Moved by the lady's distress, intrigued by the Letter, and goaded by an opposing solicitor, Snopes takes the case. And the Letter-the sole proof his actions were legal-has mysteriously vanished. Yet when the Padget returns to London, her crew is met by soldiers ready to take possession of their goods and arrest the captain for piracy. The ship was granted a rare privilege by the king's regent: a Letter of Marque authorizing the captain to seize the cargo of French traders operating illegally in the Indian Sea. In a last-ditch effort to save her faltering estate, Lady Jameson invested in a merchant brig, the Padget. That changes the day a struggling heiress, Lady Madeleine Jameson, arrives at his door. As a barrister in 1818 London, William Snopes has witnessed firsthand the danger of only the wealthy having their voices heard, and he's a strong advocate who defends the poorer classes against the powerful.
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Another thing that separates this from other mil-sf is the degree to which the characters struggle with ethical as well as strategic and tactical considerations-not just "how do we blow this up" but "is it right that we blow this up?". The characters are deeply developed even some of the minor ones get some nice fleshing-out, and there are numerous interactions that develop that rather than simply advancing the plot, which is always enjoyable. The author does a fantastic job of thoroughly crafting a consistent, detailed, and entertaining universe across the two series, and I enjoyed the "ah, so *that's* what happened back then" moments.Īs in "Theirs Not to Reason Why", "First Salik War" delivers solid military sci-fi mixed with psi in a natural way that carries the story well. If you're one of those who dislike prequels and would rather read in chronological order, start with "The Terrans". This is the final book of the "First Salik War" prequel trilogy to the "Theirs Not to Reason Why" series. Yes, this is fiction, but there are some liberties that I just can't accept. In this novel, Dray turns on the creepy factor and has Augustus RAPE Selene and possibly impregnate her. After this event, the book goes completely bonkers!įirst of all, Selene has a prior yet interesting relationship with Emperor Augustus. On her wedding day, Selene dresses proactively and most of Rome is up in arms since it signifies that she is Augustus' whore. In Song of the Nile, Selene is married to her tutor, Juba, and they are awarded Mauretania as a kingdom. This series includes a magical aspect, and Selene is portrayed as very haughty albeit royal girl with mysterious wind powers. The first book focused on Cleopatra and Marc Antony's children: Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene, and Philadelphus as they were taken to Rome after their parents suicide. I enjoy reading about Cleopatra and Augustus, and this novel infuriated me. I read Dray's first novel, Lily of the Nile and was excited for the follow-up. I was extremely disappointed in this second book in the Cleopatra's Daughter series. She and David need to navigate what the future holds and if they this is a marriage they want to fight for. After parting ways with lead guitarist of Stage Dive, David Ferris, Evelyn discovers her life is never going to be the same. What would you do if you woke up hung over in a Vegas hotel room married to a world famous rock star? Freak out sounds about right. If you pick these books up, I hope you liked them as much as I did. These are cute books, heavy on the romance, a bit lighter on the music, but still fun to see these characters fall in love. Stage Dive is the rock-star-studded series about commitment phobic rock-gods, the women they fall in love with, and the major groveling these rock-stars do to keep these ladies in their life. These are the Stage Dive series by Kylie Scott. Today's books (that's right, plural) are just some of the ones that I read. I tore through them because I could and because I was on a small break of my own. Over the holiday season, I read A LOT of books.
