Author: David Stanley
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312582510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Do true heroes wait for Fate? King Morden rules the land of Kern with an iron fist. Having invaded the peaceful nation of Meneday, the people of Kern have been locked in war for years. But in the village of Bulbannon, a prophecy has been uncovered, speaking of the one who will overthrow the king and bring peace back to the land. This one will be the Windborn. The prophecy, however, only mentioned one with the legendary magick, not three...
Windborn Rising
Author: David Stanley
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312582510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Do true heroes wait for Fate? King Morden rules the land of Kern with an iron fist. Having invaded the peaceful nation of Meneday, the people of Kern have been locked in war for years. But in the village of Bulbannon, a prophecy has been uncovered, speaking of the one who will overthrow the king and bring peace back to the land. This one will be the Windborn. The prophecy, however, only mentioned one with the legendary magick, not three...
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312582510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Do true heroes wait for Fate? King Morden rules the land of Kern with an iron fist. Having invaded the peaceful nation of Meneday, the people of Kern have been locked in war for years. But in the village of Bulbannon, a prophecy has been uncovered, speaking of the one who will overthrow the king and bring peace back to the land. This one will be the Windborn. The prophecy, however, only mentioned one with the legendary magick, not three...
Windborn
Author: Kassandra Demille
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662404506
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Roseport is a fairly normal city. It has its attractions, a lovely coastline, its suburbs, and its not-so-pleasant areas. It also has deep subways and abandoned sewers and pockets that hold deeply sunk sections of the city, lost in an earthquake nearly half a century before.In one such pocket lives four brothers and their foster father, hidden deep away from the prying eyes of humanity, because they are not, entirely, human.Jonathan and his brothers could only be content hiding so deep underground for so long, and as soon as their father would allow it, they began venturing out into the old subways, clearing out the gangs and drugs and declaring the forgotten places where the homeless gathered as their turf. After a while, they began to expand their protected area into the city above. Masked, gloved, and completely hidden, they maintained the safety of "their city"--until a new power moved in.The gangs are uniting instead of squabbling with each other, and a cult thought long gone has resurfaced, with a new leader at its front who has money, charm, and some strange abilities of his own. Coinciding with this new rival, Jonathan finds a dying woman in the snow. With her complete lack of reaction to his unearthly appearance, Jonathan is determined to nurse her back to health and find out why she never found him strange, hoping that she can reveal to them what they are and why they are so different. But he needs to find a way to break through her depression and make her want to live so he can get the answers he needs to save his city and his family.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662404506
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Roseport is a fairly normal city. It has its attractions, a lovely coastline, its suburbs, and its not-so-pleasant areas. It also has deep subways and abandoned sewers and pockets that hold deeply sunk sections of the city, lost in an earthquake nearly half a century before.In one such pocket lives four brothers and their foster father, hidden deep away from the prying eyes of humanity, because they are not, entirely, human.Jonathan and his brothers could only be content hiding so deep underground for so long, and as soon as their father would allow it, they began venturing out into the old subways, clearing out the gangs and drugs and declaring the forgotten places where the homeless gathered as their turf. After a while, they began to expand their protected area into the city above. Masked, gloved, and completely hidden, they maintained the safety of "their city"--until a new power moved in.The gangs are uniting instead of squabbling with each other, and a cult thought long gone has resurfaced, with a new leader at its front who has money, charm, and some strange abilities of his own. Coinciding with this new rival, Jonathan finds a dying woman in the snow. With her complete lack of reaction to his unearthly appearance, Jonathan is determined to nurse her back to health and find out why she never found him strange, hoping that she can reveal to them what they are and why they are so different. But he needs to find a way to break through her depression and make her want to live so he can get the answers he needs to save his city and his family.
