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Strangely Beautiful: Book 2
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Learning the truth of her mythic past was only the beginning, for young Percy Parker-s destiny is to defend both the world and her true love from the gathering undead minions of Darkness.
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With radiant, snow white skin and hair, Percy Parker was a beacon for Fate. True love had found her, in the tempestuous form of Professor Alexi Rychman. But her mythic destiny was not complete. Accompanying the ghosts with which she alone could converse, new and terrifying omens loomed. A war... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Persephone Parker: aka Percy Parker. The main character, the 7th member of The Guard, sees & hears ghosts The Guard's new translator, has visions, proficient in several languages, the deathly-pale mortal girl who now embodied the Lady.
- Professor Alexi Rychman: The Leader/Power of The Guard.
- Headmistress Rebecca Thompson: The Intuition & second in command of The Guard.
- Vicar Michael Carroll: The Heart of The Guard.
- Lord Elijah Withersby: The Memory of The Guard.
- Josephine Belledoux: The Artist of The Guard, French.
- Lucretia Marie O'Shannon Connor/Jane: The Healer of The Guard, Irish.
- Aodhan: A ghost, the once Healer of The Guard, Gaelic.
- Beatrice Tipton: aka Bea. A ghost, the once Leader/Power of The Guard.
- Ibrahim: A ghost, native to Cairo, Bea's husband.
- Frederic: Rebecca's raven in service to The Guard.
- Marlowe: Jane's cat.
- Marianna Farelei: Percy's best/only friend at Athens Academy, German.
- Alexandra Rychman: Alexi's wheelchair bound sister.
- Iris Parker: Bea's friend.
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- Athens Academy: Romanesque fortress of red sandstone.
- Whisper-world: The realm of the dead/ghosts, the Groundskeeper, & the Darkness.
First Sentence edit
Beatrice Tipton knew a few things as she stood with her eyes closed at the edge of the undiscovered country: She knew that her life had been sacrificed to what she hoped would indeed prove to be a greater good.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
Chapters 1 - 18
Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 4 in Strangely Beautiful. (standard series)
Preceded by The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, and followed by The Perilous Prophecy of Guard and Goddess.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Leanna Renee Hieber (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: Apr-2010
ISBN: 0-8439-6297-6
Page Count: 340
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: Apr-2010
ISBN: 0-8439-6297-6
Page Count: 340
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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- Home-Strangely Beautiful Fiction: Leanna Renee Hieber: The author's website.
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