Publisher Information: New York: Roaring Book, 2013
Summary: Seven stories of passion and love separated by centuries but mysteriously intertwined--this is a tale of horror and beauty, tenderness and sacrifice. An archaeologist who unearths a mysterious artifact, an airman who finds himself far from home, a painter, a ghost, a vampire, and a Viking: the seven stories in this compelling novel all take place on the remote Scandinavian island of Blessed where a curiously powerful plant that resembles a dragon grows. What binds these stories together? What secrets lurk beneath the surface of this idyllic countryside? And what might be powerful enough to break the cycle of midwinterblood?
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Passenger by Alexander Bracken, 2016
The strange and beautiful sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walten, 2014
The obsidian mirror by Catherine Fisher, 2013
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A fierce and subtle poison by Samantha Mabry, 2016
City of the beasts by Isabel Allende, 2002
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Links of Interest:
http://www.marcussedgwick.com/