Author: Christopher D. Schmitz
Publisher: TreeShaker Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
A demon set her house on fire… with Claire still inside. Inferno monsters aren’t the worst of it. Her archaeologist father is missing, and after the Feds confirm suspicions of a bigfoot serial killer. And there are the lizard people, too—and they’ll stop at nothing to get Claire. Here I thought my college years were supposed to be fun? When her father’s oldest friend, an elderly language professor, decodes a primeval text, Claire learns the cultists believe there is magic in her veins. Only her blood has the power to unleash an ageless evil and allow those chasing her to breach a gate that must never be opened. Claire’s only hope is to learn the secrets of a mysterious artifact that can alter reality. The Tesseract. But it’s guarded ancient protectors: the Vangandra. The Wolves. If the cultists catch her, they’ll end all existence… but Claire is sick of running. Click to get it now!
Wolf of the Tesseract
Author: Christopher D. Schmitz
Publisher: TreeShaker Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
A demon set her house on fire… with Claire still inside. Inferno monsters aren’t the worst of it. Her archaeologist father is missing, and after the Feds confirm suspicions of a bigfoot serial killer. And there are the lizard people, too—and they’ll stop at nothing to get Claire. Here I thought my college years were supposed to be fun? When her father’s oldest friend, an elderly language professor, decodes a primeval text, Claire learns the cultists believe there is magic in her veins. Only her blood has the power to unleash an ageless evil and allow those chasing her to breach a gate that must never be opened. Claire’s only hope is to learn the secrets of a mysterious artifact that can alter reality. The Tesseract. But it’s guarded ancient protectors: the Vangandra. The Wolves. If the cultists catch her, they’ll end all existence… but Claire is sick of running. Click to get it now!
Publisher: TreeShaker Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
A demon set her house on fire… with Claire still inside. Inferno monsters aren’t the worst of it. Her archaeologist father is missing, and after the Feds confirm suspicions of a bigfoot serial killer. And there are the lizard people, too—and they’ll stop at nothing to get Claire. Here I thought my college years were supposed to be fun? When her father’s oldest friend, an elderly language professor, decodes a primeval text, Claire learns the cultists believe there is magic in her veins. Only her blood has the power to unleash an ageless evil and allow those chasing her to breach a gate that must never be opened. Claire’s only hope is to learn the secrets of a mysterious artifact that can alter reality. The Tesseract. But it’s guarded ancient protectors: the Vangandra. The Wolves. If the cultists catch her, they’ll end all existence… but Claire is sick of running. Click to get it now!
Wolf of the Tesseract - Galley
Author: Christopher Schmitz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781533273741
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781533273741
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
not available - only creating this listing for proofing purposes
Meta Morphing
Author: Vivian Carol Sobchack
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816633180
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Two thousand years ago, Ovid asked his readers to imagine metamorphoses in which men and women became flowers and beasts. Today, before our cinema-savvy eyes, people melt and re-form as altogether new creatures: they "morph." This volume explores what digital morphing means -- both as a cultural practice specific to our times and as a link to a much broader history of images of human transformation. Meta-Morphing ranges over topics that include turn-of-the-century "quick-change" artists, Mesoamerican shamanic transformation, and cosmetic surgery; recent works such as Terminator 2, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Heavenly Creatures, and Forrest Gump; and the transformations imagined by Kafka, Proust, and Burroughs. The contributors look not only at the technical wizardry behind digital morphing, but also at the history and cultural concerns it expresses.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816633180
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Two thousand years ago, Ovid asked his readers to imagine metamorphoses in which men and women became flowers and beasts. Today, before our cinema-savvy eyes, people melt and re-form as altogether new creatures: they "morph." This volume explores what digital morphing means -- both as a cultural practice specific to our times and as a link to a much broader history of images of human transformation. Meta-Morphing ranges over topics that include turn-of-the-century "quick-change" artists, Mesoamerican shamanic transformation, and cosmetic surgery; recent works such as Terminator 2, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Heavenly Creatures, and Forrest Gump; and the transformations imagined by Kafka, Proust, and Burroughs. The contributors look not only at the technical wizardry behind digital morphing, but also at the history and cultural concerns it expresses.
