Download or read book The Dark Druids written by Tim Newman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of, 'Yesterday's Falcon, ' comes a rich new adventure set against the backdrop of medieval Wales. When Torrance, Gawain's ten year old son is kidnapped, Gawain and his wife, Rhiannon, enlist the aid of Merlin to track down the traveling bard who took him. Their journey takes them through snowbound valleys and across the wild Celtic seas. But the kidnapping is only the beginning. Gawain and Rhiannon soon discover that Morganna, the Dark Druid who planned the abduction, is bent on using their son to find the fabled lost Runes. These mystical rune stones lie hidden in the depths of Khull Coome, a foreboding castle on the Irish coast. Neither Merlin's ancient art, nor Gawain's charmed sword are enough to thwart Morganna's plans. Somehow she always remains one step ahead, for she knows that revenge can make fools of us all. Praise for 'Yesterday's Falcon' . "Most intriguing is the interplay between the old ways of the Druids and the rise of Christianity, with Gawain serving as the fulcrum that unites the two worlds. By highlighting the influence of the Druids and allowing the two faiths to coexist, the author creates a harmonious mixture that offers intriguing possibilities for future tales. A worthy re-interpretation of the Grail legend and solid addition to the pantheon of Gawain stories."-Kirkus Discoveries "A richly detailed saga of medieval heroes and villains, Yesterday's Falcon is entertaining and recommended reading for action/adventure fantasy enthusiasts." five out of five stars.-Midwest Reviews

Download or read book Druids written by Morgan Llywelyn and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mine was the vast dark sky and the spaces between the stars that called out to me; mine was the promise of magic." So spoke the young Celt Ainvar, centuries before the enchanted age of Arthur and Merlin. An orphan taken in by the chief druid of the Carnutes in Gaul, Ainvar possessed talents that would lead him to master the druid mysteries of thought, healing, magic, and battle-- talents that would make him a soul friend to the Prince Vercingetorix . . . though the two youths were as different as fire and ice. Yet Ainvar's destiny lay with Vercingetorix, the sun-bright warrior-king. Together they traveled through bitter winters and starlit summers in Gaul, rallying the splintered Celtic tribes against the encroaching might of Julius Caesar and the soulless legions of Rome. . . .

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Download or read book The Druids Daughter Forbidden Magic written by Christina McCarthy and published by Christina McCarthy. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cathedral of the Black Madonna written by Jean Markale and published by Inner Traditions. This book was released on 2004-10-27 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the connection between ancient druidic worship of a virgin at Chartres and the veneration of the Black Madonna • Examines the Virgin Mary’s origins in the pagan worship of the Mother Goddess • Identifies Mary with the dominant solar goddess of matriarchal societies The great cathedral of Chartres is renowned the world over as a masterpiece of High Gothic architecture and for its remarkable stained glass, considered alchemical glass, and its mystical labyrinth. But the sacred foundations of this sanctuary go back to a time long before Christianity when this site was a clearing where druids worshiped a Virgo Paritura: a virgin about to give birth. This ancient meeting place, where all the druids in Gaul gathered once a year, now houses the magnificent Chartres cathedral dedicated both to the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and to one of the most venerated Black Madonnas in Europe: Our Lady of the Pillar. Coincidence? Hardly, says Jean Markale, whose exhaustive examination of the site traces Chartres’ roots back to prehistoric times and the appeal of the Black Madonna back to the ancient widespread worship of Mother Goddesses such as Cybele and Isis. Markale contends that the mother and child depicted by the Black Madonna are descended from the image worshipped by the druids of the Virgin forever giving birth. This image is not merely a representation of maternal love--albeit of a spiritual nature. It is a theological notion of great refinement: the Virgin gives birth ceaselessly to a world, a God, and a humanity in perpetual becoming.

Download or read book Rethinking the Ancient Druids written by Miranda Aldhouse-Green and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Classical authors have painted the Druids in a bad light, defining them as a barbaric priesthood, who 2,000 years ago perpetrated savage and blood rites in ancient Britain and Gaul in the name of their gods. Archaeology tells a different and more complicated story of this enigmatic priesthood, a theocracy with immense political and sacred power. This book explores the tangible ‘footprint’ the Druids have left behind: in sacred spaces, art, ritual equipment, images of the gods, strange burial rites and human sacrifice. Their material culture indicates how close was the relationship between Druids and the spirit-world, which evidence suggests they accessed through drug-induced trance.

Download or read book The Dark Druid written by Kenneth C. Flint and published by Spectra. This book was released on 1987 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 750,000 copies of his books in print, Kenneth C. Flint has become a favorite among fantasy readers everywhere. Now, the majestic trilogy of the Celtic hero Finn MacCumhal comes to a close. After Finn's wife is kidnapped, he must travel great distances and battle the sorcerer's magic to save the woman he loves.

