Monday, 14 October 2019

Stormcaster


Judul : Stormcaster (Shattered Realms #3)
Penulis : Cinda Williams Chima
Tebal : 535 halaman
Penerbit : Harper Teen

Vagabond seafarer Evan Strangward can move wind, waves, and weather, but his magical abilities can’t protect him forever from the brutal Empress Celestine. As Celestine’s relentless bloodsworn armies grow, Evan travels to the Fells to warn the queendom that an invasion is imminent.

If he can’t convince the Gray Wolf queen to take a stand, he knows that the Seven Realms will fall, and his last sanctuary will be destroyed. Among the dead will be the one person Evan can’t stand to lose.

Meanwhile, the queen’s formidable daughter, Princess Alyssa ana’Raisa, is already a prisoner aboard the empress’s ship, sailing east. Lyss may be the last remaining hope of bringing down the empress from within her own tightly controlled stronghold.

Then & Now: Dulu & Sekarang


Judul : Then & Now: Dulu & Sekarang
Penulis : Arleen A.
Tebal : 344 halaman
Penerbit : Gramedia Pustaka Utama

Ruita
Gadis dari suku telinga pendek. Ia tidak menyukai suku telinga panjang, apalagi kalau harus bekerja pada mereka. Tapi lalu ia melihat mata itu, mata seorang lelaki suku telinga panjang yang sorotnya seolah dapat melihat kedalaman hati Ruita.

Atamu
Ia tidak pernah menyangka akan jatuh hati pada gadis dari suku lain yang lebih rendah derajatnya. Tapi apalah arti kekuatan lelkau berusia enam musim panas bila dihadapkan pada akhir yang lama tertulis sebelum dunia diciptakan?

Rosetta
Ia punya segalanya, termasuk kekasih yang sempurna. Tapi ketika dilamar, ia menolak tanpa tahu alasannya. Ia hanya tahu hatinya menantikan orang lain, seseorang yang belum dikenalnya.

Andrew
Ia hanya punya enam bulan untuk mencari calon istri, tapi ia tak tahu dari mana harus memulai sampai ia melihat seorang gadis berambut merah. Dan begitu saja, ia tahu ia akan melakukan apa pun untuk mendapatkan gadis itu.

Ini kisah cinta biasa: tentang dua pasang kekasih yang harus berjuang demi cinta. Namun, bukankah tidak pernah ada kisah cinta yang biasa?

Rebel Spring


Judul : Rebel Spring (Falling Kingdom #2)
Penulis : Morgan Rhodes
Tebal : 401 halaman
Penerbit : Razorbill

Auranos has been conquered and the three kingdoms—Auranos, Limeros, and Paelsia—are now unwillingly united as one country called Mytica. But alluring, dangerous magic still beckons, and with it the chance to rule not just Mytica, but the world. . . .

CLEO is now a prisoner in her own palace, forced to be an ambassador for Mytica as the evil King Gaius lies to her people 

MAGNUS stands to eventually inherit the new kingdom but is still obsessed with his feelings for his adopted sister, Lucia 

LUCIA is haunted by the deadly outcome of her breathtaking display of magic that allowed her father to capture the kingdoms 

JONAS watches at the palace gates, a troop of rebels behind him, waiting for him to tell them how he plans to overtake King Gaius When Gaius announces that a road is to be built into the Forbidden Mountains, formally linking all of Mytica together, he sets off a chain of cataclysmic events that will forever change the face of this land.

Thursday, 22 August 2019

Words of Radiance


Judul : Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive #2)
Penulis : Brandon Sanderson
Tebal : 1310 halaman
Penerbit : Tor Fantasy

The Knights Radiant must stand again.

The ancient oaths have at last been spoken; the spren return. Men seek what was lost; I fear the quest will destroy them.

It is the nature of the magic. A broken soul has cracks into which something else can be fit. Surgebindings, the power of creation themselves; they can brace a broken soul, but they can also widen its fissures.

The Windrunner is lost in a shattered land, balanced upon the boundary between vengeance and honor. The Lightweaver, slowly being consumed by her past, searches for the lie she must become. The Bondsmith, born in blood and death, now strives to rebuild what was destroyed. The Explorer, straddling the fates of two peoples, is forced to choose between slow death and a terrible betrayal of all she believes.

It is past time for them to awaken, for the Everstorm looms.

And the Assassin has arrived.
 

The Throne of Fire


Judul : The Throne of Fire (The Kance Chronicles #2)
Penulis : Rick Riordan
Tebal : 452 halaman
Penerbit : Dysney Hyperion Books

Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister Sadie have been in trouble. As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes have some powers at their command, but the devious gods haven't given them much time to master their skills at Brooklyn House, which has become a training ground for young magicians. 

And now their most threatening enemy yet - the chaos snake Apophis - is rising. If they don't prevent him from breaking free in a few days' time, the world will come to an end. In other words, it's a typical week for the Kane family. 

To have any chance of battling the Forces of Chaos, the Kanes must revive the sun god Ra. But that would be a feat more powerful than any magician has ever accomplished. 

First they have to search the world for the three sections of the Book of Ra, then they have to learn how to chant its spells. Oh, and did we mention that no one knows where Ra is exactly? 

Vengeful


Judul : Vengeful (Villains #2)
Penulis : V.E. Schwab
Tebal : 575 halaman
Penerbit : Titan Publishing Group

Eli Ever and Victor Vale were only medical students when their mutual discovery that near-death experiences can, under the right conditions, manifest extraordinary abilities.

They were best friends, and rivals, and then enemies. They were dead, then alive, and then---Eli killed Victor, once and for all.

Or so he thought---but Sydney Clarke felt otherwise, and used her own superpower to tip the scales. Now, a trio hides in the shadows, while another takes advantages of post-death life to take over the city of Merit.

If there can be life after death—will there be calm after vengeance, or will chaos rule?

The Girl of Fire and Thorns


Judul : The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns #1)
Penulis : Rae Carson
Tebal : 423 halaman
Penerbit : Greenwillow Books

Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness. Elisa is the chosen one. But she is also the younger of two princesses. The one who has never done anything remarkable, and can't see how she ever will. Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly king—a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs her to be the chosen one, not a failure of a princess.

And he's not the only one who seeks her. Savage enemies, seething with dark magic, are hunting her. A daring, determined revolutionary thinks she could be his people's savior. Soon it is not just her life, but her very heart that is at stake.

Elisa could be everything to those who need her most. If the prophecy is fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within herself. If she doesn't die young. Most of the chosen do.