Download or read book Blade of Castrial written by Niranjan and published by Geetha Krishnan. This book was released on with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a choice between love and duty, what can he choose? When Lucian is appointed Blade of Castrial, the second highest position in the Echelon of Castrial, next only to the King and equal only to the Shield of Castrial, it’s the culmination of an impossible dream. The role of the Blade is to protect Castrial from external threats and in the course of his job, Lucian comes across secrets about his dead brother whom he idolised, secrets he can’t share even with Alaric, his best friend and lover who is next in line to become the Shield of Castrial. When the current Shield of Castrial is killed suddenly and all clues point to Alaric, Lucian has to decide whether he should turn a blind eye or let the law take its course. Blade of Castrial is the prequel to The Echelon series. If you love epic fantasy, queer characters in a queernormative society and political intrigues, you will love this book.
Download or read book After the End written by Niranjan and published by Geetha Krishnan. This book was released on with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Prequel stories from the world of The Lost Race. The Arrival Earth is on the verge of annihilation, and all that remains of the human race is a stolen spaceship with a motley crew. Reid, their leader, has to make a decision because they’re running out of food and fuel both, and none of them knows where they are. When they stumble upon the planet Petar and are attacked by a strange creature, Reid is ready to give up hope. A mysterious race called Derohi, saves them and promises to protect them, however, giving them hope. The Derohi have magic and are capable of feats that are incomprehensible to humans. Reid dares not trust their good will or protection, but has he a choice? Survival When Reid escapes the mob that’s hunting him, the last thing he expects is to stumble onto the last surviving member of the Derohi. Rowen would be within his rights to kill him, but he heals him instead and protects him. Reid knows he made a mistake, but is it too late to make amends?
Download or read book The Elitist Supremacy written by Niranjan K and published by Geetha Krishnan. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander Selwood is hiding many secrets. Being the first immortal is only one of them. He is also hunted by the despotic ruler of Cynfor, Cesar Thaxter -the man ruling the galaxy for centuries. Unknown to Alexander, the group of rebels who had been fighting Thaxter in secret is also seeking to use his company to build a safe haven. He would do anything to keep himself from falling into the clutches of either the Resistance or the Supreme Ruler. When the consequences of his actions cascade into a torrent of events that threatens to engulf him and everyone he cares for in danger, Alexander can't sit on the sidelines any longer. Having stayed out of the conflict for this long, he has to make a choice, but can he handle the repercussions of that decision?
Download or read book Vampires in Space An Omnibus written by Niranjan and published by Geetha Krishnan. This book was released on with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four full vampire novels in one omnibus. When museum owner Mark meets Ramsey, he doesn't expect the man to be a vampire and for himself to be the reincarnation of a long dead hunter. When Hunter Ray Haspel goes home to see his sick father, the last thing he expects is to run into Alistair, the vampire with whom he has been in love forever. When vampire hunter Ken has to defy his vampire lover, Frederick to help some human children, he risks more than their relationship because the world is ruled by vampires and they make the rules. When Vampire Kingpin Alvin Rayes comes into the crosshairs of assassins, his only chance lies in trusting a couple of bodyguards who have secrets of their own
Download or read book Shades of Spring written by Niranjan and published by Geetha Krishnan. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Blood in the bones, destruction in the stars. The Shades of Spring shall awaken with the Death of Summer, the Tree of Life shall split in two, the Crown of Roses shall fall, and the Heart of the Halvard shall fail.” When a cryptic prophecy is uttered by their Seer before his death, Halvard Chief Leymon knows that he should take it seriously. But what is most important is to find the next Halvard Seer. When his quest takes him to the lands of the wizards, Leymon learns that the next Seer is a child, and a twin. Twins are scared and no one should separate them. But the Seer’s sister has magic and no Halvard would accept her. Yet Leymon has no choice, and he’s willing to bend the rules till he sees the child, and her magic heals him. Halvard have no magic, are immune to it, and it is impossible for someone to heal him…unless they share his blood. Leymon learns that the children are his own, from a past relationship with the Cailern Queen. Who is also here, with her husband, to claim the children. To unravel the prophecy, Leymon has to travel to the sacred grove called Summer with the Cailern Queen and her husband. Can he come to terms with the wounds of his past to deal with the growing threat that stalks them? Shades of Spring is an epic fantasy novel and the first in the Shades of Spring series. If you like world ending stakes, magic, mysterious prophecies, hidden identities, flawed characters and emotional conflicts, you will enjoy this book.
