Download or read book Serpent s Game written by Pippa Dacosta and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than darkness... Reeling from the revelations discovered in Egypt, Ace Dante is on a knife-edge, but the gods aren't going to wait for him to come to terms with the truth. Ancient and deadly beasts straight out of the underworld are targeting Nick "Cujo" Jones and his daughter. There doesn't seem to be a connection to Ace, until a mysterious and familiar box turns up. A box marked with the snake-headed jackal. And it's open. This time, the gods crossed a line. Ace is done with their puppet-mastery. He's fighting back. But as hidden secrets come to light and Ace's friendships crumble around him, will he have the strength to fight for what's right, or will he allow the darkness inside to consume him? After all, what is one man's hope against the will of evil incarnate? The wildly successful Soul Eater series ups the stakes in the penultimate book, Serpent's Game. Soul Eater series reading order: Hidden Blade, #1 Witches' Bane, #2 See No Evil, #3 Scorpion Trap, #4 Serpent's Game, #5 Edge of Forever, #6

Download or read book Shadows of the Last War written by Keith Baker and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This full-length adventure for the newest D&D( campaign setting is designed to showcase many of the most unique traits of the Eberron realm.

Download or read book Sorcery written by Steve Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An adventure gamebook in the Fighting fantasy gamebook tradition, about a quest to recover the Crown of Kings from the evil Archmage.

Download or read book Serpent Game written by Sean M. Hollows and published by Sean M. Hollows. This book was released on 2018-06-03 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bullet severed him from the public eye. One man fights to right his previous life. Gyone Irensho, an infamous contract killer who worked the bristling wilds of Crygor City, loses his life, only to be reanimated from his six-foot slumber. His benefactor harnesses an unspeakable evil at his whim, all in favor of his battle against the Shadows that he, himself, has learned to control. As they say, fight fire with fire. Upon being greeted with another contract, Gyone has a kneejerk change of heart, sets aside the offer and heads off with a festering guilt that had plagued his heart for years prior. And now, he begins his journey back home.To a stricken lover that may or may not be there waiting for his return. An offer, as he would soon find out, that would haunt him forever. ----- "Serpent Game" is the debut novel from writer and world creator, Sean M. Hollows, and is the first in a trilogy saga following the happenings around Licentia and all of its inhabitants. Hollows' previous works have encompassed short prose pieces and poetry compositions, including "A Hunt for Hymns."

Download or read book Serpent Game written by Reece M Nolan and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bullet severed him from the public eye. Now, one man must fight to right his previous life. Gyone Irensho, a contract killer, has been brought back from the dead. His benefactor, though has a steep price to pay: rid the world of a necromantic evil only he, The Silent Death of Crygor can hope to stop. This stranger stands as a testament of its power as he utilized its strange properties to awaken The Silent Death in the first place. As they say, fight fire with fire. But Gyone has other plans. He rejects the offer and sets off for a home which may or may not be waiting for him. However, he will soon learn the region of Licentia doesn't forgive so easily. --- This new print of Serpent Game: Slave to the Shadows is the most updated, most final edition thus far and includes an excerpt of M. Nolan's newest series, Guardium after all is said and done!

Download or read book The Algernon Files written by Blackwyrm Games and published by Blackwyrm Games. This book was released on 2004-03-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Algernon Files is a compilation of heroic and villainous NPCs designed to give a GM and his players additional resources for the Mutants & Masterminds game. It includes over 100 write-ups for NPCs of varying power levels, as well as maps, new rules, new powers, and new feats. It introduces the hero teams, The Sentinels, The Aerie, and The Covenant, as well as solo heroes. The book also introduces the villainous teams The Black Knights, The Prometheans, and The Sinister Circle, as well as heavy hitters such as Praetorian and The Serpent Queen, followed by other villains and potential sparring partners of different types, power models, and general effectiveness.

