Mordred, Bastard Son
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9/15/19 reread
Yap I'm rereading it. Go ahead and judge me. I needed a comfort read.
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ISBN | 0394751019 |
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ISBN | 0978986113 |
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The Pedlar and the Bandit King
Scarlet of Lysia is an honest peddler, a young merchant traveling the wild, undefended roads to support his aging parents. Liall, called the Wolf of Omara, is the handsome, world-weary chieftain of a tribe of bandits blocking a mountain road that Scarlet needs to cross. When Liall jokingly demands...
Author | Kirby Crow |
ISBN | 1603700102 |
Struggling to come to terms with his new life in Rshan na Ostre, young Scarlet is trying to find his place in a decadent, foreign society that bears an ancient hatred for all Hilurin. As Liall is pulled away from Scarlet and into the jaded intrigues of a royal court, the young pedlar wonders if they've made...
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ISBN | 1934166383 |
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The Confessions of Young Nero
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ISBN | 0451473388 |
The New York Times bestselling and legendary author of Helen of Troy and Elizabeth I now turns her gaze on Emperor Nero, one of the most notorious and misunderstood figures in history.
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ISBN | 0226067114 |
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