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Brion is trapped in a hopeless search for his mentor and friend, Redmond, who has disappeared in a kingdom on the brink of civil war. When he falls afoul of the regent, Lady Adelaide, Brion finds himself beyond the bounds of the law, pursued by assassins, and accused of kidnapping the boy-king of Morcia. Now he must pluck Redmond out of a thousand square miles of enemy territory while evading clashing armies and keeping his friends alive. How far will he go to save one friend? How much will he sacrifice?.

Reckless courage, desperate loyalty, and the will to survive. Redmond knows three things about the woman who has imprisoned his archers. She is beautiful. She is cunning. And she cares nothing for their lives. When she drugs his men in preparation for enslavement in the deadly salt mines, Redmond embarks on an audacious and impossible plan--steal the castle from her and sell it to the highest bidder. To do that, he and his band of archers must hold the castle against an overwhelming force of men who believe Redmond murdered their relatives and a King more preoccupied with territorial expansion than peace and security in his realm. Failure means a lingering death in the mines, but success might be just as dangerous.

The heathland is in turmoil?In these four original stories from the heathland, you?ll meet new characters in the ongoing chronicles of the heathland and discover their personal sagas of loss and failure, of loyalty and triumph, born in the struggle for the heart and soul of the heathland. In Blood on the Reeds, a coup has toppled the royal line of Hassani and threatened all connected with that family. Thane must choose either to betray his king or rescue the last survivor of a massacre. In The Hidden Archer, war has erupted between Coll and the Salassani. Trapped in an isolated valley, Redmond faces an unseen enemy alone while his friends lay dying only yards away. Only one archer can walk out of the valley alive. In War of the One-Eyed Woman, the genocide of the Carpentini begins over the birth of an innocent girl. Edrick must rush to save his family before the Bracari capture and kill them all.In The Deadly Jest, the Order of the Rook has sent its newest initiate, Mara, on a dangerous mission into the southland. She finds herself entangled in intrigues of the heart and the treachery of those she should be able to trust.

While Brion has discovered his true identity and survived the plots to kill him, his Carpentini mother he thought long dead has been driven into hiding and Brion and Finola venture into the heathland to find her. When they discover that the Dunkeldi king has outlawed the Carpentini and Salassani and is hunting them to extinction, Brion and Finola race to find his mother before it is too late. They soon realize that they are embroiled in a war for the heathland and for the heart and soul of its people. The Bracari besiege the desperate remnant of the Carpentini and Salassani in their last refuge in the Aveen Mountains. Meanwhile, King Emyr makes a reckless gamble to unite the entire island under his rule. Now Brion must decide between saving his mother and his wife or saving King Emyr and the whole of the Frei-Ock Isle from chaos and bloodshed. If he chooses wrong, he may lose everything and everyone he cares about.

Is a kingdom worth the lives of those you love? Brion of Wexford is drawn into the war he helped to create, but never wanted to fight. When he seeks to unravel Weyland's secrets and the truth about his own identity, Brion finds himself betrayed at every turn. Now the only way to survive and keep the Kingdom of Coll from falling to the invading Salassani army is to find the lost prince and put him on the throne before it is too late. But the lost prince may not be who Brion thinks he is, and things spiral out of control as coups and countercoups plunge Coll into chaos just as the Salassani army is poised to destroy the kingdom once and for all.

Brion never meant to start a war. But when they murdered his parents and enslaved his sister and his sweetheart, they left him no choice. Brion of Wexford is the son of a crippled trapper living a quiet life on the edge of the vast and unruly heathland. But when Salassani raiders destroy his world, he must venture into the heathland to attempt the impossible task of finding the girls, rescuing them, and conveying them safely home across hundreds of miles of enemy territory. Now Brion finds himself pursued by men bent on his destruction, deprived of his protectors, and haunted by the knowledge that his murdered father has hidden a dark secret that could reshape Brion's entire identity. Brion must find a way to stay alive long enough to get the girls safely home.

The ground is shaking. A volcano is about the erupt. Hundreds of lives are in danger. But you can help! Navigate through three different stories to discover what is happening below Earth's surface. With dozens of story outcomes, it's up to you to stop a volcanic disaster. The planet needs you. Will YOU CHOOSE to help?.

Azmina, Willa, and Naomi are thrilled to learn they're Glitter Dragon Girls. Summoned to the Magic Forest by its magnificent ruler, the Tree Queen, the girls quickly find out their dragon-selves have unbelievable abilities. They can soar above the treetops, breathe glittery bursts of fire, and roar load enough to shake the ground. With this newfound magic comes a big responsibility, however. As Dragon Girls, they are sworn protectors of the forest and must help keep it safe from the troublesome Shadow Sprites, who are determined to take the forest's magic for their own.

The next installment in the New York Times bestselling I Survived series! In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Lauren Tarshis shines a spotlight on the story of the Normandy landings, the largest seaborne invasion in history and foundation for the Allied victory in World War II.

Dead-Eye Dan Crowley is a United States Marshal and a frontier legend. He?s gone toe-to-toe with the most fearsome outlaws in the West and brought them all to justice. But when Dead-Eye Dan finds himself alone on the banks of the Cimarron River in New Mexico with no idea who he is, or how he got there, he must confront his most formidable challenge yet. Can Dead-Eye Dan find a way to remember? Can his memories be trusted? And can he discover himself in time to make things right? In this thrilling tale of heroism and justice set in the frontier world of Tumbleweed Thompson, readers will find a new hero for the old West.