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It's been 10 years since the men of the village left to fight in The Great War. Ten years since they left the women, children, and the older generation for a conflict far away from home and that they knew almost nothing about, except that it was about the security of their nation, their valley, their families. Ten years have passed since anyone has had any news of the war...
But the women quickly took charge of village matters. This is how the...
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When an ancient artifact falls into the hands of a young, inexperienced sorceress, Allsa, a battle-priestess of Thon, finds herself shepherding the young girl through a dangerous land. Their mission: to find an ancient wizard from a tale she doesn't even believe is true. Luckily, she has the help of a grumpy old dwarf, an obnoxious mercenary, an erudite elven wizard, and a new-wave minstrel. Allsa can only wonder at the circumstances that made her...
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In a Britain where the study of magick inspires many a drawing-room debate, Magistra Sophie Marshall and her shapeshifting professor husband must bend all their learning toward saving the nation from ruin…
Amid the bustle of Oxford University, Lady Morgan College has waited for two hundred years, its grounds overgrown, its buildings abandoned. Sophie Marshall is determined to revive magickal education for women in Britain, and where better than...
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In a nineteenth-century Britain where magecraft has directed the course of history, a ruthless conspiracy plots intrigue, treason, and murder. Only a pair of brilliant misfits suspect anything is wrong. And to avert disaster, they'll have to solve a royal mystery more than a decade cold.
As the term at Oxford's Merlin College ends, shy, bookish Gray Marshall accompanies his tutor to the country with nowhere else to go. A misadventure has left him...
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Joseph never quite understood humans. Even before he was turned by the villain Ezra back in antebellum Kentucky, there were so many human things he didn't understand. Now his story unfolds in full and heartbreaking detail, from his childhood to his betrayal by Ezra, up to the modern day, and his newfound Daniels family. Now he's got new family to try to understand, both human family and vampire. Football is particularly confounding to him, but...
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Wicked Warning: Though a love story with a positive ending, this novel is a humorous thriller that does contain a bit of dark and sexual content, mostly offscreen.She discovers there IS life after death ―as a spirit! A spirit who has a pretty grand time of it traveling about until she comes across Angelique, a motionless girl doctors are feverishly trying to resuscitate. Whoosh! In one Great Cosmic Fluke she's there instead. Back on Earth and in...
8) Shadow Play
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Shadow Play Blake Alexander and his son Lance the Necromancer meet a celebrity ghost Federici the ghost who haunts Melbourne's famous Princess Theater ghost because he spooked a reaper who was taking him to the afterlife."You don't know the Phantom of the Opera?" Blake chuckled."Yeah Gaston Leroux wrote it and it was performed here as a musical yonks ago. He is not real," said Lance."No not that one Frederick Baker," said Blake."Fredrick Baker?" asked...
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In a world where one's field isn't just a piece of land but a reflection of their identity, each patch of soil represents a person's legacy, dreams, and their very essence. Family of Farmers tells the tale of such a world, where every individual is intrinsically connected to their field, and through it, to the very fabric of life itself. Dive into a narrative that intertwines personal destinies with the ebb and flow of nature, reminding us of the...
11) Adam's Cross
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Look into the darkness of the human psyche, which lies behind Adam's eyes. Adam as a child believes he is the perpetrator behind a number of mysterious deaths. Is Adam a child serial killer?Surviving a chaotic childhood, he enters adulthood as a successful musician with a sublime talent, which mesmerizes his audiences. Fearing the axe of his past is about to drop he begins to confront the traumatic shadows of his childhood, only to discover a far...
12) Cage of Dreams
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In this thrilling sequel and conclusion to the City of Nightmares duology, which has been praised as "so much fun readers will stay up all night to finish it" (Kirkus, starred review), Ness is forced to make a twisted deal with the Nightmare Phantom-only to find herself embroiled in the explosive fallout of the agreement when a botched assassination attempt unleashes chaos into the City of Newham.
Nineteen-year-old Ness used to have a vehement terror...
13) Ruined Hearts
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Ruined HeartsA Mystic Dark Tale There's no price too high for love Danika Klein fell in love with the man who rescued her. When her abductors came looking for her, her grief concerning her ruined sanctuary pushed Rorik over an edge. The afterglow of a first union doesn't last long because Danika's enemies are still out there and keeping her safe has become Rorik's mission. An old draugr calls upon a rogue gryphon knight to aid a journey to Asylum,...
14) Shadow's Embrace
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Shadow's EmbraceSuperhero Splatterpunk SeriesAuthor: S.B. Fates Dive into "Shadow's Embrace," the latest stand-alone installment in the Superhero Splatterpunk Series by S.B. Fates, where the realms of superhero splatterpunk horror are masterfully blended. In this gripping tale, the boundaries between heroism and monstrosity are tested in a world shrouded in darkness. The Story:Tomas Barrett, a loner bestowed with the eerie ability to manipulate shadows,...
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Alexus can't catch a break - the Celestial Beings are more restless than ever, proving to be more than what even Lucifer can handle. Not to mention that it looks to be Alexus's fault in the first place. If their minds were lost, the whole world would be flushed down the toilet, and the answers that still elude Alexus would be lost forever. Then there's the whiplash in her emotions that Lucifer seems to have full control over. It has her heart yearning...
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Life is never dull for Bart the Bard. His musical training with the half-siren Fiona Featherly is interrupted by the arrival of a legendary dragon hunter from one of the southern realms. The dragon hunter is on the trail of a particularly dangerous dragon and has tracked it to this area. But what is a dragon doing this far north? One thing is certain--it will certainly be an exciting story for future generations to enjoy!
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Bart the Bard and his talking cat Wilbur have found a new home in the court of Duke Anselm the Pale, and Bart is receiving musical training from the legendary half-siren musician Fiona Featherly so that he can finally become the bard he always wanted to be. But a new visitor to the court presents danger to Bart, and he unexpectedly finds himself standing between his new friends and an unimaginable disaster. One lone bard really is not equal to this...
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Reinette needs a break. Calling off the wedding was the right thing to do but now the rest of her life stretches before her, safe, predictable, empty and lonely. Unless she plans to be stuck in her mother's guest room forever, Reinette has to find a job and a new place to live.Instead, the usually responsible Reinette signs up for a photography camp on a whim. Being out in the wilds, taking beautiful photographs, meeting new people…maybe this is...
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La Odisea es un poema épico griego que narra la vuelta a casa, tras la guerra de Troya, del héroe griego Odiseo (Ulises). Además de haber estado diez años fuera luchando, Ulises tarda otros diez años en regresar a la isla de Ítaca, de la que era rey, período durante el cual su hijo Telémaco y su esposa Penélope han de aguantar en su palacio a los pretendientes que buscan desposarla (pues creían muerto a Ulises), al mismo tiempo que consumen...
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