Aliette de Bodard is 'one of the most influential voices in fantasy today' (Starburst). A Franco-Vietnamese writer living in Paris, she's the mother of two, qualified as an officer in the French military, is a very talented cook (http://aliettedebodard.com/recipes/), understands everything it's possible to understand about Applied Maths and, in her day job, literally keeps the trains running. She has won: · The Nebula Awards (twice) · A Locus Award · The British Science Fiction Award (three times - most recently for The House of Shattered Wings) · Writers of the Future · And she's been a finalist for: The Hugo Awards, the Sturgeon Awards and the Tiptree Awards. Aliette is a high profile author, a regular Guest of Honour at events and conventions, and recommended by booksellers in the same breath as Zen Cho, Naomi Novik, Cixin Liu and V. E. Schwab. 'It's brilliantly written; and the story is gripping' Civilian Reader
One of the great figures of the wilderness preservation movement , Marshall had expressed his reaction after hiking through a burned forest in 1927 : “ There were some scenes of desolation that pretty nearly drive an imaginative person ...
When their formations are not solid; their flags and pennants confused and entangled with each other; they go contrary to the advantages of ... out ten thousand fire-cloud torches, beat the thunder drums, strike the war drums and bells, ...
obtaining the Natal Fire Source, even though your black energy is powerful, against a Natal Fire Source, ... "This is the Spirit Summoning Flag, it contains over ten thousand souls, let me see how many Natal Fire Source you have!
The story begins in the mid-19th century in a large, Lancashire cotton mill, which never stops production for 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
... of Ash-Shaja'a two flags. The Fires of the Muslims' Army When the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) passed in his way through Ad-Dahran, he ordered his Companions to lit fires all over the place. They lit more than ten thousand fires, ...
I have informed Franz, our lead laboratory technician. He understands what we're doing.” He asked Franz, “Do you have your locations selected?” Franz answered, “Yes. We will take numerous samples because of the number of people.