Between Magic and Dreams

Between Magic and Dreams
Author: Bryan Covington
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-11-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781733943932

The New Light is moving, Atlanta has fallen, and Kwen Phifer rushes towards an adversary of unimaginable power in hopes of rescuing his friends and saving our reality with the knowledge of the fact that he is far from ready.The duel he fought was to bring an end to an era and an end to the fear, but sadly this is not the case. As sure as there are others occupying this place, there are others with plans and desires that conflict. Kwen hellbent of saving everything he knows while someone else is dead set on revenge.

Between Magic and Dreams

Between Magic and Dreams
Author: Bryan D Covington
Publisher:
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2020-02-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781942500629

What if, as you read this, you were being saddled with a task that would most certainly ruin your weekend plans? What would you do if you were to look down from this book and see a creature of myth and legend beckoning you to do things that defy common sense? Kwen finds himself in just such a predicament. Follow him on a journey that will either leave him twisting in the depths of oblivion or riding the winds of change because, as it turns out, we've never owned our reality... we're just renting it.

Between Magic and Dreams

Between Magic and Dreams
Author: Bryan D Covington
Publisher:
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2020-01-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781942500612

What if, as you read this, you were being saddled with a task that would most certainly ruin your weekend plans? What would you do if you were to look down from this book and see a creature of myth and legend beckoning you to do things that defy common sense? Kwen finds himself in just such a predicament. Follow him on a journey that will either leave him twisting in the depths of oblivion or riding the winds of change because, as it turns out, we've never owned our reality... we're just renting it.

The Magic of Dreams

The Magic of Dreams
Author: Eleanor Lopes Akahloun
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2014-11-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1499079303

The Magic of Dreams: An American Diplomat's Journey relays the story of a retired American diplomat who served in the U.S. Foreign Service for forty-three years. Eleanor L. Akahloun shares a remarkable personal and professional journey from humble, yet inspiring beginnings in her tightly knit Cape Verdean American community in Massachusetts. Her firsthand account of working with the U.S. State Department provides a peek into her colorful adventures and valuable lessons learned from her travels across all seven continents. This book is an affirmation that dreams are magical, that there is beauty amidst challenges in chasing them. The memoir is written in a question-and-answer format, with a perfect blend of wit, intrigue, and light humor. The Magic of Dreams: An American Diplomats Journey is a fascinating read that will leave the readers inspired. Fascinating Story about a Remarkable Woman, September 13, 2015 By M. E. Norris I thoroughly enjoyed reading Eleanor (Penny) Lopes Akahloun's memoir. It is a fascinating story about a remarkable woman. Ms. Akahloun, a Cape Verdean American, devoted 43 years of her life to serve as a career diplomat in the U.S. Foreign Service. She joined the Foreign Service at a time when the institution lacked diversity among its diplomatic corp. She overcame tremendous odds through perseverance, hard work, and a positive outlook-- characteristics which would help her tackle challenges throughout her life. Ms. Akahloun is someone who believes that we all have the capacity to enjoy life to the fullest. Her story is inspiring without being corny or unreal. Anyone who reads her book will take heart, no matter what their race, creed, gender, or age. The format of the book is akin to a long interview. The author begins by relating her family background, including the astounding story of how her grandfather journeyed to America from Cape Verde. She also tells us about her parents, remarkable individuals who worked and loved hard, providing the author with a nurturing and disciplined environment. Most of the rest of her book is about her life and adventures in the various countries in which she lived and served. These included Morocco (where she met her husband), Uruguay, Kenya, and China. The author intersperses the story of her life with interesting information on the political and economic situation of the country in which she was posted as well as the U.S. foreign policy goals in the country. This makes for an enriching history lesson without bogging readers down in too much detail. I hope that many people will read Ms. Akahloun's story and will be as strengthened and nourished as I was in reading it.

Dreams Lie Beneath

Dreams Lie Beneath
Author: Rebecca Ross
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0063015951

From Rebecca Ross, acclaimed author of The Queen’s Rising duology, comes a story about magic, vengeance, and the captivating power of dreams. A must-read for fans of The Hazel Wood and The Night Circus. The realm of Azenor has spent years plagued by a curse. Every new moon, magic flows from the nearby mountain and brings nightmares to life. Only magicians—who serve as territory wardens—stand between people and their worst dreams. Clementine Madigan is ready to take over as the warden of her small town, but when two magicians arrive to challenge her, she is unknowingly drawn into a century-old conflict. She seeks revenge, but as she gets closer to Phelan, one of the handsome young magicians, secrets—as well as romance—begins to rise. To fight the realm’s curse, which seems to be haunting her every turn, Clementine must unite with her rival. But will their efforts be enough to save Azenor from the nightmares that lurk around every corner?

