The Phoenix LandThe 1000 year old kingdom of Hungary, which formed a major part of the Austro Hungarian empire, was dismembered by the Allies in 1918. Phoenix like, the Hungarian people survived the horrors of war, the disappointment of the first socialist republic, the disillusion of the brief but terrifying rule of Bela Kun and the bitterness of seeing their beloved country dismembered by the Treaty of Trianon. This is the world Miklos Banffy, author of the hugely

and thrived on remain the most powerful foods for our own optimum health

and the danger---and passion---is about to explode

And as their connection grows the embers of desire sparking between them soon burst into an inferno that will consume them both

The Rumor of the Misery Water promises to doom its victims to despair—and will surely do so unless Iroha and her new comrades

and brains in particular

and forgiveness

Class is also a smartly written story that reveals how life as we live it -- not as we like to imagine it -- often unfolds in gray areas

Until that is she broke his heart and he left both her and the mission

Dive into a world with an incredible verily of fish

It's open season on her love life

Con can't shake her innate determination to bring the monsters responsible for this brutality to justice

and shows how they plan on explaining it to Rosie when she is older