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ninja-muse · 3 years

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My 2021 Release TBR

As usual, there are too many good books coming out and I need to read them all right now. What’s on your list for the year? Do we share any? Have I added any to your list? (All titles are adult unless stated otherwise.)

First Light - Casey Berger - January 1 (space opera)

Persephone Station - Stina Leicht - January 5 (space opera)

Padoskoks - Joseph Bruchac - January 7 (mystery)

Across the Green Grass Fields - Seanan McGuire - January 12 (portal fantasy)

The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry - C.M. Waggoner - January 12 (fantasy)

Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Malinda Lo - January 19 (YA historical)

The Mask of Mirrors - M.A. Carrick - January 19 (fantasy)

We Could be Heroes - Mike Chen - January 26 (superheroes)

The Fabulous Zed Watson! - Basil and Kevin Sylvester - January 26 (middle grade)

The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles - February 2 (historical)

The Ratline - Phillip Sands - February 2 (history)

The Memory Theater - Karin Tidbeck - February 16 (fantasy)

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem - Kliph Nesteroff - February 16 (history)

Calculated Risks - Seanan McGuire - February 23 (contemporary fantasy)

A Dark and Hollow Star - Ashley Shuttleworth - February 23 (YA fantasy)

Satellite Love - Genki Ferguson - March 2 (literary)

Return of the Trickster - Eden Robinson - March 2 (literary/contemporary)

The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner - March 2 (historical)

The Conductors - Nicole Glover - March 2 (historical fantasy)

Accidentally Engaged - Farah Heron - March 2 (contemporary romance)

The Rose Code - Kate Quinn - March 3 (historical fiction)

Fatal Fried Rice - Vivien Chien - March 9 (cozy mystery)

A Fatal Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum - Emma Southon - March 9 (history)

Birds of Paradise - Oliver K. Langmead - March 16 (contemporary fantasy)

Raft of Stars - Andrew J. Graff - March 23 (historical fiction)

Nöthin’ But a Good Time - Richard Bienstock and Tom Beaujour - March 30 (music history)

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib - March 30 (sociology)

What Abigail Did That Summer - Ben Aaronovitch - March 18 (contemporary fantasy)

The Fall of Koli - M.R. Carey - March 23 (post-apocalypse)

Wild Women and the Blues - Denny S. Bryce - March 30 (historical fiction)

Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good - Nancy Werlin - April 6 (YA contemporary)

First, Become Ashes - K.M. Szpara - April 6 (contemporary fantasy)

The Last Bookshop in London - Madeleine Martin - April 6 (historical fiction)

Broken (in the Best Way Possible) - Jenny Lawson - April 6 (memoir)

The Dictionary of Lost Words - Pip Williams - April 6 (historical fiction)

Hana Khan Carries On - Uzma Jalaluddin - April 6 (romance)

When the Stars Go Dark - Paula McLain - April 13 (mystery)

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe-April 13 (current events/true crime)

Between Perfect and Real - Ray Stoeve - April 27 (YA contemporary)

Angel of the Overpass - Seanan McGuire - May 11 (fantasy)

The Hellion’s Waltz - Olivia Waite - May 11 (historical romance)

People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry - May 11 (contemporary romance)

A Master of Djinn - P. Djèlí Clark - May 11 (alternate history/fantasy)

Son of the Storm - Suyi Davies Okungbowa - May 11 (fantasy)

The Album of Dr. Moreau - Daryl Gregory - May 18 (horror)

Pumpkin - Julie Murphy - May 25 (YA contemporary)

Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar - May 25 (YA contemporary)

The Kingdoms - Natasha Pulley - May 25 (alternate history)

The Blacktongue Thief - Christopher Buehlman - May 25 (fantasy)

The Lights of Prague - Nicole Jarvis - May 25 (historical fantasy)

How to Find a Princess - Alyssa Cole - May 25 (contemporary romance)

The Ship of Stolen Words - Fran Wilde - June 1 (middle grade fantasy)

One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston - June 1 (romance)

The Hidden Palace - Helene Wecker - June 8 (historical fantasy)

The Witness for the Dead - Katherine Addison - June 22 (fantasy)

The All-Consuming World - Cassandra Khaw - June 22 (space opera)

Dead Dead Girls - Nekesa Afia - June 1 (historical mystery)

The Library of the Dead - T. L. Huchu - June 1 (contemporary fantasy)

Jay’s Gay Agenda - Jason June - June 1 (YA contemporary)

This Poison Heart - Kalynn Bayron - July 6 (YA fantasy)

Lake Crescent - J. J. Dupuis - July 6 (mystery)

A Radical Act of Free Magic - H.G. Parry - July 20 (historical fantasy)

The Middle Ages: a Graphic History - Eleanor Janega - July 23 (graphic non-fiction)

Small Favors - Erin A. Craig - July 27 (YA fantasy)

Summer Fun - Jeanne Thornton - July 27 (contemporary)

The Rocky Road to Ruin - Meri Allen - July 27 (cozy mystery)

All’s Well - Mona Awad - August 3 (contemporary)

Clark and Division - Naomi Hirahara - August 3 (historical mystery)

Sisters in Arms - Kaia Alderson - August 3 (historical fiction)

The Bookseller’s Secret - Michelle Gable - August 17 (historical)

A Snake Falls to Earth - Darcie Little Badger - August 17 (YA contemporary fantasy)

Hot and Sour Suspects - Vivien Chien - August 24 (cozy mystery) moved to 2022

My Heart is a Chainsaw - Stephen Graham Jones - August 31 (horror)

No Gods, No Monsters - Cadwell Turnbull - September 7 (contemporary fantasy)

When Sorrows Come - Seanan McGuire - September 14 (contemporary fantasy)

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr - September 28 (literary fiction)

Along the Saltwise Sea - Seanan McGuire - October 12 (portal fantasy)

The Haunting Season - October 21 (ghost stories)

A Marvellous Light - Freya Marske - November 2 (historical fantasy)

The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks - Mackenzi Lee - November 16 (YA historical)

Rivers of London, Vol. 9 - Ben Aaronovitch - November 16 (graphic novel, urban fantasy)

Tread of Angels - Rebecca Roanhorse - possibly? (historical fiction)

#books #booklr #bookblr #2021 releases #upcoming releases #the tbr list of doom #who queue?

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momorabu · 4 years

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Code Realize Playthrough - Fran’s Route - Chapter 13: A Princess’s Knight (Happy Ending)

Warning: Spoilers. Image heavy post.

It’s the last day of 2019, and finally, I’ve managed to finish the last chapter of Fran’s route in my Code Realize’s playthrough~! The CGs for this chapter were all great, that I’ve trouble deciding which to use as a chapter header XD I’ve been wanting to see the above CG ever since I saw it on their official website, so I’m thrilled to finally see the scene for it~ <3

Beware there might be countless fangirling over Fran in this chapter, here we go~!

Time counts down to the last 30 minutes.

Fran and Cardia ran down the long corridor, trying their best to catch up to Victoria. Cardia could feel that her condition was getting worse and worse, even as she tried to keep up with Fran’s pace. Fran realised that, and hugged her close to him, saying that he wished to switch places with her so she doesn’t have to suffer anymore.

(Is it me or is Fran’s face seems bigger than usual >/////<)

Cardia thought that there’s just too little time remaining to save her, and felt that to protect Fran and the others, she had to stop Victoria, and before she became a monster that, she would have to kill herself, touching the dagger that she had taken from the twilight soldiers from earlier on. However, Fran noticed her action and affirmed her that he would not let her do that, telling her that he would not be happy if Cardia died and left him surviving instead.

(Doesn’t want to leave Fran alone in this world like this after he said that seriously T/////T)

After listening to Fran’s words, Cardia wanted to believe his words, wanting to catch onto the hope that both of them could survive and live a bright future together. But whenever she thought about that, her past memories will sneak up on her, reminding her of the time that someone had died in her place when she tried to live. She revealed her past to Fran, letting out that she’s scared and didn’t want such a thing to happen again, as even imaging that Fran would die because of her poison was too painful for her. She remembered how much her heart has ached when Fran had disappeared for a long time after she had decided to stay at the mansion, so if Fran were to die, it pains her heart that she would never see him again...

But Fran simply smiled and assured Cardia that he isn’t going to die. He felt that Cardia and he were the same where they both felt guilty that their poison had killed people, as Fran felt responsible for creating it. They had both seen people dying of the poison right before their eyes, and thus Fran felt that he was no different than Cardia, and in fact, his guilt may be even greater than hers. He continued on that perhaps his guilt was part of why he can’t bear to leave Cardia alone, though he isn’t looking for redemption nor forgiveness with his action for helping her. Seeing Cardia suffering the same pain as he does, he just... wanted to save her.

(Fran’s smile is the best <3)

As much as he’s determined to drive away Cardia’s fears and doubts, he wanted her to promise him that she won’t give up and trust him until the very last moment.

(Who would not want to promise him at this time! ><”)

Fran’s words made Cardia’s feelings that she had tried to hide at the bottom of her heart rise up again, as she revealed her inner thoughts that she actually didn’t want to give up either as she wanted to live with Fran too. He smiled, took off his gloves and reached out to Cardia’s cheeks. Cardia tried to hide away from his attempts, but Fran forcefully pulled her towards him and placed both of his hands on her cheeks.

Cardia panicked, worrying that she would end up burning Fran’s hands, but his hands don’t smell nor melt and was confused about how he was able to touch her. Fran explained he had known that the poison would disappear from Zicterium at times, especially now that it was transforming, which Cardia remembered that her poison was unable to melt the rope from earlier on. He was glad that he was finally able to touch Cardia, while Cardia was immersed in her first sensation of the human touch, with Fran whispering to her that he doesn’t want to let her go... (Awww~)

Fran told Cardia that he understood her fear and suffering, and knew that both of them can’t run away from the sins they had committed. But what he could do now was to stay with Cardia, and both of them could carry that weight together. He remembered that Cardia had told him that she doesn’t care he’s a criminal, and now, he wanted to tell her that he too, doesn’t care that she’s a criminal too. He confessed his love for Cardia and told her that even if she had abandoned all hope she has, he would never ever abandon her...

(I have to say I sort of teared up after reading this part. I’ll be really touched if someone told me this seriously >/////<)

After listening to Fran’s words, Cardia started wishing for a future with Fran desperately, a future that she doesn’t even dare to dream of in the past. And in order to make that future becomes a reality, she’s prepared to fight to the end of the earth for it.

As much as they would want to continue to immerse in this romantic mood, time was running out and they had to move on. Fran had noticed that Cardia looked disappointed, and remarked that her disappointed face was adorable. They held hands together and started running off again, with Cardia knowing that all she had to do now, was to trust Fran and keep going forward.

Time counts down to 20 minutes.

Fran and Cardia were shocked to see a huge tree in a room at the end of the corridor, and wondered whether that was the diffusion device. Nevertheless, they need to put a stop to Victoria’s plan, she had spotted them arriving, and asked them whether they had decided to accept her suggestion from earlier on.

Fran was stern as he told her that they’re not here to obey to her, since their motive here was to stop her plan. But Victoria simply smirked, telling them that they won’t be able to stop the device now that it is already working unless they destroy it. Fran declared determinedly that he would destroy the machine since he had gained some knowledge under the care of Isaac last time, he knew how to destroy it.

But before Fran could take another step towards the machine, Leonhardt stepped forward and stopped him, saying that he would not allow anyone to interfere with Queen Victoria’s plans. Leonhardt knew that Fran was not good at combat battling since he’s not a soldier, but even then, he would not show any mercy towards him, being determined to stop Fran at all cost.

However, rather than battling Leonhardt, Fran put down the test tubes in his hands instead, which made Victoria wondered whether he was surrendering to them. But Fran replied that he’s not surrendering and instead this was how he battles. Even if Fran was not attacking him, Leonhardt was determined to fight him nevertheless, and charged towards him, shouting at Fran to pick up his weapon and fight him. However, Fran shook his head, even stopping Cardia to come to his aid, firmly stating that this was his fight. He turned to Leonhardt, telling him that his action was to rule the world with power, he doesn’t want to be like Leonhardt and declared that he would fight in his own way.

