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The Queen of Air and Darkness is a fantasy novel by English writer T. H. White.It is the second book in his series The Once and Future King.It continues the story of the newly crowned King Arthur, his tutelage by the wise Merlyn, his war against King Lot, and also introduces the Orkney clan, a group of characters who would cause the eventual downfall of the king.
Falling Kingdoms is a fantasy book series for young adults by Morgan Rhodes. It follows the lives of four teenagers: Cleo of Auranos, Jonas of Paelsia, and Magnus and Lucia of Limeros. [ 1 ] The series begins after a shocking murder plunges Limeros and Paelsia into a war against Auranos.
The Witch of the Low Tide, first published in 1961, is a detective story/historical novel by John Dickson Carr set in the England of 1907. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a locked room mystery (or a subset of that type called an "impossible mystery") as well as being a historical novel .
Another motif that appears in the tale type is that the heroine must travel to another witch's house to fetch a box or casket that she must not open. [11] [12] German folklorist Hans-Jörg Uther remarked that these motives ("the quest for the casket" and the visit to the second witch) are "the essential feature" of the subtype. [13]
The Snow Queen/Madame Celeste Weatherberry is a blind weather witch who, long ago, secretly plotted against the king of the Northern Kingdom, whom she had befriended by granting him wishes and making prophecies. She overthrew the king and covered the kingdom in an eternal winter, but Prince White, Snow White's grandfather, defeated her and ...
One day the Witch of the Waste, mistaking Sophie for Lettie, turns her into an old woman. Sophie leaves the shop and becomes a cleaning lady in Howl's castle, hoping that he might be able to lift the curse placed on her by the Witch. As the story progresses, she starts to fall in love with Howl, though she does her best to deny it.
The Beive-King's daughter berates him and disappears on her flying ship. Still intent on fulfilling the king's last task, Gudnavirus goes on a quest to the Kingdom of Darkness, first by following the sunlight until it fades, then the moonlight until is ceases, and finally the light of the stars. He enters the Kingdom of Darkness and finds the ...
The White Witch arrives and parleys with Aslan, invoking the "Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time" which gives her the right to kill Edmund for his treason. Aslan then speaks to the Witch alone, and on his return he announces that the Witch has renounced her claim on Edmund's life. Aslan and his followers then move the encampment into the nearby ...