In The 53rd Parallel, book one of the River of Lakes series, Brian Burke emigrates from 1950s West Ireland to the wilderness of Northwest Ontario with his partner Maureen OβToole. Heβs been exiled from his village, and she is running from her IRA past. The dreams of an Ojibway clan elder bring the I
Between Worlds
β Scribed by Brittenham, Skip
- Book ID
- 108903032
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 7 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780698411029
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β¦ Synopsis
The town of Eden Grove has a legend: In the center of a pine forest there is an aspen grove, and in the center of the aspen grove is an ancient, magnificent tree. A tree that grants wishes.
Mayberry and Marshall have heard the stories about the Wishing Tree, but they know nothing like that could really exist near their dreary town. Misunderstood and restless, the teenagers wish for a lot of things, including being on another planet altogether. Somewhere with magic and adventureβsomeplace where they can be heroes.
And then the unlikeliest thing happens: On a hike through the forest, they find the Wishing Tree. The pair make their wish, fall asleep . . . and wake up on Nith, a world that is exactly what they asked for. The alien landscape is beautiful, but it's also full of dangerous and fantastic creatures, and almost without exception, the creatures are hungry. Soon Mayberry and Marshall learn two very important facts about their wish: First, that magic comes...
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**Inspired by the likes of James Galloway's Subjugation and John Scalzi's Old Man's War, Between Worlds is a thrilling military sci-fi set in a strange new universe...** Jason had thought about punching a Shilβvati. Who hadnβt? Not only had the aliens conquered Earth with almost trivial ease, the se
Fantasy/Mainstream. 81680 words long. First published in DDP, 2005