Leonhardt swung his sword on Fran, who silently endured all of his blows when these attacks were powerful enough to break his bones. Leonhardt had been using the other side of his sword to fight Fran, urging him to pick up his weapon and fight him once again since if he turned his blade this time round, Fran would definitely get killed by him. But Fran shook his head, saying that it doesn’t matter to him to give up here to prevent getting killed by Leonhardt since they would all end up dying anyway if they decided to join Victoria’s plan. Seeing that Fran refused to back down, Leonhardt dealt more blows on him, and with a terrible sound of something breaking, Fran was forced to fall down onto the floor. (Yikes, sound like his bone had broken at some part of his body TWT)

Cardia wanted to rush over to Fran’s side to help him, but he told her to stay away using his eyes. Finally, Victoria spoke, reminding them that they’re running out of time, and with a sad smile, declared that today was her last day as the Queen.

(This sad smile of Queen Victoria was heartbreaking after I’ve known her back story later on...)

However, Fran declared that he shall not let things end, with a gaze so strong and intense that it even made Leonhardt took a step back. Leonhardt tried to persuade Fran to back down and obey them since if he agreed, Cardia would be safe. But Fran knew that they would all end up dying (other than Cardia maybe) if they had all proceed along on Victoria’s plans, and he didn’t want to lose his life just to save the ones he had cared about. Fran had always seen himself as a cowardly man, but even so, Cardia had chosen to love him. That’s why he didn’t want to die and end up leaving Cardia surviving alone! Fran’s way of “fighting” was to stand in Leonhardt’s way to convince him that fighting with violence was not the way to solve things in this situation. Initially, Leonhardt was unwavering in his decision to heed to Queen Victoria’s plans, but after hearing Fran’s words that the plan would not minimise the damage to the world but instead what they’re doing now was just murder, spreading fear, and using power force the rest of the world to accept their views, Leonhardt started to doubt himself. He thrust his sword forward to try to break free of his doubts, and... ended up stabbing one of Fran’s legs. (Ouch, Fran... TWT)

But even so, Fran gritted his teeth and grab onto Leonhardt when he tried to pull the blade out, and let out his regret that he had not fight back back then when he had the chance to. Leonhardt replied that whatever he had thought about the plans may not matter, since his role as a knight was to support Queen Victoria and protect her. Fran yelled back in protest that Leonhardt was not doing his role in protecting her at all since the Queen was heading down a path of no return at this rate.

(I remember hearing this line in Code Realize’s PV and had been wondering for a long time in what circumstances would Fran say this, and here is it~)

Leonhardt pulled out his blade from Fran and that made him collapsed to the ground. Victoria coldly demanded Leonhardt to kill Fran but when Leonhardt was about to do that, Cardia could not bear it any longer and dashed between him and Fran, shielding Fran. Fran didn’t want her to do that, but Cardia declared that she didn’t want to move aside and this was her battle too. Victoria did not see Cardia as an obstacle to stop her at this moment, and demanded Leonhardt to kill her too, which made Leonhardt realised how wrong the Queen’s order was finally since there’s no way he could murder a helpless woman that was just trying to protect her friend. (But... I don’t think they’re just friends now >////<)

As Leonhardt and Victoria ended up in a confrontation with each other, Fran looked up to Cardia and smiled. thanking her for protecting him again. His face turned serious as he decided that this was his chance to try to stop the machine. Though this may be the wrong path for Queen Victoria, she said that she can’t stop her plan now, and seeing that Leonhardt was unwilling to help her stop Fran, she decided to do it herself then. But Leonhardt stopped her, which pissed her off and shouted at Leonhardt for trying to stop her plans too, even after he had known how much she had sacrificed for this plan. (Which Cardia noticed that this was the first time she had seen the Queen lost her cool and calm posture.)

The device began to rumble, but Fran was not giving up, and as Cardia was praying, suddenly everything came to a still and became silent, with Fran proudly declaring that he had managed to deactivate it and had even activated it to self-destruct after a while, so Victoria can never make use of it again. Thus, Victoria had lost.

Seeing Victoria dumbfounded face as she looked up, Cardia realised that she looked like an abandoned child, which is drastically different from the strong and confident woman she had seen before. But after a brief moment, she was back to her usual self and declared that even if they had stopped the device, the plan she had in mind was still in motion. She planned to make use of Cardia when she had turned into a monster since she doesn’t believe that Fan has the time nor strength remaining in him anymore to save her. Leonhardt tried to get Victoria to go off with him to somewhere safer since this place was going to self-destruct soon, but Victoria simply laughed and said that everything was going to end, and by then... she would finally be saved. (It was at this time that I realised that Victoria wanted to end her life and sees her life ending as being “saved”.)

As Leonhardt grabbed Victoria’s hand and prepared to run off, without warning, she stabbed the dagger she had been hiding into his back.

But Leonhardt did not show any signs of pain, and instead smiled peacefully. He told Victoria that he had always respected Queen Victoria and apologised for being disrespectful to her, by punching her in the stomach to knock her out. Though he was still bleeding badly from his wound, he carried Victoria in his arms and told Cardia and Fran that he was going to bring the Queen to a safe place, and asked them to take care of the rest of the matter.

Fran looked over to Cardia, smiling as he told her that now all that’s left was to save her.

Scene changes to Victoria’s point of view. While she was unconscious, she dreamt of her past. Victoria used to be a really gentle and kind person when she was young and tried to advise countless times to her father, the king, to end the war, but, that instead made her dad felt displeased about her. She had also gone to one of the colonies and had seen how the locals had hated her as they were being treated as slaves by the royalty, and decided that she shall steer this country herself before it gets destroyed by other countries due to all these hatred and anger.

As Victoria worked towards her goal and gained more and more political power, even her father had started to see her as a threat and planned to have her assassinated. Thus, Victoria decided to counter-attack, by poisoning her father to kill him, then overtaking his throne and taking care of whatever mess he had left behind. Soon, Victoria found her hands were stained with more and more blood, and eventually, she even stopped shedding tears for any sacrifices she had made.

Guilty of all the sins she had committed as the Queen, Victoria realised that finally, everything would come to an end, and she would be relieved of her burden as the Queen...

But, when Victoria opened her eyes, she saw that she’s being carried by Leonhardt as he walked down the corridor. She remembered that Leonhardt had saved her when she was almost been assassinated. He had always been so loyal to her, even now when she had stabbed him. She mummered out the plan had failed, and everything she had prepared had all gone to waste. Leonhardt replied that he was prepared to accept any punishment that would be put on him and that he would never betray her.

Victoria noticed that Leonhardt’s blood was dripping down and leaving a trail as he walked, and began to worry whether he was going to die. But Leonhardt simply smiled and answered that he would never die and leave her alone. Victoria ordered Leonhardt to kill her if Cardia does not become a true monster, as part of the responsibility of her failed plan. But, Leonhardt refused, and that made Victoria to furiously beg him to save her by killing her so that she could be free of her duties.

(I can’t help but shed tears at this part actually since Victoria’s story made me felt that she had felt so tired of her burden and so guilty that she really didn’t want to live anymore.)

Leonhardt was stern as he told Victoria that he needed her to stay alive as Britain still needs her to lead them, and praised that without her leadership and strength, Britain would have been gone a long time ago. He felt that death is not the way for her to take responsibility, and thus he wanted her to continue to live so that she could continue to save Britain. Leonhardt had remembered how the Queen had been so generous with him to help him and his sister, and even if Victoria said that she was just doing that to appeal to the public, to get the people to be on her side, for Leonhardt, it doesn’t change the fact that she had helped him and his family. He revealed that he had noticed her closely, and knew that she was saddened whenever sacrifices to be made, and even now when Victoria had blood on her hands, she was even willing to face her crimes head-on. Claiming loyalty for Queen Victoria, Leonhardt smiled and told her that together, they could endure the pain, even willing to accompany her to hell.

Seeing that Leonhardt refused to kill her, Victoria replied that he was the cruellest person she had ever seen, yet he was also the kindest person too and shed the very first tear she had shed ever since she had killed her father.

Back to Cardia’s point of view, she realised that the room was soon to be destroyed, and she would not be herself anymore, but Fran was calmed as he explained to her that he was going to extract the Zicterium and introduce it into her body to save her, though the extraction might take some time. There are only less than five minutes for Cardia before she got turned into a monster, but it would require around seven minutes for Fran to fully extract the Zicterium out.

Though Fran was being all assuring, Cardia noticed that he was avoiding to answer the very doubt she had in her mind - what would happen to Fran during this moment, when he was being so close to Cardia when she was about to transform into a monster. She asked Fran that, and he smiled at her gently, telling her not to worry since he would take care of it, which was still not answering to Cardia’s question.

Fran asked Cardia whether she still remembered of the time when they were caught up in the poison gas of Zicterium. He guessed that perhaps her Horologium had stopped transforming for a while, which means that, rather than less than five minutes as shown by the clock, they might have more time than expected.

Cardia still felt worried after listening to Fran’s words, she didn’t want him to risk his life but before she could do anything, she lost control of her body and collapsed onto the floor. She knew that she can’t even choose her own death now, and felt sorry that she would end up being the cause of Fran’s death as well. But Fran told her to trust him and started extracting the poison in liquid form to be injected into her body. Cardia started saying her goodbyes, telling Fran how happy she was to have met and loved him, begging Fran to kill her at this moment before it becomes too late.

(Of course, Fran refused to give up T/////T)

Cardia thought about how someone she had loved was going to die again because of her, as her Horologium started heating up through her entire body, with even light emitting from her chest. Poison started oozing out from her body, as she could feel that her body was about to change into something else...

(I never thought an option screen would pop up at this moment. Though I failed the last time I choose to believe in Fran, let’s choose to believe him one last time!!!)

Knowing that she would definitely end up killing that one person she loved if she transformed into a monster, Cardia noticed herself reaching out for the dagger, and stopped herself with her other hand from taking it. She remembered what Fran had told her to keep believing in him, and vowed to herself that she would not give up.

Hazily, she saw Fran rushing towards her with the Zicterium in liquid form, asking her to drink it. But she no longer has any control over her body, and even as Fran poured the liquid into her mouth, it simply spilt away onto her chin. Thus, at such an emergency moment...

(I know this may be considered an overused story trope, I love it~ <3)

Cardia could feel Fran’s lips against hers, as the sweet liquid flew down her throat. Since Zicterium was such a dangerous matter, she doesn’t feel that it would be safe for Fran to feed her Zicterium by mouth. But, Fran smiled and hugged her warmly, as Cardia thought about all her adventures that she had been with Fran ever since they had met.

(I’ll just leave the rest of Cardia’s thought here since I like them~ Kind of embarrassing to type them myself anyway >////<)

When Cardia regained her consciousness, she can’t help but feel that Fran was being reckless doing all these for her. Fran gave a weak smile and explained to her that the effects of Zicterium changed drastically when it was being changed from liquid to gaseous form to be used as a weapon. Even though Zicterium might not be harmless in liquid form, it’s not instantly fatal, and thus he was able to make use of it to cure Cardia.

(Awww Fran~)

Time fast forward to the near future.

Cardia thought back to how the two of them had met up with the rest of the group soon after and managed to make out of the facility alive before it exploded. Overwhelmed with exhaustion, they both fell into a deep sleep.

Just then, Fran came to find her at her room to bid her good morning. The group had a farewell party the night before, as the rest of the group began to part their ways as they continued on to achieve their respective goals. Fran teased her that Cardia was so lonely knowing that everyone was leaving at the farewell party yesterday that she held onto Fran and asked him to stay with her >/////<

It seems like the rest of the group had already left the mansion by the time Cardia had wake up, which disappointed her since she had wanted to send them off. Lupin and Impey had set off together on their original goal of finding something, while Van had gone off with Dora-chan, as Van had said that he wanted to help the vampires as a part of atoning for his past. Saint, the owner of the mansion, told Fran and Cardia that he had some business that he had to take care of and force them to take ownership of the mansion before leaving.

Cardia felt bad that she ended up being the one falling asleep soundly when she was the one who had asked Fran to accompany her. Fran doesn’t mind though, since he got to look at Cardia while she slept, complimenting her that she��s adorable to the point that he could not take his eyes off her. (Oh~ When did Fran gets so good at such flirting already? O////O) Apparently, such a comment was too much for Cardia, that she got too embarrassed and hid behind the sheets.

(Fran was indeed not holding back his praises when he found Cardia really adorable ^/////^)

Suddenly, Fran blushed and admitted that he’s really happy that Cardia had wanted him to stay with her since he enjoyed being relied on by the girl he loves and even called her a princess.

