The Battle Drum

The Battle DrumBy: Saara El Arifi Series: The Ending Fire Trilogy Murder. Secrets. Sacrifice: Three women seek the truth of the empires past. And the truth they find will have the power to ignite a war, in the sequel to The Final Strife, the continuation of a visionary fantasy trilogy inspired by the myths of Africa and Arabia. [A] riveting high fantasy series . . . intense and compelling.Booklist AN AUTOSTRADDLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Anoor is the first blue blooded

he gathers a crew of fellow geeks to save their camp – and possibly their own lives

one of the world's best chess coaches

C is for Cather

behavioral verbs

and a secret is revealed that blows their lives wide open

but her efforts at a new beginning aren’t helped by an anonymous local blog that dishes about the scandalous events that caused her marriage to fail

Clyde realizes her grim premonition is dead-on

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But can they find the courage to pick up the pieces of a shattered love

Luke is fascinated to learn she is Estelle Pillow

if only they could keep their eyes on the prize instead of on each other—but who’s to say they can’t do both

And that’s super-dangerous for a fire-breathing dragon like Danny