Download or read book One King One Soldier written by Alex Irvine and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2004-07-27 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story says that one day a Fisher King will rise to heal the land. In the 1950s, they’re still waiting. . . . “A captivating historical thriller, a great spine-tingling romp through history in search of the Holy Grail. Fans of The Da Vinci Code will love this!”—Kevin Baker, author of Dreamland and Paradise Alley At the turn of the twentieth century, a baseball player named George Gibson embarks upon a mystical journey to the Congo. His mission: to shepherd a powerful relic to its home in Abyssinia. But poet-turned-grail seeker Arthur Rimbaud is after what Gibson possesses—as others before him have been for millennia. A half century later, after receiving an honorable discharge from the Korean War, twenty-year-old Lance Porter vows to put his civilian life back together—which means heading to commie-infested Berkeley to see his high school sweetheart, Ellie. But after Lance gets cold feet, he encounters instead a drunk, gay poet named Jack Spicer, who spews crazy stories about Lance being the Fisher King. It appears that the bearing of the grail has been bequeathed to young Lance, much to his shock and disbelief. Can a legacy born in the deserts of Ethiopia truly be reemerging in the bohemian bars of New York City and San Francisco? And is a vet with a lost soul really worthy of its care? Alexander C. Irvine has breathed a refreshing burst of air into the Arthurian legend. In One King, One Soldier, ancient characters and Irvine’s pitch-perfect historical accuracy merge with a gritty, dark portrait of America in the cold-war ’50s. Here, three stories come brilliantly together in an edgy mix of baseball, imperialism, poetry, and grail mythology.
Download or read book The Soldier written by Neal Asher and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a far corner of space, on the very borders between humanity’s Polity worlds and the kingdom of the vicious crab-like prador, is an immediate threat to all sentient life: an accretion disc, a solar system designed by the long-dead Jain race and swarming with living technology powerful enough to destroy entire civilizations. Neither the Polity or the prador want the other in full control of the disc, so they’ve placed an impartial third party in charge of the weapons platform guarding the technology from escaping into the galaxy: Orlandine, a part-human, part-AI haiman. She’s assisted by Dragon, a mysterious, spaceship-sized alien entity who has long been suspicious of Jain technology and who suspects the disc is a trap lying-in-wait. Meanwhile, the android Angel is planning an attack on the Polity, and is searching for a terrible weapon to carry out his plans?a Jain super-soldier. But what exactly the super-soldier is, and what it could be used for if it fell into the wrong hands, will bring Angel and Orlandine’s missions to a head in a way that could forever change the balance of power in the Polity universe. In The Soldier, British science fiction writer Neal Asher kicks off another Polity-based trilogy in signature fashion, concocting a mind-melting plot filled with far-future technology, lethal weaponry, and bizarre alien creations.
Download or read book Story of a King written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of a King written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Soldier Poet King Band 1 Life is a Story story one written by Armani Budden and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-03-23 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Als der Junge Erik, etwas Neues über sich herausfindet, wird er plötzlich Staatsfeind Nummer 1 im Königreich Physis. Noch schlimmer: eine Halbgöttin infiltriert das Nachbarland. In allem verwickelt, wird Erik von Cathon unterstützt, einem lebhaften, sarkastischen Straßenjungen. Zusammen mit seinem schüchternden aber talentierten bekannten Tadgh begeben sie sich auf eine Reise, um alles wieder in Ordnung zu bringen. Doch das wird gefährlicher, als die Jungen annahmen. Monster, Götter, Anarchie und queere Liebe. Dies ist das erste Band der Soldier, Poet, King Fantasy-Trilogie.
Download or read book King s African Rifles written by Malcolm Page and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2011-03-30 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whatever one may think about the rights and wrongs of colonial rule, it is hard to deny that during the first half of the this century those African countries, which then came under British administration enjoyed a period of stability which most now look back upon with a profound sense of loss. Paradoxical though it may seem, one of the bulwarks of that stability was each countrys indigenous army. Trained and officered by the British, these force became a source of both pride and cohesion in their own country, none more so than the Kings African Rifles. founded in 1902 and probably the best known of the East African forces. In this, the first complete history of the East African forces, Malcolm Page, who himself served in the Somaliland Scouts for a number of years, has had access to much new material while researching the history of each unit from its foundation to the time of independence. Historians in several fields will be grateful to him for having put on record this very important period in the annals of both Great Britain and East Africa while the memories of many who served there were still fresh, and they themselves will perhaps be most grateful of all for this lasting tribute to the men they served and who served them, for in that shared sense of duty lay the true spirit of East African Forces.
