Freedom means nothing if you're the only one free. Stefan has only ever wanted a peaceful, normal life without harming anyone...but that's not the life he was given. Growing up with two brilliant sisters, Kesia has always wondered why she was born...she needed to find meaning in her life. When these two lost souls meet, a new hope arises for both of them. A chance to right the wrongs and give meaning to their lives.

Dr. Amy Bant faces the challenge of her career - a cure for magical blindness that is sought by mages, the military, and powerful forces she does not yet understand. In pursuit of the medical answer, Amy will uncover truths that have been hidden from humans by mages, fae, and even her own family.Actions have consequences, and the decisions made by the Bant family will herald the start of what could be the most destructive war the world has ever seen. Experience a gripping new world where humanity and fantasy live side-by-side, whether we know it or not!What readers are saying:- "Finally, a fantasy where the characters are out of high school!"- "What a complex and intricate world!"- "I loved the political intrigue. Can't wait for the next book!"

In this USA Today bestselling novel, a woman with power over fire and illusion and the enslaved son of a chieftain battle a corrupt empire in this powerful and deeply emotional romantic fantasy. Every year, each village is required to send a young woman to the Empire's capital--her fate to be burned alive for the entertainment of the masses. For the last five years, one small village's tithe has been the same woman. Gilene's sacrifice protects all the other young women of her village, and her secret to staying alive lies with the magic only she possesses. But this year is different. Azarion, the Empire's most famous gladiator, has somehow seen through her illusion--and is set on blackmailing Gilene into using her abilities to help him escape his life of slavery. Unknown to Gilene, he also wants to reclaim the birthright of his clan. To protect her family and village, she will abandon everything to return to the Empire--and burn once more.

For several decades, David Gauthier has been one of the leading philosophers working on practical rationality and deliberation. This book presents a selection of Gauthier's writings on these topics, all but two of which were written after Morals by Agreement (OUP, 1986). They represent Gauthier's most important contributions to the theory of practical reason, moving some distance from the view a first presented in "Reason and Maximization" and developed in a much-reprinted chapter of Morals by Agreement. These essays challenge common misconceptions of Gauthier's revisionist conception of practical rationality, and provide important insights with implications for economic theory.

This manuscript is about the sense of justice that limits what individuals can do in pursuit of their ends and opens them to exploitation. It shows how flawed agents choosing under partial information advance those of their ends having nothing to do with justice by maintaining such a disposition.

A narrow beginning that transforms into an emergence of knowledge, faith, lasting love, and back-in-the-day memories that would embroider the hearts of a group of adventure seekers while overcoming their fears.

Whether referred to as mermaid, usalka, mami wata, or by some other name, and whether considered an imaginary being or merely a person with extraordinary abilities, the siren is the remarkable creature that has inspired music and its representations from ancient Greece to present-day Africa and Latin America. This book, co-edited by a historical musicologist and an ethnomusicologist, brings together leading scholars and some talented newcomers in classics, music, media studies, literature, and cultural studies to consider the siren and her multifaceted relationships to music across human time and geography.