Download or read book Crown of Roses written by Niranjan and published by Geetha Krishnan. This book was released on with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can their love survive a war and the enmity between their people? Leymon is the son of the Halvard Chief and Sylvania, the Queen of the Cailern. The Halvard and the Cailern had never seen eye to eye. The magic that’s in the Cailern’s very blood is considered evil by Halvard who are naturally resistant to magic and spells. But their differences don’t keep Leymon and Sylvania from falling in love. When Leymon’s father declares war on the Cailern, and all attempts at peace fail, Leymon has to choose whether to stand with his people or the woman he loves. Sylvania is also struggling with the political ploys of a powerful noble while fighting a war. With the war adding to the pressures of their positions, putting the lives of their people at stake, can Leymon and Sylvania choose their love, or will they have to surrender to the exigencies of their situation? Crown of Roses is a romantic fantasy novella which is a prequel story to the Shades of Spring series. If you love flawed characters, personal and political stakes, internal and external strife and fantasy worlds, you will love this book.
Download or read book Traitor s Blade written by Sebastien de Castell and published by Jo Fletcher Books. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With swashbuckling action that recalls Dumas's Three Musketeers, Sebastien de Castell has created a dynamic new fantasy series. In Traitor's Blade, a disgraced swordsman struggles to redeem himself by protecting a young girl caught in the web of a royal conspiracy. The King is dead, the Greatcoats have been disbanded, and Falcio Val Mond and his fellow magistrates Kest and Brasti have been reduced to working as bodyguards for a nobleman who refuses to pay them. Things could be worse, of course. Their employer could be lying dead on the floor while they are forced to watch the killer plant evidence framing them for the murder. Oh wait, that's exactly what's happening. Now a royal conspiracy is about to unfold in the most corrupt city in the world. A carefully orchestrated series of murders that began with the overthrow of an idealistic young king will end with the death of an orphaned girl and the ruin of everything that Falcio, Kest, and Brasti have fought for. But if the trio want to foil the conspiracy, save the girl, and reunite the Greatcoats, they'll have to do it with nothing but the tattered coats on their backs and the swords in their hands, because these days every noble is a tyrant, every knight is a thug, and the only thing you can really trust is a traitor's blade.
Download or read book Advances in Wind Turbine Blade Design and Materials written by Povl Brondsted and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-14 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Wind Turbine Blade Design and Materials, Second Edition, builds on the thorough review of the design and functionality of wind turbine rotor blades and the requirements and challenges for composite materials used in both current and future designs of wind turbine blades. - Reviews the design and functionality of wind turbine rotor blades - Examines the requirements and challenges for composite materials used in both current and future designs of wind turbine blades - Provides an invaluable reference for researchers and innovators in the field of wind
Download or read book The Social and Technological Dimensions of Copper Age and Bronze Age Metallurgy in Mallorca Spain written by Christopher Ray Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Queer Anxieties of Young Adult Literature and Culture written by Derritt Mason and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2020-12-28 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young adult literature featuring LGBTQ+ characters is booming. In the 1980s and 1990s, only a handful of such titles were published every year. Recently, these numbers have soared to over one hundred annual releases. Queer characters are also appearing more frequently in film, on television, and in video games. This explosion of queer representation, however, has prompted new forms of longstanding cultural anxieties about adolescent sexuality. What makes for a good “coming out” story? Will increased queer representation in young people’s media teach adolescents the right lessons and help queer teens live better, happier lives? What if these stories harm young people instead of helping them? In Queer Anxieties of Young Adult Literature and Culture, Derritt Mason considers these questions through a range of popular media, including an assortment of young adult books; Caper in the Castro, the first-ever queer video game; online fan communities; and popular television series Glee and Big Mouth. Mason argues themes that generate the most anxiety about adolescent culture—queer visibility, risk taking, HIV/AIDS, dystopia and horror, and the promise that “It Gets Better” and the threat that it might not—challenge us to rethink how we read and engage with young people’s media. Instead of imagining queer young adult literature as a subgenre defined by its visibly queer characters, Mason proposes that we see “queer YA” as a body of transmedia texts with blurry boundaries, one that coheres around affect—specifically, anxiety—instead of content.
Download or read book Italian Sword and Sandal Films 1908 1990 written by Roy Kinnard and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Produced in Italy from the turn of the 20th century, "sword and sandal" or peplum films were well received in the silent era and attained great popularity in the 1960s following the release of Hercules (1959), starring Mr. Universe Steve Reeves. A global craze for Bronze Age fantasy-adventures ensued and the heroic exploits of Hercules, Maciste, Samson and Goliath were soon a mainstay of American drive-ins and second-run theaters (though mainly disparaged by critics). By 1965, the genre was eclipsed by the spaghetti western, yet the 1960s peplum canon continues to inspire Hollywood epics. This filmography provides credits, cast and comments for dozens of films from 1908 through 1990.