Download or read book The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes A Hunger Games Novel written by Suzanne Collins and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 747 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambition will fuel him. Competition will drive him. But power has its price. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

Download or read book The Serpent King written by Jeff Zentner and published by Ember. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named to ten BEST OF THE YEAR lists and selected as a William C. Morris Award Winner,The Serpent King is the critically acclaimed, much-beloved story of three teens who find themselves--and each other--while on the cusp of graduating from high school with hopes of leaving their small-town behind. Perfect for fans of John Green's Turtles All the Way Down. "Move over, John Green; Zentner is coming for you." —The New York Public Library “Will fill the infinite space that was left in your chest after you finished The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” —BookRiot.com Dill isn't the most popular kid at his rural Tennessee high school. After his father fell from grace in a public scandal that reverberated throughout their small town, Dill became a target. Fortunately, his two fellow misfits and best friends, Travis and Lydia, have his back. But as they begin their senior year, Dill feels the coils of his future tightening around him. His only escapes are music and his secret feelings for Lydia--neither of which he is brave enough to share. Graduation feels more like an ending to Dill than a beginning. But even before then, he must cope with another ending--one that will rock his life to the core. Debut novelist Jeff Zentner provides an unblinking and at times comic view of the hard realities of growing up in the Bible belt, and an intimate look at the struggles to find one’s true self in the wreckage of the past. “A story about friendship, family and forgiveness, it’s as funny and witty as it is utterly heartbreaking.” —PasteMagazine.com “A brutally honest portrayal of teen life . . . [and] a love letter to the South from a man who really understands it.” —Mashable.com “I adored all three of these characters and the way they talked to and loved one another.”—New York Times

Download or read book The Serpent written by Claire North and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 17th Century Venice exists a mysterious establishment known only as the Gameshouse. There, fortunes are made and fortunes are broken over games of chess, backgammon and every other game under the sun. But those whom fortune favours may be invited to compete in the higher league . . . a league where the games played are of politics and empires, of economics and kings. It is a league where Capture the Castle involves real castles, where hide and seek takes place on a scale as big as the British Isles. Not everyone proves worthy of competing in the higher league. But one woman, who is about to play, may just exceed everyone's expectations. Though she must always remember: the higher the stakes, the more deadly the rules . . .

Download or read book The Lady of Serpents A Vampire Dark Fantasy Epic written by Douglas Clegg and published by Alkemara Press. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With ancient sorceries unleashed, this game of thrones and vampires begin anew as a dark adversary holds Aleric, the Falconer, prisoner -- and prey. In this, the second book of The Vampyricon, New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg continues the epic dark saga of Aleric, the newly-anointed priest-king of the tribe of vampyres. The kingdom is home of the shadow-priests of the Veil, who whisper dark secrets to their new queen as white towers rise and forests fall. Heretics burn on the Illumination Nights and an enormous arena houses endless gladiatorial blood-fights between vampyre and shapeshifter, and somewhere in the bowels of the castle sits an infernal machine for the torment of the vampyre race -- called the Red Scorpion. In a medieval world, within a forgotten century where dark and dangerous magic lies hidden among lost cities of legend, Aleric the Falconer must escape his prison and find the vampyre Pythia, who has been taken prisoner herself halfway across the world. Be sure to get the rest of the Vampyricon trilogy: The Queen of Wolves, Book Three Praise for The Vampyricon: "If you like Game of Thrones and vampires, you're going to love The Vampyricon." - Robert Swartwood, USA Today bestselling author of The Serial Killer's Wife and New Avalon. “Astonishing. Douglas Clegg writes of…nightmares with such clarity and passion you don’t end up reading his books; you end up drinking them in. The Priest of Blood is a bloody gem.” Christopher Rice, New York Times bestselling author of The Vines and Heaven's Rise. "A dark tale of swords, sorcery, and vampires." -- Christine Feehan, NY Times bestselling author. "Douglas Clegg has accomplished a rarity in the horror vein...This book will sink its teeth into you" -- The Kansas City Star "Richly layered, beautifully rendered foray into a past filled with sorcery and mystery -- and a rousing good story." -- Kelley Armstrong, New York Times bestselling author Stunning...gives the iconic vampire a massive makeover. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review. Discover Douglas Clegg's fiction: Lights Out Neverland The Children’s Hour The Halloween Man You Come When I Call You The Hour Before Dark Nightmare House Bad Karma Goat Dance Breeder Afterlife Purity Dark of the Eye The Words Wild Things Red Angel Night Cage Mischief The Infinite The Abandoned The Necromancer Isis Naomi The Nightmare Chronicles The Attraction Night Asylum The Priest of Blood The Lady of Serpents The Queen of Wolves