Download or read book The Soldier King written by Violette Malan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the War Commander who had hired them refuses to honor the code that prisoners taken by them are to be released unharmed, mercenaries and martial arts masters Dhulyn and Parno break their contract and escape with their prisoner, Prince Edmir, heir to the Tegriani Realm, a decision that could bring Dhulyn to the truth about her past, or to doom for them all. Original.
Download or read book The Soldier s Guide written by An officer in the U.S. army and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Book For Soldier s Sailor s Libraries written by Charles Kingsley and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-13 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into Charles Kingsley's timeless work designed exclusively for the brave hearts of soldiers and sailors. This literary gem transcends time, offering a captivating blend of adventure, morality, and inspiration. Kingsley, a master storyteller, weaves tales that resonate with courage and honor, creating a narrative tapestry that captivates readers from all walks of life. From the unforgiving seas to the battlegrounds of life, this collection is a literary compass, guiding readers through the challenges of duty and sacrifice. Immerse yourself in the pages of this classic, where each word is a beacon of strength and resilience. Discover why Kingsley's work remains an indispensable addition to the libraries of those who face the call of duty with unwavering resolve.
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Download or read book The Codex Magdalene written by W. Howard Reed and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story starts with Jesus and Mary Magdalene marrying, bonding and beginning a family. Thirteen years later, he finds what God had in mind for him. She follows him on the road. She learns the Gospel. Then comes the day Jesus is arrested, trialed and crucified. Afterwards she becomes Apostle to the Apostles teaching them thing Jesus did not tell them. She and Jesus brother, James, found the Jesus Movement, the Way. Eventually she is forced to leave her homeland. She continues to teach across the Roman Empire from Ephesus, Athens to Rome. After a year teaching she is called before a 17 year old Nero. She escapes his persecution with the aid of a Praetorian Officer. They all escape to southern France. There she continues to preach and convert Jews and Gentiles in there until her own death."
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Download or read book The Lonely Soldier written by Helen Benedict and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lonely Soldier--the inspiration for the documentary The Invisible War--vividly tells the stories of five women who fought in Iraq between 2003 and 2006--and of the challenges they faced while fighting a war painfully alone. More American women have fought and died in Iraq than in any war since World War Two, yet as soldiers they are still painfully alone. In Iraq, only one in ten troops is a woman, and she often serves in a unit with few other women or none at all. This isolation, along with the military's deep-seated hostility toward women, causes problems that many female soldiers find as hard to cope with as war itself: degradation, sexual persecution by their comrades, and loneliness, instead of the camaraderie that every soldier depends on for comfort and survival. As one female soldier said, "I ended up waging my own war against an enemy dressed in the same uniform as mine." In The Lonely Soldier, Benedict tells the stories of five women who fought in Iraq between 2003 and 2006. She follows them from their childhoods to their enlistments, then takes them through their training, to war and home again, all the while setting the war's events in context. We meet Jen, white and from a working-class town in the heartland, who still shakes from her wartime traumas; Abbie, who rebelled against a household of liberal Democrats by enlisting in the National Guard; Mickiela, a Mexican American who grew up with a family entangled in L.A. gangs; Terris, an African American mother from D.C. whose childhood was torn by violence; and Eli PaintedCrow, who joined the military to follow Native American tradition and to escape a life of Faulknerian hardship. Between these stories, Benedict weaves those of the forty other Iraq War veterans she interviewed, illuminating the complex issues of war and misogyny, class, race, homophobia, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Each of these stories is unique, yet collectively they add up to a heartbreaking picture of the sacrifices women soldiers are making for this country. Benedict ends by showing how these women came to face the truth of war and by offering suggestions for how the military can improve conditions for female soldiers-including distributing women more evenly throughout units and rejecting male recruits with records of violence against women. Humanizing, urgent, and powerful, The Lonely Soldier is a clarion call for change.
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