Download or read book Legend of the Ravenstone written by M.S. Verish and published by Night Apple Creations. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They were destined for failure. When William, a mysterious and manipulative wizard, learns the deadly Ravenstone has been uncovered by a self-proclaimed regent known as the Priagent, he hastily assembles a group of mismatched travelers to steal the stone and deliver it to safety. The Ravenstone is an ancient relic—a remnant of a battle between gods—and it has the power to unravel magic. The unlikely company sent to retrieve it consists of Arcturus, an exiled politician with a fondness for wine, Kariayla, a winged slave girl on a quest for redemption, Jinx, an unlucky thief and his imp counterpart, and Hawkwing, William’s personal spy, at the helm. Distrust, secrets, and inexperience threaten to compromise the mission as the group is forced to travel in the company of the enemy. Doubt turns to the wizard who employed them on this precarious quest—the quest to obtain a mythic source of dark power: the Legend of the Ravenstone.
Download or read book Ravenstone written by M.S. Verish and published by Night Apple Creations. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 823 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ravenstone: The Complete Saga Both novels in one volume! Legend of the Ravenstone and Curse of the Ravenstone **Bonus Short Story Included** The Hawk's Shadow: A Tale from Secramore They were destined for failure. When a mysterious and manipulative wizard, learns the deadly relic know as the Ravenstone has been uncovered by a self-proclaimed regent known as the Priagent, he hastily assembles a group of mismatched travelers to steal and deliver it to safety. The unlikely company sent to retrieve it consists of Arcturus, an exiled politician with a fondness for wine, Kariayla, a winged slave girl on a quest for redemption, Jinx, an unlucky thief and his imp counterpart, and Hawkwing, the wizard’s personal spy, at the helm. Distrust, secrets, and inexperience threaten to compromise the mission as the group is forced to travel in the company of the enemy. Doubt turns to the wizard who employed them on this precarious quest, and as the Priagent marches toward his goal, a second Cataclysm is imminent. Yet even he is driven by another—a darker force that has yet to reveal itself. The Ravenstone's ominous Shadow obscures the fate of Secramore, and unless the threat is vanquished, none will be spared the curse of its darkness.
Download or read book Dictionary of Phrase and Fable written by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Giving the Derivation Source Or Origin of Common Phrases Allusions and Words that Have a Tale to Tell written by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable written by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work explains the origins of the familiar and the unfamiliar in everyday speech and literature, including the colloquial and the proverbial. It embraces archaeology, history, religion, the arts, science, mythology and characters from fiction.
Download or read book The Hawk s Shadow written by M.S. Verish and published by Night Apple Creations. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hawk's Shadow is a short story that takes place shortly before the events of Black Earth, and after the events of Ravenstone. A tracker named Hawkwing and a former bandit known as the White Demon try to evade a clandestine organization known as the Seroko. “The Hawk’s Shadow” tells their tale and leads into the Black Earth trilogy. (This is a short story. Approximately 42 pages)
Download or read book Dictionary of Phrase and Fable written by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 993 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 'museum of literary odds and ends', this classic work of 1870 elucidates the etymology of 20,000 words and phrases.
Download or read book Black Earth written by M.S. Verish and published by Night Apple Creations. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 1540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Earth: The Complete Trilogy All Three Novels in One Volume! Dawning, Meridian, and Nightfall Thief. Vagrant. Scoundrel. Words to describe a nameless Demon born of Shadow, lost in a world of Humans. The elements are his to command, but for all his magic, he cannot cure himself of the fatal malady that is his bane. In his desperate search for a remedy, he liberates a powerful immortal prince held captive inside a mountain. Eraekryst’s ability to read and guide the thoughts of others leaves the Demon a wary companion as they venture to Mystland, the land of magic. Two witches will alter their fate and cast them far from the lives they had known. They decide to head north, to become part of a land where the earth is cold and black, and the motives of its inhabitants are just as obscure. Their greatest threat watches and waits for their inevitable downfall. Seranonde the Huntress, a sinister immortal feared even by her own kind, has her sight locked upon both Eraekryst and the Demon. Only time will tell if they will fall victim to Seranonde’s dark intentions, or if their own destructive tendencies will be their ultimate undoing.
Download or read book Nightfall written by M.S. Verish and published by Night Apple Creations. This book was released on 2013-12-25 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oblivion. To be completely forgotten, to fade into obscurity. It is the fate Eraekryst of Celaedrion faces if he cannot complete his mission to find the Veil and discover the weakness of Seranonde the Huntress. He will not only lose himself but the Demon he has come to befriend. Friends and enemies start to look alike as loyalties shift in the monarchy, and Cerborath plunges into a future of uncertainty. With a family to protect, will Arythan Crow risk treason against the king, or will his fate be determined by a threat yet lurking in the shadows? As the light of day fades, there advances the darkness of Nightfall.
Download or read book Dawning written by M.S. Verish and published by Night Apple Creations. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He has no name but is known by many. He is a Demon, surrounded by the chaos inherent in his own shadowy nature, and it is the magic of Shadow that is killing him. Unwilling to accept his imminent demise, the nameless Demon embarks on a mission to find the witches who may hold his cure. He discovers the alternative to his death may be a greater price than he is willing to accept, and what is acceptance in a world full of Humans? In the company of the immortal prisoner he has liberated, the Demon struggles to survive, understand who he is, and shape a future that once seemed impossible. It is, for better or worse, a new beginning, a Dawning in this foreign world.