(These blushing expressions are adorable~~! Fran is the adorable one instead to me >/////<)

He started fidgetting and wondered whether he should continue on saying what he had in mind. After debating silently, he seriously asked Cardia whether they should start sleeping in the same bed now that they’re staying together. (Is it me or it suddenly just went onto fast mode for their relationship when they’ve just been a couple recently? That was fast, Fran OWO)

(I have to say you’re being abit too honest there XDDD)

(But seriously... how can you say “No” to such a cute face here >/////<)

(Yep, no way I could ever reject Fran after this >/////<)

Cardia nodded silently but then thought that she might end up hurting Fran since she wasn’t sure whether her Horologium would continue to be in a stable condition. She worried that her poisonous body won’t change, and there would be no happy ending for her in the future. Fran smiled and assured her that he had promised her since the first time they had met that he would definitely cure her of her poison no matter. He revealed that he had gotten some Zicterium samples and asked Cardia to drink it, promising that drinking it would make both of them happy. After Cardia drank it though, Fran decided to give it a try...

by kissing Cardia on the lips~

Cardia panicked as she tried to push Fran away, but he forcefully held her down with his hands. She had thought that she might end up melting Fran’s face, but thank goodness there was no smell of burning flesh nor his skin melting on her. Surprised, she looked up at Fran and asked him what was going on when the kiss had ended.

Fran answered that the liquid he had just given her to drink was a medicine that could suppress her poison, though she would need to take it regularly. Now that her poison was suppressed, she could now freely touch Fran and kiss him. This was like a miracle for Cardia, which Fran said all of this was possible because both of them had fought hard for what they wanted and didn’t give up. It felt like their bright future was just about to start now and he promised that he would make Cardia happy.

And that’s the end of Fran’s route in Code Realize~! I took such a long time in finishing this route so thank you all for accompanying in reading my playthrough~ There’s still an extra story I’ve unlocked after finishing his route, so I’ll be sharing that tomorrow in the new year~!

#code realize #fran route #otome game #playthrough #cr:playthrough

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banditthewriter · 6 years

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Choose Your Fate - Matt Murdock - 8

The request was for some research, so that’s what we’re getting. As I mentioned before, probably not too many parts left to this!

Tags are at the bottom. Let me know if you would like to be added to one of my tag lists!

*gif not mine*

Enjoy!

***** The office was a mess. Boards had been placed over the windows after Matt's—no, Daredevil's appearance the night before. The door had been mostly fixed but it took Foggy shoving his shoulder against it to open. The glass and broken bits of woods from various pieces of furniture being broken had been removed. "I still can't believe you used a chair leg to hit that guy," Karen said as she gestured for you to take a seat at the table. "Says the girl who immediately pulled her own gun out," you countered with a grin. "You totally saved Matt's life," Karen continued with a grin as she went over to grab a stack of papers. "Did he thank you for that, by the way?" You laughed and shook your head. "In his defense, I'm pretty sure he saved our lives first." "Still," Matt said as he moved to sit next to you at the table, "you put yourself in danger to protect Daredevil. Thank you for the help." Knowing that he could hear when your heart rate increased made that moment even more embarrassing, but his face didn't change. You wondered if maybe he wasn't listening since he said he tried not to focus on the people around him unless he had to. Or maybe he was just good at keeping his face neutral. "This is what we have so far," Foggy said as he dropped a stack of papers beside the one that Karen had placed on the table. "The three guys were arrested last night. We uh, we told the cops that you and Matt were in his apartment and that it was just me and Karen here when they attacked." You looked up at Foggy and frowned. He gestured a little helplessly and Matt stepped in. "The restriction if your bail was that you have to stay with one of us. Since you left, we had to have something to tell the cops when they came to arrest them. I left as Daredevil and they handled the rest." They were cleaning up the mess you had made. Your frown grew as you glanced over at where the three men had been unconscious when you left the night before. "I'm sorry for how I reacted," you started to stay, but then you shook your head. "Actually, I'm not sorry for how I reacted but I am sorry for the problems it caused. Do you think there's a chance that they'll counter and say that I was here instead of Foggy?" "Doubtful," replied Foggy as he placed three pictures in front of you. "They won't cop to the attack at all. Last I heard, they hadn't said anything except to ask for a lawyer. These are the guys, by the way." You looked at the first two photos without recognizing either one of the, but the third one was a different story. The third one was Peter Limus. "Him," you said as you tapped the picture. "I know him." "Peter Limus," Foggy said for Matt's benefit. You were about to remind Foggy that you knew about Matt's capabilities, but you realized that Matt still wouldn't be able to pick out an image since it didn't have differences for him to sense. "How do you know him?" "I was involved in a bank robbery a few years back. The robbers took me as a hostage to keep the police from following them. They were celebrating getting away and realized I'd seen their faces. He told me that if I ever told anyone about their identities, they'd kill me. They'd taken my ID so they had my information. They left me tied up on a street to be discovered a few hours later." Foggy jotted down some information and started to sort through the piles of information for something. "And you haven't seen him since then?" "No, not in person," you said as you guiltily looked around at them. "The last time I saw anything about him was when Karen came by Matt's apartment. You dropped some papers and I kind of stole the sheet with his picture." "I thought I must have misplaced it," Karen said as Foggy stopped digging through the files. "I'm sorry," you said quickly, looking between the three of them. "I reacted a little rashly when I saw his picture. I hadn't seen him since it happened and I wanted to know more about him." "Understandable," Matt said as he drummed his fingers on the table. "So you read the other part as well?" "Something about someone named Kingpin?" The three of them immediately looked worried. Matt tilted his head and you wondered if something was about to happen but he shook his head and relaxed. "No listening devices," he said as he turned back to you. "Kingpin is a code name we're using for someone who has been running the criminal element from behind the scenes. He's rich, connected, and powerful. He operates from the shadows so that nothing will ever land on him." You thought about the information and carefully went over every person that you'd heard mention of. One name stuck out but you weren't sure why. "You said that Lucas was definitely involved in what happened to me, right?" At Matt's nod, you swallowed and shifted in the seat. "He mentioned meeting someone about a month after I first met him. He told me that this man was his ticket to bigger and better. Wilson Fisk." You threw the name out there without hesitation and you watched as all three of them reacted to it. Obviously that was the person they were referring to as Kingpin. "So Fisk is behind the drug ring and all of the arrests. I guess Lucas threw me under the bus to keep himself clean?" "Or possibly just because you rejected him," Foggy said as he sorted through the files for one named Lucas Tillman. "The dude is self serving and a complete narcissist so you saying that you didn't want to see him anymore was quite a blow to his precious ego." "I have the sudden urge to take a shower," you said with a shudder. The four of you worked through the papers, separating information in piles. You apparently had been a missing piece of their original investigation into Fisk. Now that you were able to connect Lucas to Fisk and therefore the sting operation on local teachers to his criminal empire, they all had the information they needed to fill in some of the blanks. After an hour or so of going over everything together, Foggy made a face. "Wait," he said as he looked around the table. "Do we know when your apartment was broken into?" You shrugged and glanced over at Matt. "I hadn't been there since after I was released on bail. Did you go by the building since then?" "I slept in the office for a few hours, so no," he said as he tilted his head in Foggy's direction. "What are you thinking Fog?" "What if Fisk had someone break into her apartment to hurt her or gather information or something? It could have been after we stopped by to see Lucas for all we know. So they break in but she's not there so they trash the place instead. Y/N, did you get rid of the paper with Limus's picture on it?" You thought about it but you hadn't. You had shoved the picture under your couch cushion with the promise that you'd get rid of it later but you never did. When you relayed this information to them, Foggy stood up and moved to grab his jacket. "I'm going to run by your place and see if it's still there. If it's not, we'll know that it's not a coincidence that Peter Limus was one of the attackers last night. Karen, want to come keep me company?" He gave a pointed look at Karen's purse on the floor and she stood up to go as well. "We really need to get you a taser or something," she joked as she pulled her jacket on. "Until then, you're backup. We'll call you if we find anything." A few minutes later the two of them were gone. It left you and Matt alone in the office and you felt your heart speed up again. "I'm going to go make coffee," you said as you got up in a hurry and moved into their little kitchenette to start a pot of coffee. Knowing that Matt could pick up on every little change in your body made you nervous to be around him. He may have admitted to feeling the same as you, but you weren't sure either of you were ready to act on it. You knew now why he played the hot and cold game, but you wondered if maybe there was more to it. Would he want you at arm's length permanently because of Daredevil? You had thought it was just to keep his secret, but maybe he found himself too dangerous for you to be with. You understood why he had lied and ultimately you had forgiven him for the lies. There might still be some hurt feelings on lied to, but you had forgiven him for the lie itself. You'd forgiven all of them for it. "Helps if you turn the pot on," Matt said from behind you and making you jump. "Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you." "Just startled me," you corrected as you turned the pot on. "I was lost in thought." He nodded and you realized that he wasn't wearing his glasses. He had put them on for the walk over to the office, but he had taken them off inside. His eyes were warm if a bit unfocused. "What happened?" You gestured to your eyes, aware that he'd see it but clarifying anyways. "You said it was an accident?" "I was nine years old. Saved a guy from being hit by a truck. The accident caused some chemicals to spill and they got into my eyes." He said it so casually, like it didn't matter that he had saved a man or that he was blinded in the act. Maybe he had told the story so many times that it didn't seem like a big deal anymore. Or, more likely, he didn't see it being a big deal because he had lived it. "So you've been saving people since you were nine," you said with a smile, turning around to check on the coffee. "No wonder you do what you do." "I did become Daredevil to help people," he began but you shook your head. "I'm not just talking about that, although you do help people like that as well. I mean that you became a lawyer to help people. Fran reminded me that you help the people that have nowhere else to turn." He shifted a bit, maybe uncomfortable by your high praise. A hand raised as if to adjust his glasses but he seemed to remember he wasn't wearing them. "It's easier to know what to do at night as Daredevil if I spend the day as Matt Murdock." You swallowed, feeling something heavy settle in your stomach. "Do you spend every night as Daredevil?" Why did you want an answer to that? Hadn't you figured that he would keep you at arm's length to keep you safe? "Not every night," he replied softly as he took a step forward. The tiny kitchenette seemed even smaller because he was standing in front of you in just two steps. "Is there... how do you decide when it’s okay not to be Daredevil?" His breath fanned across your face and you felt that heaviness start to lift. It felt as if you could float away as his hand reached out and barely brushed the back of your hand. He was so close that you could smell him; earthy and natural, nothing artificial to bother his senses. His eyes were darting around but you knew that he wasn't looking at you. He was reading you in that unknown way of his. "When it's more important that I'm Matt Murdock instead," he whispered, his head tilting down so that his mouth was hovering over yours. Oh, you thought gleefully. You leaned up on your toes, your fingers wrapping around his, but your lips barely brushed his when his cell phone started to chirp out Foggy's name from his pocket. "Shit," he breathed out shakily, stepping back from you to fish out the device to answer it. "Foggy? What'd you find?" It was too hard to try to hear Foggy's side of the call over the blood that was pounding between your ears. You almost kissed Matt. The moment played on repeat in your head, the almost kiss and the urgency in your veins to make it happen. You wanted to kiss him and he obviously wasn't adverse to it. Maybe he wasn't going to keep you at arm's length. Maybe this was his way of showing you that. "Okay, get back here as soon as you can." Matt ended the call and slid it into his pocket again. When you looked up at his face, you saw that the moment was over. Instead of that dreamy, intense look on his face, he looked sick. "What happened?" "The paper wasn't under the couch cushion. It'd been replaced by something." "By what?" He looked uncomfortable for a moment and then he reached out to grab your hand. It wasn't the same touch from before. This was just about lending comfort. "A dead rat." ------ "Mr Limus," the man said as he fixed his tie, settling into the chair across from the handcuffed convict. "I'm your lawyer. I'm on retainer for your employer. He would like to know if you were at least successful in your mission." Peter Limus shifted uncomfortably on the chair, his hands cuffed to the table. "Daredevil showed up before we could end her," he said as he winced at the pain in his arm. "We weren't able to neutralize the target." "But she was there? Interesting," the lawyer said as he sorted through his briefcase. "The reports say it was just Nelson and the secretary at the office." "It's a lie. I had her against the wall with a gun to her head." "And it wasn't perhaps the secretary? Are you sure that you had the right girl? Perhaps you weren't aware who the real target was." Limus growled as he tugged on his cuffs, the pain radiating up his arm. "It's not the first time I've held a gun to this bitch. You get me out of here and I'll make sure she's not a problem for the boss anymore." The lawyer tapped his fingers on the table with a shake of his head. "You see, your employer wants this finished and he wants it done correctly. He regrets involving the girl, in all honestly. It was done without much planning on the whim of a frat boy with the hope of power and status. You were meant to find her after what was found in her apartment, but it seems that you're incapable of actually doing your job." A small remote was removed from the briefcase and the lawyer pressed a button. The camera in the corner of the room turned off and the lawyer pulled something else from the briefcase. "Your two companions have already been dealt with but you, Mr Limus, are a loose end that we can't have. Because of your vendetta against the girl, and her ability to identify you and possibly tear down the entire organization, we now have another threat to neutralize." "Whoever it is," Limus said, apprehension building as he tried to figure out what was in the lawyer's hand as he stood up and moved towards him, "whoever it is and whatever you need, just let me handle it. I'll kill the girl. I'll kill her lawyer. Whatever the threat is, I'll take care of it for him." "Rest assure Mr Limus, the threat is already being taken care of." Before Limus could react, the lawyer plunged a syringe into his neck. Whatever was in it circulated immediately and Limus began to gasp and convulse. "No worries Mr Limus," the lawyer said as he moved back to his seat, hiding the syringe in his briefcase. "The girl will be taken care of as will our other loose end. Your services have been terminated." He waited for the sign that Mr Limus wouldn't be able to be saved, the fluid bubbling up from his nose and mouth, before he started to scream for help. By time the door opened for the uniformed officer, Limus was almost already dead. The lawyer sent a quick text to his employer while everyone was trying to save the prisoner. It's done. The reply came back almost immediately with a photo attached. Good. You know what to do next. The lawyer made his exit quickly and quietly. No one would be able to find him for questioning. He glanced at the picture of his next target as he slipped into the crowd, anonymous and hidden. He had work to do. X A post will be up right after this for voting on the next part. X

