Download or read book Highlords of Phaer written by Brock E. Deskins and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born a slave, descended of kings, Jareen Velarius just wants to provide the best life he can for his family, but Eidolan is a realm that challenges even the most stalwart of souls. Caught between his masters and those brave or foolish enough to strike against them, Jareen struggles to reconcile his role as a dutiful slave with that of a man who desires to be free. His goal: to return his people to a life stolen by the highlords more than a millennium ago. Auberon Victore, sorcerer, alchemist, son of a powerful overlord, and Jareen’s master, creates an alchemic compound he is certain will change the world; he just does not know how. Jareen sees it for the weapon that could break the sorcerers’ iron grasp wrapped around the necks of every lowborn in the empire. It will change the world, but not in the way his master desires. Across the Tempest Sea, a mighty storm has raged for a thousand years, keeping a terrible, long-forgotten enemy at bay, an enemy whose cruelty knows no bounds. Only the perpetual storm and their fear of the sorcerer highlords keep the Necrophages from returning to Eidolan and cloaking the empire in death and darkness. But the tempest is waning, and the dissidents’ freedom may well come at the cost of their total destruction.

Download or read book Highlords of Phaer written by Brock E. Deskins and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-22 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eidolan is a harsh land, the only thing more deadly than its unforgiving environment being the humans who find the strength to survive within it. A thousand years ago, the sorcerers helped the mundane people of Eidolan cast out the Necrophages who plagued Phaer, the nation's greatest city and center of magic. However, the people's freedom was short-lived. After little more than a century, the sorcerers decided that the lowborn were incapable of governing themselves. Crime and debauchery ran rampant, at least in the highborns' minds, and so "liberated" the city states from the burden of rulership. The most powerful sorcerers of the time named themselves highlords and crowned the greatest among them as emperor of a consolidated empire. The sorcerers, once the saviors of Eidolan, have reigned over their empire with an iron hand since overthrowing the "lowborn" hierarchy after deeming them unworthy to rule. To this day, the highlords enforce their reign from the Necrophages' former home of Phaer, crushing any resistance that arises and enforcing their laws with a brutal hand. The Necrophages, those few who survived, fled across the sea to a distant continent, thought uninhabited and even more deadly than their homeland. To keep the Necrophages from ever returning and to prevent anyone from seeking them out, the highlords erected a barrier, a swirling tempest of unimaginable power that stretched across the horizon. The highlords chose to further purge the Necrophages from the world by eradicating any word of their ever having existed, erasing their history, and silencing anyone who even thought to name them. However, that far land, named Noirbedoj by the surviving Necrophages, was not as desolate as once thought. It was, in fact, populated by a primitive but strong people called the Ulec. The Ulec provided a prime source of power for the Necrophages' necromantic arts. The banished people not only survived, they thrived and were treated as gods by the Ulec. The Necrophages grew stronger, just waiting for the Great Tempest to wain so they could return to Eidolan and exact their revenge. In present day Velaroth, Jareen Velarius, descendant of the great city's former ruler and its namesake, was born into slavery and was content with his station in life. He had a wife and son and lived well compared to most. He was the personal attendant to Velaroth's Overlord's son, Auberon Victore. Auberon was a rising star amongst the highborn. He was intelligent, powerful in sorcery, and gifted with an inquisitive mind that drove him to create grand inventions that he hoped would change the world and one day be elevated to the status of highlord. His latest creation, a powder of fiery and explosive volatility, promised to do precisely that-if only he could find a practical use for it. Jareen, of like mind, aided his master in his alchemic endeavors, working fervently for nothing more than Auberon's praise. But when Highlord Nahuza Dreth orders his family killed after Jareen's brother-in-law launches a failed assassination attempt, Jareen finds new purpose. Not just in his life, but for Auberon's precious powder. With it, he will lead a rebellion to topple the most powerful empire in the history of the world.

Download or read book Primacy of Darkness written by Brock E. Deskins and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-08-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack the Ripper, sadistic madman of old London, once thought long dead, has returned to New York in an effort to quench his thirst for blood and mayhem. When the city's vampire enclave finds itself insufficient to deal with a madman of Jack's caliber, Vincent, the enclave head, enlists Leo Malone to put the maniac down before he reveals the existence of vampires as he throws the city into the throws of chaos and terror. Leo soon finds that Jack is not the only monster with which he must contend. A ghost from his past has also seemingly crawled from its grave and seeks to put an end to him and the rest of his kind.

