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City of Thorns (The Demon Queen Trials Book 1)

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One suggestion: Running through the Dark Astoria story arc this week I discovered that the masks summoned by Elders count toward Banisher. There are a lot of those in the story arcs, especially in the final mission from the Dream Doctor. PDF / EPUB File Name: City_of_Thorns_The_Demon_Queen_Trials_2_-_CN_Crawford.pdf, City_of_Thorns_The_Demon_Queen_Trials_2_-_CN_Crawford.epub It takes a bit of work but nowhere will you quite find the abundance of those that do spawn and with AoE, it is also quite relaxing. 🙂 The most absorbing book in recent memory about life in a refugee camp....Mr. Rawlence’s major feat is stripping away the anonymity....He transforms its denizens from faceless victims into three-dimensional human beings. Along the way, Dadaab emerges from the ever-present heat and dust to become much more than a refugee camp.”—Howard French, The Wall Street Journal

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That Rawlence has managed to capture so much of this unlikely city’s chaos and confusion in a narrative that is very nearly impossible to put down is an achievement in reportage that few have matched. Dadaab’s half a million residents could not have asked for a better champion than this researcher for Human Rights Watch, and while the facts and figures he shares are stunning, it is the nine individuals whose stories he focuses on who give the book its heart....Comparisons to Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers (2012) are spot-on."— Booklist (starred review) The northern half of the Night Ward is the best place to hunt for these guys, but running through the Night Ward story arc should get you there as well. Visiting the camp three years ago, I met Ben Rawlence, a former Human Rights Watch researcher who spent the best part of five years patiently documenting life inside this teeming, sprawling and chaotic camp in north-eastern Kenya. The result is City of Thorns, a superb work that highlights the essential humanity of those faceless masses buffeted by events and desperately seeking salvation in one of the world’s most troubled spots. Book Genre: Adult, Demons, Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Magic, New Adult, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Urban FantasyIf you have the “Close the dimensional ruptures” mission from Unai Kemen, running that with a full team or max difficulty will get you a ton of progress, and you can even farm it if you want to. However, as that mission is not in a story arc, it can’t be accessed through Ouroboros and you need someone to get it naturally from Unai. For street sweeping, your best bet is Potter’s Field in Sharkhead Isle, which is also home to a number of other mobs that have hunt badges. You could also look in Moth’s Cemetery in Echo: Dark Astoria, but I’ve found that zone to be surprisingly disappointing. They also pop up in a few other places, like Talos Island or Bloody Bay, but Sharkhead superior. Bloody Bay has them in large numbers, but as a PVP zone, you are scaled to their level. Not great, but workable. You can also work on Banished Pantheon Spirit Masks there, but they aren’t super abundant. The Pilgrim has a mission with some, but likely not enough even at max difficulty. I never thought I’d be singing happy birthday to myself in a dungeon. And yet when a sinfully sexy demon crashes happy hour, that’s exactly what happens. He’s known as the Lord of Chaos, and he’s mistaken me for my succubus doppelgänger. There are plenty of options that can give you progress on other badges. Capturing pillboxes in Recluse’s Victory as a redside character, Mayhem Missions, Villain Tip Missions, and the Lord Recluse Strike Force are all quality options. Dakota Berg’s arc as part of the Who Will Die Signature Story Arc is an option because Malaise and his summons count as Heroes, so if you are committed to blueside, that is your best option. These enemies are rather abundant – many arcs and task forces involve Devouring Earth and basically all Devouring Earth groups have some of these guys. I wouldn’t worry too much about this badge as you’ll likely get it pursuing other badges. For the devoted, Power Island in Independence Port is my personal favorite hunting ground, but Talos Island has a few nice hunting spots, and Eden can be good as well. If you are looking for missions, there are a number of Devouring Earth arcs available through Ouroboros – I haven't found any mission that only spawns these guys as opposed to other minions, but they seem to be the most common DE minion spawn.

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I recently did re-reads of ACOTAR, Crescent City, and Blood and Ash so going from a long epic fantasy series to this was actually a nice change in pace. It’s an easy read series that changes things up so I can ease myself out of the reading hangover that was about to hit. Somali boys fetch water from a puddle in Dadaab. Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images I like hunting in Steel Canyon. It’s generally not to tough to run around the zone and find a dozen in a couple of minutes. Might be one you’ll want to do in more than session. For arcs, the first two Hollows arcs, Officer Wincott and Flux, work well with large team sizes. Plus you get to slide around in the Frostfire mission. Hunting in Sharkhead Isle, specifically the rafters. These guys will literally just line up for you to kill them. Annoyingly, they are pretty well separated from each other, so you’ll be unable to rely on AoE to kill large groups at a time, but you should never be unable to find these.

