Posts Tagged ‘cow serpent’
Dragons of Silk
HarperCollins, 2011
Fiction
ISBN: 0060275189
352 pages
Synopsis
The Weaving Maid wove robes of silk for Heaven, but when she met the Cowboy, she abandoned her loom to be with him. But Heaven would not allow this, and put the Milky Way in between them.
Silk binds the lives of four girls from different generations with the fate of the Weaving Maid. Across a span of seventy-five years both in China and America, each girl shows the strength and courage of a dragon as she fights and sacrifices for the survival of her family and the pursuit of passion. …
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The Last Olympian
Disney Hyperion Book for Children, 2009
Fantasy
ISBN: 1423101472
400 pages
Synopsis
Percy Jackson, now 15, is just about to turn 16. Unlike normal kids, he’s a demigod, the son of one human and one Greek god or goddess. As such, his life is not the norm. There’s a prophecy about his 16th birthday, which says that the end of the world will depend on the choices that he makes. Fiercely adamant about defeating the Titan Kronos, Percy must defend Manhattan Island and from the onslaught of evil forces that threaten to destroy Mount Olympus, situated directly above the Empire State Building, and with it, all of civilization as they know it. In the end, it will be up to him to determine the fate of the world. …
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