Books with title The strange white doves

Eighteen-year-old Delilah Greyson has just joined the Defenders, an elite team that works to keep the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, safe from a series of supervillains who periodically attack, causing death and destruction. Among the Defenders are Jake, their arrogant and inconsistent leader, and David, the second-in-command whose inventions help keep the team going.When Delilah learns that Jake has commandeered one of Davids inventions, she decides to steal it back--both to help her friend and to get revenge on Jake, who has decided to make her initial time in the Defenders unpleasant. Intended to enhance human strength, the malfunctioning device had been locked up for safety--and Delilah soon learns the hard way that using the machine has unintended side effects. She gains the ability to turn into a giant bird. With her powers, she may be the citys only hope of defeating a giant amphibious monster and another superhuman struggling to control her own dangerous abilities. Whats more, Delilah discovers that being the White Dove brings out a dark side of herself that she never imagined.In this science fiction novel for young adults, a young woman gains superhuman powers and uses them to protect her city--with an unexpected cost to herself.

Eighteen-year-old Delilah Greyson has just joined the Defenders, an elite team that works to keep the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, safe from a series of supervillains who periodically attack, causing death and destruction. Among the Defenders are Jake, their arrogant and inconsistent leader, and David, the second-in-command whose inventions help keep the team going. When Delilah learns that Jake has commandeered one of David's inventions, she decides to steal it back--both to help her friend and to get revenge on Jake, who has decided to make her initial time in the Defenders unpleasant. Intended to enhance human strength, the malfunctioning device had been locked up for safety--and Delilah soon learns the hard way that using the machine has unintended side effects. She gains the ability to turn into a giant bird. With her powers, she may be the city's only hope of defeating a giant amphibious monster and another superhuman struggling to control her own dangerous abilities. What's more, Delilah discovers that being the White Dove brings out a dark side of herself that she never imagined. In this science fiction novel for young adults, a young woman gains superhuman powers and uses them to protect her city--with an unexpected cost to herself.

Eighteen-year-old Delilah Greyson has just joined the Defenders, an elite team that works to keep the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, safe from a series of supervillains who periodically attack, causing death and destruction. Among the Defenders are Jake, their arrogant and inconsistent leader, and David, the second-in-command whose inventions help keep the team going. When Delilah learns that Jake has commandeered one of David's inventions, she decides to steal it back--both to help her friend and to get revenge on Jake, who has decided to make her initial time in the Defenders unpleasant. Intended to enhance human strength, the malfunctioning device had been locked up for safety--and Delilah soon learns the hard way that using the machine has unintended side effects. She gains the ability to turn into a giant bird. With her powers, she may be the city's only hope of defeating a giant amphibious monster and another superhuman struggling to control her own dangerous abilities. What's more, Delilah discovers that being the White Dove brings out a dark side of herself that she never imagined. In this science fiction novel for young adults, a young woman gains superhuman powers and uses them to protect her city--with an unexpected cost to herself.

"Beyond the average in conception, and much beyond the average in execution." -The Academy "Mr. Locke's English is always sound and pleasant to read and his matter not wanting in flavor....A love of the true Bohemian and a sympathy for the erring and unfortunate among the better classes is Mr. Locke's guiding motive in his novels. To the man who has come down in the world through his own folly or recklessness he is always partial, and he makes us feel that this man, on whom the more respectable members of society look askance, is not always such a bad fellow after all." -The Literary World "An ideal English country gentleman and his son, a noted physician, are the chief characters in a story written to enforce that it is well to let 'mercy temper justice.' Both men had noble wives who in their youth had yielded to temptation. How the father, mellowed by life, looks upon human weakness is strongly contrasted with the hard judgment of his virtuous and untempted son." -Publishers Weekly "It is an interesting story. The characters are strongly conceived and vividly presented, and the dramatic moments are powerfully realized." -Morning Post "Mr. Locke writes well....He has the seeing eye for character, the capacity for emotion. We have nothing but praise to give his able character-drawing, while the attitude of the Layons - father and son - to each other is singularly beautiful and touching." -Literature "The plot-intervention is extremely brilliant, not only in detail, but in the interweaving of incidents." -Star "Mr. William J. Locke's 'The White Dove' has a very exceptional claim to attention." -Graphic "The writing is good, showing fine descriptive power, and the quality of quiet patience in the working out of what is really a capital story." -Vanity Fair "An interesting story, full of dramatic scenes." -Times "A moving tale of human passion and a powerful study of conduct and motive." -Scotsman "A strong, tender and beautiful story." -Bookman "Mr. Locke has a happy gift for characterization, and writes in the easy, cultured style of the scholar." -Daily Telegraph

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