![]() ![]() ![]() Having escaped a diabolical place of immoral experimentation and callous, horrific abuse where his only usefulness is as a test subject for his ability to manipulate gravity, Jes finds himself on the pleasure moon of Persephone-9, a place so utterly different to his old life that he can scarcely believe his driving plan to find sanctuary of any kind has yielded such blissfully good results. Whatever comes after that is the subject of improvisation and desperation, and if it’s a good thing, something that changes your life, well that is the luxuriant icing on a cake you’re happy to be eating wherever you find yourself. Escaping from a dark and terrible situation usually demands one thing, and one thing only – just get the hell away! ![]()
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![]() ![]() The texts printed in this volume are those of the critical edition of Hume's philosophical works now being published by the Clarendon Press. Hume's Abstract of the Treatise, also included in the volume, outlines his 'chief argument' regarding our conception of, and belief in, cause and effect. It then offers a novel account of the passions, explains freedom and necessity as they apply to human choices and actions, and concludes with detailed explanations of how we distinguish between virtue and vice and of the different kinds of virtue. The Treatise first explains how we form such concepts as cause and effect, external existence, and personal identity, and to form compelling but unconfirmable beliefs in the entities represented by these concepts. It is also the focal point of current attempts to understand 18th-century philosophy. ![]()
![]() ![]() It might not be fair that I went into The Last Star with high expectations but nothing gave me a sense that this book is the finale this series deserves. The tone just feels rushed especially now that the doomsday trope is given a value of <5 days. Let me preface this review by saying the ending is fine. It’s everything from The Infinite Sea to the last chapter that did not work for me. ^ my summary of The 5th Wave in a nutshell. – The ending is either going to be a hit or miss with readersĪ terrible, terrible end (The Last Star). – Solid action sequences and vivid landscapes in support of it – Though Cassie is present, Ringer reads like the protagonist ![]() – World building lacks support to sell the alien storyline – Underwhelming conclusion that felt rushed and gave limited fulfillment to questions that stemming from the first book Should this book be picked up? the tl dr review: (re: Goodreads The Last Star by Rick Yancey) They came to wipe us out, they came to save us. ![]() They want the Earth, they want us to have it. They’re down here, they’re up there, they’re nowhere. Book Title: The Last Star (The 5th Wave #3) ![]() ![]() But with her eighteenth birthday looming at the end of her last summer on the island, Georgina fears her gift will never come. 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The world itself has turned against the handful of survivors, as one by one they succumb to despair and suicide or, even worse, are transformed by otherworldly pollution into hideous Gray Men, cannibalistic mutants driven by insatiable hunger. ![]() ![]() ![]() World Fantasy award-winning, bestselling author Robert McCammon makes a triumphant return to the epic horror and apocalyptic tone reminiscent of his books Swan Song and Stinger in this gripping new novel, The Border, a saga of an Earth devastated by a war between two marauding alien civilizations.īut it’s not just the living ships of the monstrous Gorgons or the motion-blurred shock troops of the armored Cyphers that endanger the holdouts in the human bastion of Panther Ridge. The combined retail value of the three books is $72.97, but the bundle price is just $49 plus shipping and supplies are limited! There will be a limited run of true first printings of these trade paperbacks, which are being sold as a discounted bundle for collectors. Lividian Publications is proud to be publishing three more Robert McCammon novels in trade paperback! ![]() |