Download or read book Blood Conspiracy written by Brock E. Deskins and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-08-17 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I've spent the last year cleaning up the mess Percy left after his failed coup. It isn't glamorous, but it's a job, and it pays well enough. Percy altered the Cure in a way to make it easier to create his little vampire army, but his new vampires have attitude problems and are worse at playing by the rules than I am, and they are the mess I'm trying to clean up. No biggie, I'm pretty good at that kind of housecleaning. The only problem is that someone called the cops on Percy's little house party. Homeland Security got hold of the new and improved Cure, made their own vampire anti-terrorist unit, and dropped them into freaking Yemen. Like most ill-conceived government projects, this one went bad real fast, and guess who has to fix it? Now I have to I have to hunt down and kill these rogue vampires, take on the U.S. government, and destroy all evidence of our existence. And, oh yeah, there's a freaking bomb in my head!

Download or read book Amelia written by Brock E. Deskins and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Amelia, a precocious, ten-year-old girl, is diagnosed with a brain tumor, she fights her horrible disease the only way she knows how--with her vivid imagination. In her alter-ego guise of a demigoddess warrior princess, she battles against a powerful demonic invader named Romut and his horde of monsters to protect the people of her imaginary world. Ardentia is a lush forest and home to the fairy folk. Its verdant trees, flowers, pristine waters, and wildlife is not only the heart and soul of Amelia's make-believe world, but a symbol of her very existence. When Romut invades the core of her being, Amelia must fight, not just for her people and their home, but for her very life.

Download or read book The Agent written by Brock E. Deskins and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Transcended Chronicles follows Garran, a highly-trained, highly dysfunctional agent on a quest of justice, revenge, debauchery, and self-abuse. Some language and subject matter may not be suitable for all audiences. The Guild rules the kingdom through their puppet monarch, and Garran must race to save the last living heir to the throne before the powerful syndicate's assassins complete their extermination of anyone who could oppose them. Garran and Prince Adam Altena struggle to find allies in hopes of rescuing Adam's sister, who was forced to marry the usurper in order to prevent even the thought of rebellion, and raise an army capable of defeating The Guild. With The Guild now in control of Anatolia's powerful army as well as their legion of mercenaries, their future is grim. How can a disreputable agent and a deposed prince convince their neighboring rulers to oppose The Guild, an organization that has had them cowed for decades?

Download or read book The Transcended written by Brock E. Deskins and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Garran Holt is a troubled young man. Unable to tolerate his self-destructive ways, his mother sells him into indentured servitude as part of work crew building the King Remiel’s new trade road. When mercenaries sent to disrupt the road’s construction attacks his work camp, Garran discovers an inner power capable of turning him into a warrior of unparalleled ability. Recognizing Garran as being one of the transcended (a fighter able to slip into the swifter currents of time), he is trained as an agent, one of the kingdom’s elite spies. Crude, abrasive, and deeply committed to destroying himself with drugs, alcohol, and debauchery, Garran might be the kingdom’s only hope against falling to The Guild, the powerful trade cartel bent on becoming the true and undisputed power in the land.

Download or read book Mourningbird written by Brock E. Deskins and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A creature of darkness lurks in the shadows of Velaroth, wearing the skin of its victims, and grips the city in terror. Dorian, a Necrophage bent on sowing chaos and paving the way for his people’s invasion, has declared war on the humans of Eidolan, and there appears to be no one capable of stopping him. Kiera’s world is shattered by those who hold power, and she is forced to seek an ally. The nightbird is coming into power of her own, but can she stay alive long enough to seize it? Russel’s behavior has taken a turn for the worse, and his actions have drawn the attention of those who would use his amazing talents for their own gain…and everyone else’s loss. The battle for Velaroth, and perhaps the world, has begun. Who will win? Who will live to mourn the dead? Will there be anything left for the victor to claim as their prize?

Download or read book The Portal written by Brock E. Deskins and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drew and his friends are your quintessential nerds until one night, in an effort to create the proper ambiance for the evening's role playing game, Drew accidentally opens a magical portal using a powerful spell from an ancient druidic tome and is pulled into another world. It is up to his friends and older brother to cross over and rescue him from the clutches of evil. Drew's natural tendency to fight authority soon shows his captors that they may have gotten more than they bargained for. The unlikely heroes must learn to fight and work together in order to rescue their friend from the clutches of Lord Darkrell, an evil wizard who seeks to find a way to travel to another world to bring back weapons with which to conquer this one. In their quest to save Drew, they may just be giving it to him. The Portal is a fun, light romp full of action and humor suitable for most readers.

Download or read book Shrouds of Darkness written by Brock E. Deskins and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-08-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brooklyn is home to thousands of drug dealers, murderers, rapists, thieves, gang bangers, and mafia. There are also some really unpleasant people—like me. My name is Leo Malone, and I'm a vampire. I've lived in Brooklyn for nearly a century, and I've grown to like the place. I used to be a sheriff; the law enforcement within the vampire enclave. I got fired a few years back for being too violent, and that's saying something when your primary duty is to cut the head off some vampire for stepping out of line. So now I do other things. Officially, I'm a private investigator. Unofficially, I take out the trash when it's too nasty leave on the curb. Anyway, a hot mutt (half-werewolf) and her brother hire me to find their father after he doesn't come home. But even playing dogcatcher for a rabid werewolf running amok and tearing apart the populace is a simple job compared to the giant conspiracy pile I step in trying to find him. Now, not only do I have to track down a creature capable of turning me into a chew toy if I'm not careful, I have an untold number of my own kind out for my head. That's why I live by the motto "do unto others before they do unto you," and I'm damn good at doing unto others.