Shield of Sea and Space
Author: Erin Hoffman
Publisher: Pyr
ISBN: 1616147709
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Vidarian Rulorat, called the Tesseract, a powerful magic-user whose abilities spread across multiple elements, finds himself at war with the Alorean Import Company, a powerful cabal of merchants wealthy enough to buy nations. By opening the gate between worlds, Vidarian released the Starhunter, goddess of chaos. With her coming, wild magic returned to the world of Andovar, bringing with it shape- changers and strange awakened elemental technologies, including many-sailed ships powered by air magic, and mechanical automata lit from within by earth and fire. Now, Vidarian discovers that the Alorean Import Company is determined to eliminate two- thirds of this new life on Andovar in the hopes of hoarding more magic for themselves in a new, worldwide plutocracy. Along with his human, gryphon, and shapechanger allies, he must stop the Company if he is to safeguard any future for the diverse life of Andovar, including his and Ariadel's newborn daughter. With the existence of whole species hanging in the balance, Vidarian is locked in a race for the future of the world.
Publisher: Pyr
ISBN: 1616147709
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Vidarian Rulorat, called the Tesseract, a powerful magic-user whose abilities spread across multiple elements, finds himself at war with the Alorean Import Company, a powerful cabal of merchants wealthy enough to buy nations. By opening the gate between worlds, Vidarian released the Starhunter, goddess of chaos. With her coming, wild magic returned to the world of Andovar, bringing with it shape- changers and strange awakened elemental technologies, including many-sailed ships powered by air magic, and mechanical automata lit from within by earth and fire. Now, Vidarian discovers that the Alorean Import Company is determined to eliminate two- thirds of this new life on Andovar in the hopes of hoarding more magic for themselves in a new, worldwide plutocracy. Along with his human, gryphon, and shapechanger allies, he must stop the Company if he is to safeguard any future for the diverse life of Andovar, including his and Ariadel's newborn daughter. With the existence of whole species hanging in the balance, Vidarian is locked in a race for the future of the world.
Cinematic Appeals
Author: Ariel Rogers
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231159161
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Cinematic Appeals follows the effect of technological innovation on the cinema experience, specifically the introduction of widescreen and stereoscopic 3D systems in the 1950s, the rise of digital cinema in the 1990s, and the transition to digital 3D since 2005. Widescreen films drew the spectator into the world of the screen, enabling larger-than-life close-ups of already larger-than-life actors. The technology fostered the illusion of physically entering a film, enhancing the semblance of realism. Alternatively, the digital era was less concerned with manipulating the viewer’s physical response and more with generating information flow, awe, disorientation, and the disintegration of spatial boundaries. This study ultimately shows how cinematic technology and the human experience shape and respond to each other over time. Films discussed include Elia Kazan’s East of Eden (1955), Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999), The Matrix (1999), and Thomas Vinterberg’s Dogme film The Celebration (1998).
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231159161
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Cinematic Appeals follows the effect of technological innovation on the cinema experience, specifically the introduction of widescreen and stereoscopic 3D systems in the 1950s, the rise of digital cinema in the 1990s, and the transition to digital 3D since 2005. Widescreen films drew the spectator into the world of the screen, enabling larger-than-life close-ups of already larger-than-life actors. The technology fostered the illusion of physically entering a film, enhancing the semblance of realism. Alternatively, the digital era was less concerned with manipulating the viewer’s physical response and more with generating information flow, awe, disorientation, and the disintegration of spatial boundaries. This study ultimately shows how cinematic technology and the human experience shape and respond to each other over time. Films discussed include Elia Kazan’s East of Eden (1955), Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999), The Matrix (1999), and Thomas Vinterberg’s Dogme film The Celebration (1998).
