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The rise and fall of Golgonooza / Jason Aaron ; illustrated by Leila del Duca, Tamra Bonvillain.

The last thing Maceo and Mezzy expected to find in the wasteland was a friend, but when they found each other, the impossible began to feel... possible. If they could find each other, maybe more people could be out there, and so they began to build an oasis for those seeking a similar peace. They called this new home: Golgonooza. But cracks in their flourishing oasis begin to appear as a strange, poisonous gas begins to seep through their nascent community. Mezzy and Maceo begin to doubt the possibility of peace in the wasteland, and then... they begin to doubt each other. As the chasm at the heart of Golgonooza begins to grow, so too does the chasm between the lovers... can love survive the wasteland? Can anything?
Author: Aaron, Jason
Published: Los Angeles : BOOM! Studios, 2024.
176 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
Once upon a time at the end of the world ; Book 2
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Dark tempest / Ann Nocenti ; illustrated by Paolo Villanelli.

After facing off against the Brood with the X-Men and losing someone she holds dear, Carol Danvers needs a break. But she's not about to get it now! A slinky new cosmic threat comes for Earth's Mightiest, and they know just who to recruit to really wreck Carol's world - a surprise legacy villain! So when the disgruntled Nitro transports Captain Marvel, baby Gerry, Chewie the Flerken and some cantankerous Luddite troublemakers to a strange planet, Spider-Woman - Gerry's mom - is left in a panic! As the mismatched group figures out how to get along and survive, Jessica Drew desperately seeks out help from some of Earth s greatest heroes!
Author: Nocenti, Ann
Published: New York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., 2024.
128 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm.
Captain Marvel
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Frank and Red / Matt Coyne.

Sometimes, the friend you need is the one you never saw coming. Frank and Red are a mess. Frank is a grumpy old curmudgeon. A recluse whose only company is the 'ghost' of his dead wife, Marcie. He is estranged from his friends, his son, and the ever-changing world beyond his front gate. And then Red moves in next door. Red is six. A boy struggling to adjust to the separation of his mum and dad, a new school, and the demonic school bully. Red is curious, smart, he never stops talking, and he's got a trampoline. From the moment Red's blonde mop appears over the top of the fence that divides their two gardens, the unlikeliest of friendships is born. And it is a friendship that will change both of their lives forever.
Author: Coyne, Matt
Published: London : Wildfire, 2024.
432 pages ; 20 cm
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Clytemnestra / Costanza Casati.

Huntress. Warrior. Mother. Murderess. Queen. You are born to a king, but marry a tyrant. You stand helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign shore and comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own. You play the part, fooling enemies who deny you justice. Slowly, you plot. You are Clytemnestra. But when the husband who owns you returns in triumph, what then? Acceptance or vengeance - infamy follows both. So you bide your time and wait, until you might force the gods' hands and take revenge. Until you rise. For you understood something that the others don't. A blazing novel set in the world of Ancient Greece and told through the eyes of its greatest female protagonist, this is a thrilling tale of power and prophecies, of hatred, love, and of an unforgettable Queen who fiercely dealt out death to those who wronged her.
Author: Casati, Costanza, 1995-
Published: UK : Penguin Books, 2024.
ix, 405 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
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The one-minute war / Jeremy Adams, Roger Cruz.

As any super-speedster worth their salt will tell you, time can move pretty slow for the incredibly fast. A lot can happen in sixty seconds. So what happens when an entire armada of conquering speedster aliens shows up on Earth's doorstep? The most intense battle the Earth has ever waged in the span of 60 seconds begins!
Author: Adams, Jeremy (Screenwriter)
Published: Burbank, CA : DC Comics, 2024.
244 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm.
Flash ; 19.
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Red Hood : Outlaws. Volume one / Patrick R. Young, Nico Bascuñan.

As a former Robin, a former Wonder Woman, and, well, a bizarre Superman, Jason Todd, Artemis Grace, and Bizarro have always felt second best. That's why they formed the Outlaws: a skilled trio of heroes for hire. But when collecting an ancient idol from Dinosaur Island lands the Outlaws in hot water with the Justice League, Red Hood will have to lead his team to get it back and prove they're more than second-stringers.
Author: Young, Patrick R.
Published: Burbank, CA : DC Comics, 2024.
200 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
Red Hood : Outlaws ; 1
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Batman : the adventures continue. Season three / Paul Dini, Alan Burnett.

