palace in the run-up to the union, Lufeng begins to uncover the truth about her people's origins and realizes they will never be safe from the humans. So she must learn to let go of duty and tradition, choose her allies carefully, and risk the unknown in order to free her family and shape her own fate. From a rising-star author, winner of the both the Bram Stoker and Nebula Awards, a richly inventive, brutal and beautiful story of family, loss, oppression and rebellion.- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novellas.; Arranged marriage; Families; Family secrets; Nature and civilization; Princesses; Secrecy;
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- A Palace Near the Wind Natural Engines [electronic resource] : by Jiang, Ai.aut; CloudLibrary;
From a rising-star author, winner of the both the Bram Stoker® and Nebula Awards, a richly inventive, brutal and beautiful science-fantasy novella. A story of family, loss, oppression and rebellion that will stay with you long after the final page. For readers of Nghi Vo’s The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Neon Yang’s The Black Tides of Heaven and Kritika H. Rao’s The Surviving Sky. Liu Lufeng is the eldest princess of the Feng royalty and, bound by duty and tradition, the next bride to the human king. With their bark faces, arms of braided branches and hair of needle threads, the Feng people live within nature, nurtured by the land. But they exist under the constant threat of human expansion, and the negotiation of bridewealth is the only way to stop— or at least delay—the destruction of their home. Come her wedding day, Lufeng plans to kill the king and finally put an end to the marriages. Trapped in the great human palace in the run-up to the union, Lufeng begins to uncover the truth about her people’s origins and realizes they will never be safe from the humans. So she must learn to let go of duty and tradition, choose her allies carefully, and risk the unknown in order to free her family and shape her own fate. From a rising-star author, winner of the both the Bram Stoker® and Nebula Awards, a richly inventive, brutal and beautiful story of family, loss, oppression and rebellion.- Subjects: Electronic books.; Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic; Asian American; Dark Fantasy;
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- A River From the Sky. by Jiang, Ai.;
In this next novella of the 'Natural Engines' series, Sangshu is taken into rebel territory, where she learns more of the deadly experiments Zinc has wreaked upon the people. Desperate to find her family, Sangshu races through Gear to Engine, ruthless Zinc's industrial heartland, where she burns with a desire to fix her own mistakes and those of others and find a way to save her world. Ai Jiang lives in Toronto, ON.Library Bound Incorporated- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; FICTION / Asian American; FICTION / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy; FICTION / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic;
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- Scaring and daring : terrifying takes on 15 classic tales : a Horror Writers Association anthology / by Guignard, Eric J.; Horror Writers Association.;
Hook and the Hand of Fate / by Teel James Glenn and Maxwell I. Gold -- What We Found Beneath Mount Etna / by Lisa Morton -- Prince Badi az-Zaman and the Ogress Fattan / by Tanvir Akhtar Ahmed -- The Hound of the Basking Villas / by Kelley Armstrong -- TheLost Musketeer / by Maurice Broaddus -- The Secret (Thing in the) Garden / by Delilah S. Dawson -- The Shadows in the Rock / by Joe R. Lansdale -- A Lucky Find / by Kristi Petersen Schoonover -- The Boy of La Mancha Rides a Ghost Horse / by Carlos Hernandez -- The Glass Slipper / by Sherrilyn Kenyon -- Wolf in the Mirror / by Sarwat Chadda -- Vessel Eaters / by Ai Jiang -- Freckle and Hide / by Jonathan Maberry -- Out on a Limb / by Nancy Holder -- The Gruelmaster / by Nathan Carson."A short-story middle grade anthology that reimagines classic tales for contemporary audiences with terrifying results"--- Subjects: Horror fiction.; Short stories.; Magic;
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