Science, fantasy, mystery, faith & humour combine for an action-packed read in The Catarbie Conspiracy In this first novel in the Houkura Series, author Sabrina deSouza takes readers on a fascinating trip to an alien planet where magic, conspiracy and a mysterious illness intertwine to create a moral dilemma for the book's main characters. As the book opens, 17-year-old Tarheen, the protagonist in this sci-fi adventure, is at home with his mother. But his desire to explore the extent of his magic abilities leads him to an encounter with a travelling magi -- and to serious consequences that are more than a teenager can handle. Meanwhile, three strangers who meet in a small Australian town are suddenly transported to another world called Houkura where they, too, have magical gifts. When a mysterious illness, called Catarbie, strikes one of the trio's new friends, they find themselves torn between trying to find their way back to Earth or staying on Houkura to help find a cure.
David, Mary and Jenny start to wonder about Danika, Finn and Robb, unaware that their friends disappeared near the burned remains of Marjory House. After a single day on Houkura, Finn, Danika and Robb discover a world of magic and unheard of mystical creatures.Their confrontation with the dark mage Boltza made them realise that it was more important to bring Boltza to justice for Arcken and Gryff than to try to find a way back to Earth. But before they can seek help from the Ryder People, Gredat succumbs to the Catarbie illness, and the Lousham make a sudden appearance, at Finn's expense. Without prior experience dealing with evil magic wielders, the group realises that their only chance of defeating the dark mage lies with the help of the Tcholla. Elsewhere on Houkura, Tarheen believes he killed his parents. Enduring various forms of torture from an unknown sadistic dark mage, he is unaware that Krysta and Zoltan have survived and are tracking him.
Science, fantasy, mystery, faith & humour combine for an action-packed read in The Catarbie Conspiracy In this first novel in the Houkura Series, author Sabrina deSouza takes readers on a fascinating trip to an alien planet where magic, conspiracy and a mysterious illness intertwine to create a moral dilemma for the book's main characters. As the book opens, 17-year-old Tarheen, the protagonist in this sci-fi adventure, is at home with his mother. But his desire to explore the extent of his magic abilities leads him to an encounter with a travelling magi -- and to serious consequences that are more than a teenager can handle. Meanwhile, three strangers who meet in a small Australian town are suddenly transported to another world called Houkura where they, too, have magical gifts. When a mysterious illness, called Catarbie, strikes one of the trio's new friends, they find themselves torn between trying to find their way back to Earth or staying on Houkura to help find a cure.
David, Mary and Jenny start to wonder about Danika, Finn and Robb, unaware that their friends disappeared near the burned remains of Marjory House. After a single day on Houkura, Finn, Danika and Robb discover a world of magic and unheard of mystical creatures.Their confrontation with the dark mage Boltza made them realise that it was more important to bring Boltza to justice for Arcken and Gryff than to try to find a way back to Earth. But before they can seek help from the Ryder People, Gredat succumbs to the Catarbie illness, and the Lousham make a sudden appearance, at Finn's expense. Without prior experience dealing with evil magic wielders, the group realises that their only chance of defeating the dark mage lies with the help of the Tcholla. Elsewhere on Houkura, Tarheen believes he killed his parents. Enduring various forms of torture from an unknown sadistic dark mage, he is unaware that Krysta and Zoltan have survived and are tracking him.
Noah hat dank seiner Eltern alles, wonach andere ihr Leben lang streben – Geld, Einfluss und Charisma. Doch nicht jeder gönnt ihm dieses Glück. Umso besser, dass seine beste Freundin Olivia ihm jederzeit den Rücken stärkt und alle anderen wachsam im Auge behält. Als allerdings mit Beginn des neuen Studienjahres die unscheinbare, aber äußerst attraktive Victoria auf der Bildfläche erscheint, wird nicht nur Noahs, sondern auch Olivias Leben kräftig durcheinanderwirbelt...
This book examines the greening of civil codes from a comparative perspective. It takes into account the increasing requirements of supranational rules, which favour measures to reduce global warming and its negative environmental impacts; it discusses the necessity to expand distributive justice given the current ecological emergency; and it reflects on which private law legal tools potentially may be employed to defend nature’s interests. The work fills a gap in the growing literature on developing rights of nature and ecosystem in transnational law. While the focus is on the environmental issues pertaining to the new civil codes and new projects of civil codes, the book promotes interdisciplinary research applicable to a range of environmental and natural resources–focused courses across the social sciences, especially those related to comparative law systems, legal anthropology, legal traditions in the world, political science and international relations.
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