Seaborn
Author: Michael Livingston
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1035905671
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
The seven houses of the matriarchal Seaborn have plied the seas of the Fair Isles for centuries, trading among the islands and fending off the attacks by the fearsome Bone Pirate. But suddenly, out of the night sky, a common enemy appears – the Windborn, who come without warning to raid, burn, and kill. Hoping to turn the tide, Shae - the Bone Pirate's first mate - enacts a daring plan to fight her way aboard a Windborn vessel. The raid yields a prize - the airship's captain who is, to Shae's shock, a man. Together with a reluctant heroine, Bela, they learn the truth of their shared history: the Windborn and Seaborn come from the same people, split apart by blood magick when a race of immortal mechanical men betrayed their human makers. Now, these unlikely allies must make a desperate journey to confront the secrets of the past – and stop the dark magick at its source.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1035905671
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
The seven houses of the matriarchal Seaborn have plied the seas of the Fair Isles for centuries, trading among the islands and fending off the attacks by the fearsome Bone Pirate. But suddenly, out of the night sky, a common enemy appears – the Windborn, who come without warning to raid, burn, and kill. Hoping to turn the tide, Shae - the Bone Pirate's first mate - enacts a daring plan to fight her way aboard a Windborn vessel. The raid yields a prize - the airship's captain who is, to Shae's shock, a man. Together with a reluctant heroine, Bela, they learn the truth of their shared history: the Windborn and Seaborn come from the same people, split apart by blood magick when a race of immortal mechanical men betrayed their human makers. Now, these unlikely allies must make a desperate journey to confront the secrets of the past – and stop the dark magick at its source.
Black Sun Rising
Author: C.S. Friedman
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1101464321
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Over a millennium ago, Erna, a seismically active yet beautiful world was settled by colonists from far-distant Earth. But the seemingly habitable planet was fraught with perils no one could have foretold. The colonists found themselves caught in a desperate battle for survival against the fae, a terrifying natural force with the power to prey upon the human mind itself, drawing forth a person's worst nightmare images or most treasured dreams and indiscriminately giving them life. Twelve centuries after fate first stranded the colonists on Erna, mankind has achieved an uneasy stalemate, and human sorcerers manipulate the fae for their own profit, little realizing that demonic forces which feed upon such efforts are rapidly gaining in strength. Now, as the hordes of the dark fae multiply, four people—Priest, Adept, Apprentice, and Sorcerer—are about to be drawn inexorably together for a mission which will force them to confront an evil beyond their imagining, in a conflict which will put not only their own lives but the very fate of humankind in jeopardy.
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1101464321
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Over a millennium ago, Erna, a seismically active yet beautiful world was settled by colonists from far-distant Earth. But the seemingly habitable planet was fraught with perils no one could have foretold. The colonists found themselves caught in a desperate battle for survival against the fae, a terrifying natural force with the power to prey upon the human mind itself, drawing forth a person's worst nightmare images or most treasured dreams and indiscriminately giving them life. Twelve centuries after fate first stranded the colonists on Erna, mankind has achieved an uneasy stalemate, and human sorcerers manipulate the fae for their own profit, little realizing that demonic forces which feed upon such efforts are rapidly gaining in strength. Now, as the hordes of the dark fae multiply, four people—Priest, Adept, Apprentice, and Sorcerer—are about to be drawn inexorably together for a mission which will force them to confront an evil beyond their imagining, in a conflict which will put not only their own lives but the very fate of humankind in jeopardy.
