It has been only two generations since Arthur Warden seized the throne of Heddred from the Conradines, and now the crown rests on the head of Garad, sickly and weak. Shadows gather: legacies of the centuries-long rivalries for power, old betrayals, the endless plots of the courtiers, and the murmur of rebellion in the southern provinces…Catwin, plucked from her life at the edge of the Kingdom, is thrust abruptly into the world of the Court when she is chosen by the Duke of Voltur t...

Friendship and loyalty, secrets and intrigue, prophecy and illusion…I was four hours old when I was cast out by my mother. I was cursed, she said. Kinder to let me die in the snow and the wind than let me live, only to be betrayed.I was twelve when the Duke found me and turned me into a Shadow: bodyguard, spy, and assassin.I was fourteen when he brought me to court. He wanted his niece on the throne, by any means possible. ...

While Being Mortal (Atul Gawande) helped us understand disease and death, and Successful Aging (Daniel J. Levitin) showed us older years can be a time of joy and resilience, Happily Ever Older reveals how the right living arrangements can create a vibrancy that defies age or ability.Reporter Moira Welsh has spent years investigating retirement homes and long-term care facilities and wants to tell the dangerous stories. Not the accounts of...

The much-anticipated, thrilling conclusion to Moira Young's Dust Lands trilogy.When the star reader, Auriel Tai, challenged Saba to seize her destiny and defeat DeMalo and the Tonton, Saba was confident in her purpose. Then she met DeMalo and he confounded all expectations with his seductive vision of a healed earth, a New Eden. DeMalo and Saba had an intense and passionate encounter - physical, emotional and psychic - that changed her life, and now he wants Saba to...

As a novice in the Temple of Luna, Avani is training for the day she’ll become a revered priestess, with the skills and magic needed to soothe the feral warriors fighting a brutal war against the world’s remaining human colonies. Though forbidden contact with the warriors who have come to the temple for relief, Avani can’t keep her distance from Rais, her uncle’s protégé and one of the most dangerous fighters the wolves have ever known.As the royal heir, Rais is destined to take a ...

Saba has rescued her kidnapped brother and defeated the fanatical Tonton. But the price to be paid for her violent victory is terrible. Jack has disappeared--and can no longer be trusted. A new and formidable enemy is on the rise in the dustlands. No one is safe. And Saba must confront the terrible secret hidden in the darkest depths of her soul.

A bold cultural manifesto for a generation of women, and a wake-up call we can’t afford to ignore.There is a seismic shift underway in how we think about aging for women — and Moira Welsh is leading the conversation.But beneath the glossy narrative of “aging well” lies a more complicated truth.In The Astonishing Lives of Older Women, Welsh combines immersive reporting with unforgettable real-life stories to reveal what growing older actuall...

At last, Catwin and Miriel have chosen their own path, escaping the Court and its machinations, and fleeing to the Norstrung Provinces, to aid the rebellion. As they shed the masks and deceptions of their former life, however, both must face the fact that the same dark forces they fled are at work even in the furthest reaches of Heddred.But it is not only avarice and hatred that endanger them—the prophecy made at Catwin’s birth is slowly but surely coming true, and betrayal has fol...

With Catwin’s help, Miriel has captured the heart of the King, but their victory has come at a cost: the suspicion and enmity of the Duke, and the unrelenting hatred of the Court. As they recover from the attempt on their lives, the two form a fragile alliance, promising that their first loyalty is to each other, and that their one goal is to survive.But to survive, Catwin and Miriel need power, and the search for power of their own draws them ever further into the Court and inexor...

Star-crossed lovers, against-all-odds friendship, and a brutal post-apocalyptic world make this first in a trilogy utterly unforgettable.We’re two songs joined. And there’s a word for that. A harmony.Elsa is used to hiding the most important parts of herself—her feelings for Rye, her distaste for a world ruled by men, and, most crucially, her gift of songlight. She buries that secret deep inside. In Brightland, those with songlight are called Unhum...

*From Moira Katson, the latest installment in the story of Miriel and Catwin - Light and Shadow...New to the world of Light & Shadow? Start with Shadowborn!********It has been two years since Miriel and Catwin sought shelter in Priteni, a land they thought to be no more than legend. With Heddred far behind them, they believe they have found a safe haven at last.But Priteni is a land of old alliances and older grudges. When an army appears on...

From the author of the Light & Shadow Trilogy…Headstrong and defiant, Mahalia dreams of running away to join the caravans that travel across the desert. There, she tells herself, she would be free to practice the magic she has always loved.Her family has other plans. Mahalia is being trained to take her father’s place as leader of their bloodline , and so she spends her days in the gilded cage of a noble’s life.But when an ancient enemy lay...