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Beyond The Shadows (1918 Film)
Beyond The Shadows is a fantasy novel written by Brent Weeks Brent Weeks (born March 7, 1977) is an American fantasy writer. His debut novel, '' The Way of Shadows'', was a ''New York Times'' best seller in April 2009. Each of the five books in his ''Lightbringer'' series made the ''NYT'' list as well, st ... and is the third novel in the '' Night Angel'' series. Setting Logan Gyre is king of Cenaria, a country under siege, with a threadbare army and little hope. He has one chance - a desperate gamble, but one that could destroy his kingdom. In the north, the new Godking has a plan. If it comes to fruition, no one will have the power to stop him. Kylar Stern has no choice. To save his friends-and perhaps his enemies-he must accomplish the impossible: assassinate a goddess. References {{Reflist Novels by Brent Weeks 2008 American novels 2008 fantasy novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Weeks
Brent Weeks (born March 7, 1977) is an American fantasy writer. His debut novel, '' The Way of Shadows'', was a ''New York Times'' best seller in April 2009. Each of the five books in his ''Lightbringer'' series made the ''NYT'' list as well, starting with '' The Black Prism'' in 2010. He lives and works near Portland, Oregon with his wife, Kristi, and their two daughters. Early life Weeks was born in Whitefish, Montana, on . He attended Whitefish High School, and graduated from Hillsdale College in 2000 with a degree in English. He has said that he decided to try writing novels during a semester abroad at Oxford College, an experience that was influential to him personally and professionally. He briefly worked as a teacher at Salem Academy in Oregon and as a bartender before moving to writing full-time. Writing Weeks has published two complete series, the ''Night Angel'' trilogy and the ''Lightbringer'' series. All eight novels are published by Orbit Books, a division of Hach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Angel (series)
''Night Angel'' is a fantasy novel series written by Brent Weeks. Novels ''The Books of the North'' # ''The Way of Shadows'': October 2008 # '' Shadow's Edge'': November 2008 # '' Beyond the Shadows'': December 2008 # '' The Perfect Shadow'': 2011 ''The Kylar Chronicles'' # '' Night Angel Nemesis'': 2023 Characters Publication history The entire ''Night Angel'' trilogy was published as mass market paperback volumes in October 2008. Since its debut, the trilogy has been printed in more than 14 languages, and has more than one million copies in print. ''The Way of Shadows'' was also published as a graphic novel by Yen Press Yen Press is an American manga, graphic novel and light novel publisher co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. It published '' Yen Plus'', a monthly comic anthology, between 2008 and 2013. In addition to translated material, ..., adapted by Andrew McDonald and Ivan Brandon. Orbit Books published a hardcover 10th Anniversary Edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Novel
Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. magic (paranormal), Magic, the supernatural and Legendary creature, magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fantasy literature may be directed at both children and adults. Fantasy is considered a genre of speculative fiction and is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by the absence of scientific or macabre themes, respectively, though these may overlap. Historically, most works of fantasy were in literature, written form, but since the 1960s, a growing segment of the genre has taken the form of fantasy films, fantasy television, fantasy television programs, graphic novels, video games, music and art. Many fantasy novels originally written for children and adolescents also attract an adult audience. Examples include ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'', the ''Harry Potter' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orbit Books
Orbit Books is an international publisher that specialises in science fiction and fantasy books. It is a division of Lagardère Publishing. History Orbit Books was founded in 1974 as part of the Macdonald Futura publishing company. In 1992, its parent company was bought by Little, Brown & Co., at that stage part of the Time Warner Book Group. In 1997, Orbit acquired the Legend imprint from Random House. In 2006, Orbit's parent company Little, Brown was sold by Time Warner to the French publishing group Hachette Livre. By summer 2006, Orbit began to expand internationally, with the establishment of Orbit imprints in the United States and Australia. Orbit Publishing Director Tim Holman relocated to New York to establish Orbit US as an imprint of Hachette Book Group USA. In June 2007, Orbit appointed Bernadette Foley as publisher for Orbit Australia, an imprint of Hachette Livre Australia. In 2009 Orbit expanded to France, used by the publisher Calman Levy. Authors * Rachel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2008. Events *January 1 – In the UK's 2008 New Year Honours List, Hanif Kureishi (CBE), Jenny Uglow (OBE), Peter Vansittart (OBE) and Debjani Chatterjee (MBE) are all rewarded for "services to literature." *February 29 – Belgian-born " Misha Defonseca" admits that her bestselling '' Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years'' (1997) is a literary forgery. *April – Signet Books announce they will cease to publish the American historical romance novelist Cassie Edwards after a dispute over plagiarism. * April 25 – The first Twitter novel, ''Small Places'' by Nicholas Belardes, is launched. *May 7– 11 – The first Palestine Festival of Literature is held. *June 15 – Gore Vidal, asked in a ''New York Times'' interview how he felt about the death of his rival William F. Buckley, Jr., replies: "I thought hell is bound to be a livelier place, as he joins forever those whom he served in l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
