Download or read book Denizens and Dragons A Humorous Fantasy written by Kevin Partner and published by Scribbleit Limited. This book was released on with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reluctant mage, a deluded dragon and a very scary fairie. Bill Strike is abducted on the eve of his wedding by an elf and her band of carrier lizards and finds himself transported to the Beyond where it seems all is not well. The elfs blame him for an invasion of walking wooden robots and he's faced with a stark choice - destroy the machines or never see his world, and his fiance, again. In the meantime, Chortley Fitzmichael's father is murdered and he's the chief suspect. To make matters worse, his homicidal half-sister is now countess and is scouring the country for him. Add to this three witches, a bloody annoyed potential bride and a mysterious stranger who shares a past with Mother Hemlock and you have a recipe for chaos. And laughs. If you enjoy the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, you'll love this fast paced tale of elfs, dragons, dwarfs and faeries. The last book in the trilogy, Denizens and Dragons promises laughs, thrills and a happy ending.
Download or read book Trolls and Tribulations A Humorous Fantasy written by Kevin Partner and published by Scribbleit Limited. This book was released on with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tunnels, trolls and disembodied souls. Bill Strike, fire mage, has a problem. The magical staff he used to destroy the malicious Faerie King has been stolen by the king’s servant and, to make matters worse, the dark soul of the king is now trapped within the staff. With his companion Brianna and a goblin called Rasha, he sets off to the imperial capital to consult the library. With explosive consequences. Can he prevent the king’s soul being united with a new body? Can his half-brother Chortley successfully send his goblin prisoners back to the Darkworld without falling victim to the labyrinth of the great wizard Minus? Can Gramma stop a load of revolting goblins? And who put that elf on the shelf? Trolls and Tribulations is the second book in the Faerie King series of humorous fantasy novels. If you’re a fan of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld and like fast paced fantasy, engaging characters, steampunk robots and more footnotes than a chiropodist, you’ll love this latest instalment in Kevin Partner’s comic fantasy series. Buy Trolls and Tribulations and embark on this latest fantasy adventure today! Kevin Partner does it again in this second book in this series. Funny with a touch of the ridiculous for poor Bill Strike., Rita Reminds me of Pratchett, and Adams, and a little bit of John P Logsdon with his Ononokin series, Bonnie Magic, mystery and plenty of mathering. Well written plenty of characters and a good dose of humour. Similar to Disc world.
Download or read book The Faerie King Trilogy Complete written by Kevin Partner and published by Scribbleit Limited. This book was released on with total page 821 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fey king. An evil horde. A new darkness. And a man with exploding hands. "Fans of George Takei and Terry Pratchett will love this book. Go ahead, read it!" "Couldn't turn a page without a chuckle, a chortle or a good old fashioned guffaw!" "Funny, reminiscent of Robert Asprin, Douglas Adams, the best of Robert Heinlein" "This is an adventure story with bits of madness, magic, a budding bit of romance, and an air force wing of fighting chickens." Where two worlds meet, the jealous eyes of a Faerie King peer from the darkness as he gathers a slave army of subjugation. Set against him and his dark horde is: Bill Strike, a naive, girl-shy youth with exploding hands, the girl he’s shy of, three witches, and a pioneer of chicken-powered aviation. Oh, and a sadistic young noble with a grudge against the universe. The Faerie King Trilogy gathers together all three books in this hilarious and dramatic comic fantasy series. Meet witches, trolls, dwarfs, goblins, dragons and elfs in a thousand page story that is gripping and funny, across three fantastic worlds only one of which is like our own. If you enjoy the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams or anything by Neil Gaiman, then you’ll love this new fantasy series.
Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy written by Mike Ashley and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dazzling new collection of off-the-wall fantasies features stories from the minds of the funniest writers in the field, including Esther Friesner, Neil Gaiman, Tom Holt, Paul di Filippo, Adam Roberts and Molly Brown. Here are 35 stories guaranteed to reassure us that the next-door world will be just as mad as this one. It includes a mix of brand-new stories and rare finds or forgotten gems, with a wide range of tales to suit every taste in humour. From the missionary plunged into the bizarre initiation rituals of a lost tribe to the bloke who thought magic would help his love life, from a wizard allergic to magic who sneezes his way into chaos to a man who finds his shoes have taken over control of his life, The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy unfalteringly turns fantasy and horror fiction on its head and makes magic into mayhem. A welcome new shot of comic genius in the sphere of fantasy fiction.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction written by Don D'Ammassa and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction provides comprehensive coverage of the major authors and works in these popular genres. Each entry includes a brief discussion of the author's life and work and includes a full bibliography. Each entry on
Download or read book Dungeons Dragons Shadows of the Vampire written by Jim Zub and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MINSC AND BOO ARE BACK! And things have never looked more dire, as mysterious forces draw the legendary ranger and his crew of adventurers to RAVENLOFT, the Realm of TerrorÉ where they find themselves face to face with undead horrors in the land of eternal night!
