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Yet even the festive atmosphere can't keep the shadows of the past from looming. As Feyre navigates her first Winter Solstice as High Lady, she finds that those dearest to her have more wounds than she anticipated – scars that will have a far-reaching impact on the future of their court.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT SARAH J. MAAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eSarah J. Maas\u003c\/b\u003e is the #1 bestselling author of the Court of Thorns and Roses, Throne of Glass, and Crescent City series. 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Discussion at 18:45. Finish at 19:45.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTickets: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAttendance for the book club is free, but if you could register your place through the website, it helps us to gauge numbers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you would like to buy a copy of the book, you can order it through us and show up on the night. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT \u003cem\u003eA COURT OF SILVER FLAMES (BOOK FIVE)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productContentWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productContent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT SARAH J. 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Finish at 19:45.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTickets: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAttendance for the book club is free, but if you could register your place through the website, it helps us to gauge numbers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you would like to buy a copy of the book, you can order it through us and show up on the night. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT \u003cem\u003eWE SEARCH THE ISLAND FOR GRACE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productContentWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productContent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey gather at Saints’ Climb, the only house on an island off the Somerset coast. Seven men with nowhere else to be at Christmas. Father and son George and Xavier Starvely; James, a taciturn archaeologist uneasy with the living; Victor, a French widower; Rik, the groundskeeper; and Chris and Nathan, the two men who want to make a documentary about this place and its extraordinary collection of medieval art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd the housekeeper Marianne, who seems to find peace in serving. Erected around the stone labyrinth built into the floor by monks, Saints’ Climb is a house heavy with loneliness. Xavier Starvely is a successful academic with a real life elsewhere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet he is wracked with guilt over the fragmentary memories of a childhood tragedy, and when his guests arrive on the island for Christmas, the deaths begin afresh. A labyrinth is different from a maze. 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