The Shape of Fear
Author: Susan Jennifer Navarette
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813182662
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
During the last decades of the nineteenth century, Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, Walter Pater and others changed the nature of thought concerning the human body and the physical environment that had shaped it. In response, the 1890s saw the publication of a series of remarkable literary works that had their genesis in the intense scientific and aesthetic activity of those preceding decades—texts that emphasized themes of degeneration and were themselves stylistically decompositive, with language both a surrogate for physical deformity and a source of anxiety. Susan J. Navarette examines the ways in which scientific and cultural concerns of late nineteenth-century England are coded in the horror literature of the period. By contextualizing the structural, stylistic, and thematic systems developed by writers seeking to reenact textually the entropic forces they perceived in the natural world, Navarette reconstructs the late Victorian mentalité. She analyzes aesthetic responses to trends in contemporary science and explores horror writers' use of scientific methodologies to support their perception that a long-awaited period of cultural decline had begun. In her analysis of the classics Turn of the Screw and Heart of Darkness, Navarette shows how James and Conrad made artistic use of earlier "scientific" readings of the body. She also considers works by lesser-known authors Walter de la Mare, Vernon Lee, and Arthur Machen, who produced fin de siècle stories that took the form of "hybrid literary monstrosities." To underscore the fascination with bodily decay and deformation that these writers explored, The Shape of Fear is enhanced with prints and line drawings by Victor Hugo, James Ensor, and other artists of the day. This elegantly written book formulates a new canon of late Victorian fiction that will intrigue scholars of literature and cultural history.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813182662
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
During the last decades of the nineteenth century, Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, Walter Pater and others changed the nature of thought concerning the human body and the physical environment that had shaped it. In response, the 1890s saw the publication of a series of remarkable literary works that had their genesis in the intense scientific and aesthetic activity of those preceding decades—texts that emphasized themes of degeneration and were themselves stylistically decompositive, with language both a surrogate for physical deformity and a source of anxiety. Susan J. Navarette examines the ways in which scientific and cultural concerns of late nineteenth-century England are coded in the horror literature of the period. By contextualizing the structural, stylistic, and thematic systems developed by writers seeking to reenact textually the entropic forces they perceived in the natural world, Navarette reconstructs the late Victorian mentalité. She analyzes aesthetic responses to trends in contemporary science and explores horror writers' use of scientific methodologies to support their perception that a long-awaited period of cultural decline had begun. In her analysis of the classics Turn of the Screw and Heart of Darkness, Navarette shows how James and Conrad made artistic use of earlier "scientific" readings of the body. She also considers works by lesser-known authors Walter de la Mare, Vernon Lee, and Arthur Machen, who produced fin de siècle stories that took the form of "hybrid literary monstrosities." To underscore the fascination with bodily decay and deformation that these writers explored, The Shape of Fear is enhanced with prints and line drawings by Victor Hugo, James Ensor, and other artists of the day. This elegantly written book formulates a new canon of late Victorian fiction that will intrigue scholars of literature and cultural history.
Stand for Justice
Author: A.J. Flowers
Publisher: A.J. Flowers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Stand for Justice is the jaw-dropping conclusion to the Celestial Downfall Trilogy. After executing a brave, if not foolhardy plan to usurp the Seraphim, Azrael’s battle has only just begun. For the first time in history, humans, demons, and angels are working together. Her dream of a future where angelic slavery is abolished is within her grasp. But every deal comes with a price. Is Azrael ready to pay?
Publisher: A.J. Flowers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Stand for Justice is the jaw-dropping conclusion to the Celestial Downfall Trilogy. After executing a brave, if not foolhardy plan to usurp the Seraphim, Azrael’s battle has only just begun. For the first time in history, humans, demons, and angels are working together. Her dream of a future where angelic slavery is abolished is within her grasp. But every deal comes with a price. Is Azrael ready to pay?
Celestial Downfall Boxed Set
Author: A.J. Flowers
Publisher: A.J. Flowers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 705
Book Description