Origins of the Fey Duelist
Author: Christopher D. Schmitz
Publisher: TreeShaker Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Betrayed. Erased. And made an orcish slave. A human child falls into the hands of a fey warlord with aspirations to the unseelie throne. But when that child learns to fight and grows into a shadow-killer of the faewylds, old grudges flock home to roost. Remy Keaton's memories of his prior humanity may have been snuffed out, but when the brutal warlord Rhylfelour takes things too far, Remy makes a strange alliance with the Spider Lady, Rhagathena—illegitimate queen of the Rime Throne. But with hers and the warlord's eyes both set upon rule of the unseelie court, will Remy's revenge trade one monster for an even worse one—one set up to strangle the Winter Court in webs of deceit and skullduggery? All vengeance comes exacts a toll… can Remy Keaton afford to pay its steep price? With Rhylfelour's murderous fits of rage, can Remy afford not to pay it? If you like dark fantasy, paranormal, and urban fantasy with elves, magic, and mystery, then you need this book. For fans of Sarah J. Maas, Rae Carson, Holly Black, and Cassandra Clare.
Publisher: TreeShaker Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Betrayed. Erased. And made an orcish slave. A human child falls into the hands of a fey warlord with aspirations to the unseelie throne. But when that child learns to fight and grows into a shadow-killer of the faewylds, old grudges flock home to roost. Remy Keaton's memories of his prior humanity may have been snuffed out, but when the brutal warlord Rhylfelour takes things too far, Remy makes a strange alliance with the Spider Lady, Rhagathena—illegitimate queen of the Rime Throne. But with hers and the warlord's eyes both set upon rule of the unseelie court, will Remy's revenge trade one monster for an even worse one—one set up to strangle the Winter Court in webs of deceit and skullduggery? All vengeance comes exacts a toll… can Remy Keaton afford to pay its steep price? With Rhylfelour's murderous fits of rage, can Remy afford not to pay it? If you like dark fantasy, paranormal, and urban fantasy with elves, magic, and mystery, then you need this book. For fans of Sarah J. Maas, Rae Carson, Holly Black, and Cassandra Clare.
Dekker's Dozen: The Armageddon Seeds
Author: Christopher D Schmitz
Publisher: TreeShaker Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Dekker Knight has a secret past. Vivian “Vesuvius” Briggs has a sword and a chip on her shoulder. Together they run a crew of sanctioned space mercenaries: the Dozen. During an operation gone wrong, an alien spy steals a seemingly insignificant item: a benign seed found on Ganymede. A secret cult believes it has immense power, perhaps coming from the Garden of Eden itself. If it falls into enemy hands, it could wreak unspeakable evil across the galaxy. The Dozen fight to keep their debts settled, fuel in their ship, and some equilibrance to their moral ledger. They are more than mercenaries: they are part of a family they’ve chosen—and this seed threatens to tear it apart. Between a corrupt government, and forces in league with the notorious villain, Prognon Austicon, threats squeeze them from every side. Dekker and Austicon have a vendetta. Vivian’s family and Austicon have a history. Austicon has powerful friends and a superweapon. With the fate of the universe hanging in the balance, can the Dozen swing the pendulum back?
Publisher: TreeShaker Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Dekker Knight has a secret past. Vivian “Vesuvius” Briggs has a sword and a chip on her shoulder. Together they run a crew of sanctioned space mercenaries: the Dozen. During an operation gone wrong, an alien spy steals a seemingly insignificant item: a benign seed found on Ganymede. A secret cult believes it has immense power, perhaps coming from the Garden of Eden itself. If it falls into enemy hands, it could wreak unspeakable evil across the galaxy. The Dozen fight to keep their debts settled, fuel in their ship, and some equilibrance to their moral ledger. They are more than mercenaries: they are part of a family they’ve chosen—and this seed threatens to tear it apart. Between a corrupt government, and forces in league with the notorious villain, Prognon Austicon, threats squeeze them from every side. Dekker and Austicon have a vendetta. Vivian’s family and Austicon have a history. Austicon has powerful friends and a superweapon. With the fate of the universe hanging in the balance, can the Dozen swing the pendulum back?
Modern Japanese Culture and Society
Author: Dolores P. Martinez
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A new title in the Routledge Library of Modern Japan, this major work is a four-volume collection of cutting-edge and canonical research about modern Japanese culture and society.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A new title in the Routledge Library of Modern Japan, this major work is a four-volume collection of cutting-edge and canonical research about modern Japanese culture and society.