Download or read book Stalking the Dragon written by Mike Resnick and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s Valentine's Day and private detective John Justin Mallory is planning on closing up the office early and taking his partner, Col. Winnifred Carruthers, out to dinner, since he's sure no one else will do so. But before he can turn off the lights and lock the door, a panic-stricken Buffalo Bill Brody visits them. It seems that the Eastminster pet show is being held the next day, and his dragon, Fluffy, the heavy favorite, has been kidnapped. Mallory's nocturnal hunt for the miniature dragon takes him to some of the stranger sections of this Manhattan—Greenwitch Village (which is right around the corner from Greenwich Village and is populated by witches and covens); a wax museum where figures of Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre come alive; Gracie Mansion (which is haunted by the ghosts of former mayors); and the Bureau of Missing Creatures, a movie set where they're filming a PBS documentary on zombies and various other denizens of the Manhattan night. As Mallory follows the leads and hunts for clues, he comes up against one dead end after another. Along the way he meets a few old friends and enemies, and a host of strange new inhabitants of this otherworldly Manhattan. Aided by a strange goblin named Jeeves, Mallory has only one night to find a tiny dragon that's hidden somewhere in a city of seven million.
Download or read book Gods Behaving Badly written by Marie Phillips and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly entertaining novel set in North London, where the Greek gods have been living in obscurity since the seventeenth century. Being immortal isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Life’s hard for a Greek god in the twenty-first century: nobody believes in you any more, even your own family doesn’t respect you, and you’re stuck in a dilapidated hovel in North London with too many siblings and not enough hot water. But for Artemis (goddess of hunting, professional dog walker), Aphrodite (goddess of beauty, telephone sex operator) and Apollo (god of the sun, TV psychic) there’s no way out... until a meek cleaner and her would-be boyfriend come into their lives and turn the world upside down. Gods Behaving Badly is that rare thing, a charming, funny, utterly original novel that satisfies the head and the heart.
Download or read book Astonishing Fantasy Worlds written by Christopher Hart and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2008 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to drawing fantasy worlds that covers barbarians, Vikings, the Medieval world, wild creatures, faerie realms, and gothic characters.
Download or read book Dragons of Fantasy written by Anne C. Petty and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a dragon lover? One of those people like J.R.R. Tolkien who have always desired dragons of one sort or another? If your answer is yes, then get in line with devoted dragon fans like author Anne Petty, who has been reading and thinking about dragons for years, especially as they appear in fantasy fiction. Petty asks, "What is a dragon? What does it look like, and how does it behave? What image pops into your mind when you read the word dragon?" You are invited on a quest for dragons of fantasy literature, for an in-depth look at the scaly characters on the page and the skilled writers who created them. A longtime dragon admirer, Tolkien scholar Petty takes readers on an adventurous ride over the hills and far away into realms populated by the likes of Smaug, Ramoth, Norbert, and Orm Embar, just to name a few. Authors under discussion include J.R.R. Tolkien, Anne McCaffrey, Terry Pratchett, Ursula Le Guin, Jane Yolen, Terry Goodkind and J.K. Rowling. there's also an in-depth background section on the history of dragons in myth and literature, plus an extensive bibliography. Happy dragon hunting! - Back cover.
Download or read book The Dragon s Blade written by Michael R. Miller and published by Dragon's Blade. This book was released on 2023-08-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 150,000 copies sold in this completed epic fantasy trilogy. An arrogant dragon prince is reborn, raised amongst humans, and must learn to become the king his past self never was.
Download or read book Nona the Ninth written by Tamsyn Muir and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tamsyn Muir's New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona ...the Ninth? A Finalist for the Hugo and Locus Awards! An Indie Next Pick! The Locked Tomb is a 2023 Hugo Finalist for Best Series! “You will love Nona, and Nona loves you.” —Alix E. Harrow “Unlike anything I've ever read.” —V.E. Schwab on Gideon the Ninth “Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original.” —The New York Times on Gideon the Ninth Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party. In many ways, Nona is like other people. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. But Nona's not like other people. Six months ago she woke up in a stranger's body, and she's afraid she might have to give it back. The whole city is falling to pieces. A monstrous blue sphere hangs on the horizon, ready to tear the planet apart. Blood of Eden forces have surrounded the last Cohort facility and wait for the Emperor Undying to come calling. Their leaders want Nona to be the weapon that will save them from the Nine Houses. Nona would prefer to live an ordinary life with the people she loves, with Pyrrha and Camilla and Palamedes, but she also knows that nothing lasts forever. And each night, Nona dreams of a woman with a skull-painted face... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Ascendant written by Michael R Miller and published by Portal Books. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a lowly pot boy, Holt Cook was never meant to be a dragon rider. Until in a moment of madness, he saves a dragon egg doomed to be destroyed. A blind hatchling with a mysterious and unknown magic. Soul-bonding with the dragon, Holt gains access to its magical core. Only through training and perseverance can he cultivate its power to stand a chance in the battles to come. For the riders are preparing for war. Undead horrors are rising across the land. Kings and riders alike die in their strongholds. Order is crumbling. And Holt faces a terrible decision. To do what is expected and maintain order, or do what he knows to be right and cause only chaos?
