Surrendering for Two (Soul Match #4)
10.0
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Strength is found when surrendering to destiny. Graham has suffered way too much at the hands of...
BDSM M_M Science_Fiction Romance
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
7.8
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Deep Space Nine centers on the formerly Cardassian space station Terok Nor. After the Bajorans have...
Deus
7.3
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In Deus, players work to develop their own civilizations in a shared environment. Each player starts...
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Blackbeard
7.0
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BLACKBEARD recreates "The Golden Age of Piracy" at the turn of the 18th century. Each player becomes...
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Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All
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The fascinating history and unnerving future of high-tech aerial surveillance, from its secret...
Rogues & Patriots (Nick Crane #2)
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In the Depths of Corruption… In the Face of Tyranny… One Man's Quest Begins… Get ready...
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Like Driftwood On The Salish Sea
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When they met in the fourth grade, it was love at first sight for Mitchell Brody and Jessica...
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ClareR (6256 KP) rated Hard By A Great Forest in Books
Mar 10, 2024
Saba, his brother and father escaped the conflict in post-Communist Georgia when he was a child, leaving behind their mother because they couldn’t afford the bribes. Saba’s father never recovers from having to leave her behind, and when things in Georgia start to settle down more, he returns there. However he goes missing, Saba’s brother goes to look for him and he goes missing too. So Saba goes to look for them both.
Saba’s head is full of the voices of his past, people who are no longer living and stories that his mother used to tell him. His brother leaves Saba a paper trail of clues, including the play that their father wrote, and parts of fairy stories and Shakespeare quotations from their childhood.
This is an emotional novel. There’s the constant feeling of being watched, danger is around every corner. The police are corrupt, and you don’t know if friends are really friends or working for the police.
Saba’s journey is both cathartic and dangerous. It takes him and his friend into the danger zone through a military blockade. It was so tense. Throughout, Saba has to deal with the trauma of his childhood and it’s impact on his adult life. He may have survived the war, but will he survive the trauma and the quest to find his father?
I loved this. I was rooting for Saba throughout, and I feel that I learnt a lot about what has happened in Georgia (considering I knew nothing beforehand). It’s wonderful book.
An Echo of Ashes
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An Echo of Ashes is a story lost to time, then found again in century-old letters that lay in a...
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Wild Fixation (Rebel Rockstars #2)
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He’s my bodyguard, my employee, my knight in shining armor … and the only man in the entire...
Contemporary MM Rockstar Romance