Books with title The Burning Maze

Rose's idyllic existence in sixteenth century france is destroyed when her father dies, and her mother―a midwife and healer to half the families in the town―is arrested and accused of being a witch. When her mother begs Rose to save herself, Rose must weigh the terror of death against the pain of life on her own. First published in 1993, The Burning Time is an unrelenting examination of cruelty and injustice. Set in France in the sixteenth century, The Burning Time tells the story of a young girl whose mother is accused of being a witch. In her village, everyone is suspect. An accusation is enough to bring arrest, shame, even torture. Rose Rives cannot understand how the authorities―from the magistrate to the village priest―can encourage the villagers to denounce their neighbours as witches. Rose's simple life is shattered when her mother, who has been a midwife and a healer to half of the families in town, is turned over to the authorities. Struggling to free her mother, Rose finds herself pitted against some of the people she trusted the most. The Burning Time is an unrelenting examination of the cruelty and injustice committed against women through all ages and the courage some women have found to speak out.

Can a number determine your worth? That’s the question children in the colony ask until age ten, when a single test seals their future. Beth, a Number Four forced to work on a cleaning crew, hates her necklace of four beads, which identifies her as a lower worker … a nothing. She covets the foods and possessions of the Higher Ups in a society where everything is “fair” and perfectly ordered. Stories of the scorched land above—the duslans—convince Beth she will never leave the colony. When a strange pale man appears with hints she may not be a Number Four, Beth learns everything she knows is a lie. But without her Number, who is she?

Pilot Mark Martin must flee his home world of Yale when the Erethizon theocracy overwhelms the defenses. His father, an influential senator, is captured. Now Mark must find a way to save his dad before the resistance is crushed, and with it, all hope of ending the occupation. A chance encounter with a smuggler captain may be his only hope. Will they help, or will the crew sell him to the alien invaders?