Download or read book King s Fall written by Franz Busse and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Hear the Brhunye Taal, speak the Brhunye Taal...' The powers of Darkness are growing in the realm of Lindfel. King Ammoron and his scheming chancellor, Lord Damon, rule the land with tyranny. But there is hope, as the prophetic Far-Seer Sandivar leads a rebellion against the king. Gideon is the third son of a provincial noble and a university student unconcerned with politics or power. But in a tragic encounter, his life is upturned, and he finds himself in the midst of the struggle to restore justice by deposing King Ammoron. If Gideon is to survive the conflict, he must master the Brhunye Taal, the ancient power of the One God, Iomthal. Only when he learns to hear the Brhunye Taal, and then speak with its power, will he succeed. The fate of the entire realm lies in his hands. Gideon and Sandivar are joined on their quest by a mysterious warrior, Teanhi, and a fugitive princess, Jenivere. Together, they are chased across the realm by the king's fearsome warriors, as each of them becomes entwined in the rebellion, and part of the King's Fall.
Download or read book The Dragon Kings Fall written by Migdalia Scotty and published by Jessie Ash. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Dragon Kings Fall' by Migdalia Scotty is a captivating fantasy about a legendary dragon king whose reign comes to an end. The story follows Aiden, a young knight tasked with investigating the mysterious death of the Dragon King. As he delves into the king's past, Aiden discovers that his death is part of a larger conspiracy that could destabilize the entire realm. Along the way, he meets allies and foes who challenge his beliefs and force him to question his loyalty. The book explores themes of betrayal, loyalty, and the quest for truth in a world where dragons and humans must find common ground.
Download or read book All the Kings Fall written by A. M. Dunnewin and published by Dark Hour Press, LLC. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic conclusion in the All the Dark Souls Trilogy. Still reeling from their journey, Joss Brevyn—along with her assistant, Henrik, and the lost prince, Callan Ronen—have finally made it to Aselian. But what should have been a celebrated homecoming has been marred with tension, not knowing who to trust ever since learning that the Mask and his henchmen are rooted in Callan’s past. While getting inside the city walls may be easy, it’s reaching the royal family that proves to be difficult since the Mask has remained one step ahead of them. Truths will be revealed, new betrayals will surface, and a fight for the crown will begin, destroying more in its path than anyone expected. Aric Kayden, however, is glad to be home… until he realizes that he, too, has been betrayed. With a plot to kill him underway, Aric has a battle of his own that takes him all the way underneath the city’s streets. While it was never his intention to fight for the crown, Aric soon learns that he may have no choice if he wants to protect the woman that he loves. Bound in a final battle to save the prince, both Joss and Aric are forced to confront their fate, which may bring deadlier consequences than intended. Because Aselian has a threat hiding inside its walls—one that endangers not only them but the entirety of the realm.
Download or read book Fall of Kings written by Milind Desai and published by StoryMirror Infotech Pvt Ltd. This book was released on with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the celestial king Brahma united the tribes of men and began a civilization on a continent named Mahadweep he thought he had created a utopia, a perfect race to share this world with. But centuries later men have forgotten the existence of the ancient celestial beings and have divided themselves into kingdoms inviting conflict. Mahika, princess of Varkarata, the mightiest kingdom on Mahadweep is set to wed the prince of Parvata. But as the wedding preparations continue she finds herself drawn towards a stranger, a stranger who has come as a guest for her wedding. Amartha the warrior king of Mahat strives to stop the alliance of Varkarata and Parvata. A treaty between them would bring dearth to his already struggling treasury and he is forced to plot an abduction to disrupt the wedding. Meanwhile, an orphan from faraway land named Yuvan takes on a quest to solve the mystery of a brewing storm. Laden by question he moves from old dusty libraries to ancient temples for answers surrounded by the rising evil.