Download or read book Dragon s Ring written by Dave Freer and published by Baen. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only a Human Mage Can Save Their World Now—and the Last Remaining Mage is Conspiring With a Rogue Dragon to Destroy It All! Fantasy Adventure by the Co-Author of Pyramid Scheme and Pyramid Power. Tasmarin is a place of dragons, a plane cut off from all other worlds, where dragons can be dragons and humans can be dinner. It’s a place of islands, forests, mountains and wild oceans, filled with magical denizens. Fionn—the black dragon—calmly tells anyone who will listen that he’s going to destroy the place. Of course he’s a joker, a troublemaker and a dragon of no fixed abode. No one ever believes him. He’s dead serious. Others strive to refresh the magics that built this place. To do so they need the combined magics of all the intelligent species, to renew the ancient balance and compact. There is just one problem. They need a human mage, and dragons systematically eliminated those centuries ago. Their augury has revealed that there is one, and they seek her desperately. Unfortunately, she’s fallen in with Fionn, who really doesn’t want them to succeed. He has his own reasons and dark designs. The part he hadn’t worked out is that she will affect his plans too. Chaos, roguery, heroism, theft, love, kidnapping, magic and war follow. And more chaos. “Good characterization, ripsnorting action and an ingenious plot make this a feast for sword and sorcery fans.”—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on Dave Freer’s A Mankind Witch "There are great pleasures in life: a cold beer on a hot summer day, an Irish coffee in mid-winter, and a Dave Freer adventure story any time of the year."–Eric Flint, New York Times best-selling creator of the Ring of Fire series
Download or read book Standard Hero Behavior written by John David Anderson and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When fifteen-year-old Mason Quayle finds out that their town of Darlington is about to be attacked by orcs, goblins, ogres, and trolls, he goes in search of some heroes to save the day.
Download or read book How Long til Black Future Month written by N. K. Jemisin and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugo award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N. K. Jemisin sharply examines modern society in her first short story collection. 'The most celebrated science fiction and fantasy writer of her generation... Jemisin seems able to do just about everything' NEW YORK TIMES 'Smart, sharp and very, very timely' I NEWSPAPER 'An important collection by a rising star' GUARDIAN 'Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 'The most critically acclaimed author in contemporary science fiction and fantasy' GQ 'One line from [Jemisin's introduction] has tattooed itself on my mind, a sort of manifesto for her ongoing work and all the fiction I love: 'Now I am bolder, and angrier, and more joyful.' I felt, after reading these stories, that I was too' NPR BOOKS 'N. K. Jemisin is a powerhouse of speculative fiction. So, obviously, you need to read this new short story collection' BUSTLE N. K. Jemisin is one of the most powerful and acclaimed speculative fiction authors of our time. In the first collection of her evocative short fiction, Jemisin equally challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption. In these stories, Jemisin sharply examines modern society, infusing magic into the mundane, and drawing deft parallels in the fantasy realms of her imagination. Dragons and hateful spirits haunt the flooded streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In a parallel universe, a utopian society watches our world, trying to learn from our mistakes. A black mother in the Jim Crow South must save her daughter from a fey offering impossible promises. And in the Hugo award-nominated short story "The City Born Great," a young street kid fights to give birth to an old metropolis's soul. For more from N. K. Jemisin, check out: The Inheritance Trilogy The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms The Broken Kingdoms The Kingdom of Gods Dreamblood Duology The Killing Moon The Shadowed Sun The Broken Earth The Fifth Season The Obelisk Gate The Stone Sky
Download or read book Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents Japanese Video Game Obscurities written by Kurt Kalata and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan has produced thousands of intriguing video games. But not all of them were released outside of the country, especially not in the 1980s and 90s. While a few of these titles have since been documented by the English-speaking video game community, a huge proportion of this output is unknown beyond Japan (and even, in some cases, within it). Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Japanese Video Game Obscurities seeks to catalogue many of these titles – games that are weird, compelling, cool or historically important. The selections represent a large number of genres – platformers, shoot-em-ups, role-playing games, adventure games – across nearly four decades of gaming on arcade, computer and console platforms. Featuring the work of giants like Nintendo, Sega, Namco and Konami alongside that of long-forgotten developers and publishers, even those well versed in Japanese gaming culture are bound to learn something new.