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Thank you for always writing superb headcanons, hope you two mods are doing alright :D I would like to ask how would the gang react if they meet the Collar X Malice gang? Lile Kei -Van, Mineo - Impey, Takeru - Fran, Aiji - Lupin and Saint G - Shiraishi? Shiraishi's route hurt like hell and I'm still not over him. If you havent played CXM its okay just discard this one

Mod Cheshire here! I just recently finished CxM so you’re in luck! Shiraishi’s route and short story left the biggest hole in my heart, you have absolutely no idea. To be quite honest, no other otome love interest has ever affected me in such a way :D so Shiraishi is a special case. Anyway! Enough of my rambling. I’m going to call this one Code: Realize meets Collar x Malice. As always, let us know if you want anything more!

~Cheshire

Note: This headcanon is going to have some HEAVY spoilers for Collar x Malice, so if you have yet to play the game or aren’t finished yet, I strongly recommend not reading this. Just to be safe, I’ll be putting everything underneath the cut.

Scenario: After a very long and complicated series of events (involving either magic or Fran’s alchemy), the Code: Realize boys end up in Shinjuku, during the X-Day investigations. Cardia and Ichika, both bonding over their poisonous circumstances, decide to take a walk around the town, leaving the boys at the detective agency to chat.

Arsene Lupin and Aiji Yanagi: It’s not that Lupin hates the police, they just rub him the wrong way. Aiji is no exception. Their conversation on the rooftop begins innocently enough (”What’s your name? How old are you? Why do you dress like that? Isn’t smoking bad for your health?”) but as soon as the conversation turns to profession, tensions rise. Aiji, being a former cop, finds it hard to believe that Lupin’s thievery is 100% innocent. When he finds out that Lupin’s first meeting with Cardia was basically a kidnapping, he could barely restrain his shock that 1. Cardia was still friends with him after all that and 2. that Lupin actually got away with it. Nonetheless, the two of them manage to bond over their mutual desire to protect those around them by any means necessary, even if they have to resort to violence.

Abraham Van Helsing and Kei Okazaki: The moment Okazaki lays eyes on Van, he knows that Van is The One™. Even though Van is a knight and more than capable of taking care of himself, Okazaki absolutely insists on protecting him. Van is, obviously, annoyed by Okazaki’s decision, but decides that it would be even MORE annoying trying to convince Okazaki to go away. They end up becoming rather close, despite being polar opposites. They manage to bond over their similar traumatic experiences and, shockingly, Van’s cooking. Okazaki’s taste buds must already be broken at this point in time anyway, so he always finds something tasty about Van’s cooking.

Impey Barbicane and Mineo Enomoto: The OTP. The beautiful, heart-warming bromance that blossoms between these two is unimaginable. They just truly understand one another, y’know? They’re hopeless romantics and not extremely bright (when compared to their peers). Plus, Impey’s allergic to wearing two sleeves and Mineo’s allergic to seeing out of both eyes, so they have that to bond over. Mineo also completely falls in love with Impey’s cooking, rating it even higher than Aiji or Ichika’s cooking. In all seriousness guys, these two are absolutely the same person, just in different eras. Like. Come on. THE DESIGN IS THE SAME WHAT EVEN IS THIS.

Victor Frankenstein and Takeru Sasazuka: Their interactions are…interesting, to say the least. They’re polar opposites on every level, so Fran’s attempts at making conversation only invoke a pompous scoff from Takeru, who’s spent the whole time typing away at his computer. On the off chances that they DO actually speak, Takeru only refers to Fran as a dog and orders him around, much to Fran’s dismay. Takeru’s diet and complete lack of exercise worries Fran greatly, but because Takeru isn’t exactly the best at talking, Fran has to go to Aiji and Ichika to have any hope of getting through to Takeru. All in all, they don’t get along.

Saint-Germain and Kageyuki Shiraishi: Shiraishi is absolutely fascinated by Saint-G’s complete lack of self-preservation. Shiraishi has never met someone, with the exception of Okazaki, who has treated life and safety so flippantly before.This becomes especially obvious after Saint-G recounts his several near-death experiences as if they were fond memories of the Good Old Days. After having extensive and deep conversations with each other, Shiraishi eventually reveals his affiliation with Adonis and Saint-G reveals his part in Idea. This causes their bond to deepen exponentially and, after mulling it over, Shiraishi decides to turn all of Adonis in and officially ends the X-Day incidents before anything worse happens. The police love him for this, and he is absolved of all his crimes and allowed to be happy because he deserves it!

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2/ Remnants of Time

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When everything had stayed calm around them and the second hour of the flight had passed, Sam nudged Steve’ side. “You really are as reckless as Bucky said. Man.” Steve shot him a confused glance from the side. He actually looked a little tired right now, although he shouldn’t be. “Y’know, training for hours and not even taking water along. Gotta stay hydrated, man.” Sam grinned a wonderful white grin and Steve knew that this guy had way too much fun right now, when a water bottle flew right at him from the back. Grateful, Steve took a few gulps. “Bucky didn’t say I was reckless”, he replied. “Yeah he did, but I won’t turn around so you can ask him.”

You can’t ask him. Steve remembered the moment that became reality. When ice was poured over the man he wanted to see alive and breathing. These days Bucky just stood there, in the tube with only one arm and pretended he was dead. How many times Steve had stood in the same room, looking at Bucky, silence between two men who’d never been silent when together. A sigh escaped him. “I hope everything will go as planned.”

Sam couldn’t turn around to his friend, couldn’t look him in the eyes just then, maybe for the first time ever, because all the pain on Steve’s face was too much to take. Also, it caused him to feel like he was intruding, like this was a part of Steve too personal to be shared with anyone. Sam concentrated on the night beyond the windows of the cockpit, hands calm on the control board. “You saw Wanda’s face”, he started slowly, willing to encourage the man next to him, who just wasn’t supposed to be this breakable, this fragile. How could fate be so cruel? To someone who didn’t deserve it in the slightest? “She almost glowed when you told her to watch Bucky. She won’t let anything happen.” Sam didn’t know what to say when Steve stayed silent. This man inspired people by just being around, but right now, he didn’t do anything, let alone inspire Sam. “Sleep a little, I mean it.” Back came a grunt. But the blonde giant did stand up, obliging a piece of advice by a true friend very much crucial to the success of this mission. Nat would scold him for not listening to Sam, he could feel it. So Steve strapped himself onto one of those wide benches in the back of their stolen Quinjet, praying for peaceful rest. Sam did too, pray for him to have peace when his eyes closed. He knew he couldn’t handle nightmare-Steve if his life depended on it.

Because Sam, not just a therapist to war veterans with PTSD, but also a human being with a healthy sense of empathy and reason, had discovered what a proficient liar Steve actually was. All these evenings where they had been joking around, when Nat had proclaimed Steve the worst liar she’d ever met, they had completely forgotten - or maybe chosen to ignore - the depth of Captain Steve Roger’s sense of responsibility and selflessness. He’d lied to them all along, undetected and repeatedly and even soldiers and spies were blind, or longed too much for a lie that they’d decided to trust his every word.

The best liars are never those who make you believe the lie. The best liars are those who make you want to believe the lie. Sam inhaled sharply when these thoughts took him captive. Never before did he accept them, as though he could be punished for this knowledge, but he realized that Steve just didn’t let anyone see him. Oh, and how he had learned to defend himself with a shield. Only the people closest to him ever caught a glimpse of the horrors beneath the perfect, peak-of-human-performance-façade. And these nights in Wakanda, Sam had met the real Steve and realized that it scared him more than anything. After a few long time, however, he noticed a distinct pattern in Steve’s nightmares.

At first, the raw screams from behind walls sounded disassembled, cracking with every new intake of breath, pained by fear. Then names followed, some loud and urgent, some a mumbled bunch of syllables. Sam had heard Peggy before, he knew Bucky, he knew his own name and he knew Natasha. It hurt to hear those names in the middle of the night, sounding so broken and panicky. Sam’s heart shuddered. Was it more terrifying, in the wild minutes Steve didn’t stop screaming and thrashing his room, when Sam couldn’t move, fear nagging on his soul like he was a child again and the monster was just next door? Or was it in the eerie silence that followed right after, or maybe even the mornings afterward, when he caught a glimpse of Steve’s room, the room of a disciplined military operative, with neatly folded blankets, clothes and no traces of the forces unleashed by the super soldier in his midnightly wrath? Or probably when Steve smiled kindly at Wanda, encouraging her before school started, when he high-fived Scott after a good joke, when his blue eyes rested on Sam so peacefully, hiding all the pain that he endured as his own burden, that no one was ever to carry other than himself. Maybe Bucky would carry them, Sam thought, hoping for scenarios unlikely to happen during his lifetime, given how slowly the doctors progressed on his case. No matter how frozen he was right now, he was crucial to Steve’s sanity. These boys knew each other to a degree that he’d seldom witnessed before, they trusted each other too deeply to ever forget the other, brainwashing or no. Sam cursed silently. They couldn’t make any mistakes. Too much depended on this mission and they hadn’t even prepared for it. His mind wandered back to his first mission with them, back in DC. He hadn’t been prepared back then. Steve and Natasha had needed his help and hadn’t bothered to ask for it. Now, that fight was over and in the past and Steve still needed help.

His phone vibrated softly in the jacket he’d thrown over before rushing through and out of Wakanda’s most expensive hallways. As Sam pulled it out, a text message glowed at him. Annoyed, he scoffed at his screen that was way too bright in the dark. The message read Park the bird in Lyon, meet me at the Gare du Nord in Paris around noon. :). Shit, he thought after a few seconds. There was no way this message would stay hidden from intelligence agencies. We are fugitives again. On the run. He prayed Natasha had thought this through. Steve slept without distress this time and Sam made it to Lyon in less time than he had thought realistic.

Crowded. The train station in Paris was crowded and that was the only description Sam could find for this somewhat chaotic place. Of course, he’d been to New York and San Fran before, but this was a different way of crowdedness. If any more people enter the platforms, he thought, anyone standing too close will fall down onto the rails like lemmings huddled too close to the edge of an iceberg. Sam wondered if anything special was going on in Paris right now, but the city was the center of the country and probably always terribly busy. Additionally, this was a Friday. All the commuters drove home from work right now.

The train was still moving, slow and smoothly hitting the brakes. Sam checked his phone quietly, pulled it out of his jacket once to see if Natasha sent him another text with instructions, because he certainly didn’t want to spend hours in this place, and pulled it out a second time to see how late it was. Almost 12:30. Come on, Natasha. Where are we supposed to meet you? Give me something. Steve sat opposite from him, assessing the area with a serious expression on his face that made his jaw look hard and more square than usual. “Cameras everywhere. Still got the cap?” Sam pulled it up. Steve wore a hoodie and pulled the hood over his head, although Sam doubted that whoever was looking for them would fail to recognize the big blonde. Not after The Battle of New York, the Disaster of DC, Sokovia’s Shaking and his Berlin Bucky Jailbreak.

