Justin R. Smith Livres

Short description: Raised by slum-dwelling alcoholics, an autistic teen struggles to complete college and woo a handicapped girl-with bittersweet results. Longer description: Eye of a Fly is a novel of tragedy and redemption with a cast of characters that includes: Ernest Wentworth, a profoundly introverted boy who inhabits a world of mathematics and music. Tiffany, his innocent younger sister whose friends practice voodoo. Warren, Ernest's talented but learning-disabled younger brother whose suicide triggers the novel's finale. Harry, Ernest's father. A former Hollywood screen writer, he has always dreamed of drinking hard, seeing the world, and writing like Hemingway-but only succeeded at the first. Annie, a handicapped but radiant girl who draws Ernest out of his shell.

Since she was a child, Kristín Ormsdóttir has had the ability to spot people who are marked for death, causing other children to shun and bully her as a witch. She yearns to escape her tiny Icelandic fishing village and see the world.Kristín gets her golden ticket out when she passes the Temple of Knowledge Exam, a test of knowledge and - secretly - of latent psychic powers. Her prize is a coveted position in the Temple, learning and participating in its research. In her honor, Germany's kaiser even diverts a packed commercial zeppelin flight to take her there.On this flight, though, nothing is as it seems.After she's mistaken for the Iron Throne's heiress, murderous palace intrigue and wars derail Kristín's cherished plans - forcing her to walk a tightrope, weighed down by deadly secrets.One slip could land her in prison - or a grave.

Infected by a DNA-altering virus, Derek and Alessandra develop strange and unnerving superpowers that challenge everything they thought they knew about the world. As they fall in love, they battle ruthless criminal mobs bent on harvesting the virus from their brains and intelligence agencies that try to enslave them.

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