Someone is targeting the Muscle now that he's locked up in Blackgate Penitentiary. With his deep ties to the criminal underbelly of Gotham, the worst villains are calling for his head before he turns them over to the police! Batman will need to protect him, but can even the Dark Knight figure out where the next attack will come from?
Author: Dini, Paul
Published: Burbank, CA : DC Comics, 2024.
192 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
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Mother of evil / writer, Bryan Hill ; artist, Elena Casagrande.

Blade, the vampire-hunting vampire, returns for a brand new era of thrilling action! True evil is patient. A dark, ancient power has been simmering quietly for centuries. And, when Blade himself is the one to unknowingly unleash it, Marvel's entire supernatural underworld will come out of hiding to demand he handle it - or pay a pound of flesh for his mistakes!
Author: Hill, Bryan Edward
Published: New York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., 2024.
128 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm.
Blade ; 1.
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City of the dead / writer, David Pepose ; artist, Marcelo Ferreira.

When a young runaway is attacked by a gang of death cultists, he is left barely alive outside Moon Knight's HQ, the Midnight Mission. But Marc Spector made a vow long ago to defend the travellers of the dark as Moon Knight - and as long as a spark of life remains, his mission isn't over yet. Follow Moon Knight on his most harrowing adventure yet, as he journeys far beyond the land of the living - and battles across the mind-bending underworld known as the City of the Dead! There, he must grapple with his past when he turns to an unlikely source for aid - Layla El-Fouly, A.K.A. the Scarlet Scarab! But when Marc is faced with a murderers' row of dead super villains whom he helped put in the ground, can even the Fist of Khonshu defy the odds long enough to survive?
Author: Pepose, David
Published: New York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., 2024.
128 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm.
Moon Knight
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The Kellerby code / Jonny Sweet.

Edward is living in a world he can't afford and to which he doesn't belong. To camouflage himself, he has catered to his friends' needs: fetching drycleaning, sorting flowers for premieres. It's a noble effort, really - anything to keep his best pals Robert and Stanza happy. In return, his proximity to them might sponge the shame of his birth and violent past cleanly away. But the chink in his armour is his painfully unrequited love for Stanza. When he realises Stanza and Robert are an item, Edward is pushed too far. His little acts of kindness take a sinister turn, giving way to the unspeakable brutality Edward fears is at his core. Are there limits to what he will do for his friends? Are there limits to what he will do to them?
Author: Sweet, Jonny
Published: London : Faber & Faber, 2024.
384 pages ; 24 cm
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Something is killing the children. Vol. 7 / James Tynion IV ; illustrated by Werther Dell'Edera, Miquel Muerto.

After narrowly surviving the Duplicitype's attack, Erica Slaughter must still reckon with the murderous Cutter in order to save Gabi and the townsfolk of Tribulation. Separated from Dolly and driven by desperate rage, Cutter won't stop until she exacts her revenge... but the horror is far from over as the terrifying Duplicitype, the infamous monster wearing Erica's likeness, also remains at large and in relentless, sinister pursuit!
Author: Tynion, James, IV
Published: Los Angeles : BOOM! Studios, 2024.
144 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 26 cm
Something is killing the children ; 7
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Clear / Carys Davies.

1843. On a remote Scottish island, Ivar, the sole occupant, leads a life of quiet isolation until the day he finds a man unconscious on the beach below the cliffs. The newcomer is John Ferguson, an impoverished church minister sent to evict Ivar and turn the island into grazing land for sheep. Unaware of the stranger's intentions, Ivar takes him into his home, and in spite of the two men having no common language, a fragile bond begins to form between them. Meanwhile on the mainland, John's wife Mary anxiously awaits news of his mission. Against the rugged backdrop of this faraway spot beyond Shetland, Carys Davies's intimate drama unfolds with tension and tenderness: a touching and crystalline study of ordinary people buffeted by history and a powerful exploration of the distances and connections between us.
Author: Davies, Carys
Published: London : Granta, 2024.
154 pages ; 21 cm
Average rating: (2 reviews)

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Harley Quinn. 5 / Stephanie Phillips, Georges Duarte.