Download or read book Pagan Portals The Hedge Druid s Craft written by Joanna van der Hoeven and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hedge Druid's Craft blends the traditions of Wicca, Witchcraft and Druidry into a spiritual path that uses the techniques of "hedge riding" to travel between the worlds, bringing back wisdom and enchantment into our everyday lives. It is about working with boundaries, with a foot in either world, living around the edges and working with liminal times and places. For those whose paths meander and often overlap, and those who would not be constrained nor confined by labels, yet who seek some definition, this book is for you. If you are interested in Witchcraft, Wicca or Druidry, this book will sing to your soul.

Download or read book Maiden s Saber The Rise of the Blood Druids written by Marion Faith St James and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fantasy adventure, The Maiden's Saber, centers around three improbable companions. Gareth, a roughish mountain of a man who once roamed the seas as a sailor. He joined with Natsha, a daughter of the Thieves Guild. Together they formed an unlikely partnership that went about the land of Aventine cutting purse strings and emptying the odd monuments of its treasures. Through misfortune or destiny, Gareth awakens the Maiden Amari Djinn, who in turn saves them from the hands of the king's soldiers. They are forced to take sanctuary in the lair of the Dragon's Grave while trying to escape Amari's evil sister. Wandering the endless catacombs, they discover another of the fabled magic sabers that only fits Gareth's mighty hand. Three additional magic swords have appeared in Amari's visions. Together, these swords will complete the fabled Kcaj Pentadiene. Their adventurous search takes the trio into violent lands and confrontations with evils bent to destroy them.

Download or read book Smells Like Finn Spirit written by Randy Henderson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finn Graymare is back in the final installment of Randy Henderson's Familia Arcana series, Smells Like Finn Spirit. Finn's re-adaptation to the human world is not going so well. He's got a great girlfriend, and is figuring out how things like the internet work, but he is still carrying the disembodied personality of Alynon, Prince of the Silver Demesne, the fae who had occupied his body during his imprisonment. And he's not getting along at all with his older brother. And oh, by the way, his dead grandfather is still trying to possess him in order to bring about Armageddon.

Download or read book Junkyard Druid written by M. D. Massey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JUNKYARD DRUID A New Adult Urban Fantasy Novel From M.D. Massey A cursed druid, blackmailed by a faery queen to find a missing magic rock. Let's just hope they don't hack the druid off... for everyone's sake. Name's Colin McCool. Folks call me the Junkyard Druid. I hate that name. Despite my last name, I'm not "cool" like the other hunters in town. I don't run an occult bookstore, I've never owned a Harley, and I didn't inherit a family fortune passed down through generations of hunters before me. And I kind of have this curse on me that's messed up my life. So, things have gone to hell since I was cursed. I live in a junkyard, my mentor Finn is a heroin addict, I've got the Cold Iron Circle breathing down my neck, and the local Fae Queen Maeve is blackmailing me into doing her dirty work. Now I'm in way over my head trying to retrieve Maeve's stolen magic rock, all while helping my friend Belladonna solve a series of murders that may or may not involve the local werewolves. And did I mention that my girlfriend is a ghost? If I can just get the Faery Queen's tathlum back, and help Belladonna solve the murders... Then I just might live long enough to finish my first year of college. - - - Junkyard Druid is a new adult fantasy novel that interweaves elements of paranormal mystery and suspense to introduce an exciting new world and characters in the urban fantasy paranormal genre. It is the first book in the Colin McCool urban fantasy series for adults. Readers of Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Kevin Hearne, and Al K. Line will enjoy exploring this new fantasy world through the eyes of Colin McCool. Get your copy today!

Download or read book Treoir Dragon Chronicles of the Belador World Book 9 written by Dianna Love and published by Silver Hawk Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final book in New York Times Bestseller Dianna Love’s explosive Treoir Dragon Chronicles of the Belador™ World series is a thrilling rollercoaster ride to an unexpected ending. Daegan is given an unconscionable task to execute before he’ll be told how to find the last grimoire volume. Casidhe jumps at learning the truth of her bloodline only to discover a deadly surprise. While running solo, Reese angers the Imortik master who sends two possessed Beladors to drag her to him. Human military lock on Evalle and her Belador team racing to stop preternatural threats. With one last hope of surviving, Cathbad goes all in and encounters a battle he never planned on. The Imortik master escalates his plans sooner than anyone expected. Everything comes down to this moment and Daegan is not ready. “It takes a special kind of writer to be able to take a series to nine books, and still have it going strong.” Goodreads review “Excellent storytelling that is as breathtaking as it is enchanting!" Clare and Lou’s Mad About Books “The non-stop action of this series continues.” BookBub review “I am loving every moment and don't want it to end.” Goodreads

Download or read book Druid Vices and a Vodka written by Annette Marie and published by Guild Codex: Spellbound. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's bad, and then there's bad. And I'm not sure which applies to a certain reluctant friend of mine. His transgressions include black-magic dealings, kidnapping, and murder, and he's about to add "revenge-fueled killing spree" to his resume-if I don't stop him. Maybe the question is ... should I stop him?

