Author: Eric P. Caillibot
Publisher: Unrealism Books
ISBN: 1999235703
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
★★★★★ “Impossible to put down… Caillibot kick starts The Kiynan Chronicles series with this fascinating concoction of epic fantasy, mystery, magic, and action.” - The Prairies Book Review ★★★★★ “The book follows multiple point-of-view characters through an unlikely thread that weaves them together in a patchwork of royalty, loyalty, war, and magic. [...] The Conquest of Kiynan is an incredibly ambitious book” - Readers’ Favorite ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When the entire world erupts into war, can anyone triumph? An ancient Conjurer escapes from his imprisonment in the spirit world. Bent on revenge, he raises an army of demons crafted from stolen flesh and bones. An uneasy alliance of magicians is formed to oppose him, but they soon realise that even with their might combined, it will not be enough to survive the coming storm. In desperation, they seek help from distant, long-alienated kin. Among them is Kayla Freeland, a young woman who may be the key to unlocking the long-forgotten magic of the fallen House Calm, perhaps the only means of stopping the Conjurer and his endless minions. Far to the West, a barbarian High King launches an all-out invasion. Old rivalries are reignited and alliances tested as nobles and commoners alike are thrown into chaos by the sudden aggression. A young, naïve King and a conscripted thief find themselves forced to work together to survive. As kingdoms fall, the unlikely heroes must overcome fear, loss and remorse to unite fragmented armies and feuding magicians against their merciless enemies, or face subjugation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Conquest of Kiynan is the first instalment of an epic, high fantasy series. The story is split across multiple viewpoint characters, forced to navigate conflict, coming of age, clashing cultures and magic. The threads are gradually woven together, leading to a single, thrilling conclusion.
The Conquest of Kiynan
Author: Eric P. Caillibot
Publisher: Unrealism Books
ISBN: 1999235703
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
★★★★★ “Impossible to put down… Caillibot kick starts The Kiynan Chronicles series with this fascinating concoction of epic fantasy, mystery, magic, and action.” - The Prairies Book Review ★★★★★ “The book follows multiple point-of-view characters through an unlikely thread that weaves them together in a patchwork of royalty, loyalty, war, and magic. [...] The Conquest of Kiynan is an incredibly ambitious book” - Readers’ Favorite ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When the entire world erupts into war, can anyone triumph? An ancient Conjurer escapes from his imprisonment in the spirit world. Bent on revenge, he raises an army of demons crafted from stolen flesh and bones. An uneasy alliance of magicians is formed to oppose him, but they soon realise that even with their might combined, it will not be enough to survive the coming storm. In desperation, they seek help from distant, long-alienated kin. Among them is Kayla Freeland, a young woman who may be the key to unlocking the long-forgotten magic of the fallen House Calm, perhaps the only means of stopping the Conjurer and his endless minions. Far to the West, a barbarian High King launches an all-out invasion. Old rivalries are reignited and alliances tested as nobles and commoners alike are thrown into chaos by the sudden aggression. A young, naïve King and a conscripted thief find themselves forced to work together to survive. As kingdoms fall, the unlikely heroes must overcome fear, loss and remorse to unite fragmented armies and feuding magicians against their merciless enemies, or face subjugation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Conquest of Kiynan is the first instalment of an epic, high fantasy series. The story is split across multiple viewpoint characters, forced to navigate conflict, coming of age, clashing cultures and magic. The threads are gradually woven together, leading to a single, thrilling conclusion.
Publisher: Unrealism Books
ISBN: 1999235703
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
★★★★★ “Impossible to put down… Caillibot kick starts The Kiynan Chronicles series with this fascinating concoction of epic fantasy, mystery, magic, and action.” - The Prairies Book Review ★★★★★ “The book follows multiple point-of-view characters through an unlikely thread that weaves them together in a patchwork of royalty, loyalty, war, and magic. [...] The Conquest of Kiynan is an incredibly ambitious book” - Readers’ Favorite ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When the entire world erupts into war, can anyone triumph? An ancient Conjurer escapes from his imprisonment in the spirit world. Bent on revenge, he raises an army of demons crafted from stolen flesh and bones. An uneasy alliance of magicians is formed to oppose him, but they soon realise that even with their might combined, it will not be enough to survive the coming storm. In desperation, they seek help from distant, long-alienated kin. Among them is Kayla Freeland, a young woman who may be the key to unlocking the long-forgotten magic of the fallen House Calm, perhaps the only means of stopping the Conjurer and his endless minions. Far to the West, a barbarian High King launches an all-out invasion. Old rivalries are reignited and alliances tested as nobles and commoners alike are thrown into chaos by the sudden aggression. A young, naïve King and a conscripted thief find themselves forced to work together to survive. As kingdoms fall, the unlikely heroes must overcome fear, loss and remorse to unite fragmented armies and feuding magicians against their merciless enemies, or face subjugation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Conquest of Kiynan is the first instalment of an epic, high fantasy series. The story is split across multiple viewpoint characters, forced to navigate conflict, coming of age, clashing cultures and magic. The threads are gradually woven together, leading to a single, thrilling conclusion.
