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Never Underestimate a witch
Or a hipster from space for that matter.
You wouldn't believe my surprise when I checked once again on Random house's Suvudu cage matches for 2012. For those who haven't been following we are now at round three and Both Granny Weatherwax and Zaphod Beeblebrox are still with us.
The fight has begun
For anyone who has heard of Random House's SUVUDU Cage Match, the fight is once again on for 2012.
Cage matches pit characters from your favourite fantasy and sci-fi novels against each other in theoretical battles to the death. So visit the SUVUDU web site and have a look through the round 1 battles, read the random house predictions and cast your vote. Remember without you your favourite character might not make it out alive.
Gone
Michael Grant
Gone is about a small town in southern California called Perdido Beach where disaster has struck, as all people over 15 years old disappear into oblivion. Since all of the people who had taught and ruled the children’s life gone the children are left roaming the streets alone and confused about the future that lays ahead, for they now have total freedom and power as there is no one to control them. To complicate matters some children start to mutate into super humans where they have amazing abilities, but it is not just them that are developing powers as the creatures who used to roam the forests and streets are now intelligent animals forming armies to rid the city of all of its inhabitants.
The Magicians Guild
Trudi Canavan
This book is the first book in The Black Magician trilogy which introduces us to a young girl called Sonea and her rascal of a friend Cery. Sonea is an orphan who lives with her aunty and uncle in a medieval era city, moving from place to place. Unfortunately once every year by decree of the king the magicians guild (an elitist group of people with the ability to do magic) use their magic to “purge” all the street urchins out into the slums. But for Sonea this purge will be different from all the purges before, this time she will rebel against the magicians with her friend Cery. Every year Cery has rebelled and every year everyone has been forced out into the slums by the magicians impenetrable magic barrier. In a shock twist that will change the guild forever, Sonea manages to pierce the barrier and concuss a magician. But only a fellow MAGICIAN can pierce a magical barrier!
Department 19
Will Hill
Department 19 written by Will Hill is a novel about a young teenage boy named Jamie Carpenter. After Jamie's mother is kidnapped by the second oldest vampire in the world, Alexsandru Rusmanov, he is unwillingly introduced to a top secret government sector called department 19. Alone and bewildered in his new environment, Jamie learns of his family's past, meets creatures of legend, and is provided with the tools to find his mother and rescue her from the jaws of Darkness. Shortly into the time that he is there, department 19 becomes a place that Jamie would call home. Through grit and determination, Jamie sets out to fight the vampires holding his mother captive and embarks on both a physical and mental journey that changes Jamie from a boy who skips school and avoids bullies to a vampire hunter.
