In a more affluent part of Sydney, finance executive Matthew Weissler (polished, successful, admired) has been questioning his slave-to-the-dollar existence and his marriage to a tantrum-throwing shopaholic. Her own Sydney group meets fortnightly at a cosy lamplit cottage, the rental home she secured to escape a gruesome intruder. Rosetta's website surrounding the reading group she's begun with friends has inspired the emergence of other Lillibridge book clubs. Lillibridge's tale about a gold-obsessed empire (and the sprites they oppress: elfin clan dwellers whose currency of choice is kindness) has ignited a memory Rosetta cannot explain. Rosetta Melki, an idealist whose dream of starting a worldwide charity has been all but crushed by her sole-parent struggles, is enchanted by Our True Ancient History. Lillibridge's Our True Ancient History-published under the guise of fiction-is out of print, available only at antiquarian bookshops and largely overlooked. six months before the Global Financial Crisis rocks the economy. The controversial author faces trial for heresy after revealing, in a book, the true beginnings of money. Samuel Withers saw them in the village…Įdward Lillibridge is writing a farewell letter to his son. I am here at the table with a candle at my elbow, penning the most difficult letter I have ever had to write. History, mystery, contemporary romance and magic.Ī whimsical tale about money and its unknown otherworldly origins. an urban fairy tale for grown-ups." -Avid Ashley Death has plans of his own and he, too, will use whatever and whomever he must, including the mad Thaddeus."Sophisticated and thought-provoking. Meanwhile, Dead Eye becomes a willing vessel for the newly awakened god, Death. There is only way to stop Thaddeus, but it means a harrowing journey for Mari and Nik into the heart of darkness. He wants the power he believes Mari has stolen from him and his people and he will do anything he must to get them back, even if it means destroying everything in his path. Thaddeus betrayed his own people, killing Nik's father and destroying their entire clan. The battle lines have been drawn and Mari, an Earth Walker and Nik, a Companion, who were once from rival clans now find themselves fighting to save each other and their people from destruction. A world filled with beauty and danger and cruelty. Cast, presents Sun Warrior, an epic fantasy audiobook set in a world where humans, their animal allies, and the earth itself has been drastically changed. Summary: #1 New York Time s bestselling author of the House of Night series, P.C.
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