Download or read book Oshenerth written by Alan Dean Foster and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2015-12-09 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic fantasy that takes place entirely underwater. In this adventure under the sea, Oshenerth: Blue Magic, New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster (Alien, Star Wars: Force Awakens) uses his extensive knowledge and experience from diving and traveling to bring to life the mysterious world of reef dwellers under the sea in an imaginative, fascinating new epic fantasy that takes place entirely underwater. Best friends Chachel and Glint, a merson and a cuttlefish, are returning from a shark hunt when they stumble upon an unconscious female demon. Taking her back to their reef community to recover, while they decide what to do with her, they wind up stumbling into a unique friendship, one which will change their lives and community for better as the reef dwellers and the demon together fight to preserve themselves and their way of life in the face of enemies and their blue magic.

Download or read book Oshenerth written by Alan Dean Foster and published by WordFire Press. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic fantasy that takes place entirely underwater.Best friends Chachel and Glint, a merson and a cuttlefish, are returning from a shark hunt when they stumble upon an unconscious female demon. Taking her back to their reef community to recover, while they decide what to do with her, they wind up stumbling into a unique friendship, one which will change their lives and community for better as the reef dwellers and the demon together fight to preserve themselves and their way of life in the face of enemies and their blue magic. In this adventure under the sea, Oshenerth: Blue Magic , New York Times Bestselling author Alan Dean Foster (Alien, Star Wars: Force Awakens) uses his extensive knowledge and experience from diving and traveling to bring to life the mysterious world of reef dwellers under the sea in an imaginative, fascinating new epic fantasy that takes place entirely underwater.

Download or read book The Taste of Different Dimensions written by Alan Dean Foster and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2019-02-18 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen tasty tales from a master of fantasy! The dead. The undead. Those who wish they were dead. They're all here, along with a legend from a Pacific island, a legend from beneath a Pacific island, and much, much more. Frogs and dogs, knaves and slaves, and maybe a smidgen of real but impertinent food. Extend your imagination and have a nibble. You'll come back for more. Includes the never before published story "Fetched."

Download or read book Star Wars Shadow of the Sith written by Adam Christopher and published by Random House Worlds. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian return in this essential novel set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The Empire is dead. Nearly two decades after the Battle of Endor, the tattered remnants of Palpatine’s forces have fled to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. But for the heroes of the New Republic, danger and loss are ever-present companions, even in this newly forged era of peace. Jedi Master Luke Skywalker is haunted by visions of the dark side, foretelling an ominous secret growing somewhere in the depths of space, on a dead world called Exegol. The disturbance in the Force is undeniable . . . and Luke’s worst fears are confirmed when his old friend Lando Calrissian comes to him with reports of a new Sith menace. After Lando’s daughter was stolen from his arms, he searched the stars for any trace of his lost child. But every new rumor leads only to dead ends and fading hopes—until he crosses paths with Ochi of Bestoon, a Sith assassin tasked with kidnapping a young girl. Ochi’s true motives remain shrouded to Luke and Lando. For on a junkyard moon, a mysterious envoy of the Sith Eternal has bequeathed a sacred blade to the assassin, promising that it will answer the questions that have haunted him since the Empire fell. In exchange, he must complete a final mission: Return to Exegol with the key to the Sith’s glorious rebirth—Rey, the granddaughter of Darth Sidious himself. As Ochi hunts Rey and her parents to the edge of the galaxy, Luke and Lando race into the mystery of the Sith’s lingering shadow and aid a young family running for their lives.

Download or read book The Flavors of Other Worlds written by Alan Dean Foster and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen science fiction tales by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Icerigger Trilogy and To the Vanishing Point. From fighting giant bugs to defeating an interstellar empire without firing a shot; from scientific idiot savants toying with the universe to how the robots will really win the robot apocalypse, these thirteen flavorful tales are guaranteed to entertain, amuse, awe, and maybe even enlighten. Includes the first appearance in print of the Icerigger novellete “Chilling” and a new novelette, “Valentin Sharffen and the Code of Doom.”

Download or read book Prodigals written by Alan Dean Foster and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2022-07-31 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If they’re coming for us, who’s coming for them? A first contact novel from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Relic. The galaxy is vast, and not everything is what it seems. The invasion we always feared is here. Which begs the question: what do the invaders fear? If not us, then what . . . or who? And what happens to the would-be peacemakers when they find themselves in the middle of something else? Something dangerous, something highly advanced, and . . . something familiar? If humanity is wise, we will prepare for everything we can imagine. But we cannot prepare for what we cannot imagine. It might be benign, it might be malign, or it might be a sign. You just have to know where to look. Praise for Alan Dean Foster “Provocative.” —The Washington Post “One of the most consistently inventive and fertile writers of science fiction and fantasy.” —The Times “Alan Dean Foster is a master of creating alien worlds.” —SFRevu “Foster knows how to spin a yarn.” —Starlog “Foster does a fine job with his misfit heroes and even with his minor characters.” —Publishers Weekly