Download or read book The Good And Evil Serpent written by James H. Charlesworth and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The serpent of ancient times was more often associated with positive attributes like healing and eternal life than it was with negative meanings. This groundbreaking book explores in plentiful detail the symbol of the serpent from 40,000 BCE to the present, and from diverse regions in the world. In doing so it emphasizes the creativity of the biblical authors' use of symbols and argues that we must today reexamine our own archetypal conceptions with comparable creativity.--From publisher description.

Download or read book Poppy Or the Snake written by Toni Morrison and published by Scribner Book Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who's got game? An old man who knows how to pay attention or a snake who can trick anyone into trusting a false promise? In the Morrisons' version of this timeless fable, the moral ending is revitalized with a clever new spin.

Download or read book The Serpent s Game written by A.C. Frieden and published by Down & Out Books. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You don’t stand and wait as Hurricane Katrina barrels down on New Orleans, unless you don’t have a choice, and maritime lawyer Jonathan Brooks has none. His career in shambles and duty bound to help a figure from his past locate her missing nephew feared drowned in the Mississippi, Brooks is burdened with responsibility and devoid of options. But Mariya is no friend. The sultry Russian provocateur saved his life a decade ago but not without dragging him into a world of murder, mayhem and deceit. As darkness bleeds into the Crescent City, Brooks’ search for the truth behind a body in the river catapults him into an international storm that sweeps into the espionage underworld of Russia, the intelligence centers of Washington, D.C., the politics of North Korea, the waterways of the Panama Canal, the back streets of Havana and the barrios of Caracas—and into the heart of Jonathan’s own darkness.

Download or read book The Serpents Among Us written by Patrick Crough and published by Millstone Justice. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his book, The Serpents Among Us, Patrick Crough has provided a priceless resource for anybody who loves kids. Drawing on his twenty years of experience as a major crimes investigator, Patrick has chronicled some of his most memorable cases. In page after page, he lets us in on his conversations with some of our culture's most heinous criminals - child molesters. Each story takes us deeper into the minds of these depraved predators. Though at times difficult to read, those who persist will be rewarded with the rare ability to recognize the early signs that a "serpent" is in their midst - an ability that took Crough a lifetime to acquire. With the wisdom of a street hardened cop and the loving heart of a father softened by the grace of God, Patrick Crough has woven a tale that you are not soon to forget - nor should you - for his message could save your child from a lifetime of pain and suffering.

Download or read book Temple of the Serpent written by C. L. Werner and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a series of failures, Grey Seer Thanquol is offered a chance to redeem himself by going to the island of Lustria to kill the Prophet of Sotek. Dogged by assassins & stranded in a foreign land of giant lizards, temple cities & endless jungle, Thanquol must use all of his cunning and magic if he is to come out alive.

Download or read book Serpent s Tooth written by Ross Cowman and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ancient monarch, a star quarterback, the ceo of a dot-com empire... ..in Serpent's Tooth, we create a story about a King in the twilight of his rule. One of us plays the King, the rest of us play members of the court, each with a hidden nature, and each able to seize the King's power for their own. Through play we will discover the fate of the Kingdom, its King, and what power does to the powerful.

Download or read book The Legend of the Spirit Serpent written by Adaiah Sanford and published by Reycraft Books. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This modern retelling of a traditional Kalinago legend from the Caribbean island of Dominica recounts the story of a huge serpent who once guarded the indigenous people. This book is the winner of the 1st Annual Caribbean Writer's Contest sponsored by Reycraft Books and the Ducreay Foundation.