Traci Chee

Era uma vez um mundo chamado Kelanna. Um lugar tão maravilhoso quanto terrível, onde ninguém sabia ler. Lá, as histórias não eram registradas em papel como esta que você está prestes a ler... elas eram simplesmente transmitidas de geração a geração. Em uma dessas lendas, falava-se de um objeto misterioso que guardava a maior magia que o povo de Kelanna já conheceu: o livro. Quem soubesse interpretá-lo teria acesso a um poder inimaginável. E a jovem Sefia é uma das poucas pessoas capazes de se tornar uma leitora. Mas, antes disso, ela enfrentará uma longa jornada. Sefia precisa saber por que estão atrás daquele objeto retangular que está em suas mãos. São as mesmas pessoas que assassinaram seu pai alguns anos antes? A garota deseja vingança... Magia e grandes perigos, como o terrível Flagelo do Leste e sua famosa frota de piratas, cruzarão seu caminho. Mas você se engana se acha que Sefia enfrentará tudo sozinha... o jovem Arqueiro, embora calado, sempre estará ao seu lado. E por que não um certo capitão e sua tripulação lendária? Percorra cada palavra e aproveite... a aventura está só começando.

O que está escrito sempre acontece. Por isso, as histórias contidas no Livro não podem ser mudadas. Todavia, há algo engraçado sobre elas... as histórias podem ser narradas de outras formas. Há sempre uma nova versão que gostaríamos de contar. E, no ponto em que se encontram desta narrativa, mudar o próprio destino é tudo o que Sefia e Arqueiro mais querem. Se você bem pode se lembrar, faz pouco tempo que eles conseguiram escapar da Guarda. Nossa heroína e nosso guerreiro estão escondidos nas florestas de Deliene, planejando os próximos passos. Pesadelos têm perseguido Arqueiro: lembranças do animal em que os impressores quase o transformaram. O desejo de vingança tem crescido nele, assim como a vontade de salvar outros garotos de passarem pelo mesmo tormento. Ao lado de Sefia, ele lutará para acabar com os impressores e libertar cada prisioneiro. Ao mesmo tempo, Sefia precisa deter a guerra planejada pela Guarda, além de proteger Arqueiro do futuro sangrento que escreveram para ele. E ela o protegerá a qualquer custo, mesmo que isso signifique perder a única pessoa que a ama de verdade.

From New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, Traci Chee, comes a Japanese-influenced fantasy brimming with demons, adventure, and plans gone awry. In the realm of Awara, where gods, monsters, and humans exist side by side, Miuko is an ordinary girl resigned to a safe, if uneventful, existence as an innkeeper’s daughter. But when Miuko is cursed and begins to transform into a demon with a deadly touch, she embarks on a quest to reverse the curse and return to her normal life. Aided by a thieving magpie spirit and continuously thwarted by a demon prince, Miuko must outfox tricksters, escape demon hunters, and negotiate with feral gods if she wants to make it home again. But with her transformation comes power and freedom she never even dreamed of, and she’ll have to decide if saving her soul is worth trying to cram herself back into an ordinary life that no longer fits her… and perhaps never did.

Magia, piraci i bezlitośni skrytobójcy Szesnastoletnia Sefia wie, czym jest walka o przetrwanie. Po tym, jak brutalnie zamordowano jej ojca, dziewczyna ucieka do puszczy ze swoją ciotką Nin. Uczy się tropić, polować i kraść. Na dnie plecaka ukrywa książkę, jedyną pamiątkę po zmarłych rodzicach. Pewnego dnia tajemniczy napastnicy porywają Nin i Sefia zostaje sama. Przerażona dziewczyna pragnie wyruszyć na ratunek ciotce. Z pomocą przychodzi jej tajemniczy Łucznik oraz książka, która okazuje się magicznym artefaktem i kluczem do zrozumienia mrocznej historii świata. W tej powieści książka naprawdę ma wielką moc!