Download or read book Cliffs written by Kevin O'Donnell and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this humorous sci-fi fantasy, an orphan with teleportation powers goes up against forces of evil. The final volume of The Journeys of McGill Feighan, an award-winning space opera series by Kevin O’Donnell Jr. It was supposed to be a fun weekend on Rehma, a planet of nestlings and birdsong. Instead, McGill Feighan encounters a mutant virus and repeated assaults by galactic goons who have wanted him dead since he was four days old. And McGill isn’t any closer to finding the Far Being. So he sets out with the assistance of the crimson-crested Dr. Th’hweet to put things right on Rehma. It’s going to take an alien wing and a prayer . . .

Download or read book Exiles of Tabat written by Cat Rambo and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2021-05-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to a beautifully wrought and immersive world where intelligent magical creatures fight for their right to be free. Revolution. Riot. Enslaved magical creatures and an exiled, reluctant hero. Bella Kanto finds herself aboard a hostile ship bound for a frontier town. When she encounters an old lover along the way, she has a chance to escape—but does she really want to take it? Meanwhile apprentice Lucy and her friend Maz have been kidnapped from Tabat and taken to the Southern Isles in search of ancient magic. They fear what will happen when they get there, particularly when their kidnapper realizes he’s wrong about Lucy’s identity. Return to a world where magical creatures fight for their right to be free in a system that makes use of their work and sometimes their very bodies in a city full of revolution and riot, ready for the return of its lost champion: the reluctant Bella Kanto.

Download or read book X Marks the Spot written by Lisa Magnum and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set sail on the high seas with this collection of 21 unforgettable short stories featuring dashing rogues, daring rebels, and wily pirates searching for treasures of all kinds, including a forgotten journal, a heavenly sword, a young girl’s lucky sock, and even the Fountain of Youth. Some pirates are familiar—complete with parrots, peg legs, and eye patches—but most are unique: a twelve-year-old computer hacker, a heroic rabbit on an unusual quest, a clump of cancer cells, and an alien setting sail among the stars. X Marks the Spot: An Anthology of Treasure and Theft is about those men and women who live on the fringes of society, who are beholden to no man, no law, and who always have one eye on the horizon. So grab your map and set your headings. There are adventures to be had, mateys, and treasures to be found. This anthology is the fifth volume produced by the alumni of the Superstars Writing Seminars, and all royalties benefit the Don Hodge Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Download or read book Ocean Realm written by Rebecca Moesta and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will their new allies help Gwen and Vic survive, or will fate balance the scales in a war between sea and land? From New York Times bestselling authors Rebecca Moesta and Kevin J. Anderson Gwen and Vic are still learning magic and science on the island of Elantya, when they learn that Vic’s lost father has finally made it through the crystal doors to their new world. However, their excitement is short-lived when they are kidnapped by their underwater enemies and taken beneath the sea. Imprisoned there, forced to witness battles among sea monsters and face the dark sage Azric, they discover a scheme that could bring Elantya to ruins. Can they escape in time to save the magical island from destruction? Or will their enemies finally win?

Download or read book Madrenga written by Alan Dean Foster and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vital message. A desperate queen. A hero in the making. He is plainly too young and too inexperienced for the mission, but on the advice of her aged adviser Natoum, and with her husband off at war, the Queen reluctantly assigns the task of delivery to… Madrenga. Accompanied only by a runt of a pony and a scrap of a pup, he sets off to transport the royal message to its destination. No matter what it might take. But things are not always what they seem. Heroes are sometimes made of the strangest stuff, and love is to be found in the most unexpected places. If one doesn’t die while treading the lethal path… “Rip-roaring action sequences and the mystery of Madrenga’s curious powers propel the story through a series of consistently surprising twists and turns.”—Publishers Weekly “Alan Dean Foster is the modern day Renaissance writer, as his abilities seem to have no genre boundaries.”—Bookbrowser “One of the most consistently inventive and fertile writers of science-fiction and fantasy.”—The Times (London) “Foster's brisk and eventful novel should please any reader looking for a quick and diverting adventure."—Booklist

