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1) Heretic
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer's Tale and Vagabond—the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.
Already a seasoned veteran of King Edward's army, young Thomas of Hookton possesses the fearlessness of a born leader and an uncanny prowess with the
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Robert Langdon novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci--clues visible for all to see--yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins...
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Series
Grail Quest (Bernard Cornwell) volume 1
Language
English
Description
The first volume in this new series begins a medieval quest for the Holy Grail. When his English village is attacked by French marauders led by a vicious knight, young Thomas vows revenge and to retrieve a holy treasure taken from the church. Traveling to France, Thomas joins the army of King Edward III at the beginning of the Hundred Years War, becoming an preternaturally gifted--and deadly--archer.
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English
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While the Ethiopian Civil War rages, a Catholic priest languishes in prison. Forty years have passed since he last saw daylight. His crime? Claiming to know the true location of Christ's cup from the Last Supper. Then the miraculous happens - a mortar strikes the prison and he is free!
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Series
Nightside series volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Publishing
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
In this fourth novel of Green's popular fantasy series, Lady Luck hires John Taylor to investigate the origins of the Nightside--the dark heart of London where it's always 3 a.m. But as he uncovers facts about his long-vanished mother, the Nightside--and all of existence--could be snuffed out.
6) Skin Game
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Series
Dresden files volume 15
Language
English
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Description
Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day. Because as Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, its something awful. He doesnt know the half of it . . . Mab has just traded Harrys skills to pay off one of her debts. And now he must help a group of supernatural villains-led by one of Harrys most dreaded and despised enemies, Nicodemus...
Author
Series
Robert Langdon volume 2
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
Investigating the murder of a Louvre curator, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu find clues painted into a Da Vinci work, inadvertently uncovering a plot involving the Holy Grail and the secret society known as the Priory of Sion.