The Quinn is dead! Long live the Quinn! Harley needs to solve her own murder in the finale to writer Stephanie Phillips fan-favourite time on Harley Quinn! Who killed Harley Quinn? Somebody needs to solve her murder, and the only worthy candidate is. Harley herself! Though, since she's dead.there are certain hurdles to overcome. The wild final arc of writer Stephanie Phillips' Harley Quinn stint has murder, Multiversal mischief, guest appearances, and stunning art from Matteo Lolli!
Author: Phillips, Stephanie, 1991-
Published: Burbank, CA : DC Comics, 2024.
168 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
Average rating: (1 review)

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We are together because / Kerry Andrew.

Luke, Connor, Thea, and Violet spend their first holiday together alone in their father's house in France. The boys don't really know him - he left their mother when she was still pregnant with Connor, getting together with the girls' mother soon afterwards - and they don't really know their half-sisters, either. Luke, the eldest and most easy going of the four, is keen to bring a new shape to their overlapping, unconventional family; Connor and Thea, born just six months apart but a world of difference between them, are attracted to each other, something they try not to acknowledge but which keeps pushing its way to the surface; Violet, the youngest, is trying to figure some things out about herself, and trying desperately to forget others.
Author: Andrew, Kerry
Published: London : Atlantic Books, 2024.
320 pages ; 22 cm
Average rating: (1 review)

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Strange Sally Diamond / Liz Nugent.

Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died. Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the media and police, but also a sinister voice from the past. As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood, recluse Sally steps into the world for the first time, finding independence and learning that people don't always mean what they say. But when messages start arriving from a stranger who knows far more about her past than she knows herself, Sally's life is thrown into chaos once again.
Author: Nugent, Liz
Published: UK : Penguin Books, 2024.
363 pages ; 20 cm
Average rating: (1 review)

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Immortal X-Men. Vol. 4 / by Kieron Gillen ; illustrated by Lucas Werneck, Paco Medina.

Charles Xavier had a dream now he has nothing. Orchis' savage strike on Krakoa's Hellfire Gala was more horrifying than Xavier and the Quiet Council ever could have dreamed. Mutantkind has been all but wiped from the face of the Earth - and it's partly Charles' doing! Now Xavier begins a self-imposed exile and vigil on Krakoa to defend its memory. All is not lost as Exodus steps up to lead the displaced mutants forced through the Krakoan gates to a new promised land, but their desert location is unknown and holds many dangers!
Author: Gillen, Kieron
Published: New York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., 2024.
136 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 26 cm
Immortal X-Men ; 4
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The new mutant / Sabir Pirzada, Iman Vellani ; illustrated by Carlos Gomez.

Kamala Khan is back - and she's an X-Man! The good news is that in the wake of her recent world-saving sacrifice, Ms. Marvel has been resurrected via Krakoan technology! What a way to learn she's both an Inhuman AND a mutant! The bad news is that her debut at the Hellfire Gala didn't go exactly as planned, and now all of mutantkind is being hunted worldwide! Plunged into a world of hate and fear, Kamala has a secret mission to pull off for the X-Men! Can an undercover Kamala infiltrate Orchis itself even as she struggles to acclimate to this new part of her identity?
Author: Pirzada, Sabir
Published: New York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., 2024.
120 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm.
Ms. Marvel ; 1
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The figurine [text(large print)] / Victoria Hislop.

When Helena inherits her grandparents' apartment in Athens, she is overwhelmed with memoires of the summers she spent there as a child. Back then, Greece was under a brutal military dictatorship; her remote, cruel grandfather was one of the regime's generals. As she sifts through the dusty rooms, Helena discovers an array of valuable objects and antiquities. How did her grandfather amass such a trove? What human price was paid for them? Her desire to find answers about her heritage dovetails with a growing curiosity for archaeology, ignited by a summer spent with volunteers on a dig on an Aegean island. Their finds fuel her determination to protect the precious fragments recovered from the baked earth. Helena's attempt to make amends for her grandfather's actions sees her wrestle with the meaning of home - for both the looted objects of antiquity, and herself.
Author: Hislop, Victoria
Published: Leicester : Charnwood, 2024.
1 volume (large print) ; 24 cm
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A stroke of the pen [text(large print)] : the lost stories / Terry Pratchett.

