![]() ![]() Nearly a year after the battle of Endor, conflict still reigns in the galaxy between the forces of the New Republic and the remnants of the Empire. The Emperor and Darth Vader may be dead, and the second Death Star destroyed, but the war is far from over. ![]() ![]() As a result, I have been looking forward to seeing how the series ends and I think that Freed has left the best to last with this epic and powerful read. This series has so far featured two excellent entries: the great introductory novel Alphabet Squadron, and the outstanding second entry, Shadow Fall, both of which I have deeply enjoyed. Alphabet Squadron is a particularly compelling trilogy that follows a fantastic group of mismatched Rebel and Imperial pilots who continue to fight in the aftermath of Return of the Jedi. One of the best has been the Alphabet Squadron trilogy from acclaimed author Alexander Freed. Since its inception in 2014, the current Star Wars extended universe has featured an amazing range of novels that tie into the various movies and television series. One of the best Star Wars tie-in series comes to an epic and impressive end, as Alexander Freed presents Star Wars: Victory’s Price, the amazing third and final entry in the awesome Alphabet Squadron trilogy. Series: Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron – Book Three Publisher: Random House Audio (Audiobook – 2 March 2021) ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Lewis says about the affections that, “if they ever also play their part, so much the better.Ĭlick here to read the full article (READ PDF). It is a state not of feelings but of the will that state of the will which we have naturally about ourselves, and must learn to have about other people.” It is good to have the feelings as well. ![]() Thus Lewis says, “Christian love, either towards God or towards man, is an affair of the will.” In another place, Lewis amplifies this thought further, “Love in the Christian sense, does not mean an emotion. We are obliged to love whether we like it or not. But we need to remember that love is commanded. Obviously, it would be ideal if both duty and desire are fully present in our emotional and spiritual life. Different types of love can be categorized into two distinct groups, according to what motivates them Familiarity creates Affection the first type of love. ![]() Lewis believed that (agape) love is not primarily a matter of feeling but of will. There is no way we could do justice to all the wide-ranging comments he made on the subject-so we will focus on a few observations on “agape” love.įirst, C.S. He recognized different kinds of love in his book The Four Loves (affection, friendship, romance, and charity-agape). Given the centrality of love in Biblical teaching, it is not surprising that C.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Characters default to White.Įveryone believes that Salil Singh killed his girlfriend, Andrea Bell, five years ago-except Pippa Fitz-Amobi. This entry includes enough background information that readers new to the series will find it accessible. ![]() With the rising body count and nonstop action, the pace will feel familiar to slasher fans as it delivers satisfying fight and death scenes. In this fun, frenetic sequel, Cesare tackles mob mentality and misinformation, and the return of Frendo oozes with old wounds and angry conspiracy-fueled grudges. ![]() Wealthy businessman Eli Duvall exploits murder tourism in Kettle Springs, but new hostilities brew in the wake of the town tragedy, leading to a new nightmare. ![]() The book opens slowly while the plot is set in place and the background is established for those new to the series, but the kills soon kick in, and the plot truly launches once the trio is reunited in Kettle Springs, Missouri, the small town where the boys grew up and Quinn moved in high school. Picking up after the massacre that left a rural town reeling, survivors fight another battle against the town mascot gone rogue and its increasingly violent gang of fanatical followers.Ĭollege student Quinn joins her friend Cole and his boyfriend, Rust, to face the threatening believers of a fake documentary called The Baypen Hoax who think the trio committed and capitalized on vile misdeeds and must pay for their crimes. ![]() ![]() Cussy’s patrons refer to her as “Bluet” or “Book Woman,” and she delights in bringing them books as well as messages, medicine, and advice. ![]() As part of the new governmental program aimed at bringing reading material to isolated rural Kentuckians, Cussy rides a mule over treacherous terrain, delivering books and periodicals to people of limited means. Cussy would rather keep her job as a pack-horse librarian than keep house for a husband anyway. ![]() Unfortunately, with blue skin and questionable genetics, Cussy is a tough sell. Cussy lives with her widowed father, a coal miner who relentlessly attempts to marry her off. She was born with a rare genetic condition, and her skin has always been tinged an allover deep blue. ![]() One of Kentucky’s last living “Blue People” works as a traveling librarian in 1930s Appalachia.Ĭussy Mary Carter is a 19-year-old from Troublesome Creek, Kentucky. ![]() ![]() Adam Hochschild brings to life this troubled period, which stretched from 1917 to 1921, through the interwoven tales of a colorful cast of characters: some well-known, among them the sphinxlike Woodrow Wilson and the ambitious young bureaucrat J. This was America during and after the Great War: a brief but appalling era blighted by torture, censorship, and killings. An astonishing 250,000 people joined a nationwide vigilante group-sponsored by the Department of Justice. Well over a thousand men and women were jailed solely for what they had written or said, even in private. ![]() ![]() Angry mobs burned Black churches to the ground and chased down pacifists and immigrants. ![]() From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory new account of a pivotal but neglected period in American history: World War I and its stormy aftermath, when bloodshed and repression on the home front nearly doomed American democracy. ![]() |