All three books in the award-winning Celestial Downfall trilogy are now available in this high-value set! Angels have ruled for too long... it'll take one of their own to stop them. Fallen to Grace: Book 1 Azrael's a wingless angel, and if that wasn't bad enough, she's the only one with a functioning conscience. Her bi-color eyes mark her as a moral hybrid, and when she breaks her enslavement to Manor Saffron by making a deal with a demon, she doesn't expect to become Queen. She’ll have to survive her new royal magic, convince a legion of angels she’s worth fighting for, and find the breach in her Faustian deal, or risk a new master with horns. Rise to Hope: Book 2 Azrael must face a new world with new masters. She’s the Queen of Celestia—or so the Council of angels wish her to believe. The Seraphim, the true ruler of Celestia, holds Gabriel captive and tinkers with dark magic. Azrael must master her powers and her heart like never before in order to save Gabriel and lead a coup against the Seraphim. Stand for Justice: Book 3 After executing a brave, if not foolhardy plan to usurp the Seraphim, Azrael’s battle has only just begun. For the first time in history, humans, demons, and angels are working together. Her dream of a future where angelic slavery is abolished is within her grasp. But every deal comes with a price. Is Azrael ready to pay? ★★★★★ AWARDS ★★★★★ 2018 Silver Chapter of Excellence Award! 2017 eFestival of Words Best Fantasy Finalist! Praise for the Celestial Downfall Trilogy ★★★★★ "Vivid and Captivating" ★★★★★ "Such an amazing book I absolutely loved it and highly recommend this to anyone looking for the best supernatural fiction you can find anywhere! ★★★★★ "Fresh and Original. I couldn't put it down!" This Boxed Set Includes: ★ Fallen to Grace (Book 1) ★★ Rise to Hope (Book 2) ★★★ Stand for Justice (Book 3)
Publisher: A.J. Flowers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 705
Book Description
All three books in the award-winning Celestial Downfall trilogy are now available in this high-value set! Angels have ruled for too long... it'll take one of their own to stop them. Fallen to Grace: Book 1 Azrael's a wingless angel, and if that wasn't bad enough, she's the only one with a functioning conscience. Her bi-color eyes mark her as a moral hybrid, and when she breaks her enslavement to Manor Saffron by making a deal with a demon, she doesn't expect to become Queen. She’ll have to survive her new royal magic, convince a legion of angels she’s worth fighting for, and find the breach in her Faustian deal, or risk a new master with horns. Rise to Hope: Book 2 Azrael must face a new world with new masters. She’s the Queen of Celestia—or so the Council of angels wish her to believe. The Seraphim, the true ruler of Celestia, holds Gabriel captive and tinkers with dark magic. Azrael must master her powers and her heart like never before in order to save Gabriel and lead a coup against the Seraphim. Stand for Justice: Book 3 After executing a brave, if not foolhardy plan to usurp the Seraphim, Azrael’s battle has only just begun. For the first time in history, humans, demons, and angels are working together. Her dream of a future where angelic slavery is abolished is within her grasp. But every deal comes with a price. Is Azrael ready to pay? ★★★★★ AWARDS ★★★★★ 2018 Silver Chapter of Excellence Award! 2017 eFestival of Words Best Fantasy Finalist! Praise for the Celestial Downfall Trilogy ★★★★★ "Vivid and Captivating" ★★★★★ "Such an amazing book I absolutely loved it and highly recommend this to anyone looking for the best supernatural fiction you can find anywhere! ★★★★★ "Fresh and Original. I couldn't put it down!" This Boxed Set Includes: ★ Fallen to Grace (Book 1) ★★ Rise to Hope (Book 2) ★★★ Stand for Justice (Book 3)
Proceedings of the Southern California Medical Society ... semi-annual meeting. v.4, 1889
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The Argosy
Author: Mrs. Henry Wood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
A magazine of tales, travels, essays, and poems.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
A magazine of tales, travels, essays, and poems.
Bearing the Unbearable
Author: Frieda W. Aaron
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791494055
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This book is a pioneering study of Yiddish and Polish-Jewish concentration camp and ghetto poetry. It reveals the impact of the immediacy of experience as a formative influence on perception, response, and literary imagination, arguing that literature that is contemporaneous with unfolding events offers perceptions different from those presented after the fact. Documented here is the emergence of poetry as the dominant literary form and quickest reaction to the atrocities. The authors shows that the mission of the poets was to provide testimony to their epoch, to speak for themselves and for those who perished. For the Jews in the condemned world, this poetry was a vehicle of cultural sustenance, a means of affirming traditional values, and an expression of moral defiance that often kept the spirit of the readers from dying. The explication of the poetry (which has been translated by the author) offer challenging implications for the field of critical theory, including shifts in literary practices—prompted by the growing atrocities—that reveal a spectrum of complex experimental techniques..
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791494055
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This book is a pioneering study of Yiddish and Polish-Jewish concentration camp and ghetto poetry. It reveals the impact of the immediacy of experience as a formative influence on perception, response, and literary imagination, arguing that literature that is contemporaneous with unfolding events offers perceptions different from those presented after the fact. Documented here is the emergence of poetry as the dominant literary form and quickest reaction to the atrocities. The authors shows that the mission of the poets was to provide testimony to their epoch, to speak for themselves and for those who perished. For the Jews in the condemned world, this poetry was a vehicle of cultural sustenance, a means of affirming traditional values, and an expression of moral defiance that often kept the spirit of the readers from dying. The explication of the poetry (which has been translated by the author) offer challenging implications for the field of critical theory, including shifts in literary practices—prompted by the growing atrocities—that reveal a spectrum of complex experimental techniques..