Download or read book The Soul Weaver written by Carol Berg and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2022-03-28 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Prince of Avonar is in desperate straits. Betrayal devastates his plan to defeat the vile Lords of Zhev’Na without violence, and then a ruthless attack leaves his beloved wife near death. As frustration and anger shake the fragile joining of the Prince’s body and soul, war engulfs his magical realm. Sixteen-year-old Gerick, half-crazed with nightmare visions, pursued by past horror and his father’s wrath, flees beyond the boundaries of the known worlds. In a sunless realm of misshapen misfits, he discovers unlikely purpose and a devastating clue to the brokenness within himself. With three worlds on the brink of ruin, the Prince and his son must look deep inside themselves to discover the truth of their enemies—a mystery bound up in Gerick’s emerging magic, a world newborn from chaos, and a whisper buried deep in Dar’Nethi legend. "This is Gerick’s story and we quickly learn this is a different young man from the child that we saw in Guardians Of The Keep. The past does not lie quiet in Gerick, with his nightmares and fears of a corruption that could hurt those he loves. Plots and counterplots [will] intrigue the reader with surprise twists and turns. Fans of The Bridge Of D’Arnath will welcome this addition to the saga."—Colleen Cahill, SFRevu "Intriguing…Well written . Gerick is one of Berg’s most interesting characters and probably my favorite."—Fantasy Literature "Very good…read Son of Avonar and Guardians of the Keep first."—Booklist Locus Bestseller May 2005

Download or read book Darth Vader and Friends written by Jeffrey Brown and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this funny and sweet new book in the bestselling Darth Vader™ series, Eisner Award–winning author Jeffrey Brown offers an intimate look at the friendships between best pals in the Star Wars universe, from Darth Vader and the Emperor to Leia and her Ewok pals, Han and Chewie, C-3PO and R2-D2, the bounty hunters, and other favorite characters. Jealousy, birthday parties, lightsaber battles, sharing, intergalactic rebellion and more all come into play as Brown's charming illustrations and humor irresistibly combine the adventures of our friends in a galaxy far, far away with everyday events closer to home. © and TM Lucasfilm Ltd. Used Under Authorization

Download or read book Spine of the Dragon written by Kevin J. Anderson and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson triumphantly returns to epic fantasy with the Wake the Dragon series. Spine of the Dragon is a politically charged adventure of swords, sorcery, vengeance, and the rise of sleeping giants. Two continents at war, the Three Kingdoms and Ishara, are divided by past bloodshed. When an outside threat arises—the reawakening of a powerful ancient race that wants to remake the world—the two warring nations must somehow set aside generational hatreds and form an alliance to fight their true enemy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Demagogue for President written by Jennifer Mercieca and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, Bronze, 2020 Foreword Indies, Political and Social Sciences Winner, 2021 PROSE Award for Government & Politics "Deserves a place alongside George Orwell’s 'Politics and the English Language'. . . . one of the most important political books of this perilous summer."—The Washington Post "A must-read"—Salon "Highly recommended"—Jack Shafer, Politico Featured in "The Best New Books to Read This Summer" and "Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2020"—Literary Hub Historic levels of polarization, a disaffected and frustrated electorate, and widespread distrust of government, the news media, and traditional political leadership set the stage in 2016 for an unexpected, unlikely, and unprecedented presidential contest. Donald Trump’s campaign speeches and other rhetoric seemed on the surface to be simplistic, repetitive, and disorganized to many. As Demagogue for President shows, Trump’s campaign strategy was anything but simple. Political communication expert Jennifer Mercieca shows how the Trump campaign expertly used the common rhetorical techniques of a demagogue, a word with two contradictory definitions—“a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power” or “a leader championing the cause of the common people in ancient times” (Merriam-Webster, 2019). These strategies, in conjunction with post-rhetorical public relations techniques, were meant to appeal to a segment of an already distrustful electorate. It was an effective tactic. Mercieca analyzes rhetorical strategies such as argument ad hominem, argument ad baculum, argument ad populum, reification, paralipsis, and more to reveal a campaign that was morally repugnant to some but to others a brilliant appeal to American exceptionalism. By all accounts, it fundamentally changed the discourse of the American public sphere.

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Download or read book The Worker Prince written by Bryan Thomas T. Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if everything you thought you knew about yourself turned out to be wrong? Freshly graduated from the prestigious Presimion Military Academy, Davi Rhii, Prince of the Boralian people, discovers a secret: although raised as royalty he was born a Vertullian slave, a truth that calls into question all he knew about himself. As he discovers what it means to be a Vertullian, his quest brings him into conflict with his friends and family, causing him to question his cultural values, and putting in jeopardy all he's worked for his whole life... Is reclaiming his heritage and gaining a new family worth the loss of everything, including his beloved uncle and oldest friends? Praised by readers and critics as capturing the feel of the original Star Wars, the debut novel of Hugo-nominated editor Bryan Thomas Schmidt received Honorable Mention on Paul Goat Allen's Year's Best Science Fiction Releases of 2011 at BarnesandNoble.com alongside Ernest Cline's Ready Player One and books by Ben Bova, Robert J. Sawyer, and Jack Campbell. Pick up your next great adventure today!