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Hannah Arendt was a polarizing cultural theorist—extolled by her peers as a visionary and berated by her critics as a poseur and a fraud. Born in Prussia to assimilated Jewish parents, she escaped from Hitler’s Germany in 1933. Arendt is now best remembered for the storm of controversy that surrounded her 1963 New Yorker series on the trial of Adolf Eichmann, a kidnapped Nazi war criminal. In this comprehensive biography, Anne C. Heller tracks the source of Arendt’s contradictions and achievements to her sense of being a “conscious pariah”.

Pandora has been under the care of The Sapient since she was a young child. This is the life that she knows. When an army of men from The Order led by Aiden Ripley break into the prison in which she is kept, she is forced to make the decision to stay or leave. What The Order does not know is that Pandora's captivity is for the good of all men. Once her abilities have been unleashed, terror and death will rain down on everyone around her.

My name is Alex Black, and I've gotta say: Being the only one of my kind isn't that hard. In fact, being a Sin-Eater is actually pretty easy...unless you take into account the crown prices of the seven deadly sins, all of whom have it out for me. Everyone's got demons, right? Mine are just literal.

What would you do with eternity? Would you travel the world, marveling in all its wonders? Would you compile a fortune, finding solace in your worldly possessions? Or would you fall in love, over and over again? These are all things that have tormented Damiano for the length of his existence. After having lost so much, he refuses to make ties with any mortal ever again.

Maddix Ripley is a natural born killer. Or at least that’s how she sees it. Her Elioud heritage caused her to be born with extremely heightened senses, and after years of training, her skills are undeniable. After spending years on the street as a vigilante, of sorts, she has compiled a list of the most ruthless souls she has come across, and she’s determined to take them all out. Personally.

My name is Alex Black, and I am a Sin-Eater. No, not a Sin-Eater. The Sin-Eater. You see, only one of my kind can exist at a time, so when I kick the bucket? Yep, you guessed it. Another will take my place. But hey, everyone has an expiration date right? I'm no different from you.

Chasca Leon grew up in foster care and never spent a lot of time making friends. There were things about her people just wouldn’t understand. Things even she didn’t understand. She lived a very quiet life, going to work and then back home, never intentionally seeking adventure. This is, until she was kidnapped.