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Twins. A young prince and princess who can send each other one word a day. The prince, Fenn, is kidnapped by a strange king, blind but with magic powers and a plan to conquer their kingdom. The princess. Aster, foolishly pursues his rescue, accompanied only by her dragon, Moakie, and guided by the one word she receives from Fenn each day. The heroine's journey ends with a shocking surprise and an act of courage, far beyond the boundaries of reason that reshapes every event that follows. An adventure full of discovery, The Dragon and the Firefly is the sequel to the highly acclaimed The Sword of Darrow which won critical praise and has one of the highest customer ratings of any Amazon book. Reading Teen called The Sword of Darrow "372 pages of pure awesomeness."

Rynn was just a regular kid from a regular school. Until the day he was randomly chosen by an alien computer for a mission of galactic importance. Suddenly he was expected to confront the terrifying Brogans from the parallel universe of Nearth who were pushing earth towards a crisis the planet would never survive. As if this wasn't enough trouble for any 10-year old to face, his mission leader turned out to be an odd little alien from Zabadak called Jazzpaw, whose chosen disguise on earth was a dog of dubious origin. The only weapons and tools he could use were PC's, the Internet, mobile phones … and all the friends he could muster.Together with his friends, Rynn begins to realise just how badly humans are messing around with the delicate balance of earth. The problems we are facing on earth are already starting to have a knock-on effect throughout the rest of the galaxy, in particular with the inhabitants of Zabadak. Things have almost reached the point of no return. An impending planetary line-up is about to present the perfect opportunity for the Brogens to manufacture some particularly devastating mischief that will send earth spinning into a black hole, taking the rest of the planets in the solar system with us. All it requires is a series of well-placed and well-timed mega explosions to kick-start the whole thing. And what better place to start the whole chain reaction than the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in Cape Town, South Africa?Jazzpaw and his team had given up trying to warn earth's scientists about the impending disaster years ago. What he needed at this critical hour was an army of fast-moving and responsive warriors that could see things as they really are. What he didn't need were questioning, slow-thinking, sceptical adults. If Jazzpaw could just get Rynn and his friends to grasp the enormity of the danger, there was one possible, unexpected source of power with which he could fight back.

Twins. A young prince and princess who can send each other one word a day. The prince, Fenn, is kidnapped by a strange king, blind but with magic powers and a plan to conquer their kingdom. The princess, Aster, foolishly pursues his rescue, accompanied only by her dragon, Moakie, and guided by the one word she receives from Fenn each day. Her journey ends with a shocking surprise and an act of courage, far beyond the boundaries of reason that reshapes every event that follows. An adventure full of discovery, The Dragon and the Firefly is the sequel to the highly acclaimed The Sword of Darrow which won critical praise and has one of the highest customer ratings of any Amazon book. Reading Teen called The Sword of Darrow "372 pages of pure awesomeness."

Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran's last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. ""Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran: of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life and of the enormous toll repressive regimes exact on the individual spirit. Marjane s child's-eye-view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family. Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a stunning reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. It shows how we carry on, through laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity. And, finally, it introduces us to an irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love."