The Ordeal of the Reunion
Author: Mark Wahlgren Summers
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469617587
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
For a generation, scholarship on the Reconstruction era has rightly focused on the struggles of the recently emancipated for a meaningful freedom and defined its success or failure largely in those terms. In The Ordeal of the Reunion, Mark Wahlgren Summers goes beyond this vitally important question, focusing on Reconstruction's need to form an enduring Union without sacrificing the framework of federalism and republican democracy. Assessing the era nationally, Summers emphasizes the variety of conservative strains that confined the scope of change, highlights the war's impact and its aftermath, and brings the West and foreign policy into an integrated narrative. In sum, this book offers a fresh explanation for Reconstruction's demise and a case for its essential successes as well as its great failures. Indeed, this book demonstrates the extent to which the victors' aims in 1865 were met--and at what cost. Summers depicts not just a heroic, tragic moment with equal rights advanced and then betrayed but a time of achievement and consolidation, in which nationhood and emancipation were placed beyond repeal and the groundwork was laid for a stronger, if not better, America to come.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469617587
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
For a generation, scholarship on the Reconstruction era has rightly focused on the struggles of the recently emancipated for a meaningful freedom and defined its success or failure largely in those terms. In The Ordeal of the Reunion, Mark Wahlgren Summers goes beyond this vitally important question, focusing on Reconstruction's need to form an enduring Union without sacrificing the framework of federalism and republican democracy. Assessing the era nationally, Summers emphasizes the variety of conservative strains that confined the scope of change, highlights the war's impact and its aftermath, and brings the West and foreign policy into an integrated narrative. In sum, this book offers a fresh explanation for Reconstruction's demise and a case for its essential successes as well as its great failures. Indeed, this book demonstrates the extent to which the victors' aims in 1865 were met--and at what cost. Summers depicts not just a heroic, tragic moment with equal rights advanced and then betrayed but a time of achievement and consolidation, in which nationhood and emancipation were placed beyond repeal and the groundwork was laid for a stronger, if not better, America to come.
The Ordeal of Elizabeth
Author: Elizabeth Von Arnim
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson
Author: Bernard Bailyn
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674641617
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The paradoxical and tragic story of America's most prominent Loyalist - a man caught between king and country.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674641617
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The paradoxical and tragic story of America's most prominent Loyalist - a man caught between king and country.
The Fourth Ordeal
Author: Victor J. Willi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108830641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
A history of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt based on first-person interviews with Brotherhood rank-and-file members.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108830641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
A history of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt based on first-person interviews with Brotherhood rank-and-file members.
The Ordeal Of Integration
Author: Orlando Patterson
Publisher: Civitas Books
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
In this provocative new book, sociologist Orlando Patterson takes on the intractable dilemma of race in late 20th-century America. Using current demographic research, Patterson exposes common misperceptions about the lives and experiences of black and white Americans, misperceptions that are hampering the success of integration.
Publisher: Civitas Books
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
In this provocative new book, sociologist Orlando Patterson takes on the intractable dilemma of race in late 20th-century America. Using current demographic research, Patterson exposes common misperceptions about the lives and experiences of black and white Americans, misperceptions that are hampering the success of integration.
The amnesty, or, The duke of Alba in Flanders
Author: Charles F. Ellerman
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
The Duke of Alba in Flanders
Author: Charles F. Ellerman
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The Ordeal of Civilization
Author: James Harvey Robinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
A large part of the material, both text and illustrations, of this volume is taken from Mediaeval and modern times.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
A large part of the material, both text and illustrations, of this volume is taken from Mediaeval and modern times.
The Confounding Island
Author: Orlando Patterson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674243072
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The preeminent sociologist and National Book Award–winning author of Freedom in the Making of Western Culture grapples with the paradox of his homeland: its remarkable achievements amid continuing struggles since independence. There are few places more puzzling than Jamaica. Jamaicans claim their home has more churches per square mile than any other country, yet it is one of the most murderous nations in the world. Its reggae superstars and celebrity sprinters outshine musicians and athletes in countries hundreds of times its size. Jamaica’s economy is anemic and too many of its people impoverished, yet they are, according to international surveys, some of the happiest on earth. In The Confounding Island, Orlando Patterson returns to the place of his birth to reckon with its history and culture. Patterson investigates the failures of Jamaica’s postcolonial democracy, exploring why the country has been unable to achieve broad economic growth and why its free elections and stable government have been unable to address violence and poverty. He takes us inside the island’s passion for cricket and the unparalleled international success of its local musical traditions. He offers a fresh answer to a question that has bedeviled sports fans: Why are Jamaican runners so fast? Jamaica’s successes and struggles expose something fundamental about the world we live in. If we look closely at the Jamaican example, we see the central dilemmas of globalization, economic development, poverty reduction, and postcolonial politics thrown into stark relief.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674243072
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The preeminent sociologist and National Book Award–winning author of Freedom in the Making of Western Culture grapples with the paradox of his homeland: its remarkable achievements amid continuing struggles since independence. There are few places more puzzling than Jamaica. Jamaicans claim their home has more churches per square mile than any other country, yet it is one of the most murderous nations in the world. Its reggae superstars and celebrity sprinters outshine musicians and athletes in countries hundreds of times its size. Jamaica’s economy is anemic and too many of its people impoverished, yet they are, according to international surveys, some of the happiest on earth. In The Confounding Island, Orlando Patterson returns to the place of his birth to reckon with its history and culture. Patterson investigates the failures of Jamaica’s postcolonial democracy, exploring why the country has been unable to achieve broad economic growth and why its free elections and stable government have been unable to address violence and poverty. He takes us inside the island’s passion for cricket and the unparalleled international success of its local musical traditions. He offers a fresh answer to a question that has bedeviled sports fans: Why are Jamaican runners so fast? Jamaica’s successes and struggles expose something fundamental about the world we live in. If we look closely at the Jamaican example, we see the central dilemmas of globalization, economic development, poverty reduction, and postcolonial politics thrown into stark relief.