When legends come to life the world trembles from a single name. Ronin. Once-heroes from a different age, they wield elemental powers ... wind, water, fire, stone, forest, sun, moon, flesh, and metal. At the same time, a young man discovers his best friend with a sword in her stomach, and dark wings sprouting from her back. Guards rush onto the scene, accuse him of the act, and he is forced to flee. In a new world without his memories, Gray must find his way amid legends and darkness, as he wrestles with an elemental power inside himself. A power all too similar to the infamous Ronin ...
In this follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Compass South, Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock once again create an outstanding seafaring adventure with Knife's Edge. A Margaret Ferguson Book
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This fast-paced graphic novel, set in New York City in 1860, follows twins Alexander and Cleo and their adventures at sea.
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Drawing on first-hand accounts, On a Knife's Edge is a story of brilliant generalship, lost opportunities and survival in the harshest theatre of war.
Teen Sherlock battles a monstrous adversary on a mission to Ireland with his brilliant brother, Mycroft.
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Irwin said, “Cracking it on a bit. What can she do?” The midshipman smiled, and it made him look like the schoolboy he had so recently been. “She can manage fifteen knots, sir.” The smile broadened. “With a following wind, that is!
This is his personal story, a tale of survival and of how he maintained his resiliency and sanity when all odds seemed to be against him.
'The best kind of thriller - step by all-too-plausible step we're sucked into frantic, breathless action .