The Relic

Author : Christopher Buckley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501125788
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Relic Master written by Christopher Buckley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Buckley’s “hilarious, bawdy, and irreverent frolic of a tale” about a sixteenth-century relic hunter and the artist Albrecht Dürer who conspire to fabricate Christ’s burial shroud reads “like Indiana Jones gone medieval” (USA TODAY). The year is 1517. Dismas is a relic hunter who procures “authentic” religious relics for wealthy and influential clients. His two most important patrons are Frederick the Wise and soon-to-be Cardinal Albrecht of Mainz. While Frederick is drawn to the recent writing of Martin Luther, Albrecht pursues the financial and political benefits of religion and seeks to buy a cardinalship through the selling of indulgences. When Albrecht’s demands for grander relics increase, Dismas and his artist friend Dürer fabricate a shroud to sell to the unsuspecting noble. Unfortunately Dürer’s reckless pride exposes the trickery, so Albrecht puts Dismas and Dürer in the custody of four mercenaries and sends them all to steal Christ’s burial cloth (the Shroud of Chambéry), Europe’s most celebrated artifact. On their journey to Savoy where the Shroud will be displayed, they battle a lustful count and are joined by a beautiful female apothecary. It is only when they reach their destination they realize they are not alone in their intentions to acquire a relic of dubious legitimacy. “A rollicking good time, Christopher Buckley has transported his signature wit and irreverence from the Beltway to sixteenth-century Europe in The Relic Master” (GQ). This epic quest, “as rascally and convivial as any that Mr. Buckley has written” (The Wall Street Journal), is filled with fascinating details about art, religion, politics, and science; Vatican intrigue; and Buckley’s signature wit “holds the reader till the very last page” (The New York Times Book Review).

Author : Heather Terrell
Publisher : Soho Teen
ISBN 13 : 9781616954062
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Relic (the Books of Eva I) written by Heather Terrell and published by Soho Teen. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Eva's twin brother, Eamon, falls to his death just a few months before he is due to participate in The Testing, no one expects Eva to take his place. She's a Maiden, destined for feminine exploits. But Eva insists on honouring her brother by becoming a Testor. After all, she wouldn't be the first Maiden to Test - just the first in 150 years. Eva must rely on every moment of the lightning-quick training she received from Lukas - her servant and closest friend. But there are threats in The Testing beyond what Lukas could have prepared her for...

Author : Edward Cox
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1473200326
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Relic Guild written by Edward Cox and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic caused the war. Magic is forbidden. Magic will save us. It was said the Labyrinth had once been the great meeting place, a sprawling city at the heart of an endless maze where a million humans hosted the Houses of the Aelfir. The Aelfir who had brought trade and riches, and a future full of promise. But when the Thaumaturgists, overlords of human and Aelfir alike, went to war, everything was ruined and the Labyrinth became an abandoned forbidden zone, where humans were trapped behind boundary walls 100 feet high. Now the Aelfir are a distant memory and the Thaumaturgists have faded into myth. Young Clara struggles to survive in a dangerous and dysfunctional city, where eyes are keen, nights are long, and the use of magic is punishable by death. She hides in the shadows, fearful that someone will discover she is touched by magic. She knows her days are numbered. But when a strange man named Fabian Moor returns to the Labyrinth, Clara learns that magic serves a higher purpose and that some myths are much more deadly in the flesh. The only people Clara can trust are the Relic Guild, a secret band of magickers sworn to protect the Labyrinth. But the Relic Guild are now too few. To truly defeat their old nemesis Moor, mightier help will be required. To save the Labyrinth - and the lives of one million humans - Clara and the Relic Guild must find a way to contact the worlds beyond their walls.

Author : Renee Collins
Publisher : Entangled: Teen
ISBN 13 : 1622660153
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Relic written by Renee Collins and published by Entangled: Teen. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a raging fire consumes her town and kills her parents, Maggie Davis is the only one left to protect her younger sister. She’ll have to survive the best she can in the Colorado town of Burning Mesa—even if she lives in a strange, alchemical world where the bones of long-extinct magical creatures retain their magic...and are used to wield fire, turn invisible, or heal even the worst of injuries. When she proves to have a particular skill at harnessing the relics' powers, Maggie is whisked away to the glamorous hacienda of Álvar Castilla, the wealthy young relic baron who runs Burning Mesa. Though his intentions aren't always clear, Álvar trains Maggie in the world of relic magic. But when the mysterious fires reappear in their neighboring towns, Maggie must discover who is channeling relic magic for evil...before it's too late. Relic by Renee Collins is a thrilling adventure set in a wholly unique world, and a spell-binding story of love, trust, and the power of good.