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The Wittgenstein family was one of the richest, most talented, and most eccentric in European history. Wittgenstein scholars recognize Haus Wittgenstein as the transitory paragraph in comprehensive resolution of philosophy. The House of Wittgenstein: A Family at War By Alexander Waugh New Price: 17.00 Used Price: 7. Haus Wittgenstein by was completed by Ludwig Wittgenstein in 1928 in a period intermediate to the publication of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Wittgenstein's transilient minimalist interpretation of verbal representation, and his later Philosophical Investigations, which presents a redaction of many of his earlier philosophic propositions. Really it was a clash of empires, as the British and Spanish grabbed as much of the New World as they could, then snatched it from each other. We meet the cast of sailors and their officers in the mid-18th century, during the absurd-sounding War of Jenkins’ Ear, so named because it arose from the allegation a Spanish sailor cut off a British sailor’s ear. Here’s what Grann gives away, right at the beginning of his tale. Across a span of work writers tend to reveal patterns, purposefully or not, and Grann seems drawn to people too obsessed for their own good, grinding themselves away, so focused on each step they never look up to see the horizon. In Killers of the Flower Moon, he wrote of Oklahoma’s Osage tribe, whose members were murdered for their oil money. In The Lost City of Z, he told the story of Capt Percy Fawcett, who in the 1920s disappeared into the Amazon searching for a hidden civilization. But Grann is one of America’s most meticulous narrative nonfiction writers, whether describing a septuagenerian bank robber for the New Yorker, or a French serial impostor, or a man trudging alone across Antarctica. And in some hands the story might have heaved along like the ship itself: a relic of the 18th century, worn and worm-eaten, wearing only a new coat of paint. From a distance, The Wager looks like an old-fashioned thing. Perhaps with the exception of Tyka (but that may just be because she had clear vulnerability). As a killer wields dangerous magic to thwart Reina's investigation, she must tap into the strength of her own power and faith to solve a mystery that threatens to destroy her entire way of life.Ĭharacters: 6, I could describe the MC, Mambo Reina Dumond, but the secondary characters were more or less plot devices. Reina resolves to find the real killer and defend the Vodou practice and customs, but the motives behind the murder are deeper and darker than she imagines.Īs Reina delves into the city's shadows, she untangles more than just the truth behind a devious crime. Detective Roman Frost, Reina's ex-boyfriend-a fierce nonbeliever-is eager to tie the crime, and half a dozen others, to the Vodou practitioners of New Orleans. Gifted with water magic since she was a child, Reina is devoted to the benevolent traditions of her ancestors.Īfter a ritual slaying in the French Quarter, police arrest a fellow vodouisant. Haitian-American Vodou priestess Mambo Reina Dumond runs a healing practice from her New Orleans home. Published by Amazon Publishing on February 8, 2022Īmazon,, Better World Books, Book DepositoryĪ practitioner of Vodou must test the boundaries of her powers to solve a ritual murder in New Orleans and protect everything she holds sacred. Now, here you were standing before each other and with so many questions that are still unanswered-ĭo enjoy this new book that I had decided on writing! This was one of my favorite one-shots that I have written by far and I wanted to be able to extend the story further between (Y/n) and the Prince. Life in the Kingdom of Gotham had not been as lively before you had met Prince Jason, and it was pure coincidence that he had been the same brave boy who had saved your life a few days before The Kings Royal Ball. "Yes, you most certainly are-and do not try to tell me any differently." Todd is an actual shadow in this one Vaginal Fingering Deepthroating like really deep Todd can expand in dark spaces and you can guess the rest lol Enthusiastic Consent Oral Sex Non-Standard Cum Tiny tiny bit of cum play Voice Kink breath play But not that much Just a regular visit with your friend, Todd in the Shadows. The words from his mouth made you shake your head. "-I am not the kind of man that you should want to keep in your life." He gently took your face in his hands, and you could feel how warm he was. Tags: 0hmydeku the-shadow-of-atlantis insideoflit. "-this is wrong." He let out a frustrated sighed. See a recent post on Tumblr from msfcatlover about robinjason todd. In any case, it seems that everyone who comes to the conclusion that the world is absurd-that is, that the world cannot be understood with human reason-does everything they can to try to escape that conclusion, as can be seen in the philosophies of Kierkegaard and Chestov and in the literary works of Dostoevsky and Kafka. Others try to escape the meaninglessness of life through religious hope. It is implicitly assumed that if there is no meaning to life, then one might as well commit suicide. It is more important than any other question since it deals with an issue that is obviously more important than any other: the meaning of life. The first question in philosophy is whether or not one ought to kill himself. The title essay, which makes up the majority of the collection, investigates these concepts in an abstract, philosophical manner, while the rest of the essays are illustrations of the principles contained in the first. The Myth of Sisyphus is a collection of essays written over the course of about twenty years that revolve around the subjects of freedom from ideology and meaning and living life to the fullest degree. |