Download or read book Ritual Violence and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings written by Gyles Iannone and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maya kings who failed to ensure the prosperity of their kingdoms were subject to various forms of termination, including the ritual defacing and destruction of monuments and even violent death. This is the first comprehensive volume to focus on the varied responses to the failure of Classic period dynasties in the southern lowlands. The contributors offer new insights into the Maya "collapse," evaluating the trope of the scapegoat king and the demise of the traditional institution of kingship in the early ninth century AD--a time of intense environmental, economic, social, political, and even ideological change. A volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase
Download or read book The Fall of The Kings written by Ellen Kushner and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning follow-up to Ellen Kushner’s cult-classic novel, Swordspoint, is set in the same world of labyrinthine intrigue, where sharp swords and even sharper wits rule. Against a rich tapestry of artists and aristocrats, students, strumpets, and spies, a gentleman and a scholar will find themselves playing out an ancient drama destined to explode their society’s smug view of itself–and reveal that sometimes the best price of uncovering history is being forced to repeat it…. The Fall of the Kings Generations ago the last king fell, taking with him the final truths about a race of wizards who ruled at his side. But the blood of the kings runs deep in the land and its people, waiting for the coming together of two unusual men, Theron Campion, a young nobleman of royal lineage, is heir to an ancient house and a modern scandal. Tormented by his twin duties to his family and his own bright spirit, he seeks solace in the University. There he meets Basil St. Cloud, a brilliant and charismatic teacher ruled by a passion for knowledge–and a passion for the ancient kings. Of course, everyone now knows that the wizards were charlatans and the kings their dupes and puppets. Only Basil ins not convinced–nor is he convinced that the city has seen its last king…
Download or read book The Fall of Kings and Princes written by M. Victoria Guerin and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the heart of the book is Mordred, King Arthur's incestuous son, shown by Guerin to be an integral part of the Arthurian tradition from the very beginning. Mordred is seen as the tangible proof of the king's sin, committed in all innocence in his youth but resulting in a living incarnation of evil who will kill his father on Salisbury Plain, putting an end to the Arthurian world. But in the early stages of Arthurian romance, because this story cannot be told without the death of Arthur, it cannot be told at all, for Arthur's existence is the necessary condition of the genre: the story of his death would entail authorial suicide and the impossibility of further literary creation. Guerin argues that the authors of the texts examined in this study - Chretien de Troyes's Le Chevalier de la Charrete and Le Conte du Graal and the anonymous Middle English Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - deliberately use the medieval reader's extra-textual knowledge of the Mordred story to create a second level of reading: behind Lancelot, Perceval, and Gawain is the shadowy figure of Mordred (never explicitly mentioned), and the modern reader must learn to see this shadow in order fully to appreciate the authors' purpose. Taking into account this hidden framework not only sheds a surprising new light on these texts, it also gives a convincing solution to the much-discussed question of why Chretien left two of his romances, Le Chevalier de la Charrete and Le Conte du Graal, unfinished. The first chapter, which deals with Arthurian tragedy in the thirteenth century Prose Cycle, is particularly timely as it coincides with the publication of the first English translation of the cycle, to which Guerin's study serves as an excellent introduction.
Download or read book Troy Fall of Kings written by David Gemmell and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outside the golden city of Troy, Prince Hektor leads the Trojan cavalry in daring raids against the forces led by his young rival, the peerless warrior Achilles. Meanwhile, burning for vengeance after the brutal murder of his wife, Helikaon commands the Trojan fleet, sowing misery and death among the Mykene navy and supply ships. But even these mighty efforts are of scant avail against the hordes of battle-hardened Mykene infantry, the Myrmidon soldiers of Achilles, and the cunning strategies of Odysseus, compelled against his heart’s urgings to aid the cause of Agamemnon. Now, before the gates of Troy, Hektor and Achilles will find themselves inexorably drawn into a battle of champions that will decide the fate of the innocents trapped within the city walls. There, as King Priam slips into madness, Andromache–wife of Hektor, lover of Helikaon, mother, warrior, and priestess–must navigate a maze of treachery and danger to save her children and her city from the massacre about to unfold.
Download or read book Fae Curses Dark Kings and Other Things That Must Fall written by Crystal Crawford and published by Crystal Crawford. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dark army marches for Teionyr... Ayla's family secrets all come to a head as she realizes she has magic—and that her magic might be the only thing that can stop the Dark King from conquering Teionyr and stealing the powerful resources hidden in its vault in his maddening quest for control of Faeside. The problem? Ayla doesn't know how to use her magic—and her fear is only making things worse. The people Ayla loves most are in the Dark King's way... and if Ayla can't learn to use her magic before he strikes, everything she holds most dear will be destroyed. Thank goodness Ayla doesn't have to fight alone... Now, Ayla and her closest family and friends must risk their own lives to keep the Dark King from getting into that vault... and to save each other. Their fate—and the fate of all Upper Faeside—depends on whether they're strong enough to stop him. Clean YA urban fantasy full of fae, folklore, sweet romance, monsters, and all things magicky and mysterious! If you've already read Books 1 & 2, then get ready for the epic, final battle (and loads of swoony romance)! Dive into Book 3 of The Leyward Stones, today!
