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2020
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English
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A successful artist with a doting husband, Isabel Dryland knows she should be grateful for her happy life. It's a complete reversal from the one she led before, when normalcy seemed out of reach, after a violent assault she cannot remember left her shattered and scarred. Even though the memory was lost, the nagging feeling that she was damaged goods and the lingering effects of her injuries kept her questioning her sanity at times. Tom, her husband,...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Waking up in Paris with no memory of who she is, a young woman discovers that she is the identical twin of a rogue spy and, to stay alive, must team up with a very grouchy, very sexy, very secret agent to unravel a deadly conspiracy and clear her sister's name.
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Series
Beyond the Clouds volume 5
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Young Theo works as a mechanic, putting his knack for machines to use in the industrialized city where he lives. But when he finds an injured, amnesiac girl with wings, his life changes forever. Her name is Mia, and although Theo's talents make quick work of repairing her injured wing, their quest to find her home will take them beyond the clouds and further than they would ever have imagined." -- amazon.com
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2016.
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中文(繁體)
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Simplified Chinese edition of The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. Axl and Beatrice, an elderly British couple, decide to find the son they have not seen for years and scarcely remember. Along the way they meet a Saxon warrior and his orphan companion and a knight. Yet this fantasy setting is just a cover for deep philosophical discussions about life. Acclaimed and Booker Prize winning writer Ishiguro's first novel in ten years.
公元六世纪的英格兰,本土不列颠人与撒克逊入侵者之间的战争似乎已走到了终点——和平降临了这片土地,两个族群比邻而居,相安无事地共同生活了数十年。但与此同时,一片奇怪的“遗忘之雾”充盈着英格兰的山谷,吞噬着村民们的记忆,使他们的生活好似一场毫无意义的白日梦。一对年迈的不列颠夫妇想要赶在记忆完全丧失前找到此刻依稀停留在脑海中的儿子,于是匆匆踏上了一段艰辛的旅程。他们渴望让迷雾散去,渴望重拾两人相伴一生的恩爱回忆——但这片静谧的雾霭掩盖的却是一个黑暗血腥的过去,那是一个在数十年前被不列颠人的亚瑟王用违背理想的手段掩埋的巨人。一个神秘的撒克逊武士肩负使命来到这片看似平和的山谷,他那谦逊的外表背后究竟隐藏着怎样秘而不宣的动机?他的使命带给这个国度将是宽恕的橄榄枝还是复仇的剑与火?而亚瑟王最后的骑士高文则决心用生命守护国王的遗产,因为守护它就就意味着守护最后的和平。记忆与宽恕,复仇与和平,四人的命运不可避免地交织在了一处,而结局只有一个。...
Author
Series
Beyond the Clouds volume 4
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Deep in the forest, Theo has finally found the mysterious Doctor, whose medicine might save Mia's life. In exchange, Theo must find what the Doctor desires most and bring it back to him. Theo agrees without thinking, but how will even figure out this riddle, not to mention find what the Doctor's looking for in this vast, forbidding wood full of fairies and monsters? The clock is ticking and Mia lies in her sickbed, and the unknown enemies who attacked...
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