Books with title The Impossible Race

**Magic and Quantum Physics meet Arthurian legends**The Shadow Lord has the Philosopher’s Stone, and therefore an army of invincible penumbra. He also possesses the fragments of Excalibur, the legendary sword prophesied to be the instrument of either his own destruction, or that of the Child of the Prophecy. The sword, he knows, requires blood to be reforged… and he knows exactly whose blood he wants. Meanwhile, the Watchers are desperate to steal back the fragments of Excalibur and find out how to reforge them before the Shadow Lord does. Isdemus places Peter and Lily in Carlion’s sister cities for safe-keeping until the war begins. But Peter and Lily have an idea that might enable the Watchers to steal back the fragments, in spite of the Shadow Lord’s invincible army. Their plan requires them to travel halfway across the world, to an island largely believed to exist only in Greek mythology. Along the way, however, the Shadow Lord uses a pawn to convince Peter and Lily that they are powerless. Without their gifts of the Ancient Tongue, will either one of them stand a chance?In this gripping conclusion of the Piercing the Veil trilogy, the Watchers and the Shadow Lord both amass their ranks, the battle begins, and the true identity of the Child of the Prophecy is revealed—to the shock of all.

The world's greatest matador vs. the unkillable bull of Tlaxcala. A love story. (From the archives of McSweeney's Quarterly #39)In this lyrical and haunting tale, set in Mexico City and environs, Hernando, the greatest matador of La Fiesta Brava, confronts Carlos, the impossibly large bull. Their series of fights, dubbed 'The Spectacle Without End', draws them together through an endless series of stalemates. Bound by fate in a never-ending corrida, Hernando seeks only redemption, while Carlos seeks only his elusive querencia. In turns comic and tragic, that which ties these adversaries together grows ever faster, as each lives to fight another day, and another, and another.Like a Ferdinand for grown-ups, J.T.K. Belle's stunning debut novella, Carlos The Impossible, is a sort of love story: part tall tale, part sad, sly amusement, and part subtle, comic fable - all rolled together in the narrowing distance between a man and a bull.

Dreamland and the Mystic Kingdoms: Book 4There are dark forces at play in Dreamland and the Mystic Kingdoms. Forces that must be stopped. Jonathan and his team know it’s impossible to stop them, but guess what? They have to do it anyway.Gods and monsters vie for power. Ancient beings against new. Somehow Jonathan and his team are caught up in the middle, and now the only way out is to do what everyone says can never be done.With the help of a giant, floating brain and a deadly flower, they push forward into the unknown. They face the demons and they battle the gods. They do what they must.This is it.The end of the journey.One way or the other.

Math whiz Alice Jones has already cracked a mystery or two. She's smart and she's fearless, so who else would her classmates turn to? But when a famous local scientist vanishes from a locked room, Alice and her detective skills graduate to the big leagues.Dr. Learner had been working on a top-secret invisibility suit that everyone wants. Rumor has it he's disappeared under suspicious circumstances . . . literally. But is wacky science really behind his vanishing? Or is it something more sinister? Alice won't stop until she knows the truth . . .The Impossible Clue is a middle-grade story whose appeal is no mystery, with a protagonist whose charm needs no magnifying glass to detect.

Whaling in the Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast was as dangerous as it was lucrative in 1897. In that particular year, winter came early, bringing with it storms and ice packs that caught eight American whale ships and about three hundred sailors off guard. The ships were imprisoned in ice with no hope of escape. With limited provisions on board the ships that hadn’t been crushed by the ice, there was little hope that these men could survive until warmer temperatures arrived at least ten months later.Martin Sandler tells the incredible true adventure story of three men who were ordered by President McKinley to carry out an overland rescue that covered 1,500 miles of treacherous Alaskan terrain in the dead of winter. Their mission was to drive two herds of reindeer the distance to feed the starving men. With their own survival in the balance, these men battled raging storms, killing cold, injured sled dogs, and their own will to continue to bring relief to the stranded whale men. Entries from the journals of two of the rescuers and photographs taken by the third key member of the unlikely expedition dramatically document every mile of their heroic, unprecedented journey.

Faith and Summer Castle are the ultimate crime fighting duo. And they’re not even old enough to drive.Faith has the super smarts and Summer brings the super brawn.When their Uncle gets kidnapped by the evil Agent Dark the Castle Sisters find themselves facing their greatest challenge yet.The forces of darkness are gathering and the battle between good and evil has reached a pivotal turning point. Agent Dark has stolen a secret formula that could give him the ultimate control. With the sisters’ Uncle out of the way, no one stands between Agent Dark and the end of everything.Not only does the fate of the world now hang in the balance, but the sisters must pull off what will almost certainly be an impossible rescue.

Whaling in the Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast was as dangerous as it was lucrative in 1897. In that particular year, winter came early, bringing with it storms and ice packs that caught eight American whale ships and about three hundred sailors off guard. The ships were imprisoned in ice with no hope of escape. With limited provisions on board the ships that hadn’t been crushed by the ice, there was little hope that these men could survive until warmer temperatures arrived at least ten months later.Martin Sandler tells the incredible true adventure story of three men who were ordered by President McKinley to carry out an overland rescue that covered 1,500 miles of treacherous Alaskan terrain in the dead of winter. Their mission was to drive two herds of reindeer the distance to feed the starving men. With their own survival in the balance, these men battled raging storms, killing cold, injured sled dogs, and their own will to continue to bring relief to the stranded whale men. Entries from the journals of two of the rescuers and photographs taken by the third key member of the unlikely expedition dramatically document every mile of their heroic, unprecedented journey.

Annabelle and her dad plan to come to the city to watch Arnie play in a soccer game, and the kids get their hopes up that their mom and dad will reconcile following their divorce announcement. But when Annabelle and Dad arrive in the city, the kids are shocked and angry to learn that both their parents are interested in dating other people. Is there any chance that the siblings' deepest wish―for their family to reunite―could still come true?

Alek Morganson just wants to live an ordinary life: helping out on her family’s farm, attending high school, and making friends. The only problem is that she’s a cyborg—forged as the ultimate weapon against a savage invading race bent on the destruction of humanity. In her debut novel, Joy Yakovlev tells the galaxy-spanning story of a girl with immense physical power whose biggest dream is to just be like everyone else.A warrior from the age of eight, most of Aleck’s life has consisted of one horror piled upon the next. But during a rare lull in the fighting, she is given leave to live with her aunt and uncle. Desperately attempting to overcome her mental scars, she attends high school, and there she forms a circle of friends with three other students: tech-genius Ben, the observant Odette, and Jareth, disgraced high prince of the planet Rillia. Though close to them all, her bond with Jareth is much deeper, and the two discover that they have a unique telepathic connection that gives them great power when they need it.But the war still rages, and Aleck must travel to the stars to fight once again. This time, however, she has the help of her friends, and her developing love for Jareth, to help her through the horrors she must face. In the end, she will need every bit of their strengths and talents to defeat the powerful forces she faces and return to the common realities of the small-town world that she truly loves.