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Book Club Fiction The Passion Against the The Dragon Queen According to Inquisition William Andrews Carmela Marcos Aguinis Historical Fiction Lake Union Publishing Literary Fiction Imprint: Marcos Aguinis Publication Date: 3/6/18 Historical Fiction Imprint: AmazonCrossing Page Count: 316 Publication Date: 7/1/18 Imprint: AmazonCrossing All Languages 548 Rights Available: Publication Date: 10/9/18 Page Count: All Page Count: 320 Rights Available: Languages, excluding Spanish Rights Available: All Languages, excluding Spanish The story of an unlikely love between two “[A] stirring song of freedom.” —Nobel Prize From the bestselling author of Daughters of doctors—one Argentine, one Cuban—narrated laureate Mario Vargas Llosa the Dragon comes the story of one of the most with impressive realism. They meet in Cuba in extraordinary queens in history. the midst of Castro’s revolution. Shortly before From a renowned prize-winning Argentinian the advent of democracy in Argentina, he author comes a historical novel based on As tensions rise on the Korean peninsula, US returns; she, instead, remains in Cuba, free, but the true story of one man’s faith, spirit, and diplomat Nate Simon is sent to Seoul to gauge somehow turned hostage. resistance during the Spanish Inquisition in the political situation and advise the president. Latin America. He also needs to find out why someone sent In a love story that is in no way simple, the president an ancient, intricately carved renowned Argentine author Marcos Aguinis Born in sixteenth-century Argentina, Francisco comb with an ivory inlay of a two-headed shines a light on the challenges oppression Maldonado da Silva is nine years old when dragon. Though familiar with Korea’s language and political upheaval present in otherwise he sees his father, Don Diego, arrested one and culture, Nate knows little of its troubled ordinary lives. And through this emotional harrowing afternoon because of his beliefs. history. journey, the reader leaves remembering the Raised in a family practicing its Jewish faith universal maxim: “Love conquers all.” in secret under the condemning eyes of the Seoul, 1866. The beautiful orphan Ja-young is Spanish Inquisition, Francisco embarks on a chosen to be the child bride of Gojong, Korea’s The Passion According to Carmen was originally personal quest that will challenge, enlighten, boy king. Highly intelligent but shy, Ja-young published in Spanish, and will be translated and forever change him. faces a choice: she can be a stone queen—silent into English by Carolina De Robertis. and submissive—or she can be a dragon queen He completes his education in a monastery; he and oppose enemies and empires that try to reads the Bible; he dedicates his life to science; rule Korea during the age of imperialism. Her and most of all, he longs to reconnect with his choice leads her to forge a legend that will father in Lima, Perú, the City of Kings. endure far beyond her lifetime. So begins Francisco’s epic journey to fight for The more Nate discovers, the more he comes his true faith, to embrace his past. to realize that Queen Min’s story is still relevant today. Now the choice is up to him: be submissive…or change the world. One Night in Seasons of the The Girl at the November Moon (Le sourire Border Amélie Antoine du clair de lune) Leslie Archer Contemporary Fiction Julien Aranda Literary Fiction AmazonCrossing Lake Union Publishing Imprint: Historical Fiction Imprint: Publication Date: 7/18/17 Publication Date: 10/2/18 Imprint: Amazon Publishing— 190 320 Page Count: French Language Page Count: Rights Available: All Rights Available: Chinese, Publication Date: 12/1/15 Languages, excluding French English, French, German, Italian, Page Count: 244 Japanese, Portuguese, and Rights Available: All Spanish Languages, excluding Korean Rights Sold: English, Italian, and Spanish November 13, 2015. It was a Paris night that A thrilling tale from debut author Leslie At the close of World War II, a chance began like so many others—until a series of Archer. encounter sets the course for one man’s terrorist attacks brought darkness to the City destiny… of Light. Stirred by the tragic events at the The day sixteen-year-old Bella Mathis Bataclan music club, One Night in November disappeared from her home, her father was During the Nazi occupation, fifteen-year- locks into the hearts and minds of all those five thousand miles away on an archaeological old Paul Vertune, the sensitive son of wheat whose paths crossed that fateful fall evening… dig. Two days after he received the call telling farmers, prefers gazing at the ocean and him about his missing daughter, he was dead. contemplating life’s mysteries over toiling in A rebellious teenage girl in the throes of a His young assistant on the dig, Angela Chase, the fields of the Brittany coast. One fateful day, crush. A middle-aged man eager to chase away is shaken by his sudden death. He was her Paul’s life is spared by a compassionate German his buddy’s blues. A young gay student rejected boss, her mentor, and her friend. But Angela’s soldier with eyes as blue as the sea. When by his father, but discovering himself. Two new mourning is quickly overtaken by her concern Paul’s village is liberated, an angry mob turns parents in need of a date night. They went out for Bella. Angela was one of the last people in against their occupiers. The German soldier, seeking love, laughter, and music—and then contact with the missing girl. She fears the near death, asks Paul to promise him one thing: the world fell down around them. worst, and urgently sets off in search of Bella. find his daughter and tell her that her father loved her. Using intersecting narratives, award-winning author Amélie Antoine choreographs the Her pursuit comes at a cost. While Angela was As Paul becomes a man, he fulfills his shocking attack and its aftermath, from grief working at the archaeological site, excavating childhood dream of sailing the world, even and devastation to hope and healing. One Night lost pieces of history, she was at the same as twists of fate steer his life in unexpected in November was originally published in French, time struggling to bury her own past, to make directions. But through it all, Paul never forgets and has been translated into English by Maren herself invisible. Now, her determination to his promise. Baudet-Lackner. save Bella threatens to bring terrible secrets back into the present, putting at risk not only Beautifully moving and deeply profound, her own future but Bella’s as well. Seasons of the Moon evokes a sense of wonder at the mystery of human connection and the powerful ripple effects of kindness. Book Club Fiction | 3 Whisper of the The Woman on the The Storyteller’s Moon Moth Orient Express Secret Lindsay Jayne Ashford Lindsay Jayne Ashford Sejal Badani Historical Fiction Historical Fiction Family Drama Imprint: Lake Union Publishing Imprint: Lake Union Publishing Imprint: Lake Union Publishing Publication Date: 10/1/17 Publication Date: 9/20/16 Publication Date: 9/1/18 Page Count: 353 Page Count: 332 Page Count: 370 Rights Available: All Languages Rights Available: All Languages Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German Rights Sold: Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, German, Hungarian, Large Print (English), Portuguese, Romanian, Russian From the author of The Color of Secrets and The Hoping to make a clean break from a fractured From the bestselling author of Trail of Broken Woman on the Orient Express comes a poignant marriage, Agatha Christie boards the Orient Wings comes an epic story of the unrelenting novel inspired by the Hollywood legend—and Express in disguise. But unlike her famous force of love, the power of healing, and the the secrets of—actress Merle Oberon, famous detective, Hercule Poirot, she can’t neatly invincible desire to dream. for playing Cathy to Laurence Olivier’s unravel the mysteries she encounters on this Heathcliff in the film Wuthering Heights. fateful journey. Nothing prepares Jaya, a New York journalist, for the heartbreak of her third miscarriage and For nineteen-year-old Estelle Thompson, going to Agatha isn’t