Während um sie herum der Rote Krieg wütet, will Sefia nichts mehr, als Archer zu beschützen. Denn mit dem Brandmal an seinem Hals könnte er der Junge aus den Legenden sein – der Anführer einer riesigen, unaufhaltbaren Armee, der alle fünf Königreiche Kelannas erobert und das Ende des Krieges mit seinem Tod bezahlt. Doch als die Wache die Insel Oxzini einnimmt, müssen Archer und Sefia sich entscheiden, ob sie sich in die Schlacht stürzen oder tatenlos zusehen, wie ihre Welt in Stücke gerissen wird.

Seit Sefias Vater ermordet wurde, kämpft sie mit ihrer Tante Nin ums Überleben. Aber dann wird Nin entführt und die einzige Spur zu ihr ist ein Buch: ein scheinbar nutzloser Gegenstand in einem Land, in dem fast niemand um die Existenz des geschriebenen Wortes weiß. Doch kaum berührt Sefia das makellose Papier, spürt sie eine magische Verbundenheit und lernt die Zeichen zu deuten. Sie führen sie nicht nur auf eine gefährliche Reise, sondern auch an die Seite eines stummen Jungen, der selbst voller Geheimnisse steckt. Gemeinsam wollen sie Nin finden – und den Tod von Sefias Vater rächen.

Nach der schmerzhaften Begegnung mit der Wache flüchten Sefia und Archer sich in den Schutz der Wälder. Doch vor den qualvollen Bildern der Vergangenheit gibt es kein Entkommen. Um diese zu vertreiben, beschließen sie, die Organisation der Impressoren zu zerschlagen und die gefangenen Jungen zu befreien. Doch jeder Kampf macht Archer mehr und mehr zu dem unerbittlichen Krieger, der er früher war. Sefia will ihm beistehen und sucht in ihrem Buch nach Antworten. Denn Archers Schicksal stellt nicht nur ihre Freundschaft auf die Probe – auch die Sicherheit Kelannas steht auf dem Spiel.

From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a standalone fantasy set against a war-ravaged world where kindling warfare—the use of elite, magic-wielding teenage soldiers—has been outlawed. In this rich and evocative novel, seven kindlings search for purpose and identity as they prepare for one final battle. For fans of the classic films Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven. Once, the war was fought with kindlings—elite, magic-wielding warriors whose devastating power comes at the cost of their own young lives. Now, the war is over, and kindlings have been cast adrift—their magic outlawed, their skills outdated, their formidable balar weapons prized only as relics and souvenirs. Violence still plagues the countryside, and memories haunt those who remain. When a village comes under threat of siege, it offers an opportunity for seven kindlings to fight one last time. But war changed these warriors. And to reclaim who they once were, they will have to battle their pasts, their trauma, and their grim fates to come together again—or none of them will make it out alive. From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a gut-wrenching, introspective fantasy about seven lost soldiers searching for the peace they once fought for and the future in which they’re finally daring to believe.

«Érase una vez un mundo llamado Kelanna, un mundo maravilloso y terrible de agua, barcos y magia. La gente de Kelanna era igual a ti en muchos aspectos, hablaban, trabajaban, amaban y morían, pero eran muy diferentes respecto a algo muy importante: no sabían leer.» Los padres de Sefia dieron su vida por proteger un extraño objeto de cuero y papel, que ella poco a poco descubre que se llama libro. De sus páginas se despliegan historias que han ocurrido y que ocurrirán, y todo lo que contiene en su interior parece no tener fin. Sefia desarrolla un vínculo con este libro que le conduce a un mundo de magia, piratas, asesinos, sociedades secretas y mitología ancestral. Pero también, la arrastra sin remedio a su más oscura obsesión, las personas que le quitaron aquello que más quería. Acompañada de un muchacho que no puede articular palabra pero que ha sido entrenado para matar, Sefia tendrá que cumplir su promesa: hallar respuestas, redención y venganza.

Il était une fois, et une fois il sera... Ainsi commence l'histoire de Sefia, qui a perdu sa mère, son père, puis sa tante Nin à cause d'un étrange objet rectangulaire. Ceci est un livre. Dans un monde ou personne ne sait lire, Sefia va devoir poursuivre une triple quête de sens, de vérité et de vengeance. Épaulée par un mystérieux allié qui possède ses propres sombres secrets, elle va sillonner jungles et mers, au gré de ces histoires qui font l'Histoire avec un grand H...