The Bookshop of Dust and Dreams

The Bookshop of Dust and Dreams
Author: Mindy Thompson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2022-10-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593110390

This moving story about a magical bookstore explores the way war can shape a family and is perfect for book lovers everywhere, especially fans of Pages & Co., Pax, and Wolf Hollow. It’s 1944 Sutton, NY, and Poppy’s family owns and runs, Rhyme and Reason, a magical bookshop that caters to people from all different places and time periods. Though her world is ravaged by World War II, customers hail from the past and the future, infusing the shop with a delightful mix of ideas and experiences. Poppy dreams of someday becoming shopkeeper like her father, though her older brother, Al, is technically next in line for the job. She knows all of the rules handed down from one generation of Bookseller to the next, especially their most important one: shopkeepers must never use the magic for themselves. But then Al’s best friend is killed in the war and her brother wants to use the magic of the shop to save him. With her father in the hospital suffering from a mysterious illness, the only one standing between Al and the bookstore is Poppy. Caught between her love for her brother and loyalty to her family, she knows her brother’s actions could have devastating consequences that reach far beyond the bookshop as an insidious, growing Darkness looms. This decision is bigger than Poppy ever dreamed, and the fate of the bookshops hangs in the balance.

Dream Magic

Dream Magic
Author: Joshua Khan
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2017-04-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1368002463

In Book 2 of a three book series, things are dire for the inhabitants of Castle Gloom and the surrounding villages. The undead are leaving their graves in droves, a troll army is on the march from the north, and people are mysteriously disappearing from their homes. The people of Gehenna are blaming their misfortunes on Lilith Shadow, their young queen. They believe she has cursed them by using magic, a practice forbidden to women. With her trusty executioner among the missing and her blackguard soldiers busy battling trolls, it is up to Lily and her friend Thorn to root out the real cause of all the trouble. Their search will uncover ugly truths and eventually lead to a nightmarish confrontation with nothing less than the rulership of the realm at stake. Zombies, ghosts, trolls, dream weavers, a black-hearted villain, and a giant hero bat are only some of the imaginative delights that await readers who relish a soaring adventure combined with a hair-raising mystery.

Dreams and Shadows

Dreams and Shadows
Author: C. Robert Cargill
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2013-02-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 006219044X

Screenwriter and acclaimed film critic C. Robert Cargill makes his fiction debut with Dreams and Shadows, taking beloved fantasy tropes, giving them a twist, and turning out a wonderful, witty, and wry take on clash between the fairy world and our own. Something is missing from Ewan and Colby’s lives. Residing in the corners of their memories is their time in Limestone Kingdom, a realm filled with magic and mystery, a world where only some may travel amongst the menagerie of mystical souls and sinister demons. Cargill offers well-crafted characters and an absorbing, intricate plot that will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman and Lev Grossman. Dreams and Shadows pulls you into an extraordinary universe of darkness that exposes the magic and monsters in our world, and in ourselves.

Where Dreams Descend

Where Dreams Descend
Author: Janella Angeles
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2020-08-25
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1250204364

"Vibrant imagery, jaw-dropping set pieces, sizzling romantic tension, and unstoppable heroine Kallia bring this ambitious debut novel to spectacular life. Fans of Caraval and The Night Circus will be delighted!" - Claire Legrand, New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn In a city covered in ice and ruin, a group of magicians face off in a daring game of magical feats to find the next headliner of the Conquering Circus, only to find themselves under the threat of an unseen danger striking behind the scenes. As each act becomes more and more risky and the number of missing magicians piles up, three are forced to reckon with their secrets before the darkness comes for them next. The Star: Kallia, a powerful showgirl out to prove she’s the best no matter the cost The Master: Jack, the enigmatic keeper of the club, and more than one lie told The Magician: Demarco, the brooding judge with a dark past he can no longer hide Where Dreams Descend is the startling and romantic first book in Janella Angeles’ debut Kingdom of Cards fantasy duology where magic is both celebrated and feared, and no heart is left unscathed. "[A] spellbinding melody of a book, and the true magic is how Angeles puts all the best parts of an enrapturing theatrical performance onto paper and ink. From the gripping twists in the first pages all the way to the final, heartbreaking crescendo, Where Dreams Descend will surge you to your feet in a standing ovation.” – Sara Raasch, New York Times bestselling author of the Snow Like Ashes trilogy