Books with title The Captive Kingdom

A half-android, half-human girl is accused of murder in Jess Rothenberg's tautly-paced YA thriller, The Kingdom, perfect for fans of Westworld and The Lunar Chronicles. "Wildly addictive and beautifully terrifying... Readers will leave this glittering theme park forgetting what is real and what is fairy tale."― Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times-bestselling author of The Belles Welcome to the Kingdom… where "Happily Ever After" isn’t just a promise, but a rule. Glimmering like a jewel behind its gateway, The Kingdom™ is an immersive fantasy theme park where guests soar on virtual dragons, castles loom like giants, and bioengineered species―formerly extinct―roam free. Ana is one of seven Fantasists, beautiful “princesses” engineered to make dreams come true. When she meets park employee Owen, Ana begins to experience emotions beyond her programming including, for the first time… love. But the fairytale becomes a nightmare when Ana is accused of murdering Owen, igniting the trial of the century. Through courtroom testimony, interviews, and Ana’s memories of Owen, emerges a tale of love, lies, and cruelty―and what it truly means to be human.

Young children will love to follow along with the adventuresome Billy, Myrtle and Benny in Deborah Heusel's The Kingdom. The trio set out from the familiar confines of their forest home in search of the kingdom ruled over by the good and wise King Leon. On their way, they partake of wonderful pleasures their forest home has to offer good, delicious food and pleasant ponds to splash in. On their journey the three friends realize that the beautiful kingdom they are searching for is right in their own forest. The Kingdom will spark the imaginations of young readers and encourage them to realize that magic and beauty is always right under their very noses.

Excerpt from The KingdomThe small Franciscan convent of San Damiano near Assisi lay bathed in peace and April sunlight. Above, the terraced fields on the slopes gleamed bright with bladed wheat beneath the dull grey Olives, up to the brown and purple steeps where rose the strong curves of the barren mountain; below, the luxuriant gardens Of the glens were rich with blossomed fruit trees, beans in flower and garlands Of the budding vines, down to the broad lap Of the fertile plain, which, with its bounding, billowy hills, shimmered in faint blue haze.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.