Después de debutar con la magnífica trilogía que comenzó con La Lectora , Traci Chee regresa con una historia de fantasía feminista de influencia japonesa repleta de demonios, aventuras y planes que salen mal. « Miuko se dio cuenta de que algo había cambiado en cuanto la shaoha la besó. Lo había sentido muy dentro de la sensación de una semilla abriéndose, un zarcillo frío arrastrándose hacia fuera. Durante cuatro días, se había permitido creer que sólo su aspecto exterior se había visto afectado, pero ya no podía ignorarlo. La maldición no sólo había cambiado su piel. Temió que también estuviera cambiando su corazón».

An instant New York Times Bestseller, this is a stunning debut set in a world where reading is unheard-of. Perfect for fans of Inkheart and Shadow and Bone Finalist for the Kirkus Prize and nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award! Sefia knows what it means to survive. After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt, track, and steal. But when Nin is kidnapped, leaving Sefia completely alone, none of her survival skills can help her discover where Nin’s been taken, or if she’s even alive. The only clue to both her aunt’s disappearance and her father’s murder is the odd rectangular object her father left behind, an object she comes to realize is a book—a marvelous item unheard of in her otherwise illiterate society. With the help of this book, and the aid of a mysterious stranger with dark secrets of his own, Sefia sets out to rescue her aunt and find out what really happened the day her father was killed—and punish the people responsible.

Having barely escaped the clutches of the Guard, Sefia and Archer are back on the run, slipping into the safety of the forest to tend to their wounds and plan their next move. Haunted by painful memories, Archer struggles to overcome the trauma of his past with the impressors, whose cruelty plagues him whenever he closes his eyes. But when Sefia and Archer happen upon a crew of impressors in the wilderness, Archer finally finds a way to combat his nightmares: by hunting impressors and freeing the boys they hold captive. With Sefia’s help, Archer travels across the kingdom of Deliene rescuing boys while she continues to investigate the mysterious Book and secrets it contains. But the more battles they fight, the more fights Archer craves, until his thirst for violence threatens to transform him from the gentle boy Sefia knows to a grim warrior with a cruel destiny. As Sefia begins to unravel the threads that connect Archer’s fate to her parents’ betrayal of the Guard so long ago, she and Archer must figure out a way to subvert the Guard’s plans before they are ensnared in a war that will pit kingdom against kingdom, leaving their future and the safety of the entire world hanging in the balance.

The thrilling conclusion to the epic adventure that began with New York Times bestselling The Reader, "a series fantasy lovers will want to sink their teeth into." - Booklist, starred reviewSefia is determined to keep Archer out of the Guard's clutches and their plans for war between the Five Kingdoms. The Book, the ancient, infinite codex of the past, present and future, tells of a prophecy that will plunge Kelanna in that bloody war, but it requires a boy--Archer--and Sefia will stop at nothing to ensure his safety. The Guard has already stolen her mother, her father, and her Aunt Nin. Sefia would sooner die than let them take anymore from her--especially the boy she loves.     But escaping the Guard and the Book's prophecy is no easy task. After all, what is written always comes to pass. As Sefia and Archer watch Kelanna start to crumble to the Guard's will, they will have to choose between their love and joining a war that just might tear them apart. Full of magic, suspense, and mystery, Traci Chee brings her trilogy to a close in this spellbinding final installment.

“All around me, my friends are talking, joking, laughing. Outside is the camp, the barbed wire, the guard towers, the city, the country that hates us. We are not free. But we are not alone.”  We Are Not Free, is the collective account of a tight-knit group of young Nisei, second-generation Japanese American citizens, whose lives are irrevocably changed by the mass U.S. incarcerations of World War II.Fourteen teens who have grown up together in Japantown, San Francisco.Fourteen teens who form a community and a family, as interconnected as they are conflicted.Fourteen teens whose lives are turned upside down when over 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry are removed from their homes and forced into desolate incarceration camps.In a world that seems determined to hate them, these young Nisei must rally together as racism and injustice threaten to pull them apart.