It’s not hard to find Devouring Earth lieutenants – basically any zone past level 25 will have them in the more natural areas. Just remember that you don’t want to one shot them or mez them before they can summon the emanator - if you are too high a level to aggro them just by standing next to them, you'll have to kill a nearby ally or use Brawl or something to piss them off before they will summon your prey. For story arcs, either Ginger Yates or Numina Task Force. By combining his own experiences with interviews with residents of Dadaab, [Rawlence] makes the human rights crisis-rarely covered in the media-vivid and immediate for readers....This is a compelling examination of the tragedy of a place where one 'can only survive...by imagining a life elsewhere.'”— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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In 2013 the Kenyan government declared that the camp must close and its inhabitants go “home”, but no one really believed this. Apart from anything, the sugar-smuggling barons would surely not want to lose their lucrative business. Dadaab is still there, even while the world’s attention has shifted to Syria, and it shows no signs of going away. You can get a bird’s-eye view of it from Google maps. To understand what goes on in it, read this disturbing and compelling book. City of Thorns takes place in modern day Massachusetts with one exception. Centuries before our story takes place the Demon War and peace treaty was put into place with the Puritans. Since then Demons have been confined to their own cities located all across the world. These cities are bound only by the treaty but governed by their own kings. Any Arachnos related content that’s level 25 or lower works great. Any higher than that, you tend to get other, stronger types of Arachnos mobs. Most of that is going to be redside, but the Faultline arcs and Aaron Thiery’s arc are quality blueside choices. If you are hunting them outside of missions, Faultline or Cap au Diable are the best choices. Perez Park is best. The groups often have 10-12 Skulls in them as opposed to the smaller groups in King’s Row. Bosses are also more abundant so you can work on Bonecrusher simultaneously.Well, you have magic, and I have my own superpower. It’s called anxiety.” C.N. Crawford, City of Thorns I would have liked to have a bit more world building and character development. Our main character goes from awkward to super spy in zero time and I would have liked to see that play out a bit differently. Maybe more urgency or stronger feelings would have worked. I did not like the bullying and stalking that our main character received and the fact that nothing was being done about it. Realistic, yes, but I still felt like Rowan would have dealt with it better. Some refugees simply give up, resorting to substance abuse as a form of self-medication and oblivion from the problems that are out of their control. Elsewhere, tensions and frustrations are always high. Cavern of Transcen de nce is the best way – there are a lot and they even respawn. Of course, that isn’t the easiest thing to solo if you’re actually fighting large groups of Minions of Igneous. Furthermore, it’s not always easy to get a full team, and many players will want to stealth it to some degree. More than likely, you will have to do it more than once too. A very badge savvy player can farm this and the Partner badge at the same time when CoT is the Weekly Strike Target. Since one stealthy player can easily solo the objectives in five minutes, the rest of the team can focus on safely destroying a few of these guys.

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Stars equals I am buying a physical copy of this book. I will read this book at least 10 more times, it is the best ever. Any content with Arachnos may going to have a few of these. The best hunting ground is probably St. Martial, but frankly, I wouldn’t spend much effort on this badge and just let it come naturally – there are other, more difficult Arachnos hunting badges to worry about. Such are the strains many inmates spend their nights in restless fear. One almost Shakespearean tragedy is the author’s tale of a Sudanese Christian man – another former child solder – and his Somalian Muslim wife, threatened to such an extent they fear their baby will be killed at birth. They end up fighting after she confirms the fears of conservative elders by chewing khat, drinking alcohol and neglecting their daughter. Little wonder some set sights on risky escape to Europe I rarely buy ebooks unless they are cheaply priced or on sale. I also very rarely buy physical copies of books. I’m a bit of a minimalist so I have to absolutely adore a book to buy a physical copy that will be proudly displayed in my home. Edit: I like the Independence Port Safeguard Mission set to -1/x8 (be sure to turn ON "Solo Bosses" if you're solo!) You get from 1-2 Family bosses per "regular" group.Our main character is Rowan and the entire book is from her point of view. She describes her style as Puritan Goth and is currently going for a degree in Psychology. In this book Ben Rawlence has given us a complex tapestry of refugee life without romanticising it. It is like a Brueghel picture in words. An eloquent testimony by a writer with heart.”— Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, author of Refusing the Veil and The Settler's Cookbook Depending on how many Circle of Thorns missions you run, you might not need to bother with these guys. If you do have to hunt them, the northern parts of Cap au Diable and the southern parts of The Hollows are my favorite spots. And while spawns are relatively rare there, the center part of the Tunnels of the Trolls has spawns with 5-6 of these guys, which can make it efficient. But mid-level Circle content such as the Position Task Forces should provide you plenty.

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