Download or read book The King s Fall written by Patrick Rain and published by Tempest Lore Press. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Celestial King is the heart of the kingdom. He ensures peace and prosperity. His time of death has come. As the Celestial King is slowly dying, the Kingdom of Narilan is withering away. In these harsh times, people pray for a just and compassionate ruler. Yet rumors speak of a powerful and merciless warrior who is already on the way. This is his tale.
Download or read book Richard II written by Kathryn Warner and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new biography re-examining the complex and fascinating king, whose very humanity saw him deposed from his divine role.
Download or read book Troy written by David Gemmell and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the conclusion of the trilogy retelling the story of Homer's "Iliad," the allies of the Mykene king Agamemnon, including a reluctant Odysseus, ruler of Ithaca, and the fierce warrior Achilles, gather to prepare a final onslaught against the Golden City of Troy.
Download or read book The Two Books of the Kings written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gods and Kings written by Dana Thomas and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than two decades ago, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen arrived on the fashions scene when the business was in an artistic and economic rut. Both wanted to revolutionize fashion in a way no one had in decades. They shook the establishment out of its bourgeois, minimalist stupor with daring, sexy designs. They turned out landmark collections in mesmerizing, theatrical shows that retailers and critics still gush about and designers continue to reference. Their approach to fashion was wildly different—Galliano began as an illustrator, McQueen as a Savile Row tailor. Galliano led the way with his sensual bias-cut gowns and his voluptuous hourglass tailoring, which he presented in romantic storybook-like settings. McQueen, though nearly ten years younger than Galliano, was a brilliant technician and a visionary artist who brought a new reality to fashion, as well as an otherworldly beauty. For his first official collection at the tender age of twenty-three, McQueen did what few in fashion ever achieve: he invented a new silhouette, the Bumster. They had similar backgrounds: sensitive, shy gay men raised in tough London neighborhoods, their love of fashion nurtured by their doting mothers. Both struggled to get their businesses off the ground, despite early critical success. But by 1997, each had landed a job as creative director for couture houses owned by French tycoon Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH. Galliano’s and McQueen’s work for Dior and Givenchy and beyond not only influenced fashion; their distinct styles were also reflected across the media landscape. With their help, luxury fashion evolved from a clutch of small, family-owned businesses into a $280 billion-a-year global corporate industry. Executives pushed the designers to meet increasingly rapid deadlines. For both Galliano and McQueen, the pace was unsustainable. In 2010, McQueen took his own life three weeks before his womens' wear show. The same week that Galliano was fired, Forbes named Arnault the fourth richest man in the world. Two months later, Kate Middleton wore a McQueen wedding gown, instantly making the house the world’s most famous fashion brand, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened a wildly successful McQueen retrospective, cosponsored by the corporate owners of the McQueen brand. The corporations had won and the artists had lost. In her groundbreaking work Gods and Kings, acclaimed journalist Dana Thomas tells the true story of McQueen and Galliano. In so doing, she reveals the revolution in high fashion in the last two decades—and the price it demanded of the very ones who saved it.
Download or read book The Second Book of the Kings written by Joseph Rawson Lumby and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible Psalms written by Willem S. Prinslo and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 1672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extract from the Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible provides Prinslo’s introduction to and concise commentary on Psalms. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary complements succinct summaries of each section of the text and will be valuable to scholars, students, and general readers. Rather than attempt a verse-by-verse analysis, these volumes work from larger sense units, highlighting the place of each passage within the overarching biblical story. Commentators focus on the genre of each text—parable, prophetic oracle, legal code, and so on—interpreting within the historical and literary context. The volumes also address major issues within each biblical book—including the range of possible interpretations—and refer readers to the best resources for further discussions.
Download or read book The Stories of the Kings of Norway Called the Round World Heimskringla written by Snorri Sturluson and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
