It is the reign of Charles II and Barbary pirates are causing mayhem and terror in the Mediterranean. Nineteen-year-old Ralph Wrenn has been at sea since the age of ten. Recently promoted, he now serves as the fourth officer on the HMS Kingfisher, a new type of warship constructed to conceal weapon
Kingfisher
โ Scribed by McKillip, Patricia A
- Book ID
- 109168408
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 470 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780698140523
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โฆ Synopsis
The award-winning author of the acclaimed Riddle Master Trilogy returns with an extraordinary new fantasy of a young man's coming of age in a world of family secrets and revelations, and transformative magic.
Pierce Oliver lives with his mother Heloise on Cape Mistbegotten, in the town of Desolation Point, where Heloise runs a restaurant. Pearce's father is a powerful knight in King Arden's court at Severluna, and whose one true love is for King Arden's queen, Genevra. Though Pierce's mother is a powerful sorceress, these days she uses her magic only in her cooking, and in keeping an eye on him using animals as her spies. Now, compelled to embark to Severluna, Pierce isn't the only one whose life is about to change...
Carrie Teague and her father Merle live in Proffit Slough. Carrie works at the Kingfisher Inn on Chimera Bay, and isn't happy. Merle is a shapeshifter, and spends more time as a wolf than a man.
Sage Stillwater and her husband Todd run the...
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