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As a deafblind woman with partial vision in one eye and bilateral hearing aids, Elsa Sjunneson lives at the crossroads of blindness and sight, hearing and deafness—much to the confusion of the world around her. And she knows how wrong our one-size-fits-all definitions of disability can be. Part memoir, part cultural criticism, part history of the deafblind experience, Being Seen explores how our cultural concept of disability is more myth than fact, and the damage it does to us all.

As a private eye in New York City, it’s Jessica Jones’s job to investigate humanity’s worst, unleashed impulses. Possessing superhuman strength and endurance does nothing to help her process other people’s tragedies, much less her own slate of unresolved traumatic issues. Realizing drinking and hitting things is no way to cope with her problems—no matter how much fun it is—Jessica gives therapy a try. But she finds it hard to look after herself when so many people need help.

Mercia, 878. Witch-warrior Niamh discovers a new order called the Hidden Ones is seeking to establish a foothold in Lunden. Her land is already scarred by Viking raiders, bloody wars, and clashing cultures. Determined to protect what remains of her homeland, she infiltrates this new group to discover whether they stand with her...or against her. Yet when Niamh learns the Hidden Ones have stolen an artifact sacred to her people, her own loyalties are challenged.

In dieser fesselnden Original-Saga, die in der Welt des Games "Assassin's Creed Valhalla" spielt, schleicht sich eine keltische Kriegerin, die ihr Volk vor Wikinger-Räubern verteidigt, zur Rettung ihres Heimatlands in eine uralte Sekte ein. Mercia, 878. Die Hexenkriegerin Niamh entdeckt, dass ein neuer Orden namens "die Verborgenen" versucht, in Lunden Fuß zu fassen. Ihr Land ist bereits von Wikingerüberfällen, blutigen Kriegen und aufeinanderprallenden Kulturen gezeichnet.