Download or read book Nightbird written by Brock E. Deskins and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Revolution ended the Highlords’ tyranny two hundred years ago, but the legacy of that epic war, and that of the principal architects’ descendants, lives on. With the Highlords’ death and their taking magic, as it was once known, to their graves, Eidolan fell into a time of darkness and its cities lived in isolation. However, some people, dubbed arcanists, discovered a new form of magic and the airships returned to the skies, rejoining the cities in trade as well as conspiracy, but a new darkness, more dreadful and deadly than any they faced before, is coming. Kiera is a fifteen-year-old nightbird, one of many who flit about after dark, stealing whatever they can find in order to survive. She lives on a derelict airship in the poorest part of the city with Wesley, a young man who plies his trade as an escort to wealthy older women, and his little brother Russel, an autistic savant who communicates only through sign but who could secretly be the most powerful techno-arcanist the empire has ever known. Deep in debt to the Underlord Nimat, Kiera dives into ever more dangerous schemes that puts her at the heart of a war that could spell the destruction of not just the city, but the very empire. Kiera is caught in the center of several factions on the brink of war. When she can no longer tell friend from enemy, there is only one side she can trust—her own.

Download or read book The Sorcerer s Ascension written by Brock Deskins and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torn from a life of comfort and luxury, his family destroyed by political intrigues and aspirations, a young boy must quickly grow into a man before the deadly streets of Southport devour him. Follow Azerick through a page-turning adventure that pits him against thieves, thugs, murderers, and men of power that will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. Azerick must fight just to survive, but for him survival is not enough. A hunger to avenge the wrongs committed against him burns deep within. But that is not all that lies within the young man. There is a power waiting to be unleashed that may be the key to achieving the justice and security he seeks...if it does not destroy him first.

Download or read book Amelia Battle for Ardentia written by Brock Deskins and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amelia is a precocious, ten-year-old girl with a powerful imagination. In her alter-ego guise of a demi-goddess warrior princess, Amelia fights against a powerful demonic sorcerer named Romut and his horde of monsters in a never ending series of battles to protect the people of her imaginary world. However, the true battle strikes home when Amelia is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Now Amelia must fight not just the evil living in her imagination, but for her very life.

Download or read book Descent Into Chaos written by Brock Deskins and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-24 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Order has arrived in force, and the fate of Valeria, and perhaps all the world, is poised to come under their iron-fisted control. Azerick and Daebian are forced to flee Southport and make a contentious alliance when King Miles capitulates to the invaders. Reduced to insurgent warfare, Azerick and his allies attempt to battle The Order's vastly superior forces in a series of hit and run strikes, but the enemy legions may not be his biggest threat.Princess Sylvian Attar, daughter to The Order's godlike emperor and empress, has taken a personal interest in Azerick. Herself a powerful sorceress, Sylvian hunts Azerick in hopes of removing Valeria's legendary hero from the battlefield thus sapping her enemies' will to fight. Azerick decides there is but one course of action he can take against this unstoppable foe. It was time to inject a little chaos into The Order.

Download or read book Star Trek Star Charts written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those who ever wondered just where the Klingon Homeworld is or how close it is to Earth, "Star Charts" provides fans with this information and more--including the routes of each of the ships featured in all the "Star Trek" series. Full-color photos throughout. 4 gatefolds.

Download or read book The Sorcerer s Scourge written by Brock E. Deskins and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-17 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Jarvin is in exile and his only hope is for Azerick and his wizard friends, along with a small army out of North Haven, to ride to the rescue. But the traitor and his vastly superior forces are not the greatest threat to the kingdom. Far to the north, a lich of extraordinary power has been gathering dark energy for years and is nearly ready to release it upon the living. Back home, Azerick's apprentice finds herself in so much trouble she may single-handedly reignite the war between Valeria and their southern neighbor.

Download or read book The Sorcerer s Vengeance written by Brock E. Deskins and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When someone sends the kingdom's deadliest assassin into Azerick's home, the young sorcerer decides to end the machinations of those tearing the kingdom apart and achieve his vengeance against those responsible for the murder of his father. Azerick scours the wastelands of the Sumaran desert, faces off against the might of The Academy, and does battle with the horrors of the abyss itself. Can the young sorcerer overcome such impossible odds?" -- back cover.