Download or read book Meridian written by M.S. Verish and published by Night Apple Creations. This book was released on 2012-12-25 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Ice. It is a substance of magic mined from the earth, an Enhancement of the senses, and a diversion for the aristocracy who consume it. To Arythan Crow, “Dark Wizard of Cerborath,” it is nothing more than a black crystal, and his role is to harvest and purify it. But when this crystal becomes the object of attacks, a kidnapping, and the near demise of the prince, he has to wonder what more is to be learned of this Enhancement. Arythan’s investigation uncovers enemies as well as crystals, but Eraekryst, his Ilangien companion, has kept one foe a secret. Seranonde the Huntress, a powerful and malevolent immortal, has sighted her quarry, and despite any of Eraekryst’s efforts, he wonders if he will be able to find the means to defeat an adversary who is in every way his superior.
Download or read book The Dark Tide written by M.S. Verish and published by Night Apple Creations. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dark Tide is rising. Forgotten by most of Secramore, a race of demons is determined to resurrect their dark god, Ocranthos. Essential to their plans are three elements: the Silver Sigil, the Key, and a Vessel, all of which are nearly in their grasp. As the demons seek to recover the triad, the only force that stands to oppose them is in turmoil. Loyalties are in question, and inner strife threatens to crumble the fragile unity among Kariayla, her daughter Charasida, Wraith, Scorch, and the Demon. Meanwhile Eraekryst has returned home to Veloria in an attempt to solve the greatest puzzle of his immortal life. Whether or not he will succeed before the onset of a second Cataclysm is an uncertainty even he cannot foretell.
Download or read book Origins written by M.S. Verish and published by Night Apple Creations. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shadow is on the rise in Secramore as the demon race of Ocrantilians seeks to resurrect their dark god. Their pursuit of the Silver Sigil, the Vessel, and the Key entangles the lives of the unwilling and the unlikely. Kariayla discovers her true identity, leaving the life of her daughter in the balance. Eraekryst returns to Veloria to discover the origin of the White Aryn and faces his betrayer. The thief known as Wraith will embrace a dark path presented by a corrupt wizard or lose himself to the ghosts that haunt him. And the Demon must betray everyone to save the few that matter most to him. In facing the threat to the future, they must first confront the events of the past, and their choices may well be what determines the coming of a second Cataclysm.
Download or read book The Silver Sigil written by M.S. Verish and published by Night Apple Creations. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange omens in the skies and empty villages speak of otherworldly invasion, but there is no sign of the enemy. The Nemelorean oracles look to an exile for help, but Kariayla has her own troubles in Mystland. Working beneath a corrupted government, she learns there is more to her role than studying ancient magic. When her daughter, Chara, is kidnapped by her own people, Kariayla reluctantly aligns herself with infamous criminals Wraith and Scorch, who enable her escape from Mystland. Their pursuit takes them to Nemeloreah’s border, where the true enemy is waiting. Kariayla learns there is much more at stake than the life of her daughter. Meanwhile, the White Demon has publicly murdered the Minstrel and becomes entangled in an unexpected journey. Forced to travel with his enemies, he suspects the little girl in their company is more than a mere hostage, and their destination will bring him to a point where the past and the future collide in a catastrophic battle.
Download or read book Birds in Legend Fable and Folklore written by Ernest Ingersoll and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dawnthief written by James Barclay and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-08-05 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Raven: six men and an elf, sword for hire in the wars that have torn apart Balaia. For years their loyalty has been only to themselves and their code. But, that time is over. The Wytch Lords have escaped and The Raven find themselves fighting for the Dark College of magic, searching for the location of Dawnthief. It is a spell created to end the world, and it must be cast if any of them are to survive. Dawnthief is a fast paced epic about a band of all-too-human heroes. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Download or read book City of Ravens written by Boria Sax and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “quirky and absorbing” exploration of the history and mythology surrounding the ravens at the Tower of London (Publishers Weekly). Tales tell of how Charles II, fearful of ancient legends that Britain will fall if the ravens at the Tower of London ever leave their abode, ordered that the wings of the six ravens be clipped. But the truth is that the ravens only arrived at the Tower in 1883, when they were brought in as props in tales of Gothic horror that were told to tourists. The legend itself originated from the summer of 1944, when ravens in London were used as unofficial spotters for enemy bombs and planes. Boria Sax gives us the first book to tell the true story of the ravens, which has far more high drama than any of the tales the tourists get to hear. Its heroes are the raven couple Grip and Mable, who eloped from the Tower together after World War II, leaving it empty and prompting fears that the British Empire would end; Jackie, who kept watch at a brewery; McDonald, who was murdered; and Thor, who could not accept his loss of flight. For over a century, the ravens have been symbols of cruelty, avatars of fate—and cuddly national pets. But Sax shows us how the ravens have come to represent Britain’s natural heritage, without which any nation would be impoverished. This informing and reflective volume addresses the need to connect with animals and the natural world and shows us the human need for wonder at nature. Praise for City of Ravens “Both a delight and a profound illumination of the subject . . . with unexpected and fascinating conclusions.” —Esther Woolfson, author of Corvus “A wonderful contribution to the modern history and mythology of one of the world’s greatest cities.” —Ronald Hutton, Commissioner of English Heritage “Boria Sax traces the history of the ravens in the Tower of London with accurate scholarship and engaging stories.” —John Marzluff, co-author of In the Company of Crows and Ravens “The author delves into the true history and cultural importance of these massive corvids. It’s a lively, entertaining tale, with a few grisly details from real events.” —Anna Sanders, Audubon Magazine