An exclusive collection of 20 early short stories by one of the world's best loved authors - these are rediscovered tales that Pratchett wrote under a pseudonym for newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. Whilst none of the stories are set in the Discworld, they hint towards the world he would go on to create in his award-winning and globally bestselling series, containing all of his trademark wit, satirical wisdom and fantastic imagination. These are tales which entertain, enlighten and, most importantly, make you laugh.
Author: Pratchett, Terry
Published: Leicester : Charnwood, 2024.
234 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Average rating: (1 review)

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The gathering / C.J. Tudor.

In a small Alaskan town, a boy is found with his throat ripped out and the blood drained from his body. The brutality of the murder chillingly echoes a killing from twenty-five years ago. Out-of-state Barbara Atkins is brought in to assist the sheriff, Jensen Tucker, who investigated the original case. However, the inhabitants of Deadhart believe they know who is responsible: one of the nearby vampyr colony who live in an old mining settlement deep in the mountains. Barbara is under pressure to authorize a cull of the entire colony. But the evidence doesn't stack up, people are lying, and the more Barbara and Tucker delve into Deadhart's history, the darker the secrets they uncover.
Author: Tudor, C. J.
Published: UK : Michael Joseph, 2024.
407 pages ; 24 cm
Average rating: (1 review)

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The lifeline / Libby Page.

For Kate, having a newborn baby means she is almost never alone. But that doesn't mean she isn't lonely. The move from London to Somerset with her husband Jay was supposed be the start of an exciting new chapter. But sometimes she can't help but wonder if she turned the pages too soon. Phoebe Harrison needs a break. As a mental health nurse serving her community, the wellbeing of her patients has always come before her own. But there's only so long she can pour from an empty cup. Looking for a lifeline, Kate and Phoebe find one in their local river swimming group. But what they didn't expect was the buoying friendship they would find in each other.
Author: Page, Libby
Published: London : Orion, 2024.
400 pages ; 23 cm
Average rating: (2 reviews)

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The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers / Samuel Burr.

Clayton Stumper is an enigma. He might be twenty-five years old, but he dresses like your grandad and drinks sherry like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by the sharpest minds in the British Isles and finds himself amongst the last survivors of a fading institution. When the esteemed crossword compiler, Pippa Allsbrook, passes away, she bestows her final puzzle to him: a promise to reveal the mystery of his parentage and prepare him for his future. Yet as Clay begins to unpick the clues, he uncovers something even the Fellowship have never been able to solve - and it's a secret that will change everything.
Author: Burr, Samuel, 1990-
Published: London : Orion Books, 2024.
368 pages ; 24 cm
Average rating: (1 review)
2 reserves

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Mr Einstein's secretary / Matthew Reilly.

All Hanna Fischer ever wanted to do was to study physics under the great Albert Einstein. But when, as a teenager in 1919, her life is suddenly turned upside-down, she is catapulted into a new and extraordinary life - as a student, a secretary, a sister and a spy. From racist gangs in Berlin to gangsters in New York City, Nazis in the 1930s and Hitler's inner circle during the Second World War, Hanna will encounter some of history's greatest minds and most terrible moments, all while desperately trying to stay alive. She is a most unique secretary and she will work for many bosses - from shrewd businessmen to vile Nazis, to the greatest boss of them all, Mr Albert Einstein. Spanning forty years, this is the thrilling tale of a young woman propelled through history's most dangerous times.
Author: Reilly, Matthew
Published: London : Orion, 2024.
450 pages ; 24 cm
Average rating: (1 review)
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Levitation for beginners / Suzannah Dunn.

It's 1972 and ten-year-old Deborah is living a ten-year-old life: butterscotch angel delight and Raleigh chopper bikes, and Clunk Click, and Crackajack and Jackanory, Layla and the Bee Gees, flares and ponchos. But new girl Sarah-Jayne breezes into school, pretty as a picture and full of gossip and speculation, as well as unlikely but thrilling stories about levitation. The other girls are dazzled, but Deborah is wary and keeps her distance. Then she's invited to Sarah-Jayne's lovely house, where she meets her charming family and encounters Sarah-Jayne's big sister's fiancé, Max, which is when she senses that all isn't quite as it seems.
Author: Dunn, Suzannah, 1963-
Published: London : Abacus, 2024.
272 pages ; 24 cm
Average rating: (1 review)
2 reserves

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Funny story / Emily Henry.

Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it - right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children's librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra's ex, Miles Nowak. Scruffy and chaotic, Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she's either FBI or in witness protection.
Author: Henry, Emily
Published: UK : Viking, 2024.
387 pages ; 24 cm
Average rating: (1 review)

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Just for the summer / Abby Jimenez.

Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they come up with a plan: They'll date each other and break up. Their curses will cancel each other's out, and they'll both go on to find the love of their lives. It's a bonkers idea - but it just might work.
Author: Jimenez, Abby
Published: London : Piatkus, 2024.
418 pages ; 20 cm
Average rating: (1 review)

Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 04 Jun 2024 - 95000000135482

Tim Drake : Robin. Vol. 2 / Meghan Fitzmartin, Riley Rossmo.

There's a sense of calm in Tim's new stomping grounds of the Gotham Marina - but that's not going to last long. But first: date night for Tim and his boyfriend Bernard! Then, it's a full-fledged team-up as Batwoman shows up with a mystery only the world's best Robin can solve - if they can learn to work together, that is. They better figure it out fast if they're going to free themselves from the Chaos Monsters!
Author: Fitzmartin, Meghan
Published: Burbank, CA : DC Comics, 2024.
112 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
Average rating: (1 review)

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The other valley / Scott Alexander Howard.

Sixteen-year-old Odile Ozanne is an awkward, quiet girl, but everyone knows she's destined to land a coveted seat on the Conseil. In her apprenticeship, she competes to become one of the judges to decide who amongst the town's residents may travel across the border. If she earns the position, she'll decree who may be escorted deep into the woods, who may cross the border's barbed wire fence, who may make the arduous trek over the western mountain range - or perhaps the eastern range - to descend into the next valley over. It's the same valley, the same town. However, to the east, the town is twenty years ahead in time. To the west, it's twenty years behind. The towns repeat in an endless sequence across the wilderness. The only border crossings permitted by the Conseil are mourning tours: furtive viewings of the dead in towns where the dead are still alive.
Author: Howard, Scott Alexander
Published: London : Atlantic Books, 2024.
304 pages ; 22 cm
Average rating: (1 review)

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The bell tower / R.J. Ellory.

After a drugs bust goes wrong, Deputy Sheriff Garrett Nelson is left wounded, with a permanent limp and a career in tatters. On his long road to recovery he finds one consolation - Hannah, his tough-as-nails physiotherapist, and soon they're planning a future together. Unfit for active police service, Nelson is left with few options, so he gratefully accepts his father-in-law's offer of a job at a Florida penitentiary on the grounds of an old Spanish mission in the Everglades. The prison's chapel, a working bell tower, is now an execution chamber. And Nelson must attend the executions. Working on Death Row comes with a few simple rules: do not let the inmates get under your skin; do not allow any prisoners to escape; do not take justice into your own hands. Garrett Nelson will break every one of them.
Author: Ellory, Roger Jon
Published: London : Orion, 2024.
442 pages ; 24 cm
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The ministry of time / Kaliane Bradley.

In the near future, a disaffected civil servant is offered a job in a new government ministry gathering 'expats' from across history to test the limits of time-travel. Her role is to work as a 'bridge': living with, assisting and monitoring the expat known as '1847' - Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition to the Arctic, so he's a little disoriented to find himself alive and surrounded by outlandish concepts such as 'washing machine', 'Spotify' and 'the collapse of the British Empire'. With an appetite for discovery and a seven-a-day cigarette habit, he soon adjusts; and during a long, sultry summer he and his bridge move from awkwardness to genuine friendship, to something more. But as the true shape of the project that brought them together begins to emerge, they are forced to confront their past choices and imagined futures.
Author: Bradley, Kaliane
Published: London : Sceptre, 2024.
368 pages ; 24 cm
Average rating: (1 review)
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