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Two Solitudes is the story of two peoples within one nation, each with its ideas of what a nation should be. Set in WWI-era Quebec, MacLennan focuses on two individuals whose love increases the prejudices that surround them until they discover that “love consists in this, that two solitudes protect, and touch and greet each other”.

Magic flows through human veins for the first time. A young man trains with his new abilities, seeking to master something he barely comprehends…until he is stricken by a powerful vision: A prophecy foretelling the end of the world. His slim hope resides in something called the Paragon.

In the wake of her father’s death, lonely Juliet Harrison struggles with the guilt over her loss. She deals with it the way she deals with everything: by burying her feelings beneath impulsive decisions and desecrating the local graveyard. But Juliet isn’t as invisible as she believes. Hiding out from the ghosts of his past, Kieran Ivers is known in King’s Trace as a homicidal hermit. But the rumors don’t stop him from visiting the cemetery to taunt his late brother’s remains.

In Five-Twelfths of Heaven, Silence Leigh discovered that she was not only unusual as a female pilot. She was also an impossible thing: a female magus. Her unique abilities make her the only person capable of reaching Earth, humanity's original home, now sealed behind a mysterious barrier. But first she must learn to use her newfound talents.

Nachdem Enean spurlos verschwunden ist, bleibt Louve keine Wahl. In einem uralten Ritual bindet sie ihr Leben an Wren. Dabei verschmelzen ihre Geistgefährten zu einer nahezu unbesiegbaren Kreatur. Als Horden von Schattenwandlern auf der Suche nach ihrem abtrünnigen Gott die Barriere nach Solitude durchbrechen, müssen Enean und Louve erneut gemeinsam kämpfen. Doch kann ein Jahrtausend altes Monster wirklich die Liebe über seine eigene Freiheit stellen? Auch Louve muss sich entscheiden: für Solitude oder Enean.

Skylar and Liam have escaped Vulture Hill, but they are not free yet. The gates to the Containment Zone are still closed and getting out will be their biggest challenge yet. First, they must travel to their home where Liam has hidden the cure for the grey-skin virus. Then they must find a way out of the Containment Zone. But they know they can't do it alone. To reach their destination, Liam must enlist the help of bandits and is forced to trust a man who wants him dead: Carver.