Download or read book Deadbeat Druid written by David R. Slayton and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The living cannot be allowed to infect the dead. Adam Binder has lost what matters most to him. Having finally learned the true identity of the warlock preying on his family, what was supposed to be a final confrontation with the fiend instead became a trap that sent Adam’s beloved Vicente into the realm of the dead, where none living are meant to be. Bound by debt, oath, and love, Adam blazes his own trail into the underworld to get Vicente back, and to end the threat of the warlock once and for all. But the road to hell is paved with far more than good intentions. Demons are hungry, and ghosts are relentless, and what awaits Adam in the underworld is nothing he is prepared to face. If that weren’t enough, Adam has one more thing he must do if he and Vicente are to return to the world of the living: find the lost heart of Death herself.

Download or read book Treoir Dragon Chronicles of the Belador TM World Volume II Books 4 6 written by Dianna Love and published by Silver Hawk Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-06-11 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second Treoir Dragon Chronicles of the Belador World box set (Books 4-6) in New York Times Bestseller Dianna Love’s new series continues with explosive changes. In TÅμr Medb’s library, Casidhe discovers she doesn’t know Daegan at all. While Daegan battles to survive a satyr attack, a preternatural being offers him a chance to live, but at a price only a dying man would take. Reese is blindsided by the one person she thought she could depend upon at her worst moment. Atlanta is overrun by demons being created by an unknown supernatural with a hidden agenda and Daegan’s time to save three Beladors facing execution by a VIPER Tribunal runs out. All 9 books will release in e-book, print, and audiobooks. "...a fresh concept, complex world and unique characters ... emotionally engaging story full of twists." Publishers Weekly (on Belador series) "... an exciting, pulse pounding thriller ... I love Dianna Love’s writing, her wonderful imagination, and her ability to grab us from the start of each book she writes, and keep us there until the end.” The Reading Café "I may have exclaimed aloud more than once. Bottom line: I really kind of loved it." Top 500 Amazon reviewer (on Belador series)

Download or read book The Light and the Darkness written by R.W. Dekar and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darien and his companions—Kalos, a knight of the Brigade of Iron; Allura, his childhood friend; Vincent, the Corsair; and Exterra, an elf—made their way to the treacherous Ice Fields of Albakor. They then made their way through the Cave of Ruins to find the Holy Sword that they were seeking, the Lucent Sword. However, finding the sword and ridding Darien of the evil that plagued him from his using the Shadow Sword—one of the Demonic Swords—was only part of the battle. The Empire of Lumin’Valeria still loomed over head. The Empire was not only their problem, but everyone who lived on Gaianterra. And as such, King Alphonse Ashton of the Kingdom of Ballentine had already begun to create an alliance with the other nations around the world. But will his emissaries of war be successful? Will they even be able to complete their missions before Lumin’Valeria could strike? Only time would tell. Meanwhile, Sampson Rockfell is on the trail of a traitor. Will he find whom he sought? Or will this hunt be the end for the Hunter? Jack Destin is still on the trail of the vampires whom he blamed for the murder of his family. Will he find the answers that he seeks, or is he delusional? Has he been chasing an imaginary enemy all this time? Or is he about to unleash a horror upon the world that no one has seen in over a thousand years? Finally, there are the elves. What impact will their actions have on the world of man? Will they help save the world from destruction at the hands of the Lumin’Valerian Empire? Or will they only succeed in starting a war between elves and men?

Download or read book Silver Aegis written by Stephen Pantoja and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-12-26 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dust Men are no more. After defeating the Hellmongers, the Heroes of the Heap find themselves scattered to the farthest corners of Tellus. Crullak endures numerous trials for his nobility, Omar chases a legendary city, Skullgrin and Box try to change the future of the Gloam, Alaurel walks with the druids while hiding a secret, and Mik attempts to catch lightning in a bottle again. However, fate intervenes and brings ghosts from the past, unsettled debts, and new enemies with old faces to the fore, all seeking to kill the famed adventurers once and for all.