Traci Chee Knihy

2. díl ohromujícího debutu ze světa, kde je čtení výsadou mocných. Sefia a Lučištník jsou na útěku. Lučištník však neprchá jen před Gardou, ale i před děsivými nočními můrami. Věří, že se jich zbaví, když se mu podaří osvobodit všechny chlapce, které vtiskovatelé drží v zajetí. A tak bitva střídá bitvu a z laskavého kluka se stává zasmušilý voják, který touží po nových střetech. I když mu Sefia v boji pomáhá, jeho proměna ji děsí. Nepřestává proto studovat tajemnou Knihu. Zjišťuje, že vlákna Lučištníkova osudu jsou propojena se zradou jejích rodičů. Pokud chtějí zabránit válce mezi královstvími, která je na spadnutí, musí zastavit Gardu a zničit její plány…

Představte si svět, kde je čtení chápáno jako výsada a je povoleno jen hrstce nejmocnějších… Selfia ovládá umění přežít. Poté, co byl její otec zavražděn, ukrývala se totiž společně se svojí tetou Nin v divočině. Naučila se lovit, stopovat a také krást. Když jednoho dne tetu unesou, zůstane sama a začne si klást otázky. Kdo Nin unesl a proč? Souvisí její zmizení s otcovou vraždou a s tím podivným hranatým předmětem, který teta tak pečlivě schovávala? Kniha, kterou však nedokáže přečíst, a záhadný němý chlapec, kterého zachrání před krutým zacházením, se stanou její nadějí. Klíčem k odhalení tajemství jejího světa – a otcovy tragické smrti…

For fourteen-year-old Minoru Ito and other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor have been terrible, and soon their lives forever changed by mass incarcerations in relocation camps.

The thrilling conclusion to the epic adventure that began with New York Times bestselling The Reader, "a series fantasy lovers will want to sink their teeth into." - Booklist, starred review Sefia is determined to keep Archer out of the Guard's clutches and their plans for war between the Five Kingdoms. The Book, the ancient, infinite codex of the past, present and future, tells of a prophecy that will plunge Kelanna in that bloody war, but it requires a boy--Archer--and Sefia will stop at nothing to ensure his safety. The Guard has already stolen her mother, her father, and her Aunt Nin. Sefia would sooner die than let them take anymore from her--especially the boy she loves. But escaping the Guard and the Book's prophecy is no easy task. After all, what is written always comes to pass. As Sefia and Archer watch Kelanna start to crumble to the Guard's will, they will have to choose between their love and joining a war that just might tear them apart. Full of magic, suspense, and mystery, Traci Chee brings her trilogy to a close in this spellbinding final installment.

From New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, Traci Chee, comes a Japanese-inspired YA fantasy brimming with demons, romance, and plans gone awry. When a girl who's never longed for adventure is hit with a curse that begins to transform her into a demon, she embarks on a quest to reverse the curse and return to her normal life, but along the way is forced to confront her true power within.

From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a standalone fantasy set against a war-ravaged world where kindling warfare--the use of elite, magic-wielding teenage soldiers--has been outlawed. In this rich and evocative novel, seven kindlings search for purpose and identity as they prepare for one final battle. For fans of the classic films Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven. Once, the war was fought with kindlings--elite, magic-wielding warriors whose devastating power comes at the cost of their own young lives. Now the war is over, and kindlings have been cast adrift--their magic outlawed, their skills outdated, their formidable balar weapons prized only as relics and souvenirs. Violence still plagues the countryside, and memories haunt those who remain. When a village comes under threat of siege, it offers an opportunity for seven kindlings to fight one last time. But war changed these warriors. And to reclaim who they once were, they will have to battle their pasts, their trauma, and their grim fates to come together again--or none of them will make it out alive. From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a gut-wrenching, introspective fantasy about seven lost soldiers searching for the peace they once fought for and the future in which they're finally daring to believe.