Author : Catherine Fisher
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0142426873
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Relic Master written by Catherine Fisher and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world on the edge of devastation, where nothing is as it seems--Front cover.

Author : Raymond Arroyo
Publisher : Crown Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0553539590
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Relic of Perilous Falls written by Raymond Arroyo and published by Crown Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A thrill-seeking twelve-year-old boy with a mysterious family heritage discovers ancient objects of rare power--and must protect them from the terrifying demons who will do anything to possess them"--

Author : Douglas Preston
Publisher : Forge Books
ISBN 13 : 1429989793
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Relic written by Douglas Preston and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2007-11-27 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child comes Relic, the thriller that introduces FBI Special Agent Pendergast. Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human... But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite of the murders. Museum researcher Margo Green must find out who--or what--is doing the killing. But can she do it in time to stop the massacre? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Alan Dean Foster
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 1101967641
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Relic written by Alan Dean Foster and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last known human searches the galaxy for companionship in a brilliant standalone novel from the legendary author of the Pip & Flinx series. “A provocative read.”—The Washington Post Once Homo sapiens reigned supreme, spreading from star system to star system in an empire that encountered no alien life and thus knew no enemy . . . save itself. As had happened many times before, the basest, most primal human instincts rose up, only this time armed with the advanced scientific knowledge to create a genetically engineered smart virus that quickly wiped out humanity to the last man. That man is Ruslan, the sole known surviving human being in the universe. Rescued from the charnel house of his home planet by the Myssari—an intelligent alien race—Ruslan spends his days as something of a cross between a research subject and a zoo attraction. Though the Myssari are determined to resurrect the human race, using Ruslan’s genetic material, all he wants for himself and his species is oblivion. But then the Myssari make Ruslan an extraordinary offer: In exchange for his cooperation, they will do everything in their considerable power to find the lost home world of his species—an all-but-mythical place called Earth—and, perhaps, another living human. Thus begins an epic journey of adventure, danger, heartbreak, and hope, as Ruslan sets out in search of a place that may no longer exist—drawn by the slimmest yet most enduring hope. Praise for Relic “Relic is a thrilling and thoughtful epic. With Alan Dean Foster’s trademark invention in both the psychology and physiology of his aliens, he also enriches the narrative with their complex cultures. The plot spans galaxies!”—Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Greg Bear “The stunning plot of Foster’s stand-alone novel will intrigue readers for not only the ‘last man in the universe’ trope but also the well-developed alien species. A true first contact novel on many different levels.”—Library Journal “Foster’s sympathetic novel successfully surveys human frailty, the tendency not to learn from history, and an enduring capacity for adaptation and emotional attachment.”—Publishers Weekly “Foster’s high-concept novel is a gripping tale of serenity amid sorrow.”—World Magazine

Author : Christopher Buckley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501125761
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Relic Master written by Christopher Buckley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pressured by a patron who would buy a cardinalship, a sixteenth-century relic hunter and his best friend unsuccessfully forge a shroud before being placed in the custody of mercenaries to steal the celebrated Shroud of Chambéry.

Author : Jotham C. Hoffmann
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1493145134
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Relic's Chronicles - Book 1 written by Jotham C. Hoffmann and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War consumes planet Earth, but this war is far different from any other in its extensive history of violence. Races from other planets have found their way to Earth and have begun to tear it apart. Sierra Vazie, leader of the feared Drone Legion, is determined to reach total dominance, but she has obstacles to overcome. One of these obstacles is Jason Lance. Jason is a teenage boy from New York City, who has no idea how important of a journey he is about to embark on. According to prophecy, Jason is destined to save the universe from an impending destruction. Follow Jason and his companions into a world of magic and adventure like never before.