For The Love of Fictional Worlds
We Live A Thousand Lives Between The Pages of A Book!
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An eclectic collection of short stories inspired by mythology, fantasy, sci-fi and the paranormal.
A bag travels the universe looking for evil, bigoted civilizations to consume. The machinations of a dark and terrible goddess lead to unexpected outcomes. A girl child is married off in a technologically advanced dystopic world steeped in prejudice and intolerance. A desperate mother tries to bring her children back to nature from a digital existence.
In each of these stories and more, Ashok Banker assaults the senses through shock and awe. Exploring overarching themes of love, feminism, equality and social justice, these eleven refreshingly original works of imagination are powerful, dark and haunting.
Published in a collection for the first time in India, the tales are macabre yet stunning, honest parables of our world.
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Valkyries have one great responsibility: to return immortals to the afterlife by slaying them. As a Valkyrie, Malin has always known that the balance of the world rests on her ability to carry out orders. But when Malin discovers that her mother spared the life of an immortal who was destined to die, her world is thrown into chaos.
Malin not only wrestles with the knowledge that her mother might not be who she thought—she’s also thrust into the path of a gorgeous blue eyed guy named Asher who needs her help slaying the rogue immortal who destroyed his family. The balance of the world is at stake. And, as Asher competes with Malin’s ex for her love and loyalty, so is her heart.
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Every year they gather, while the girls shoot their arrows and the boys hunt them out. The air is riddled with spiteful shadows – the wounds and fears and furies of a village year.
On a remote and unforgiving island lies a village unlike any other: Neverness. A girl is snatched by a water bull and dragged to its lair, a babe is born with a wing for an arm and children ask their fortunes of an oracle ox. While the villagers live out their own tales, enchantment always lurks, blighting and blessing in equal measure.
Folk is a dark and sinuous debut circling the lives of one generation. In this world far from our time and place, the stories of the islanders interweave and overlap, their own folklore twisting fates and changing lives.
A captivating, magical and haunting debut novel of breathtaking imagination, from the winner of the 2014 Costa Short Story Award.
Kristen Ashley has become one of my favorite authors this year – not only are books pretty easy to get lost into – her books also are the ones that have bought me back from the brink of reading slumps – once I start her books I end up reading EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, even if it is a re-read!
They are THAT AMAZING!!
Today, though I am going to be introducing (or re-introducing, if you are already fan) to a series – The Fanstasyland Series -by Kristen, that is a bit out there – this is purely fantasy genre for adults! You have dragons, witches, royalty, magic, talking animals, kickass heroines and over the top alpha heroes!!
You have to keep yourself open a bit when you read this series though – there are somethings that could end up being too out of the realm for you, but I would highly suggest that you keep your reservations aside, for these are books that will keep you hooked till every last one are done!
But mostly, I liked this series, is because of the shock factor and the actual fantastical aspects woven into a genre that is quite rarely found!
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How do you punish an immortal?
By making him human.
After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disorientated, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus’s favour.
But Apollo has many enemies – gods, monsters and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Apollo needs help, and he can think of only one place to go . . . an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood.
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For The Love of Fictional Worlds 