![]() ![]() When she's offered her freedom in exchange for the life of the most powerful dragon in Firgaard, she finds that there could be more truth to the ancient stories than she ever could have expected. But it isn't until she becomes the fiercest, most feared dragon slayer in the land that she takes on the role of the Iskari - a lonely destiny that leaves her feeling more like a weapon than a girl.Īsha conquers each dragon and brings its head to the king, but no kill can free her from the shackles that await her at home: her betrothal to the cruel commandant, a man who holds the truth about her nature in his palm. ![]() ![]() These are the legends that Asha, daughter of the king of Firgaard, has grown up learning in hushed whispers, drawn to the forbidden figures of the past. But where there is light, there is also darkness - and so there was also the Iskari. In the beginning, there was the Namsara: the child of sky and spirit, who carried love and laughter wherever he went. The Last Namsara is the first book in Kristen Ciccarelli's Iskari series. ![]()
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Located in the chilly Midwest, her favorite vacations are anywhere that's hot and sunny with a beach, reading the same kind of heart-pounding, twisty, edge-of-your seat romantic thrillers that she loves to write. ![]() ![]() Sign up for text alerts by texting Portia to 797979 Follow Portia on Instagram Join my Reader group Portia Moore is an Amazon and iBooks bestselling author of romantic suspense, including the popular If I Break series, the Her series, and the Collided series, which combined have sold over one million copies across all platforms. ![]() Portia Moore is an Amazon and iBooks bestselling author of romantic suspense, including the popular If I Break series, the Her series, and the Collided series, which combined have sold over one million copies across all platforms. ![]() ![]() ![]() Literary Prize ("Prix Litéraire des Jeunes Européens",2010 France) for Granda the liar. In the middle of this new and dangerous situation. Batchelder Award was granted for the translation to English and publishing in the United States of Wildcat Under Glass (1970), Petros" War (1974), and The Sound of the Dragon"s Feet (1980). The outbreak of war in Greece on 28 October 1940 turns the life of nine-year-old Petros upside-down. Her books have been translated into numerous languages. This was followed by a series of books for children, and in 1987 by her first novel for adults, Achilles Fiancee. Her first novel, The Tiger in the Shop Window (aka Wildcat Under Glass), (1963) was inspired by her childhood spent in Samos and is semi-autobiographical. ![]() During her early years at junior high school she started writing plays for puppet theatre. The play was a dramatized adaptation of a part of the Alki Zeis novel Petros War on the. That time she stayed in Paris, returning only after the dictatorship fell. The day was celebrated with a play presented by pupils of Years 7 & 9. In 1964 she and her family returned to Greece, but they all left again when the junta seized power in 1967. When she went to school her family first moved at Maroussi and later in Athens. On her father’s side she originated from Crete. She studied in the philosophy school of Athens University, the Drama School of the Athens Odeion, and in the screenwriting department of the Moscow Cinema Institute.įrom 1954 to 1964 she lived in the Soviet Union as a political refugee. Alki Zei was born in Athens in 1923 and passed her early childhood in Samos, where her mother was from. ![]() Alki Zei is a Greek novelist and children"s writer ![]() ![]() a novel as strong and heady as the brew rakes and roustabouts swill by the pint." -Newsweek "Metropolis is more than a literary page-turner it is also a coming-of-age story for a young and strapping New York." -Vanity Fair "Engrossing. 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