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All That Lives Must Die by Eric Nylund

All That Lives Must Die

Book Two of the Mortal Coils Series

by Eric Nylund

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  • Jul 2010, 704 pages
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Paperback Original. Eliot and Fiona Post are twins caught up in an epic custody battle between their mother's and father's families.  Their mother is the immortal goddess Atropos, the eldest Fate, and their father is Lucifer, Lord of the infernals, a diabolical fallen angel.  The families have put them through rigorous, life-threatening challenges, and together they've risen to combat them in amazing ways.  But now they are facing the greatest trial of all—high school.

Paxington University is no normal high school—it's a place where gods and goddesses, warriors and sorcerers learn to harness their power, where a debate in class can end in a duel, and your classmates aren't simply friends or enemies, but allies in battle or threats to your life.  To flunk is to die--only the toughest graduate.  As Fiona and Eliot struggle to keep up their grades by surviving the rigorous training, both families are watching.

High school is bad enough, but imagine being caught in the midst of an immortal/infernal war...

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"Starred Review. Nylund has hit his stride, piling on the plot developments, but never losing sight of the standout characterizations that made the first book memorable." - Publishers Weekly

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Eric Nylund

Eric Nylund's novels include: A Signal Shattered and Signal To Noise, Pawn’s Dream, Dry Water (nominated for the World Fantasy Award), A Game of Universe, as well as three novels based in the Halo video game universe: Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo: First Strike, and the New York Times bestseller Halo: Ghosts of Onyx.  He lives near Seattle on a rain-drenched mountain with his wife, Syne Mitchell.

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