Download or read book Live by the Sword written by Gus Russo and published by Bancroft Press. This book was released on 1998-11-25 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humiliated at the Bay of Pigs, John and Robert Kennedy sought desperately to eliminate Castro. Their strategies for overthrowing the Cuban leader were so elaborate and bizarre, they could only engender paranoia. Castro openly threatened to retaliate. Pro-Castro agitator Lee Harvey Oswald learned that Robert Kennedy was personally supervising groups plotting against the Cuban leader. Filled with rage and a sense of destiny, Oswald went to the Cuban embassy in Mexico, announcing he would kill America's president in exchange for sanctuary in Havana. Live By the Sword forces the conclusion that members of the Cuban regime accepted the troubled American's offer. Russo shows that Oswald was indeed JFK's lone assailant, but that after the president's murder, a devastated Robert Kennedy and key officials launched a comprehensive coverup to hide its true causes.Gus Russo, based in Baltimore, Maryland, has reported for acclaimed ABC and PBS documentaries on JFK, and done research for authors Gerald Posner, Seymour Hersh, and Anthony Summers. Exhaustively researched, Live by the Sword ends 35 years of public mistrust and confusion over the Kennedy assassination.
Download or read book Castro s Curveball written by Tim Wendel and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an old scrapbook stirs memories, Billy Bryan looks back to the year 1947 when he was playing winter ball in Cuba, enjoying Havana's decadent nightlife, and dreaming of a major-league career.
Download or read book Romance written by Joseph Hueffer, Ford M. Conrad and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Romance by Joseph Conrad, Ford M. Hueffer
Download or read book Direct and Large Eddy Simulation IX written by Jochen Fröhlich and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reflects the state of the art of numerical simulation of transitional and turbulent flows and provides an active forum for discussion of recent developments in simulation techniques and understanding of flow physics. Following the tradition of earlier DLES workshops, these papers address numerous theoretical and physical aspects of transitional and turbulent flows. At an applied level it contributes to the solution of problems related to energy production, transportation, magneto-hydrodynamics and the environment. A special session is devoted to quality issues of LES. The ninth Workshop on 'Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation' (DLES-9) was held in Dresden, April 3-5, 2013, organized by the Institute of Fluid Mechanics at Technische Universität Dresden. This book is of interest to scientists and engineers, both at an early level in their career and at more senior levels.
Download or read book Hawke written by Ted Bell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 803 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While sailing in the Caribbean, young Alex Hawke witnesses an act of unspeakable horror as modern-day pirates brutally murder his parents. It is a tragedy that will haunt him forever and shape his destiny. As a direct descendant of a legandary English pirate, Lord Alexander Hawke is skilled in the ways of sea combat - and one of Britain's most decorated naval heroes. Now, Hawke returns to the Caribbean on a secret mission for the American government. A highly experimental stealth submarine is missing. She carries forty nuclear warheads, and is believed to be in the hands of an unstable government just ninety miles from the US mainland. In a race against time, Hawke must locate the sub before a strike can be launched against the US - and, after a lifetime of nightmares, finally avenge himself on the mean who slaughtered his family . . .
Download or read book Silver Sword and Stone written by Marie Arana and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, American Library Association Booklist’s Top of the List, 2019 Adult Nonfiction Longlisted for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Against the background of a thousand years of vivid history, acclaimed writer Marie Arana tells the timely and timeless stories of three contemporary Latin Americans whose lives represent three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region: exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and religion (stone). Leonor Gonzales lives in a tiny community perched 18,000 feet above sea level in the Andean cordillera of Peru, the highest human habitation on earth. Like her late husband, she works the gold mines much as the Indians were forced to do at the time of the Spanish Conquest. Illiteracy, malnutrition, and disease reign as they did five hundred years ago. And now, just as then, a miner’s survival depends on a vast global market whose fluctuations are controlled in faraway places. Carlos Buergos is a Cuban who fought in the civil war in Angola and now lives in a quiet community outside New Orleans. He was among hundreds of criminals Cuba expelled to the US in 1980. His story echoes the violence that has coursed through the Americas since before Columbus to the crushing savagery of the Spanish Conquest, and from 19th- and 20th-century wars and revolutions to the military crackdowns that convulse Latin America to this day. Xavier Albó is a Jesuit priest from Barcelona who emigrated to Bolivia, where he works among the indigenous people. He considers himself an Indian in head and heart and, for this, is well known in his adopted country. Although his aim is to learn rather than proselytize, he is an inheritor of a checkered past, where priests marched alongside conquistadors, converting the natives to Christianity, often forcibly, in the effort to win the New World. Ever since, the Catholic Church has played a central role in the political life of Latin America—sometimes for good, sometimes not. In Silver, Sword, and Stone Marie Arana seamlessly weaves these stories with the history of the past millennium to explain three enduring themes that have defined Latin America since pre-Columbian times: the foreign greed for its mineral riches, an ingrained propensity to violence, and the abiding power of religion. What emerges is a vibrant portrait of a people whose lives are increasingly intertwined with our own.
