New this week
The latest additions to The Library's collection
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In the stacks
Literary
The First Book of the Olympnomachi | Brothers Krynn | Speculative / High Fantasy (N) (I) (F)
Long before these ages, yet equally long after the ancient Wars of the Elves and the Dark Queen, when the Dwarves ruled nigh on the whole of the world in a vast Empire, and the Elves had retreated to a single sub-continental Kingdom, War explodes throughout the world. War among the gods, the first in many thousands of years, and one that is destined to tear apart the Olympians, mightiest of the Occidental Pantheons and topple them from their perch atop Mt-Olympos.
Nonfiction
NaNoWriMo, 2023 | Michael P. Marpaung | Creative Nonfiction, Personal Logs | (NT) (C) (F)
Follow author Michael P. Marpaung as he tackles the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge for the year 2023.
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Buy Indie
The Second Queen of Hirta | David Finlay | Historical (NA)
Rachel MacCrimmon is a young woman who lives on Hirta, the only inhabited island in the Hebridean archipelago of Saint Kilda, in the 19th century.
Although hardly anyone realises this, and Rachel would never believe it, she is extraordinarily talented. By a strange turn of events, she is given the opportunity to write her memoir - something no other Hirtan would be capable of - and does so in English, a language she would not understand if she heard it spoken. She tells of her early life on Saint Kilda, which is harsh and dangerous, and made even more difficult by the terrifying Minister, but is also full of love and mutual respect. She then breaks off to tell the fantastical story of a former Saint Kildan who briefly returns to the island after a series of adventures which include mining for gold in Australia and fighting in the American Civil War. After he leaves, Rachel's life becomes a tragedy, yet she is somehow able to find comfort even in her darkest hours.
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From the Stacks
Featuring a different, randomly-selected book every week.
Underland and the Forehidden Kingdom | Stephen A. Davis | Fantasy, Young Adult (N) (I) (F)
Underland and the Forehidden Kingdom is a serialised, young adult, fantasy novel about an overconfident bookworm who finds himself in a parallel world where words are weapons, ideologies form fortresses, and intelligence without integrity may just cost you everything. When his inner turmoil manifests outwardly, he must literally face his demons in order to find his way home. What you think . . . What you believe . . . How you feel . . . It all matters in Underland—it all has consequences.
I think there was a mistake, I submitted Olympnomachi for the Literary section.
Edit: Man I sound like a pouting child, sorry about that. I'm honoured you'd host any of my stories considering the high-quality of everyone else's works. Thanks so much. Thought about it, and not sure whether to delete my comment or edit it still further. Thanks Elliot, Winston you guys are the best.