Can school teach us to master life? This book confronts what the author sees as an ongoing trend in many Western democracies where citizens are increasingly being held accountable for their health and happiness.
To a master alchemist like Addie, impossible is just another word for challenge. When a fiery explosion destroys the Alchemica, the premier alchemy institute in the United States, she’s left with nothing. No home, no colleagues, and no memory.
Learning what happened seems impossible, but she still has one strength, and in her opinion, it’s the only one she needs. She hasn’t forgotten a thing about alchemy.
Germany, 1946. Still picking up the pieces in the aftermath of World War II, Franka and her infant daughter Danka hastily leave their home in Helmstadt and make their way to the displaced persons camp in Bergen-Belsen.
Marriage and babies are the farthest things from Miss Myfanwy Wright’s mind. Cricket is her one and only love, which is why she created the Single Ladies’ Cricket Club. A club where like-minded single women can bond together over sport; it is a
sanctuary for those who don’t wish to spend endless hours gossiping over tea and needlepoint or compromise their interest with a husband’s.
Teresa’s heart races as she watches the flames dance across his athletic, defined body, the fire licking at his muscles, yet leaving him unscathed. She’s never seen anything like this—utterly mesmerizing, dangerously beautiful.
One man tells him his name is Jackson, and he is a CIA agent tasked with stopping an impending terror attack, the other tells him his name is Sa'id, and he is the man duty-bound to carry out the terror act; with his memories lost, he has to find
his true identity before it's too late.