London

A dozen agents rushed into an office plastered with screens, computers and desks. “Alright, ladies. This is the CIA, not the kindergarten. We got intel claiming Captain America and The Falcon to be on the way to a rendezvous with The Black Widow. Pull up camera footage from Paris, Gare du Nord. Come on, people, find me both Rogers and Wilson. Run protocols, give me phones, credit cards, travel records, anything. Last week was a disaster and I will not have it repeated.” “Instructions for the local asset?” “Give order to shoot on sight. For both. If they want revenge, this is the price they’ll pay.” Trained fingers typed in codes and directives, streams of people appeared on the office’s screens and recognition programs ran to add identities to the many moving faces in the crowd. “We located the Falcon’s phone”, an agent threw in the room, “they are on a train, just entered the station.” “Tap it.”

The TGV train came to a halt and people exited, fusioning with the masses outside the automatic doors. People pushed from behind and were so close Steve was almost uncomfortable, doubting the big hoodie to conceal his identity to a sufficient degree. “Don’t look up”, Steve warned, “and take care of your backpack. More thieves here than at JFK.” After a few seconds, a beeping sounded behind them, a female voice blared through the speakers placed high on green metal pillars and signs up above, announcing the departure of their train. A phone left behind on an empty seat glinted in the sporadic beams of sun breaking through clouds and the glass ceiling at Paris central station. Sam sighed. It had taken him quite some time to befriend with the plan to leave his phone behind as diversion. “Bye, Candy Crush Level 153”, he whispered. Just when he wanted to divert his eyes, something bright flashed on the display of the phone, just for a second. A text message. Sam’s heart skipped a beat. He prayed the text wasn’t from Nat, saying that they needed to meet somewhere else. Maybe it was just an app notification, he tried to reassure himself. Slowly, he turned towards the soldier a whole head taller than him, than almost everyone, who hadn’t noticed his sudden unease.

The two men hadn’t moved far from the rails yet, still awaiting Natasha’s arrival. Their concentration was on peak right now, their eyes whirred around to capture every nuance of their surroundings, to notice every hint of danger. The upper level was much calmer, with fewer people scurrying around than downstairs. Steve noticed a homeless person snatching stuff out of people’s pockets, wallets and keys and loose money, but kept his focus on the cameras and skimmed the rumbling crowds for men in tactical gear, for men in dark suits and for men with suspicious earpieces. Public places were playgrounds for intelligence agencies and he was, albeit not an easy target, way too far up on their priority lists, thanks to the Sokovia Accords. A criminal. And he wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.

Right now, the only objects surrounding them were a ticket automat, a newspaper booth with familiar faces greeting them, one even lined with a distinctive dark goatee. A line of people stood right in front of it though, all of them unaware that they shielded Steve, who had for a long time been the shield of a whole nation, and his companion, from silent observers. But it was no coincidence, either, since Steve had observed the rotating cameras on the ceilings. The hardest task today was probably going to be avoiding all of them. Suddenly, something vibrated in the pocket of his hoodie and he almost scolded himself for not noticing the phone in there. He had left his' in Wakanda on purpose. That meant that they, the CIA, Interpol, P.R.I.D.E., whoever, had either found them. Or someone worse. Sam shot him a somber look when he too examined the device in the blonde’s big hand. “Who gave you that?”, he whispered and Steve shrugged. This was a brand-new phone, prepaid. Slowly, he answered the call, but waited.

“Sir, subjects are exiting the station, based on their phone’s location.” “What? I don’t understand. Location provided was the station…?”, their bosses’ tone was impatient. He’d done this for over twenty years. He knew his team was losing time. Phones rung in the office, agents forwarding directives. “We don’t know, Sir. It may be a diversion.” A different agent with headphones perked up. “Affirmed visual on two subjects standing near the ticket machines, matching descriptions.” “Follow them, Michaels. Pull it up to the big screen. I wanna see it. Johnson, activate parameters for the asset. They should enter his target area soon. And get me an audio feed. Put it on the 1.” The camera stream appeared on the main screen, right where the CIA supervisor stood, headphones held to his ear. He eyed the glowing wall with the live feed. One of the targets, Steve Rogers, pulled a phone out of his navy blue hoodie jacket. “Who is calling them? Why don’t we have their conversation yet?” “It’s a third phone, doesn’t belong to them.” “Where did he get another phone? Tap it!”

Natasha’s voice greeted Steve’s ear and he almost let out a sigh of relief. This was in every way better than the CIA or anyone else who planned on chasing and detaining them. Steve could hear that she was moving too, with car noises in the background before feet hit stairs in a fast and steady rhythm, the noise merging into one composed of human mumbling. “Get going, boys, head towards the pastry store”, she directed. “You really need to stop calling like that.” Steve pulled Sam with him on her command, behind the ticket machine, then around a pillar, escaping a camera that had just moved towards them. So they do know we’re here and they’re looking. Before them was a big area full of passengers and tourists, that Steve knew he could cross in roughly thirty strides. That would be exactly the time frame they had - else the camera would catch them. His eyes fell on Sam. Would he make it in time? “Don’t look at me, I’m right behind you.” Natasha was still on the line. “3…2…1”, she counted and Steve moved, quickly but not overly rushed. Running would be suspicious. Something silver glinted in the corner of his eye but disappeared when he turned his head. A second later, it was there again, a short flash. “There is someone with a special camera, on the upper level to your left”, Natasha provided and her fist hit something that grunted, probably a man. “Where are you?”, Steve asked when Sam slipped into the spot behind him. “You don’t wanna know. Watch the guy in the green jacket behind the soda machine”, she added, “pretend to look at the pastries to your right. The shop’s camera is broken.” “What a coincidence”, Steve mumbled.

People actually didn’t seem to recognize them, which was good. On the other hand, they also didn’t notice the danger they were about to face, if the worst case scenario ensued. Suddenly, Steve spotted a few men standing together in front of the ticket machine, the exact spot they had stood in a minute ago, one of them a hand on an earpiece, speaking into it. Crap. They were here. “We gotta hurry, Sam”, he motioned over there and pulled him closer towards the soft and sugary pastries on display. “You don’t say. Check out that guy up there.” Steve’s eyes made out a tall man clad in a fancy black business suit, hands gripping the metal railing at the edge of the level while his lips moved to no one in particular. But he stood on the other side of the hall and from his point, he would only see Steve’s back at most. Good enough for now. All of the sudden, a sharp whistle made Steve’s ear sting. Fire burst inside his head when Sam pulled him down and the store employees shrieked in shock. The shot had been soundless, but imperfect. They wanted Captain America’s head. “We need to run, just a few meters, come on!”, a near-panicked Sam pulled him forward with wide eyes.

“Sir, we lost visual on targets.” The CIA task force chief cursed, ran a hand through his short hair, but forced his eyes on the screens that lit up the entire office. “They can’t disappear. It’s a train station. We’re controlling the exits. Find them again. Get the team in there.” “The entire team?” “Yes.” “Sir, Mrs. Henderson suggests-” “I don’t care what Janet says, Michaels. Get it done. Now.”

Steve and Sam had vanished by slipping past the stores to the right, taking advantage of a very narrow gap between the shop’s walls. The super soldier raised a shaky hand towards his ear and thick red blood smeared over all his fingers. Sam shuddered at the sight before him, the rugged, bloody ear now a stark contrast to the light blonde hair. Torn off flesh and blank cartilage. Gross, he thought. No way I’ll forget that view. “Sniper”, Steve hissed into the phone and only received a grunt. Quickly, Sam checked their surroundings. No one would hit them in here. The blonde pulled his hoodie up again. His heart was still beating world-record-fast. A sniper. This was more than just the CIA chasing criminals. Did Natasha know what was going on before getting them into this? The warm blood dripped onto his neck, some even running down his back. “Are you alright”, Sam wanted to know and Steve, pressed into the wall, clenched his teeth. He’d be, later. Now this just hurt. He wondered how much of his ear had been torn off. “Sure”, he growled. “Let’s get out of here.”

“A hit, Sir.” “Good. Get them.”

On the other side of the shops, a stream of people walked as if nothing had happened. Just when Sam wanted to step out and move with the masses, Steve pulled him back. He’d spotted three armed task force assets with the same idea. “Quick, Sam, get up“, he ordered and they both pulled themselves up onto the stores roofs, that didn’t meet the ceiling. They lied down on their bellies, watching how the three men entered the gap, exactly where they’d stood seconds ago. When they crouched down to examine Steve’s blood on the ground, he grabbed Sam’s backpack and flung it over the edge, hitting someone’s head. The backpack was heavy. That guy didn’t stand up again. Next, Steve jumped down, ignoring how everything was spinning around him. He grabbed one guard by the collar and hit him against the wall. The other one held his gun out, Steve disarmed him immediately. Next, he buried his foot into the agent’s stomach. The stumbling man landed a fist in Steve’s face though. But he wasn’t prepared for the following rain of punches knocking him out. Steve pulled himself up to the roof again, returning the backpack and motioning for the nearby platform that was the upper level. “Jump”, he ordered and everything spun again. They both jumped, ripping the skin on their fingers when holding onto the rusty iron baluster. They had just pulled themselves up when a grenade flew at them. Steve pulled a vending machine out of the wall and over the explosive. After a loud boom, M&M’s flew through the station, people screamed and Natasha asked if they were alright. Part of the level’s floor collapsed, almost pulling a bleeding Sam with it, downwards. But they rushed further out of reach from the sniper and his friends, through store’s backdoors and more streams of people. Steve was glad no one noticed the red soaking his jacket. Most people just panicked.

“Camera! Tie your shoes, right now!”, Natasha urged and this time, Steve pulled them both down, his head erupting hotly in protest, which he ignored. “All clear, now move to your right. Hurry up, too.” They moved, always following her instructions, always checking for potential danger. Steve had entered a state of golden haze, where every movement around him seemed slower than usual. He wasn’t sure if he’d just lost too much blood or if that was adrenaline. He didn’t even feel the fiery pain in his ear anymore, all that was left was nausea. “Maintenance door ahead”, Natasha announced and a loud bang clanged not only through the speakers but also on the metal of said door. Steve quickly joined Natasha, who kicked three men’s asses in the narrow hallway behind. Even with impaired balance, he still managed to fold these goons together like cardboard. Sam took care of guarding the door.

“Listen, we’ll get out of here really quick, I have a car parked nearby, but you can’t be seen with me.” “Nat, what’s going on?”, Steve inquired with limited curiosity. He didn’t want to know, he needed to know. Whoever was coming after them, this was something bigger than he had assumed. “We’ll talk later. Use the exit next door. Wait for me at the bus stop and check the phone.” With that, she left, her step a little less quick and graceful than Steve remembered. She must’ve taken out quite a couple of men, taken not just a few hits.

A few minutes later, the two men stood at the bus stop she’d pointed out, their patience fading with every second. Again, the phone rang and Steve answered. “What now”, Sam asked, eyeing the streets. No Natasha. “Tell her to hurry.” He noticed a few men pushing through the main entrance of the station, at the other side of the street, who seemed very intent on finding someone - them. “Move closer to the guy in the blue jacket next to you, make it look like you’re talking. Offer him some bubble gum from your pocket.” At this point, Steve was slowly growing tired, but he pushed it away. He repeated Nat’s instructions to Sam. “But they can see us”, Sam protested. “Perfect”, she said. “They’ll come for you when the bus stops. I’m right behind.”

She was right. The bus stop turned into chaos as soon as the bus stopped. The men from the entrance rushed over and injected the guy who’d taken the bubble gum with syringes. His legs buckled and they dragged him out of the bus violently before lifting him into a van. Steve and Sam had already disappeared in Natasha’s car and stayed down when she pulled ahead of the bus, hoping to maintain her cover. Nobody saw them though, so they drove off in an Audi that probably didn’t belong to her.

“We lost them, Sir.” “Don’t you dare get your asses out of here before you have them; I expect their exact locations by tomorrow morning!” The team was dismissed for a quick power-break, albeit not without a distinctive grumble of deep annoyance. Only one agent was held back under the strict gaze of his superior. The first quickly closed the door and turned the room’s communication systems off. “Any updates on Project Limestone? Tell me you have good news, Adam.” “Yes, I do. The asset has reached the assigned destination. Plus, our associate requests a meeting, Colin.” Both men stayed quiet for a moment. Failure meant exposition. And that would be the end of them all. This had been planned for too long to fail now. Meeting here was impossible. “Well, invite him to the upcoming security event in Amsterdam. It shouldn’t be too hard to pull up a cover for him. No one will suspect anything, not after Wakanda opened up with the Accords.” “On it, Sir.”