A Kiss of Daggers
Author: Christopher D. Schmitz
Publisher: TreeShaker Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 729
Book Description
Blood. Elves. And Duels. This is Arcadeax: a mystic land of honor, intrigue, and spellpunk arcana. A childhood tragedy trapped Remy Keaton in the fey world with nothing but a blade forged by his need for vengeance. He doesn’t remember his human life before that day, but long ago he learned the harsh ways of the seelie and unseelie courts. When Remy rescues the daughter of a wealthy elven merchant from bandits, he falls madly in love with her. But a kiss from the elf girl would bring him a curse. Not only is love between the fey and the sons of Adam forbidden, but Jaira was promised to another: a capricious elf noble with a murderous reputation, and a spell from King Oberon himself ensures the girl's virtue. The only option for Remy is to win a dueling contest which will earn him the kiss he desires, and possibly purchase the respect of the fey kingdom. But when his enemy offers to restore Remy’s lost life, he learns the high cost of either option: abandon the woman he loves to the wickedness of her betrothed, or enter the fight of his life and lose his past forever. And regardless of his decision, Remy must still face the horrors of Cathair Dé’s fighting arena. Can Remy and his friends escape Cathair Dé alive? If you like dark fantasy, paranormal, and urban fantasy with elves, magic, and mystery, then you need this book. For fans of Sarah J. Maas, Holly Black, and Cassandra Clare.
Publisher: TreeShaker Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 729
Book Description
Blood. Elves. And Duels. This is Arcadeax: a mystic land of honor, intrigue, and spellpunk arcana. A childhood tragedy trapped Remy Keaton in the fey world with nothing but a blade forged by his need for vengeance. He doesn’t remember his human life before that day, but long ago he learned the harsh ways of the seelie and unseelie courts. When Remy rescues the daughter of a wealthy elven merchant from bandits, he falls madly in love with her. But a kiss from the elf girl would bring him a curse. Not only is love between the fey and the sons of Adam forbidden, but Jaira was promised to another: a capricious elf noble with a murderous reputation, and a spell from King Oberon himself ensures the girl's virtue. The only option for Remy is to win a dueling contest which will earn him the kiss he desires, and possibly purchase the respect of the fey kingdom. But when his enemy offers to restore Remy’s lost life, he learns the high cost of either option: abandon the woman he loves to the wickedness of her betrothed, or enter the fight of his life and lose his past forever. And regardless of his decision, Remy must still face the horrors of Cathair Dé’s fighting arena. Can Remy and his friends escape Cathair Dé alive? If you like dark fantasy, paranormal, and urban fantasy with elves, magic, and mystery, then you need this book. For fans of Sarah J. Maas, Holly Black, and Cassandra Clare.
Document Analysis and Recognition – ICDAR 2021 Workshops
Author: Elisa H. Barney Smith
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030861597
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
This book constitutes the proceedings of the international workshops co-located with the 16th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR 2021, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in September 2021.The total of 59 full and 12 short papers presented in this book were carefully selected from 96 submissions and divided into two volumes. Part II contains 30 full and 8 short papers that stem from the following meetings: Workshop on Machine Learning (WML); Workshop on Open Services and Tools for Document Analysis (OST); Workshop on Industrial Applications of Document Analysis and Recognition (WIADAR); Workshop on Computational Paleography (IWCP); Workshop on Document Images and Language (DIL); Workshop on Graph Representation Learning for Scanned Document Analysis (GLESDO).
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030861597
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
This book constitutes the proceedings of the international workshops co-located with the 16th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR 2021, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in September 2021.The total of 59 full and 12 short papers presented in this book were carefully selected from 96 submissions and divided into two volumes. Part II contains 30 full and 8 short papers that stem from the following meetings: Workshop on Machine Learning (WML); Workshop on Open Services and Tools for Document Analysis (OST); Workshop on Industrial Applications of Document Analysis and Recognition (WIADAR); Workshop on Computational Paleography (IWCP); Workshop on Document Images and Language (DIL); Workshop on Graph Representation Learning for Scanned Document Analysis (GLESDO).