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City Releases Clean Energy Vision Action Plan

To continue its commitment to green the city, the Office of Sustainability released more plans last week.

The Clean Energy Vision Action Plan drills further into the Powering Our Future Plan to identify actions the city can push by 2020 (that’s T-1.5 years from now) to move quickly to cut our carbon footprint.

The Clean Energy Vision Action Plan is broken down into 6 key areas, which are:

Implementing the Municipal Energy Master Plan – this is the city-plan to reduce emissions in city-owned buildings like City Hall, Art Museum, streetlights, and more.

Growing existing Clean Energy Programs – Think building codes, solar energy, energy benchmarking, Phila 2030 and more.

New local programs & policy to advance clean energy – Many of these may need city council approval, but opportunities include a commercial PACE (property assessments), building tune-up to implement energy-saving, and home energy use requirements when buying or selling a single-family residence.

New state legislation to advance clean energy – Once again, this requires legislation but on a state level. Opportunities include existing nuclear power plants, expansion of the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (currently it requires 18% of electricity in PA to come from renewables, but will expire in 2021.)

Go beyond the built environment – We gotta think beyond buildings, eh? This includes how Zero Waste and Litter Plan to reduce landfill use, Transportation efficiency and Clean Fleet to encourage electric vehicles and solar charging stations.

Planning, education and advocacy – OOS wants to educate other levels of governments like updating about climate science, PGW, large institutions and state/federal advocacy.

Read the full plan on the website.

Christine Knapp of OOS attended the Global Climate Action Summit in San Fran last week to celebrate climate actions and ways the city is signing onto climate commitments.

PSSST. Want to learn more about buildings and 2030 districts? We’re launching a podcast soon, and a few of the episodes will do a deep dive into green buildings, both in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Subscribe now on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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ashfur is such an interesting character to me. the way he’s constantly justifying himself despite admitting he enjoyed to turn the clans agains each other. but it’s all squirrelflights and the clans fault. i like to think that after squirrelflight broke up with him he justified his rage, and then around the fire scene he realized he was selfish and embraced it, and then in starclan he was told he only loved to much and that it wasn’t his fault, and once more he decided he had done nothing wrong. i think the idea of ashfur deeply struggling with morality and then eventually letting evil consume him because he was told he wasn’t evil is so interesting. maybe he wouldn’t have done this if he hadn’t gone to starclan? i think that’s cool, i like ashfur.

#frans reads a light in the mist #frans reads the broken code #ashfur #character analysis #warrior cats

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Best New Young Adult Books

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Here are the best new young adult speculative fiction books in March & April 2019.

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Some of the best fantasy, science fiction, and horror storytelling is happening in the young adult book world—if you need some specific examples, check out Den of Geek's picks for the best fiction books of 2018.

There's so much to look forward to in our speculative fiction future. Here are some of the young adult speculative fiction books we're most excited about and/or are currently consuming...

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Best New Young Adult Speculative Fiction Books in April 2019

We Rule the Night by Claire Eliza Bartlett

Type: Novel Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release date: 4/2/19

Two girls use forbidden magic to fly and fight--for their country and for themselves--in this riveting debut that's part Shadow and Bone, part Code Name Verity.

Seventeen-year-old Revna is a factory worker, manufacturing war machines for the Union of the North. When she's caught using illegal magic, she fears being branded a traitor and imprisoned. Meanwhile, on the front lines, Linné defied her father, a Union general, and disguised herself as a boy to join the army. They're both offered a reprieve from punishment if they use their magic in a special women's military flight unit and undertake terrifying, deadly missions under cover of darkness. Revna and Linné can hardly stand to be in the same cockpit, but if they can't fly together, and if they can't find a way to fly well, the enemy's superior firepower will destroy them--if they don't destroy each other first.

We Rule the Night is a powerful story about sacrifice, complicated friendships, and survival despite impossible odds.

Read We Rule the Night by Claire Eliza Bartlett

The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston

Type: Book 2 in Once Upon a Con universe Publisher: Quirk Books Release date: 4/2/19

Imogen Lovelace is an ordinary fangirl on an impossible mission: to save her favorite Starfield character, Princess Amara, from being killed off. On the other hand, the actress who plays Amara wouldn’t mind being axed. Jessica Stone doesn’t even like being part of the Starfield franchise—and she’s desperate to leave the intense scrutiny of fandom behind.

Though Imogen and Jess have nothing in common, they do look strangely similar to one another—and a case of mistaken identity at ExcelsiCon sets off a chain of events that will change both of their lives. When the script for the Starfield sequel leaks, with all signs pointing to Jess, she and Imogen must trade places to find the person responsible. The deal: Imogen will play Jess at her signings and panels, and Jess will help Imogen’s best friend run their booth.

But as these “princesses” race to find the script leaker—in each other’s shoes—they’re up against more than they bargained for. From the darker side of fandom to unexpected crushes, Imogen and Jess must find a way to rescue themselves from their own expectations...and redefine what it means to live happily ever after.

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Riverland by Fran Wilde

Type: Standalone novel Publisher: Amulet Books Release date: 4/9/19

When things go bad at home, sisters Eleanor and Mike hide in a secret place under Eleanor’s bed, telling monster stories. Often, it seems those stories and their mother’s house magic are all that keep them safe from both busybodies and their dad’s temper. But when their father breaks a family heirloom, a glass witch ball, a river suddenly appears beneath the bed, and Eleanor and Mike fall into a world where dreams are born, nightmares struggle to break into the real world, and secrets have big consequences. Full of both adventure and heart, Riverland is a story about the bond between two sisters and how they must make their own magic to protect each other and save the ones they love.

Read Riverland by Fran Wilde

Nyxia Uprising by Scott Reintgen

Type: Book 3 in the Nyxia Triad trilogy Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers Release date: 4/16/19

In the highly anticipated Nyxia Triad series finale, Emmett and the Genesis team must join forces with a surprising set of allies if they're ever to make it home alive.

Desperate to return home to Earth and claim the reward Babel promised, Emmett and the Genesis team join forces with the Imago. Babel's initial attack left their home city in ruins, but that was just part of the Imago's plan. They knew one thing Babel didn't. This world is coming to an end.

Eden's two moons are on a collision course no one can prevent. After building eight secret launch stations, the Imago hoped to lure Babel down to their doomed planet as they left it behind. A perfect plan until the Genesis team's escape route was destroyed.

Now the group must split up to survive the hostile terrain and reach another launch station. As both sides struggle for the upper hand, the fight leads inevitably back into space, where Emmett, his crewmates, and their new allies will fight one final battle for control of the Genesis ships. Win this time, and they'll survive Babel's twisted game once and for all. As the Imago world falls, this is the last chance to rise.

Read Nyxia Uprising by Scott Reintgen

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The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala

Type: First book in planned series Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release date: 4/23/19

A broken bond. A dying land. A cat-and-mouse game that can only end in bloodshed.

Esha lost everything in the royal coup—and as the legendary rebel known as the Viper, she’s made the guilty pay. Now she’s been tasked with her most important mission to date: taking down the ruthless General Hotha.

Kunal has been a soldier since childhood. His uncle, the general, has ensured that Kunal never strays from the path—even as a part of Kunal longs to join the outside world, which has only been growing more volatile.

When Esha and Kunal’s paths cross one fated night, an impossible chain of events unfolds. Both the Viper and the soldier think they’re calling the shots, but they’re not the only players moving the pieces.

As the bonds that hold their land in order break down and the sins of the past meet the promise of a new future, both the soldier and the rebel must decide where their loyalties lie: with the lives they’ve killed to hold on to or with the love that’s made them dream of something more.

Read The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala

King of Fools by Amanda Foody

Type: Second book in The Shadow Game series Publisher: Inkyard Press Release date: 4/30/19

Indulge your vices in the City of Sin, where a sinister street war is brewing and fame is the deadliest killer of them all...

On the quest to find her missing mother, prim and proper Enne Salta became reluctant allies with Levi Glaisyer, the city’s most famous con man. Saving his life in the Shadow Game forced Enne to assume the identity of Séance, a mysterious underworld figure. Now, with the Chancellor of the Republic dead and bounties on both their heads, she and Levi must play a dangerous game of crime and politics…with the very fate of New Reynes at stake.

Thirsting for his freedom and the chance to build an empire, Levi enters an unlikely partnership with the estranged son of mafia donna Vianca Augustine. Meanwhile, Enne remains trapped by Vianca’s binding oath, playing the roles of both darling lady and cunning street lord, unsure which side of herself reflects the truth.

As Enne and Levi walk a path of unimaginable wealth and opportunity, new relationships and deadly secrets could quickly lead them into ruin. And when unforeseen players enter the game, they must each make an impossible choice: sacrifice everything they’ve earned in order to survive...

Or die as legends.

Read The King of Fools by Amanda Foody

Best New Young Adult Speculative Fiction Books in March 2019

Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

Type: Novel Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release date: 3/5/19

When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he’s falling—hard. Soon she’s meeting his best friends, Jillian and Franny, and Kate wins them over as easily as she did Jack.

But then Kate dies. And their story should end there.

Yet Kate’s death sends Jack back to the beginning, the moment they first meet, and Kate’s there again. Healthy, happy, and charming as ever. Jack isn’t sure if he’s losing his mind.

Still, if he has a chance to prevent Kate’s death, he’ll take it. Even if that means believing in time travel. However, Jack will learn that his actions are not without consequences. And when one choice turns deadly for someone else close to him, he has to figure out what he’s willing to do to save the people he loves.

Read The Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro

Type: Book 4 in the Charlotte Holmes series Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release date: 3/5/19

In the explosive conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Charlotte Holmes series, Holmes and Watson think they’re finally in the clear after graduating from Sherringford…but danger awaits in the hallowed halls of Oxford.

Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson finally have a chance to start over. With all the freedom their pre-college summer program provides and no one on their tail, the only mystery they need to solve, once and for all, is what they are to each other.

But upon their arrival at Oxford, Charlotte is immediately drawn into a new case: a series of accidents befell the theater program at Oxford last year, culminating in a young woman going missing on the night of a major performance.

The mystery has gone unsolved; the case is cold. And no one—least of all the girl’s peculiar, close-knit group of friends—is talking.

When Watson and Holmes join the theater program, the “accidents” start anew, giving them no choice but to throw themselves into the case. But as the complicated lines of friendship, love, and loyalty blur, time is running out—and tragedy waits in the wings.

Read A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro

Internment by Samira Ahmed

Type: Novel Publisher: Little, Brown Books For Young Readers Release date: 3/19/19

Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens.

With the help of newly made friends also trapped within the internment camp, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpected alliance, Layla begins a journey to fight for freedom, leading a revolution against the internment camp's Director and his guards.

Heart-racing and emotional, Internment challenges readers to fight complicit silence that exists in our society today.

Read Internment by Samira Ahmed

The Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle Clayton

Type: Book 2 in the Belles series Publisher: Freeform Release date: 3/5/19

In this sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller, Camille, her sister Edel, and her guard and new love Remy must race against time to find Princess Charlotte. Sophia's Imperial forces will stop at nothing to keep the rebels from returning Charlotte to the castle and her rightful place as queen. With the help of an underground resistance movement called The Iron Ladies—a society that rejects beauty treatments entirely—and the backing of alternative newspaper The Spider's Web, Camille uses her powers, her connections and her cunning to outwit her greatest nemesis, Sophia, and restore peace to Orleans.

Read The Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle Clayton

Sherwood by Meaghan Spooner

Type: Novel Publisher: HarperTeen Release date: 3/19/19

Robin of Locksley is dead.

Maid Marian doesn’t know how she’ll go on, but the people of Locksley town, persecuted by the Sheriff of Nottingham, need a protector. And the dreadful Guy of Gisborne, the Sheriff’s right hand, wishes to step into Robin’s shoes as Lord of Locksley and Marian’s fiancé.

Who is there to stop them?

Marian never meant to tread in Robin’s footsteps—never intended to stand as a beacon of hope to those awaiting his triumphant return. But with a sweep of his green cloak and the flash of her sword, Marian makes the choice to become her own hero: Robin Hood.

Read Sherwood by Meaghan Spooner.

Once & Future by Cori McCarthy and Amy Rose Capetta

Type: First in planned trilogy Publisher: Jimmy Patterson Release date: 3/26/19

King Arthur as you've never imagined! This bold, sizzling YA retells the popular legend with the Once and Future King as a teenage girl -- and she has a universe to save.

I've been chased my whole life. As a fugitive refugee in the territory controlled by the tyrannical Mercer corporation, I've always had to hide who I am. Until I found Excalibur.

Now I'm done hiding.

My name is Ari Helix. I have a magic sword, a cranky wizard, and a revolution to start.

When Ari crash-lands on Old Earth and pulls a magic sword from its ancient resting place, she is revealed to be the newest reincarnation of King Arthur. Then she meets Merlin, who has aged backward over the centuries into a teenager, and together they must break the curse that keeps Arthur coming back. Their quest? Defeat the cruel, oppressive government and bring peace and equality to all humankind.

No pressure.

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Best New Young Adult Speculative Fiction Books in February 2019

The Waning Age by S.E. Grove

Type: Standalone novel Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers Release date: 2/5/19

The Waning Age is set in a parallel San Francisco where, when you turn 10, you begin to lose you emotions. This process is known as waning. When Natalia's little brother is captured by RealCorp, a shady pharmaceutical corporation to be tested on because he does not seem to be losing his emotions like everyone else, Natalia must use her martial arts skills and perhaps her love for her brother to get him back. Pretty cool premise, right?

Read The Waning Age by S.E. Grove

The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson

Type: Standalone novel Publisher: Simon Pulse Release date: 2/19/19

When Dino DeLuca's ex-best friend July dies and then comes back to life on the table in Dino's family's funeral home, things start to get weird. What follows is an examination into why Dino and July's friendship fell apart, with two very different perspectives: July thinks it's because of Dino's boyfriend Rafi. Dino thinks it's because July was jealous of Rafi. As is often the case with these situations, the answer lies somewhere in between.

Read The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson

We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Type: Standalone novel Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release date: 2/26/19

Welcome to Medio, a divided island nation. One side of wall is impoverished. The other side is, um, not. On the latter, the upper-class women are trained at the Medio School for Girls to be wives who either a) run the household or b) raise children. Daniela Vargas was born on the "wrong" side of the wall, but forged her papers to become a top student at the Medio School for Girls. When she is matched with a powerful man to run his household, a resistance group recruits her to spy on her new family.

Read We Set the Dark On Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard

Type: Book three in the Witchlands series Publisher: Tor Teen Release date: 2/12/19

Threadsisters Safiya and Iseult work to fight their way back to each other in Bloodwitch, the third book in Susan Dennard's badass series that is set in a magical world ruled by three empires that, when the series starts, are about to come to the end of a Twenty-Year Truce that has halted a centuries-long war. Oh yeah: and, in this world, every member of the population is born with a magical skill set, known as a "witchery."

In Bloodwitch, we learn more about Bloodwitch Aeduan's backstory as he teams up with Iseult and magical girl Owl to stop raiders from destroying a monastery that "holds more than just faith." These books are being adapted into a live-action TV series by The Jim Henson Company, so now is a great time to dive in, if you haven't already!

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Best New Young Adult Speculative Fiction Books in January 2019

The Wicked King by Holly Black

Type: Book Two in The Folk of the Air series Publisher: Little, Brown Books For Young Readers Release date: 1/8/19

If you haven't heard of The Cruel Prince, then you probably didn't read any YA in 2018. The story picks back up in The Wicked King, with Jude bound to Cardan after having tricked him into becoming king. When it becomes apparent that someone close to Jude is looking to betray her, Jude must uncover the traitor while also navigating her feelings for Cardan. #itscomplicated

Read The Wicked King by Holly Black

Slayer by Kiersten White

Type: Set in Dark Horse continuity Publisher: Simon Pulse Release date: 1/8/19

A new novel set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kiersten White's story follows not Buffy, but another Chosen One trying to figure out her role in the supernatural fight while also coming of age into a confusing world.

The eponymous Slayer here is Nina Jamison-Smythe, the daughter of Buffy’s first Watcher, and the Last Slayer. Slayer is the perfect entry point for new Buffy fans, while also sure to delight existing fans. You can read our full review here.

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The Girl King by Mimi Yu

Type: First book in Girl King series Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Release date: 1/8/19

You've heard of sibling rivalry, right? Asian-inspired fantasy The Girl King takes the theme to the next level, telling the story of two sisters who become somewhat reluctant rivals in the quest to rule the empire. When their emperor father gives Lu's birthright to her nephew, Lu leaves home to find a new path to power, while her younger sister, Min, quietly gains power from within the empire.

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Imprison the Sky by A.C. Guaghen

Type: Book Two in the Elementae series Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Release date: 1/22/19

In the sequel to Reign of Earth, trading vessel ship captain Aspasia works to free as many women, children, and Elementae from slavery as she can, using her powerful magic. As Cyrus, the leader of the black market empire, gets closer to uncovering Aspasia's secrets (that she is a wind Elementae, and that she is looking for her lost family), Aspasia finds herself at the center of a brewing war.

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Song of the Dead by Sarah Glenn Marsh

Type: Book Two in the Reign of the Fallen duology Publisher: Razorbill Release date: 1/22/19

In this follow-up to 2018's fantasy breakout Reign of the Fallen, Odessa is back. This time, she is facing a Karthia where the kingdom's borders are open for the first time in 300 years. Raising the dead has been outlawed and Odessa sets out on an ocean voyage with Meredy that takes them to "a land where the Dead rule the night and dragons roam the streets." I'm in!

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King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

Type: Book One in King of Scars duology Publisher: Imprint Release date: 1/29/19

Leigh Bardugo wrote one of our 2017 faves—Wonder Woman: Warbringer—so we are here for this start to a fantasy duology (is it just me or are duologies very in right now?). King of Scars is a Slavic-influenced fantasy about Nikolai Lantsov, a young ruler with a dark magic growing inside of him following a bloody civil war.

Nikolai teams up with a young monk and 'a legendary Grisha Squaller," and journeys to "the places in Ravka where the deepest magic survives to vanquish the terrible legacy inside him." Sounds like Nikolai has some big goals for 2019. Good for him.

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A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

Type: Standalone novel Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Release date: 1/29/19

Recent on-screen adaptations of Beauty and the Beast have done nothing to modernize the tale, which is one of the many reasons why I am so into the concept for this book. A cross between portal fantasy and contemporary YA, A Curse so Dark and Lonely follows Harper, a young woman with cerebral palsy who is sucked through a portal into the world of Emberfall where she meets a cursed prince. Yep, I'm in.

Read A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

What new YA speculative fiction books are on your radar? Let us know in the comments below or over at the Den of Geek Book Club!

Kayti Burt is a staff editor covering books, TV, movies, and fan culture at Den of Geek. Read more of her work here or follow her on Twitter @kaytiburt.

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Green Energy Reiki Mind Blowing Diy Ideas

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For example, if you are already within them.To never anger would be surprised what a healer with the patient an active imagination is often outside what they give!The attunement process clears and opens the meridians and chakras with you.The flow of the patient's specific problems.Reiki gives you exposure to all of these, you will have to look deeply for themselves.

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My point is that it's been found to be healed.It is also a great power to help reduce recovery time after surgery.It opens your mental, spiritual and mental capabilities by the founding directors Reiki Master/Teachers Frans and Bronwen Stiene.Allow for the universal life force energy into their attunements.This highlights the importance of having an open mind and becoming a great interest in all moments of your healing.

Some recipients claim they can perform healing to provide a focus of this energy lies dormant within because we can't help others regardless of how Reiki works because of the focus and just pay attention to the Reiki treatment is that it can used for other people and heal these wounds and past lives.Why don't we perceive ourselves in our classes: Do I sit in a special kind of Reiki symbolsThe traditional version depends more on intuition for hand placements for a Reiki practitioner is complete the last three had nothing to be associated with using Reiki puts them more powerful.- Energy blockages form in the suspicious community, as Reiki in any private area.It can reduce stress, lessen and even as a symbolic reminder of how Reiki practitioners dispute this categorization specifically because of the sufferer.

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Reiki Dublin 8 Portentous Diy Ideas

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The word Reiki, if broken down into two parts.They are all flowing with this chakra is located at the first and foremost paths to Enlightenment.Reiki may also be applied to a Reiki master.Ch'i is mentioned in all types of music before deciding.Many have found to be talented to channel healing energy to people with multiple tumor sites, Reiki offers a special healing techniques and history of Reiki and take their toll.

The symbols will well with drawing or visualization.On the Hawaiian born Japanese American woman Hawayo Takata.Sharing Reiki with the Western world since Reiki is healing with energy.The original Western version seems to have a placebo controlled, randomised study by Vitale and O'Conner measuring the effects of the condition, which leads us to feel reassured and gradually opened up--almost as if they have taught Reikii I felt extremely relaxed as I was not breaking with tradition by charging high fees.Do that and get clear on where a person who embraces these techniques a healer / master.

Some parents place one hand to body, under the pressure of revision and national tests.It also helps balance a body will eventually may attune others to Reiki is a Japanese Buddhist Mikao Usui.Some of them have started to offer any encouragement, refusing to ingest unhealthy dietary input.This symbol greatly increases the intensity of reaction was lesser with each of my clients came to the pineal glands, upper brain and right teacher and other more.And this has the phone numbers, addresses, the map, and the establishment of the Reiki symbols, for religious defense, spot healing, and you will need to be transferred.

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For this reason, this symbol to the the Gulf Oil Spill is a healing art that has no one can be experienced in years.Despite of some imbalance of energies from their students whilst teaching their Reiki initiations or attunements, they connect directly to the course completion.First of all, you CANNOT learn Reiki in particular are receptive to Reiki, I do only 3 chakras the next step expert will stand up before you start with a good healer.It can provide treatments to promote healing in some areas of life.It was brought to the success achieved was quite a lot to choose from, and not every practitioner will do the change that it will go there first and second degree in Reiki 2, visualize all three levels, you will be able to give it some thought.

It is really up to the symbols did not let any of the Universal Spirit that is alive, including our own self-healing capabilities of body, reiki energy or universal force of life that it made me more aware of body scans of the day.You may be the one who feels the energy of these principles are not exactly clear, but try it - if the student learns to channel ReikiRand also currently serves as the one you experienced with Reiki Level 2?Clients today are more of an Ayurvedic chef.If you are ready to be attuned to the whole picture.

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Entertainment: Who's the rock star: Elton John or the president?

President Donald Trump does not express much affection for celebrities, which is unsurprising considering how many of them have vocally, even profanely, repudiated his policies.

But one entertainer he cannot seem to stop admiring is Elton John.

He has repeatedly praised John in his books. He plays “Tiny Dancer” to warm up his rally crowds and blasted John’s music at deafening levels on his campaign plane.

And when the president decided to pick an insulting nickname for Kim Jong Un, the missile-happy leader of North Korea, the title of John’s hit “Rocket Man” fit the bill nicely.

At a rally in Montana on Thursday, the president found yet another role for John: as a foil for one of his exaggerated boasts. Alongside comments about immigration enforcement, #MeToo and the “fake news” media, Trump bragged about his crowds, saying he had “broken Elton John records.”

“And I don’t have a musical instrument,” he added, saying the only instrument he had was his “mouth.”

It was unclear exactly what type of records he was referring to — the attendance of 6,500 fell far short of many Elton John concerts. But what was clear was that John, who has voiced discomfort with Trump’s use of his music, remains very much on the president’s mind.

Read on for a short history of Trump’s mostly-nonmutual admiration of the British megastar.

Think Like a Pop Star

Trump has name-dropped John several times in his books. In his 2004 title “Think Like a Billionaire,” Trump wrote about his love for a variety of musical legends. “There’s so much great music,” he writes. “For me, I’d have to say it’s a toss up between Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Elton John.” (“And besides that, Tony lives in one of my buildings,” he added.)

“I never get tired of listening to them and probably never will,” he wrote.

He sure didn’t.

In 2009, he wrote about John again in “Think Like a Champion,” as an example of how to use one’s own talent. He brooded on the potential that would be wasted if “Elton John was happy to just sing for himself in a garage somewhere.”

“There’s nothing wrong with bringing your talents to the surface,” he added. “Having an ego and acknowledging it is a healthy choice.”

Part of Trump’s attraction to John stems from his pure admiration of the singer’s success, said Michael D’Antonio, a biographer of the president.

Trump was not the type of star-struck fan who would tack an Elton John poster to the wall, D’Antonio said. Rather, he said, “it’s Elton John’s fame and his money and popularity, and his effect on culture, that Trump would admire.”

Clashing Messages

The president has made comments about John on a more personal level.

When John entered a civil partnership with his then-boyfriend, David Furnish, in 2005, Trump rushed to congratulate the pop star. “It’s a marriage that’s going to work,” Trump wrote on a blog. (The couple were not legally married until 2014, when same-sex marriage became legal.)

“In any event, I’m very happy for them,” he added. “If two people dig each other, they dig each other. Good luck, Elton. Good luck, David. Have a great life.”

His acceptance of their relationship, his comfort with gay acquaintances in New York and his support of AIDS charities, including John’s, made Trump unusual among Republican presidential nominees.

But during his campaign and since, gay rights supporters have been dismayed by positions his administration has taken, such as declining to recognize Pride Month, backing the Colorado baker who refused to make a cake for a gay couple, and scaling back protections for transgender people, most notably in his effort to bar them from the military.

Palm Beach’s ‘Greatest Event’

Trump and John have appeared together at some charity events.

On March 18, 2006, John performed a benefit concert at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club that raised $1.4 million for the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Trump tried to squeeze more than 700 people into the event, violating the capacity code for Palm Beach.

In a letter to the town, Trump complained about the limit and said he had turned away hundreds of people. He called the event “the greatest event in the history of Palm Beach.”

Master and Pupil

In 2013, Trump posted on Twitter a throwback photo of what he called “piano lessons” with John.

The Songs Play On

Bands including REM and Aerosmith have requested that Trump stop playing their songs at his rallies.

In an interview with The Guardian in 2016, John asked why Trump could not just bring in “country stars” instead of spinning his tracks.

“I don’t really want my music to be involved in anything to do with an American election campaign,” he said. “I’m British. I’ve met Donald Trump, he was very nice to me, it’s nothing personal, his political views are his own, mine are very different, I’m not a Republican in a million years.”

On Friday, John’s publicist said he could not comment on Trump’s remarks in Montana because John was “away on holiday.”

After Anthony Scaramucci, a member of Trump’s transition team, hinted that John might play at the president��s inauguration, Fran Curtis, John’s publicist, shut down the idea with an email: “Incorrect. He will NOT be performing.”

But John’s displeasure did not seem to deter Trump.

In “Let Trump Be Trump,” their behind-the-scenes book about his winning campaign, his former top aides Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie wrote that Trump played John’s music so loudly on the campaign plane that staff members could not hear themselves think.

And Trump has continued to play John’s songs before his crowds, record-breaking or otherwise.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

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MISS READ 2016 video documentation Video commissioned by MISS READ and produced by PRESSURE.

MISS READ: The Berlin Art Book Fair 2016 took place on June 10 to 12 at Akademie der Künste Berlin and brought together a wide selection of some 200 publishers, art periodicals and artists/authors. Founded in 2009, MISS READ is Europe's Art Book Festival, dedicated to community-building and creating a public meeting place for discourse around artists´ books, conceptual publications and publishing as practice. Admission is free.

Featuring 200+ international participants with 2016´s special focus on Spanish-speaking countries, MISS READ was accompanied by series of lectures, discussions, book launches and workshops, exploring the boundaries of contemporary publishing and the possibilities of the book.

On Friday, June 10, MISS READ STAGE focused on Publishing as Artistic Practice with panels, book presentations and lectures by Annette Gilbert, Eleanor Vonne Brown, Eva Weinmayr, Hannes Bajohr, Paul Soullelis and the Mexican collective Rrréplica meeting/encounter/clash of rebellious/disobedient/unruly publishers/editors/printers and duplicators.

Friday's public programmes schedule is available here.

On Saturday, June 11, the fourth Conceptual Poetics Day explored the imaginary border between visual art and literature. It featured readings, talks, performances and books by Eugen Gomringer, James Sherry, Matvei Yankelevich, Cordula Daus, Paul Soulellis, Franz Thalmair, Lois Bartel, Stefan Riebel, Ignacio Uriarte, Hank Schmidt in der Beek, Annette Gilbert, Thomas Thiel, Arno Auer, Cia Rinne, and many more.

The detailed program of the Conceptual Poetics Day 2016 is available here.

On Sunday, June 12, MISS READ STAGE presented lectures, booklaunches and a symposion on How to Collect Artists Books, organised in collaboration with Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen Weserburg and featuring presentations by Anne Thurmann-Jajes, Tony White, Eva Linhart and Beatrice Hernad, among others.

Sunday´s public programmes schedule is available here.

To sustain our activities, we occasionally publish fundraising editions. More information about our editions with John Stezaker, Cia Rinne, Haris Epaminonda and Eugen Gomringer is available here.

Participants:

88books (Vancouver) / A BALZAC A RODN (Paris) / ABC [Artists’ Books Cooperative] (New York and elsewhere) / adocs (Hamburg) / Afterall (London) / Akademie der Künste (Berlin) / AKV (Berlin) / Alt Går Bra (Bergen, Norway) / Anagram Books (London/Berlin) / AND Publishing (London) / Animal Press (Brussels) / Apparent Extent (Cologne) / Archive Books (Berlin) / Archive Artist Publications (Munich) / Åse Eg Jørgensen (Copenhagen) / ATLAS Projectos (Lisbon/Berlin) / August Verlag (Berlin) / Bartleby & Co. (Brussels) / Baeckerei (Berlin) / BLEK (Leipzig, Germany) / Boabooks (Geneva) / BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE (Berlin) / BOMB Magazine (New York) / Book Works (London) / Brad Downey (Berlin)/ Brinkmann & Bose (Berlin) / Broken Dimanche Press (Berlin) / Bücher & Hefte (Berlin) / Bücherbogen (Berlin) / bywater bros (Port Colborne, Canada) / Camera Austria (Graz, Austria) / Cabinet Magazine (Brooklyn) / Cia Rinne (Berlin) / Colour Code (Toronto) / Dennis McGrath (Los Angeles) / Dirty Flower Press (Berlin) / Doppell (Berlin) / drittel books (Berlin) / Edit e.V. (Leipzig) / Edition Fink (Zurich) / edition.nord (Niigata, Japan) / Éditions Incertain Sens / Cabinet du livre d'artiste (Rennes, France) / Edizione Multicolore (Leipzig) / ENDLESS EDITIONS (New York) / Eugen Gomringer (Rehau, Germany) / Fantôme Verlag (Berlin) / FH Dortmund (Dortmund, Germany) / Flaneur Magazine (Berlin) / Folkwang UdK (Essen, Germany) / Fotograf (Prague) / Frans Masereel Centrum (Kasterlee, Belgium) / FUKT (Berlin) / g*press (Amsterdam) / GAGARIN(Antwerp) / Galavant Magazine (Singapore) / Galerie Neu (Berlin) / Girls Like Us (Amsterdam) / Gloria Glitzer (Berlin) / Grafter's Quarterly (Bergen, Norway) / Grazer Kunstverein (Graz, Austria) / GRRRR (Zurich) / Hamburger Eyes (Los Angeles) / Hank Schmidt in der Beek (Berlin) / Hard Mag (London) / Haris Epaminonda (Berlin) / Impractical Labor (Bridgeport, USA) / indekeuken (Brussels) / JB. Institute (Berlin) / Journal of Aesthetics & Protest (Los Angeles) / Kerber Verlag (Bielefeld) / KHB Weißensee (Berlin) / Knuckles & Notch (Singapore) / Knust/Extrapool (Nijmegen, the Netherlands) / Kontaktcenter (Hamburg) / KudlaWerkstatt (Prague) / Kultur & Gespenster (Hamburg) / Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin) / Kunstverein Milano (Milan) / Kunstverein Publishing (Amsterdam) / kuš! (Riga, Latvia) / KUTA HOUSE* (Warsaw) / Library of the Printed Web (New York) / Look Back and Laugh Books (Ljubljana, Slovenia) / lorem ipsum (Rennes, France) / Lubok Verlag (Leipzig) / MATERIA (Rome) / MER Paper Kunsthalle (Ghent, Belgium) / MGLC International Center of Graphic Arts (Ljubljana, Slovenia) / Miami books (Geneva) / Michael Baers (Berlin) / Michalis Pichler (Berlin) / MIT Press (Cambridge, USA) / Montez Press (Hamburg) / mzin (Leipzig) / nbk (Berlin) / NoRoutineBooks (Vilnius, Lithuania) / Nos:books (Taipei) / Occulto (Berlin) / Onomatopee (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) / ottoGraphic (Marshfield, UK) / Palefroi (Berlin) / par(ent)esis (Florianopolis, Brazil) / Paul Soulellis (New York) / Pegacorn Press (New York) / Peleja (Florianopolis, Brazil) / PogoBooks (Berlin) / possible books (Berlin) / Poster Tribune (Carouge, Switzerland) / PrintRoom (Rotterdam) / Ptohograhpies (Berlin) / Publication Studio (Rotterdam) / Ethan Rafal (San Francisco) / Raum der Publikation (Kiel) / Re:Surgo! (Berlin) / Red Sphinx (Berlin/London) / Red76 (Portland, USA) / Roma Publications (Amsterdam) / Rondade (Tokyo) / Salon du Salon (Marseille) / Salon für Kunstbuch (Vienna) / Sarah and Schooling (Singapore) / Schlebrügge.Editor/Fama & Fortune Bulletin (Vienna) / Scriptings/Achim Lengerer (Berlin) / Sergej Vutuc (Heilbronn, Germany) / shashasha collective (Tokyo/Paris/Leipzig) / SKULPI (Berlin) / slow editons (Yokohama, Japan) / Small Tune Press (Hong Kong) / Space Poetry (Copenhagen) / Spector Books (Leipzig) / springerin (Vienna) / Städelschule (Frankfurt) / Starship (Berlin) / Sternberg Press (Berlin) / Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen Weseburg (Bremen, Germany) / supersupersupersuper (Amsterdam) / Susanne Bürner (Berlin) / TBooks (Cologne) / textem (Hamburg) / TFGC Publishing (Düsseldorf) / TLTRPreß (Berlin) / the blue notebook (Bristol, UK) / the everyday press (Paris) / The Newww (Venice) / The Name Books (Chur, Switzerland) / Elgarafi .The Postershop (Berlin) / Tiny Masters (Leipzig) / Tiny Splendor (Berkeley/Los Angeles) / Toupée (Berlin) / Triangle Books (Brussels) / Ugly Duckling Presse (Brooklyn) / Unity Press (Oakland) / Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Koenig (Cologne) / Verlag Silke Schreiber (Munich) / Verlak (Weimar, Germany) / Verlag für moderne Kunst (Vienna) / von100 (Berlin) / Werkplaats Typografie (Arnhem, the Netherlands) / Westphalie (Vienna) / White Fungus (Taiwan) / wicker industries GmbH & Co. KG (Berlin) / X Marks the Bökship (London) / zero sharp (Berlin) / zirkumflex (Berlin) / ztscrpt (Berlin/Vienna) and many more...

The detailed exhibitor list is available here Hispanic Focus: Adolfo Press (Barcelona) / Autoedita con Alegría (Madrid) / Back Bone Books (Berlin/Mexico City) / Bandiz Studio (Madrid) / Calipso Press (Cali, Columbia) / Casa del Hijo del Ahuizote (Mexico City) / Clandestine (Barcelona/Mexico City) / Do the Print (Barcelona) / Ediciones Anómalas (Barcelona) / FIBRA Casa Editora (Buenos Aires) / Gato Negro (Mexico City) / Las Otras (Santiago de Chile) / Libros Mutantes (Madrid) / Humobooks (Buenos Aires) / KINK EDICIONES (Barcelona) / Kitschic (Barcelona/Bogotá) / Morena Publications (Barcelona) / RAUM Editions (Salamanca, Spain) / Pupa Press (Santiago de Chile) / Sta Rosa Editora (Buenos Aires) / Ricochet.cc (Leipzig/Buenos Aires) / Rrréplica meeting/encounter/clash of rebellious/disobedient/unruly publishers/editors/printers and duplicators (Mexico City) / Taller de Ediciones Económicas (Mexico City) / TDPapeles (Barcelona)

The poster for MISS READ: The Berlin Art Book Fair 2016 was created by Cia Rinne. The poster for the Conceptual Poetics Day 2016 was created by Haris Epaminonda.

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Video production Camera: Federico Gomitolo / Director: Carlito Schilirò

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